Nara Clan Compound.
The shadows in the meeting room suddenly churned like boiling water.
This was not the Nara Clan's Shadow Imitation Technique.
This was a far more tyrannical Chakra, forcibly twisting the rules of the shadows.
The next moment.
Five tall figures stepped out of the roiling darkness.
After the Empire was established.
The Nara Clan had pooled the wisdom of the entire clan and combined it with the advanced theories bestowed by Chiba to improve the Shadow Secret Technique.
It could slip into the cracks between dimensions and ignore more than ninety percent of the world's barriers.
The highest-level defense mechanism of the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans was practically nonexistent before this technique.
Elsewhere.
The instant he saw the newcomers.
Akimichi Choza clenched his fists and froze on the spot.
Yamanaka Inoichi's eyes widened, his mind buzzing.
What had they sensed?
The amount of Chakra contained within these five seemingly young boys was terrifying beyond measure!
Especially the cold, black-haired boy on the left and the white-eyed boy on the right.
Those Chakra fluctuations.
Were absolutely Kage Level!
No, they even surpassed ordinary Kage Level experts!
"Yo."
"Nice to meet you."
"My dad from this world."
Shikamaru Nara grinned and waved at Shikaku Nara.
The air froze completely.
Shikaku Nara's mind began racing wildly.
That face of Shikamaru's...
That signature pineapple hairstyle...
Even his stance and that troublesome expression were exactly like his own.
Shikaku Nara's first reaction was disbelief.
How could this be possible?
Was this his son from the future?
A spacetime ninjutsu?
Or some genjutsu capable of manipulating cognition?
Shikaku Nara quickly formed hand seals and mobilized the Chakra within him, trying to break through the genjutsu's interference.
"Don't bother."
"It's not genjutsu."
"And I'm not your son after he grew up in the future."
Shikamaru saw