Kakashi doesn't have his Sharingan yet... which means the war hasn't started, Obito hasn't turned evil, and Rin hasn't died yet...
From Kakashi's Sharingan, many things can be roughly deduced, or rather, the timeline: the war hasn't started, but there are already signs of it.
Therefore, the Sandaime, that old schemer, sent Minato Namikaze to destroy the Rouran Country's Dragon Vein.
Under the pretext of pursuing the Land of Fire's rogue Ninja Mukade, he quietly infiltrated Rouran Country, avoiding contact with Queen Sara of Rouran, and then acted opportunistically.
Finally, he successfully sealed the Rouran Country's Dragon Vein, and the land lost its energy, turning into a barren desert, eventually buried by sandstorms, becoming another desert region in the Land of Wind.
Although Rouran Country appeared to be an independent small nation, it was actually just a subordinate of the Land of Wind.
Without the rich Rouran Country as a logistical granary for the war, Sunagakure's war potential was greatly diminished, leading to widespread suffering and eventually defeat.
Perhaps Uchiha Nagi, a person persecuted by the Sandaime and suffering from delusions, had merely imagined all of this; the Sandaime wasn't that bad, and Minato Namikaze wasn't really there to destroy Rouran Country...
Meanwhile, the young Naruto Uzumaki encountered a celebration in Rouran Country.
Goodness, people from the entire city gathered to celebrate the harvest festival, but what was chilling was that many civilians had extremely stiff expressions, as if their smiles were forced.
If someone with a Byakugan were to scan the area, they would realize that a large portion of them were actually human puppets, the kind used by Sasori of the Red Sand...
These puppets were controlled by countless Chakra threads, mingling with the crowd, pretending to be civilians.
Today was Princess Sara's coronation ceremony; she would become the Queen of Rouran Country, so she stood on a high platform to receive blessings.
As the princess stood on the high platform, receiving blessings and cheers from the common people, suddenly, a hand pushed her from the high building.
Seeing that she was about to fall to her death, Naruto quickly jumped up, performed a princess carry, and saved her.
However, the young Naruto's hands were a bit restless; when he held her, his hand touched a place it shouldn't have—
Slap! Slap!
The girl, Sara, glared angrily, while Naruto covered his face, looking wronged.
He hadn't known what he was doing, and it was over before he even felt anything, so those two slaps were a huge loss.
"You... I saved you, and you still hit me."
"Hmph, pervert, where were your hands just now..."
"..."
Naruto covered his face, looking aggrieved. Fortunately, the girl wasn't unreasonable; after hitting Naruto, she came to her senses and realized Naruto had saved her.
The girl, Sara, turned, lowered her head, and whispered, "Thank you for saving me just now..."
Naruto, forgetting the pain on his face, said cheerfully, "It's nothing, it's nothing. What's your name? I'm Naruto Uzumaki. Oh, right, why did you suddenly fall from up there, and that stone platform was so flimsy, it shattered completely by coincidence?"
Sara frowned and whispered, "I don't know either. It felt like someone pushed me from behind, and then I took two steps forward, and the stone platform just broke. Was it a coincidence?"
"It's not a coincidence, it's an assassination. Someone is trying to harm you—"
As a voice finished speaking, three Konoha Ninja appeared before Naruto and Sara.
It was Konoha's elite three-person squad, led by the blonde Minato Namikaze, with a burly, stout-looking man beside him, clearly from the Akimichi Clan.
The other person was completely wrapped up, wearing sunglasses, confirming he was from the Aburame Clan.
One for speed, one for reconnaissance, one for offense, and the first two are both incredibly powerful, all-around Ninja. What are they doing here?
Kakashi Hatake has other missions and isn't here.
"Huh, it's you guys? You're all Konoha Ninja. What are you doing here??" Naruto lowered his guard upon seeing people from his village.
Especially the Aburame and Akimichi Clan's attire; wearing a mask or not, it's the same, too easy to recognize...
"Our mission is to protect Sara and pursue a fugitive from six years ago. If I'm not mistaken, it's Mukade, who came from a time Ninjutsu..."
Minato Namikaze then began to explain that Mukade had absorbed the Dragon Vein and the Sealing Technique into his body.
Once Mukade was defeated, Naruto could return to his own time.
Just then, a mercilessly sarcastic voice rang out—
"Hypocrisy. I never thought that beneath Minato Namikaze's seemingly righteous exterior, he would be so deceitful, even lying to his own people..."
"Who?" Naruto exclaimed in surprise, turning to see Uchiha Nagi walking out of the corner with a cold smile.
He was here for no other reason than to expose Konoha's hypocritical mask in front of Naruto, to hell with the Will of Fire; let Naruto be tainted by darkness—
"It's you. Why do you always badmouth Konoha? Who exactly are you?" Naruto asked cautiously.
"What they dare not say, I dare. The mission to protect Sara? Who issued it? Sara's mother died long ago, so it must have been the Sandaime, right?" Uchiha Nagi smiled, then turned to Sara and said.
"Do you know why Konoha's Sandaime sent elite Ninja all this way to protect you?"
The girl, Sara, shook her head blankly...
"Because, passed down through generations in Rouran Country, only those with the Queen's bloodline can sever the Dragon Vein.
Once the Dragon Vein is severed, it can be destroyed. So the Sandaime sent Minato Namikaze, who knows Sealing Technique, to seal it if it couldn't be destroyed.
But what he didn't expect was that Mukade spent six years linking the Dragon Vein's energy source to his own body, right...?"
Minato Namikaze remained silent, but Naruto was confused.
"But, doesn't capturing Mukade require severing the Dragon Vein first? Otherwise, his Chakra is endless, and we can't defeat him..." Naruto said.
"Foolish. The Sandaime's true goal is to destroy Rouran Country by destroying the Dragon Vein..." Uchiha Nagi sneered.
"Ah, what..."
"This is impossible..."
Naruto and Sara looked at Uchiha Nagi in disbelief, then turned to Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze had already drawn his three-pronged Kunai, and the two Ninja behind him also took up combat stances.
"Who exactly are you? A rogue Ninja from the future Uchiha Clan?" Minato Namikaze said in a deep voice.
"What, you don't want me to continue? Naruto, before you traveled here, Rouran Country was already a ruin, a barren desert, right? This is the result of the Dragon Vein being sealed or destroyed."
Uchiha Nagi wouldn't back down; he also drew his nichirin blade.
He had endured twenty years of fear and anxiety in Konoha; he had had enough. He wanted to vent, to let out his frustration.
He spared no effort in revealing various dark sides of Konoha to Naruto.
"Including the time I came from, Rouran was also a ruin. All I can say is, the Sandaime's plan succeeded. The Dragon Vein was sealed or destroyed, and Rouran Country was ruined, hahahaha..."
"Impossible, why would Grandpa Third do such a thing?" Naruto looked at Minato Namikaze in shock, hoping to get the truth from him.
"Because of war, you silly child. Rouran Country is located within the Land of Wind's desert territory. Although it's an independent small nation, relying on the power of the Dragon Vein, its land is fertile and its produce abundant.
It's the Land of Wind's largest food import base. Once Rouran Country is destroyed, the Land of Wind's war potential will be greatly weakened in the future, right? Hahahaha..." Uchiha Nagi laughed maniacally.
"This... this..." Naruto's young mind couldn't comprehend Konoha's dark side and didn't know how to deal with such a situation, appearing at a loss.
"You, you are all bad people. I won't let you destroy Rouran Country, never..." Sara recoiled in fear, stumbling away.
Clearly, Uchiha Nagi's words had given her immense fear, making her distrust anyone wearing a Konoha headband.
"Sara..." Naruto shouted.
"Naruto, go protect Sara first." Minato Namikaze called out.
Naruto looked at the two tense groups and ignored them; protecting Sara was more important...
"Yes, Naruto, you must protect Sara well. If she dies, the Dragon Vein cannot be severed, and then Rouran won't be destroyed..." Uchiha Nagi chuckled, not forgetting to add a taunt.
Naruto, while chasing Sara, glared angrily at Uchiha Nagi.
Uchiha Nagi smiled; the young Naruto's angry expression was quite amusing, hehe...
"But the blonde isn't so cute..." Uchiha Nagi's expression became serious when he turned to Minato Namikaze.
"I don't know why your future self would hate Konoha so much. Are you a rogue Ninja?" Minato Namikaze held his trident, ready for battle.
Although he didn't know what kind of consequences killing a future person would have on history.
But—
An enemy is an enemy, especially an Uchiha who harbors hatred for Konoha is an enemy.
"Rogue Ninja? Which kind are you referring to? Are Ninja who miraculously escaped after being massacred by the Sandaime considered rogue Ninja?" Uchiha Nagi smiled and activated his Mangekyo.
He couldn't afford to underestimate the blonde's speed in the slightest; he had to use his strongest dynamic vision against him.
"Massacre? The Sandaime massacred the Uchiha Clan? How is that possible, and your eyes are... Mangekyo Sharingan?" Minato Namikaze said in shock.
"Want to know more information? I can tell you, but do you dare to listen? You don't even dare to interact much with Naruto, because you've probably guessed who Naruto is, haven't you?" Uchiha Nagi sneered.
Naruto, the protagonist of a motivational novel by Jiraiya, and Minato was a loyal fan of his teacher. What's even more unexpected is that when he was dating Kushina, he said that if they had a son in the future, they would simply name him after the protagonist in his teacher's book, "Naruto"...
So, knowing that this yellow-haired child, wearing a Konoha headband and named Naruto, he was already shocked, and he vaguely felt a sense of familiarity in his heart.
That's why after he left, he secretly protected Naruto, to see if Uchiha Nagi would try to kill Naruto.