Naruto and Minato Namikaze were both a bit speechless after hearing Itachi's words.
Only they knew that the whole chuunibyou thing was completely made up by Naruto.
"Ahem." Naruto cleared his throat twice and said, "Since that's the case, let's split up and act!"
"The Akatsuki Organization has already started collecting Tailed Beasts, and you all should know their purpose for doing so."
"Even though it's not our own world, we must still stop the mastermind's conspiracy!"
Just as Naruto finished speaking, Itachi clenched his fist and said firmly, "We must let the red ideology illuminate the entire Ninja World across all time and space."
"That's right. Only the red ideology can bring peace," Nagato echoed, then continued, "I will go find my counterpart in this time and space and spread the red ideology to him, so he won't continue to be used by the mastermind!"
Although Jiraiya didn't say anything, a light appeared in his eyes, the light of revolution.
Not only Nagato was going to find his counterpart in this time and space, but Jiraiya was also going to find his; he knew that his counterpart at this time should still be searching for the Child of Prophecy, or had already identified who the Child of Prophecy was.
But Jiraiya knew, even if the Child of Prophecy was found, what then? At most, it would bring less than a hundred years of peace to the Ninja World.
Only the red ideology can bring permanent peace to the Ninja World!
Seeing the three of them so passionate, Naruto was very pleased.
On the other hand, Minato Namikaze felt that Naruto was a bit underhanded. After all, the red ideology was started by him, but his passion was not as strong as the others.
However, Minato Namikaze was still very satisfied with the current state of the Ninja World.
Minato Namikaze was also a firm believer in the red ideology. Unlike the others, he had a deep longing for the great nation called Zhong Huajia in another world.
His dream was to transform the Ninja World into a peaceful world like Zhong Huajia.
In fact, not only Minato Namikaze, but even Zephyr in the Sealing Space also longed for Zhong Huajia. He once said, "If I could return to my world, I would dedicate my entire life to achieving revolution. Even if it wasn't completed in the end, I would have no regrets. At least… I would have done something meaningful for the entire world."
After leaving the black market.
The group re-grouped.
Uchiha Itachi and Nagato were a team, targeting the Akatsuki Organization.
They needed to find their counterparts in this time and space and then try to use persuasion to alleviate their chuunibyou.
Naruto and Sasori were a team.
Naruto had nothing much to do, while Sasori wanted to find his counterpart in this time and space and experience the feeling of beating himself up.
Finally, it was Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze.
Their target was Konoha Village.
After leaving the black market, Naruto and Sasori headed towards Sand Ninja Village.
According to Naruto's analysis, it should be the time when the Akatsuki Organization started capturing Tailed Beasts, so to find Sasori in this time and space, going to Sand Ninja Village was the right move.
A day later.
Sasori and Naruto arrived at the entrance of Sand Ninja Village.
As soon as they arrived, the two met a group of people.
Walking towards them were Uzumaki Naruto, Sakura Haruno, Kakashi, and Temari from this time and space.
"Well, well. Sasori, we've arrived at just the right time! I bet it won't be long before you can beat yourself up!"
Sasori:
"I told you, I'm only doing this to test my puppet skills a few years from now, not out of a perverse desire to beat myself up."
Naruto shrugged indifferently at his words and said, "It's all beating, anyway!"
"Hmph! I believe my puppet skills a few years from now will definitely be able to defeat these mechanical bodies you've made!"
"Don't dream! I think you… just stop making excuses. You just want to beat yourself up! I understand."
At this point, Naruto looked at the older Naruto walking towards them and continued, "Because I have the same idea!"
Naruto didn't know if Sasori had a perverse sense of humor, but Naruto definitely had a perverse desire to beat up his counterpart from this time and space.
Kakashi looked at Naruto and Sasori with a wary expression, mainly because their cloaked and masked appearance was simply too mysterious.
Kakashi looked at Naruto and Sasori, and quietly asked Temari beside him, "Are these people from Sand Ninja Village?"
Temari took the fan from her back, made a fighting stance, and said, "No, they are not!"
Kakashi, hearing this, also became vigilant.
"Are you… from the Akatsuki Organization?"
Kakashi asked, narrowing his eyes.
Just as Kakashi finished speaking, Naruto excitedly jumped out from the side.
"Huh? Are you guys from the Akatsuki Organization? Give Gaara back to me!"
As he spoke, Da Mingren charged towards Naruto and Sasori.
Kakashi didn't stop Naruto, but watched silently. This was also a test of the two mysterious people in front of him.
Sasori smiled at this, "Tsk tsk. This really isn't like you! Too reckless."
"Different timelines mean two different people. I'm not as reckless as him."
With that, Naruto stepped forward and punched Da Mingren in the stomach.
This punch directly sent Da Mingren to his knees on the ground.
"Don't be so reckless, we're not enemies!"
Da Mingren naturally wouldn't listen to Naruto's words. Just as he was about to charge forward again, he was stopped by Kakashi.
"Naruto, calm down."
Xiao Mingren's movements just now were very fast, so fast that Kakashi, who hadn't activated his Sharingan, could barely keep up.
There was only one person Kakashi knew who could move so fast that he couldn't keep up, and that was his good friend, Might Guy.
"A Taijutsu master like Might Guy?"
Thinking this, Kakashi looked at Xiao Mingren and said, "Since you're not enemies, could you please take off your masks?"
Just as Kakashi finished speaking, he felt his hand being corroded by a scorching Chakra.
Seeing this, Kakashi instinctively pulled back his arm, and then saw that the Naruto he had just grabbed had already begun to transform into a Tailed Beast.
"Naruto, you…"
"Kakashi-sensei, I'm fine! The Nine-Tailed voluntarily lent me its power."
At this point, Da Mingren stared intently at Xiao Mingren and asked in a deep voice, "The Nine-Tailed wants me to ask you, who exactly are you? Why do you have the Nine-Tailed's Chakra on you?"
"Who am I? Hahahahaha… Of course, I…"
At this point, Xiao Mingren ripped off his mask and continued, "Of course, I am you."
Seeing Xiao Mingren's face, which was much more youthful than Da Mingren's, Kakashi, Sakura, and Temari were all shocked.
"What exactly is going on?"
Da Mingren was also a bit bewildered. He never expected the face under the mask to look like this. He had to admit, it was quite handsome.
Sasori, who had been standing silently behind, was a bit speechless when he saw Naruto reveal his identity.
"What happened to staying hidden?"