It Had Officially Begun!

So, the mission had officially begun.

Chiba sped through the forest outside the village, moving at an incredible pace, but his mind was already turning things over.

He had not seen Kakashi and the others when passing through the village gates. They had probably already set out. We were already late; they couldn't possibly be behind us.

Hmm...

But there was no need for us to meet up. The Third Hokage had said it too: they were in the open, while we were in the shadows. They were the overt line, and we were the covert line. In other words, we were their backup, the contingency plan for a critical moment.

But how could I know when Kakashi and the others would be in danger? The original story never specified how many hours or days passed after Kakashi's team separated from Minato Namikaze before they encountered Iwa.

If I didn't know the exact time they would be endangered, there was no way to talk about rescuing them.

As he thought, Chiba's brow furrowed tightly. This was the most difficult part of the entire Fate Alteration Plan.

The exact time they would be in danger! Only by knowing the time could he find the right moment to rush over and rescue them.

Now that he had Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Kunai, along with a sealing mechanism designed for distress calls, he could reach Obito and the others in an instant. He only needed to inform Minato Namikaze of Obito's danger after unsealing it, then have Minato Namikaze use the Flying Thunder God to teleport directly to Kakashi's side. Chiba clearly remembered that, in Kakashi's Jonin gift, Minato Namikaze had given Kakashi a Flying Thunder God Kunai.

That meant he could skip the process of traveling from Chiba's route to the