"He's back."
Senju Hashirama was the first to notice the anomaly and spoke.
Soon, the distorted space spat out Namikaze Minato, who was carrying White Zetsu.
[What's going on?]
While the others were okay, Lin Ke was really a bit confused. There were White Zetsu in a Different World? Or was it still within the Ninja World, just not in another world? Or perhaps...? Namikaze Minato recounted his experiences and observations, and the higher-ups of Konoha discussed what would happen if the past were changed.
"If it really is the past in terms of time, Lord Senju Tobirama should have already changed everything. Our memories haven't changed, nothing has happened, and the idea of time travel seems impossible."
The Third Hokage shook his head. "Maybe it's a world similar to ours."
"Can I meet another me?" Senju Hashirama asked curiously, laughing. "I'm really looking forward to it."
"Theoretically, you should be able to, but..." The Third Hokage thought for a moment and said euphemistically, "If that world is still in the Third Shinobi World War, you should be..."
"Oh, right, I'm already dead," Senju Hashirama said nonchalantly. "I estimate that if Senju Tobirama goes, he will definitely try to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon another 'me' as soon as possible."
"Haha, just thinking about that scene is amusing."
A parallel world? Another 'Naruto World' during the Third Shinobi World War.
Lin Ke thought even more. If that's the case, could there be more 'Naruto Worlds' at different times? Losing an external brain is nothing. He now has countless external brains.
It doesn't matter if Uchiha Sasuke's Mangekyo ability doesn't have any space-time Dojutsu. He can train a few more. When the time comes, he'll pull out a squadron, sixteen Sasukes, and have them open their eyes and play the lottery every day.
He originally thought that the Ten-Tails could probably be created under the current circumstances. Being able to go to parallel worlds at other times, if there's one in the Fourth Shinobi World War, it would be good to catch a few Ten-Tails and raise them.
Parallel worlds represent endless resources and infinite futures.
The key is that the risk isn't particularly high. At most, he'll fall into the Fourth Shinobi World War or face Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. What's there to be afraid of? At least now there are two worlds to develop. When the time comes, he'll bring pairs of Naruto and Sasuke, past Hokage, and search for parallel worlds again. As soon as he enters, he'll give Ōtsutsuki Kaguya a righteous beatdown.
"I want to be the next one to enter that world that's like ours," Orochimaru volunteered. He couldn't wait to run away to another world with a few scrolls right now, but unfortunately, he needed Lin Ke's Chakra to activate the technique, and that guy wouldn't provide it to him for nothing.
The new world has too many things to experiment with. Just seeing another version of himself excites him.
However, no one paid attention to the prisoner. Only Namikaze Minato, who hadn't experienced Orochimaru's defection and was polite even when summoned during the Fourth Shinobi World War, gave him an apologetic look.
The two Advisors next to him breathed a little heavier.
With a little thought, one would know what kind of blue ocean an identical world is: known history, untapped resources, vast land...
As seers, they could gain too many benefits after going to that world, whether for themselves or for the village.
With another world, the village wouldn't need to start wars. They could slowly develop the resources of the other world. They're both Konoha Village, so cooperation wouldn't be difficult. Maybe they could unite through negotiations.
If there's one, there will be two. The technique invented by Senju Tobirama simply opened a hole in the minds of all the Konoha higher-ups present. There were too many tricks they could play.
Sarutobi Hiruzen said seriously, "We can't be too careless. We still need to do some testing to prevent doing something to the other world that will cause problems in our world."
"Let Danzo and I go and talk to 'us' over there."
He was the most suitable. During the Third Shinobi World War, he was still the current Hokage, and Danzo's Root was also thriving. They were the two most influential people in Konoha Village at the time.
Among the next generation of the Three Ninja, Tsunade had Hemophobia, Jiraiya was becoming more concerned with finding and nurturing the child of prophecy because of the war, and Orochimaru was gradually stepping into darkness.
If not for Minato, the Third Shinobi World War would have ended, and he would probably still be toiling away in the Hokage position for some time.
Of course, with Minato around, his days of retirement didn't last long anyway.
"Old man, I want to go too," Jiraiya said with a serious expression.
He wanted to go to another world to see if he could summon Mount Myōboku, meet another Great Toad Sage, and chat with another version of himself.
"Then I—" Lin Ke had just opened his mouth when he was interrupted.
Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a gentle tone, "It's not quite suitable for you to go over there yet. They're still in a state of war. Once the situation stabilizes, you can go over there however you want."
"..."
Lin Ke had a slight headache. Being protected too much was also a bit overwhelming.
A parallel world, I really want to go and play, and I can also collect extra Tailed Beasts to bring back and raise. Just thinking about it feels awesome.
Maybe I can even get my hands on a pair of Rinnegan!
However, although he had the Chakra to activate the Jutsu, the problem was that he didn't know how to draw that Jutsu. He couldn't even sneak Sasuke and the others over there.
"By the way, it's time to name this Jutsu. How about calling it—" Namikaze Minato interjected.
"Wait!" Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly called a halt, saying, "Let's leave the naming of this Jutsu to Lord Senju Tobirama."
"Alright," Namikaze Minato said with a bit of regret.
Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Little Lin Ke, I'll have to trouble you to create more Chakra."
If they wanted to travel frequently to another world, Lin Ke's Chakra was indispensable. They needed to seal more in advance, to avoid not being able to return if the Chakra scrolls were destroyed or disappeared in that world.
Uchiha Sasuke hesitated beside him. During the Third Shinobi World War, he wasn't even born yet, which meant that the relationship between the clan and the village hadn't deteriorated, and Itachi hadn't become a criminal or burdened with too much. Everything was a regret that could be changed.
The brothers wouldn't have reached the point of no return like they were today.
Everyone has regrets. If they could change them, even if it was just another world, another version of themselves and their clan, they wouldn't want the other to repeat the same mistakes.
Lin Ke patted his arm, giving him a comforting look. They would be able to go sooner or later. There was really no need right now. Once they confirmed that there were no dangers, going over there would just be a matter of saying a word.
Utakata next to him was very calm. The Bloody Mist was an old tradition. He didn't know that the Hidden Mist Village he had escaped from had become tyrannical because the Mizukage was being controlled. In his heart, he had long since lost much affection for the village.
How things were in the past didn't matter. It was good to move forward steadily.
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