Minato's lips slightly curled upwards after seeing Naruto. While he heard from Keimei and others the fact that Naruto wasn't harmed thanks to the fact that he didn't participate in the fight, seeing his condition in his own eyes brought relief in his heart.
While Naruto's inaction showed he was a flight risk, as a father it was a relief for him to see him being okay.
Minato wanted to even hug Naruto at this moment, but after thinking about the fact that their relationship isn't really great, there is a possibility that Naruto will attack him just like what he did to Kakashi after the latter entered Naruto's apartment without permission.
While he was relieved to see Naruto, the indifferent eyes he had when staring at him make Minato's heart ache.
Right now, though, wasn't the perfect time to try to mend their relationship, and Minato had to focus on solving a problem named Orochimaru.
"Lord Hokage." Both Satsuki and Hinata stand up and bow slightly, and Minato slightly waves his hand.
"What are you doing here, Minato? Are you worried about Naruto?" Tsunade asks while staring at Naruto.
"You don't have to worry about him since he wasn't really injured or anything, as you can see," she added while her gaze locked at Minato.
Tsunade had a feeling that Minato's visit isn't an ordinary occurrence, but she hopes her feeling is wrong.
"While I was indeed glad that Naruto was okay, the reason why I'm here wasn't because of that but something more serious," Minato said while a sealing formula suddenly appeared around the walls, shocking Hinata and Satsuki.
Tsunade and Shizune frowned, and a bad feeling started to appear in their hearts at this moment.
What could this important thing that Minato had to do be to seal off the entire infirmary? ' Tsunade thought while her body unconsciously tensed.
Naruto didn't react after seeing Minato's action but gave an indifferent gaze towards him instead. His face is so blank that it's hard for anyone in the infirmary to tell what he's currently thinking.
"Hinata, Satsuki, I want you to tell me about the fight you had against Orochimaru," Minato said calmly.
After hearing Minato, Tsunade and Shizune wore shocked expressions on their faces despite them trying to hide their feelings.
Hinata and Satsuki didn't find it strange that Minato managed to learn the news about their fight against Orochimaru. In fact, they already guessed the moment Minato arrives in the infirmary that he was looking for the information about the fight.
They also guess that Keimei and others have already been asked by Minato.
"We are about to make our way to Central Tower after stealing a scroll when we..."
Hinata and Satsuki began explaining about their situation before they found Orochimaru attacking Team 11.
While the two girls explain, Naruto remains quiet and, in fact, decides to close his eyes while leaning his back on the wall as if he weren't in the scene.
Naruto's action didn't go unnoticed by Minato, Tsunade, and Shizne. Minato acts obliviously about it and focuses on listening to Hinata and Satsuki's explanation.
Meanwhile, Tsunade and Shizune frown slightly while keeping most of their focus on listening to the two girls.
When hearing the two girls' explanation, Tsunade and Shizune started to have strange feelings about Naruto, especially after hearing the fact that he remained inactive during the fight against Orochimaru.
Naruto also didn't provide any justification behind his action; in fact, he acted as if it wasn't a problem to begin with.
'This boy... He was a flight risk,' Tsunade thought while staring intently at Naruto.
The previous sorry feeling she had with Naruto vanished like a puff of smoke in the thin air. It was replaced by suspicion, especially the fact that she and others didn't know Naruto's intention all along.
One of the taboo acts a ninja can commit is to betray their own village, and anyone who has been found to take such action will immediately receive severe punishment.
This is also the reason why those ninjas who are marked as flight risks are greatly observed by the higher-ups in order to avoid suffering from damages that the soon-to-be traitor does.
Of course there are many procedures before a ninja is considered a flight risk, but it was clear to both Tsunade and Shizune that Naruto's actions showed everyone that he was a flight risk.
The previous disrespectful action he had towards Minato could no longer be placed to family drama but something far more serious.
Both Tsunade and Shizune already decided to gather as much information about Naruto during the time he spent here in the Central Tower.
Both believe that they can easily get closer to him by using their identity, and with such a method the information they gather will be quick.
Too bad for them; Naruto noticed their reaction and already guessed what they currently thought about.
Naruto didn't like being observed since it let others know his plan, which was something he didn't want to do, and this is the reason why he complied with Minato if he asked something about him to avoid someone monitoring his movements.
Tsunade and Shizune without doubt will make a move after this is finished. How should I respond?' Naruto thought to himself, and his light blue eyes flashed coldly.
"That's what happened," Hinata finished. Her tone was so soft that it made everyone unconsciously soften after hearing her.
"Thanks for providing such information," Minato said with a small smile on his face.
He is currently thinking about the reason why Orochimaru decided to attack the Leaf genin. He already guessed it, but after hearing all the genin who participated in the fight, Minato finally confirmed his guess.
It wasn't really difficult to deduce since Minato long knew Orochimaru's main goal. In fact, many people in the Leaf know Orochimaru's main goal.
Many people once tried to help him about it, but after everyone knew the cruel actions he took to create satisfying results, it resulted in him being hunted down by the Leaf and becoming a rogue ninja.
'Why didn't Sasuke inform me about 'that?' ' Minato thought to himself.
The question was shortly after after thinking deeply. Sasuke will definitely hide such information to avoid making his team fail in the Chunin Exams.
While Sasuke might be willing to be disqualified and leave the exam peacefully, to ensure that his teammates' participation wouldn't be affected, he can only lie to Minato.
Minato also guessed the reason why Hikari and his teammates didn't point out Sasuke's lie since they didn't fully comprehend the danger of the seal, and at the same time, they might feel that if he learned it, they might be implicated, which wasted such a perfect opportunity to become Chunin.
Still, this is nothing but conjecture with no evidence, and Minato wanted cold hard evidence before making a judgment on something.
Minato also thinks that Orochimaru didn't fully achieve his goal since Minato guesses that Orochimaru also wanted to place the seal on Satsuki and Hikari.
The only reason why he failed was though, Orochimaru sensed his arrival.
'I'm going to be trouble if those two hear about this.' A small wry smile appeared on his face at this moment, but no one noticed.
"Hinata, Satsuki, and Naruto, I want you to keep quiet about this situation until I say so," Minato orders.
Hinata and Satsuki nod since they roughly understand the reason behind it.
Orochimaru's sudden appearance in the middle of the second test of the Chunin Exams will definitely be terrible news for the Leaf, especially the fact that this Chunin Exams is an incredibly special one compared to previous Chunin Exams.
Naruto didn't take action. In fact, he wouldn't even say anything about it since it wouldn't really benefit him.
While he could sell such information to the other villages, the Leaf higher-ups will definitely be able to quickly deduce who sold such information.
Naruto had confidence defeating anyone, but it only caused trouble and made his plan lengthen more than it should have. He already invested greatly in his plan, and he didn't want it to be drawn out so that it caused various variables that might cause the failure of his plan.
Minato acts obliviously towards Naruto's behavior before adding, "You can leave the infirmary now and take a rest until the second test finishes."
Tsunade didn't object since she had already finished healing Hinata and Satsuki moments before Minato arrived in the infirmary. The seals in the room instantly vanish with just a single thought of Minato.
Team 13 didn't waste time and left the infirmary and headed their ways towards their temporary personal quarters, which they assigned after they finished talking with Iruka.
Everyone who manages to enter the Central Tower with both scrolls before the time runs out is immediately assigned quarters for the teams to use.
Of course, this service is only available for the teams who arrive much earlier. As for those who barely make it on time, they wouldn't be assigned a quarter and would immediately have to take the next test.