Chapter 262 Favorite Big Brother

The sound of birds singing in the early morning drifted in from the window. Minato Namikaze pulled out a chair in front of the dining table and sat down, then opened the newspaper on the table to take a look.

Hearing no movement from upstairs, he asked, "Is Naruto still not up?"

Kushina brought the plate to the table. She looked gentle and virtuous in her apron.

But the next second, her frown and hands on hips revealed her true appearance.

"Yesterday he, Haruko, and Sasuke had a party at home. When he came back, I saw that he had cleaned up the living room. I thought he had finally obeyed me, but today he stayed in bed!"

She took a few steps to the door frame and yelled upstairs, "Naruto! Naruto!"

The roar, which was obviously mixed with anger, instantly woke up Uzumaki Naruto who was curled up in the quilt. He sat up, yawned, and scratched his messy hair.

The memory of yesterday slowly came back to him, and he lay motionless on the bed as if frozen.

A blush appeared on his dazed face, and before embarrassment swept over Uzumaki Naruto's body, he swooped back into the bed, wrapped himself up like a silkworm cocoon and twisted around on the bed.

Lovers! Lovers!

Still in his excitement, he was completely unaware of the approaching danger, as the arrogant red-haired Kushina, spatula in hand, stomped heavily into the room step by step.

"Get. Me. Out. Of. Bed!!!"

Trying his best to ignore the dull pain in the giant bump on his head, Uzumaki Naruto stuffed the sandwich into his mouth one bite at a time in frustration.

After stealing a few glances at his mother who was cleaning in the kitchen, Uzumaki Naruto reached out and tapped the newspaper in Namikaze Minato's hand, and hooked his finger when Minato put down the newspaper and looked over.

"Dad, is the only relationship between two lovers who love each other?"

"Of course it is. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"It's just... I feel like I finally understand."

Uzumaki Naruto's eyes were wandering, and the throbbing of his heart finally continued to beat in his chest.

On the opposite side, Minato Namikaze observed his condition for a while and revealed a meaningful, inquiring expression. After Naruto Uzumaki noticed this, he guiltily made excuses for himself.

"Kakashi-sensei teased me before that pets are the only relationship between us. He's too much!"

"Hahaha, actually what Kakashi said is not wrong."

Seeing that he was trying to change the subject, Minato Namikaze didn't ask any more questions and continued the conversation with him.

I really thought my father didn't notice it. Uzumaki Naruto breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand to express his understanding that Kakashi Hatake was not very considerate.

"I understand. How can he, who has never been in a relationship, even think about being in a relationship like a lover?"

"Speaking of which, Kushina used to think that he liked Lin, but it turns out that's not the case at all."

As Minato Namikaze spoke, he turned slightly and glanced at his wife who was concentrating on cleaning the kitchen behind him.

"Lin? Is she dad's former student?"

"Correct."

Seeing that he was interested, Minato Namikaze left his seat and went to the cabinet next to the sofa to look for the photo album.

After Uzumaki Naruto was born, they used a new album to record their photos, and placed the album containing photos of Hatake Kakashi and others at the bottom of the drawer.

"found it."

Minato Namikaze took out a not very thick photo album and asked him to sit on the sofa and look at it.

"This was taken after Kakashi and the others joined my team."

Uzumaki Naruto moved closer out of curiosity, scanning the various photos above, and couldn't help but let out a wow.

When he was a child, Kakashi Hatake wore a black mask, had silver hair, and showed dead fish eyes to the camera.

Not to mention, he looks quite similar to the sour-faced Uchiha Sasuke.

The other two people in the photo are a girl with short brown hair and a sweet smile, and a sunny boy wearing orange goggles.

Namikaze Minato pointed them out to him, "This is Nohara Rin, and this is Uchiha Obito."

It records a lot of their daily lives, including photos of them making a "V" sign to the camera and photos of them fishing in the water...

Picture by picture, page by page, every bit of life is filled with happiness.

Looking at these photos, Uzumaki Naruto's mind emerged the daily lives of him, Uchiha Sasuke, and Hayama Haruko after they joined Hatake Kakashi's team.

Infected by the emotion in the photo, Uzumaki Naruto unconsciously raised the corners of his lips.

Until I turned to the front, there was only one photo that took up the entire page.

Dad took the photo with them, and judging by their movements, it should be the first photo after they formed a team.

Minato Namikaze leaned down and put his hands on the shoulders of the two boys standing on both sides. The girl, who should have stood in the middle, stood in the front right, leaving an empty space on the left.

Uzumaki Naruto pointed at that place curiously and asked: "Why is there a space here?"

"Hmm... maybe it's too crowded?"

After replying to him in an uncertain tone, Minato Namikaze also touched his chin in confusion.

I didn't seem to notice this problem when I took the photo before...

"Then did the other two become teachers like Kakashi-sensei?" After asking, Uzumaki Naruto refuted himself, "No, I don't think I have seen them."

“Because they are not teachers.”

Minato Namikaze closed the photo album, stood up and sealed it in the drawer again.

"Lin studied medical techniques with Tsunade-senpai, one of the three ninjas. It seems that two years ago, she left the village to further her studies. She said she was looking for a way to break through the field of disease."

"Where's the other Obito brother?"

Minato Namikaze stood up with his back to him and did not answer for a moment. Only after Uzumaki Naruto asked again did he speak in a calm voice.

"He... is missing."

"Missing?"

Uzumaki Naruto was a little stunned as he didn't expect this result.

"It happened more than ten years ago. You were still young at that time. He disappeared while on a mission alone. There has been no news since then. The people sent to look for him found nothing."

In the ninja world, disappearance often means the worst outcome - death.

Although Uchiha Obito is very powerful, it is not easy to conclude that he is dead.

But he had been missing for not one or two years, but more than ten years, and there was no news at all. Even Minato Namikaze had to accept the fact that he might be dead.

If Uchiha Obito had not disappeared, he would definitely be Naruto's favorite big brother.

Minato Namikaze suppressed the sadness in his eyes, turned around and looked at Uzumaki Naruto who was sitting in an awkward posture on the sofa. When he met his grinning expression, Minato Namikaze was stunned.

Suddenly, he seemed to see the child wearing orange goggles and confidently shouting that he wanted to become Hokage.

That sunny, warm and courageous child.

……

"Eh? Naruto?" A person she had never expected appeared in her flower shop. Yamanaka Ino stood up by holding the table. "Why are you here?"

Finding her question odd, Uzumaki Naruto rubbed his nose, "Of course we come to the flower shop to buy flowers."

"Buying flowers? You?"

Yamanaka Ino stared with her eyes wide open and her mouth opened wide, clearly in disbelief.

Feeling as if he was being looked down upon, Uzumaki Naruto narrowed his eyes, put his hands on his hips, and said angrily, "Don't I look like someone who would buy flowers?"

“Not at all!”

Yamanaka Ino's decisive words choked him.

"That's it!" Uzumaki Naruto opened his arms and gestured to her exaggeratedly, "I want a bouquet of the most beautiful flowers!"

"what?"