"Is it finally over now?"
In the Fourth Time-Space, after watching Might Guy's video come to an end, Minato Namikaze subconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
It was because the videos about Kakashi and Guy had already revealed far too much.
For example: he and Kushina would die soon in the Nine-Tails incident, the Fourth Great Ninja War would erupt in the future, Uchiha Madara would be resurrected, and even Kaguya Ōtsutsuki—the ancestor of chakra—would descend.
Each of these events was more troublesome than the last, making Minato's head feel like it was going to explode.
"Let's not worry about the future for now. What I need to do is start preparing for the Nine-Tails attack."
After thinking for a moment, Minato made up his mind to head home and have a proper discussion with Kushina.
But just as he gathered himself, he realized something strange—
The light screen hadn't disappeared yet.
"No way... Don't tell me there's actually a third video?"
Just as Minato's expression began to break down slightly, several shocking words appeared on the light screen that made his eyes go wide.
"The video's finished. Next, we should coordinate with Jiraiya from the Third Time-Space and pick a good day to travel over there."
Second Time-Space.
As the earliest time-space where the light screen had appeared, Tobirama Senju and the others remained calm and composed.
As long as they discussed things properly with the Third Time-Space's Jiraiya, they could travel over and deal with Kaguya together, which would also give their own timeline some valuable experience.
"Wait a minute... A new time-space has just appeared."
Izuna pointed at the light screen and reminded Tobirama.
Tobirama narrowed his eyes and looked closely.
"Minato Namikaze? Looks like this time-space connection is during the Fourth Hokage's era."
"Oh~ The Fourth?"
"I know him. I saw him when we visited the Fifth Hokage's timeline."
"A handsome young man—looks even better in person than in the videos."
"Also, his Flying Thunder God Technique is even better than yours, Tobirama."
Tobirama glanced sideways at his elder brother but didn't say anything.
Instead, he skillfully tapped on the option labeled Minato Namikaze on the screen.
At the same time, the Third and Fifth timeline versions also selected Minato Namikaze.
At that very moment, in the Fourth Hokage's timeline, Minato looked at the three communication requests and blinked in surprise.
[Second Hokage Senju Tobirama wants to communicate with you]
[Fifth Hokage Jiraiya wants to communicate with you]
[Fifth Hokage Tsunade wants to communicate with you]
"Wait, why are there two Fifth Hokage?"
"And... Jiraiya-sensei becoming Hokage? That's way too strange."
Minato scratched his head, then chose to accept all the requests.
In an instant, the screen was split into three smaller sections.
On the left was Senju Tobirama.
In the middle was Jiraiya.
On the right was Tsunade.
"Hahaha! I knew it! I knew one day we'd connect with Minato's timeline."
"See? Was I right or what?"
In the center screen, the Third Timeline's Jiraiya laughed loudly the moment he saw Minato's confused expression.
"Uh… Jiraiya-sensei? How did you become the Fifth Hokage?"
"Didn't you say the Hokage position would only tie you down?"
"Didn't you always say you were a free soul who loved being unrestrained? So why—"
"Uh, well…"
Jiraiya in the Third Time-Space gave an awkward laugh, but as Tobirama Senju gave him a look full of amusement, his expression immediately turned serious.
"No need for unnecessary chatter. Minato, do you know what's going on right now?"
"I can more or less guess."
After learning that there were two Fifth Hokage, Minato Namikaze had already started to piece things together.
The people on the light screen—whether it was the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, his own teacher Jiraiya, or Jiraiya's teammate Tsunade—none of them seemed to belong to his world.
Otherwise, the appearance of the deceased Second Hokage on the screen would be far too strange.
"Alright, I'll keep this short because of time."
Then, Jiraiya gave Minato a brief explanation of the current situation in concise words.
"So, everyone here is from different timelines or worlds?"
"That's right."
After Jiraiya gave a firm response, Minato nodded to show he understood.
Once Jiraiya finished explaining, Tobirama Senju and the Fifth Hokage Tsunade spoke almost at the same time.
Tobirama: "Fourth, what point in time are you at now?"
Fifth Tsunade: "Minato, is Kushina about to give birth soon?"
Minato: "Yes, she's due in about twenty-three days."
Upon hearing the timeline, Tobirama Senju made a decision instantly.
"Jiraiya, my brother and Madara will head to your timeline in twenty-five days to help you subdue Kaguya. As for the Fourth Hokage's timeline, I believe your two worlds should be able to handle it."
Jiraiya : "No problem, Second Hokage. I'll send Obito over."
Fifth Hokage Tsunade said, "I'll send Kakashi. Naruto and Sasuke will go to Jiraiya's timeline to help Grandpa and Madara subdue Kaguya."
"Wait, why are you sending Kakashi, Tsunade?"
"Shouldn't you be sending Obito instead? Tsk tsk, just imagining the three Obitos meeting each other sounds super exciting."
Tsunade shot a glare at the third Jiraiya.
"My Obito is basically useless right now. What's the point of sending him?"
At that moment, Obito's voice came from behind her.
"Hokage-sama, don't just say stuff like that. How am I useless?"
"You don't have your Sharingan anymore. What else would you be?"
"…Alright, fine. I'm useless."
The two minutes of conversation flew by quickly.
After deciding on the time for the dimensional travel and tipping Hayashi Sora, everyone left the Hokage's office.
And right then, a realization struck everyone.
Because more and more timelines were being connected, each world's Hokage could open a half-hour light screen in the Hokage office every evening at 8 PM.
This allowed them to rewatch earlier review videos.
Thanks to this feature, those who joined the connection later could still view earlier videos and gain the information they had missed.
"Oh no, it's this late already—Kushina's definitely going to be mad."
In the Fourth Timeline, Namikaze Minato was sprinting madly through the streets of Konoha.
He had to get home as fast as possible.
"Next time, I'm definitely putting a Flying Thunder God marker at home. Wasting time like this is insane."
Wiping the sweat from his forehead and steadying his breath, Minato pulled out his key and unlocked the door.
"Namikaze Minato, do you even know what time it is right now?"
Sure enough, the moment he opened the door, Kushina was standing there with messy hair and red eyes.
"Calm down. Honey, just calm down, okay?"
"If you don't come up with a damn good excuse, you're dead."
"Okay, okay. Here's what happened…"
As he tried to soothe Kushina, Minato explained everything that had happened earlier in the office.
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