Neji reassured him.
"Don't worry. Everyone's fine. They just passed out. They'll be all right after some rest."
"That's a relief."
Naruto checked their condition and sighed in relief once he was certain their lives weren't in danger.
"All right, little Naruto. I told you they were fine, so stop worrying."
Naruto glanced back at Tetsuya and the others, then looked at Jiraiya, Kakashi, and the rest.
"Got it. Neji, I'm leaving Kakashi-sensei and the others with you."
"Understood. Leave them to me. Don't worry."
Naruto nodded, then stepped through the portal and returned to Tetsuya's side.
Tetsuya took out another folding stool, set it down, and patted it.
"Feel better now?"
Naruto sat on the stool and spoke again.
"Chiba, please tell me what's really going on."
"Well, where do you want me to start?"
"I want to know the whole truth. Please, Chiba, tell me everything."
"You're a greedy little brat, aren't you? All right, I'll tell you."
Tetsuya cleared his throat and turned serious.
"You've already learned some of the Shinobi World's history from Black Zetsu, haven't you?"
Naruto nodded. He remembered what Black Zetsu had said earlier-that the Shinobi World's history was nothing more than a plaything he had written himself.
"Put it this way: Black Zetsu's words might not have been pleasant, but he really has been secretly manipulating the course of the Shinobi World's history.
"Even many of the Shinobi World's most renowned powerhouses were manipulated and controlled by him behind the scenes.
"Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha, for example."
"Hmph."
Madara Uchiha gave a deeply displeased snort.
However unwilling he was to admit it, the fact that Black Zetsu had deceived and toyed with him was undeniable.
Tetsuya began telling Naruto the history from his own perspective.
Of course, he couldn't tell Naruto