In the 46th year of Konoha, the peaceful Konoha Village welcomed its first baby boom.

The wife of the Fourth Hokage's assistant, Minato Namikaze, gave birth to a son on October 9 and named him Namikaze Naruto.

The wife of Fugaku, the former head of the Uchiha clan, gave birth to her second son on October 10, and named him Uchiha Sasuke.

Although the two children's birthdays are one day apart, they are actually only one hour apart. Their mothers are best friends and even stayed in the same room in the hospital.

Less than two hours after they were born, blond-haired Naruto and black-haired Sasuke were already sleeping hand in hand on a baby bed.

Given the status of Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha, they were fully qualified and had the financial resources to live in a suite ward as a family, but the two mothers insisted on living together just to be able to chat better.

Uzumaki Kushina complained angrily, "These stinky men are so busy that they can't be seen every day. Let us sisters take care of each other!"

Uchiha Mikoto couldn't help but complain: "Minato is the Hokage's assistant, which is equivalent to half of the Hokage. It's natural that he is so busy that he can't be seen. Look at my Fugaku, he is neither the clan leader nor the minister, but he is still busy every day."

Namikaze Minato: “…”

Uchiha Fugaku: "..."

The men's looks at each other in confusion were soon interrupted by the sound of crying. There were more than just two children in the room. Once they started crying, it would trigger a chain reaction that would be earth-shattering.

It turned out that the first wave of baby boom in Konoha Village was so intense that there were so many pregnant women wanting to give birth that five pregnant women, including a pair of twins, squeezed into the original room for two people.

Soon, all the fathers, including Minato Namikaze, were driven out.

Even Uchiha You withdrew his prying gaze. After all, Miwa Masayo was squatting on his shoulder. If he peeped at a married woman breastfeeding her child in front of the kitten, he might get beaten by the cat.

After retracting his gaze, Uchiha You continued to grill. The black scorpion's claws were sizzling and the aroma was fragrant.

Knock out a crack and peel off the crispy and charred shell to reveal the tender, shrimp-like meat inside. The delicious aroma is refreshing and delightful.

The "big evil" who was sitting opposite the fire had his nose twitching uncontrollably and tears were streaming from the corners of his mouth. The Akimichi BBQ restaurant in Konoha Village was doing bad business, and this was indeed the reason.

When Uchiha You sprinkled salt evenly and then sprinkled the unique mixed spices of the desert, the mouth-watering exotic aroma immediately rose to the sky.

As soon as Uchiha You opened his mouth to say "Okay", Tsunade reached out and snatched away the largest pair of claws without any hesitation.

She was not afraid of the heat, nor did she mind her dirty hands. She simply took out the snow-white scorpion meat and stuffed it into her mouth, devouring it with relish.

While eating, Tsunade also praised: "It's delicious, so delicious, Uchiha You really deserve to be the number one gourmet in Konoha!"

"Hot, hot, hot. Ah, it would be nice if there was some iced wine to go with the meal."

"Even if we don't have the refreshing and sweet Kikunoka sake, a beer would be just as good!"

Uchiha You prepared scorpion claw meat for the kitten, and then his own portion. While tasting it, he completely ignored Tsunade's complaints and pretended she didn't exist.

But Tsunade's chattering was so powerful that it finally broke Uchiha Yu's defense.

He said dissatisfiedly: "Tsunade-senpai, you are about to leave for the past time and space, so stop nagging me. Drinking will only delay your trip!"

Tsunade swallowed the meat in her mouth and said disdainfully: "Tsk, I am Tsunade, what will drinking a little wine do? After drinking, I will be more energetic to deal with difficulties."

However, Tsunade was just muttering. The reason she didn't drink was not because Uchiha You didn't give her alcohol, but because she was very serious about controlling her desires.

Uchiha You knew that Tsunade had brought wine secretly, and there was a silver wine jug around her waist.

According to the agreement with Orochimaru, he would not stop Tsunade from drinking, but as long as she took out the wine and took a sip, the time travel would end.

Fortunately, Tsunade controlled herself and resisted her urge to drink. She didn't drink a drop. After eating, she came to the platform of the giant tree and saw the 9.0 version of the World Gate.

In the end, Uchiha You still asked: "Tsunade-senpai, why do you want to go to the past to redeem your regrets?"

Tsunade asked curiously, "Shouldn't I save my relatives and loved ones?"

Uchiha You shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant. Whether it's the Second Hokage, Kato Dan-senpai, or Nawaki, I can find a way to revive them. Why bother going over to save them?"

Tsunade sighed and replied, "Orochimaru also told me about this. He said he could revive my relatives as well."

"Of course I want them to be resurrected, and I will ask you to help resurrect them at any cost. It would be best if my grandpa and grandma could be resurrected together."

"But this does not conflict with my going to save them, not at all!"

"Even if Grandpa, Second Grandpa, Dan and Nawaki were resurrected, it was all thanks to you and Orochimaru. What did I do?"

"If I just enjoy the results you produce, I still can't get over the hurdle in my heart. I can't get rid of the knowledge that I am incompetent and guilty."

Tsunade stretched out her hands, clenched her fists tightly, and made a sound of exploding air.

“I always have to save them with my own strength, so that I can feel that I have tried my best, and my sin of incompetence has been washed away, and I can move forward.”

Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo sighed in unison. They both understood what Tsunade meant. This adventure was not only a journey to save their loved ones, but also a journey to save their own hearts.

Uchiha You stretched out his hand, pointed it at the Gate of the World, and said, "Then let's start with Kato Dan, since his death is the closest."

Tsunade shook her head and said, "No, starting with Rope Tree, their deaths were not too far apart. I want to solve two problems at once."

Miwa Masayo said in surprise: "Tsunade, this is several years, meow. We don't know what changes will happen if we stay in the past for so long, meow!"

Uchiha You frowned and said, "You may not be able to come back..."

Tsunade said nonchalantly: "Not that long, in fact, it's only been a little over five years."

"I will be careful not to expose myself to more people. I will spend my time in the wilderness where no one is around and will not have any unnecessary interactions with people from the past."

"It's just a hard life. For the sake of the rope and the tree, for the sake of breaking, I can definitely endure it."

Uchiha You nodded speechlessly, pushed his hand forward, and changed the time that the World Gate was pointing to.

At the same time, he stretched out his other hand and lightly touched the backs of Tsunade's hands, leaving a six-petal snowflake-shaped seal.

This is the 6.0 version of the Spacetime Defense Seal, developed in conjunction with the World Gate adjustment, which unifies time defense and beacon calling into one.

The new version of the space-time defense seal is powerful and can protect the main body from accidental space-time chaos, and will not result in limb mutilation like the black-shelled scorpion.

After making all the preparations, Uchiha You said to Tsunade, "Senior Tsunade, go ahead."

Tsunade crossed her hands in front of her, facing the seals on her hands outward, and without hesitation, she jumped into the World Gate and disappeared.

Tsunade's passing caused a huge shock in the World Gate. The mirror-smooth gate was shaking constantly and countless lightning scattered out.

Faced with this intense and violent scene, Uchiha You remained indifferent. He even put down his hands and retreated with Miwa Masaya to a safe place.

A man and a cat sat on the edge of the platform, watching the new version of the World Gate suppress its own shocks.

Although they look relaxed, if you look closely you will find that Uchiha Yu is holding the Flying Thunder God seal in his left hand, while Miwa Masaya is holding a small fire ball in his two paws.

It was obvious that both of them were ready to escape at any time, and with their speed, they were going to use the Flying Thunder God Technique and Fire Jump, so they would definitely run a long distance, and they should be leaving the Loulan Secret Realm.

Fortunately, the shock of the World Gate gradually subsided, and calm was completely restored after more than ten minutes.

Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Miwa Masayo was very satisfied with the rapid recovery of the World Gate: "That's great, meow. I was worried that it would blow up the entire platform, meow."

Uchiha You complained: "Lihua-chan, as my companion, shouldn't you have confidence in me?"

The tabby cat glanced at him and asked unhappily, "You, do you remember how many times you blew up this platform, meow?"

"I was curious at first, why such an important core building is made of a not-so-sturdy wooden structure."

"So Yuu was thinking about rebuilding from the beginning, and used wooden buildings to make it easier to rebuild, meow."

Uchiha You laughed awkwardly: "Haha, this kind of failure is normal. No matter what, there will always be failures during the development period."

The tabby cat chuckled and said, "Every time you increase the total amount of chakra of the traveler, it will cause the fluctuation to intensify until it gets out of control, and then blow up the entire platform, meow."

"Although the travelers are fine every time, we have to face the power of the explosion. It's very scary."

"The key is that each attack is more powerful than the last. I'm worried that you'll blow up the entire Loulan Secret Realm this time, and then have to start all over again from scratch."

Uchiha Yuu had nothing more to say.

But today was a success after all, so he quickly calmed down and said with a smile: "But I succeeded today. The idea of ​​using the shock wave to suppress the shock wave was completely successful."

"When I strengthen it, we won't have to rebuild the tree platform again."

The tabby cat laughed: "Meow, meow, meow, I don't believe it."

"You are the last one to go, meow. How big is the difference between your chakra and Tsunade's? Don't you have an idea, meow?"

Uchiha You was angry: "Humph, if you say that again, I won't make fried fish tonight!"

Tabby cat: “Meow?”

"Help meow, I did something wrong meow, I won't say it again meow!"

…

Tsunade felt that she was so stupid. She actually believed Uchiha's words so easily and jumped into something inexplicable without thinking.

Now she felt like she had entered a super huge whirlpool, or the belly of the Nine-Tailed Fox. The high-speed rotation made her hands and feet seem to be weighed down with weights of thousands of pounds. She could not lift her hands and feet at all, and even her joints were creaking, as if they could break at any time.

In fact, she didn't care about her hands and feet because her neck could not hold up her head. It seemed that all the blood rushed into her head, causing her face to swell and hurt, and her eyes were so bloodshot that her vision turned completely red.

It was unknown how much time had passed, but Tsunade seemed to be in life-threatening danger. The Yin Seal between her brows automatically released, and the stored chakra was output to the whole body to resist the huge centrifugal force.

She then lost consciousness.

When she regained consciousness, she found that she was lucky enough to have her limbs intact, her body was not hurt, and even the chakra stored in the Yin Seal was not lost, as if everything before was an illusion.

But she knew that this was no illusion.

Uchiha You had warned her seriously that in the process of traveling through time, she would encounter situations where the results and causes were confusing, and anything could happen, so she must not be careless.

This is also the reason why Tsunade set the Yin Seal to automatically activate before setting off.

After checking her body and making sure she was fine, she began to explore her surroundings, trying to figure out where she was.

Then you have to figure out whether you really traveled through time and whether you returned to the correct time.

More than ten hours later, Tsunade found the casino in Tansho Street in Kawanoto.

She really didn't do this on purpose, but she didn't know how she ended up here. It seemed that she found this place by smelling the air, or perhaps relying on her intuition.

Here, Tsunade easily figured out the time, June of the 32nd year of Konoha.

Tsunade felt satisfied: "Well done, Uchiha Yuu, the Uchiha clan finally has a reliable guy. I won't beat you up when I get back."

Tsunade's heart was full of desire at this time. She did not drink or gamble. She turned north without hesitation and rushed to the place where Orochimaru told her that Rope Tree had an accident.

[Shengshu, my dear brother, I will never let you die this time! ]

[No matter who it is, I will find the person who murdered you and make him go to hell forever! ]

…

A few days later, at the border between the Kingdom of Rivers and the Kingdom of Fire, Orochimaru and his disciples were patrolling along the border.

Because the terrain of River Country severely restricts transportation, the battlefields between Sand Village and Konoha Village will bypass River Country, so few ninjas from Sand Village come from River Country.

But few does not mean none.

There are always some ninjas who are tasked with reconnaissance or intelligence liaison, who pass through the River Country and take a shortcut to reach the Fire Country.

Therefore, the patrol mission here at the border of River Country cannot be stopped, but relatively speaking, it is the area with the least number of battles and the weakest enemy level.

In the past year, the Konoha ninjas have encountered no more than 100 Sand Village ninjas here, and the highest-level ninja was only a Chunin.

Because he knew these data, Orochimaru couldn't help but relax a little.

He raised his eyes and scanned the surrounding environment. He did not see any signs of ninjas passing by, nor did he see any signs of traps being set. He relaxed the restraints slightly and let the monkey-like Rope Tree run forward freely.

Shengshu cheered and ran wildly in the forest happily. He made the same noise as ten people, and even the silent forest seemed noisy.

Orochimaru, who is naturally cold-hearted, is very tolerant of Nawaki. Not only does he not mind his noise, he even slightly raises the corners of his mouth, revealing a rare sincere smile.

But it all ended in a sudden explosion.

As the strongest of the three ninjas of Konoha, Orochimaru possesses a wealth of ninja knowledge and combat experience, and he immediately determined that the explosion was a detonating tag.

He even figured out how to detonate the detonating talisman and how to set up traps.

What made Orochimaru agree coldly was that this trap was obviously designed for him, and it was not even designed to kill him, Orochimaru, but to make him unable to detect it from a distance.

[This is a trap for me, no, it's for the Rope Tree! ]

Orochimaru's pupils shrank into a vertical line, and a cold murderous intent emanated from him like ice. He wanted to kill someone.

Such an obviously targeted trap is definitely going to kill Sheng Shu.

Although Orochimaru was already in despair, he still rushed forward madly, hoping that a miracle would happen at the Rope Tree.

And a miracle really happened.

When Orochimaru rushed to the explosive trap, he saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure. She held Rope Tree tightly in her arms and used her back to withstand the power of the detonating tag.

Orochimaru and Nawaki exclaimed together, "Tsunade/sister? Why are you here?"

Then Nawaki yelled in panic: "Teacher Orochimaru, please save my sister, she was blown up by the detonating talisman!"

Before he could shout a second time, a white and tender hand covered in blood pressed on his head, pressing down with great force, stopping his roar.

Tsunade laughed and scolded, "Stupid brother, I am the number one medical ninja in Konoha Village. Do I need Orochimaru to help save lives?"

White smoke came out of her body, and the wound on her back squirmed in the smoke, healing almost in the blink of an eye.

Even the blood that flows from the body is not wasted, but is directly absorbed into the body and becomes nutrients to heal injuries.

There was a flash of surprise and doubt in Orochimaru's eyes. He recognized that this was a technique that Tsunade had mentioned.

She said that she wanted to combine sealing techniques with medical ninjutsu to simulate the medical techniques of the first Hokage, the strongest medical technique that could heal all injuries at any time on the battlefield.

As long as you develop this technique, you can become stronger and stronger on the battlefield like the first Hokage. As long as you have enough chakra, you will never die on the battlefield.

But this technique should be just an idea, and even the appropriate sealing technique has not been selected. Now it looks completely mature and reliable.

Orochimaru began to doubt the identity of Tsunade in front of him, and he even became more cautious.

He moved carefully, stood beside Tsunade and Nawaki, and approached them to a distance of only 4 meters.

Here he only needed one step to squeeze in between the two people and grab the rope tree out in an instant.

Only then did Orochimaru relax a little and asked, "Tsunade, shouldn't you be back in the village to oversee the construction of the hospital? Why are you suddenly here?"

This question was so sharp that even Tsunade couldn't answer it because it was too easy to be debunked.

But Tsunade didn't care at all. She just hugged Nawaki tightly in her arms, feeling her brother's body temperature and elasticity, and his healthy and strong heartbeat.