The Name-Forsaken Man
"Kushina, you were supposed to die after having your Tailed Beast extracted. By saving you, I've already changed the future." Shiyu was in a dilemma. If he changed too much of the future, Kagura Otsutsuki might come to stop him.
"Teacher Shiyu, you must have a way to help Minato, right?" Kushina asked.
"Saving Minato isn't out of the question," Shiyu's consideration.
"But that would change even more of the future. I have a request, and I wonder if you can grant it?" Shiyu then told Kushina his request.
"Will it really come to this?" Kushina asked, somewhat uncertainly.
"Based on your understanding of Minato, what do you think he will do?" Shiyu asked.
"I believe he will entrust everything to Naruto for the sake of Konoha," Kushina said, expressing her conviction.
"Since that's the case, will you grant my request? You'll have to pay a price, but you'll reunite with Naruto someday, I can guarantee that," Shiyu said.
After considering for a moment, Kushina said, "I believe that Teacher Shiyu would not harm us. I promise you, and I also promise you on behalf of Minato."
"In that case, there's no problem. I'll be right back." Shiyu then used the Wood Clone Technique to protect Kushina and Naruto. Shiyu also left his Flying Thunder God Mark on the Wood Clone before disappearing.
At this time, Konoha had already suffered heavy damage from the Nine-Tails. However, due to the Third Hokage's orders, most of the ninjas protected non-combat personnel and took refuge, minimizing the loss of Konoha's personnel.
"Bearing the name of Hokage and protecting my family in the village is my duty now. I can no longer let them run rampant!" The Fourth Kazekage appeared on his face.
Nine-Tails immediately noticed the Fourth Kazekage.
"Did you notice me?" The Fourth Kazekage immediately Hand Seals as well.
The Nine-Tails opened its mouth, and blue and red chakra gathered into a Tailed Beast Ball, which then rushed towards the Fourth Kazekage Tailed Beast Ball.
"Don't even think about destroying this place!" The Fourth Kazekage the Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, Tailed Beast Ball struck him, but he was immediately teleported far away by the Flying Thunder God Formula.
The Tailed Beast Ball then immediately exploded, with an extremely large blast radius that surprised even the Fourth Kazekage.
"Given the scale of this operation, the location of the explosion must be chosen carefully."
"I need to report the current situation to the Lord Third as soon as possible." The Fourth Kazekage had just finished thinking when he sensed something amiss behind him.
Minato immediately swung his Flying Thunder God Formula at the figure, but the attack passed right through him.
The Masked Man then grabbed the Fourth Kazekage's wrist and said, "Your opponent is me, and this is the end!"
Immediately afterward, the Masked Man's Sharingan began to absorb the Fourth Kazekage. Just as Minato was about to be absorbed, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to another location.
"Flew away, you're quick. Next time I'll absorb you faster and finish you off the moment I touch you." Then the Masked Man disappeared again.
Minato appeared in another open space, next to the Flying Thunder God Kunai.
"My attack pierced through him, but he could materialize and was planning to suck me in immediately. What kind of Ninjutsu is that?" Before Minato Namikaze could figure it out, the Masked Man reappeared in front of Minato.
"Where do you think you're going to run to?" the Masked Man said.
"This guy can also use Space-Time Ninjutsu? He was able to teleport with Kushina because of this ability, right? He was able to wipe out the entire Third Hokage's direct Anbu, pass through the top-secret barrier, knew that the Nine-Tails' seal would weaken during childbirth, and even broke the Nine-Tails' seal and tamed it."
"Furthermore, to my knowledge, there is only one ninja who can freely enter and exit without being hindered by the Konoha Village's barrier."
"Are you Madara Uchiha?" the Fourth Kazekage boldly guessed. "No, that's impossible! He's long dead."
"Who knows? That's not necessarily true," the Masked Man said noncommittally.
"Now that things have come to this, it doesn't matter who you are, but why did you target Konoha?" Minato Namikaze questioned.
"If you insist on saying it, this was a spur-of-the-moment decision, something I've planned for a long time, both for war and for peace." Before the Masked Man could finish speaking, the scythe in his hand had already been thrown to the ground.
"In any case, he's no small fry. He has the ability to control the Nine-Tails, and his Space-Time Ninjutsu surpasses even mine and the Second Hokage's. Plus, he has such a dangerous mindset. Perhaps only one person in the entire Shinobi World can surpass him in the space-time domain? Teacher Shiyu? It's a pity Teacher Shiyu has already betrayed Konoha."
"If we don't settle things here, things will become even more complicated than if they were allowed to rage on. If I move on to the village, this guy will follow, which will only make the battlefield more chaotic."
"Madara can't control Nine-Tails like this for long. We can only trust the Third Hokage about village matters. I must keep this guy tied down here."
The Masked Man said, "Now that the Nine-Tails has been freed, you have no hope!"
The two then charged at each other.
With a "whoosh," Shiyu appeared between the two.
The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, asked incredulously, "You are... you are Teacher Shiyu, friend or foe?"
"I came here at Kushina's request to save Konoha from this crisis, so you can be considered an ally for now, right? Minato, it's been a long time. You've already become the Fourth Hokage." Shiyu casually, not taking the Masked Man seriously at all.
"This is troublesome! The Light of the Shinobi World actually appeared here? That's quite unexpected!" The Masked Man took a step back, knowing that he had lost the advantage.
"Thank you Teacher Shiyu! How is Kushina?" Minato asked.
"She's alright now. Go stop Nine-Tails. I have a few scores to settle with this guy," Shiyu said.
"Impossible! Even if she's from the Uzumaki Clan, as Jinchuriki, having her Tailed Beast extracted will still cause her to die; it'll just delay her death a little longer." The Masked Man also seemed unconvinced.
"Then I'll leave this to you! I need to go stop the Nine-Tails immediately!" With that, Minato vanished in a flash.
Only Shiyu and the Masked Man remained in the open space.
Have your previous injuries healed?
"You used the Land of Iron and the Land of Bears to attack my Shinobi Village? And now you still have the nerve to be my enemy?" Shiyu asked calmly.
"Shiyu, don't be so impatient! Since you've already defected from Konoha, why help Konoha? Why don't we join forces and destroy Konoha? That would be more beneficial for the development of your Shinobi Village, wouldn't it?" The Masked Man offered Shiyu an olive branch instead.
Shiyu then burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Someone who betrays their name? How dare they lecture me?"