Naruto: I Lured Minato Away with a Lollipop!?

[Lighthearted action + System-based attribute pickup + civilian’s rise + sharp-tongued banter + bonds]

Jiang Shaoci was once Sakata Gintoki. After dying, he transmigrated into the Hokage world and became a war orphan in Konoha.

From the start, he had no bloodline limit, no clan, and no connections. All he had were Gintoki’s combat instincts, his sharp tongue, and a System that let him pick up attributes.

Then he met seven-year-old Minato Namikaze.

System alert: [High-tier talent drop pool detected]

Jiang Shaoci looked at the future Yellow Flash and grinned.

“Minato, don’t take this personally.”

“Your talent just looks really easy to snag.”

From rooftop races to Ninja Academy tests, from kunai throwing to chakra assessments, Jiang Shaoci grows alongside Minato while taking potshots at Konoha’s class barriers.

Speed, stamina, ninja tool-throwing talent, even techniques related to the Flying Thunder God...

But as the clan walls, Konoha’s undercurrents, and the shadow of war gradually close in,

Jiang Shaoci realizes it’s not just Minato’s talent he has his eye on.

It’s also the most dangerous and dazzling future of this era.

Young Minato has yet to become the Yellow Flash.

The White Fang of Konoha has yet to meet his tragic end.

The Sannin are still growing, and the war has yet to erupt in full.

And a war orphan who inherited Gintoki’s soul stands at the starting line of the Ninja Academy, lazily raising his eyes.

“Don’t get me wrong. I’m no savior.”

“I just find the problems with this damn village a little hard to ignore.”