After Uchiha Kei signed off, Tagorihime, the Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave, gave Gen’nosuke and the others a detailed account of the major events that had occurred in this world over the past ten years.
After all, the White Snake Sage’s ability to hear everything happening throughout the shinobi world was no exaggeration.
At the same time, Tagorihime explained the reason behind their arrival.
Twenty years in the future, the chosen protagonist of fate, Uzumaki Naruto, had traveled back to Loulan and opened a temporal passage. There, he encountered Minato Namikaze, Shibi Aburame, and Chōza Akimichi.
Naruto rescued Queen Sāra.
He then told the three Konoha shinobi about the future, and Minato gave Naruto a Flying Thunder God kunai.
That was also why, later on, when Jiraiya happily showed Minato that he had mastered the Rasengan, Minato’s reaction had not been particularly strong.
But the butterfly effect was precisely what made things interesting.
A tiny change should logically have caused a storm.
Yet surprisingly few storms actually occurred.
That was because another butterfly was also flapping its wings.
On the other side of the world, Uchiha Kei had gained control over part of the world’s laws.
As a result, Gen’nosuke and the others were caught up in the disturbance and were pulled into the temporal passage as well, arriving in Konoha Year 58.
At the same time, with the assistance of Ryūchi Cave, they learned everything that had happened between Konoha Year 48 and Konoha Year 58.
Konoha Year 48
Guy, Shizune, and the others participated in the Chūnin Exams.
Afterward, Tsunade left Konoha.
The last remaining representative of the Senju Clan also disappeared from Konoha.
In the same year, the Third Kazekage was killed by Sasori, becoming the spark that ignited the Third Shinobi World War.
The organization known as the Akatsuki was founded with the original goal of bringing peace to its homeland.
Yahiko became the first leader of the Akatsuki.
That same year, Aburame Torune, Chōjūrō, and Temari were born.
Kimimaro, Jūgo, Akatsuchi, and Samui’s younger brother Atsui were also born.
Konoha Year 49
The Third Shinobi World War broke out this year.
The cause was the disappearance of the Third Kazekage.
The Sand shinobi blamed Konoha and launched an attack against it.
The situation seemed very similar to what had happened in Uchiha Kei’s main universe.
During the war, the Yellow Flash of Konoha clashed with the A-B combination multiple times.
Ao obtained a Byakugan from a member of the Hyūga Clan’s main family.
Might Duy single-handedly tore through the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
Four of the Seven died.
Jinin Akebino, Kushimaru Kuriarare, and Ameyuri Ringo were among those who managed to escape.
The Third Raikage fought ten thousand Iwagakure shinobi alone, buying enough time for his comrades to retreat.
After fighting for three days and three nights, he finally died from exhaustion.
In Uchiha Kei’s main universe, the butterfly effect had caused this event to happen a year earlier.
The significance was different in the two universes.
In Kei’s universe, a misunderstanding had resulted in the Third Raikage’s death.
At its core, however, it had actually been an operation by the Five Great Nations to jointly eliminate the Uchiha.
Here, by contrast, it was genuinely a chaotic war that had engulfed the entire shinobi world.
Kankurō, Haku, Zaku Abumi, Dosu Kinuta, Kidōmaru, Sakon, Ukon, and Jirōbō were born this year.
Deidara and Yamanaka Fū were also born.
And in Uchiha Kei’s main universe, Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto became pregnant that year.
Logically speaking, their children should not have been the same as in this timeline.
After all, Madara was still alive, Indra had not yet reincarnated, and therefore Asura should not have reincarnated either.
Konoha Year 50
This was an eventful year.
The Battle of Kannabi Bridge broke out.
Iwagakure shinobi commander Mahiru led a force of one thousand Iwa shinobi into the Land of Fire.
They successfully forced the Konoha defensive force under the command of Minamo Iwashi down to only four surviving members.
Then Minato Namikaze arrived in time and resolved the crisis.
During the battle, the Iwa shinobi Mahiru used the Shadow Clone Technique and swordsmanship to injure Kakashi in the armpit.
He was subsequently attacked from behind by Minato.
Another Iwa shinobi, Daiseki, used Earth Release: Camouflage Technique to turn his body invisible and successfully abducted Rin Nohara, while also slashing Kakashi’s left eye.
Daiseki was later killed by Obito, who had awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and attacked him with a kunai.
The Iwa shinobi Kakkō then used Earth Release: Rock Shelter Demolition to kill Obito.
He also shattered the White Fang of Konoha’s ninja blade with another attack.
After Obito’s death, he gave one of his eyes to Kakashi.
In this timeline, the Sharingan seemed almost like a plug-and-play device.
Aside from its tremendous chakra consumption, it apparently had no disadvantages whatsoever.
After obtaining the Sharingan, Kakashi used a Three-Tomoe Sharingan in conjunction with the Chidori to kill the Iwa shinobi Kakkō.
This demonstrated just how terrifying the White Fang of Konoha had been.
His legendary weapon had been nothing more than an ordinary short blade.
In Kakashi’s hands, an Iwa shinobi could easily shatter it.
Yet in Sakumo’s hands, that same weapon had achieved feats that even the Sword of Kusanagi—no, the legendary weapons wielded by the Second Hokage and Asuma’s chakra blades—could not replicate.
And Kakashi, who already possessed considerable strength by that point, still struggled greatly to kill an Iwa jōnin.
Soon afterward, another Iwagakure force led by Suma Shi arrived in time.
He used Earth Release: Fissure Technique to attack Kakashi and the others, but Minato returned in time and defeated him as well.
Minato and Kakashi then destroyed Kannabi Bridge, severing the supply line between Konoha and Iwagakure.
Obito disappeared after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.
Konoha declared him dead.
In reality, Uchiha Obito had been rescued by Uchiha Madara.
The conclusion of the battle marked the end of the western front of the Third Shinobi World War.
Konoha subsequently reached peace agreements with the other two major powers.
Danzō was suspected of losing his right eye during the war.
This also demonstrated that the Battle of Kannabi Bridge had not been the only battlefield.
The war between Konoha and Iwagakure had seen victories and defeats on both sides.
After the battle, Kakashi was promoted to jōnin and earned the name "Kakashi of the Sharingan."
Konoha entered a brief period of peace.
But the Third Shinobi World War had not truly ended.
Kirigakure planned to use Rin Nohara as a vessel for the Three-Tails and send her back to Konoha so that the beast could be unleashed there.
Rin realized what was happening and deliberately ran into Kakashi’s Lightning Blade, killing herself.
The entire affair was deeply suspicious.
Rin had been captured by Iwagakure.
Yet somehow she ended up in the hands of Kirigakure and was turned into a jinchūriki, essentially becoming a living "suicide weapon" that was sent straight to Konoha.
With Madara still alive, it was difficult to understand what the Third Mizukage had been thinking.
What if Rin encountered someone in Konoha with powerful sealing techniques?
Wouldn’t Kirigakure simply have handed Konoha a Tailed Beast for free?
Or did Madara simply not know that Fugaku possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan?
Or perhaps Kirigakure thought Konoha was too powerful and wanted to give it another boost?
No matter how one looked at it, the whole affair seemed wrong.
And the fact that Iwagakure and Kirigakure, despite being separated by the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire, could still cooperate demonstrated just how formidable ōnoki’s political maneuvering was.
From the perspective of political intelligence, ōnoki was practically at the top of the shinobi world.
It was simply unfortunate that his chosen partners were so incompetent.
After witnessing Rin’s death, Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Madara’s scheme had succeeded.
But aside from making Obito stronger, the scheme had accomplished very little of practical value.
Meanwhile, Fourth Kazekage Rasa reached an agreement with Kirigakure.
Rasa deceived Pakura into traveling to Kirigakure, where she became a political sacrifice and died during the diplomatic proceedings.
Danzō dispatched Root to establish contact with Hanzo.
Together, they forced Yahiko to his death, and the wars involving Iwagakure, Konoha, and Sunagakure erupted once again.
That same year, Anko Mitarashi graduated and came under Orochimaru’s tutelage.
Shisui became renowned on the battlefield for his Genjutsu and Body Flicker Technique and earned the name "Shisui of the Body Flicker."
During the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha fought against Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure.
The victories and defeats were mixed.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was fifty-five years old, was praised as the strongest Hokage.
But he did not possess the strength to suppress the entire shinobi world.
Ultimately, he had no choice but to sign a peace treaty with Iwagakure.
This meant that the shinobi who had died in the war had received no proper explanation for their sacrifices.
Under pressure, Hiruzen was forced to step down and make way for a successor.
Thus, the Third Shinobi World War finally ended.
Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage.
Kakashi entered the Anbu.
At the same time, Kushina became pregnant.
Asura reincarnated.
Kakashi was assigned a classified mission to protect Kushina.
Iruka graduated from the Shinobi Academy.
Konoha and Sunagakure conducted their first joint military exercise.
Killer B was confined to Kumogakure’s Valley of Clouds and Lightning.
Sai, Tenten, Neji Hyūga, Rock Lee, and Kurotsuchi were born this year.
Konoha Year 51
The Battle of Kikyō Pass broke out.
Konoha was driven all the way back to the fortress at Kikyō Pass.
Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze defeated forces from Kumogakure and Sunagakure, achieving a brief victory.
Kabuto Yakushi was discovered by a Konoha medical unit.
He successfully infiltrated Konoha.
In reality, he was a spy sent by the rogue Sand shinobi Sasori.
In Uchiha Kei’s universe, however, Kabuto had already earned the reputation of being one of the Thirteen Uchiha Young Masters.
One could only say that being an alternate-universe character really did mean having a different fate.
Then the Nine-Tails’ Attack occurred.
On October 10, Uchiha Obito controlled the Nine-Tails and attacked Konoha.
The Uchiha Clan was ordered to obey Konoha’s command and was forbidden from participating in the battle.
Afterward, responsibility for the Nine-Tails’ Attack was pushed onto the Uchiha.
Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze defeated Obito.
He then used the Reaper Death Seal on the Nine-Tails.
Kushina Uzumaki was separated from the Nine-Tails.
Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Sarutobi Biwako, and Iruka’s father all died.
Much of the Shinobi Academy was destroyed.
Naruto became the new Nine-Tails jinchūriki.
Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to the position of Hokage.
The Third Hokage’s return was not particularly well received.
Yamato, who had been implanted with Hashirama Cells, successfully awakened Wood Release and became one of Danzō’s most capable subordinates.
He was then assigned a mission to assassinate the Third Hokage.
Ironically, during the assassination attempt, he encountered Kakashi, who had also been sent to assassinate the Third Hokage.
The two fought and both ended up missing their opportunity to complete the assassination.
That same year, Uchiha Madara died of old age.
Uchiha Mikoto became pregnant.
Indra also reincarnated.
Chiyo of Sunagakure used a possession technique to seal Shukaku into the unborn Gaara, turning him into the village’s new jinchūriki.
In Kirigakure, the nine-year-old graduate Zabuza Momochi could no longer tolerate the Bloody Mist’s brutal graduation ritual.
He slaughtered his entire graduating class, forcing Kirigakure to reform its graduation examination system.
Gaara’s mother, Karura, died.
Haku’s parents also died.
Shino Aburame was born on January 23.
Kiba Inuzuka was born on July 7.
Hinata Hyūga was born on December 27.
Sakura Haruno was born on March 28.
Sasuke Uchiha was born on July 23.
Naruto Uzumaki was born on October 10.
Chōji Akimichi was born on May 1.
Shikamaru Nara was born on September 22.
Ino Yamanaka was born on September 23.
Gaara was born on January 19.
Karin, Suigetsu Hōzuki, Light, Heavy, and Shiho were also born.
Konoha Year 52
Uchiha Itachi graduated from the Shinobi Academy.
The Academy was still undergoing reconstruction.
Anko Mitarashi was branded with the Cursed Seal by Orochimaru.
Several mysterious shinobi disappearances occurred in Konoha.
Yagura became the second jinchūriki of the Three-Tails and gradually grew into a perfect jinchūriki.
Yagura temporarily abolished the Bloody Mist policy while maintaining Kirigakure’s isolationist policy.
The Akatsuki was rebuilt.
Deva Path Pain came into existence.
Sasori and Kakuzu joined the Akatsuki.
Konoha Year 53
Hiruzen’s eldest son, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the father of Konohamaru, died.
He left behind an unborn child—Konohamaru.
Kakashi was persuaded by the Third Hokage to abandon his assassination mission.
He became Hiruzen’s subordinate and subsequently entered the Anbu.
Itachi’s teammate was killed by Obito.
Itachi awakened his Sharingan.
Neji Hyūga began bearing the Caged Bird Seal.
At this point, he did not resent it.
In fact, he was still something of a doting older brother toward Hinata.
However, because the Hyūga Clan did not participate in Konoha’s celebration of the peace agreement with Kumogakure, tensions remained.
During the negotiations, a Kumogakure shinobi attempted to abduct Hinata.
Hiashi Hyūga killed him.
Kumogakure demanded an apology.
Hizashi Hyūga sacrificed himself in place of his brother Hiashi to prevent the conflict from restarting.
From that point onward, Neji began to hate the Hyūga Clan and Konoha.
The localized conflict between Konoha and Kumogakure subsequently ended.
That same year, Kabuto joined Root and became Orochimaru’s assistant.
Jinin Akebino defected from Kirigakure and joined the Akatsuki.
Konoha formed an alliance with the Land of Snow.
During a mission in the Land of Snow, Kakashi rescued the princess and developed a grudge with the Snow shinobi Nadare Rōga.
Konoha Year 54
Konoha and Kumogakure formally ended their hostilities.
Having already lost his eldest son, Hiruzen placed his hopes in his second son, Asuma Sarutobi.
Asuma subsequently left Konoha and became one of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi serving the daimyō of the Land of Fire.
Rasa officially became the Fourth Kazekage.
Konoha Year 55
Uchiha Itachi was promoted to Chūnin.
Udon and Moegi were born this year.
Konoha Year 56
The Uchiha Clan began preparing for a coup.
Uchiha Fugaku sent Itachi into the Anbu as a spy.
The Uchiha Clan assigned Shisui to monitor Itachi.
However, Shisui told Itachi everything.
The two effectively staged an elaborate game of double espionage.
Shisui planned to use Kotoamatsukami to stop the Uchiha rebellion.
Unfortunately, Danzō interfered and stole Shisui’s right eye.
Afterward, Shisui entrusted everything to Itachi.
He then jumped into the Naka River in front of Itachi and took his own life.
Itachi subsequently awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
It was also possible that he had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Itachi simply seemed to be deliberately concealing it.
Because of Shisui’s death, the Uchiha coup was postponed.
The Shinobi Academy underwent its third major expansion.
Civilian-born shinobi formally became the majority of Konoha’s shinobi population and stepped onto the historical stage.
Meanwhile, a coup occurred in the Land of Waves.
The country broke away from Konoha’s control.
Inari’s biological father died.
This represented another sign that Konoha’s decline could no longer be concealed.
Hinata’s younger sister, Hanabi, was born this year.
Konoha Year 57
Orochimaru officially defected from Konoha.
His experiments involving forbidden techniques were exposed.
The Third Hokage personally led a team to capture Orochimaru, but the operation failed.
Hiruzen subsequently declared Orochimaru an S-rank missing-nin.
During Orochimaru’s escape, Yamato once again clashed with Kakashi while assisting Orochimaru.
Jiraiya left Konoha to monitor Orochimaru’s movements.
Orochimaru gained the recognition of the Fūma Clan and devoted himself to establishing a new hidden village.
Orochimaru performed his first body-transfer ritual.
Gaara’s uncle, Yashamaru, died.
The word "love" was carved onto Gaara’s forehead.
It was unclear what Yashamaru’s true intentions had been, but he had successfully used his own death to drive a wedge between Gaara and his father.
Afterward, Gaara nearly died at the hands of the Fourth Kazekage several times.
Itachi became an Anbu squad captain and followed Danzō’s orders.
Konoha Year 58
This was the year of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
It was also the year Gen’nosuke and the others unexpectedly arrived.
That same year, Kabuto was discovered while gathering intelligence.
Kitsuchi personally led a team.
Kabuto and Nono Yakushi ended up killing each other.
The Six Paths of Pain were created.
Hanzo of the Salamander died.
The new Akatsuki began operating throughout the shinobi world.
Orochimaru received a letter from the Akatsuki.
After seeing the Rinnegan, he attempted to seize it but failed.
He subsequently joined the Akatsuki.
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