The moment the Travel Frog departed with Mitsuki and this world's Orochimaru, Mitsuki's true father—the future Orochimaru—had a fleeting moment of distortion across his beautiful, youthful face...
He turned to Naruto Uzumaki. "What the hell just happened?"
Naruto was a bit dazed. "I..."
"Seems like whether it's you from that world or the summoning beast you raised, you're both the ultimate accident-prone duo," Kakashi sighed, rubbing his forehead.
Sasuke suddenly spoke up. "Hold on! You dead weight! Hand over your mission scroll!!"
If future Orochimaru had broken into their world, then what about Naruto's two missions?!
[Mission Rank: SS-Class]
[Mission Content: Prevent Orochimaru from placing a cursed seal on Sasuke Uchiha.]
[Mission Status: Completed.]
[Mission Rank: A-Rank]
[Mission Content: Prevent Orochimaru from killing his master.]
[Mission Status: Completed.]
"!!!"
What expression could anyone here possibly have besides utter shock upon seeing both missions marked complete simultaneously?
Edo Tensei Tobirama examined the mission scroll in Naruto's hand with keen interest. "So this is the thing? The space-time energy imbued within it is quite unique."
Minato from the Kannabi Bridge Timeline explained to them. "Upon completing a mission, corresponding mission rewards are awarded."
"Even a D-rank mission yields rewards equivalent to a top-tier A-rank mission in Konoha."
The moment he finished, the others' expressions shifted from surprise to outright uproar.
A D-rank mission matched with top-tier A-rank rewards?! Could such a thing be possible?!
Before Minato Namikaze finished, he continued. "Grade C mission reward refers to someone from one parallel world reaching another; Grade B-rank mission reward involves crucial intelligence—like the tip we once received confirming the Uchiha Clan's monument had been tampered with by Black Zetsu long ago. In other words, Madara Uchiha was likely deceived by Black Zetsu."
The Senju brothers, Hashirama and Tobirama, exchanged a glance. Though brimming with questions, they held back from asking Minato at this moment, choosing instead to wait until he finished speaking.
Minato continued. "The mission reward for an A-rank mission is time travel. Based on the sequence of our mission scrolls, I believe that once we collect the mission reward for the S-rank mission, we will travel to another parallel world."
"Alright, let's get to the point."
"Who gets time traveled? How long before they return? What are S-rank and SS-rank mission rewards?"
"If all goes as planned, the A-rank mission reward time travel should involve members of Team Minato and Team Kakashi. Sometimes nearby individuals are brought along too. The return time is unpredictable—typically, they can only come back after resolving the issues in their respective worlds. However, the two worlds don't flow simultaneously."
Tobirama Senju nodded, indicating he understood, and motioned for him to continue.
Minato: "S-rank mission rewards have always been power. As for SS-rank missions, this is our first encounter with them."
At this point, the young Kakashi motioned for Naruto to open his ninja pouch.
Similar to the Nine-Tails chakra seal from last time, it contained three cards.
"Three guys I don't recognize." He flashed three cards. "But one looks like he's from your family, Sasuke—he's got Sharingan. And another guy must be Hinata's family, right? They've all got white eyes."
"What?" Sharingan?!
Sasuke and Obito immediately crowded in to look!
"No, I don't recognize this person," Sasuke stated.
Obito: "Indra? What a strange name, and it doesn't even have the Uchiha surname."
"Could it be Indra Uchiha?" Naruto flipped through the cards. "The name really is odd, dattebayo."
The Fourth Hokage took the other two cards.
"Hamura Ōtsutsuki and Ashura?" Analyzing the photos, he deduced: "Indra and Asura share similar attire styles and naming conventions. But that young man with the white eyes doesn't bear the Hyūga surname..."
Edo Tensei Tobirama: "Male Hyūga clan members all have black hair. At least in my time, they were as strict as the Uchiha about prohibiting intermarriage to prevent bloodline dilution."
"The key is that youth's surname..." Minato from the Kannabi Bridge Timeline's expression grew grave.
Ōtsutsuki!
The three Edo Tensei Hokages were unaware of the situation.
"I've never heard of the Ōtsutsuki surname. Have you?" asked Edo Tensei Tobirama.
The Edo Tensei Fourth Hokage also looked at his counterpart from another era.
Minato from the Kannabi Bridge Timeline:
"It's said the Sage of the Six Paths' mother was named Ōtsutsuki Kaguya—the ultimate enemy of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Only by uniting all ninja into an Allied Shinobi Forces and collaborating with the Nine-Tailed Tailed Beasts could she be opposed."
Hashirama pondered a previous question: "You mentioned Black Zetsu tampered with the Uchiha monument. Madara once took me to see a monument only visible to those with Sharingan. Was that it?"
"Also, didn't you say we should have been able to time travel after collecting the S-rank mission reward? Why haven't we time traveled yet?"
Recalling how they got stuck in the Warring States Period before because they hadn't collected the B-rank mission reward, causing a bug that prevented them from returning to their own time. Minato from the Kannabi Bridge Timeline said:
"It's probably because we haven't truly obtained the S-rank mission reward yet."
"What do you mean?"
The Edo Tensei Hashirama and Naruto Uzumaki shared the same airheaded nature—one asked his younger brother, the other his father.
Well, Naruto had two fathers now, but since he'd spent more time with Minato from the Kannabi Bridge Timeline, he instinctively turned to him.
Edo Tensei Tobirama looked at his older brother and Naruto, feeling like it was the old days when his brother was with Hashirama.
He explained, "As you just mentioned, if A-rank mission reward grants time travel to parallel worlds, and S-rank mission reward offers rewards like the Mangekyō Sharingan or Nine-Tails chakra, then SS-rank mission reward shouldn't just be three ordinary cards."
"Try using these three cards," Sasuke urged.
He recalled how the last person who received the cards had immediately activated the Nine-Tails chakra mode.
Obito cautioned, "First, try just saying 'use the card' or reciting the name on it. Last time, I blurted out 'use Hashirama's cells' and nearly died from my own mission reward."
Mentioning that incident sent a chill down Rin and Young Kakashi's spines, leaving them both speechless and shaken.
"You've managed to become such a liability—unbelievable! Idiot." The sharp-tongued Young Kakashi didn't hold back in his criticism.
Edo Tensei Tobirama frowned. "I've sensed my brother's chakra on you since earlier," he said, his voice tinged with anger. "You actually used his cells? But if you used his cells, there's no reason you should still be standing here unscathed. What's the reason behind this?"
"This was information we obtained from the mission scrolls earlier," the Adult Kakashi hastily explained. "Using White Zetsu components can neutralize Hashirama's cells. Moreover, Hashirama's cells are the true cure for the Mangekyo Sharingan's Kekkei Genkai disease."
"What? My brother's cells—are the true cure for the Mangekyo Sharingan's Kekkei Genkai disease?"
Who would have thought that returning to the world after death would bring so many shocks for the two brothers.
"It's a long story, but should we use these three cards first?"
"..." Though it seemed unlikely, logically speaking, it should summon the three individuals depicted on the cards, right?
Obito said, 'Regardless, anyone with a Sharingan must be kin to me and Sasuke!'"
Young Kakashi warned, "Don't get too hopeful. Based on past experience..."
He sighed and amended, "Never mind. Just do your best."
Watching Obito Uchiha argue with Kakashi, the Edo Tensei Fourth Hokage couldn't fathom how this Obito could be the masked man from his memories.
Yet, Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan did possess the same abilities as the masked man. There was no denying it.
Naruto tried the previous method and actually succeeded in using the three cards.
Hiashi Hyūga, the clan head summoned by the Hokage, arrived just in time.
The blue-haired, white-eyed youth looked somewhat bewildered.
The two young men in ninshū attire immediately locked horns upon meeting.
"Ashura!!!"
Calling it a standoff was an exaggeration—it was more like the youth was single-handedly targeting the other.
The opponent's surging chakra and seemingly unapproachable demeanor caused the Hokage to grow secretly wary.
Especially Tobirama Senju, who harbored no fondness for this youth bearing a striking resemblance to Madara Uchiha.
It was the brown-haired, short-haired youth opposite him, however, that Tobirama sensed carried chakra similar to his elder brother's. This struck him as utterly astonishing.
"Brother!" Ashura gazed at Indra. That final battle had torn the brothers apart, yet truthfully, he never wished to face his own sibling unless absolutely necessary.
Brother...?!
The Konoha villagers observed the two men in similar attire. They did share certain resemblances.
But...
Why did it feel so strange?!
Especially since Tobirama had just thought Indra resembled Madara Uchiha, while Ashura possessed chakra akin to his own elder brother's. Now, suddenly hearing Ashura address Indra as "Brother"...
It just felt utterly off.
It even reminded him of his old rival, Izuna Uchiha. Unlike his own habit of calling his elder brother "Aniki," Izuna preferred to address Madara Uchiha as "Brother."
"You two," the dazed young man with white eyes said, "could you be Ashura and Indra? Perhaps you don't remember me. I'm your uncle, the younger brother of Hagoromo Otsutsuki. My name is Hamura Otsutsuki."
Wait a minute...
This relationship doesn't quite add up, does it?
Hiashi Hyūga and the Hyūga clan member he brought along felt even more bewildered.
The man possessing their clan's Byakugan claimed to be an "uncle of the Uchiha"?!!
…What?
….
SS-rank missions offer random mission rewards—anything is possible.