Second Body finally let go of the Yellow-Haired Brat. If Uzumaki Naruto's strength didn't include the Nine-Tailed's boost, he would probably only be at the level of a regular Jonin.
However, this was just his lowest normal state. As long as Kurama gave him some Chakra, Uzumaki Naruto's strength could skyrocket to quasi-Kage level.
After Sara and Matsuri realized that these masked individuals were not enemies, they led them to a relatively safe tall tower.
Among Second Body's group, only Kakashi, Rin, Obito, and Pakura were not wearing masks. Uzumaki Naruto always felt that the white-haired, dead-eyed kid looked familiar.
And the goggle-wearing black-haired boy and the girl with purple Ninja makeup on her face also seemed to have been seen somewhere, but his limited brain could never recall where.
"Suddenly, I was attacked by puppets. The ruins of Rouran transformed into a prosperous city. I'm completely confused. Do you know anything? Please tell me."
Uzumaki Naruto didn't know he had traveled through time and space; he was still a bit dazed at this point. However, this was normal; Second Body knew it was just Transmigrator Syndrome.
Uh, Transmigrator Syndrome was just something Second Body made up to explain the awkward language, actions, and expressions of transmigrators when they first transmigrated.
"There's no other way. Although I don't want to say it, I'll try my best to explain it within the allowed scope." Minato Namikaze first nodded to everyone, then took off his mask.
"We came here on a confidential mission from Konoha. This is indeed not the Rouran you know. If I'm not mistaken, you should be a person from the future."
Minato Namikaze didn't have the concept of a parallel world. The fact that Uzumaki Naruto didn't recognize him when Second Body took off her mask already explained a lot.
However, Minato Namikaze didn't think there was anything wrong with Uzumaki Naruto not recognizing him, let alone Uzumaki Naruto not recognizing Second Body. Minato probably thought they had all died in battle.
"Future… future?" Uzumaki Naruto was a bit disbelieving.
"The reason we didn't tell you is that once people from the future have a connection with this world, the flow of time will undergo tremendous changes…"
Second Body listened to Minato's serious bluster, uninterested. Instead, she was intently sensing a layer of space-time energy shrouding Uzumaki Naruto.
It seemed to be a high-level power originating from the source and connected to multiple worlds. This power was probably not even mastered by the Ōtsutsuki.
"…Defeating An Lushan can restore time, and you can also return to your original world…"
Second Body became increasingly interested in An Lushan. He could actually carry space-time energy, allowing them to exist in this time for so long. Second Body guessed that An Lushan might have passively absorbed parallel world space-time energy by continuously absorbing Dragon Vein Chakra.
"…I was just wondering where I had seen you before. You look exactly like the Fourth Hokage on the Hokage Rock."
Kakashi was truly pathetic. Uzumaki Naruto didn't even recognize Kakashi, who clearly wore a mask and hadn't changed much. Second Body maliciously speculated that it must be because Kakashi was biased and didn't teach Uzumaki Naruto much.
Minato Namikaze interrupted Akimichi Choza and the others' conversation, and also made Obito swallow his unspoken words. At this point, Kakashi and the others also knew that Uzumaki Naruto was from twenty years in the future.
"Ah! I remember now, you're Kakashi-sensei! You already had dead fish eyes when you were a kid. Hmm, the Uchiha with goggles, I think I saw him on the Memorial Stone. Kakashi-sensei often goes to pay respects to him…"
Uzumaki Naruto hadn't finished speaking when Minato Namikaze interrupted him, frowning and warning Uzumaki Naruto once again not to reveal future information.
Obito was already distraught. He only heard that he was on the Memorial Stone and that Kakashi often paid respects to him. But why hadn't Rin come to pay respects to him?
Seeing Obito's appearance, Second Body naturally understood what he was thinking. She couldn't possibly tell him the story of how he wasn't dead twenty years later and how Kamui couldn't hide his tears.
To prevent everyone from feeling down, Second Body had no choice but to pull down her mask and approach Uzumaki Naruto. Second Body's action immediately attracted everyone's attention. Minato thought Second Body wanted to ask about her future, so he tried to stop her.
"Hey, Yellow-Haired Brat, you probably don't know me, right?"
Second Body's sudden closeness made Uzumaki Naruto instinctively take a few steps back. He remembered that this masked little sister was very strong and hit very hard.
However, he really didn't expect such a cute and beautiful face beneath that mask. He had thought she would have a broad forehead like Sakura, which was why her hits hurt so much.
"N-no… I don't know you. No impression." Uzumaki Naruto carefully examined her and indeed found that he didn't know this impossibly beautiful little sister.
"Ah! Is Second Body dead too?!" Obito was the first to exclaim loudly. The current Obito's personality was still quite similar to Uzumaki Naruto's.
Kakashi stared at Obito with his dead fish eyes, and Rin immediately pulled Obito, who wanted to go comfort Second Body, signaling him to be quiet.
"What does Second Body want to express?" Minato had some guesses about Second Body's behavior.
"I suspect the Yellow-Haired Brat isn't from the future, but from a parallel world."
Second Body first explained the meaning of a parallel world to Minato and the others, as this concept was still new in the Ninja World.
"Hey, Yellow-Haired Brat, just tell me, is Danzo Shimura still a Konoha Ninja?"
Uzumaki Naruto was confused by Second Body's talk of parallel worlds. His knowledge base couldn't help him understand such transcendent concepts.
"Danzo, the Hokage's assistant, of course he's still there! That old man is gloomy all the time and has a lot of ill will towards me."
Uzumaki Naruto knew Danzo very well; he often argued with Granny Tsunade.
Second Body glanced at Minato and the others, her meaning clear, as in their timeline, the old man Danzo had already defected to the Land of Rain.
"So there's no need to worry about the future being rewritten, because our world is inherently a parallel world different from his. On the contrary, we can even learn some things about the future through this Yellow-Haired Brat, giving our Konoha an advantage."
Second Body's idea made Minato and the others ponder for a few moments, and they felt it indeed made sense. Since things were already different, they might as well gain some benefits from it.
"If I'm not mistaken, this Yellow-Haired Brat should be Minato-nii and Kushina-neechan's son in a parallel world. After all, his vigorous life force and the Nine-Tailed inside him clearly indicate that."
Second Body directly pointed out the father-son relationship between Uzumaki Naruto and Minato, which stunned everyone. However, upon closer inspection, Uzumaki Naruto indeed bore some resemblance to Minato.
"Really? Are you really my dad? Why did you abandon me?!"
Uzumaki Naruto immediately became emotional, hugging Minato and starting to cry. Even Second Body was moved, but with her existence in this world, there were some tragedies she absolutely had to prevent.
"Yellow-Haired Brat, quickly tell everyone your name!" Second Body's voice brought the somewhat astonished father and son back to their senses.
"I'm not some Yellow-Haired Brat! I'm Uzumaki Naruto, and my Ninja Way is to never go back on my word!"
Uzumaki Naruto stuck up his thumb, introducing himself like Might Guy, both having a strange kind of foolishness.
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