Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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At this moment, Naruto had finished his training and was hugging Minato with tears in his eyes, seemingly feeling his father's love. An Yan immediately took Yamato away a little, giving Naruto and Minato ample private space.

Naruto and Minato were talking about something when they hugged each other. It was a very touching scene. If Minato had looked a little more mature, it would have been better. They are about the same age, so they don't look like father and son, but more like brothers.

Once the dramatic scene between the two ended, An Yan stepped forward, took out the sealed Centipede, and prepared to send Naruto and Yamato away.

Chapter 154 Naruto's Departure

Minato and Naruto talked for a long time, and Naruto finally showed a look of relief. All the grievances and cold looks he had suffered since childhood disappeared under the light of Minato, the little sun.

Yamato and Anyan stood at a distance, watching the father and son's affectionate moment. Yamato said with great envy, "I really envy Naruto for being able to meet his father. I've even forgotten what my parents look like, and I still don't know where my home is."

An Yan glanced at Yamato, then turned back to look in the direction of Minato and his son, casually offering a suggestion: "Your current strength is probably half that of the First Hokage. I believe no one in the entire Hidden Leaf Village can rival you. Weren't you found by Danzo in Orochimaru's laboratory? I believe Danzo must have information about your parents. Why don't you just capture Danzo and question him?"

Yamato was shocked when he heard An Yan's words. If he remembered correctly, the Fourth Hokage of this world was Danzo's disciple, right? Why did he seem to have a lot of malice towards Danzo?

Yamato chuckled awkwardly and scratched his head, looking completely bewildered. An Yan could immediately tell what Yamato was thinking, and he said directly, "Judging from your appearance, you should be considered a pillar of the village. You should know a bit about Danzo's character. Although the experiences in the two worlds are similar, the personalities of some people are still very valuable for reference. Danzo is an ambitious but incompetent guy who has done many horrific things in the shadows. He is a cancer to Konoha."

Yamato dared not refute the Fourth Generation's words, but simply bowed his head in agreement, acting as if he were just a working man, appearing rather timid, which made An Yan laugh.

In the distance, Minato and Naruto were still talking. An Yan took out a scroll and handed it to Yamato. With a puzzled look on Yamato's face, he said, "A thousand demons are sealed inside. If Konoha ever faces a life-or-death crisis in the future, you can open this scroll. The demons in the scroll will automatically form a cross-time portal, and the strong people of my world will directly help Konoha overcome the difficulties."

An Yan originally thought that the Flying Thunder God mark he had secretly left behind was enough, but he felt it was not safe enough, so he added another layer of insurance. If the Flying Thunder God technique could not cross the space-time barrier, then he would try the power of magic.

Yamato carefully put away the scroll. He understood An Yan's meaning. If Konoha was really facing a life-or-death situation, he would not need to worry about the differences between the two worlds. He could directly summon the powerful Konoha of this world to resolve the crisis. As for how the two worlds would coordinate their affairs afterward, that was another matter.

Konoha in this world is too powerful. Both the Kaze and Raikou kingdoms are now under Konoha's jurisdiction, and the Mizu and Tu kingdoms will likely follow soon. Unless absolutely necessary, Yamato doesn't plan to contact Konoha on his side with this side, because the Fourth Hokage doesn't seem easy to get along with.

An Yan naturally didn't have Minato's sunny disposition, but he was still a relatively gentle type. Unfortunately, Danzo's reputation was so great that even Konoha elites like Yamato viewed him with prejudice. There was nothing he could do; after all, An Yan was Danzo's disciple, so he didn't get much of the glory, but he did get a lot of soot on his face.

Minato and Naruto finally finished. Naruto wiped his wet eyes and walked shyly toward An Yan and Yamato. An Yan handed Naruto a scroll containing the Vanguard Titan BT9527.

A short period of virtual world simulation is not enough to improve Naruto's combat power, so An Yan gave this thing to Naruto, hoping that he could improve his strength to a greater level before the Fourth Shinobi World War.

"Fourth Generation Uncle, thank you for your help."

After receiving the scroll, Naruto Uzumaki bowed deeply to An Yan with a sincere expression. An Yan had been a great help to him these past two days. Not to mention anything else, just one bottle of White Zetsu gene optimization fluid had increased his chakra recovery speed by 30%, greatly improving his combat endurance.

An Yan didn't take Naruto's gratitude seriously. Naruto was Minato's son, and Minato was his disciple. In the end, they were family, so there was no need for formalities.

After everyone made their decision, An Yan struck the sealed Sand Village rogue ninja, Centipede, into dust with a single palm strike. Centipede was already in the form of a clay puppet, and not a single drop of blood flowed after its death.

Naruto and Yamato's bodies suddenly glowed white, seemingly about to dissipate. Just then, Queen Sara of Loulan suddenly appeared, hugged Naruto tightly, and kissed him hard. Naruto was surprised and didn't have time to say anything before he turned into white light and disappeared.

An Yan and Minato exchanged glances, thinking to themselves, "Naruto is quite the ladies' man."

Naruto disappeared, and Queen Sara fell from the sky to the ground. She squatted down and tears fell to the ground. Naruto's appearance was like a rainbow in the girl's world, adding a touch of color to her dull and boring life.

It can only be said that the idea of ​​a hero rescuing a damsel in distress is timeless and can easily make a young girl fall in love with you.

An Yan couldn't stand seeing women cry, so he squatted down next to Sara and offered a terrible idea: "Naruto has just been born. If you want, you can wait for him for more than ten years until he grows up, and then marry him. Raising a little boy is quite interesting."

When Shuimen heard An Yan's bad idea, his originally gentle smile became somewhat stiff. As a parent, he did not want his child to marry a girl more than ten years older than him in the future. However, An Yan was a teacher, so he could not say anything for the time being and could only hope that Sara would take the initiative to refuse.

Sarah rejected An Yan's bad idea as expected. She wiped away her tears, her eyes revealing a hint of determination, and directly rejected An Yan's suggestion: "Naruto said that he has a girl he likes. I will not interfere in his life. It's fine for the two of them to be like this. There was no beginning, so there is no end."

Upon meeting Sara, he comforted himself, and An Yan didn't say anything. In the original timeline, the Loulan Queen quickly got married and had children. In the original timeline, Naruto encountered the Loulan Queen's descendants as soon as he returned twenty years later.

That's only because of Naruto. If it were An Yan, and he didn't have any wives or concubines, and he encountered such a thing when he was young, he might meet his own child twenty years later.

However, everyone has their own ambitions and ideas, so there's no need to impose your own ideas on others.

Chapter 155 Unification

After the Loulan incident, An Yan quickly returned to Konoha with Kakashi. At the same time, Minato returned to the Konoha branch of the Land of Wind to take charge of the overall situation.

Konoha was thriving. After sorting out the political affairs of the three kingdoms of Lightning, Fire, and Wind, An Yan directly chose to send troops to the Land of Water, preparing to take down the isolated Land of Water first.

This time, Jiraiya led the troops into battle. Shortly after his marriage, his wife became pregnant. An Yan originally did not want him to take action, as there were still many skilled fighters in Konoha. However, Jiraiya was very eager to fight, so An Yan had no choice but to let him.

Jiraiya's reasoning was quite convincing. Orochimaru could single-handedly take on an entire country, and while he himself couldn't do what Orochimaru did, leading the Konoha ninja to conquer the Land of Water should be a piece of cake.

Seeing Jiraiya's confidence, An Yan let him choose his own teammates. Jiraiya immediately took Sakumo Hatake as his deputy and led a group of Konoha's elite troops, heading excitedly towards the Land of Water.

After Konoha launched its attack on the Land of Water, the Iwa ninja of the Land of Earth made some subtle moves, but ultimately did not launch an attack on Konoha. Konoha's strength was no longer something the Iwa ninja could shake. If they really wanted to take action, the outcome would naturally be like a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

If even a major ninja village is like this, what about the smaller ninja villages and countries? Many small countries, such as the Land of Rain, the Land of Iron, the Land of Grass, and the Land of Rivers, have surrendered to Konoha and offered up their lands. Orochimaru's ability to conquer a country by himself is simply too devastating.

For small countries that surrendered, An'yan directly accepted the surrendered ninjas and incorporated them into the Konoha ninja ranks.

Inevitably, some ninjas, for one reason or another, were unwilling to submit to Konoha and chose to become rogue ninjas. In this regard, An'yan's decision was to hand over the rogue ninjas to the village that was responsible for dealing with them.

Jiraiya led the Konoha ninja all the way to the Land of Water, where they encountered resistance from Genji, Mei Terumi, and others. However, the Konoha ninja had all undergone genetic enhancement and had been transplanted with demon bloodlines, making them all incredibly powerful. They easily defeated the Mist Ninja.

The master died in battle, but before he died, he ordered Mei Terumi and others to surrender to Konoha. As an elder of Kirigakure, although the Land of Water was isolated from information, he had already seen Konoha's unstoppable momentum.

In order to preserve the strength of the Mist Ninja, Mei Terumi and others chose to surrender. Jiraiya and Sakumo Hatake led the elite Konoha ninja to fight against the Land of Water for less than a week before they completely conquered the Land of Water.

The remaining procedures did not need to be arranged by Jiraiya; some of the accompanying ninja clan members took care of them. Soon, the entire Daimyo family of the Land of Water was unexpectedly slaughtered by a group of mountain bandits who took advantage of the fact that Konoha was busy fighting the Mist Ninja and could not protect the Daimyo. Konoha felt very sorry about this and immediately eliminated the group of mountain bandits after taking control of the Land of Water.

With Konoha's momentum firmly established, the annexation of the Land of Water was surprisingly easy. After receiving Jiraiya's communication, An'yan immediately dispatched a large number of ninjas and administrators to the Land of Water to hand over the work.

At the same time, An Yan directly ordered the transfer of Mei Terumi and other elite former Mist Ninja to the border of the Land of Earth, in preparation for war with the Land of Earth at any time.

Meanwhile, An Yan wasn't idle either; he immediately sent a notice to Iwagakure, the contents of which were roughly as follows:

To the two scales of Ōnoki and the people of Iwagakure Village:

Konohagakure of the Land of Fire, based on the noble goal of maintaining lasting peace and unity in the ninja world, has now completed the integration of the three ninja villages of Wind, Lightning, and Water. The wheels of ninja history roll ever onward, and the old era of division and strife must come to an end.

The final choice is now given to Iwagakure Village:

1. Unconditional Surrender. The Tsuchikage, Onoki, disbands the Iwagakure ninja organization, opens all barriers, and Konoha takes over all military and political affairs of the Land of Earth. Iwagakure ninja may be incorporated into the Konoha system after review.

Second, it would mean certain destruction. The Konoha army has already deployed to the border of the Land of Earth. If no affirmative response is received within 24 hours, it may mean the complete destruction of Iwagakure.

I urge you to assess the situation carefully, avoid unnecessary sacrifices, and strive to secure a glimmer of hope for the people of this land.

—The Fourth Hokage of Konoha—An Yan (Yin)

If we can take down the Iwa ninja without bloodshed, it's best to avoid war. After all, war means death, and Konoha already has a shortage of talent and can't withstand the drain of war.

Konoha's psychological warfare tactic plunged the Iwakage's office into silence, followed by a fierce argument among the Iwakage's high-ranking members. Some roared, some trembled, some were afraid, and some struggled.

Ultimately, the powerful Onoki made up his mind to surrender to Konoha. Konoha's current strength was unstoppable, and surrendering was not shameful. Rather, it effectively preserved the strength of the Iwa ninja. If Konoha's strength were to decline one day, the Iwa ninja might be able to make a comeback.

Only by living can you have a future.

With great difficulty, Onoki ordered the surrender of the letter to Konoha, allowing the Iwa ninja to adopt a policy of non-resistance, letting the Konoha ninja enter the Land of Earth and take over the Iwa ninja's work. On the other hand, he accepted Yasuie's arrangement to disperse the elite Iwa ninja and distribute them to various parts of the world, so that they could not gather together to cause trouble.

After centuries of chaos in the ninja world, it was finally unified during An'an's reign.

With all five great nations under Konoha's control, other smaller countries naturally flocked to Konoha. Even though places like the Land of Snow were far away, they still sent envoys to express their willingness to join the Konoha family.

Once the armed forces unified the world, the next natural step was to establish a long-term system. The Konoha ninjas had little experience in this area, and even Tobirama Senju was somewhat at a loss, unable to find a direction.

Every system is established with a purpose. An Yan's first goal after achieving unification was naturally to rule the entire ninja world for a long time. In other words, under the premise of Konoha as the leadership, he would eliminate the threat of war, promote the integration of various ninja clans, and ultimately achieve long-term peace and stability.

The culture of the ninja world is different from that of his previous life. After careful consideration, An Yan did not directly adopt the "borrowing" approach and declare himself emperor. Instead, he decided to implement a semi-modern system, abolish the titles of various countries, and instead call the ninja world a federation and rename the original countries as states.

An Yan directly designated the original Konoha as the core of the federal administrative organs, established a parliamentary system, and served as the first speaker of the parliament, while other powerful personnel from various departments of Konoha became new members of parliament.

The main role of parliament is to decide on administrative matters such as laws, policies, elections, and budgets.

On the other hand, there is the military system. An'an directly abolished the right of local governments to militarize independently. All ninjas must undergo retraining in Konoha and pass ideological tests before they can enter the system.

Chapter 156 Konoha Rice Carrier

Under the new system, only Konoha can control military organizations; all other military organizations that do not have Konoha's consent can be considered illegal organizations.

All tailed beasts are directly taken in, managed, and researched by the military, which is directly commanded by the chairman, while the jinchūriki are directly appointed by the chairman.

An Yan's method of separating military and political affairs amazed Tobirama Senju, but An Yan himself said that the praise from his elders was nothing to mention, and that he was merely standing on the shoulders of giants.

The army and parliament are merely strategic goals in the general direction. How to proceed is something Konoha needs to figure out slowly. An Yan can only take it one step at a time, clearing paths through mountains and building bridges over rivers.

What Konoha needs to do next is simple: focus on infrastructure. To get rich, you must first build roads. Now that the ninja world is unified, it is essential to macro-manage resources between different regions.

The mineral veins of the Land of Wind, the stone materials of the Land of Earth, the technology of the Land of Thunder, the seafood of the Land of Water, and the timber and food of the Land of Fire—once these resources from various regions are mobilized, economic disparities will decrease, capital will flow, and all regions will prosper.

At the same time, An Yan also reformed the ninja mission system, breaking it down into multiple departments, some responsible for security, some for construction, and others for miscellaneous tasks.

Elite ninjas were directly incorporated into the military and controlled by the state, while mid- to lower-ranking ninjas were assigned to various industries. Thanks to their extraordinary chakra attributes, ninjas thrived in all walks of life.

After unification, ideological education became of paramount importance. An'yan directly rebuilt two schools, a high school and a university, on the basis of the Konoha Ninja Academy, specifically to train students who had graduated from the Ninja Academy.

An Yan personally compiled teaching materials, placing ideological unity as the top priority and elaborating on the concept of unification. This way, even if An Yan were no longer around, future generations would find ways to reunify the country, which was bound to be divided for a long time.

Time passed quietly, and Tsunade's child was soon born. It was a boy, and An Yan named him Water. The eldest son is An Shan, and the second son is An Shui, which is quite reasonable. If there are any more children in the future, they can be named after elements, such as wind, fire, thunder and lightning.

On this day, An Yan was handling official business when he suddenly looked up. Above him, black clouds surged, and a huge black vortex slowly rotated—it was a spatial teleportation portal.

An Yan raised an eyebrow. It seemed that something had happened in Konoha in the parallel world, and this was a summons for him to go there. He immediately opened his communicator, made some simple arrangements for the affairs of Konoha, stood up, pushed open the window of the Hokage's office, and soared into the sky, flying towards the center of the black cloud vortex above.

Tsunade wasn't particularly opposed to An Yan going to the parallel world, but she was a little worried that he would cause trouble there. Unfortunately, things were a bit rushed, and she couldn't arrange for anyone to go with An Yan.

An Yan plunged headfirst into the rolling black clouds, and the next moment he appeared in a parallel world.

As soon as An Yan passed through the clouds, he saw a Konoha rice carrier floating in the sky, chanting incantations while unleashing the Shinra Tensei. In a short moment, a large number of houses and buildings below were directly flattened, and debris continued to crowd out in all directions.

An Yan actually arrived at the time when Nagato attacked Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails. He only needed to glance at it to know that he was summoned by Sakura from Team 7. It seemed that Yamato had given the scroll that summoned him to Sakura.

However, none of these things mattered. The most urgent task was to save the villagers of Konoha. An Yan was also in the air and not far from Pain. He flew directly towards Pain. An Yan was focused from the moment he appeared until he launched his attack. He was extremely fast. Pain didn't have time to react and was interrupted by An Yan. He was punched to the ground.

The Shinra Tensei, which was originally enough to flatten the entire village, was interrupted by An Yan after clearing only an area of ​​a few hundred meters. Pain was smashed to the ground, breaking the earth into four or five pieces.

An Yan, who was in mid-air, raised his eyebrows, feeling somewhat surprised. His Super Strength Fist hadn't instantly killed Pain. He was surprisingly tough. No wonder he was the one who got hit by the Nine-Tails.

Sakura Haruno immediately noticed An Yan's presence. The prominent words "Fourth Hokage" on his divine robe clearly identified him. She excitedly said to Tsunade beside her, "Hokage-sama, it's the Fourth Hokage from a parallel world who has come to our aid."

Tsunade had just summoned a large number of slugs to protect the villagers, and she didn't have much fighting power left. When she heard Sakura Haruno's shout, she immediately looked at An Yan in the air. She had heard about her husband in this parallel world before. Her husband in the parallel world was really happy, unlike her, who lost her younger brother and lover at a young age.

Pain rose from the ground, lightly patted his clothes, and looked expressionlessly at An Yan in the sky. An Yan crossed his arms and looked down at Pain, exuding the aura of a powerful being.

As An Yan made his first appearance in this world, he exuded the aura of a boss. Tsunade, as the Fifth Hokage, naturally did not want An Yan to fight against Pain alone, so she came to the battlefield under the cover of several Anbu members.

"The Fourth Hokage? As far as I know, the Fourth Hokage is already dead. Who exactly are you?"

Pain directly asked An Yan a question, completely ignoring Tsunade and the others who were close to the battlefield. As he spoke, Naruto made a dazzling appearance, his Sage Mode eyeshadow looking incredibly cool.

At the same time, the remaining avatars of Pain arrived at the battlefield one after another, directly confronting the people of Konoha.

An Yan descended from the sky. He did not answer Pain's question. He placed one hand directly on Tsunade's body. The surrounding Anbu tried to stop him, but Tsunade waved her hand to stop them. A large amount of chakra rushed into Tsunade's body, filling her body completely. An Yan helped her recover a large amount of chakra, directly filling the Yin Seal between her eyebrows again.