Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

Two ANBU ninjas wearing animal masks instantly knelt on one knee in front of the desk.

"Sandaime-sama!"

"Something's happened at the Jinchūriki isolation zone! The sensory barrier has been severed!"

Hiruzen's voice was tinged with anger: "Immediately order all patrol teams near the quarantine zone to go check the situation! We absolutely cannot let anything happen to Naruto!"

"Yes!" One of the ANBU immediately formed hand seals, preparing to use the Body Flicker Technique to leave.

Just then, there was a knock on the office door, and a silver-haired boy wearing a dog-face mask walked in. It was none other than Kakashi Hatake, who had just returned from completing a mission.

Upon seeing Kakashi, Hiruzen's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

"Kakashi! You've come at the perfect time!"

Hiruzen strode around the desk: "The Jinchuriki might be under attack! You're the fastest, get there immediately to provide support! No matter who you encounter, your primary task is to protect Naruto's safety!"

Upon hearing the name "Naruto," a barely perceptible ripple flickered in Kakashi's previously empty eyes.

That was the only bloodline the teacher left in this world, and also the scar deepest in his heart that he couldn't bear to touch.

"Yes, Lord Hokage!"

Kakashi didn't ask a single question. His figure transformed into a beam of light, rushing out of the open window of the Hokage's office and sprinting towards the edge of the village at top speed!

Watching Kakashi's departing figure, Hiruzen frowned, his unease growing stronger.

"Could it be that a spy from Kumogakure or Iwagakure has infiltrated? Or... is someone in the village determined to kill that child?"

Hiruzen clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

In either case, daring to harm the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki right under Konoha's nose is a blatant violation of the Third Hokage's bottom line!

……

at the same time.

The human jinchūriki isolation zone, that seemingly dilapidated courtyard.

Outside the courtyard, the two ANBU ninjas who had been hiding in the shadows watching were now slumped against the tree trunk.

Their eyes were wide open, but completely unfocused; they had clearly been momentarily under some kind of illusion.

Inside the courtyard.

Minato Namikaze has changed into that snow-white divine robe.

At the hem of the divine robe, the five large red characters "Fourth Hokage" fluttered in the early winter morning breeze.

He turned his head and looked at Kushina Uzumaki, who was holding Naruto and had also changed into her old ninja combat uniform. A gentle smile appeared on his lips.

"Whoosh-!"

Suddenly, a whooshing sound came from outside the courtyard wall.

Minato's eyes instantly turned cold, but upon seeing who it was, his expression changed to one of astonishment.

"Kakashi?"

Chapter 189 Third Generation: How is this possible?

"Kakashi...?"

Minato froze, staring at the boy in front of him who wore a dog-faced ANBU mask and whose silver-white hair stood on end in the wind.

On the other side...

Kakashi, who rushed into the courtyard ready to wreak havoc, seemed to have run into an invisible wall, and was pinned to the muddy ground.

The white fang dagger that had accompanied him through countless life-and-death battles fell to the ground with a clang.

Kakashi's perpetually droopy, dead-fish eye was wide open now, filled with disbelief.

Directly in front of him.

There were no spies from the Hidden Clouds, no ruthless assassins.

Only a young couple stood quietly in the middle of the courtyard.

The woman with bright red hair was gently holding a sleeping blonde baby in her arms.

Beside her, the man draped in a pristine white divine robe, his blond hair gleaming in the morning light, stared at her with a bewildered expression.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the hem of Minato's sacred robe fluttered softly.

He looked at Kakashi's stiff body, at his right eye which was bloodshot from shock, and a gentle smile slowly curved his originally cold and hard lips.

He put away his kunai, took two steps forward, and spoke with a hint of elder's satisfaction:

"Kakashi...you've grown taller."

That familiar voice, that familiar tone!

Even in his dreams, Kakashi had rehearsed the scene countless times, but when the moment actually arrived, his brain completely lost the ability to think.

"Teacher...?"

Kakashi's legs buckled, and he fell heavily to his knees with a thud.

"This...is this a genjutsu?" Kakashi desperately covered his eyes, trying to disrupt the chakra within him. "Release! Release me! Don't try to fool me with your teacher's appearance!!!"

Minato felt a pang of sadness as he looked at his disciple kneeling on the ground.

He strode forward, squatted down, and unabashedly ruffled Kakashi's messy silver-white hair.

"It's not an illusion, Kakashi. I've never left, never."

Minato's voice was gentle: "I'm sorry, these past two years... I've made you bear so much pain all by yourself."

Feeling the incredibly real warmth coming from above, Kakashi looked up and grabbed Minato's wrist.

Hot.

There is a pulse.

It's a living person!

“Teacher…Teacher’s wife…” Kakashi looked at the two living people in front of him, and then at Naruto who was safe and sound in Kushina’s arms. He felt that the endless iceberg that had been pressing on his heart for the past few years had collapsed at this moment.

"Alright, Kakashi, we can catch up later."

Minato patted Kakashi on the shoulder and helped him up.

When he stood up again, his deep blue eyes sharpened once more.

"Now, your teacher has an extremely important task for you."

Kakashi wiped away his tears, instantly regaining his composure and standing ramrod straight: "Teacher, please give your instructions!"

"Take Kushina and Naruto to the Hyuga main family mansion. Clan head Hiashi is already waiting for you there."

Minato handed Kakashi a kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God Technique symbol, his tone grave:

"Until I give the signal, neither the Anbu nor the Root should let them get close to Naruto."

"Understood!" Kakashi didn't ask why he had to go to the Hyuga clan, nor did he ask how his teacher had survived back then.

The current situation is very unclear, but if he had to choose between the Third Generation and his teacher, he would choose his teacher.

"Minato, be careful going to the Hokage Building alone." Kushina held Minato's hand, her eyes full of worry.

Although she had witnessed the vastness of the world and knew that Minato's current strength was unfathomable, he was, after all, the power center of Konoha.

"Don't worry, Kushina, I've already established contact with Kurama. The only difficulty is how to minimize the impact and not affect the Divine Will Plan."

Minato smiled slightly and gave his wife a reassuring look.

Then, he turned around, and his figure disappeared into the courtyard in a flash of golden light.

"Nine-Ra? Hmph, I hope you perform well this time."

……

A moment later, at the top-floor office of the Konoha Hokage Building.

"Hiruzen, what exactly is going on in the quarantine zone?"

Shimura Danzo, leaning on his cane, walked into the office. He hadn't recovered from his teacher's criticism, but his close friend's concern made him stand up.

"If it's a spy from Kumogakure who has infiltrated, the Nine-Tails must not be lost! We must immediately deploy the Root to take control of the Jinchuriki!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi puffed on his pipe: "I've already sent Kakashi. Kakashi is the fastest; with him there, Naruto won't be in danger for now. We'll wait for his report back..."

"Buzz!"

Before Hiruzen could finish speaking, the air in the office suddenly distorted in an extremely subtle way!

In the very center of Hiruzen's large desk, a uniquely shaped, specially made three-pronged kunai had been quietly and silently nailed there at some point!

"This is... the Flying Thunder God Kunai?"

Hiruzen and Danzo's pupils shrank simultaneously, and the hairs on their bodies stood on end in that instant!

next second.

"Thorn--!"

A blinding golden flash suddenly exploded right in the center of their vision without warning!

The light dissipated.

A man wearing a divine robe and with blond hair that moved without wind stood on the kunai.

He slowly raised his head, his deep blue eyes looking at the stunned Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura.

"The Third Generation Lord, Danzo's Advisor."

Minato Namikaze smiled slightly.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura stared intently at the blond man standing on the desk, their minds momentarily blank.

"Namikaze...Minato?"

Hiruzen's voice trembled: "How is this possible... You were clearly already in the Nine-Tails' Night..."