They parachuted into the world of Naruto, and the present timeline was Konoha Year 51…the year of the Nine-Tails' attack, and the year Naruto was born.
Originally, when he knew he was coming to Naruto, he planned to come alone, with no intention of bringing a burden; the situation here was too deep.
But who knew that Ikenouchi Maki, after hearing about it, nodded in agreement on the surface, but when he started to cross over, she suddenly jumped over and clung to him. Due to the effects of the crossing, he couldn't push Ikenouchi Maki away in time… So, she came along.
Fang Wuwei was furious. He decided to abandon her here to fend for herself when he went out to fight the Reincarnators.
Fortunately… from the radar, his target wasn't even inside Konoha Village, but had been in the vicinity… He didn't dare to go out. There was a barrier around Konoha Village, and he was afraid that if he went out, he wouldn't be able to get back in. So, he decided to stay here for now… The Reincarnators' target was most likely Minato or Naruto, as they had been around Konoha Village and hadn't left.
What they were waiting for needed no further explanation.
Fang Wuwei sat on a tree, holding a book in his hand, listening to the strange, absolutely unapprovable panting sounds coming from below him, without even a frown. He tapped the nearby tree trunk with his hand.
"Continue."
"Ha… ha… Master… Master… Ah… I… I can't go on…"
"There's no 'can't' option in front of you. Don't stop."
Looking down, Ikenouchi Maki was sprawled on the ground, drenched in sweat, panting heavily, looking as if she might pass away at any moment.
"…Forget it. The big battle is imminent; you should get some good rest."
Upon hearing this, Ikenouchi Maki felt as if she had heard heavenly music. She immediately closed her eyes, a smile on her lips, and lay on the ground, utterly silent.
Who knew how she had gotten through these past two days? She only knew that her Master was extremely angry about her stowaway act…
It was the first time she had seen her Master so angry, even more so than the last time she almost died from running around recklessly in that Other World (referring to Demon Slayer).
These past few days, she had endured harsh scolding and beatings, followed by super, super intensified training missions.
There were also some new training contents. For example, her Master said that for her Gale Sword Technique to advance, she needed to learn to feel the wind… Then she watched with wide eyes as her Master's sword unsheathed from his waist, and a fifteen-meter-high tornado instantly lifted her into the sky. She fell down half-dead, but still had to ensure she wasn't blown away by the wind. After healing, another tornado came…
She was completely burnt out and now deeply regretted following her Master out… If she had known, she would have just stayed at home and laid down.
Ikenouchi Maki lay on the ground, tears streaming down her face, silently accusing Fang Wuwei of all his inhumane deeds.
Fang Wuwei looked at Ikenouchi Maki, who was lying there like a corpse, tossed down a low-grade healing pack, and continued to hold the book in his hand, reading without pause. It was a ninja book titled "Basic Chakra Training," containing many basic Chakra usage methods for ninjas, such as walking on water, climbing trees, Chakra release, and training, etc. He was trying to replace the Chakra parts with Magic Power for release, using Magic Power to substitute Chakra for these small techniques.
It proved feasible, but somewhat awkwardly, not entirely feasible; further transformation was needed.
He tried to mimic Chakra's tree-climbing with Magic Power. To be safe, he attached Magic Power to his fingertips and tried to grasp things.
The good news was, he succeeded. The bad news was, he couldn't stop.
So he spent an entire day cosplaying Spider-Man, hanging from a tree… Although he later tore off the bark and burned it with Fireball Technique, Ikenouchi Maki still had a good laugh at him.
Consequently, Ikenouchi Maki's training volume doubled that day.
This was their fourth day in the Naruto world. These four days they had spent like this—training, studying, eating… Life was pretty good. Although there wasn't much fun here, it was undeniably novel, and Ikenouchi Maki really liked it here.
However, it was far from as peaceful as they had imagined.
Fang Wuwei could always feel something unknown moving around underground, frequently tracking Kushina, who would come out for a walk every now and then, but no one, not even the Anbu, had discovered it.
Even Fang Wuwei's Magic Perception talent could only vaguely sense a blurry object swaying. If that thing hadn't passed under their feet a few times, he truly wouldn't have discovered it.
He guessed this thing might be Zetsu, that extremely filial Black Zetsu, who was still working for Obito Uchiha… It was likely that crucial intelligence, such as Kushina's impending childbirth and the residence and barrier prepared for Kushina outside the village, was conveyed to Obito by him.
Zetsu himself was extremely adept at intelligence gathering, and his Mayfly Technique was truly traceless… Difficult to deal with.
But anyway, he wasn't going to fight Zetsu; this guy… he wouldn't bother with him.
Kushina's belly grew day by day, which meant that the Nine-Tails' attack was approaching day by day…
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"Hey, hey, Xiao Hua, I don't want to eat braised beef noodles anymore; it's been days~~"
"It's good enough to have something to eat! What's wrong with you that you can't shut your mouth!!"
"Eh—at least give me a different flavor—"
"The Main God's Mall isn't open during the mission period!!! I only have this flavor right now!!!"
Outside in the wilderness, six people were squatting: four men and two women. One of the men held a super-sized bowl of instant noodles and wailed towards the side.
The one called Xiao Hua was a male, the most slender among the men, wearing glasses, looking refined, but now he was cursing, his hands constantly preparing instant noodles. Next to him was a bonfire, with roasted meat hanging over it.
This was the Reincarnation Team, Fang Wuwei's target for this trip, now surviving in the wilderness.
It wasn't that they didn't want to enter Konoha; they had tried to disguise themselves as a merchant caravan to blend in, but were immediately driven out because they lacked proper identification. Those gatekeepers even laid hands on them… They swore they would make those gatekeepers pay the price eventually.
So they temporarily squatted around Konoha, and this place was quite far from Konoha… If you ask why, when they were closer before, they would be discovered by patrolling ninjas and driven away… If they weren't afraid of being discovered by Konoha and causing them to heighten their alert, they definitely would have just killed those ninjas!!!!
But they couldn't; they had to endure and run, even though it made their teeth itch with anger.
Now, they could only watch the weather get colder day by day, then gather around the bonfire, occasionally go out to hunt wild game, and gaze at Konoha from afar… It was fine.
"Captain… When can we finally start?—I can't stand this damned place for another moment—"
The Reincarnators who had been complaining about not wanting to eat Master's Braised Beef Noodles wailed, looking at the person sitting in the corner, their Captain.
Their Captain was a female, without an exaggerated figure or a devilish face; she was simply ordinary in every way, yet with a charming cuteness that grew on you. Despite this, everyone here knew that she was the most formidable person among them.
"Lotte, calm down. Forget about making a move; if you go in now, you'll immediately be surrounded and attacked by the Anbu, let alone that yellow-haired Minato… We can't beat him."
The Captain slurped a mouthful of noodles, chewing and speaking at the same time, her mouth bulging with the large mouthful of noodles she had sucked in.
"You have to remember, what's our goal? It's to destroy Konoha! It's to kill people… Ugh… We… slurp… our only chance is… whoosh—um, mia, um, mia… Ah—to sneak in when Obito goes in to fight."
"Captain… Next time, when you want to talk, can you please swallow what's in your mouth first?"
The group chatted happily, completely unaware that from a tree trunk behind them, a white head emerged, staring blankly at them…