Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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"What's going on? Naruto Uzumaki, are you trying to murder the Hokage so your father can take office sooner?"

With his messy hair and unfriendly expression, An Yan stared at Naruto Uzumaki, making the blond-haired boy break out in a cold sweat.

Minato quickly ran over to smooth things over: "Teacher Anyan, Naruto didn't mean it, please forgive him this time."

In the distance, Yamato was furtively spying on An Yan's appearance. After hearing Kakashi say that An Yan was Tsunade's husband, he had been very curious about this Fourth Hokage from a parallel world. Now that he saw him in person from afar, he sighed that he was indeed worthy of being the Fourth Hokage and was incredibly handsome.

An Yan hadn't originally intended to do anything to Naruto. After Minato arrived, he immediately gave his disciple some face. He glanced at the furtive Yamato. For a strong person like An Yan, he was very perceptive of others' gazes.

"come here."

An Yan stood still and waved. Dahe obediently ran over and nodded nervously to An Yan.

An Yan carefully examined Yamato from head to toe. In this world, there was no such person as Yamato. This child, who had been captured from who-knows-where, should be living peacefully with his parents now, and had not been captured by Orochimaru for experiments as in the original timeline.

Therefore, An Yan was very curious about Yamato's experimental results with Orochimaru. His probing gaze made Yamato's skin crawl. Yamato suppressed his discomfort and asked An Yan, "Fourth Hokage?"

An Yan came to his senses and said to Yamato, who looked uneasy, "I think your Wood Release technique, with Konoha's current technology, still needs to be improved. Do you want to improve it? Although it won't reach the level of the First Hokage, it can probably increase your strength by 50%. Putting aside everything else, you'll have no problem using the Wood Release: Wood Release technique."

As soon as An Yan spoke, Yamato was immediately caught in a dilemma. As the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, Yamato believed An Yan's words, and Yamato's childhood experiences instilled in him a deep-seated fear of experiments.

However, Yamato was ultimately a mature Jonin. He hesitated for only a moment before making a decisive decision. His strength had already reached its peak, and to go any further was simply a dream. Since there was an opportunity to increase his strength, he naturally could not miss it.

"Fourth Hokage, please proceed with your actions!"

An Yan looked at Yamato and wondered what kind of terrifying scene he was imagining in his mind, as he actually gave him that look of someone who was ready to die.

An Yan rolled his eyes in disgust and handed Yamato a bottle of White Zetsu gene optimization fluid.

"The Wood Release ability originates from the Divine Tree. This is a product of the Divine Tree, the White Zetsu Gene Optimization Fluid. Drinking this should increase your chakra by 20-30%."

Yamato trusted An Yan's words completely. He took the medicine and drank it in one gulp. The next moment, he sat down on the ground with a flushed face, white breath coming out of his eyes, ears, nose and mouth.

Upon seeing this, Naruto Uzumaki ran over and looked at Yamato with concern, asking, "Yamato-sensei! Are you alright?" He turned to look at An Yan, wanting to say something but not saying it, only showing a worried expression as if he were constipated.

Seeing this, An Yan put his hand to his forehead, sighed, and said helplessly, "He's fine. He just took the gene optimization fluid, and his body is currently undergoing gene optimization and upgrade. He'll be back to normal in a day or two. Would you like a bottle?"

An Yan shook the White Zetsu gene optimization fluid in his hand. Naruto swallowed hard, turned to look at Minato, and only after seeing Minato nod did he turn back to An Yan. He suppressed his unease and asked, "Can I wait until Captain Yamato wakes up before making a decision?"

Naruto, who is usually careless, surprisingly became rational for once and did not rashly consume the product from the parallel world while Captain Yamato was unconscious. An Iwa was very pleased with this and decided to personally train Naruto.

Minato was perfectly aware of An Yan's thoughts. He smiled wryly and stepped aside. Naruto was indeed very rational, but he didn't trust An Yan, which was An Yan's reason for dealing with him.

Although An Yan considered himself a fun-loving person, he rarely harbored malice towards anyone except Danzo. Although he didn't know why Naruto had been unusually rational for once, he didn't mind taking this opportunity to teach Naruto a lesson.

In the spacious underground space, An Yan and Naruto stood facing each other. Naruto seemed eager to try his luck in front of An Yan. He was always fearless, like a newborn calf, and apart from being afraid when he first started out, he had never been afraid since.

Facing the Fourth Hokage of this world, Naruto Uzumaki's fighting spirit was ignited.

The next moment, Naruto's expression changed.

An Yan released a killing intent that he had honed over a long period of time. His mental strength was extremely high, and the killing intent he released was almost tangible.

Naruto immediately sensed the change in his surroundings. A towering wave of blood enveloped him, and an invisible pressure made it difficult for him to move. In a daze, he seemed to have become that novice genin again, and once again encountered Zabuza the Demon.

No, that's not right. I'm already quite strong now. I might not even lose to Zabuza in a one-on-one fight. But I have this feeling now. It seems that the Fourth Hokage is much stronger than Zabuza. My father told me that the Fourth Hokage was Tsunade's classmate. So it's normal for him to have this kind of strength.

Although his mind was filled with all sorts of random thoughts, Naruto was now a mature ninja and naturally wouldn't close his eyes and wait to die. He directly pulled out a kunai and pierced his own skin, barely managing to get rid of An Yan's killing intent through the pain.

Chapter 152 Disciplining Naruto

Naruto Uzumaki took the initiative to attack. After forcefully breaking through An Yan's killing aura, he immediately created several shadow clones, which condensed multiple Rasengans while running and directly attacked An Yan.

Naruto uses the same strategy no matter who he fights: relying on his massive chakra reserves, he employs the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique in conjunction with the Rasengan to attack and find openings.

An Yan was very familiar with this routine. He stood still and assumed a defensive stance with the White Eyebrow Fist. He couldn't be too harsh on his junior, so he simply used the White Eyebrow Fist, which he hadn't used in a long time.

With a combination of a powerful soft palm strike and a sudden barrage of punches, along with a groin strike and a sweeping kick, An Yan easily destroyed all of Naruto's shadow clones in just a few simple moves. It wasn't that Naruto's taijutsu was bad; it was simply that the two people's senses were different. To An Yan, Naruto's attacks were all in slow motion.

After only a few moments of fighting, Naruto was captured and pinned to the ground by An Yan.

"What have you been practicing these past few days? It seems like your strength hasn't improved much."

An Yan released Naruto with a slight doubt. Naruto got up with an embarrassed look on his face. He reached out and a Wind Release: Rasengan appeared in his hand.

"During this period of time, I only had time to master the Wind Release: Rasengan, which has a slightly higher attack power than the regular Rasengan. I haven't had time to practice anything else yet."

An Yan raised an eyebrow and then said, "Put everything else aside for now. First, master the mental acceleration technique that Minato taught you. Once your nerve reaction speed is improved, I don't need to elaborate on the benefits it will bring to combat."

Naruto nodded in agreement and created a bunch of shadow clones to start training. An Yan looked at this with some disdain. Naruto's talent wasn't actually that great; he only improved his learning ability by using shadow clones.

An Yan didn't have the time to wait for Naruto to improve himself slowly. He directly took out a Vanguard-class Titan from his spatial domain and let Naruto sit inside.

No big boy could resist the allure of mecha. Naruto's eyes gleamed with excitement as he looked at the Vanguard-class Titan that An Yan had pulled out.

"Fourth Hokage, is this a new type of puppet from Konoha?"

Naruto Uzumaki circled around the six- or seven-meter-tall Vanguard-class Titan in front of him, uttering curious exclamations.

But the answer he received was not from An Yan, but from Titan's neutral electronic voice.

"Hello, I am BT-9527, the latest Vanguard-class Titan produced by Konoha Village. You can call me BT."

Naruto was startled by Titan's sudden voice. He scratched his head and asked curiously, "Titan? Are you intelligent?"

“Ahem,” An Yan interrupted Naruto’s impolite behavior and began to explain directly: “Titan’s core intelligent program is a strong artificial intelligence developed by our Konoha. It has complete human intelligence, and its thinking speed and computing power are much stronger than humans. Naruto, you should respect it as a complete intelligent life form.”

"Oh, sorry, I was just curious. It's nice to meet you. I'm Naruto Uzumaki."

Upon hearing An Yan's words, Naruto's face flashed with embarrassment, and he immediately bowed to BT in apology.

"It's alright, it's nice to meet you, Naruto."

BT9527 forgave Naruto easily. Although his intelligence was no different from that of a human, as an intelligent life form, his emotional fluctuations were very stable and he did not get angry easily.

An Yan directly transferred the BT9527's permissions to Naruto, then opened the cockpit and stuffed Naruto inside.

The cockpit of BT9527 can not only be used to cooperate with the super-controlling Titan in battle, but it also has a virtual simulation function, which can project a person's consciousness into a virtual world. After An Yan's adjustments, ninjutsu can be used in the virtual world, and various ninjas can be fought.

An Yan has recorded the data of all the famous ninjas who have appeared in his current era. Naruto can challenge all kinds of strong people, from Hashirama Senju to young Kakashi.

Moreover, this virtual simulation pod can simulate the entire process of a ninja practicing ninjutsu. The moment Naruto enters the virtual world, he is already equipped with a buff that accelerates his thinking. He can come out whenever he has fully mastered this ability.

After Naruto entered the virtual world, BT9527 directly projected his actions within the virtual world. An'an and Minato huddled together, carefully observing Naruto's every move in the virtual world.

Under BT's guidance, he quickly understood the function of the virtual world, and then excitedly wanted to challenge various Kage-level powerhouses in Konoha. However, he was easily and brutally defeated by all sorts of Kage-level powerhouses.

From the First Hokage to Minato Namikaze, Naruto challenged every single one of the S-rank ninjas marked in the virtual world, getting utterly humiliated. However, Naruto did not give up because of this.

While marveling at how powerful Konoha was twenty years ago, Naruto also strengthened his resolve to study and further his education here before returning to bring Sasuke back. Although Sasuke wasn't one to listen to reason, it didn't matter; he could just beat him up and bring him back to the village, Naruto thought to himself.

While Naruto was engrossed in the virtual battle and Yamato was lying on the ground leveling up, An Yan turned to look at Queen Sarah of Loulan. She was standing in the distance, looking at An Yan timidly.

As a descendant of the Loulan Queen, her ancestors had signed a pact with the dragon vein, which allowed her to sense some information about the dragon vein. Now it seems that the entire massive underground dragon vein has entered An Yan's belly, which terrifies her.

Even An Lushan only used the power of the dragon vein to build puppet armies and towns; he did not swallow the entire dragon vein in one gulp. This so-called Fourth Hokage of Konoha took away the entire dragon vein as soon as he arrived, which made Queen Sara very uneasy.

After hesitating for a long time, Sarah, the Queen of Loulan, finally mustered up the courage to approach An Yan. She was very polite to An Yan, the leader of the armed forces of a great power, and bowed first before speaking.

"Lord Hokage, although I am very grateful to you for helping me kill the traitor An Lushan, the Dragon Vein is a magical power that our Loulan lineage has possessed since ancient times. Please do not take it all away, as we still need its power to maintain the operation of the city."

An Yan laughed when he heard Sarah's words. He had no intention of bullying this helpless little girl in front of him, but instead chose to say what he thought.

"The dragon vein is harmful and useless to your Loulan. You do not have the strength to protect this magical power. We, Konoha, will keep this power safe for you. As for the city's construction, there is no need to worry. Soon, Konoha ninjas will take over this place and will be responsible for the development and construction of this town."

Chapter 153 Parting

Queen Sara of Loulan was very dissatisfied with An Yan's answer, but she knew clearly that she did not have the strength to challenge Konoha. She thought of her people and suddenly mustered up some courage.

"Lord Hokage, if the Konoha ninjas arrive, how will you treat us, the people of Loulan? Will you kill them all?"

An Yan smiled upon hearing this and said gently, "Queen Sarah, Konoha is not as cruel as you think. The Konoha ninjas only did road construction and trade after they arrived, and they did nothing else."

Now that the entire Land of Wind belongs to Konoha, there is no need for them to take action against Loulan, a town that belongs to the Land of Wind.

Since such a high-ranking leader as An Yan had spoken, Sarah naturally believed him. She immediately abandoned her original plan to lead her people away and chose to continue living here. After all, who would willingly leave their homeland unless absolutely necessary?

An Yan dismissed Sara with a few words, then turned to look at the rogue ninja, Centipede, who was sealed in place by An Yan and unable to move. In his memory, it seemed that Centipede had absorbed the energy of the Dragon Vein after the Fourth Hokage's seal, which brought Naruto and the others to the parallel world of twenty years ago.

However, the centipede arrived in Loulan six years before Naruto, and Naruto and Yamato would only leave the current point in time after the centipede was killed. This is something that is very worthy of study.

An Yan carried the centipede into his portable laboratory. Although he hadn't done much research in recent years, An Yan's skills hadn't diminished at all, and he easily gave the centipede a full-body examination.

The centipede's body did indeed contain the dragon vein seal of the Water Gate. However, after careful research and analysis, An Yan discovered that it was merely a simple sealing technique to seal the energy of the dragon vein, not the more profound space-time sealing technique he had imagined.

An Yan believes that the reason why Centipede traveled six years ahead of schedule was probably because he absorbed a large amount of dragon vein power, which had little to do with the dragon vein seal in his body. Naruto and Yamato, on the other hand, received less dragon vein power due to their distance, which is why they missed Centipede's time.

So why did Naruto and Yamato automatically return to twenty years later after killing the centipede? This was puzzling, and An Yan pondered it repeatedly but couldn't figure out the reason.

It didn't matter, as he had already imprinted various Flying Thunder God marks on Naruto and Yamato, ensuring that after Naruto and Yamato disappeared, he could directly use the Flying Thunder God technique to travel to a parallel world and arrive at the timeline twenty years in the future.

If he could go to twenty years in the future, An Yan didn't plan to go alone. Instead, he planned to take people like Hatake Sakumo, Nohara Rin, Obito, Senju Tobirama, and Jiraiya with him. He couldn't wait to see what would happen.

Perhaps we could also bring Shisui and Itachi.

An Yan couldn't wait to see what Shisui and Itachi would look like when they saw Danzo, what Kakashi would look like when he saw his father, or what Rin Nohara and Obito would look like, or even what the meeting between Danzo and Tobirama would look like. Just thinking about it made him excited.

As for why Tsunade wasn't brought along, one reason was that Tsunade was currently pregnant, and another was that An Yan was worried that meeting people from two different worlds might lead to some unpleasant things, such as the two people suddenly merging into one.

Jiraiya wouldn't have this problem. If he went there, the Jiraiya of twenty years later would probably have died in battle in Amegakure. No, Jiraiya should have died by now, because Naruto has already learned to use the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

As we all know, Naruto studied with Jiraiya for several years, but he learned almost nothing about ninjutsu. He only laid a good foundation for learning. After Jiraiya's death, with the help of Kakashi and Yamato, he developed the nature transformation of Wind Release chakra, which allowed him to successfully upgrade his combat power and learn Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

However, An Yan reconsidered and abandoned the idea of ​​having Jiraiya appear in a parallel world twenty years later. He was afraid that if Tsunade saw Jiraiya come back from the dead and threw herself at him, she might want to marry him.

Although they weren't from the same world, it still felt like he was cheating on himself, so An Yan decided to rule out that possibility. Besides, Jiraiya already had his wife, Nadeshiko, and the two were living happily together, so he decided not to joke about it.

After studying the centipede's body structure, An Yan simply copied down a manual on clay puppetry, then left the laboratory and returned to Loulan.

During the time An Yan was researching the centipede, Yamato had already woken up and was now feeling the surge of powerful chakra within his body. Although it is said that the First Hokage used Wood Release to conquer the world, while Yamato used Wood Release for landscaping, the official databook clearly states that Yamato possesses 20% of the First Hokage's strength.

According to the anime, even when Naruto's tailed beast unleashed its eighth tail, Yamato still had the confidence to suppress Naruto. It wasn't until Naruto unleashed the Nine-Tails that Yamato began to despair. This is enough to prove that Yamato's strength is extraordinary. Although he only has one-fifth of the First Hokage's strength, he can easily suppress one or two other tailed beasts.

As soon as An Yan stepped out of the laboratory, he saw Yamato testing his strength. He grabbed Yamato and pulled him into the laboratory.

With the limited strength Yamato has gained so far, it's impossible to demonstrate the abilities of An Yan, the Fourth Hokage of this parallel world. An Yan directly implanted the Wood-type Demon Lord bloodline, which is compatible with Wood Release, into Yamato's body.

The powerful regenerative and defensive capabilities of the demon bloodline directly elevated Yamato's strength to half the level of Hashirama, making it easy for him to pilot a Gundam and perform techniques like the Wooden Dummy Technique.

In this way, Konoha's side should be able to fight more smoothly in the Fourth Shinobi World War, provided that Yamato is not captured again.

In addition, An Yan taught Yamato some of the more troublesome Wood Release ninjutsu, so that the guy wouldn't use Wood Release without any lethality, which would infuriate everyone.

After Yamato had a bunch of Wood Release techniques stuffed into his head, An'yan led Yamato out of the laboratory.