Year 60 of the Konoha Calendar.
This was supposed to be the year the original story began, yet an event that would alter the course of future generations took place across the entire Shinobi World.
As Konoha and the Land of Fire expanded in strength, the various nations surrendered to the Land of Fire one after another, merging into its territory.
In the 60th year of Konoha, the entire Shinobi World was finally unified.
From then on, only one Land of Fire and one ninja village—Konoha—remained in the Shinobi World!
"Sasuke! Today, I'm definitely going to beat you!"
"Tch! Stop joking around! This time, I'll definitely be ahead of you!"
Two similarly built boys engaged in their four hundred and forty-third match at Training Ground Seven, which had already been expanded considerably.
Of their previous four hundred and forty-two matches, each had won two hundred and twenty-one times.
These two boys were none other than the fated partners and rivals, Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar.
On a branch of a nearby tree, Ye Ning lounged against the trunk, leisurely enjoying the boxed lunch Hinata had prepared.
Feeling the ripples from their battle, Ye Ning lifted his eyelids and yawned.
"Hinata, which match is this?"
Below the branch, Hinata clutched two boxed lunches and watched Naruto and Sasuke's fight with a tense expression. She had not even heard Ye Ning speak.
Seeing this, a hint of helplessness crossed Ye Ning's face.
After all these years of his instruction, Hinata had become much more cheerful. She was no longer as shy as she had been in the original story, and she had grown into a graceful young lady. The only problem was that whenever Naruto was involved, Hinata still fell into a completely absorbed state.
That childhood rescue of a