"Sorry, I promised Sara I wouldn't let anyone harm Rouran Country. This is my Ninja Way. If I can't keep my promise, how can I become the future Hokage?"
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Naruto created a Shadow Clone, and hundreds of small, yellow-haired figures appeared, surrounding Minato's squad and simultaneously protecting the Dragon Veins. It was unclear who would win if a fight broke out.
Seeing the situation, Akimichi Choza and Shibi Aburame wanted to intervene, realizing they couldn't proceed without defeating him.
"How can I become the future Hokage…" Faced with this child, who might be his future relative, Minato Namikaze fell silent.
He could steel his heart to kill the old, weak, and women, and he could slit the throats of civilians, because he was a Ninja of Konoha, fighting for Konoha in everything.
But he had never thought of protecting a small country from another nation… After the Uzumaki Clan was annihilated, only Kushina was fortunate enough to live in Konoha. If nothing unexpected happened, this yellow-haired kid named Naruto Uzumaki was very likely Kushina's child.
If there hadn't been a 'neighbor across the street' scenario, and he had married Kushina, then this yellow-haired kid would be his child. Moreover, besides the same yellow hair as him, he also had blue eyes and the Nine-Tailed Chakra—
But now, his son stood before him, trying to obstruct his mission, and even vowed that this was his Ninja Way… "You need to think clearly. We are all Ninjas of Konoha. Are you going to make your own people fight each other?" Shibi Aburame said in a deep voice.
"So what? I promised Sara I wouldn't let you touch the Dragon Veins, and I wouldn't let Rouran be destroyed. I must keep that promise, even if you are Konoha Ninjas—"
Naruto had already recognized Choza, as his build was easy to spot, and he was Choji's father. Shibi Aburame was harder to recognize, as the entire Aburame Clan covered their bodies and wore sunglasses, making it genuinely difficult for an average person to distinguish one from another.
"Well said, Naruto. This time, I'm on your side. If they want to destroy the Dragon Veins, besides defeating you, they'll have to defeat me too."
A light voice drifted over as Uchiha Nagi jumped down, standing beside Naruto with a mischievous grin.
Minato Namikaze looked at him, annoyed, knowing that the other party probably also knew about Naruto's relationship with him, and was likely doing this on purpose.
Uchiha Nagi blinked, responding provocatively, "That's right, I'm doing it on purpose, what about it?"
Akimichi Choza, standing nearby, slowly said to Naruto, "This is the Sandaime's mission. Since you are a Konoha Ninja, you should also obey the Hokage's mission…"
"The Sandaime sometimes makes mistakes too—" Minato Namikaze sighed, stepping forward and saying, "Naruto, you don't quite understand war. When war comes, either people from the Land of Fire die, or people from other countries die. Everything the Sandaime does is for the Land of Fire, for Konoha Village…"
"Do you know that as long as the Dragon Veins exist, Rouran Country can serve as Sunagakure's logistical granary, which will greatly increase Konoha's pressure, and the war will drag on for much longer. And if that happens…"
"If history changes because of your willfulness, then… more of Konoha's comrades will die."
Hearing this, Naruto was stunned for a moment. "Many people in Konoha will die?"
He just wanted to protect Rouran Country, how could more people die?
"Naruto…" Sara called out softly, bringing Naruto back to his senses.
"I believe that in the future, everyone will definitely be able to understand each other, and through mutual understanding, we can eliminate war. But before that, I will still do what I believe in. I saw many civilians in Rouran. If Rouran is destroyed, what will happen to them? What's the difference between you destroying the Dragon Veins and killing them?"
Naruto said firmly, "If Rouran is destroyed, they will be homeless. They might starve to death wandering outside. So, I won't let you destroy the Dragon Veins."
Facing the aggressive Naruto, Choza and Shibi Aburame both looked at their mission leader for this trip, Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze sighed. Naruto was easy to deal with, but the key was that there was also an Uchiha Clan member, just like him, who could use the Flying Thunder God Technique, causing trouble. The other party seemed very happy to see Konoha Ninjas fighting Konoha Ninjas.
Clap, clap, clap, clap!!
Uchiha Nagi clapped, then said with a chuckle, "Minato Namikaze, it seems your son is much stronger than you. He's more suited to be Hokage—"
"Nani?!!?"
"What?!"
"Minato's son?!"
Everyone present, except Yamato who already knew, looked at Naruto, then at Minato Namikaze, in shock. This yellow-haired kid was Minato's son?
No, the more they looked, the more alike they seemed? Both had blue eyes, yellow hair, and their faces were eighty percent similar. This… "Sensei's son??" A small figure leaped down.
White hair, a cloth covering half his face, and that annoying expression.
Naruto instantly recognized the young Kakashi, "Huh?! Kakashi-sensei~"
The cool, annoying Kakashi looked bewildered, pointing at himself, "Me? Sensei?"
Minato Namikaze glared at Uchiha Nagi, "You know, you know, why did you have to blurt it out? How much trouble is this now? Embarrassment is one thing, but the real trouble is how to handle this current situation?"
Could they have a father-son reunion? He wasn't even married yet, still a virgin, and he's already a father? How was he supposed to deal with this?
Uchiha Nagi didn't care about any of this. Anyway, messing with history had nothing to do with him. At worst, he'd just run back to the Demon Slayer world.
"Hmm~ Should you be thanking me? A father-son reunion, what a beautiful scene. Naruto, aren't you going to thank me?"
"Uh, is he really my father?!" The bewildered Naruto was a bit confused.
Looking at the silently smiling Minato Namikaze, it was confirmed. However, reality is often so cruel. Before Minato Namikaze could even respond, Naruto's body began to emit a white light, and Uchiha Nagi's as well.
"It seems that the power of time is repelling us. Those who don't belong to this time-space will be repelled and sent back to their own worlds," Uchiha Nagi said calmly.
"Wait, wait, I still have so many questions to ask…" Naruto said urgently.
"Ah, don't worry, we will definitely meet again in the future. It won't be too late to ask me then. But for now, to prevent history from changing, I think it's best if we seal this memory~" Minato Namikaze pulled out a three-pronged Kunai, placed it on the ground, and began to form hand signs.
Seal this memory? Are you kidding me? I finally copied Flying Thunder God, if you seal it, wouldn't it be a wasted trip? And I also copied Naruto's Rasenshuriken, although he wasn't sure if he could use it yet, but—
"Hehe, it's impossible to seal my memory. I don't like being sealed…" Uchiha Nagi finished speaking and, with a whoosh, instantly teleported away using Flying Thunder God.
Minato Namikaze was helpless against someone who also knew Flying Thunder God. It was unlikely he could catch him by chasing him now, and they were about to return anyway. He decided to let it go. Besides, this Uchiha Nagi was not in his own world, but in the future. Minato Namikaze's jutsu covered the people around him: Kakashi, Shibi Aburame, Choza, and himself.
Slap~
Yamato punched Kakashi hard on the head, grinning slyly, "You used to bully me all the time, now I finally get to bully you back…"
Kakashi clutched his head, staring at Yamato with his characteristic dead-fish eyes, wanting to engrave this figure firmly in his memory. He decided that from now on, whenever he saw him, he would beat him to death… "Wait, I still have so many things to ask you…"
"Ah, don't worry, when we meet in the future, I'll tell you everything…"
Minato Namikaze smiled, and after finishing his hand signs, the versatile Sealing Technique instantly sealed all of their memories of the past few days.
As for Uchiha Nagi and the other two, Minato Namikaze was helpless. Just as the sealing was complete, Naruto was teleported back to his own world by the power of time. Uchiha Nagi and the other two could only leave it to fate.
"Hmm? What happened to us? Sensei?" Kakashi shook his head, waking up. The feeling of having his memory sealed was unpleasant, like a blackout. "Hmm, nothing. It might be because it involved changing history, so I sealed our memories. The mission should be complete, let's retreat." Minato Namikaze looked at Sara, who was still unconscious, and then led his squad to withdraw from Rouran Country.
Before leaving, Minato Namikaze looked at the Dragon Veins, silently thinking, [I won't let you down, Naruto—]
Minato Namikaze ultimately gave up on destroying the Dragon Veins, only sealing them for a few years to report back to the Sandaime. He believed that if the war ended in a few years, the Dragon Veins' seal would coincidentally be released.
Uchiha Nagi would definitely be amused to see this. Minato Namikaze, this guy, not only didn't destroy the Dragon Veins, but he also didn't seal his own memory?!
— — — —
Uchiha Nagi didn't know that his random meddling had caused a slight deviation in history: Minato Namikaze hadn't sealed his own memory.
Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care. The protagonists of this world were all his Ninjutsu porters. Now, besides lacking the First Hokage's Chakra reserves and Madara's Rinnegan, he had nothing to fear from anyone else.
If he couldn't win, couldn't he run?
With the excellent and affordable Flying Thunder God, combined with the Mangekyo's dynamic vision, he could be as fast as he wanted, even comparable to Minato Namikaze to a certain extent. Of course, currently, his vision was faster than Minato's, but his body would be a bit weaker. Minato Namikaze's most impressive aspect was that his body could keep up with that speed.
The human eye is actually like a camera, with a speed of 30 frames per second, while movies are generally 24 frames. He hadn't experimented to see how many frames the Sharingan had, but it was definitely more than double that of an ordinary person.
The two-tomoe was even more, and the three-tomoe, Mangekyo, would probably be on the order of a hundred times.
And Minato Namikaze, a person without a Sharingan, could actually keep up with that speed. This was probably because his eyes had also evolved through years of physical training. Otherwise, he would only see that no matter how fast he was, the people around him would be motionless, because his body kept up, but his eyes couldn't.
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