The ninja world is reborn, and everyone is resurrected at the start.

At that time, thanks to Naruto's efforts and Kakashi's guarantee, the Tsuchikage, Raikage, and Mizukage reluctantly agreed to temporarily refrain from pursuing the two, but demanded that the Hokage and Naruto keep a close watch on them! As for the Kazekage, he never objected to Naruto's request at all...

“Yes! He really is an incredible person.” Obito’s voice pulled Onoki back to reality! “I’m sorry for the Fourth Shinobi World War,” Obito said.

"This isn't just your fault. Hatred has been accumulating in the ninja world for hundreds of years. Even if it weren't for you, it would have been someone else! And it hasn't happened yet!"

The Tsuchikage waved his hand and said, "No one knows more about the problems of the ninja world than me!"

"That being said, the Fourth Shinobi World War was ultimately caused by you, and many people died because of you! Now we've been reborn! I still hope that you can transform from a destroyer of the shinobi world into a savior of it! I think that's what Naruto would also want."

Obito Uchiha bowed slightly to Onoki and said, "Thank you for your guidance. I will."

Although he didn't say much, Obito's eyes were now exceptionally determined!

Minato nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Onoki and asked, "What are your thoughts on this Shinobi World War?"

Onoki knew what Minato wanted to ask, so he said, "To end this war, the key lies with the Land of Lightning. That bad boy (the Fourth Raikage, A) hasn't become Raikage yet, and his father is still in power in Kumogakure. Persuading his father won't be easy."

"That's what I was thinking too, so I plan to go see Ai and Bi first and see if they have any ideas!"

Minato thought for a moment, then took out a Flying Thunder God kunai and said,

"I'll leave you a Flying Thunder God kunai; it'll be convenient to come find you if anything comes up."

The Tsuchikage nodded, put the kunai away in the cabinet, thought for a moment, and said, "I'll go with you."

After all, Minato had no connection with Obito and the Fourth Raikage, and they were even enemies! A had a volatile temper, and the Third Tsuchikage was afraid that the two sides would start fighting after exchanging only a few words!

Minato thought the same thing. If possible, he hoped Onoki could go along, but he wasn't sure if Obito's current chakra was enough to pull three people at once. Thinking this, Minato turned his head away.

Obito nodded heavily.

Minato took a deep breath and said, "Thank you for your help, Tsuchikage-sama."

The Tsuchikage floated up from his position and summoned an ANBU member to bring Akatsuchi over!

A short while later, Akatsuchi arrived at the Tsuchikage's office. Upon knocking and entering, he was visibly startled to see Minato and Obito. Having also been reborn, he knew Obito was a war criminal from the Fourth Shinobi World War. Although Naruto had tried to explain that Obito had been manipulated… saying he eventually reformed and helped him and Sasuke defeat the Otsutsuki, many people still couldn't let it go.

Akatsuchi was one of those people who couldn't let go of his resentment; his gaze towards Obito was filled with wariness, a hint of fear, and hatred...

Onoki sighed and said, "Don't worry, Akatsuchi, he's one of us now. He won't harm our Iwagakure."

“Yes, Father,” Akatsuchi replied, but the wary look in his eyes did not lessen much!

"Alright, I called you here because the Fourth Hokage and I have to go out for a while, so I'll leave this place to you for now," Onoki said helplessly.

He could understand this situation; after all, Obito had killed many people back then, and such hatred couldn't be resolved with just a few words.

Obito simply stood quietly to the side, waiting for the Third Tsuchikage, as usual, clearly prepared for this situation!

Minato gently patted Obito on the shoulder, sighed, and said nothing.

The Tsuchikage quickly finished explaining the situation and approached Obito and Minato. Obito nodded slightly, understanding, and began frantically mobilizing his chakra. The space around the three of them instantly began to distort, and they vanished from their spot in no time!

Far beyond Iwagakure, on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, lies a small village. The village is deserted; the air is thick with the stench of blood. The ground is littered with bits of flesh and blood left from exploding explosive tags, and kunai and shuriken are scattered everywhere. Clearly, a fierce battle has just taken place here! And the two sides in the battle are obviously Konoha of the Land of Fire and Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning.

Both sides are now keeping a close watch on each other, afraid of being suddenly attacked if they are not careful!

On the Kumogakure side, if it weren't for Captain A, the son of the Third Raikage, ordering the Kumogakure ninjas to retreat, the great battle might already be raging!

At this moment, Ai was sitting in the command position opposite Tutai and Bi. Ai looked at the sand table with frustration and said, "What do we do now? Should we continue fighting or retreat?"

After the Fourth Shinobi World War, the relationship between Konoha and Kumogakure was very good. With Bee and Naruto being good friends, even Bee's apprentice Karui married Choji!

But all of that is in the future. Right now, they are at war, and apart from the reborn individuals, the relationships between the others are currently one of life and death.

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Chapter Seven: The Three Shadows Meeting

Honestly, A didn't want to fight this battle if he could, but if he retreated now, he would be letting down his father who had entrusted the army to him. He would also be letting down the ninjas who lost their lives in this battle and his family.

But if he fought, A felt he would be letting down the reborn ninjas and the comrades from various countries who had sacrificed their lives for the Fourth Shinobi World War. In their memories, the ninjas from different nations had shared life and death, facing not only the Ten-Tails together, but also enemies like Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha. They were all close comrades-in-arms.

Now he's forcing his former comrades to kill each other! He can't do such a thing.

Now, retreating is out of the question, and fighting is out of the question. Even the usually decisive Fourth Raikage was momentarily at a loss!

In a fit of rage, Ai slammed his right fist down on the table, instantly creating a hole in it!

The person on the earthen platform opened their mouth, about to say something, but then fell silent. Even the usually energetic Bidu wasn't rapping; they stood quietly to the side.

Suddenly, the quiet space inside the tent distorted! A spiral ripple appeared, and a moment later, three people appeared inside the tent: Minato, Obito, and Onoki!

Obito collapsed to the ground as soon as he appeared. He was pale and panting heavily! Minato Namikaze rushed over to check on Obito and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was just exhausted!

"Your ninjutsu is really convenient, Obito!" After saying this, Onoki turned to look at the broken table and said to A:

"You're still as impatient as ever! Even after being reborn, you still like to smash walls at the drop of a hat!"

"Onoki, Minato Namikaze, and Obito Uchiha?" Upon seeing Obito Uchiha, A and Tsuchida immediately tried to grab him! Bee, standing nearby, pulled Tsuchida back and shook his head! Onoki, however, stood in front of A to block him!

"Get out of here, Onoki!" A shouted at the Third Tsuchikage.

"Calm down first," the Third Tsuchikage said helplessly to A.

Hearing the commotion outside the tent, the Anbu members rushed in, clearly startled to see the Third Tsuchikage and Minato Namikaze. However, their professional instincts kicked in instantly, and they surrounded the three of them!

Onoki, Minato, and the others ignored the Anbu members. The Third Tsuchikage looked at A and said, "Is this how you treat your comrades?"

Ai glanced at Onoki, then turned to the Dark Guard captain and said, "Get out of here, this is none of your business."

The captain clearly didn't trust the Tsuchikage and the others, and for A's safety, he was about to say something when he saw A slam his hand on the table. The table collapsed, unable to support him any longer. A didn't even have time to look at the table; instead, he yelled at the Dark Guard captain, "Get out!"

The Dark Division captain looked at Ai fearfully, then gave a retreat signal, ordering all the Dark Division members to withdraw!

After the ANBU withdrew, the atmosphere relaxed a bit! Onoki then looked around and found only a table that Ai had damaged and some documents. He said, "Your place is really simple! There aren't even any chairs."

Seeing the Tsuchikage standing in his way, A didn't continue his attack. The Five Kage had cooperated for so many years and were comrades who had gone through life and death together; basic trust still existed. Although he didn't know why the Tsuchikage was helping Obito, he still trusted him and said:

"You're lucky we didn't arrest you! And you're still nitpicking. Tell me, what's going on with Obito Uchiha and the Fourth Hokage? Where's Kakashi or Tsunade? Shouldn't we have called them here for the peace talks since you're reborn?"

Seeing that A had calmed down, Onoki, Minato, and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Obito also looked at Onoki gratefully.

Onoki wasn't surprised that Ai had guessed the conditions for being a reincarnated; every village has clever people. For example, there's Tsuchida standing next to Ai right now, but he clearly isn't among the top tier, otherwise he would have been able to guess much more when Minato appeared!

"You all step back a bit, let me make some space so we can sit down and talk slowly!" Onoki said. Hearing this, Ai and the others moved back a few steps.

Seeing that they had mostly retreated, Onoki used Dust Release: Particle Style to instantly separate the table into atomic states. As the ninjutsu dissipated, the table and its remains vanished into nothingness. For Onoki, who could create stone golems during his battle with Madara, making a table and a few chairs was even simpler! A single Earth Release technique produced an earthen table and a few stools!

Onoki was the first to find a seat! Ai also walked towards the table, saying as he went:

"Oonoki, you're such a hassle, going to all this trouble just for a seat." A hint of amusement flashed in his eyes as he finished speaking.

"It's all because of the poor hospitality of your Kumogakure! You don't even consider the needs of an old man like me, making me stand for ages! In the end, I had to do it myself." He then shrugged, showing that Onoki was much younger now than he would be a decade or so later, at least he wouldn't strain his back so easily.

Minato gave an awkward yet polite smile and helped Obito find two nearby seats.

Bi, who was born without any sense of politeness, found a spot and sang as he walked: "Life needs a sense of ritual, oh yeah!"

After thinking for a moment, Tsuchidai stood directly behind Ai. Onoki looked at him and said, "You should sit down too, Tsuchidai. There are no outsiders here, so there's no need to be so formal!"

A single sentence bridged the gap between the two, and Ai smiled slightly, nodding to Tu Tai. Seeing this, Tu Tai didn't stand on ceremony and immediately found a seat.

After everyone was seated, Ai spoke first: "Speak! Tell me everything you know."

"Before explaining all that, I'd like to know what you saw in your future memories, Ai?" Minato asked.

Ai didn't answer Minato's question, but instead looked at Onoki. Seeing Onoki nod, he then said:

"What I remember is that after the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Five Kage were working to promote peace and communication in the ninja world."

My memories after that are fragmented; I only remember handing over the Raikage position to Darui and attending the Akimichi family and Karui's wedding. I can't remember anything else!

Minato nodded and looked towards Bee, who thought for a moment and said, "I only saw Naruto with his brother after the Fourth Shinobi World War, when they went to see Naruto with his severed arm, and that was it."

"My situation is similar to theirs," Tu Tai continued.

"My position as Tsuchikage is similar to that of the Raikage; we both worked tirelessly for peace after the Fourth Shinobi World War, and then a power gap emerged, leading to the Tsuchikage position being passed to Kurotsuchi," the Tsuchikage said.

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Chapter 8 Interview

Hearing their words, Minato had some guesses, but he still needed to go back and meet with the reborn person from Konoha to be sure.

"Alright, Minato, just say what you know!" Onoki interrupted Minato's train of thought.

“Yes, Tsuchikage-sama, as you guessed… the one who used ninjutsu to resurrect you in this era is my son, Naruto Uzumaki,” Minato said.

The Tsuchikage and Obito remained calm, clearly having already guessed it! Meanwhile, the Cloud Village looked on in disbelief – had the future Naruto already reached this level of strength?

Minato continued:

"Actually, Naruto had no choice. After the Fourth Shinobi World War, the ninja world began to develop in a positive direction. Ninjas from different countries understood and tolerated each other. In addition, with the intentional guidance of the leaders of each country, intermarriage between countries began, and exchanges between countries increased."

But this period of prosperity was short-lived. Members of Kaguya Otsutsuki's clan arrived in the ninja world, wanting to transform it into their sacred tree's planting ground, just like Kaguya herself!

Minato recounted the events that had transpired since the Fourth Shinobi World War to everyone. When they heard that their descendants and the ninja village had been destroyed, they clenched their fists tightly and secretly vowed to change this future.

"Finally, Naruto used the Rinne Rebirth technique to bring everyone back to this era, hoping that we could change this future."

After telling them everything, Minato watched them quietly without saying another word. The others remained silent as well, absorbing what Minato had said.

After a long pause, the Tsuchikage was the first to react, saying, "To change the future, what we need to do now is: first, immediately begin to stop the Third Shinobi World War; second, strengthen ties with various countries to build up our strength; and third, do everything in our power to find the Otsutsuki clan and anything connected to them, such as the Kara organization, Black Zetsu, and Madara."

"Now, as the Tsuchikage, I can make decisions in Iwagakure, but what about you?"

Minato and Ai remained silent. They both understood that they were not yet the Shadow and had no way to influence the village's decisions.