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"Motherfucker's system, damn it, nm!!!" Naruto suddenly stood up and shouted, feeling a sharp pain all over his body. ", it hurts so much."
"You're awake." A sweet voice came from beside him.
Naruto turned his head and saw that he was sitting in a carriage. Beside him was a beautiful woman with blonde hair and a well-endowed figure. He gasped, "Tsunade?!"
"Huh?" Tsunade looked at him in surprise. "You know me? As a Konoha shinobi, you've probably heard of me."
Naruto quickly racked his brain, then shook his head. "I don't know. I just blurted it out when I saw you, but I can't remember anything myself."
He placed his hands on his head, pretending it hurt.
"Huh? Did you lose your memory?" Tsunade wondered aloud.
Just as Naruto was about to say something, a figure suddenly entered the carriage.
"Hey, Tsunade, is that kid awake?" Naruto turned his head and saw a young man with white hair and eye shadow standing in front of them.
Naruto narrowed his eyes. Of course, it was Jiraiya!
Naruto was stunned but managed to ask calmly, "What year is it now? Why can't I remember anything? Who are you?"
Jiraiya looked at Naruto sympathetically. It seemed like the guy had lost his memory. He replied, "It's the 24th year of Konoha. How did you end up in the Land of Sand?"
Naruto shook his head. "I don't remember. No impression at all. I just know my name is Namikaze Naruto."
"Namikaze?" Both Jiraiya and Tsunade tilted their heads, not recognizing the surname.
"There's a commoner named Namikaze in Konoha. He also has blonde hair," Orochimaru, who had been leaning against the door of the carriage, suddenly spoke up.
Everyone turned to look at him. Orochimaru continued, "It's not far from my house. I can take you back to Konoha when we return."
"Okay, thanks," Naruto nodded at Orochimaru.
Naruto didn't feel any hostility toward him. After all, Orochimaru had been framed by Danzo and kicked out of Konoha after the Third Great Ninja War. Up until that point, he'd always been considered a hero of Konoha. Although Orochimaru would go crazy in the future, it hadn't happened yet, so there was no need to judge him harshly now.
"This is your forehead protector," Tsunade handed Naruto the forehead protector that had been hanging around his neck earlier. "I wanted to check your identity using your ninja number, but it seems like it got damaged during the battle."
"Thanks," Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, happy he wasn't exposed yet.
Naruto began organizing his thoughts. Inside, he cried out, "System? System?"
But there was no response.
Naruto frowned. "What a broken thing. Bad reviews! It's broken again, and almost got me killed." (System: "md you blame me for not looking at the system backpack yourself!")
It seemed like he was in Konoha about 24 years ago. The random teleportation scroll had likely sent him straight into the dragon vein.
The Centipede went in just a few minutes before Naruto and traveled many years ahead of him.
It was likely that Naruto had entered the dragon vein too early this time, which caused him to end up in an earlier time.
The secret of his time travel lay in the Flying Thunder God technique of the Fourth Hokage. But right now…
The Second Hokage was dead, and the Fourth Hokage had just been born! Damn!
Naruto slumped back in his seat, feeling utterly defeated. He hadn't even thought about going back yet. He didn't even know what had happened to his friends after he left.
"What's wrong with you?" Tsunade asked.
"It's nothing. I just can't remember anything. I feel so empty inside," Naruto replied lightly.
Tsunade slapped Naruto's shoulder playfully. "You're lucky. You just happened to meet us. After the meeting, we'll take you back to Konoha. But if you get caught by Sand Shinobi, you'd be done for! Haha!"
Naruto almost blurted out in frustration, but the wound on his stomach started bleeding again. He wanted to cry but had no tears.
Jiraiya, standing beside them, looked at Naruto sympathetically.
At that moment, another figure walked in.
Naruto looked back and saw the Third Hokage—his younger version—wearing the Hokage cloak.
Naruto felt an overwhelming sense of dissonance. After all, when someone who had just passed away stands in front of you alive and looking younger, it's hard to ignore.
"Sensei, he seems to have lost his memory," Jiraiya interjected.
"Oh? Really?" The Third Hokage responded in surprise. "Well, it doesn't matter. The Konoha forehead protector he brought with him when he was rescued can't be faked by other ninja villages."
Looking at the wounds on Naruto's body, the Third Hokage added, "It looks like it was caused by puppetry. We'll know more when we get back to Konoha and check his file."
"Master Hokage," Naruto nodded in greeting.
"You still remember some things, at least you know I'm the Third Hokage, haha!" the Third Hokage chuckled.
Naruto thought to himself: Well, I'm not blind, can't you tell I can see your big Hokage cloak?
"Master Hokage, where are you going?" Naruto asked.
"Sand Shinobi has been causing trouble recently, so we're heading to negotiate with them," Tsunade interrupted. She found the handsome Hokage much more appealing than her two weird teammates—one is a pervert, and the other a stinky snake. Humph!
"So, what happened? Did the negotiation succeed?" Naruto asked.
"Needless to say!" Jiraiya responded proudly. "Sensei is the strongest Hokage in Konoha's history! Just by sprinkling water, he made the Sand Shinobi tremble in fear!"
Naruto: "... So, you've already started bragging, huh?"
After a moment of thought, he realized he was probably right. If the Second Hokage had passed the mantle before his death, it wouldn't have been enough to convince the public without a little extra flair.
Thus, the Sarutobi clan held great political power in the Land of Fire. Apart from the Senju and Uchiha clans, the Sarutobi and Shimura clans were the key players.
After the death of Senju Hashirama and Tobirama, the position of Hokage became more political, and the Uchiha were targeted by the Second Hokage. "The only people who can be Hokage are the Sarutobi and Shimura clans."
They traveled in silence for the rest of the way, and Naruto reflected on where he was going. Before long, they arrived in Konoha.
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The Next Day
Naruto was lying on a hospital bed.
Currently, in the peaceful years between World War I and World War II in 077, there weren't many injuries, and with a team of four medical ninjas, the mortality rate for missions was high. Basically, those who were injured didn't make it back for treatment, so only Naruto was lying in the huge hospital.
Naruto sat up, resting his head against the window. He looked at the newly built Konoha outside, and made a resolution.
This time, I have to work hard. No more waving around like before!
"Naruto!" Tsunade's excited voice interrupted him. "We found your file!"
Naruto's face was full of bewilderment. Really?
Tsunade continued, "The Namikaze family is from Konoha's common folk."
"The Namikaze family has five children."
"Among them, Namikaze Mugetsu, Namikaze Hiromoto, Namikaze Domon, and the newly born Namikaze Minato are all civilians without chakra."
"Only one child was in the team a while ago, and he went missing while investigating the ruins of Loulan in the Land of Sand. His age is around the same as yours."
"I showed your photo to the Namikaze family, so it seems you're right!"
Naruto: "…" What a coincidence? I look similar to Minato, and now I have the same name too?
Naruto was deep in thought when Tsunade added, "Oh, you must have memory problems. Your name is not Namikaze Naruto."
"Then what's my name? Namikaze ?" Naruto asked.
"Namikaze! *********" Tsunade said with a smile.
"!"
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