Naruto: I Borrow from the Future

Qingye's eyes narrowed.

Looking down at Pakkun, he took out the Ninja World Map.

Unlike the previous map of the entire ninja world, this time Aoya brought out a more accurate map of the southeastern part of the Land of Fire, including parts of the Land of Water.

"In which direction?"

Qingye spread the map on the ground.

"……here!"

Parker stared at the map for a long time, then pointed to a spot with his little paw: "And then they headed in this direction."

This direction...

A complete map of the ninja world appeared in Qingye's mind.

It has completely deviated from the direction of the Frost Kingdom!

He took out a pen and, starting from the place where Kakashi and Pakkun discovered the White Zetsu, extended a ray in the direction Pakkun indicated...

Madara Uchiha!

He's roughly around this line right now!

"call……"

Qingye let out a long breath.

It is now February of Konoha Year 47.

More than four months have passed since the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.

Madara Uchiha, that old guy has finally arrived!

After pondering for a moment, Qingye suddenly said, "Go out more often these days."

Try drawing lines from different angles and perspectives.

As long as enough lines are drawn, the error can be gradually reduced, and eventually the area where Uchiha Madara is located can be roughly located.

"There's one more thing."

Kakashi didn't ask any further questions, but said with a serious expression, "Something has happened in the Land of the Sea."

……

Konoha Village.

Hokage Building.

On Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage desk were stacks of intelligence reports from all over the ninja world.

On the Sunagakure side, the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, declared that Sunagakure hero Pakura, a Scorching Release user, had brazenly murdered a Kirigakure envoy during peace negotiations. He issued a public notice demanding that Pakura immediately return to Sunagakure to accept punishment, or else he would be declared a rogue ninja.

From the direction of Iwagakure, the Third Raikage is leading a large number of Kumogakure ninja to the border, ready to launch an invasion of the Land of Earth at any time.

And also those heading towards Kirigakure...

"Danzo, look what you've done!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi said with an annoyed expression.

The village received a battle report from the front lines, saying that Ghost Island in the Sea Kingdom had been attacked again!

This time, the team was once again led by Hozuki Akizuki, the head of the Hozuki clan. That guy used some kind of secret technique and displayed great power, and for a time he actually suppressed Orochimaru!

The defenses of Konoha on Ghost Island have been breached.

The Hidden Mist ninjas infiltrated and rescued all the Hidden Mist bloodline ninjas who had been captured on the Demon Realm Island.

Of course, this was not the only thing that truly annoyed Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Danzo Shimura, on the other side, was completely unconcerned, letting out a cold snort: "So what if the human experimentation was exposed? Kirigakure actually sent a letter of condemnation? How laughable!"

What's wrong with using Kirigakure's bloodline limit ninjas for human experiments?!

The two sides are currently at war!

It wasn't him and Orochimaru who started the practice of using captured ninjas from enemy villages for human experiments during wartime.

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, did just that during the First Shinobi World War.

Nobody said anything, did they?

They're trying to emulate the Second Hokage!

In Danzo's view, even if there was a mistake, the mistake was only that the fact that the Hidden Mist Bloodline Ninjas were used for human experiments was discovered.

Making a mistake isn't the problem; the problem is getting caught by other villages!

Seeing Danzo's nonchalant attitude, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a surge of anger.

The human experiments conducted on the front lines were originally completely unrelated to him, the Hokage.

But who can blame him when he's not only the Hokage but also Orochimaru's teacher?

Even if he says he knew nothing about the human experiments, who would believe him?

His prestige as the Third Hokage was already shaky, and Danzo had to add to his troubles!

"It's not just about human experimentation in the Land of the Sea."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, his face grim, asked, "Orochimaru already reported to me, Danzo, what's going on with Aoya Uchiha?"

Upon hearing this, Danzo's face immediately darkened.

"It has nothing to do with me!"

He had also received a secret letter from Ryoma Aburame before.

His confident tone left him completely bewildered.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked disappointed and sighed.

"Danzo, you've gone too far this time!"

"If you tell me some things alone, there's still room for negotiation."

"If Uchiha Aoya really gets the evidence, it'll be a fight to the death!"

They leaked the whereabouts of their own village's ninjas to Kirigakure, and then used them to kill someone else!

Who else but Danzo could do something like this?!

He had warned Danzo before that, in this time of war, Danzo was doing something that crossed the line. If things really came to light, he wouldn't be able to protect Danzo!

"I told you, this has nothing to do with me!"

Danzo trembled with rage: "I never did such a thing!"

After saying that, seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression, which clearly showed that he didn't believe what he said at all, Danzo felt even more frustrated.

What the hell is this?!

Now, his trusted subordinate Ryoma Aburame believes he did it, and his decades-long friend Hiruzen Sarutobi also believes he did it, and they simply won't listen to his explanations!

But he really didn't do it!

He just wanted to make Uchiha Aoya exhaust the power of his Mangekyou Sharingan on the battlefield. He hadn't used this kind of trick of using someone else to kill before!

Which bastard made him take the blame for nothing?!

"If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine."

Seeing that Danzo remained silent, Hiruzen Sarutobi grew increasingly disappointed: "If Aoya Uchiha really finds a clue, you'll have to figure out how to deal with it yourself."

What the hell am I supposed to do!

I didn't do anything, what clues could he possibly find?!

Danzo, his face dark, looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with obvious annoyance and didn't bother to explain any further.

"There's one more thing."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a drag of his cigarette, exhaling smoke, and said, "I plan to recall Orochimaru and then send Minato to the Hidden Mist battlefield."

A complete ceasefire has been reached between Konoha and Iwagakure.

Now only specific negotiations and consultations on peace and compensation remain.

While we still need to be wary of the Hidden Cloud Village, we probably don't need to have Minato Namikaze stationed there anymore.

Danzo's expression changed drastically: "Hiruzen, Orochimaru is your disciple!"

Orochimaru has been on the front lines of Kirigakure for so long, but now Minato Namikaze is being put in charge. When the war ends, who will get the credit?

"I'm doing this for the sake of Konoha's overall interests."

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt he had a clear conscience.

Orochimaru was first inexplicably defeated by Hozuki Akizuki, and then his human experimentation was exposed. Having him withdraw was perhaps a form of protection.

"Such favoritism towards Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen, you'll regret it!"

Danzo scoffed, "Go say those things to Orochimaru yourself!"

"Danzo, I am the Hokage!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi habitually responded with blunt retorts.

After saying this, Sarutobi watched as Danzo slammed the door shut and left, and suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

The war is almost over; this is probably the last time he'll say something like that...

……

Hidden Mist Village.

"A calamity that doesn't belong to this era..."

Hozuki Akizuki clasped his hands together and silently recited the three-part name of the revered monk.

There was no response from him.

"Why?!"

Hozuki Akizuki opened his eyes, looking bewildered and helpless.

During the previous battle on Ghost Island, he truly experienced how terrifying the blessing of that unknown god could be!

With his limited strength, and with the great amplification of his power, he used the Hozuki Secret Technique with the help of seawater to almost completely overwhelm Orochimaru!

That power was simply intoxicating!

Unfortunately, he only experienced it for thirty minutes.

With the thirty minutes almost up, and seeing that his men had already escaped with their captured comrades, he did not linger and hastily retreated.

For the next ten days, he was in a state of extreme weakness and unable to synthesize much chakra. So, after informing the village, he returned to Kirigakure.

According to the information contained in that blessing, his chakra was sacrificed to a god he had never heard of during those ten days.

Consider it the price of a blessing.

Compared to the surge in strength he gained in that half hour, Hozuki Akizuki felt that the chakra sacrifice of the past ten days was nothing at all.

However, after returning to Kirigakure, he tried to mentally recite the three-part name many times, but he never received a response again.

It was as if the arrival of that mysterious person was just his illusion.