"Mental... space? But Minato confirmed that this was the power of a tailed beast, and that the Nine-Tails himself had created it..."
"Mm... I deliberately misled Dad a little, actually... since Kurama created my Mental Space in the first place, putting it that way wasn't wrong."
Naruto spoke thoughtfully.
Then, seeing the lingering confusion in Hiruzen's eyes, Naruto raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
Their surroundings instantly underwent a staggering transformation.
What should have been a forest in the Land of Whirlpools became the sight most familiar to Hiruzen Sarutobi in the blink of an eye—
Rows of houses of varying heights, scattered utility poles, roads dotted with dirt and weeds...
These were the streets of Konoha from his memories.
"This isn't genjutsu..."
Hiruzen stared at everything before him in shock. From the texture of the streets to the faint earthy smell in the air, everything was so real that it left no room for doubt.
Yet this absolutely wasn't real!
Hiruzen clearly remembered that the present-day Konoha no longer looked like this. Thanks to the Construction Team led by the First working day and night, along with skilled craftsmen from the Great Nations, today's Konoha was already vastly different from this simple, rustic village.
This was Konoha as he remembered it. A person's hometown always retained its old appearance in their memories, so although Hiruzen wouldn't have suspected it was an illusion at first glance, he knew it couldn't be real.
"I can even do this."
The moment Naruto finished speaking, Hiruzen's vision blurred. In an instant, the streets of Konoha bustled with activity, residents coming and going everywhere.
To his astonishment, Hiruzen found that he could even sense the chakra inside each person, exactly as he could with real people.
"Hey! If it isn't Naruto-kun! How have