"Who are you, sir?"
Naruto stared blankly at Minato in front of him, feeling a strange sense of familiarity, as if he were his father.
Minato, with a face that looked to be in his forties, said irritably,
"I am your father!"
"What? You... eh?"
Naruto he almost attacked, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the person really was Minato.
He was immediately dumbfounded and asked incredulously,
"It really is Dad! You look so much older!"
Minato sighed, found a stool to sit on, and said sullenly,
"It's all Senga's fault! He's getting more and more cunning!"
Upon hearing it was Senga, Naruto immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his brow and said in a relaxed tone,
"I see, then I'm relieved!"
"Hmm? What are you worried about?"
"Of course I don't need to worry about Senga. Since he can make you old, he can naturally turn you back to normal. Besides, Dad, you don't even need to wear a mask anymore!"
"Um, I think so..."
Minato nodded thoughtfully. He wondered how Kushina would react if he went back looking like this...
The next day, Minato swaggered up behind Senga. The others were only slightly surprised to see him, but then paid no more attention, assuming that Minato was just a bodyguard that Senga had brought.
Only the Raikage felt that Minato looked somewhat familiar, but he didn't think much of it, as he was currently focusing all his attention on Akatsuki.
After everyone had arrived, Senga spoke.
"As you all know, Xiao launched an attack on us last night, which means the war has begun. Now I need to make some arrangements."
Senga's plan was simple: to mobilize all the ninjas and have a decisive battle with the Akatsuki Organization.
There was only one protagonist in this war: Senga himself. Everyone else was just an audience member.
This arrangement naturally sounded somewhat hasty to everyone, Ōnoki frowned and asked,
"Hokage, we know too little about the Rinnegan. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to start a fight right away?"
As he spoke, Ōnoki turned his gaze to Ai. Among those present, Ai was the only one who had ever directly confronted the Rinnegan, and he wanted to hear Ai's thoughts.
Recalling that day's battle, Ai was still somewhat shaken, because he was almost completely overwhelmed from beginning to end.
He raised his head and said in a deep voice.
"The power of the Rinnegan is indeed terrifying, and its abilities are even more bizarre. The most important thing to be aware of is that it can create a force field out of thin air, and its destructive power is extremely strong!"
Ai recounted the abilities of the Rinnegan that he had witnessed, and the more they listened, the more astonished they became. Each of the Rinnegan's abilities transcended the realm of Ninjutsu, yet these abilities were combined, making it far more than a simple "one plus one" combination.
Minato and the others felt a chill run down their spines as they listened. Although they knew that Senga possessed the Rinnegan, they had never truly witnessed its power.
What would it be like if these two pairs of Rinnegan collided?
Itachi's brain was working at lightning speed. He always believed that nothing in the world was perfect and that everything had its own flaws, but just hearing about the abilities of the Rinnegan gave him a huge headache, because it was simply Six-Sided Warrior!
With those eyes and the Senga -Ten-Tails, Itachi really didn't think the Allied Shinobi Forces could have taken down Akatsuki without Chiga.
Senga also feigned surprise upon hearing this and said,
"That sounds really powerful. It seems this war isn't as simple as I thought."
Minato subtly pursed his lips, thinking to himself,
"Stop pretending! Show these people your Rinnegan, you're scaring them half to death!"
The atmosphere became somewhat heavy, Senga spoke again.
"Alright, I'll be the one to test Akatsuki's Rinnegan first. You guys just watch from behind."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately taken aback, but then their faces lit up with joy.
With the example of the Fourth Raikage, no one wants to be the first to step forward. Now that someone is actually volunteering, everyone is naturally happy.
However, what they didn't know was that Senga was originally going to give them a "show," otherwise how could she let these people see the real difference?
Of course, to witness the true power of the Rinnegan, Nagato's secondhand pair of eyes wouldn't suffice; Madara himself would have to do it.
But before that, there's still an orphanage director I need to help.
Thinking of this, Senga slowly rose from his chair, glanced around at everyone, and then spoke.
"Everyone can go back and prepare now. Meeting adjourned."
Senga acted as if he were the master of the house, as if this were Konoha, not the Land of Iron.
However, given Senga's strength, no one dared to say anything about it. Even Mifune remained silent, not daring to provoke Senga.
This was the last meeting before the battle; now it was just a matter of waiting to see when Akatsuki would make a move.
After news of the war spread, ninjas from various villages began to flock to the Land of Iron.
The atmosphere of war grew increasingly intense. Under these circumstances, Senga was strolling through the streets of the Land of Iron with Yugao and Kurenai.
The Land of Iron is bitterly cold all year round. Both Kurenai and Yugao were wearing thick coats, but Senga was still wearing a thin robe, making him look somewhat out of place compared to the two women.
The Land of Iron is now in a state of war, with samurai patrolling the streets every day. When they see Senga, they immediately stop and salute.
To be fair, these samurai were quite polite.
In Senga's eyes, these armored samurai were much more pleasing to the eye than the people from Wano Country.
Even Admiral Mifune here is much better than that idiot Oden.
Yugao and Kurenai were admiring the snowy scenery of the Land of Iron when suddenly, Yugao pointed to two figures in the distance and said to Senga,
"Lord Senga, look, isn't that Itachi and his younger brother?"
Senga looked in the direction Yugao pointed and saw Itachi putting a blue scarf on Sasuke's head.
Itachi was tying the scarf around Sasuke with a serious expression. Sasuke seemed to be resisting, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face; his Kakuzu stretched to his ears.
As luck would have it, Minato also happened to be passing by with Naruto was also wearing a red scarf around his neck.
Naruto said something to Sasuke that made Sasuke blush deeply. Sasuke turned his head arrogantly and happened to see Senga not far away.
"Eh? Lord Senga!"