The world I hear is completely different from yours.

However, Kakashi doesn't seem to have any thoughts about early romance right now, so he doesn't respond to Rin Nohara's admiration at all.

Time ticked by, and finally, Obito Uchiha couldn't hold back any longer and jumped up and shouted.

"Seriously, we've been waiting for almost an hour already! Why is this Jonin so late? He set the time, but we're just sitting here waiting!"

Kakashi glared at Obito, said nothing, and continued to maintain his image as a cold-faced, handsome genius, only subtly shifting to a more comfortable standing position.

Just as the three of them were getting impatient, a blond-haired man suddenly appeared in front of them with an apologetic smile: "I am Jonin Namikaze Minato, your instructor Jonin. I'm so sorry, something came up and I'm late."

What can be done? Just now, the Third Hokage, Tensei, suddenly called him over, pointed to a set of golden Saint Cloths and matching Saint Cloth linings on the table, and said, "Minato, I remember your birthday is January 25th, right? Then this Aquarius Gold Cloth is yours. Try it on quickly, and then take your team to carry out a mission."

Even a genius like Minato Namikaze would need quite some time to adapt to the Aquarius Gold Cloth.

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Chapter Thirteen: When Nagato of the Akatsuki becomes Nagato of the SOS Brigade

At dawn, as the sun rises, people wake up from their dreams, preparing to start a brand new day. Energetic young people, in particular, jump up with high spirits, ready to give their all to pursue their dreams.

"I will definitely surpass Kakashi and become the next Hokage!!" Obito Uchiha stood with his hands on his hips and shouted his dream to the rising sun. Although almost no one believed that his dream would come true, what difference is there between a person without a dream and a salted fish?

"There's a difference. You can still eat salted fish!" — This is what an older woman said to a young, internet-addicted, flamboyant teenager who wanted to pursue his e-sports dream.

However, Obito Uchiha didn't receive such a cynical pep talk, nor did he know that in the future, the one who would truly become Hokage was none other than his teammate, Kakashi Hatake, whom he wanted to surpass. Therefore, ignoring the disapproving looks from passersby, he rushed towards the team's meeting point, full of energy to prepare for today's mission and ready to showcase his strength. But he quickly became disappointed and discouraged.

"Huh??? Another day of weeding, watering, and charging the batteries for all sorts of puppets?" Obito Uchiha was utterly disheartened. Fresh out of school and stepping into the workforce, he was brimming with ambition and enthusiasm, eager to find an evil force and perish together. But reality was cold. As a group of rookies who had just graduated from the ninja academy, their only task was weeding, watering, and charging the batteries for various puppets. The only slightly novel task they could undertake was repairing various puppet parts.

This has been going on for so many days in a row. Not to mention Obito Uchiha, even Kakashi was starting to get impatient.

Unfortunately, since they were neither the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki nor the Hokage's favorite son, they naturally had no right to object to the tasks assigned by the village, nor did they have the courage to run to the Hokage's office like Naruto Uzumaki and ask for a high-level task. They could only obediently follow Minato Namikaze to remove weeds, water plants, and charge the batteries of various puppets.

Meanwhile, in the Land of Rain, a group of older young people were meeting to discuss the next steps for the Akatsuki organization.

"Nagato, Hanzo sent us an invitation a few days ago, inviting us to go there for peace talks. He wants to use the power of our Akatsuki organization to balance the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Earth. What do you think?" Yahiko asked.

"Of course we agree! The purpose of establishing Akatsuki is precisely to find a way to create world peace without resorting to extreme force. If we can rely on our strength to balance the three nations of Fire, Wind, and Earth, perhaps our Land of Rain can truly achieve peace!" Nagato nodded excitedly in response.

During the three years Jiraiya stayed in the Land of Rain, he not only taught Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan highly advanced ninjutsu, but also instilled in them the ideal of seeking to resolve world conflicts and create world peace. It was under the guidance of this theory that the three, after growing up, founded the Akatsuki organization with Yahiko as their leader.

Unlike the Akatsuki, the top Asian group in the later part of the original work, which was determined to bring pain to the world and was full of all kinds of handsome men and weirdos, the Akatsuki organization at this time is only working hard to seek world peace and has also absorbed many people who are not considered to be experts or strong people into the organization.

After resolving several incidents through its own strength, the Akatsuki organization gradually grew stronger and became famous. Even the residents of Konoha had heard of its reputation. Therefore, as the leader of the Rain Village, "Demigod" Hanzo naturally intended to meet the leaders of this emerging organization.

Just as the three of them had finished discussing and were about to set off, a sudden change occurred!

Nagato, who was about to stand up from her seat, suddenly disappeared, and in her place appeared a bespectacled girl wearing Nagato's clothes.

She was a short-haired girl with a porcelain doll-like face, her fair face expressionless. She was looking at Yahiko and Konan in front of her through a pair of glasses that gleamed with a cold light.

"Who...who are you? Where did you take Nagato? Why are you wearing Nagato's clothes?!" Yahiko reacted quickly, gripping the weapon behind him nervously, and asked the girl in front of him.

Konan, quite tacitly, took a step to the side, blocking the escape route from the conference room and preventing the girl who had suddenly appeared and replaced Nagato from escaping.

"My name is Nagato. I am a humanoid communication device created by the Information Integration Thought Entity to contact organic life forms. My purpose is to observe Haruhi Suzumiya." The expressionless girl opened her mouth and uttered a bunch of words that were completely incomprehensible, seemingly introducing herself. Then her lips moved rapidly, as if she were quickly reciting a spell.

For information processing, adjust the other party's trust level to the highest!

Although they didn't understand what the girl was saying at all, Yahiko and Konan instinctively chose to believe each other, dispelling their hostility, as if their trust in each other had been instantly maxed out.

"You're saying you're Nagato?" Yahiko rubbed his eyes, a few beads of cold sweat trickling down his forehead. Help! The brother who was just casually chatting and joking around with me has suddenly turned into a porcelain doll-like beautiful girl standing in front of me. What should I do?

Yahiko suddenly felt a little awkward. According to his usual habit, he should go up and pat Nagato on the shoulder, put his arm around him and go to lunch together. But now, looking at Nagato who had turned into a beautiful girl, Yahiko couldn't help but hesitate.

Undeniably, Nagato has become much cuter, and her skin is much fairer, but should I really reach out and pat her shoulder? I, Yahiko, have never patted a girl's shoulder before! —Konan, of course. I'm a pure person; even when Jiraiya-sensei went to investigate the red-light districts of the Land of Rain, I, Yahiko, stood on the street the entire time, not daring to go in!

Just as Yahiko was struggling with his decision, Konan stepped forward, took Nagato's hand, and walked outside: "So, Nagato, do you remember what happened before?"

“I remember, I still retain my memories,” Nagato replied simply.

Of course, Nagato was referring to her still remembering her time with the SOS Brigade and her mission to observe Haruhi Suzumiya.

"That's wonderful!" Konan replied happily. Her trust in Nagato was absolute; she had no doubts about his words and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she prepared to continue her journey to Hanzo's invitation. "Then, let's set off according to the plan we agreed on!"

Holding Konan's hand and pulling her forward, Nagato remained silent. Although she didn't know why she had suddenly severed her connection with the Information Integration Thought Entity and suddenly appeared in this world, she figured it was probably because of Haruhi Suzumiya.

The world before her was probably created by Haruhi Suzumiya in a moment of excitement, right? So, does that mean that as long as she completes the "plan" mentioned by this girl, she can go back? Nagato wondered.

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Chapter Fourteen: The Third Generation Kazekage Who Became Billy Herrington

The Valley Kingdom is a small country nestled between the Fire Kingdom and the Wind Kingdom. As a significant commercial trading hub located inland, it sees numerous caravans from various countries traveling and trading within its borders every day.

Not long ago, a strange legend of "eighteen naked men" began to circulate near a hilly area in the northern part of the Valley Country.

According to passing caravans, any caravan passing through that area has a certain chance of encountering a woman striking a strange pose as if to say, "I'm about to transform!" After the woman makes a bizarre declaration, such as, "Good morning, little bird, why are you carrying a big backpack? Because I'm going to bomb the school," eighteen muscular, bald men will fly out of the nearby woods to rob her.

These bald, burly men each possessed incredibly well-built physiques. Not only were they completely naked, but they also had superhuman strength, easily defeating the caravan guards. Then, these bald men would mercilessly kill anyone who dared to resist and knock unconscious those who surrendered. When the unconscious men awoke, they would find that all the caravan's valuables had been stolen.

For this reason, far fewer caravans now dare to pass through there, causing the nearby towns to become quite desolate. The residents are complaining bitterly, and some are even considering crowdfunding to hire ninjas to hunt down the "Eighteen Naked Men."

In a cave in the nearby hills, Scorpion was carefully tending to the eighteen flesh puppets on his hands.

Sasori divides his puppets into two categories. One category consists of red-robed puppets known as "Poisonous Explosion Insects." These puppets have a simple structure, lack even weapons, and their sole purpose is to charge forward and self-destruct, releasing a specially concocted poison gas upon impact. However, due to the enormous losses incurred in his previous battle with the Third Kazekage, Sasori needs to spend a huge sum of money to replenish them from weapons manufacturers on the black market. Therefore, Sasori is forced to take on the promising job of robbing caravans.

Sasori's other type of puppets are these meticulously crafted human puppets. These are all made from living people, imbued with their chakra from their lifetime, thus perfectly preserving all their ninjutsu and bloodline limits. With the assistance of the Heavenly Puppet Star Cloth, Sasori can even unleash the full power of these puppets without any reduction. Therefore, these eighteen human puppets form a perfectly coordinated team of eighteen highly skilled individuals.

Scorpion continued forward, looking at the newly completed human puppet—the Third Kazekage—at the deepest part of the cave.

At this moment, the Third Kazekage's physique had completely changed. The original Third Kazekage was just a young man with a medium to thin build, but now, after Sasori's special treatment, the muscles on the Third Kazekage's body had become exceptionally strong, and his height had also increased significantly. He had transformed from a thin young man into the muscular Billy Herrington.

Sasori carefully examined every detail of the Third Kazekage's body, confirming that the puppet was flawless and ready for immediate use. Only then did he nod in satisfaction, leave his secret laboratory, and head towards the warehouse on the other side.

Ye Cang sat at a table, head down, staring silently at a cake on the table.

What's wrong with this idiotic, goofy woman? Scorpion was a little surprised by Yekura's silence: "Why are you so quiet today?"

"He didn't come," Ye Cang said.

"Huh?" Scorpion didn't quite understand. Was this idiot saying something hadn't come? Could he be referring to that thing that comes every month?

Yekura suddenly swung her kunai wildly, stabbing at the cake as she did so, yelling in frustration, "He's not here! He's not here! Why hasn't he come yet?! That snake-like monster named Kabuto Yakushi said that this time of year is roughly the beginning of Pain establishing the Akatsuki organization! According to my original timeline, Pain and Konan should be here by now, beating this red-haired gay bastard to a pulp and dragging him into the Akatsuki! They even prepared a cake for that!!"

"I'm not gay at all, I'm just an artist who loves the beauty of the human body!!" Sasori immediately exploded. As for Yekura's talk of history and timelines, Sasori didn't believe a word of it. After all, Yekura usually spouted so much nonsense—like an army of pure white clones, or a spiral-faced monster that seemed both real and unreal. As a member of the Kazekage's personal guard and a high-ranking member of the Sand Village, Sasori had never heard of such things before.

Sasori did try to investigate at first, but later discovered that these so-called strongmen were all fictitious and could not be found at all. So now Sasori can perfectly ignore Yekura's strange and crazy talk.

"I understand!!" Yecang suddenly stood up excitedly, "It must be because I still have distracting thoughts in my mind that Pain and Konan didn't come!"

"Distractions?" Scorpion glanced at Yekura. "Have you ever had a serious thought? Your head must be full of distractions, right? Besides, no one else is here, how would they know what bad ideas you have?"

Yekura completely ignored Sasori and decisively began meditating facing the wall: "Distractions, go to hell!!!"

"So you're not planning to make a declaration before the robbery this time? I'll go by myself then." Sasori shrugged, turned around, and put all the puppets in the laboratory into his personal scroll. He then walked alone towards the other side of the mountain, preparing to pull off another big heist. According to the information Yekura had gathered earlier, a rather good Konoha caravan would be passing by there soon.

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Click! Click! Click!! With a series of clicking sounds from gears, the gates of Konoha slowly opened.

Kakashi Hatake slung his backpack over his shoulder and stepped out of Konoha Village for the first time in his life. Looking at the scenery he had never seen before, even he, who always insisted on being a cool and unconventional guy, had a slight look of excitement on his face.

Obito Uchiha was much more excited. He ran straight to the front of the group with his backpack on, then turned around and shouted to the back, "Kakashi, Minato-sensei, hurry up! We've been doing low-level missions for so long, and finally we can leave the village for an escort mission! Kakashi, don't let us down!"

In the past, teams like Kakashi's and Obito's, who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy, were typically only assigned menial tasks by their Jonin instructors, such as weeding, watering, or charging batteries. They were rarely allowed to leave Konoha to prevent these rookies from encountering enemy ninjas and being easily crushed. This was especially true given the current tense relations between nations.

However, this morning, several genin who had been doing low-level missions for over a month unanimously requested that Minato Namikaze take on a higher-level mission. Just as Minato was in a dilemma, Tensei, out of respect for Kakashi's father, casually gave them a C-rank mission to escort a caravan, asking them to leave the village and escort a Konoha caravan to the Land of Valleys.

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P.S. I noticed some readers said they didn't know who the reborn person was, so I quickly asked her to come out and show her face again. It would be too pitiful if the protagonists' opponents were just nameless people.

That's settled. Also, chef, add an extra egg to the reborn person's lunchbox tonight as payment for her extra appearance.

Chapter Fifteen: Madara Uchiha Impersonated Again

Ding-dong, ding-dong! As the caravan traveled along the rugged road, the small bells hanging from the roof of the wagons jingled melodiously in the wind. The caravan members believed that carrying these bells, blessed by a master, would bring good luck to the journey.

"These bells have been blessed by the Vajra Arhats in the temple through chanting. If we encounter any demons or monsters, the incarnations of the Arhats will appear to protect us!"—That's what the old man driving the cart told the curious Lin.

Along the way, the naturally lively Nohara Rin, who is good at building relationships, always runs around the caravan, chatting with everyone in the caravan and asking for information about the caravan for reference during the mission.

As ninjas hired by caravans, maintaining good relationships with their employers is essential. In the fiercely competitive environment where various ninja villages vie for customers, Konoha even implemented a rating system similar to Taobao to improve customer satisfaction. Customers could leave positive or negative reviews for the ninjas after completing a task. The ninjas' rewards and merit points were linked to this rating.

Therefore, in order to get the highest possible rating, even some stern-faced ninjas have to force a smile and ask for a positive review from their employers, just like customer service representatives on Taobao. This can be seen as a manifestation of the principle that "moderate competition can improve service quality".

Kakashi didn't get off to chat with the caravan members. Instead, he sat alone on the roof of a wagon in the middle of the caravan, watching the rolling hills that were getting closer and closer as the caravan moved forward.

"Why are you standing here alone, Kakashi?" a gentle voice asked. Minato's voice was the epitome of a warm and approachable man, always subconsciously bridging the gap between people, making it a veritable non-magic version of "human charm."

"Minato-sensei, it's still that technique from last time." Kakashi looked down at his left hand, which was wrapped in bandages. "The chakra nature transformation of that technique is just too difficult to balance. It's easy to accidentally hit yourself. And I can never quite get the balance right while using the technique and maintaining such a fast attack speed."

"Don't rush, Kakashi. It's already quite an achievement that you were able to develop this ninjutsu independently. There's no need to be in such a hurry to put it into practice. You have plenty of time ahead of you!" Minato Namikaze comforted him.

“Exactly!” Nohara Rin chimed in, “Thinking about these things all day isn’t good for your health or mind. You need to take a break every now and then.”

Just as Kakashi was about to say something, Obito Uchiha came running up.

"Look here, everyone! I just found out some very important information about the caravan!! It's rumored that there's a group of eighteen naked men in the mountains ahead!" Obito said excitedly.

"Arhat?" Lin asked doubtfully.

"Naked Men!! They're a huge group of naked, muscular, bald men who supposedly jump out and attack caravans..."

"Oh my! What do you mean, a man without clothes? Obito, you're so perverted!" Before Obito could finish speaking, Rin shyly covered her eyes with her hands.

"No, Lin, if you're really shy, you should cover your ears instead of your eyes. After all, I'm talking, not drawing..."

"Damn it, you talk too much!" Rin, with a forced smile, swiftly slapped Obito across the face. "Would it kill you to make me act like a lady in front of Kakashi?"

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On the other side of the Valley Country, a group of Sand Ninja were hurrying along, led by none other than Maki, the Jonin most valued by the former Third Kazekage.

Sensing that the group's pace was a bit too slow, one of the Sand Ninja following closely behind Maki quickened his pace, caught up with Maki, and said to him, "Captain Maki, we haven't rested for almost three days since we left the village. At this rate, many of the team members' bodies won't be able to hold up..."

Maki suddenly turned around and glared at him, his eyes bloodshot: "Vice Captain Taniguchi, are you questioning me?!"

It was only then that Taniguchi remembered that the Third Kazekage was the person Maki respected the most. His unexpected disappearance naturally made Maki extremely anxious. As the vice-captain, he knew how much Maki worshipped the Third Kazekage; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a fanatic.

Taniguchi waved his hands repeatedly, about to explain, when Maki raised his hand to signal him to stop talking. Just as Taniguchi was panicking, Maki raised his hand to the back, signaling the entire group to stop and rest.

"Captain Maki, I..."

“No need to say anything, Taniguchi. I know what I’m doing, and I won’t let my emotions cloud my judgment.” Maki sat on a rock and began to eat to regain his strength. “I will conserve my strength until I find the Third Hokage.”