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

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"No. Twelve years old. Obito-senpai died in a battle during the Third Shinobi World War."

“This isn’t right. Our record for the youngest Jonin at the age of twelve in Konoha has been taken by the Uchiha clan, specifically by that black-haired girl you met before, Uchiha Mikoto.”

“Uchiha Mikoto should be Uchiha Sasuke’s biological mother, and the wife of clan leader Uchiha Fugaku.” Sai, a member of Root, had seen many files when dealing with Sasuke. Naruto, however, was a bit dumbfounded: “Sasuke’s mother? Wait a minute! Does that mean Sasuke’s mother in this world stole Kakashi’s record as the youngest Jonin?!”

"In that sense, the history of our world changed at a certain point."

Based on a series of past events, Jiraiya formed a guess in his mind, and his expression became serious:

"Perhaps it's because of Shirahoshi."

—Perhaps in the other person's future world, at some point in the past, Shirahoshi was unable to display her own talent and died young.

"Sai, you're from the future world, one of Danzo's men, aren't you?"

Sai didn't answer, but promptly stuck out his tongue, and everyone except Naruto immediately understood.

"really."

"That means there's an extra factor here that has changed the future. That person... it must be Shirahoshi!"

Minato Namikaze's expression also turned serious. Even if the people from the future appeared, they wouldn't be able to help them figure out the current situation.

Suddenly, Sai stated another fact:

"In our world."

"Fourth, cough cough. Minato-senpai, your wife should be Uzumaki Kushina, not the person you mentioned named Kaori."

"What?! Kushina Uzumaki? Who is that?" Minato was stunned for a moment, repeated it, and then froze.

“When Kaori took me to their clan’s territory, there didn’t seem to be anyone like this… Could he be older than me? Or did he die before me?” Minato analyzed.

"Clan territory? The Uzumaki clan, have they survived in this world?" Sai exclaimed in surprise.

"What do you mean? You mean...?" Suddenly, Jiraiya felt a chill run down his spine, as if an invisible hand was silently altering the course of history.

“It seems that if Shikaku’s father, Shikakichi-senpai, and Inoichi’s father, Kazusa, hadn’t accepted the mission to Uzushiogakure, Uzushiogakure might have truly been destroyed,” Akimichi Choza said.

“That’s terrifying. I heard that it was only because of an intelligence scroll that the distrust between the two countries was broken down and the crisis was averted,” Aburame Shiki said.

"An intelligence scroll?" Sai asked in confusion. "In our future history, it is only recorded that the Land of Whirlpools was attacked by multiple countries, and Konoha Village did not have time to react. In the end, only Kushina was rescued by Lord Mito."

"Then... many things happened... a new Hokage took office, and some more things happened, and so..."

Sai looked at Naruto, and everyone seemed to understand the general future. They fell silent, and Minato even gripped Naruto's hand, his heart tightening.

Is Naruto the future Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?

"Eh. Is this Kushina you're talking about my mother, Sai?" Naruto belatedly realized, excitedly breaking free from Minato's hand and grabbing Sai.

Sai glanced at Naruto and nodded slightly with a helpless expression: "This matter is top secret."

"The village forbids you to tell me, but now that we've traveled through time, I'll tell you this information for now."

"After all, we don't know if we'll ever have a chance to go back."

Leaving his original world and enduring a month of labor reform was enough to make the calm young man see through the illusions of the world.

"So that means my father, my father is..."

“That’s right.” Sai didn’t finish his sentence, but everyone present understood.

"I never expected we'd meet like this. I thought my future self should have spoken to you more," Minato sighed.

Snapped--

Naruto punched Minato in the right arm, tears welling in his eyes:

"You bastard! Do you know how badly you've made me?! In the village... every day people say I'm an orphan... they even call me a fox demon... Waaaaah—"

"It's alright, Naruto." Minato hugged the crying Naruto. Jiraiya frowned, thinking to himself that how could the future Hokage treat a hero and the descendant of the previous Hokage unfairly? Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shiki also looked somewhat dissatisfied.

"Who is the Fifth Hokage?" Jiraiya asked.

"Uh. It's Lady Tsunade."

"Tsunade? With Tsunade's temper, how could she not reveal Naruto's identity? Who is he?" Jiraiya said angrily.

"Emmm." Sai scratched his cheek awkwardly. "Actually, after the Fourth Hokage died, the Third Hokage took over. But not long after, he was... killed."

"This," x2

Choza Akimichi and Shimi Aburame exchanged glances. If it were the Third Hokage, then this topic would be a bit sensitive.

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya took a deep breath: "As expected, Orochimaru was right after all."

“What is precious in the end is no longer precious.”

"As Rope Tree said, the human heart is indeed unpredictable..."

"Orochimaru?" Naruto sobbed for a moment, then looked up and said, "Isn't Orochimaru that rogue ninja who killed the Third Hokage?"

Sai's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. Putting aside the fact that Orochimaru isn't a rogue ninja yet, he's also Danzo's partner. If you say something like this now, how are we supposed to survive if we go to Konoha?!

Sai nervously glanced at the other people from the past, and immediately noticed the solemn expressions on their faces. His heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.

"Orochimaru... he... he's finally gone this far?" Jiraiya clenched his fists, his eyes filled with confusion. He couldn't understand why Orochimaru wanted to kill the old man.

Could it be...

Jiraiya's gaze fell on Minato, while Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shiki seemed to understand something as well.

"The position of the Fourth Hokage?"

Choza's words made Minato pause slightly, and finally he gave a bitter smile: "You should ask Sai. He should know the specifics better."

Then, the three of them looked at Sai again. Sai hesitated for a moment, but finally, seeing the looks in their eyes, he began to speak helplessly:

"Originally, I didn't plan to talk about this."

"Because Orochimaru-senpai is not a rogue ninja yet."

"Rogue ninja?" x4

"Yes. Because in the village's laboratory, Orochimaru was found to have conducted human experiments on the villagers... He was discovered by the Third Hokage, but managed to escape."

"..."x4

To be able to escape from the Third Hokage within the village sounds like a fantasy.

"It was about three years ago, the year Naruto graduated, that the Chunin Exams were jointly held by the Sand Village of the Land of Wind, an allied nation."

During the last match.

The Hidden Sand Village and the Hidden Sound Village, founded by Orochimaru, jointly attacked Konoha... The Third Hokage sealed Orochimaru's hands and died.

"How old was the Third Hokage that year?" Jiraiya was also somewhat disappointed in the Third Hokage at this moment, and stopped using the honorific title.

"Sixty-nine."

"That is, about nineteen or twenty years from now," Minato Namikaze said.

"Wait a minute, how did Sunagakure in the Land of Wind become our ally?" Akimichi Choza asked, puzzled. They had only recently finished World War II, and many conflicts remained unresolved; they had simply signed a ceasefire agreement.

"Uh. The Third Shinobi World War, it seems to start next year." Sai knew that it was now the 41st year. According to history, in the 42nd year, the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure went missing. Sai traveled to various countries to search for the Third Kazekage's whereabouts, which caused a lot of friction between the countries. In the end, Sai unilaterally declared war on the Land of Fire, thus starting the prelude to the Third Shinobi World War.

But actually, there was something else that happened at the end of this year... White Tooth committed suicide.

"..."x5

The four men fell silent after hearing Sai's words. They had only known each other for a few years since World War II ended, and Sai's words meant World War III was about to begin?!

"Do you know the specific reason?" Jiraiya didn't want to change history, but he couldn't help asking when he heard that another Shinobi World War was about to begin.

"Well... I don't know the specifics either," Sai said helplessly. "I only know that the Third Kazekage disappeared, and the once-renowned White Fang committed suicide this year..."

"White Fang? Suicide?!" x3

"How could White Fang-senpai..." Minato Namikaze finished speaking and looked at Kakashi. Kakashi's eyes were blurry and his ears were trembling, as if he had heard some unbelievable news.

"Father, suicide? How could that be?"

"Uh." Sai was sweating profusely, and then said, "Well, I don't know the specific reason either. But the records only say that Senior Sakumo made a mistake during a major mission, and in order to save his comrades, the mission failed, causing great losses to the village."

Ultimately, due to public opinion... he committed suicide.

Once again, darkness struck Jiraiya squarely between the eyebrows.

"This year, let's go with the third generation again."

"Mm." Sai nodded.

"Understood. No need to say more, we have a general understanding of how future events will unfold."

Jiraiya stopped Sai from further spoiling the plot; he now had only one thought: to prevent Orochimaru from defecting.

"When we go back, I will raise objections to halting the Wood Release plan. Are you willing to come with me?"

“Of course! Jiraiya-sensei. I don’t want Orochimaru-senpai to end up like that either,” Minato said.

Choza Akimichi and Shimi Aburame exchanged a glance and then fell silent.

—They represent a clan and cannot help Jiraiya.

"So, if we change history, my father won't die, right?" Kakashi said earnestly. "Then, can I tell my father about this? He holds a high position in the village, who knows..."

"Let's not tell anyone else about this yet. Let's avoid leaking this important information." Jiraiya shook his head.

"in addition."

"Besides the two of you, you don't have any other companions, right?"

“No. There are two more people, but we don’t know where they are now.” Sai shook his head.

"who is it?"

"Captain Yamato and Sakura Haruno."

"Huh?! Captain Yamato is here too?"

"...Didn't you hear that that day?" Sai rolled his eyes.

Meanwhile, in the East District of the city, Sakura Haruno, who had just been released from prison, arrived at a restaurant and found Captain Yamato, who was working there: "Captain Yamato, I'm finally out!"

"Sakura! Wait a minute! I'm coming right away." Yamato hurriedly put down his plate and went to the front desk to explain the situation to the boss. Upon hearing this, the boss waved helplessly and said he would give Yamato a day off. Yamato breathed a sigh of relief, avoiding losing his job and having nowhere to make a living.

—Room and board are provided for full-time employees of the hotel.