(Let's treat this as a parallel world. No more padding with daily life.)
Five years later.
Wave Country Office Building.
Inside Naruto's office.
Naruto was looking over the information in the documents. Sitting across from him was the current Mizukage of Kirigakure.
Mei Terumi.
"I didn't expect Konoha to wait this long before deciding to reopen," Naruto said with a faint smile.
Mei Terumi's lips curved slightly as well. "You don't seem worried at all?"
"If Konoha dares to reopen now, that means they've completed that forbidden technique. When the time comes, Wave Country will be facing not only the Four Great Shinobi Villages, but also quite a few of their fallen powerhouses."
"Heh." Naruto's voice was filled with disdain.
"A bunch of relics abandoned by their era—even if they come back to life, they'll be nothing more than clay chickens and porcelain dogs before today's Wave Country."
Five years ago, Ōnoki had presided over a Five Kage summit.
No... more accurately, it had been a Six Kage summit.
Because Kumogakure had already split into northern and southern factions.
Konoha, which had sealed itself off, had also been invited.
At the summit, Ōnoki revealed Madara Uchiha's existence, forcing the Five Great Shinobi Villages to unite.
Together, they amassed their strength to oppose the suddenly rising Wave Country.
They just hadn't expected that there would be a traitor among them.
Tsunade had her suspicions, but Tobirama Senju was the one who attended the Five Kage summit.
With his deep understanding of Madara Uchiha's strength, he proposed using Impure World Reincarnation to fight Wave Country.
Now that Konoha was preparing to reopen and return to the Ninja World, it undoubtedly meant that Tobirama Senju had perfected the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
"So how do you plan to deal with them?" Mei Terumi