Oh, You Foolish Monkey!

When Minato teleported back into Konohagakure, the Nine-Tails had already begun its rampage.

A casual swipe of a claw or a flick of a tail was enough to level large swaths of buildings, causing massive destruction.

The attacks from the vast number of ordinary Konoha ninja weren't even enough to scratch it.

As the strongest entity of condensed Chakra, the Nine-Tails could stand perfectly still and let the ninja attack, yet few could even breach its defenses, let alone inflict any damage.

After Minato flashed back onto the Hokage Rock, the Nine-Tails, under Obito's control, quickly took notice of him.

The threat posed by this Fourth Hokage was greater than that of everyone in Konoha combined.

Without a word, it opened its maw to charge a massive attack. In just a few seconds, it condensed a hundred-meter-wide Tailed Beast Bomb and fired it toward Minato.

The Tailed Beast Bomb swept across everything in its path.

Even before it exploded, it destroyed hundreds of meters of architecture along its trajectory; nothing could stand in its way.

But just as it was about to strike the Hokage Rock, it was swallowed by a layer of Space-Time Barrier deployed by Minato.

The hundreds-of-meters-wide Space-Time Barrier folded a vast area of space, swallowing the Tailed Beast Bomb bit by bit.

Then, Minato activated the Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder, transferring the Tailed Beast Bomb to a location dozens of kilometers away from the village.

"BOOM!"

The violent explosion of the Tailed Beast Bomb lit up half the night sky, a testament to its power.

Minato's strength, however, did not lie solely in the Flying Thunder God Technique. Looking across the entire ninja world, he was also a top-tier master of Fuinjutsu and barrier ninjutsu.

He had learned nearly all the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki Clan.

Relying on the Flying Thunder God Technique and Fuinjutsu, he had derived various space-time barrier techniques.

If this were out in the wilderness rather than in Konoha, Minato could have directly transferred that Tailed Beast Bomb to explode right under the Nine-Tails' backside.

Who says he couldn't break its defense?

If he were given a few more decades, he might even be able to develop a forbidden technique capable of sealing the Nine-Tails with his bare hands.

Seeing Minato move the Tailed Beast Bomb away, Obito could no longer sit still. He immediately emerged from behind, preparing to ambush Minato.

Unfortunately, just as he grabbed Minato and attempted to suck him into the Kamui Dimension, Minato activated the Flying Thunder God and teleported away.

With no other choice, he had no option but to give chase.

I arrived at the clearing in front of the destroyed wooden shack outside the village, preparing to defeat Minato here to prevent him from moving the Nine-Tails.

The two locked eyes, and the decisive battle began in an instant.

However, both of them were so highly tense that they failed to notice the three other people who had appeared in the distance near the battlefield.

After transferring into Naruto World 4.

Tobirama from World 2 was shocked: "Where is this?"

Hashirama from World 1, having gained some experience, immediately calmed him down: "Tobirama, be quiet!"

Tobirama had no choice but to shut his mouth, looking longingly at his Elder Brother and Natsu Yuu.

"Mister, where is this?"

"The year 51 of Konoha. For you, Hashirama, this is the future 50 years from your time; for you, Tobirama, it is 34 years into your future."

"Ah! A future world? 34 years later? How is this possible? Could this be Genjutsu?"

"Tobirama, do I look like Genjutsu?"

Tobirama looked at his Elder Brother Hashirama and once again swallowed the doubts in his heart.

Regardless of whether it was Genjutsu or not, being able to produce a genuine God of Shinobi was already invincible—why bother worrying about it!

Just then.

Tobirama, whose sensory perception was extremely sharp, also noticed the situation over at Konohagakure.

"Elder Brother, look over there! It's the Nine-Tails!"

"The Nine-Tails is rampaging in the village!"

"Hmm. I see it. Mister, what exactly is going on?"

Natsu Yuu briefly explained the current situation.

Hashirama and Tobirama were stunned once again.

Someone attacked Konoha while the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was giving birth, released the Nine-Tails, and caused a Tailed Beast rampage?

"The Uzumaki Clan's seals should be very stable! How could such an accident happen?" Tobirama frowned, feeling that his calculations had failed.

He had clearly made all sorts of defenses and arrangements, yet it had still failed...

"There is no such thing as a perfect seal. Enemies will always find your loopholes, and if there are no loopholes, they will create opportunities artificially."

"Second Hokage, do you still think that Konoha plus the Uzumaki Clan's Fuinjutsu can guarantee safety?"

Tobirama fell silent, feeling a stinging heat on his face.

After all, he had just been in front of his Elder Brother, swearing with absolute certainty that the combination of Uzumaki Sealing and Uchiha control was foolproof. This slap to the face had come far too quickly, hadn't it?

"Wait, where are the Uchiha?"

"Where is Kagami?"

"If this is 34 years later, and luck is on our side, Kagami shouldn't have died of old age yet, right?"

"Why isn't he stepping in to control the Nine-Tails?"

"Even if Kagami is gone, there are other Uchiha, aren't there?"

"And what about Monkey and the others?"

A flurry of questions burst from Tobirama. He couldn't understand how, with so many Uchiha in his clan, they could allow a Nine-Tails to wreak such havoc in the village.

Setting aside the other Uchiha, Tobirama had absolute trust in Kagami's character and convictions.

He should be one of the High Council members of the village by now, right?

With him there, over the course of several decades, he surely would have been able to change the mindset of at least a portion of the clan members!

Hearing this, Natsu Yuu wanted to laugh.

Still counting on Kagami? The man had long since had his eyes gouged out by Danzo, and he had kicked the bucket in the same year as you.

"All Uchiha were ordered not to engage the Nine-Tails; they were sent to evacuate the civilians instead..."

"What? Who gave that order? How could they be so foolish?"

"The Monkey you just appointed as your successor—or rather, the Third Hokage 34 years later—along with the other High Council members."

"That Monkey..."

Tobirama was furious, wondering if Monkey had lost his mind.

"That's not necessarily wrong. I can sense that the Nine-Tails is being controlled by the Sharingan. Perhaps Monkey was worried about the Uchiha being viewed with suspicion, so he had them step aside to avoid any conflict of interest?" Hashirama speculated; he did not like to judge others with malice.

"Elder Brother, how can you be so foolish too!"

"It doesn't matter who is controlling the Nine-Tails."

"After all these years, has the reigning Hokage really failed to cultivate even a single Uchiha he can trust?"

"If all else fails, just pick an Uchiha with the strongest Genjutsu to counter the Nine-Tails. If you notice something is wrong, just kill that person. Isn't that simple enough?"

"He has a blade but refuses to use it, choosing to seal it away instead. Has Monkey's brain been caught in a door?"

Tobirama cursed in frustration.

If it were him, he would certainly summon every Uchiha and make them control the Nine-Tails one by one. If anyone refused to listen, he would cut them down!

He became the Hokage, yet he's still afraid of this and that. How is he supposed to protect the village?

"Tobirama, you're being too radical..."

"The village is on the verge of destruction. If we aren't radical now, what are we waiting for?"

"Sigh, that's true as well."

"Enough talk. Elder Brother, let's go control the Nine-Tails first. We cannot let it continue its rampage."

"Right!"

Natsu Yuu suddenly interrupted the two:

"Wait, you cannot intervene right now."

To ignite the goal of Konoha and the Fourth Generation to Unify the Shinobi World, necessary pain is required. The Nine-Tails' Rampage is precisely the catalyst for that.

"That is our village. How can we sit by and watch?" Tobirama said anxiously.

"I can send you back right now..."

Natsu Yuu said coldly; he wasn't going to coddle anyone.

If Tobirama insisted on going against him, he could just bind himself to another faction and let them Unify the Naruto Universe 2 instead. Although the difficulty would certainly increase, it wasn't entirely impossible.

Tobirama immediately shut his mouth.

Although he was very anxious, he knew the gravity of the situation.

If he were really sent back, how would he be able to spy on intelligence from the future?

"Don't be anxious, Tobirama. Mister must have his own considerations. Let's watch and see for now."

Hashirama immediately comforted him.

He was more optimistic than Tobirama. After all, Natsu Yuu had just allowed him to save Tobirama, so he shouldn't be a bad person.

Taking a step back, even if Natsu Yuu really were a bad person.

In order to grasp intelligence about the future, they still had to endure it, didn't they? They couldn't exactly go against this Sage of the Dao Path.

"Whew... My apologies, I got a bit carried away!"

Having calmed down, Tobirama immediately offered an apology. Having just bounced back from the gates of the underworld, his life was only saved thanks to the help of Natsu Yuu and Hashirama.

He naturally didn't dare to act out; he had simply lost his composure earlier due to his deep concern for the village.

"It is of no consequence."

Natsu Yuu replied magnanimously, understanding Tobirama's love for the village.

"Then, Mister, why are we staying here?"

"To let you meet the Fourth Hokage, and to observe a battle while we're at it."