Chapter 2: Father and Son Meet During the Third Shinobi World War

Konoha Year 47. Because Sasori's parents were killed by Hatake Sakumo, the "White Fang of the Leaf," during the Second Shinobi World War.

Sasori wanted revenge, but because the White Fang committed suicide due to another mission, Sasori could not find him to take revenge, so he turned his hatred toward the Third Kazekage.

Sasori felt that as the leader of Sunagakure, it was the Third Kazekage's negligence that allowed Konoha to invade, forcing his parents to their deaths.

Thus, Sasori assassinated the Third Kazekage, stole his body, and became a missing-nin after leaving the village.

Due to the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, Sunagakure exhausted the entire village's strength to search for his trail, but they could never find him, leaving Sunagakure in a state of having no leader. Because of the intensive search, not only did Sunagakure's defense forces become understaffed, but the other four nations also received news of the Third Kazekage's disappearance.

Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning, which advocated military expansion, took advantage of the chaos to raid Sunagakure and declared war on the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire. The ninja world was in chaos.

Due to Kumogakure's raid, Sunagakure fell into turmoil. In the crisis of Sunagakure, Rasa relied on the Magnet Release: Gold Dust he learned from the Third Kazekage to resist Kumogakure's invasion and protect the village.

At this time, the Land of Earth, unwilling to fall behind, simultaneously declared war on the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning. Even the isolationist Land of Water joined in the fun and declared war on the Land of Fire.

A grand and fierce Third Shinobi World War officially began.

In Konoha, inside the Hokage Building, the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, looked at Namikaze Minato and said, "Everything is entrusted to you." "Is this really okay? They are still just children! Do they really have to go to the battlefield?" Namikaze Minato looked at the Third Hokage. The Third Hokage smoked his pipe in silence for a long time before sighing and saying, "Go." Namikaze Minato turned and slowly walked out the door.

Today, the Third Hokage had called him to inform him that he was to lead Team 7 to the battlefield. Team 7 consisted of Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin. Although they had a Jonin like Hatake Kakashi and a Chunin like Uchiha Obito, plus a Kage-level powerhouse like Namikaze Minato, it looked like they had decent strength. But in reality, Namikaze Minato knew that besides himself, everyone else was only 12 years old. Sending 12-year-old children to the battlefield—

To be honest, Namikaze Minato couldn't bear it, but he understood the Third Hokage's approach. Hatake Sakumo had committed suicide, and Orochimaru of the Sannin had defected. Jiraiya and Tsunade were away, and the Second Shinobi World War hadn't ended long ago... Most of Konoha's elite had sacrificed themselves in the Second Shinobi World War, and Konoha was currently in need of rest and recovery.

Yet they encountered the Third Shinobi World War. If there were any other way, the Third Hokage wouldn't want to send these children to the battlefield. There was simply no other choice; he had to force them to grow up as quickly as possible.

Thinking about this, Namikaze Minato arrived at the meeting point for Team 7 before he knew it. Obito was late as usual, Kakashi sat to the side with an impatient look, and Rin sat next to Kakashi with a smile.

Namikaze Minato sensed someone rushing toward them! This familiar chakra was none other than Uchiha Obito.

Before long, a black shadow appeared before him with a "whoosh" and said, "Sorry, Minato-sensei, I was late because I helped an old lady pick up something she dropped on the ground." Before Namikaze Minato could speak, Kakashi couldn't listen anymore. "As a ninja, punctuality is the most basic requirement. If you can't even be punctual, you might as well give up being a ninja." "What did you say, you stinking Kakashi?" Obito rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight Kakashi. Rin hurriedly pulled Obito back and said, "Alright, alright, Obito was late because he was helping someone, let's just let it go this time!" "Rin, you're the best, unlike this stinking Kakashi." Kakashi turned his head away, ignoring Obito.

Namikaze Minato smiled awkwardly to the side. Just as he was about to speak, a dazzling light appeared in the sky. As soon as this light appeared, it split into countless meteors; some flew into the distance, while others fell directly onto Konoha. Three of them flew toward Namikaze Minato's side, and the most dazzling one flew directly toward Namikaze Minato, while the other two flew toward Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Obito respectively. Before Namikaze Minato could react, it had already shone upon him. In an instant, Namikaze Minato entered his own consciousness world.

Looking at the vast white expanse, Namikaze Minato silently gathered his chakra, guarding against his surroundings.

"Long time no see, Dad," a voice that was both strange and familiar reached Namikaze Minato's ears. It was strange because he had never heard this voice before, and familiar because the tone at the end was exactly like his wife, Kushina.

"Dad? Who are you? Did you mistake me for someone else? I'm not even married yet!" Namikaze Minato secretly guarded himself. To fish for information and see how much the other person knew about him, Namikaze Minato told a lie.

At this moment, a figure slowly condensed in front of Namikaze Minato. Short golden hair, azure eyes, and most notably, six whisker-like marks on his cheeks! "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, and I am the child born to you and Uzumaki Kushina. I come from Konoha Year 85." Looking at his father, Uzumaki Naruto said with some helplessness. Because Ashura and Indra were brothers, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke's chakra were originally from the same source, both coming from the Sage of Six Paths! Therefore, Naruto could control the Sharingan very well, and his eyes would turn back to normal azure blue when not in use. "I know it's hard for you to believe this all at once, but you only need to bump fists with me and look at the vision of the future, and you will understand," Uzumaki Naruto said.

Namikaze Minato looked at him quietly. Combining Naruto's appearance and the tone of his voice, Minato actually already believed it 30 percent! "Then, Naruto, what is it you want from me?" Minato did not intend to bump fists with Naruto! If he believed what Naruto said, then there was no need to look at the vision; he could just have Naruto tell him orally. Perhaps this vision could be saved and used when needed. If he didn't believe Naruto, rashly approaching to look at the vision would only bring him danger. Therefore, Namikaze Minato did not intend to bump fists.

Uzumaki Naruto sighed helplessly and said, "Because the world I lived in has been destroyed by the Otsutsuki Clan! And I used my own life as the price to bring back the memories of everyone who participated in the Fourth Shinobi World War and gave them to them! But these memories are somewhat incomplete; memories after the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War might be missing. Because there were so many people reborn and the time span was so large, I needed to spend a massive amount of chakra to maintain it, but my chakra reserves were somewhat insufficient, so I directly removed some useless memories. However, the battles against the Otsutsuki were all preserved. As for the others, they can only see memories from the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War and before. If they died in the Fourth Shinobi World War, they can only see the memories of their final moments." ===== CHAPTER 4 =====