Naruto suddenly spoke, "Grandmaster, I want to talk to you alone." Hearing this, both Ryun and Namikaze Minato were stunned. Ryun narrowed his eyes, thinking about what Naruto wanted to do.
On the other hand, Minato felt a headache coming on. What could it be that I cannot hear? And it has to be private? Ryun thought for a moment and then agreed.
"Alright, since little Naruto wants to talk to his grandmaster alone, then, let's go." After saying this, Ryun walked alone towards the study first. Minato glanced at Naruto. "Be careful with your words later, don't make your grandmaster angry."
Naruto nodded. "I will." After saying this, Naruto followed. For some reason, Minato, looking at Naruto's back at this moment, felt his presence was completely different from before, even somewhat similar to his teacher's.
But he quickly shook his head. No, that's impossible. Naruto is just a child, how could it be? He must have seen wrong. At this time, Tsunade came downstairs. She saw Minato standing alone in the hall and was somewhat puzzled.
"Minato, where is your teacher?" Tsunade looked around but couldn't find Ryun.
Minato's mouth twitched. "He took Naruto to talk in the study." After saying this, Minato pointed to the study. Hearing this, Tsunade nodded. "Sit down, Minato. I'll go make you some tea."
"Ahem, thank you, Master's wife." Minato stood up and bowed. Tsunade smiled and then went to make tea. Although she didn't know what her husband and Naruto were talking about, she thought it should be something good, so she didn't ask further.
Walking into the study
Ryun sat in the boss chair in the main seat, crossing his legs, then pointed to the seat in front of him. "Little Naruto, say what you want."
Naruto sat on the chair. His two big eyes stared at Ryun without any fear, which made Ryun feel appreciation. It has to be said, as expected of the original protagonist. This kind of courage, this kind of presence is admirable.
"The Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Ryun, can I call you that?" Naruto spoke slowly at this moment.
"Of course, the Seventh Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto." After Ryun said this, Naruto's pupils widened. He suddenly stood up, and the chair behind him was pushed over by his movement.
Tsunade, passing by, heard this sound and quickly asked, "Honey, are you okay? Honey."
Ryun glanced at Uzumaki Naruto, who was now sweating profusely and looked incredulous, and slowly said, "It's fine, dear. Naruto just didn't sit steady on the seat and fell. I'm helping him up."
Hearing this, Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, then you two chat first. I'll go pour some tea for Minato." Listening to the fading footsteps, Uzumaki Naruto sighed in relief and slowly sat back on the chair.
This time, his presence was diminished by more than a little. He said, "You, how did you know?" His eyes were filled with disbelief. No one except himself knew about his rebirth.
Ryun did not answer this question but instead brought up another issue. "Do you know that there are countless parallel universes in this world? Every choice, every action will affect the entire progress of this world."
"You, Uzumaki Naruto, are the protagonist of your era, and I, Uchiha Ryun, am the protagonist of my era," Ryun continued slowly.
"The two dimensions have a certain similarity and cannot interfere with each other, but some accident occurred in my world a while ago, causing a slight connection with your world. And your soul relied on this tiny connection to be reborn into my era." Although Ryun said a bunch of things that sounded like tongue twisters,
Uzumaki Naruto clearly listened. He understood one thing: this era belongs to Uchiha Ryun. The life here has similarities to theirs but is not entirely the same.
Ryun mentioned another thing: he is an intruder. In that case, how would Ryun deal with him, a product that does not belong to this era?
Uzumaki Naruto took a deep breath. "Then, do you know how to send me back to my timeline?"
"Back to your timeline? You mean the timeline where you were sealed in the Great Black Heaven by your adopted son, in a state of absolute stasis?" Ryun said mockingly.
Naruto's expression turned unpleasant. Indeed, just before being transported, he was sealed by his adopted son. If that timeline is the correct one, then that was the moment. But he was unwilling. He didn't want to live on in such a wretched state.
"I..." Naruto hesitated to speak. The paternal and maternal love in this world was something he had never enjoyed before. He was deeply immersed in it. Moreover, he knew the future of the ninja world. Originally, he thought that knowing the future of the ninja world, he could do better.
But now it seems that Ryun has already done well enough. There is no need for him to carry out his own reforms. The current Konoha can already match the prosperity of Konoha in their era.
"Actually, you don't need to worry about what impact you have on this timeline because as long as I am here, Konoha will remain united. My strength, I believe you can also see, is at the half-step Six Paths level."
"There are still more than twenty years before the Otsutsuki invasion. By then, those who can become Six Paths level combatants will be few. If you are willing to stay and help me, I would be very grateful." Ryun appealed to his emotions and reasoned with him.
Uzumaki Naruto was taken aback. He began to think about the authenticity of what Ryun said. But Ryun's next sentence completely won him over.
"After I clear the Otsutsuki clan in our timeline, I will help you return to your timeline and solve all the Otsutsuki there, letting you live a happy life. How about that?" This sentence from Ryun moved Naruto.
He no longer hesitated and nodded. "Okay. I believe you." After hearing Ryun's words, Naruto felt that this timeline was not very suitable for him. After all, he still had his wife, his daughter, and his son.
Compared to now, he wanted to return to his timeline more.
"Good. Since that's the case, then you should follow the regular training routine, striving to quickly recover your former strength. But you need to hide your identity from outsiders, including your father, my disciple. You cannot tell anyone." Ryun said.
"Don't worry about that, I understand. But, when you are able to clear the Otsutsuki clan, please don't forget what you said: send me back and help me deal with the Otsutsuki and the Karma."
"Definitely." After saying this, the two understood each other without words. Naruto disguised himself as a child again, his eyes slightly red, tears falling. Ryun told him that since he fell earlier, there should be traces; otherwise, people might notice.
Naruto said he knew how to do this. In less than two seconds, tears naturally flowed down, leaving Ryun dumbfounded. Wow, this acting skill is something else. I'm not even as good as him.
The two walked out like this.
Ryun spoke first. "Sorry, Minato. I didn't watch the child properly, letting him fall."
"No, no, teacher. It was Naruto's own carelessness. He didn't offend you, did he, teacher." Minato said cautiously.
Ryun smiled and shook his head, then squatted down and touched Naruto's face. "Naruto is a good child. Talking to him made me realize he will surely achieve great things in the future. Minato, you must nurture your son well."
Minato's face first showed joy, then became serious. "I understand, teacher. From now on, I will teach Naruto well, striving to make him a great figure like you."
Ryun waved his hand. "What great figure? We all serve the village." After talking with Minato for a while more, Minato left, smiling and pulling Naruto along.
Before leaving, Naruto took a deep look at Ryun. Ryun nodded. Naruto turned and followed his father out of the Hokage's villa.
"Ding. Host, you really know how to persuade. You actually convinced a reborn protagonist that he is an intruder, and the key is he believed it. Reward: Golden Rinnegan fully unlocked. Third skill: Annihilation. Whoever, whatever, whichever universe is seen by your gaze will be annihilated on the spot. Duration: three minutes. Cooldown: twenty years."
Ryun instantly felt the half-step Six Paths realm loosen, completely stepping into the Six Paths realm.
In the distance, Uzumaki Naruto shuddered all over. He was horrified in his heart. Huh? This guy has hacks? Just from a conversation, he reached the Six Paths realm? Although he didn't know what Ryun's ability was, this aura was genuine Six Paths realm.
Others might not know what realm Ryun had reached, but they knew his strength had risen to another level, feeling happy for him.
Ryun opened his eyes. The Golden Rinnegan shone brilliantly. He blinked, and they returned to normal.
"System, why so fast this time?" Ryun laughed.
"Ding. Originally, the reborn protagonist coming to this timeline would split the host's luck. However, the host's persuasion made the reborn protagonist give up his luck in this timeline. The system used this luck to upgrade the host's Rinnegan." The system obviously didn't expect the host's unorthodox methods to succeed by accident.
Ryun smiled. "Keep a low profile. It's all basic operation, don't praise."
After talking with the system for a while, Ryun returned to the villa, had breakfast with Tsunade, and then went to the Hokage Building. This matter was really troublesome; it had already been discussed for three days.
Kumogakure
The young lord A walked on the street, with Darui following behind. The two were talking.
"Darui, do you think Hokage Uchiha Ryun will come?" The young lord A sighed. His move of borrowing influence was borrowing Ryun's influence to warn Iwagakure not to act rashly. If Ryun didn't come, then all this would be in vain.
"He will come. As far as I know, he is a very capable Kage. He will not sit idly by and watch Iwagakure grow stronger without taking action. To counterbalance Iwagakure, he will come." Darui smiled.
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