I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 459 Naruto Uzumaki: I'm really bad at intelligence gathering!

Minato Namikaze was puzzled.

Tsunade was equally puzzled.

After Nara Rinkazu squeezed out all the "future information" that Naruto Uzumaki already knew,

With her brows furrowed, Tsunade couldn't wait to ask a question.

"Kid, don't you hear any news from Nara in your world?"

"Nara?"

Naruto was initially puzzled, but when he saw Granny Tsunade raise her hand and point at Nara Rinka, he immediately understood.

"Oh! Granny Tsunade is talking about the pineapple-headed uncle!?"

Tsunade's question immediately caught the attention of Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha.

Indeed.

In this ninja world, the Yellow Flash is almost invincible at mowing down enemies.

But above that golden, shimmering head, there was also an unparalleled, jet-black shadow!

If not.

The Fourth Hokage of Konoha was not Nara Rinkazu, but Namikaze Minato!

This is also why Minato Namikaze was puzzled earlier.

Before Nara Rinkazu rose to prominence like a comet, Minato Namikaze always believed that he was the prophesied child spoken of by Jiraiya.

It wasn't just Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya, the master and disciple from Mount Myōboku.

Aside from Konoha, the villages that had heard of the Yellow Flash's reputation and experienced his power also largely believed the rumor that "the Yellow Flash is the legendary savior."

At least the Hidden Cloud Village believes it!

Until Nara Rangsei rose to prominence rapidly, making one great contribution after another in the three wars.

The brilliance emanating from the golden flash was then concealed.

However, despite losing the competition for the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze still held Nara Rinka in high esteem.

He knows almost everything Nara Rangsuke knows.

He couldn't do it; the other person was even better at it than him.

Nara Rinka even developed the First Hokage's unique bloodline limit—[Wood Release]!

What does Minato Namikaze have to compete with in this situation?

If it weren't for the fact that the Great Toad Sage's prophecy was so specific, specifically noting that "Jiraiya's disciple is the child of prophecy,"...

Minato Namikaze always felt that Nara Rinkazu was the legendary prophesied child who would change the world...

He's the Hokage, what kind of Kage are you?

however.

In the future described by Naruto Uzumaki, among the many ninjas of the Nara clan, only one person appears—Nara Shikamaru.

Nara Rinkazu, the Fourth Hokage, left no trace whatsoever.

Also.

In that world, Minato Namikaze, just as Jiraiya had hoped, became the Fourth Hokage.

However, Minato Namikaze died in the Nine-Tails' attack in his first year as Hokage...

Not only did the Fourth Hokage die, but his wife also died, leaving behind a lonely child who became the third Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha.

In this way, Minato Namikaze confirmed one thing—

Neither the self in this world nor "him" in that world is a prophetic child!

But the Golden Flash wasn't the Child of Prophecy, so what about the Shadow of Darkness?

Given Nara Rinka's talent, there's no way he could be unknown...

Under the scrutinizing gazes of Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Shisui Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki honestly shook his head.

"I don't know!"

Naruto Uzumaki shrugged and readily admitted his shortcomings.

"I'm really bad at gathering intelligence."

"Furthermore, I've never actually heard of the pineapple-headed uncle. Among the Nara clan, I only know Shikamaru."

Tsunade and the others naturally noticed Naruto's composure.

That's precisely why they found it even stranger.

"Perhaps it's because I, from that world, died in the Third Shinobi World War."

Just then, Nara Rinka calmly interjected.

"Of course, they might die even earlier."

In another Naruto world, there is no "other version of yourself from another time and space".

This incident, in turn, relieved Nara Rinka.

Although he didn't know why...

There are many strange things in the ninja world, and Nara Rinka has no way to investigate them all.

Just like he had always wondered why the Naruto Uzumaki in front of him came from the future in a normal timeline.

However, this question is destined to remain unanswered.

The more accurate term for the "space-time ninjutsu" circulating in the ninja world should be "space ninjutsu".

Of the few "space-time ninjutsu" that Nara Rinka knew, such as Summoning Technique, Flying Thunder God Technique, Kamui, Heaven's Gift Technique, Amenotejikara, Amenominaka, and Yomotsu Hirasaka...

All of these ninjutsu only involve changes in space; none of them involve changes in time.

Among the known ninjutsu in the ninja world, the only one involving time is probably the "prophecy" mastered by the Great Toad Sage.

But Nara Rinka didn't know whether the Great Toad Sage's "prophecy" could be considered a type of ninjutsu.

Although according to rumors (official databook settings), the Great Toad Sage's prophetic abilities came from its excessively large chakra...

But why don't we see the White Snake Immortal and the Live Slug Immortal possessing prophetic abilities?

The Great Toad Sage is simply the most powerful toad in Mount Myōboku.

The Living Slug is the only slug in the Wet Bone Forest.

Moreover, it would be even more important to transcend the level of immortals from the three holy lands.

The Sage of Six Paths doesn't seem to possess any prophetic abilities!

The prophecy that the Sage of Six Paths knew was heard from the Great Toad Sage.

It's impossible that the Sage of Six Paths' chakra reserves are less than those of the Great Toad Sage, right?

Not to mention there's also the true progenitor of chakra—Kaguya Otsutsuki.

From the perspective of natural energy, the amount of chakra of the Living Slug Sage is no less than that of the Great Toad Sage;

From the perspective of chakra, the Sage of Six Paths and the Goddess of the Rabbit have more chakra than the Great Toad Sage!

Therefore, the Great Toad Sage's prophecy seems particularly "unique"...

Anyway, Nara Rinkei didn't feel anything about the Great Toad Sage's "prophetic abilities".

He even felt a strong aversion to such extremely fatalistic prophecies.

Son of the Fourth Hokage, descendant of the Uzumaki clan, Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, reincarnation of Ashura, and possessor of the Talk-no-Jutsu Kekkei Tensei...

In addition, there is a "Child of Prophecy".

Naruto Uzumaki's buffs are truly stacked to the max.

Of course, this layered barrier buff is still much better visually than something like a "rubber mutant sun god".

The latter is practically nuclear fission, or maybe his brain was flooded with nuclear wastewater...

Ahem, we've gotten a bit off-topic.

Let's get back to the main topic.

Nara Rinka's self-justification did not gain the approval of Tsunade and the others.

"Nonsense! Who in other villages can rival you?"

Tsunade rolled her eyes at Nara Rinka.

"If you're going to die, it can only be from laziness!"

"Hey! If you're going to praise someone, just do it properly. Why are you suddenly making personal attacks?"

Nara Rinka was quite dissatisfied and simply walked away, having long since lost interest in the future information revealed by Naruto Uzumaki.

"The intelligence gathering is almost complete..."

"If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I'll let you know if I make any new discoveries later."

"I'm going to study the dragon veins of Loulan now!"

(End of this chapter)