Jiraiya brought Nawaki to the Land of Fire Capital.
"Big Brother Jiraiya... has my sister really turned into a total slacker like you said?"
Nawaki asked with a frown.
Hearing a boy in his teens call him "Big Brother" still felt rather strange to Jiraiya.
"After you and Dan Katō died, she left Konoha and wandered from place to place. All she did every day was drink and gamble."
"But lately, she hasn't been gambling much. She's gotten hooked on the virtual world instead."
"The virtual world? What's that? Genjutsu?"
Nawaki asked curiously.
"The virtual world... I suppose you'd call it a game! You'll understand once you play it. It's a pretty good game, too."
And so, Jiraiya explained the current state of the Shinobi World to Nawaki as they headed toward the Land of Fire Daimyo's Residence.
Meanwhile.
Back in Konoha, Naruto and Minato Namikaze were watching the live feed coming from Jiraiya.
As for Rin, she was listening to Kushina Uzumaki explain the changes in the Shinobi World and everything Obito had done over the years because of her.
When she learned that Obito had turned to darkness because of her, and had even killed their teacher and his wife, the kindhearted Rin's eyes reddened.
Rin turned toward Kakashi, who was also listening to the account of Obito's descent into darkness. "Kakashi... I'm sorry... Kakashi, I made you carry so much, too."
Kakashi looked at Rin and shook his head. "For now, let's think about how to talk Obito around..."
"Where is Obito? Can I see him?"
At Rin's question, everyone present turned toward Naruto.
Naruto shrugged. "If you want to see him... you'd better wait! Right now, both you and Kakashi are sources of trauma for Obito!"
Kakashi gave Naruto a dead-eyed stare. *And whose little