Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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Then, he said to Naruto, "..."

"Young man, don't call people out like that."

"Although my name is Daidao, I don't know you. Don't let your crimes implicate me."

"It really is you, old man with the sword! Help me!! I'm Naruto Uzumaki from Konoha!!!"

Dao Dao's face stiffened, and then a chilling aura emanated from ahead. Naruto seemed to sense something as well, realizing that the cool and sexy young woman from just moments before had transformed into an ice-cold knight.

"So they are ninjas from Konoha."

"I said so."

"Cuff him! Take him straight to prison!!"

"Eh!!!"

click-

boom.

Naruto's right hand was bound by the latest chakra binding handcuffs developed by the ancient Loulan Kingdom: Model A, which effectively seals the chakra and strength of a Jonin for more than three days.

At this moment, Naruto, who had been brought directly to the men's prison, looked ashen-faced: "Could it be that Konoha has had some kind of conflict with this country?"

"That doesn't make sense. I clearly fought with Centipede in the ancient Loulan Kingdom, how could it have turned out like this..."

"The ancient Loulan Kingdom? Hey buddy next door, judging from your words, you're also a Konoha ninja?"

"Yeah, yeah. Who are you?" Naruto leaned against the left side of the wall and asked the cell next to him.

More than half a year ago, this was a partition wall made of iron pillars, but now it has been replaced with a wall covered with cement, so Naruto can't see what the people next door look like.

"Ahem. I am Minato Namikaze, a ninja from Konoha." Minato Namikaze, who was about the same age as Naruto but looked more mature, also seemed somewhat helpless at this moment.

Not long ago, he, Kakashi, Akimichi Choza, and Aburame Shiki, a total of three Jonin and one Genin, arrived in Roran to investigate: to find the Konoha team that had come to collect intelligence but had gone missing.

It has been found.

But there's no going back.

Therefore, there is no point in hiding one's identity at this moment. It would be better to ask if the ninja next door is from one's own village.

"Minato Namikaze? That name sounds familiar. My name is Naruto Uzumaki, have you heard of me?"

"Uh... Uzumaki clan ninjas? Sorry, I don't think I've ever heard of them." Minato Namikaze scratched his head awkwardly.

"Speaking of which, did you come to Loulan on some mission from the Third Hokage?"

"Grandpa Three Generations?! But Grandpa Three Generations is dead! Wait a minute! Could this be the past?!"

"The Hokage is dead?"

"Who's talking nonsense here? Don't let my current jail status fool you, I'll give you a couple of punches when we go out for dinner later, you hear me!"

"What idiot is that?" Kakashi thought as he listened to someone cursing that the Third Hokage was dead, while also observing the situation of the people being held captive on the side.

"Ugh. When are we finally going to be let go? We've been locked up for three days already!"

"Forget it."

On the other side, a ninja wearing an Amegakure headband would be recognized by Shirahoshi if he were here; he would recognize the ninja as Kiyomi, whom he had fought several years ago during World War II.

"The ancient Loulan Kingdom hides a huge secret. We will most likely become test subjects."

"Experiment, experimental subject?" In the cell to Kakashi's right, Shiranui Kumo, who had led the graduating class the previous year, gripped the iron pillar with both hands:

"Hey, hey, hey, you're not kidding, are you? My girlfriend is still waiting for me in Konoha!!"

"Then who can you blame?"

"Blame yourself for entering the ancient kingdom of Loulan, breaking its rules, and misusing your chakra."

"And it turns out they were actually Konoha ninjas who had been hiding their identities," Qingyu said sarcastically.

"Damn it! I finally became a Jonin leader, and it hasn't even been a year before I'm going to die... I'm so unwilling to accept this."

"I wonder if my good buddy will pass the Chunin Exams this year."

"Yun Jian's good buddy?" Kakashi's mask twitched slightly. "It wouldn't be that guy named Shirahoshi, would it?"

"It's him. He disappeared for four years and suddenly came back, missing last year's Chunin Exams... Sigh. I won't be able to watch my buddy fail to advance this year."

"???"

Are you guys really buddies?

Kakashi couldn't help but reach out and press his mask down, asking a question.

“Of course! We’re best buddies who can talk about anything!” Shiranui Kumo retorted.

Soon, the cell bells rang, and many prisoners emerged from the cell as prompted by the automatic cell switches.

"time to eat."

"You need to finish your labor reform work this afternoon, so please do your best."

"What kind of labor camp work?" Naruto saw that everyone outside had come out, so he followed them out and turned to ask the seemingly cheerful young man behind him.

Minato Namikaze said helplessly, "It's just riding a bicycle or carrying some heavy objects."

"Eh?"

In the canteen used by the labor camp, Naruto learned the general situation while eating and revealed that he was a time traveler from the future, but he didn't know why he came to this time and space. His purpose was to stop Centipede from using the Dragon Vein power sealed by the Fourth Hokage.

"Centipede. Didn't that guy die a long time ago?" Kakashi took a bite of rice. There would be a lot of physical work later, so if he didn't eat more, he wouldn't be able to do it.

Those who are weak will have to undergo electrical stimulation.

“Centipede. Well, that person tried to assassinate the Queen of Loulan a year ago, but was killed by the leader of the White Cross organization.” Minato Namikaze revealed the information from a year ago.

"If you are from the future, what will Loulan be like then?"

Compared to the original story, Minato Namikaze dealt with the puppet soldiers with great ease, and thus remained calm and composed.

But now that he's a prisoner, he wants to know more.

"It's ruins."

"But what kind of organization is the White Cross?"

Naruto took a bite of the rice and thought to himself that the taste and texture weren't very good, but it was still edible.

Minato Namikaze, Choza Akimichi, and Shimi Aburame exchanged a glance and sighed helplessly.

Finally, Minato Namikaze stated a fact: "If you don't know this organization..."

"That means that the centipede from back then did indeed come from the future, and so did you. But our world timelines are not the same."

Naruto listened to Minato Namikaze's explanation in shock, then asked blankly, "What is a timeline?"

The four people at the table simultaneously broke out in a cold sweat: "You kid, are you just naturally dense?! You don't even understand this?!"

"It's like how the differences between worlds lead to differences in timelines."

Shiranui Kumo, carrying a food tray, approached the table for six. Seeing that the prison guards weren't paying them any attention, she continued:

"For example."

"You ate today, right?"

"Mhm." Naruto listened attentively.

"Then if you could go back in time and die in the past, how could the fact that you're eating today have even happened?"

Therefore, going back to the past is just a paradox and does not exist.

"Senior Yunjian, you know so much!" Minato Namikaze exclaimed.

"Hehe. My good buddy was talking about what happened during his two-year trip, and I overheard a little bit of it," Shiranui Kumo said, scratching his head.

"Cousin, what are we going to do?" Genma Shiranui said from the side. "Are we really going to be convicts for life?"

Raido Namiya took a bite of bean sprout rice and looked utterly desperate: "If I could go back, I would never eat bean sprouts again, this devilish thing."

"He also said that once the prison guards stop feeding you, you'll realize how lucky you are to have food," Yamashiro Aoba sighed helplessly.

Suddenly, a commotion arose at the door. The next second, a pale-skinned young man with a bruised and swollen face walked in, his hands bound with iron ring handcuffs that restricted chakra.

Naruto took a bite of his food, then turned his head and glanced at the other person: "Hey. This guy looks like my teammate?"

Upon hearing this, all five people fell silent.

Sai heard Naruto's voice, took a step and walked over. When he reached Naruto, he couldn't help but say, "Is it possible that I really am your teammate?"

"..."

"Sai?"

"Yes."

"How did you get beaten up like this...?" Naruto covered his mouth, wanting to laugh at him.

Sai suppressed his anger, found a seat nearby, and began to explain: "After Sakura and I were swallowed by that purple light, I was left alone in the sky."

"Then flying guards appeared outside."

"They used some kind of chakra net to trap me."

"My chakra is restricted after being trapped, I want to rebel..."

"So you got beaten up. Right?" Minato sighed.

Sai nodded with a wronged look in his eyes: "Can anyone tell me what exactly happened here? How could Loulan in the past have been so prosperous?"

After finishing his meal, Minato Namikaze placed his plate in front of him, put his hands on the table, and said earnestly:

"Then I'll tell you."

"Some things that have happened in Loulan in recent years."

Then, Minato revealed that after the rebellion of An Lushan, the minister who renamed Loulan by the centipede, the White Cross officially settled in the ancient Loulan Kingdom.

Furthermore, the mastermind behind the White Cross, the Omnipotent Lord, also known as the Dean or Surgeon, has officially taken over the position of a high-ranking official in the ancient Loulan Kingdom.

Initially, the local Sunagakure village was the first to provoke the situation.

But soon, it was said that a female Jonin from Sunagakure was captured by the all-powerful minister of the ancient kingdom of Loulan and never saw the light of day again.