The world I hear is completely different from yours.

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Inside the central tower of the examination training grounds, numerous Jonin from various ninja villages stood silently by, awaiting the arrival of their respective village's examinees. Beside these Jonin, Konoha's examiners and staff bustled about, preparing for the next exam within the tower.

Suddenly, Maki, an elite Jonin from Sunagakure and also the instructor of Gaara's team, looked up sharply at the sky outside the window as if sensing something: "That evil chakra, that's right, it's Shukaku's chakra! Has Gaara's identity been discovered? Damn it! The ambush forces outside the village aren't ready yet, and the Fourth Kazekage and his elite personal guard are still on their way to Konoha. There's no one to coordinate an attack!!"

Meanwhile, the Konoha ninja inside the tower also noticed the anomaly outside and sounded the alarms! Instantly, the piercing alarm shattered the sky and traveled all the way to the heart of Konoha not far away!

"This evil chakra, no doubt, it's a tailed beast! Judging from the chakra mixed with the scent of sand and dust, it should be Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast! Quickly, inform the Hokage!!" A sensory ninja from the Hyuga clan shouted, and following his alarm, many Konoha ninja sprang into action, some going to inform the village and Konoha's leadership, others busy calling for reinforcements, while many more Konoha ninja drew their weapons and aimed them at the Jonin leading the team from Sunagakure!

After such a long war in the ninja world, people have discovered the simplest way to use the Tailed Beasts as weapons: simply throw the Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast into another country, then release the Tailed Beast's seal, allowing it to wreak havoc in that country. Therefore, there is an unwritten consensus in the ninja world: when a village discovers that a Jinchuriki from another village has released a Tailed Beast's seal, it means that country has officially declared war!

"Looks like I'm going to die here this time! I wonder which bastard leaked the news!" Maki thought with a bitter smile. Then, he and a few Sand Ninja drew their weapons and aimed them at the Konoha Ninja, who outnumbered them several times over. Given the disparity in strength, even the few Sound Ninja from Otogakure, who were their secret allies, dared not step forward to join forces with these Sand Ninja against the Konoha Ninja!

The next moment, various ninjutsu, taijutsu, and other techniques intertwined, and the unique ninjutsu from the Land of Wind clashed fiercely with the ninjutsu from Konoha, splattering blood everywhere! In this Chunin Exam arena, the war between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire had begun ahead of schedule! The two sides in the battle were a few Sand Ninja against a large group of Konoha Jonin!

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P.S.: War always results in death, as you readers know.

Chapter Sixty-Three: Secret Deals and Plans

Inside the tower, the life-or-death struggle between the Jonin quickly came to an end. Outnumbered to the extreme, the few Sand Village Jonin lasted less than ten seconds before falling victim to the combined attack of a large group of Konoha Jonin. The leader, Maki, only managed a few more seconds. Realizing he had no hope of escape, he decisively punched himself in the head with all his might, smashing his skull to pieces.

Kakashi Hatake released the Lightning Blade from his hand, looking at Maki's corpse and his head, which he had smashed into a paste, with an unusually heavy expression: "Because he anticipated that his corpse would fall into our hands, he chose to destroy his brain in advance to prevent us from obtaining information from his body and brain marrow? What a dedicated ninja!"

Although Konoha was unable to obtain any information about the Sand Village's specific invasion plans from these Sand Village Jonin, Maki's cautious actions betrayed a clear message to Konoha: the Land of Wind was definitely plotting something extremely serious within the Land of Fire, to the point that even Maki, a confidant of the Fourth Kazekage, had to resort to such a brutal method of death to keep the secret!

"It seems the world is about to face another bloody war!" Kakashi sighed inwardly, but the image of his three students still in the training ground flashed before his eyes. "I'm so sorry, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura! Normally, such cruel things as war are something that only adults like us should handle, but once a nationwide war breaks out, I'm afraid even you kids will have to go to the battlefield!"

"Report!! Orders have just arrived from the village!" A sensory ninja rushed over and loudly read out the orders issued by the Konoha high command to all the Konoha Jonin in the tower: "Kakashi, you take men to arrest all the Sand Village examinees still in the training grounds. Kill anyone who resists! At the same time, ensure the safety of the Konoha examinees! The rest of you stay in the tower to monitor the ninjas from other villages. Absolutely no information can be leaked!!"

"Understood!" Kakashi responded loudly, then led a group of Konoha Jonin out quickly! As the undisputed top Jonin of Konoha and the direct disciple of the Fourth Hokage, Hatake Kakashi's experience, strength, and strategy were enough to make all the Konoha Jonin sincerely admire him. Therefore, in this crisis, Hiruzen Sarutobi directly entrusted Kakashi with the most important task of clearing the area and rescuing the enemy.

It's important to understand that many of the Konoha examinees currently in the training grounds are either future heirs of Konoha ninja clans or the most outstanding new generation within their clans. They represent the future of Konoha, so we absolutely cannot allow any accidents to happen to them!

But what about the tailed beast that appeared in the Forest of Death? Without a large force to suppress it, is there anyone in the village who can deal with Shukaku alone? Kakashi Hatake pondered this silently. Then he suddenly recalled the two Anbu members, Tensei and Yamato, who were responsible for monitoring and protecting Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, during their mission in the Land of Waves!

Boom!! Just as Kakashi had predicted, a Konoha ANBU communication flare suddenly lit up in the sky, summoning nearby ANBU to fight the Tailed Beast. In Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind, compared to the mission of protecting the Konoha examinees, suppressing the Tailed Beast was not a difficult task, because he knew very well that Amemori was in the Forest of Death, and that Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, was Amemori's defeated foe!!

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In the Forest of Death, Tian Qing glanced at the signal flare in the sky, then grabbed Orochimaru by the collar, clearly annoyed: "Orochimaru, what's going on here?! Didn't you say that in the Sand Village's plan, Gaara wouldn't easily break Shukaku's seal, and would only transform on important occasions? What about this situation now?!"

After being thoroughly beaten by Amaterasu, Orochimaru was much more obedient. He answered every question Amaterasu asked without the slightest impatience, acting like the legendary best customer service representative: "Plans can never keep up with changes in reality. It seems Gaara's Jinchuriki identity has been exposed! That's why they changed their battle plan at the last minute and launched the Tailed Beast attack ahead of schedule. But since the original plan has changed like this, do you still need me to lead people to kill the Fourth Kazekage?"

"Of course! Regardless of whether the Chunin Exams can continue, the Fourth Kazekage must die!" Tianqing said coldly. From Konoha's perspective, the Fourth Kazekage, who strongly advocated war against Konoha, had to die, and he also needed to drag down the elite Sand Ninja and the Sand Village's high-ranking officials who also supported the war against Konoha!

"Now let's go and teach Shukaku a lesson. After that, I'll go with you to the Land of Wind and kill the Fourth Kazekage, who's still on his way!" Tianqing said coldly. "The entire Hidden Leaf Village should be under martial law now, so news of Shukaku's appearance in the village won't spread for a while. Therefore, the Fourth Kazekage should still be on his original invasion plan, leading a large group of Sand Ninja on his way to the Hidden Leaf Village!"

“Alright! Assassinating the Kazekage is no problem, but after completing this mission!” Orochimaru pointed to the Justice Warrior Transformation Seal on his neck, which Tensei had just placed on him to monitor Orochimaru. “According to our previous agreement, after I help you complete the mission of assassinating the Kazekage, you have to remove this thing!”

For a cunning and treacherous traitor like Orochimaru, Tianqing naturally wouldn't be at ease just because of Orochimaru's temporary submission. Therefore, she implanted this Justice Warrior Transformation Seal into Orochimaru. As a product created using the God's runes as a reference to Kaguya's seal, Tianqing believed that even a seasoned researcher like Orochimaru wouldn't be able to break free of this Justice Warrior Transformation Seal's bindings within the next few years!

"Of course, my reputation is not like yours!" Tianqing said, and with Orochimaru in tow, they sped off towards Shukaku.

Tianqing knew very well that a cunning guy like Orochimaru had probably already prepared a body for his resurrection in some hidden place. Therefore, Tianqing didn't dare to pressure Orochimaru too much, lest this neurotic guy suddenly have a brain fart and commit suicide and run away, which would be terrible. After all, Tianqing still needed Orochimaru and his subordinates' assistance in the mission to assassinate the Fourth Kazekage.

Chapter Sixty-Four: Death in war always comes unusually easily.

call!call!

In the Forest of Death, Hinata Hyuga gasped for breath, struggling to drag her two teammates through the dense vegetation, and staggered step by step toward the tower in the middle of the training ground.

Tick ​​tock!Tick ​​tock!

Blood kept seeping from Hinata's bandages, leaving a blood-stained path behind her, but Hinata still walked forward resolutely: "I...I will definitely bring you back, hang in there! Kiba, Shino!"

Even though her body was cold, trembling, and weak due to excessive blood loss, Hinata refused to let go of her companions behind her. Although in her Byakugan vision, her two companions had stopped breathing and even their chakra had stopped circulating, Hinata still believed that as long as they were rescued in time, they still had a chance to survive!

When gods fight, mortals suffer! Kiba, Shino, and Hinata went to witness the battle between Gaara and Pakura, and thus paid a heavy price in the ensuing large-scale clash. Even the aftershocks of the battle severely injured these three Konoha genin. To prevent news from leaking out, Temari and Kankuro launched a surprise attack on the three genin. To cover Hinata's escape, the already severely injured Kiba and Shino paid the ultimate price!

"Huh? What's that Konoha brat doing here? Why are you dragging two corpses around?!" a malicious voice said, and then several guys wearing Sound Ninja headbands emerged from the bushes and surrounded them with malicious smiles.

A weakened Hinata silently released her comrade's body, then quietly drew her weapon. Although Hinata is usually very introverted, often too shy to speak, and rarely dares to fight during missions, she possesses an extraordinary inner strength! It is precisely because of this strong will that Hinata bravely challenged Neji, and stepped forward to fight against a formidable enemy like Pain when Naruto was in danger!

"Oh? You really do have good eyesight, little girl!" Sound Ninja Tosu said with a sneer, revealing the huge voice transmitter in his hand. "Judging from your eyes, you must have the Hyuga Byakugan from Konoha, right? I've heard that Byakugan are very expensive on the black market. Looks like we've had a good haul today!"

Immediately, several Sound Ninja burst into wild laughter! Tosu, however, was overjoyed. As Orochimaru's subordinate, he was well aware of Orochimaru's curiosity about bloodline limits! He believed that if he could bring this weakened Hyuga ninja back alive, Orochimaru would surely reward Tosu handsomely!

Amidst the Sound Ninja's maniacal laughter, a chilling voice suddenly rang out, filled with displeasure: "Do you really think this situation is funny?"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The words had barely left her lips when several Konoha Jonin appeared beside Hinata. They were the examiners who had just received orders and immediately set off from the tower to protect the Konoha examinees!

The laughter of the Sound Ninja abruptly stopped, like a flock of ducks being choked.

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Click!Click!

On the other side of the Death Forest, massive amounts of sand surged up from the ground, like numerous sand fountains suddenly appearing in the forest, completely submerging the once lush forest in a sea of ​​sand. At the same time, a large amount of sand continuously enveloped the sleeping Gaara, growing larger and larger until it gradually formed a beast's body comparable in size to a small mountain!

"It's been a long time, Shukaku! I never thought I'd see you here again!" Pakura stood on the sand, watching Shukaku take shape, a hint of emotion flashing in her eyes. Not because of Shukaku, but because of Gaara's father, the Fourth Kazekage! Although in her previous life, it was the Fourth Kazekage who betrayed Pakura to Kirigakure, leading to her death there, Pakura now felt a faint sense of admiration for the Fourth Kazekage.

It's simply because of the Fourth Kazekage's spirit of being willing to dedicate everything to the village!

Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara were the Fourth Kazekage's only three children. Yet, the Fourth Kazekage willingly formed a team around them, personally assigning them the extremely risky mission of entering Konoha to participate in the Chunin Exams. Later, he even personally led the Sand Ninja to Konoha to prepare for war!

It's important to understand that if the Sand Ninja's plan goes smoothly, all will be fine. However, if something goes wrong, without a large contingent of Sand Ninja and the Kazekage to provide support, the moment Shukaku appears in Konoha, all the Sand Ninja examinees will be immediately identified as enemies by Konoha and subjected to a massive attack by Konoha ninja! With such a disparity in numbers, Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara, without external support, have virtually no chance of returning alive!

In other words, for this war, the Fourth Kazekage not only had to lead from the front, but he also sent his only three children to the most dangerous front lines!

The emperor guards the nation's gates; the monarch dies for the state! This is the spirit and responsibility of a village leader!

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Whew!! Whew!! Whew!! Whew!!

Under Shukaku's influence, strong winds mixed with sand and dust began to blow in the sky, constantly eroding the landform and transforming it into a desert-like landscape. This is Shukaku's ability to transform any place it has ever been into its favorite desert, which is one of the reasons why the deserts of the Land of Wind are so vast!

"It's time for me to go! Let Konoha worry about what happens next!" Yekura glanced at the beast's body, which was growing ever larger by absorbing sand, and prepared to turn and leave. After being reborn into this era, Yekura made up her mind that in this life, she would no longer live for the sake of the ninja village, but only for herself. And her greatest pleasure was watching the ninjas of the various ninja villages fight each other for the sake of their so-called villages. That's why she decided to provoke a war between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire ahead of schedule!

After all, what's the point of a one-sided battle like the Sand Village's perfect surprise attack on Konoha, right? Pakura thought to herself with amusement as she quickly left the battlefield, which had now turned into a sea of ​​sand.

In this sea of ​​sand, Temari and Kankuro, severely injured and unable to move, were already buried deep beneath the sand. If Gaara still retained a shred of self-awareness, he would probably have intervened in time to rescue his sister and brother, but unfortunately, the tailed beast Shukaku was now controlling their bodies!

As for Shukaku, what did the life or death of two mere humans matter? That's why it couldn't be bothered to care about those two people who died deep in the desert!

The Final Chapter: Many Years Later

Konoha Village many years later.

The afternoon sun always makes people feel increasingly lazy. It slanted through the window and shone on Kakashi Hatake, who had just finished working all morning. This made the somewhat elderly Sixth Hokage feel drowsy: "Why don't I just take a nap? Anyway, since I came to this world, there's been much less work to do in the village."

Since that earth-shattering battle, the people of Konoha Village have found themselves in a completely new world. To be precise, the entire continent of the Naruto world has been transferred to a new world, becoming a continent in a vast ocean.

Within this vast ocean lie many continents, inhabited by a multitude of strange creatures, who are said to have migrated from all over the world in the past.

"This is the world you used to live in, right, Ame?" Kakashi Hatake recalled, "In order to prevent our world from being destroyed, you led our entire world to merge into this world called Earth, becoming a new resident of this world. It is thanks to this civilized world that the war between ninjas has finally come to an end."

Kakashi stood up and looked out the window at the ever-changing Konoha Village. The streets were bustling with traffic and various intelligent life forms, while flying buses shuttled back and forth in the air, and teleporting passenger planes occasionally flashed overhead, all silently illustrating the unique nature of this Konoha Village.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

A series of hurried footsteps approached, and Shikamaru, then a staff officer of Konoha, pushed open the office door. His mechanical arm on his left hand gleamed: "Hokage-sama, we just received a notification from the Alliance that a new continent has appeared right next to ours. The creatures on it are extremely hostile, and we need to send people to assist in its subjugation!"

"To conquer the neighboring continent?" Kakashi thought for a moment and then said, "Then let Naruto and Sasuke lead the troops. They just came out of the time machine, so they should have already learned the Saiyan fusion technique, right?"

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This is a continent full of volcanoes and lava, with fiery red magma flowing everywhere, clearly transported from some extremely harsh world.

On this newly emerged continent, a viscous purple substance covered everything, as if the entire continent were covered with a giant purple blanket. On this purple ground stood countless enormous, constantly writhing structures, all made of flesh and blood, covered with tentacles and eyes, constantly sensing their surroundings and reacting accordingly, as if these structures were all transformed from some kind of gigantic life form.

*Squeak!* A Zergling emerged from the ground, roaring loudly at the sky as if sensing something. Then, countless Zerglings, Banelings, Hydralisks, Venom Roaches, Giant Mammoths, and other Zerg creatures sprang from the earth, baring their fangs at the sky. Meanwhile, even more Mutalisks, Vipers, and Flying Crabs rapidly ascended into the air, viciously swooping down in a certain direction!

A dazzling light shone in the sky there—the unique light of a large force conducting spatial teleportation!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

In an instant, a massive combined fleet appeared high in the sky! Within this fleet were numerous flying ships of various styles, which simultaneously began a fierce bombardment of the distant Zerg swarm!

Boom! Boom! Boom! The deafening roar of the cannons was deafening!

On a massive aircraft carrier in the fleet, Sasuke Uchiha frowned impatiently: "It's so noisy! Why do those Gundams and giant ships outside use beam energy weapons, but when they fire, they deliberately add the sound of cannons firing? Do they think that's the only way to make the battle more exciting? Have these goblin aliens lost their minds?"

Click! Click! Amid Sasuke's complaints, the aircraft carrier's hatch slowly opened, and a biting gust of cold wind rushed in! If Sasuke hadn't been sitting inside an EVA, he probably would have shivered from the cold!

"Airborne deployment initiated, prepare for combat!!!" Naruto Uzumaki donned his goggles, piloted the latest God Gundam, and led the Konoha ninja assault team off the aircraft carrier!

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While the Konoha ninjas were busy exterminating the insects, Tensei had already left this world and continued his journey to find "it." Although there was still a long way to go before Tensei stood before "it," he believed that one day he would fulfill his wish.

In the sheep village of the Green Green Grassland, Tian Qing, wearing a pink sheep head mask, mingled with Happy Sheep and watched the fun.

The atmosphere in Sheep Village was tense, because just three hours earlier, the village's new leader, who had been in office for less than three days, had once again died unexpectedly. This was the fourth Sheep Village leader to die, following the first leader Alice Megatron, the second leader Super Blue Cat, and the third leader White Cat Sheriff.

"Huh? Why does this plot seem so familiar? Could it be that this fourth-generation sheep village leader also has a red-eyed apprentice and a son with something sealed inside his belly?" Tian Qing thought to herself, while subconsciously following behind Happy Sheep towards the sheep village square.

In the village square lay the body of Frieza, the fourth leader of the sheep village. Beside the body, the angry sheep erected a cross and tied the wolf they had just captured to it.

"Grey Wolf, tell me! Did you do this?!" Pretty Sheep picked up a whip soaked in cold water and lashed it hard across Grey Wolf's body, leaving a long red scar. "Was it because the village chief discovered you were stealing the Dragon Ball from our sheep village, and you killed him in a fit of rage?!"

Grey Wolf kept his head down and didn't speak, but Tian Qing heard it clearly. Every time the whip lashed Grey Wolf hard, although Grey Wolf gritted his teeth and didn't move, Happy Sheep, who was standing in front of Tian Qing, seemed to feel the same way and trembled, looking at Grey Wolf silently with teary eyes.

"The pain you feel is my pain. If this isn't love, then what is?" Tian Qing silently complained to herself.

Snap! Snap! Snap! The sound of the whip cracking was deafening!

"Speak! Tell me now!!!" Pleasant Goat lashed out with the whip, but while whipping Big Bad Wolf, she would always turn around from time to time, looking at Happy Goat with eyes full of satisfaction and a look that said, "If I can't have you, then he can't have you either."

Meanwhile, hidden among the sheep, Slow Sheep stared at Pretty Sheep with jealous eyes, his heart filled with resentment. Blood seeped from his clenched fists: "Why, why have I done so much for you, yet your eyes are only for Happy Sheep? What was the point of me secretly switching the Dragon Balls and wishing to become the village chief?!"

Lazy Sheep watched this melodramatic scene silently, eating potato chips as if he were an outsider detached from the situation. However, the occasional glint of shrewdness in his narrowed eyes revealed his unusual identity: "Now that Grey Wolf is useless, Red Wolf, as a hostage, is also useless. Why don't we just turn her into sheep feed later?"

Amidst the cacophony of opinions and chatter, Tian Qing stood quietly listening.

"What a twisted flock of sheep! It seems this world has been completely warped by them! This means the world is very close to its true form!" Tian Qing looked up at the gloomy sky. Although the sky still appeared blue to these sheep, it was actually covered in dark clouds, with enormous fleshy tentacles appearing and disappearing within them, as if an indescribable monster of flesh had replaced the sun in the sky!

"Now, it's time to end this farce!" Tian Qing smiled, raised her hand, and shouted to the oblivious sheep around her, "Objection! I've seen through the whole truth! The real culprit is him!!!"

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The End.

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