Starting Over As Minato

Seeing Naruto's beaming expression, Minato couldn't help but chuckle, reaching out to ruffle his son's spiky blond hair.

At that moment, a familiar yet long-absent voice echoed in Minato's mind.

"Wahaha! It's been a while, and now you already have a son?!"

Minato's mind instinctively drifted into the system's interface.

"System Elf? You're awake?" Minato asked, a little surprised. "Didn't you say it would take a long time before you reactivated?"

The system elf yawned lazily before responding, "Eh, I just like to sleep. Nothing wrong with that. Anyway, the System Mall is now open—wanna take a look?"

Minato's gaze shifted to his system panel, where a new tab had appeared: **System Mall**. Intrigued, he accessed it and was immediately greeted with a dazzling array of items.

Devil Fruits, Sharingan, Byakugan, Wood Release, Otsutsuki Bloodline, Rinnegan, even the legendary Six Paths' Dojutsu like the Golden Rinnegan and Tenseigan.

One name caught his attention.

"Kugunami Eye…? Pfft, that must be Isshiki Otsutsuki's treasure, right?" Minato muttered, amused.

Continuing down the list, he noticed a category labeled **Other Worlds**, which contained all sorts of exotic techniques and equipment.

- Zanpakutō (100 points)

- Sky Dance Technique (120 points)

- Kaioken (10x, no side effects - 160 points)

- Super Saiyan Bloodline (350 points)

A message popped up beside it.

"Currently updated to Super Saiyan 3. Later transformations will be added whenever I feel like it."

Minato deadpanned. "So now the system has moods too?"

The system elf huffed, "Listen, I'm doing you a favor here. Besides, you don't even have points yet."

Minato sighed. "Fine. How do I earn points?"

"Easy! You can sign in on people or places once a day. Signing in on stronger individuals increases the chance of a critical reward. Signing in at key locations does the same. Each sign-in normally gives 5 points, but if you trigger a critical hit, you get 10!"

Minato smirked. "So, I could theoretically farm points by repeatedly signing in on the same target?"

"Tsk, tsk. Don't try to game the system. The more you sign in on the same person, the less you get over time."

Minato sighed but wasn't too disappointed. At least there was a way to steadily earn power.

"Alright, system. Sign in on Naruto!"

A chime rang in his mind.

[Ding! Sign-in successful! Critical hit triggered! Reward: Kidō (Demon Arts) from the Bleach world.]

Minato's eyes gleamed with excitement. Kidō? Now that's interesting…

As he processed the knowledge flooding his mind, another system prompt appeared.

"Sign-in location detected! Would you like to sign in at the Hokage Office?"

Minato immediately accepted.

[Ding! Sign-in successful! Reward: Lightning Chakra Affinity.]

The moment the notification appeared, Minato felt a shift in his chakra. Alongside his natural Wind and Earth affinities, a new **Lightning** element had integrated itself into his system.

This… could be useful.

As he was lost in thought, he noticed Kakashi looking at him curiously. Minato glanced at the door and spoke, "Kakashi, have the other two come in as well."

Kakashi gave a slight nod and stepped outside. Moments later, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura entered the office.

The two young genin looked visibly nervous as they stood before the Fourth Hokage. Their gazes darted to Naruto, who was grinning ear to ear. The revelation that their loudmouthed teammate was actually the son of **the** Fourth Hokage had left them speechless.

Sasuke in particular was still processing this. He had idolized his own clan's power, but Namikaze Minato was a different kind of legend. The "Yellow Flash" was feared throughout the ninja world—Naruto was his son?

Sakura, meanwhile, was still in shock. She had always dismissed Naruto as a troublemaker. But now, the boy she used to belittle had a lineage more prestigious than almost anyone in the village.

Minato watched their reactions with a faint smile. "No need to be nervous," he reassured them. "I just have a few questions for you."

Sasuke swallowed his apprehension and straightened his posture.

Naruto, on the other hand, couldn't hold back. "Sasuke! Sakura! My dad is the Fourth Hokage!"

Minato's smile twitched. This kid… If I don't keep an eye on him, he's going to be running around the village bragging about this.

He quickly interrupted, "Alright, Naruto, that's enough."

Naruto shut up, though he was still grinning proudly.

Just then, the system's voice rang in Minato's mind again.

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