Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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"Okay, okay, it has to be you."

After saying this, Xi Ri Liu Yun sighed slightly, but did not reprimand Bai Xing for stealing. He silently began to drink.

next second.

Her eyes lit up slightly as she glanced down at the cardboard drink in her hand:

"Delicious! I never imagined the future would be so convenient!"

Bai Xing leaned back in his chair, sipping his drink as he said, "You know what, Loulan has already developed quite a few."

"It's just that due to water scarcity, the quantity of products is insufficient, so we haven't been able to sell them to the outside world."

"Amazing. No wonder he's Shirahoshi-nii!"

"..."

Bai Xing felt goosebumps rising on her skin.

Meanwhile, at Konoha Hospital.

On his hospital bed, Kakashi leaned against the pillows, looking at the book "Make-Out Paradise" in his hand.

That's right, this period was shortly after Naruto and the others had finished dealing with the Gaara and Sasuke incident.

"Kakashi-sensei! We're back!"

"Yo~" Kakashi raised his hand when he saw Naruto and Sakura Haruno coming over: "How was the mission?"

"Uh... Not so good." Naruto scratched his head, but quickly regained his confidence and gave a thumbs up, saying, "But I learned something."

"In the future, I will definitely inherit my father's will and become Hokage!"

Sakura Haruno smiled slightly and said nothing.

Outdoors, Jiraiya leaned against the window, taking on the task of guarding the village where there were currently not enough Jonin.

Upon hearing Naruto's words, a look of disbelief flashed across his face.

"Could it be?"

Kakashi asked Jiraiya the question that had been on his mind, "So, you know something?"

Kakashi's expression was somewhat serious.

Naruto nodded: "I saw the Fourth Hokage from the past, as well as Jiraiya-sensei and the Third Hokage!"

click-

Jiraiya opened the window and entered Kakashi's hospital room from the outside, asking incredulously, "Me from the past?"

"Yeah! And there's also the tiny Kakashi-sensei."

Kakashi's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't help but drop the "Make-Out Paradise" book from his hand onto the bed. A hint of pain flashed in his eyes, and his lips trembled as he asked, "Then..."

"Did you see Obito and Rin?"

“Obito? Rin? Who are those?” Naruto scratched his head.

"It's the Uchiha..."

"Alright, Kakashi." Jiraiya understood. That time period must have been shortly after Kakashi graduated.

During that period, the Third Shinobi World War did not even begin.

Kakashi was a genius who graduated after only one year, so naturally he didn't graduate in the same year as Obito and Rin, who were Minato's disciples.

Kakashi was stopped by Jiraiya and realized that Jiraiya was being a bit too hasty.

If he could go back in time, he would love to go back to that time and change everything.

But if Obito and Rin weren't in the group, that means his father...

At this point, Naruto began to recount some of his experiences over the past month.

Upon hearing that although that world was in the past, it had no connection to the future of this world, Minato and Jiraiya both showed a hint of regret, but they quickly accepted it.

If such an opportunity really existed, wouldn't there be a constant stream of people from the future traveling back in time to change the future?!

"but."

"Naruto, have you seen my father?"

After listening, Kakashi couldn't help but ask Naruto.

After changing the water in the vase, Sakura Haruno returned to her room and, upon hearing Kakashi's question, answered, "I've heard about it."

"It must be Captain White Fang of the Dark Army."

"Lord Mizu once mentioned it, but we've never officially met. All we know is that Sakumo-senpai will be in the group chasing us."

Sakura Haruno placed the vase down and continued:

"But Senior White Fang was stopped by Senior White Hoshino and Senior Ryuun. Oh right! And Senior Shinnosuke, who has a good relationship with Senior White Hoshino."

On the way back to Konoha, Shirahoshi recounted the general events that followed.

"Shinnosuke." x2

Kakashi and Jiraiya couldn't help but reminisce, remembering that this person had died in an unknown place as an Anbu member during the period following the Nine-Tails' rampage.

As a result, Konohamaru became an orphan at the age of three.

“However, even if my father hadn’t suffered such public criticism, other people would have gone through the same thing,” Kakashi sighed.

"It's the Hokage position, isn't it? Perhaps the old man was reluctant to relinquish the Hokage position at that time," Jiraiya said.

Kakashi nodded slightly, indicating that he understood Jiraiya's meaning.

"Huh?" x2

Seeing Naruto and Sakura's bewildered expressions, Jiraiya waved his hand and said, "It's nothing."

"It's just some adult stuff."

"You'll understand when you grow up."

A moment later, Jiraiya remembered something else, namely the matter of the three people the two had mentioned.

"You just said that Rope Tree, White Star, and Ryuun of the Yuhi Clan are all in the village now?"

"Yes. Tsunade-sensei is probably chatting with Nawaki-senpai outside right now." Sakura Haruno nodded.

"Nawaki, I never thought he survived from that world," Jiraiya exclaimed.

"Hey, Jiraiya-sensei."

Naruto gestured as if he was about to ask a question, and Jiraiya looked down at Naruto and asked:

"What's wrong, Naruto?"

"Was Nawaki-senpai really killed by the explosive tags? I think he was incredibly strong. He even defeated Tsunade and Sasuke's mother in the future. And he also knew the First Hokage's Wood Release."

"..."x2

"Wood Release?" Jiraiya picked at his ear, looking incredulous.

"Yeah, and it seems like there's also Sage Mode and stuff. Back then, Jiraiya-sensei even said he could instantly activate Sage Mode and use Wood Release..."

"Wait a minute—"

Jiraiya called out to Naruto, and Kakashi, sitting by the bedside, stared wide-eyed, his eyes practically bulging with rage. Then Jiraiya spoke again:

"Not only do they know Sage Mode, but they also know Wood Release?"

"Can you tell me if that's still the Rope Tree of Konoha?"

"Uh... not exactly. Senior Nawaki joined Loulan during that period, which is Senior Shirahoshi's organization, called the White Cross," Sakura Haruno explained.

“Loulan, White Cross.” Kakashi’s expression was grave. “According to seniority, I should also address Nawaki as my senior.”

"But from what you're saying, does that mean Nawaki and Shirahoshi betrayed Konoha during that period of time?"

"Uh... Well." Sakura Haruno didn't know how to explain it either, and Naruto was also confused, since they had only known that Shirahoshi was the all-powerful minister for a short time.

"It seems the only option is to ask him directly."

Jiraiya said in a serious tone.

"Wait a minute."

Jiraiya snapped out of his daze and asked, "You mean those three came from that world to our world?"

"Yeah. What's wrong?" Naruto tilted his head.

"..."x2

Kakashi, belatedly realizing what was happening, was also extremely shocked, after all, being transported to the past world in a past time period was already quite astonishing.

Now, people from the past have voluntarily come to the future... Doesn't that mean some of them possess the ability to travel between worlds?!

"No matter what, I still need to find Tsunade to find out what's going on."

"You guys stay here and keep Kakashi company for now."

Jiraiya stepped onto the window, pushed it open, and climbed over the wall to leave.

......

Inside the barbecue restaurant Q on the village's commercial street, Tsunade treated her 'resurrected' younger brother to a meal, constantly piling food onto his plate, making Nawaki a little embarrassed.

The two ate in the booth for a while, and Tsunade asked about some things that had happened in the past, most of which matched up.

As for the reason why they didn't match, Tsunade guessed it was because of the appearance of the man named Shirahoshi.

When she heard that Nawaki had been captured by Shirahoshi and used as a test subject, Tsunade couldn't help but get nervous and almost broke her chopsticks.

But seeing that Nawaki was now unharmed, Tsunade understood that there was a reason for it.

Only after hearing the whole story did Tsunade understand Nawaki's reasons for leaving Konoha and joining Roran.

"Peace?"

"Napaki, do you think true peace can only be achieved by following Shirahoshi?"

“Hmm.” Nawaki nodded seriously, took a bite of meat, and then said, “Since I came to the village, the number of ninjas I’ve sensed is much less than before.”

"Not to mention from the time I die, but from the end of World War II until now, a lot must have happened."