Shinobi didn’t do ‘smash-and-grab’.
Actually, that was entirely untrue, but when you were trying to be stealthy then it certainly wasn’t the way to go. Minato, starting to get a minor reputation among the warring nations’ militaries, was also not a great inclusion for high-profile thefts - and stealing from the Mizukage’s office was, both literally and figuratively, the highest-profile target in the village.
And yet here he was. Minato paced the floor of the ‘diplomatic quarter’, a building that felt more like a prison than a resting place for visiting dignitaries. He’d disabled as many listening devices in his quarters as he politely could, but out here in the lobby he just had to put up with them whilst he waited for-
Ah. There was something distinct about the Kiri shinobi, something oppressive about their chakra that made Minato feel like he was at the bottom of the sea. He swallowed hard to make his ears pop - they didn’t - smoothed out a wrinkle in his shirt and extended a hand to his young woman.
“Good morning. I’m Minato Namikaze, of the Hidden Leaf.”