Sudden Developments

When the leaders of the four ninja villages returned to the Land of Iron, their expressions had completely changed.

"This is truly... unbelievable."

Mei Terumi somewhat dazed, turned to Kakashi Hatake and asked:

Do you think what we've seen is real? Or have we already been trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi?

Just now, these leaders of ninja villages from the Future Timeline traveled to a ninja village directly under Vegapunk's control and obtained a huge amount of information beyond imagination.

However... the information was so outrageous that even this group of high-ranking members of the Ninja World found it hard to accept.

Parallel World, world fusion, Chakra Illusion Network... compared to these, Infinite Tsukuyomi might seem more normal.

"Maybe, but I don't think the so-called Infinite Tsukuyomi would have so many strange and bizarre things."

Kitsuchi sighed. He was a somewhat slow-witted and gentle man. Although he was very strong, he was not particularly outstanding in either ambition or wisdom.

This is precisely why, even though his strength had already reached the Kage Level and he was Ōnoki's son, Ōnoki still didn't pass the Tsuchikage position to him.

If it weren't for the disaster of the last time, Kitsuchi would never have become the Tsuchikage in his life. But it is clear that the position of Tsuchikage brings him only pressure, as he feels somewhat forced into it.

Not to mention the current situation, even if Ōnoki came in person, he would just glare at him.

"Alright, stop doubting reality. The key question is, what should we do next?"

Kakashi interrupted them, sounding quite exasperated.

The group had only complained to each other briefly; they didn't actually feel like they were under Genjutsu. Mei Terumi Mizukage, the Mizukage, glanced at Kakashi and asked:

"So, Lord Hokage, what should we do next? Although the other side is our Parallel World, judging from their behavior... it's probably not a good choice to rashly merge with them."

Given the current weakness of the future Ninja World, it's more accurate to call it an annexation than a merger. In the other world, which ninja village doesn't have thousands of Jonin and hundreds of Kage-level Ninja?

And what about our side? Even if we put all our ninjas together, we probably wouldn't be enough to defeat any single ninja village! The gap between the two sides is simply too great.

Furthermore, although the two worlds have some differences, the vast majority of people have not changed and can be regarded as the same people. Under such circumstances, once they merge, it will probably not be long before our side's ninja village becomes a complete vassal of the other side.

Kakashi stared with dead fish eyes and said calmly:

"Actually, there's no problem. After all, the Hokage over there is Lady Tsunade. If she joins, she can join!"

As a salted fish that's already been pickled and seasoned, Kakashi himself didn't really want to cause any trouble, let alone see that the opponent's strength far exceeded his own.

"Hmph! The Sixth Hokage is truly magnanimous! But don't forget how your two students died?"

Mei Terumi gave a cold snort of dissatisfaction, and Kakashi's eyes flashed with a hint of pain upon hearing this.

After learning the truth, Kakashi couldn't help but feel regret for Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. If the Chakra Network was really the harmless Genjutsu network they described, then the deaths of his two students were truly not worth it.

"Say what you will! Anyway, this time, Konoha will not be the first to step forward. If your Kirigakure is willing to take the lead, Konoha will fully support you."

Mei Terumi rolled her eyes. Support? How? In a moral or spiritual way?

Seeing that her attempt to sow Konoha had failed, Mei Terumi glanced at the Tsuchikage and Kazekage. Kitsuchi had a goofy grin on his face, Gaara remained expressionless. Neither of them seemed like the type to take the initiative to resist.

At this moment, Mei Terumi began to miss Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage A. Although one was cunning and only cared about profit, and the other was rude and ambitious, they would definitely try to fight back against their enemies at the first opportunity.

Unlike the current high-ranking officials of these ninja villages, who are basically all lying low...

But then he glanced at the large hole in the hall again, and thought about how the Fourth Raikage's fate was still unknown, and unlike them, he didn't have access to information. Perhaps the first one to suffer would be that Raikage —this was the consequence of resistance.

Even someone Princess Kaguya Otsutsuki could only be considered a messenger. With the Ninja World being so small and insignificant, what's the point of resisting?

Thinking of this, Mei Terumi sighed helplessly.

Vegapunk didn't care much about the merging of the three ninja villages; it was mostly handled by his Hokage's Harem. He only made a brief appearance in front of the Hokage and Mizukage from the Future Line.

If these people are sensible enough to join his ranks, then they are lucky; if they dare to resist, they will surely suffer a crushing defeat.

It's important to know that Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Pakura, and others are now comparable to Lord Frieza in terms of combat power. Not to mention compared to ordinary ninjas, even compared to the Otsutsuki Clan, they are monsters among monsters!

With that kind of fighting power, they could easily lift an entire continental shelf. What can a bunch of ninjas still playing with Kunai and Exploding Tags do to fight back? Would they scare people by cutting off their own heads?

As Vegapunk had predicted, in just over a month, four of the Five Great Shinobi Villages had submitted, with only the Kumogakure showing no reaction—after all, even if they wanted to surrender, they couldn't find a place to do so.

Furthermore, although the four ninja villages have already surrendered to the powerful, the Daimyo of the Five Great Nations will not surrender so easily. Or rather, it is precisely because these Daimyo are just ordinary people that they are even less able to recognize the difference in strength between the two sides.

Unfortunately, Vegapunk didn't pay any attention to them at all. He merely adjusted the Chakra Network and then sent over disguised Cyborg. Within a few days, those countries had fallen into Vegapunk's hands.

After the Wish Fruit showed its effects, Vegapunk used its power to Vegapunk continuously, including taking over several resource planets from the original Ninja World.

The moon in the sky was no exception; all three moons were merged into one, and Vegapunk expanded the space inside the moon by nearly ten thousand times, making it almost half the size of the Hokage continent.

Just like the Chakra Network in the Pirate World has a large number of spatial secret realms, the spatial secret realms in the Ninja World are simply concentrated on the moon. Because the moon helps stabilize the space, this secret realm can be opened up to such a large extent.

"My lord, the people of the Third Continent have already surrendered. Shouldn't the Chakra Network be open to them now?"

After processing the documents using her Chakra Network, Tsunade stretched and looked at Vegapunk, asking a question.

"Well, it's about time."

Vegapunk nodded. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Future Line Ninja World had once been hit by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he would have used the Chakra Network to forcibly absorb them immediately.

Now, these people have already submitted. Even if they are still wary of the Chakra Network, they can no longer resist the tide of events.

The only thing that bothered Vegapunk was that the deaths of the two main characters were rather pointless. It seems that even the main characters, once their plot armor is gone, can still die for some ridiculous reasons.

The highest authority over the entire Chakra Network now rests with Vegapunk; with just a slight wave of his hand, the space trembled.

Meanwhile, the people on the planet in the Ninja World felt that the bright moon in the sky emitted a burst of intense light, and then a massive amount of Chakra surged into the Third Continent.

The people on the Third Continent, which is the Future Naruto Timeline, had already been notified and put aside their current tasks to find a safe place to prepare to enter the Chakra Network.

After becoming proficient in the Chakra Network, ordinary people can even browse the network while doing their own things. However, this time, Vegapunk used a forced Genjutsu ability. Therefore, for the first time, everyone would be fully focused on entering the Genjutsu network and would not be able to pay attention to the situation outside.

After a moment of disorientation, everyone on the Third Continent simultaneously entered a fantastical world, where the Chakra Network was filled with all sorts of novel things, except that everything required Chakra to be traded.

However, everyone on the Third Continent, having experienced the Infinite Tsukuyomi, had their Chakra squeezed by the God Tree, making them particularly bad at this aspect.

This means that the backwardness of the Third Continent will continue for a long time, during which time their interests will be largely encroached upon by the people of the remaining two continents.

Fortunately, with the expansion of the Chakra Network, Vegapunk's Cyborg replaced the original rulers, and the entire Future Naruto World entered a period of rapid development. The increased profits were enough to compensate for their lost resources. Therefore, their lives not only did not worsen, but actually improved significantly.

Ordinary people and ninjas have lived much better lives and have long since lost the will to resist. However, there are still some ninjas who, due to personal grudges, are full of resistance against Vegapunk.

Therefore, when Vegapunk went to Major Ninja Villages to show his face and become acquainted with the rulers, he was immediately assassinated.

"Is this how your Konohagakure repays me?"

Vegapunk, sitting at the table, spoke with a faint, cold laugh, casually tossing the soup from his plate into a decorative pond outside.

Moments later, the goldfish in the pond turned belly up, Kakashi, who was having dinner with Vegapunk, immediately changed his expression.

Before he could even speak, two sharp shouts rang out from the dining table, and a pink-haired girl and a girl with Byakugan rushed up.

In this degraded version of the Ninja World, their skills and speed are definitely top-notch, making them both Jonin- level ninjas. However, facing Vegapunk is a bit overconfident. He merely glanced at them, and the two girls were instantly frozen in mid-air, their eyes rolled back, and they fainted.

Then, Vegapunk's gaze fell upon the current Hokage Kakashi. Kakashi immediately broke out in a cold sweat, completely at a loss for what to do.

These two girls are naturally the two female protagonists from the original work Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuga. As for the reason why the two poisoned Vegapunk and caused trouble, it was naturally because of the other two protagonists.

Although Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha could be considered to have brought about their own deaths and had little to do with Vegapunk, they did indeed die because of Vegapunk's actions. Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuga naturally regarded Vegapunk as their husband's killer.

Seeing Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuga spot, Kakashi hurriedly stood up, but didn't know what to do.

The two women did not tell anyone else in Konohagakure about this operation, otherwise they would have been stopped long ago; it was simply a solo act by the two of them.

Therefore, even though Kakashi is calm and intelligent, the sudden and unprepared outbreak of such a major event still left his mind buzzing.

Seeing Vegapunk looking at him with displeasure, Kakashi opened his mouth, then finally spoke:

"This... Lord Vegapunk... this was actually just, just their personal actions."

Vegapunk snorted but didn't say much. He still believed this reason. Although Kakashi was a lazy bum, he wasn't so irresponsible. If it was something he was supposed to do, he would definitely be the first to take action and would never shirk responsibility afterward.

With a flick of his wrist, a black Space Gate appeared beneath the two women, swallowing them whole. Kakashi, stunned for a moment, then spoke:

"Lord Vegapunk, they're just overwhelmed with grief because of the death of their friend..."

"No matter the reason, it is not a reason for me to easily forgive them. If you, Hokage, were to be assassinated, would you make excuses for the assassin?"

Of course there are! For example, our Third Hokage, didn't he come up with many reasons for his old buddy?

Kakashi muttered a few complaints to himself, but he knew very well that the Third Hokage was out of his mind. In addition, Danzo's assassination Hokage on the Hokage was a very secretive matter, which was why the Hokage did not pursue the matter.

But being assassinated in a public setting is a different matter altogether; it's practically tantamount to rebellion. If it's easily pardoned, then those below will follow suit, because even if you rebel, you won't die, and the cost of rebellion is greatly reduced.

Normally, after an assassination attempt, even if it's only for the sake of the ruler's dignity and to maintain order, it's impossible to abandon the pursuit of the assassination.

Kakashi understood this principle very well. In fact, Vegapunk only pursued Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuga, without implicating the entire Konohagakure, which could be described as showing great mercy and compassion.