Night had fallen, and the Hokage building still burned with lights.
The four who had participated in the journey to Loulan, along with Tsunade, Guy, Kakashi, Shikaku, Shikamaru, and Sage Fukasaku from Mount Myoboku were all gathered inside the Hokage building.
Tsunade leaned forward, resting her elbows on the table with her hands loosely clasped. "Yamato, go over the details of what happened back then again!"
Although Yamato and the others had already reported upon their return, at that time Tsunade believed the spacetime passage had been sealed, and the two timelines would no longer have contact, so she hadn't paid much attention.
Now, everything naturally needed to be reexamined.
Yamato recalled seriously, "Besides Senior Seiki Shimaseki and Senior Mizuki, those who participated in the operation at that time also included Asuma, Kurenai, Guy, and Shizune. It was already evident then that Senior Seiki was leading the team. From what Asuma said, Senior Seiki had been the Supreme Commander of the Allied Ninja Forces back then..."
"Wait a second, what exactly is the Supreme Commander of the Allied Ninja Forces?" Shikamaru couldn't help but ask.
"I'll explain! I'll explain!" Naruto shot up his hand. "That world was in the middle of the Third Great Ninja War, and Aniki Seiki was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces between our Konoha and Sunagakure!"
"The village in that timeline had allied with Sunagakure already during the Third Ninja War!" Guy exclaimed in surprise.
"But from what you're saying, wasn't he only about twelve or thirteen years old back then?" Kakashi asked.
"That's right! Got a problem with that?" Naruto asked matter-of-factly.
Everyone's hearts trembled inwardly. How on earth could someone reach that position? Becoming the supreme commander of the allied forces of two ninja villages at twelve or thirteen years old—just how extraordinary must one be?
Even Kakashi couldn't help but feel amazed. He himself had become a jonin at age twelve—a feat others considered unbeatable. Yet compared to Senior Seiki, it felt like he was still far behind!
Then, Yamato recounted the entire experience from last time without omitting a single detail.
Sage Fukasaku cried out in astonishment, "I never expected he could even use the Sage Mode of Shikkotsu Forest!"
"That level of talent already went beyond anything we'd call a genius!" Shikaku said with a shake of his head in admiration.
Shikamaru was puzzled, "According to what you've said, wasn't the passage between the two timelines sealed? Then why could they still come over?"
Everyone in the room turned solemn. Actually, the key point of today's discussion was exactly that.
The other side had supposedly sealed the spacetime passage themselves, yet suddenly appeared nine years later—it definitely sounded strange.
However, this question was somewhat sensitive, as directly bringing it up seemed like an accusation.
Therefore, they had summoned Yamato and the other four, hoping to find clues through reviewing the past events.
Unfortunately, aside from knowing how powerful that guest named Seiki Shimaseki had been, they hadn't gained any useful information at all!
Just then, a sound came from outside the door.
"Let me tell you then!" A calm voice came, instantly putting everyone on high alert.
Then they saw Mizuki push open the door and walk in.
Seeing that it was Mizuki, everyone relaxed slightly, yet were also shocked and embarrassed.
They were shocked that the opponent had silently approached the door without anyone noticing, and now they'd been caught red-handed gossiping behind someone's back!
Fortunately, Sage Fukasaku took the initiative to break the awkwardness by saying, "It would be even better if you're willing to explain!"
Mizuki calmly replied, "Because someone from your world sneaked into our dimension, causing chaos in our world and even triggering the Fourth Great Ninja War, nearly leading to the destruction of our world!"
"Fortunately, our leader turned the tide single-handedly, resolving a crisis capable of destroying the world. When that person's plan failed, he forcibly broke through the Dragon Veins Seal to return to this dimension. For the safety of both dimensions, our leader pursued him all the way here!"
Even though it wasn't clear whether Aizen actually belonged to this dimension, it hardly mattered—what mattered was that they had the moral high ground!
"A crisis capable of destroying the world?" Everyone wore strange expressions. They'd heard this kind of claim many times before.
Without going back too far, hadn't Baizu, during the Loulan incident, also claimed he could destroy the world after obtaining the power of the Dragon Veins?
Seeing their expressions, Mizuki knew exactly what they were thinking. He sneered coldly, "You think the idea of world destruction is laughable?"
Caught off guard, Guy scratched his head and laughed awkwardly, "Well, not exactly..."
Mizuki snorted, "Have you ever faced a demonic tide of 500,000 monsters equivalent to Chunin? Have you battled the Impure World Reincarnation forms of every Kage in the history of the Five Great Hidden Villages? Have you witnessed the world-destroying power of the Ten-Tails? Have you experienced the despair of the entire ninja world being manipulated like puppets? You know nothing, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly?"
In Mizuki's opinion, the people of this dimension were far too fortunate. Ever since the Third Great Ninja War, they hadn't faced any real crises!
Well, not exactly. There were some minor ones.
From what he had learned earlier today, this dimension's Konoha had experienced a village-destroying crisis three years ago—the Leaf Village Destruction Plan orchestrated together by Orochimaru and Sunagakure, in which even the Third Hokage had died!
When he first heard this news, he almost laughed out loud. When had Sunagakure ever dared to challenge Konoha?
Moreover, with enemies of that caliber, they could've easily been defeated without Seiki's help at all!
One could only say that without Seiki, Konoha was truly helpless!
Dazed by Mizuki's flood of questions, everyone just stood there in silence.
"Half a million demons equivalent to Chunin?"
"Impure World Reincarnation forms of the Kage from all Five Great Villages?"
"The Ten-Tails?"
Compared to the previous shocking claims, they were even more astonished by the mention of the Ten-Tails.
"Isn't there only one to nine tails? Where did the Ten-Tails come from?"
Hearing their question, Mizuki couldn't help but reply sarcastically, "How fortunate you are to live in a world that hasn't suffered—ignorant of even the Ten-Tails..."
The others felt resentful. What about the disaster three years ago? What about today's invasion by Pain?
Before they could argue back, Mizuki mercifully explained, "The Ten-Tails is formed when the Bijuu from One-Tail to Nine-Tails are extracted and sealed inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path! Judging from the Akatsuki organization's tailed beast capture actions in your world, just like in our world, their ultimate goal is certainly to obtain the Ten-Tails!"
Everyone was too stunned to even try to argue with Mizuki anymore.
This was the first time they had learned the Akatsuki's true motive for capturing the Bijuu.
Before this, they had only assumed the Akatsuki captured the Bijuu to use as war weapons!
Tsunade asked urgently, "Mizuki, is all this really true?"
Mizuki replied coolly, "Of course it is."
Shikaku voiced the question everyone was most concerned about, "How powerful is the Ten-Tails?"
"Extremely powerful—capable of destroying heaven and earth. With just one strike, it could erase an entire country from the map!" Mizuki continued with a satisfied smirk, clearly enjoying the terror on everyone's faces. "But that's not even the scariest part. The most terrifying thing is the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki—the person who has sealed the Ten-Tails inside themselves. The previous Ten-Tails Jinchūriki was none other than the legendary Sage of Six Paths. He was powerful enough to create the world itself, and it was him who created the moon in the sky!"
"Now you should at least begin to understand what I mean by a world-ending catastrophe."
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