Chapter 732: Fourth War Ends

"If only I had been a bit faster back then, arrived a few minutes earlier…"

Looking at Obito whose presence had vanished, Minato Namikaze was full of self-blame.

Seeing Six Paths Obito once again choose to exchange life for life rather than live to atone, he felt very uncomfortable.

If not for his mistake, Six Paths Obito should have become a respected senior to Naruto, not the way he is now.

The cheerful, confident Obito was constantly telling Minato Namikaze one thing: when it comes to being a teacher, he was far inferior to Mu Yue.

"Kamui cannot hide tears."

Obito sighed with emotion.

Having completely watched the life of Six Paths Obito, he could understand everything Six Paths Obito did.

If not for Mu Yue, he would probably only be able to silently shed tears in the Kamui space while missing Rin Nohara.

Of course, understanding is one thing; even now, Obito does not approve of what Six Paths Obito did during his dark period.

If he could travel through time with his memories and become Six Paths Obito, experiencing everything Six Paths Obito did, he would absolutely never do those things.

Witnessing Rin's death with his own eyes, Obito would be in pain, would cry, would be sad for a long time, but he would never want to plunge the entire world into the illusory Infinite Tsukuyomi because of it.

After sorting out his feelings, Obito would continue to pursue his dream, become Hokage and then end the war, not letting the tragedy that befell Rin Nohara happen to others.

"Am I the only one left again?"

An adult Kakashi couldn't help but show a hint of loneliness on his face.

In the end, Minato's squad was left with only him.

"What are you saying? Why don't you take a good look at Minato's appearance?"

Mu Yue, who was comforting Minato Namikaze, heard adult Kakashi's mutter and said with a faint smile.

Adult Kakashi instinctively looked toward Minato Namikaze and saw Minato's blue eyes, which were a bit dejected but full of luster.

"Obito's Rinne Tensei!"

Only then did adult Kakashi remember that Rinne Tensei could directly revive ninjas who had been reincarnated by Impure World Reincarnation, and he hurriedly looked at the other three Impure World Hokages, finding that they too had all become living people.

"Is this jutsu so powerful that it revived all four of us at once?"

Tobirama Senju showed a surprised expression.

Based on his experience, reviving ninjas with Rinne Tensei should also require chakra; the stronger the chakra of the ninja to be revived, the more chakra would be consumed.

The combined chakra of the four of them was not small, especially Hashirama Senju and himself.

But the chakra of Six Paths Obito alone was certainly not enough; however, Nagato knew what Obito was going to do, so of course he wouldn't just do nothing.

That Rinnegan not only contained most of Nagato's chakra, but also a portion of the Six Paths power that Mu Yue had given to Nagato.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was too powerful, and Nagato didn't get much of a chance to intervene in the battle, so Mu Yue's Six Paths power remained until the end of the fight.

"Haha, with things like this, people might mistakenly think that Monkey (Sarutobi) is the elder."

Hashirama Senju looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was the only one among them who looked like an old man, and couldn't help but laugh.

Hiruzen Sarutobi: …

That Orochimaru, during the Impure World Reincarnation, didn't even think to make him look younger, causing him to miss the chance to return to his peak.

"Dad."

Discovering that Minato Namikaze had been revived by Six Paths Obito, Naruto excitedly hugged Minato.

Although Minato Namikaze and his wife from Mu Yue's world were very kind, they were still the parents of another him, and Naruto didn't want to cause his own family bonds to be divided.

"Sorry, you've had a hard time all these years."

Minato Namikaze gently patted Naruto's head and said softly.

As a Hokage, he had no regrets toward Konoha, but as a father, he was not very competent, having been absent from Naruto's life for a full seventeen years.

Naruto didn't speak, just hugged Minato Namikaze even tighter.

At that moment, a faint golden glow stealthily slipped through the gap on the horizon, dispelling the night and illuminating the battlefield.

"Naruto, happy birthday."

Minato Namikaze smiled and congratulated.

"As for a gift, I'll try to get it to you today. Is there anything you want, Naruto?"

"Please point out any shortcomings in the future, since I'm a father with little experience."

Strictly speaking, today was only Minato Namikaze's second day as a father—he was a complete novice.

"No need to go to that trouble, Dad. Your blessing is the best gift for me."

Naruto shook his head and said with a bright smile.

Minato Namikaze's resurrection was the happiest thing for him today.

"Happy birthday."

Mu Yue smiled lightly and congratulated, then placed his hand on Minato Namikaze's severed arm, helping to repair the broken limb.

Since Minato Namikaze in his Impure World Reincarnation state had lost an arm to Yin-Yang Release, he was also missing an arm when resurrected.

"Thank you so much, Brother Mu Yue."

Naruto thanked excitedly, then quickly asked his father how he felt, if he was uncomfortable.

"How about you hit me twice, Big Brother Naruto?"

Seeing Naruto's blissful smile, Obito felt an indescribable discomfort and couldn't help saying.

Six Paths Obito really did some terrible things.

As a result, he, who possessed Six Paths Obito's memories, also felt a great sense of guilt.

"Why would I hit you? This time I have to thank you, Brother Obito."

Naruto smiled and put his arm around Obito's shoulder.

Let alone Obito as another version of himself, even Six Paths Obito, Naruto would not hate him now.

Because he knew the real fault was not Six Paths Obito; it was the war, it was the world at that time.

Six Paths Obito and Nagato were just people who had gone astray.

"Big Brother Naruto!"

Obito was filled with respect and gave Naruto a thumbs-up.

Naruto's broad-mindedness reminded him of Mu Yue.

At the martial arts tournament, when Mu Yue displayed his strength, everyone thought the four great ninja villages were finished, thought the four Kage were finished, but Mu Yue did not attack.

Even if Mu Yue had gone on a killing spree back then, the four great ninja villages would have had no power to resist, and the ninja world could still have moved toward peace.

But it would have definitely killed many people, and there would have been a period of considerable chaos.

"Naruto, happy birthday. Time flies—you're seventeen now."

Adult Kakashi sighed and congratulated Naruto.

"Seventeen?"

Obito was dumbfounded. Wasn't he supposed to be a year older than him? Who corrupted his Big Brother Naruto—no, his Little Brother Naruto.

"Haha, don't mind the details."

Naruto said with a cheeky laugh, trying to gloss over the matter.

"Little Brother Naruto, even though it's your birthday today, you're not being fair. You should at least call me Big Brother Obito a few times to make up for it."

Obito's expression changed.

"We're not ninjas from the same world, so we can't calculate by normal age. Little Brother Obito, you'd better let the 'me' in your world call you big brother."

Naruto thought that different worlds should be counted by the age at first meeting, otherwise it was too unfair to him.

Seven years had passed on Obito's side, while only a little over a month had passed on his side.

"Little Brother Naruto, I used Kamui quite a bit during the fight to help you out of tight spots."

Obito widened his eyes, counting the merits he had established with Super Obito during the great battle.

"Brother Obito, how did all the credit for that combined ninja end up on you? And I helped you, remember? Back then, I even taught you the Rasengan."

Seeing the two of them calling each other "brother" this and "brother" that, Kakashi was speechless—they had to argue over this too.

"Kakashi, you be the judge."

Obito called out to Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei, you should say something too."

Naruto looked at Adult Kakashi.

"I have no interest in judging such a boring matter."

Kakashi rolled his eyes and said irritably.

"I have a suggestion—why don't we have Yamato treat us to ramen? We can discuss it while we eat."

Adult Kakashi said, stroking his chin.

Yamato:???

How did it end up on him? Kakashi-senpai, you've done every bad thing imaginable.

"I support that. Yamato was an Anbu captain, so he must be loaded. It's only right for him to treat us to ramen."

Kakashi nodded and said.

The grudge of being hit on the head would stay with him for life.

Those two punches had done too much harm to a ten-year-old child.

Yamato was numb—having both the young and adult Kakashi ganging up on him alone, this blessing was too much for him to bear.

If he had known earlier, he would have...

... hit him twice more!

After all, this innately evil white-haired senpai definitely wouldn't let him off anyway, so he might as well enjoy it a couple more times.

Not only Muyue and his group, but the shinobi alliance who had awakened from the Infinite Tsukuyomi and those revived by Obito also sent birthday wishes to the great hero Naruto.

The blessings of tens of thousands of people filled the battlefield, injecting new vitality and joy into this ruined land.

Although the venue was terrible, no one complained about the environment, and many alliance shinobi wore smiles.

Some were genuinely happy for Naruto's birthday, some were relieved to have survived this horrific war, some were glad to have won the war, and others were infected by the smiles around them.

Regardless of why they laughed, it added laughter to the battlefield and lightened the atmosphere.

However, some people also noticed other issues.

"All four Edo Tensei Hokage have come back to life, which means Konoha now has a total of five Hokage."

The Fourth Raikage's expression was serious.

It was true that they had cooperated in an unprecedented manner, but that didn't mean there would be no wars in the future. With five Hokage, Konoha's combat power was clearly excessive and worthy of vigilance.

"More than that, I'm concerned about the parallel world."

Ōnoki said.

The shinobi from other parallel worlds were manageable, but Muyue was far too strong.

Six Paths Madara, who was like a god, was heavily injured by Muyue in just a few strikes.

If Muyue led shinobi from another world to invade the ninja world, Ōnoki couldn't think of anyone who could stop him.

"Let's enjoy this hard-won victory first."

Mei Terumī let out a long breath and smiled.

As for why only the three Kage were discussing this here—Gaara, upon seeing someone celebrating Naruto's birthday, had already rushed over to give Naruto his blessings.

As for Tsunade, she walked over to Hashirama Senju.

"Grandfather, since you've been revived, why don't you continue serving as Hokage?"

Tsunade said with a smile.

Her becoming Hokage was pure coercion—forced by circumstances, with no choice but for her to take the role.

Tsunade wasn't someone who enjoyed official business anyway. Since there were better options, of course she didn't want to be Hokage.

"Tsuna, what kind of talk is that? The position of Hokage isn't something you can simply give away—that would make being Hokage a joke."

Before Hashirama Senju could reply, Tobirama Senju scolded with a stern face.

Theoretically, they were all Hokage, but this "Hokage" was just a title; the real Hokage was only Tsunade.

Casually giving away Hokage authority like that would weaken the Hokage's prestige.

"Granduncle, you're still so energetic. How about you take the position?"

Tsunade said with a casual grin, not minding at all.

When she was young, she was practically the princess of the Senju clan, and Hashirama Senju wasn't the only one who doted on her.

"Many Leaf ninja still miss you. They hope you can lead Konoha to continue thriving."

"I won't play along with your nonsense."

Tobirama Senju refused without hesitation.

In other matters, he could indulge Tsunade along with Hashirama Senju, but when it came to the major issue of the Hokage's authority, he couldn't condone this.

At most, Tobirama Senju could temporarily serve as an assistant or advisor, helping Tsunade handle official business.

"Then what about you, Teacher Sarutobi?"

Tsunade had no choice but to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"You'd better spare me."

Hiruzen Sarutobi pointed at the heavy wrinkles on his face, as if to ask, "Does this look appropriate?"

He had already reached the age of retirement and fishing; he didn't want to stir things up anymore.

"Tch."

Tsunade showed a disappointed expression, even though she had spoken so nicely on purpose.

"Minato, you…"

"Keep it up, Lady Tsunade."

Minato Namikaze encouraged her.

Konoha already had a Fifth Hokage; he, as the Fourth Hokage, would simply support her faithfully.

"Haha, it was definitely the right choice not to fall for Teacher Hiruzen's tricks."

Jiraiya laughed heartily upon seeing the situation.

Back then, Hiruzen Sarutobi had truly tried every means to push him onto the Hokage seat.

It was as if the opportunity to become Hokage had been artificially rained down on Jiraiya's head, but unfortunately, Jiraiya had an umbrella and blocked it all.

Watching Jiraiya laugh, Tsunade felt a sudden daze, recalling some memories.

"What do you think? Do you realize how handsome I am? After all, I'm quite a bit younger."

Jiraiya said proudly.

"You really do share the same misunderstanding about 'handsome.'"

Tsunade replied.

"Pleased to meet you. I am one of the Sannin, the Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku!"

Jiraiya didn't mind and laughed as he struck a pose, introducing himself again.

"Hello, I'm Tsunade. I hope you're not the kind of jerk who tries to push 'me' into the Hokage position."

Seeing Jiraiya still putting on airs with a self-introduction, Tsunade smiled and responded.

Actually, she had noticed Jiraiya on the battlefield earlier and wanted to say a few words to him, but the fighting was too intense and she didn't get the chance.

"Hello, do you need me to introduce myself as well?"

The rogue ninja Orochimaru greeted Orochimaru.

"No need for such trouble, but you seem a bit different from what I imagined."

Orochimaru replied.

Based on the Shinobi Alliance's performance, he judged that "Orochimaru" had defected and had done quite a few big things.

But now that Orochimaru could be mingling with the Shinobi Alliance, the specifics must differ somewhat from what he imagined.

"So, want to exchange information?"

The rogue ninja Orochimaru gave a sinister smile and raised his arm.

He was curious about Orochimaru. Although he hadn't observed much, it was enough to confirm one piece of information: Orochimaru and he had not taken the same path.

"Why not."

Orochimaru showed a faint smile and likewise raised his hand.

Their hands struck together, and their chakras connected.