A Stirring of Envy!

Teigu World.

Naturally, Imu, aboard Noah, kept a close watch on the exploration of the Shinobi World.

When the Giant World and Canberra Continent sent the firsthand information back to Sea Star, the Five Elders hurriedly delivered it to him.

"Loulan?"

"This little country still exists? Then what point in the Shinobi World's timeline is this?"

Imu was somewhat stunned in his study.

This was from a movie, after all. He had only watched it once and had never given much thought to when the story took place.

"I remember Naruto Uzumaki found the Loulan ruins within the Land of Wind while pursuing a Sand Village rogue ninja. Then he was sent into the past by the Dragon Vein's power, where he met the still-young Minato Namikaze and little Kakashi."

Imu was beginning to piece it together.

Since Minato Namikaze was still alive, it had to be during the Third Shinobi World War.

Right.

The Kingdom of Loulan was said to have been destroyed by war. Most likely, it had been caught up in the Third Shinobi World War.

"Whew—"

Thinking of this, Imu felt as though a weight had been lifted.

In his view, the period of the Third Shinobi World War could be called the Shinobi World's second-weakest era.

Why second-weakest?

Because the weakest period was from Naruto Uzumaki's birth until three years before the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Put simply, it was the first part of Naruto.

Other than the members of Akatsuki, what kind of sorry lot did the Five Great Shinobi Villages have?

Oh, except Guy.

"During the Third Shinobi World War, the Shinobi World was still full of talented people. But without Guy, who could open the Eight Gates, they were missing a major trump card."

As for his father Dai's Eight Gates, they