Unification of the Ninja World, Huang Xiaoming

"Today, the ninja world is forever free of war and strife. The Five Kage have turned their hearts to us, and ten thousand clans bow their heads. This land, which has endured a thousand years of hatred, slaughter, and the cycle of fate, is finally brought to an end by my own hands, Naruto Uzumaki!"

Naruto's voice echoed across the entire heaven and earth. He stood at the highest point of Hokage Rock, the glow of Nine-Tails Susanoo illuminating the whole sky as the golden chakra cloak billowed and surged in the night wind.

In the plaza below Shadow Rock, a sea of people stood densely packed. The Five Kage stood at the very front, followed by the elites of the Five Great Ninja Villages, and further back were the clan heads and samurai of countless minor ninja clans.

No one raised their head to look him straight in the eye; it was not fear, but submission.

Naruto lowered his head to look at these people. There was no triumph in his heart, not even much feeling at all.

He suddenly felt hungry—very hungry. He had fought for a entire day, from Sunagakure to Kumogakure, and from Kumogakure to Iwagakure, only gnawing on two mouthfuls of dry rations in between.

Now that the battle was over, his stomach started growling, and it was roaring especially loud.

Rumble...

The sound was exceptionally clear in the silent plaza. The Five Kage looked at each other in dismay, Pain's Rinnegan shifted slightly, and Itachi's lips twitched faintly.

Orochimaru actually smiled, his snake-like pupils reflecting that figure standing atop Hokage Rock and clutching his stomach.

"This is the real Naruto Uzumaki," Orochimaru said.

Naruto pulled a pack of instant noodles out of his pocket, which he had fished out from the Akatsuki's storage scroll—seaweed