Naruto: In Konoha Village, I awakened Wood Release at the start.

Parallel Ninja World.

The Land of Thunder.

The mountains here soar into the clouds, their peaks steep and precipitous.

Dozens of ninjas dressed in black imperial trench coats appeared not far from Kumogakure.

The burly man leading the group was as tall as a tower, with bulging muscles.

Governor Lei Zhixing of the province, Ai!

He was followed by more than forty elite soldiers from the Thunder Province of the Empire.

"Tsk!"

"That's really shabby."

"There isn't even a decent suspension track; there are dilapidated stone houses everywhere."

Looking at the Hidden Cloud Village before him.

A hint of disdain flashed in Ai's eyes.

"Governor."

"Compared to our Thunder Province, this place is practically a primitive tribe."

"It's hard to imagine that we used to live in such a dilapidated place."

Hearing Ai's words.

Some of the ninjas behind him chimed in agreement.

They were used to the prosperity of the empire and naturally looked down on this backward place.

"Who goes there!"

"How dare they act so insolently in front of the Cloud Village's gates!"

Just then.

A roar tore through the air.

The Fourth Raikage, A, transformed into a raging bolt of lightning and shot out from the village.

Killer Bee followed closely behind, eight short swords dangling behind him.

Hundreds of Cloud Shadow Guards instantly drew their swords and surrounded them, exuding murderous intent.

"Did I... see wrong?"

"How come you look exactly like me?"

After clearly seeing the face of the leader opposite.

The Fourth Raikage's pupils constricted, and he froze completely.

"Idiot! Bastard!"

"Two big brothers, what a joke!"

Kirabi also froze on the spot, his rap gestures hanging in mid-air.

"Listen up, you country bumpkin from a backward world."

"I come from a parallel world's Ninja Empire, and I am currently the highest-ranking official in the Empire's Lightning Province!"

"Lay down your weapons and surrender immediately, and be incorporated into the Empire. Otherwise, I'll personally teach you a lesson!"

Imperial Ai crossed his arms and let out a cold snort, his voice like rolling thunder.

"What?"

"You imposter!"

"How dare you spout such nonsense! Die!"

The Fourth Raikage, A, flew into a rage, his entire body erupting with lightning-attribute chakra, a blue light shooting into the sky.

Lightning-crushing, level-chiyo-danced!

The hand chop, accompanied by a deafening thunderclap, slashed straight at Imperial Ai's face.

Imperial Ai didn't even move an inch.

boom!

An even more violent golden lightning burst forth from his body.

The thickness of the Lightning Release armor is more than three times that of the local Raikage!

Sage Art: Lightning Armor!

The natural energy and lightning merged perfectly, and the shockwave directly pulverized the surrounding ground.

Empire Ai raised his hand and delivered a powerful punch, striking first despite being behind.

boom!

The collision of flesh produced a deafening clang, like metal striking metal.

The Fourth Raikage, A, felt an irresistible force surge towards him, and he was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into half of a mountainside.

"Big brother!"

Killer Bee let out a strange cry and instantly unleashed a burst of violent crimson chakra.

The eight-tailed beast cloak instantly took shape.

"Thunderous Plow, Hot Blade!"

Two massive bolts of lightning struck from the left and right, attempting to attack from both sides.

"Tailed beast transformation?"

"In the Empire, Jinchūriki are noble energy engineers, who would dare to be as rude as you!"

Imperial Ai gave a cold laugh.

He stomped his foot, and the ground collapsed with a loud rumble.

One against two!

Golden lightning left countless afterimages in the air.

boom! boom! boom!

The dull sounds of physical blows echoed continuously.

The Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee were repeatedly defeated and pinned to the ground, subjected to a barrage of attacks.

at the same time.

More than forty imperial ninjas drew their swords.

Lightning Release techniques are unleashed in unison!

The entire sky was completely engulfed by blinding lightning.

The local Cloud Guards fell in droves before they could even see what was happening, completely suppressed.

……

The Land of Wind.

An endless desert.

The wind whipped up yellow sand, raging and roaring.

Imperial Rasa, accompanied by dozens of powerful warriors from the Wind Province, hovered above Sunagakure Village.

Beneath their feet lay a massive floating cloud formed from condensed gold sand.

"Sunagakure Village..."

"Still looks like a poor, down-on-his-luck wretch."

Imperial Rosa looked down expressionlessly.

"Enemy attack!"

The piercing alarm blared throughout the village.

The fourth Kazekage, Rasa, soared into the sky atop the golden waves, followed closely by Granny Chiyo and Ebizo.

When they saw the face of the person opposite them and the iconic gold sand.

Everyone froze.

"Who are you?"

Why would they manipulate Sands Casino?

Imperial Rasa stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes as calm as a stagnant pool.

"I am you, Rasa from a parallel world."

"Now, as the governor of the Wind Province of the Empire, I have been ordered by His Majesty Chiba to take over the Wind Country of this world."

"Absolutely absurd!"

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, roared and slammed his hands together in a mudra.

"Magnetic Escape·Golden Burial!"

Gold dust rose from the desert like a tsunami, overwhelming the people of the empire.

Imperial Luo Sha didn't even lift his eyelids.

The air around him suddenly distorted, and natural energy gathered wildly.

Immortal Technique: Magnetic Escape: Descent of the Golden Sand Realm!

Boom!

The gold dust tsunami surging below instantly turned against them, crushed by the even thicker, dark gold wave.

The dark golden sand waves, obscuring the sky, crashed down like the heavens collapsing.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, coughed up blood as he was pinned to the ground by his own signature ninjutsu, unable to move.

Granny Chiyo was terrified and flung out the Chikamatsu Ten Men with her ten fingers.

"Stop hurting the wind and shadow!"

Whoops!

A blur of motion swept out from the Imperial camp.

Equally aged yet still vigorous, Imperial Chiyo.

With a flick of her wrist, she simultaneously controlled hundreds of puppets.

White Secret Technique: Hundred Machine Manipulation - Modified!

Each puppet is engraved with tiny natural energy conversion runes.

boom!

At the moment of contact.

The Chikamatsu Ten were then torn to pieces.

Grandma Chiyo, a local woman, collapsed to the ground, staring blankly at the alloy golems flying everywhere.

"This...this is my puppetry technique?"

"How could it be so powerful?"

Imperial Chiyo, suspended in mid-air, retracted the puppet strings, her tone indifferent.

"Give up, sis."

"In front of the Empire's Research Department."

"Your outdated mechanical tricks should have been in a museum long ago."

……

The Land of Earth.

Hidden Rock Village.

Above the towering stone forest.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, floated in mid-air, his lower back aching slightly.

Directly opposite him, another small figure was also suspended in the air.

Imperial Onoki!

"Iwagakure from another world?"

Local Ōnoki gritted his teeth, staring intently at the black imperial uniform worn by the other man.

"Stop spreading these fallacies!"

"Dust Release: Particle Style - Detachment Technique!"

A dazzling white light burst forth from Onoki's palm, transforming into a transparent cube that shot rapidly forward.

Wherever it passed, all matter turned to nothingness.

Imperial Onoki snorted coldly, neither dodging nor avoiding.

He didn't even form hand seals; instead, a greenish-blue aura of Sage Chakra rose around him.

Hands are loosely clasped together.

Sage Art: Dust Escape: Limit Detachment Technique!

boom!

A massive white beam of light, over a hundred meters in diameter, roared out!

The two dust trails collided violently in mid-air.

The standoff lasted only half a second.

The transparent cubes of the local Onoki tree shattered like melting snow.

A thick beam of light grazed his scalp, completely evaporating the entire thousand-meter-high mountain behind him!

Not a speck of dust was left behind.

Local Ōnoki froze in mid-air, his clothes instantly soaked with cold sweat, and his legs trembling uncontrollably.

"Dust Release... it can actually be this massive?"

Imperial Onoki patted his waist, feeling refreshed.

"Oonoki, surrender."

"Don't force me to wipe the entire Iwagakure village off the map."

……

The Land of Water.

At the port, the waves surged.

Mei Terumi of the Empire strolled gracefully across the water in her high heels.

Behind her followed dozens of elite soldiers from the Water Province.

One of the young men, with his tall and upright figure and wearing chakra goggles, was particularly eye-catching.

The defenses of Kirigakure Village are under siege.

The young Mei Terumi, along with Chojuro and elite members of the Anbu, quickly arrived at the dock.

The atmosphere was tense and ready to fight.

Ao, a member of the Hidden Mist Anbu who possesses the Byakugan, immediately activated his right Byakugan, causing his veins to bulge.

I only glanced at it.

Qing was so frightened that she took three steps back and almost fell into the sea.

"green!"

"What happened?"

Young Miyu Mei asked in a deep voice.

Qing's voice trembled violently, and her teeth chattered.

"Chakra...it's all monstrous!"

"The woman leading the group has a chakra reserves even greater than the Three-Tails!"

"Furthermore... everyone behind her has chakra levels above the average Kage level!"

"What's even more deadly is..."

Ao stared intently at the young man beside Terumi Mei.

"That guy..."

"He also has the white of his right eye, and he looks... he looks exactly like me, just a few years older!"

The young Mei Terumi was overwhelmed with shock.

She suppressed the urge to attack, took a step forward, and her beautiful eyes were full of vigilance.

"Who exactly are you people? Where do you come from?"

Terumi Tatemi covered her lips and chuckled softly.

A mature aura completely overshadowed the younger version of himself opposite him.

"Don't be nervous, little girl."

"We come from a parallel ninja world and belong to the ninja empire."

"I am Mei Terumi, the governor of the Imperial Water Province."

Upon hearing this introduction, he...

The ninja of Kirigakure were in an uproar.

Chojuro gripped the long sword on his back, his eyes filled with hostility.

"Parallel world?"

"That's a really funny joke."

Imperial Blue, standing next to Imperial Terumi Mei, stepped forward and spoke coldly.

"Chojuro, put your sword away."

"In the Empire, you are now the director of the Department of Marine Resources Development. Stop making a fool of yourself here."

Chojuro was completely stunned, a series of question marks popping into his head.

"Hai...Director of the Marine Resources Development Department?"

Young Mei Terumi's chest heaved violently, her eyes flickering uncertainly.

Looking at the mature woman opposite her who completely overwhelmed her in both temperament and strength, she finally couldn't help but speak.

"What is Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village) like in a parallel world?"

A hint of gentleness and pride appeared in Terumi Takashi's eyes.

"The Hidden Mist Village is now the jewel of the empire, and the Water Province is extremely prosperous in trade."

"Children don't have to kill each other. Schools teach advanced water escape techniques for free. Everyone can afford to eat their fill and live like human beings."

"If you are willing to submit to the Empire, everything here will be completely changed tomorrow."

The Hidden Mist Ninjas looked at each other in bewilderment.

Young Mei Terumi bit her lip, her hand gripping the kunai loosening involuntarily.

……

The Land of Fire, Tanabata Street.

This is a paradise for gamblers and alcoholics, a place of deafening noise.

Inside the most luxurious casino at the end of the street.

"open!"

"Go all out, you bastard!"

Tsunade, her sleeves rolled up, was slapping the gambling table, her face flushed.

The dice cup is opened; three dots, small.

"Lost again..."

"Mute! How much money do we have left?"

Tsunade froze instantly, collapsing dejectedly onto the table.

"Lady Tsunade."

"We're already five million taels in debt, we're completely broke!"

Shizune, holding Tuntun, looked miserable.

Just then.

Three figures calmly walked into the casino.

Two men and one woman.

All three were dressed in smart, dark black trench coats with prominent family crests embroidered on the back!

That's the totem of the Thousand Hands clan!

They didn't exude the slightest murderous aura.

But that extremely concentrated chakra fluctuation made the air suddenly feel heavy.

The noisy gamblers around instinctively avoided the road.

"Thousand Hands..."

"impossible!"

"The Senju clan is down to just me now!"

Tsunade's ears twitched slightly, and she suddenly raised her head.

Her gaze fell upon the Thousand Hands Clan emblem on the three figures, and her pupils contracted to pinpoints.

"Lady Tsunade, please come in for a chat."

The young imperial leader walked calmly to the gambling table and bowed slightly.

"Mute".

"Grab your luggage and let's go."

Tsunade narrowed her eyes, her muscles tensed, and her superhuman strength was secretly gathering.

After a while.

A secluded grove of trees a few miles outside of Duance Street.

"explain!"

"Who exactly are you people?"

"How dare they misuse the Senju clan's emblem!"

Tsunade stopped in her tracks.

She suddenly turned around, unleashing a torrent of chakra that caused countless cracks to appear in the ground beneath her feet.

Shizune also drew her poisoned Thousand Needles, standing guard protectively beside Tsunade.

Facing one of the three enraged ninjas, the two men and one woman opposite them remained unfazed.

"I am formally introducing myself to you."

"The three of us come from the Ninja Empire in a parallel world."

"I am Senju Teppei, a certified Jonin of the Empire."

The leading youth raised his right hand, placed it on his chest, and solemnly bowed.

"Seiko Senju, Imperial Certified Jonin."

"Sōta Senju, Imperial Certified Jonin."

The young woman beside him and another young man bowed at the same time.

"Three...three Jonin from the Senju clan?"

"And they're all from parallel universes?"

Shizune's mind went blank for a moment, and she exclaimed in surprise.

Tsunade stared intently at the flow of chakra within the three individuals.

That boundless and vigorous life force, the gentle yet domineering nature of Yang attribute chakra, it's absolutely true!

This is the genuine Thousand Hands bloodline!

Moreover, its intensity even surpassed that of many clansmen back then!

"A parallel world...the Senju clan?"

"What do you want from me?"

Tsunade felt her mouth was dry and her fingers were trembling slightly.

"Originally, the Empire did not arrange for the younger generation of the Thousand Hands clan to participate in this cross-border expedition."

"But Lady Tsunade of the Empire specifically instructed us to make this trip and personally find you in this world."

Senju Teppei's expression was respectful, and his tone was calm.

"What does this person from another world want with me?"

Tsunade stood there, stunned, her brows furrowed.

"Lady Tsunade of the Empire said."

"She knows your temperament too well; you're stubborn and inflexible."

"The imperial army has descended upon this world and begun to take over the major ninja villages and nations."

"She didn't want to see herself in this world, standing on the opposite side of the empire because of a moment of stubbornness."

Keiko Senju smiled and replied.

As her voice fell.

A deathly silence fell over the woods.

The wind rustled through the treetops.

Tsunade's chest heaved violently as chaotic thoughts clashed wildly in her mind.

An army from parallel worlds has crossed time and space to arrive...

How could a unified empire be dominated by the Senju clan?

"The Thousand Hands Clan of the Empire..."

"How many people are there now?"

"And who is the clan leader?"

Tsunade's voice was somewhat hoarse, with a faint tremor of disbelief.

Upon hearing this question...

The eyes of Senju Teppei, Senju Keiko, and Senju Sota simultaneously blazed with fervor and pride.

"Under His Majesty Chiba's leadership."

"The Senju clan of today has long since regained the glory of its mythical era!"

"Many members of our clan have awakened Wood Release and Sage Body techniques; our clan is filled with powerful individuals!"

"And the supreme ruler of the empire, the supreme emperor who overwhelms the entire ninja world and ends all chaos—"

"It is indeed His Majesty Senju Chiba, the true leader of the Senju clan!"