In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Who?" she asked hurriedly.

"I." The other party's voice was dull, but it made Nohara Nao's heart skip a beat.

Even if the appearance was disguised, the voice would not change. No matter how many times she heard it, she would not be mistaken. That person broke into her life like a knife.

The rapid withdrawal made her emotions fluctuate like a roller coaster. After the ups and downs, she hit the bottom, and now her heart rolled over and quickly climbed up again.

She only hoped that life would not be so cruel to her. Hope had already risen in her heart, but she was afraid to open the door. The more she expected, the more she feared disappointment.

It felt like a ball of thorns was running around in her body. Amidst the ups and downs, her body suddenly felt weak, and she realized she hadn't eaten all day.

In the living room, Nohara Nao used all her strength to walk to the entrance and put her hand on the door handle. With a loud bang, the door was pulled open heavily.

Naruto was standing outside the door. Nohara Nao stared at the unfamiliar face for a long time. It was not until she saw the familiar height and familiar eyes that she burst into tears.

She no longer had the energy to rush over, her legs gave way, and she sat down at the entrance crying. A wave of heat completely blocked her throat, her nose felt sore, and she couldn't stop crying.

Even though Nohara Nao covered her mouth, tears still fell to the ground in big drops. Unspeakable sadness and grievances surged in her heart, and she felt extremely uncomfortable.

All the emotions that had been pent up during this period burst out, completely unable to be suppressed. She felt a little regretful and wanted to stand up, not wanting to be laughed at by him.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't stand up, until she saw Naruto close the door and squat in front of her, hugging her thin body.

"Why are you crying? Aren't you back?"

Her body fell into the warm embrace, and Nao Nohara cried uncontrollably. Her breathless crying made Naruto feel a little guilty.

If I hadn't been reminded by Yamashiro Nobita, and had just left like that, it would have been a bit of a beast.

Nao Nohara trembled violently in his arms, buried her face in his shoulder, and cried like a wronged child.

"I'm here... every day." Nao Nohara spoke with difficulty while crying; he felt that his shoulder was beginning to be wet with tears.

“…worried about you.”

"Every day... every day... I convince myself." There was a burning sensation on his shoulder, and her hot breath, accompanied by sobs, hit Naruto's shoulder.

"You're not... lying to me."

Naruto's shoulders were completely soaked, and he felt a little guilty. He really didn't plan to come back at that time. If he hadn't known that the document would bring danger to Nohara Nao, perhaps he would...

Thinking of this, he also felt a little guilty. He felt a little suffocated, listening to Nohara Nao's crying was a bit uncomfortable, but he didn't know how to comfort her.

He had originally thought of this as just a dream, seizing the information and returning via the dragon veins, leaving nothing behind. That's why he acted recklessly and cold-bloodedly.

The reason why he decided to get close to Nohara Nao was, on the one hand, for convenience, and on the other hand, he felt that someone with her personality would probably not care too much about him even if she was deceived.

Maybe at most you can just treat it as a bad experience, curse a few times and forget about it after a few days.

He just didn't expect that Nao Nohara's personality was so different. He thought he could only leave a scar in her heart, but who knew it would become a huge chasm.

Some people's existence is just passing by, like passing clouds. But some people will eventually turn into monuments, no matter how many years the wind blows, they will still look brand new.

"I haven't been able to...live a normal life these past few days. I want...to find you."

His shoulders were damp with tears, starting from his shoulders and spreading all the way down, as if the grievances had taken shape, turning into threads that hooked around his heart.

"I can't stay here..." She sobbed, her body shaking on Naruto's shoulders, "I want to be with you..."

"Yeah, let's do it together." Naruto continued with her words.

Now I really feel guilty. Thinking carefully, I have deceived others. If I really don't come back, how much merit will be deducted? Maybe the merit I have on my head is not enough to deduct, and I have to share some with Minato Namikaze.

At the entrance, the two hugged each other tightly. Naruto felt a little complicated. The lights above his head shone, as if containing new hope.

After crying, Nao Nohara realized that she had lost her composure. She hid in Naruto's arms and refused to look up. Smelling the familiar scent, she hugged him even tighter.

She wished that time would stop at this moment forever, and that the light shining on them would always be bright. The brown shoe cabinet was dull, and the entrance was quiet.

She was breathing heavily, rustling in Naruto's arms for a long time before she raised her head, revealing half of her red face. Her breathing was heavy and rapid.

When she looked up at Naruto, she realized that this was what he looked like. He looked quite... Nao Nohara blushed again.

"Is this what you really look like?" she asked in a low voice.

"Well, what happened?"

"Ah... I always feel that she looks familiar, as if I have seen her somewhere." After she said that, she seemed afraid that Naruto would misunderstand her, so she added hurriedly.

"It seems like someone I've met before, like...Minato-sama."

Naruto was speechless for a moment, thinking to himself, this body is Minato Namikaze's genes, how could it not be like him? He directly wiped out the red hair of the Uzumaki clan. What kind of dominant gene is this?

"The world is so big, we always look alike. It's just a coincidence," he said.

"Oh." Nohara Nao had never thought of time travel, so she naturally didn't think about anything else. "How did you survive?"

"Well... you'll understand later. For now, just know that a fight of that magnitude won't cost me my life."

"I'll get you some water," she said quickly, trying to stand up but falling to the ground.

Her stomach growled, and Nohara Nao immediately covered her stomach, looking a little embarrassed. Her face flushed all the way to her neck, and she bit her lower lip, looking like she couldn't face anyone.

Seeing this, Naruto smiled, picked her up and placed her on the sofa. He then put on a pink apron, paused, and went into the kitchen.

After a while, there were noises coming from the kitchen, and soon several plates of food were ready. After making a few quick meals, the two of them ate quietly across the table.

"Anyway, I'm glad you're back." Nao Nohara smiled happily. There was some rice on her lips, and she simply licked it off with her tongue.

"Well, at least it was a close call," he replied.

After dinner, the two took turns bathing. Nohara Nao was wearing a loose dress, and any slight movement would...

Her face flushed, she stepped on the floor with bare feet, suppressing her expectation and letting Naruto take a shower. When she walked, the floor made a soft sound.

In the second half of the night, Nao Nohara leaned close to Naruto and asked in a low voice.

"Stay? Just you and me."

"Hmm?" Naruto could feel her toes moving in the covers, "No, I'm not staying. This is the last time I'm coming back. I won't be coming back to this place again."

Hearing this, Nohara Nao's face turned pale and she tried to sit up with her hands. But her body softened and she remembered that she was already exhausted.

"Then I'll go with you? Don't leave me."

"I'm going far away."

"I'm not afraid of the distance, you..." She grabbed Naruto's hand, her voice trembling slightly, "You can't give me hope and make me despair."

"I didn't mean that. I came back this time just to take you away." Naruto paused, reached out to comfort Nao Nohara, and frowned again.

"But that place is far, very far away. You will lose all your friends, relatives, and even everything familiar."

"Ah? Where is it?" Nohara Nao was surprised, blinked and asked again, "Where is it, the Land of Water?"

This was the farthest distance she could imagine, across mountains and seas, the farthest was just the Water Country.

"No, it's farther than that."

"Where?"

"Twenty years from now."

Chapter 358 Loulan is destroyed and goes to the future. Nohara Nao doesn't know who to be jealous of.

"Twenty years later?" Nao Nohara sat up, her right-angled shoulders gleaming a warm honey color under the soft light, her long black hair draped over her shoulders in strands.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Are you serious?" She blinked at Naruto with wide eyes, "Are you saying you're going to take me twenty years into the future, through...through time?"

"Ah."

"Why?" Nohara Nao thought of some possibilities, but was still a little confused. "Isn't it good here? Find a safe place to stay and grow old slowly."

Ah, this... Naruto felt a little guilty. If they could get wet in the snow together, they would grow old together in this life. The problem was that he couldn't not go back. The dragon vein was in danger.

He originally came from twenty years later, just to get some information, and he was ready to go back after getting it. Now he only wanted to take Nohara Nao back with him, to twenty years later.

His base wasn't here, and there was no point in being in this war-torn era. For Naruto, this was ultimately just a dream, and only by returning could he find his feet on the ground.

But for Nao Nohara, traveling back in time to twenty years from now is nothing more than a dream. She doesn't dare to imagine what the future will be like twenty years from now.

Friends, family, partners, even enemies—everything you perceive will change. Twenty years have passed, and she's even more afraid of something else.

"Are you from twenty years in the future?" she asked.

"Ah."

"What will you be like in twenty years?" Nohara Nao asked nervously, "Are you married? How many do you have?"

Naruto: “….”

This question made him feel extremely guilty. He was definitely not married. But there were a few questions like this. Well... if he answered honestly, he would definitely send it away.

If I say there isn't one, it's probably not true.

"Well... I'm naturally still the same as I am now. As for getting married, I definitely haven't." Naruto explained, "Well, there are a few."

Nohara Nao's smile disappeared, and she pursed her lower lip, not knowing what she was thinking. She gave Naruto a deep look, which made Naruto panic.

"Ahem." He opened his mouth to add something, but suddenly heard Nohara Nao burst out laughing.

"Why are you panicking?"

"Well... if you're panicking, I actually think you're pretty scumbag." Naruto scratched his head. "I've been having bad luck lately. I'm afraid I'll have trouble feeling at ease if I lie."

"Hehe, I'm not angry." Nohara Nao leaned over and hugged him, whispering, "At a time like this, I'm lucky enough to meet you."

"If I were another girl, I would also like you. But I am worried that after accompanying you into the future, I will become an old aunt."

"By the time you're surrounded by young girls, I really won't know what to do."

"No, you will remain the same as you are now." Naruto's brows relaxed a little and he said comfortingly, "Your body will not change. You can rest assured about that."

"Just do you want to go back with me? Your family and friends are all here. If you go back with me..."

Naruto paused mid-sentence. The Ido Prophecy from the system reward hadn't been used yet. Based on its effect, he could leverage the power of the great demon Ido to rewrite reality and break through limitations.

In principle, it is possible to take people through time into the future. But the rest depends on Nohara Nao's own ideas, after all, time cannot be turned back.

"I'm really reluctant to leave. Can you tell me what it will be like in twenty years?" She pulled Naruto's hand and said with a bright smile on her face.

"What will it be like in twenty years, hmm..." Naruto leaned on the edge of the bed, thought for a while and said, "The Sandaime is dead."

Nohara Nao: "..."

She was speechless, wondering if this person had any objections to the Sandaime. Of all the things that were going to happen in the future, why did he choose to mention this one? After a moment's deliberation, she continued.

"anything else?"

"Ah, and...the Godaime is Tsunade-sama, and then there's Kakashi."

"Kakashi?" Nohara Nao finally responded and looked at Naruto in surprise.

"Why? Do you know him?" he asked, but didn't care.

"Well... Kakashi, everyone knows he's a genius, but he doesn't know me, but he knows one of my sisters."

"Sister? Is that your biological sister?" Naruto keenly noticed something strange. Nao Nohara and Rin Nohara looked so similar, except that they didn't have camouflage on their faces.

"No, it's the little sister in the family, Nohara Rin." After Nohara Nao finished speaking, she saw that Naruto looked strange, and she couldn't help but asked in surprise.

"what happened?"

"It's okay." Naruto was silent. The time point he went back to was very close to the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.

Since Nohara Nao looked so calm when she spoke of Nohara Rin, it meant that the Minato team was still alive. Danzo and his Root were now embroiled in an internal investigation within Konoha, yet they remained safe and sound in the afterlife. There must have been some kind of opportunity that brought a new turn of events to Danzo's troubled past.

Turning point? ...War!

Naruto's heart skipped a beat. Was it Sunagakure's attack on the Land of Fire, or the Battle of Kannabi Bridge? If war broke out in Konoha, the higher-ups would have to suspend Danzo's investigation. The Root was still a sharp spear active on the battlefield, and the village needed Danzo.

If that's the case, then everything makes perfect sense.

Nohara Nao looked at Naruto and saw that he didn't look like he was alright. However, since he didn't say anything, she wasn't curious. She just snuggled in Naruto's arms, and her strange thoughts started to stir again.

But my body couldn't take it anymore, so after thinking about it, I decided to give up the idea of ​​stopping the car.

Naruto didn't think about it for too long and pulled her over, ending the conversation. Late that night, the two of them took advantage of the second half of the night to recover their strength and had another in-depth conversation about the current situation in Konoha.

After working late into the night, we finally came to a conclusion.

"Bah bang bang!!"

Naruto chopped the cucumber into several pieces, crushed them, and mixed them with various sauces. He simply beat an egg and fried some meat, and breakfast was ready.