"But don't be so impulsive, especially you, Naruto. The Nine-tailed Chakra inside you almost came out before."
Fortunately, his Wood Style restrained it, otherwise, the situation would have been truly dangerous.
"I know, but when I think about Teacher Kakashi's situation..."
Naruto's face showed signs of unwillingness and anger as he clenched his fists.
Yamato looked at Naruto and said, "I understand your feelings, but that's not a reason for you to act rashly. Kakashi-senpai has already..."
"Oh my, is here where you're hiding? Finally found you all."
A voice interrupted, disrupting the conversation between Yamato and the others.
Sai immediately took out a scroll, intending to draw something.
Ruri and Ayane calmly appeared, walking over from the front, looking at the four Konoha ninjas with interest.
"You are...?"
Tension was evident on Yamato's face.
Naruto and Sakura also took a combat-ready stance.
Ruri didn't care about their vigilance and walked directly towards the four.
Under an invisible pressure, all four did not make the first move.
Ruri walked up to them, bent down, and picked up the medication that Sakura had just applied to Naruto.
It was an opaque white plastic bottle containing some topical healing medicine powder, mostly used up.
On the bottle, there was a distinctive mark of the Shion Flower Company.
"The date is from March, twenty years in the future, along with the unique label of the Shion Flower Company. It seems you really are from the future."
Ruri's shocking words left the tense four Konoha ninjas stunned on the spot.
What does this mean? Twenty years later?
"No need to look at us so nervously. In your time-space, perhaps our relationship isn't good, but that's only in your parallel dimension and has nothing to do with the current space-time."
Ruri placed the medicine bottle in Sakura's hand and said to her, "Don't throw things away after using them. Any piece of litter you casually toss out could alter the order of this space-time. Especially recognizable ones like this."
"Wha-what do you mean?"
Sakura found her mouth getting a bit dry.
"It means that from your perspective, this is the world of twenty years ago."
Ayane stepped forward to explain.
"Twenty years ago!?"
All four Konoha ninjas widened their eyes in disbelief, looking at Ayane.
"How could it be? The world twenty years ago, it's just too..."
"There's nothing impossible. During your time, which generation of Hokage is it?"
Ayane asked.
"The Fifth."
"Here, it's still the Third Hokage governing Konoha. We left Konoha just two months ago in this world."
"Then now is...?"
Even the well-informed Yamato was at a loss for words.
"The Third Shinobi War has just begun."
Ayane's words left the four speechless.
In their mind, the Third Shinobi War ended long ago, and now Ayane told them it had just begun.
Is this really the ninja realm of twenty years ago?
Yamato was the first to respond, pointing at the place and asking, "This place is?"
"Roran."
Ruri's answer left Yamato sitting dazedly on the ground.
In his era, Roran was already a ruin, like a relic city, so what was the Roran before him?
Moreover, seeing Hakushi's youthful face... Yamato already believed that they had come to the ninja realm of twenty years ago.
"How could such a ridiculous thing happen?"
Naruto was still in disbelief.
"But that's the truth. Coming to this time-space, you've likely triggered some kind of medium, arriving here by mistake."
"Then how do we get back?"
Sakura asked.
"Find the medium, destroy it, and let the space-time on you return to normal."
"What do you plan to do with us now?"
Yamato asked.
Facing these two people as opponents, there's no visible chance of winning.
"Don't worry, we don't plan on doing anything. Before the situation is resolved, you must stay here to avoid disrupting the order of this space-time. Otherwise, not only your world will be affected, but ours too."
Yamato, after hearing this, felt slightly relieved.
Indeed, they belonged to the future era, wandering recklessly in this time could potentially cause a series of terrifying chain events.
"By the way, I would also like to know a bit about your world. Rest assured, it's not about significant historical events."
Ayane smiled at the four Konoha ninjas.
Ruri did the same.
She wanted to know if she and Hakushi would have children in the future, how many, and if the indecent woman Hyuga Ayane was beaten to death by her! This was very important!
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In a room in some tower, Hakushi was patiently searching for something.
After finding no suspicious place, Hakushi was about to leave.
Just as he stepped out, something in the trash can caught his attention.
Hakushi reached into the trash can, took the object out, examined it closely, and his expression became quite strange.
"This place... is the room of that minister An Lushan right?"
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In a quiet chamber storing the Dragon Vein power, the current minister of Roran, An Lushan, came here.
As some unknown thieves had disrupted last night, he had to be here personally to ensure that those thieves did not come again to spoil his plans.