Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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An Yan rushed to the scene of the battle and happened to see Minato rescuing Naruto from afar.

Pursued by several flying puppets, Naruto was in grave danger. He was then rescued by Minato Namikaze and taken to a secluded corner. Minato did not think much of it when he first saw Naruto. The only reason he saved Naruto was the Konoha headband on his head.

After rescuing Naruto, Minato bandaged his wounds and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he pointed out the way to leave Roran, assuming that Naruto was a Konoha ninja who had mistakenly entered Roran.

In the rush of Minato's departure, Naruto didn't have time to explain his origins. However, he didn't listen to Minato's words and instead went about his own business. He hadn't come here alone; he was looking for his friends.

An Yan saw Minato and Naruto talking from afar, but he didn't go up to disturb them. Although Naruto in the current timeline would most likely be living a happy life, Naruto in the original timeline had suffered too much. It would be good for him to spend more time with his father.

With An Yan involved, it's unlikely that everyone's memories will be sealed away like in the theatrical version.

An Yan glanced at Naruto, then continued exploring the ancient kingdom of Loulan. He was searching for the location of the dragon vein, such as the tailed beasts. It would be strange to seal something like that into his own body, especially since he wanted to fully use the power of the tailed beasts and be in sync with them. An Yan had too many secrets, so it was definitely not appropriate.

Dragon veins are a different story. While they possess immense power, they lack intelligence and are essentially condensations of underground energy. Once sealed within the body, they can be used however one wishes. Furthermore, they possess the attributes of space and time, which might allow one to develop time-related ninjutsu.

While An Yan was searching for the location of the dragon vein, Naruto Uzumaki had already set off again. He happened to see Queen Sara of Loulan fall from a tall building, and he rushed up to save her. As expected, he then received two slaps.

Then Minato appeared, and Naruto began to explain why he was in Rouran. As he spoke, Naruto suddenly realized that Minato looked familiar and resembled the Fourth Hokage on the Hokage Rock in the village.

"If what you just said is true, you must come from a parallel world, one of the possibilities of the future of the ninja world."

Minato said this, and Naruto suddenly realized and said, "If that's the case, big brother, you look a lot like the Fourth Hokage on the Hokage Rock."

Upon hearing this, Minato smiled gently and said in a clear voice, "Our Fourth Hokage here is named An Yan, and he is my teacher. This is the difference between our two ninja worlds."

An Yan suddenly appeared from the corner, grabbed Minato Namikaze, and said with a wicked grin, "Minato, you felt it too, didn't you? This child should be your son."

During their time together, Minato had already noticed the similarity in chakra between Naruto and himself. He had initially just felt a sense of familiarity with the boy, but now that An Yan had pointed it out, he suddenly understood.

Naruto Uzumaki froze on the spot upon hearing An Yan's words. He had never seen his father since birth, and if what An Yan said was true, then the person in front of him was probably his father.

Seeing Naruto's incredulous expression, An Yan teased Minato.

"It seems Minato, you died young. This kid doesn't even look like he's ever seen you before."

Upon hearing this, Minato scratched his head and smiled wryly.

Chapter 149 Differences in the World

“I have never seen my father since I was born. Not only that, I have never seen my mother either. I have been an orphan since I was a child. I have grown up entirely thanks to the relief funds from the village and the care of three generations of my grandfathers.”

Naruto Uzumaki was talking to himself with a somewhat downcast expression.

Minato Namikaze looked at him with concern, while An Yan asked directly, "What's the situation in Konoha Village over there? Who's managing the village?"

Naruto glanced at An Yan. He didn't see a Konoha ninja headband on An Yan, so he didn't quite trust him and didn't want to reply.

Minato saw through Naruto's thoughts and smiled gently, "This is the Fourth Hokage of Konoha. You can trust him completely. There's no need to hide anything from him."

Naruto looked at An Yan with suspicion. He had never seen An Yan before, so he was skeptical of the claim.

However, Minato's charm was too amazing, and coupled with the chakra resonance brought by his bloodline, Naruto Uzumaki still chose to believe in Minato.

"The village is now managed by the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade. The Third Hokage sacrificed himself after Orochimaru launched the Konoha Destruction Plan."

Naruto's two short sentences revealed a lot of information, and Minato's expression immediately turned serious. It seemed that Orochimaru had defected, and it seemed that they needed to be more vigilant towards him. With Konoha's current strength, if Orochimaru had defected, it would be quite difficult to catch him. It was unclear why Orochimaru had defected.

An Yan remained calm and started asking how many of his acquaintances Naruto knew. On the surface, he was asking Naruto, but in reality, he was reminding Minato of the differences between the two worlds.

"The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju? I heard he was sealed away by the Third Hokage."

"Sakumo Hatake? Kakashi-sensei's father? Never heard of him."

"Hiruko? I have absolutely no recollection of him."

Minato patted An Yan on the shoulder and reminded him, "Teacher, the ninjas you mentioned are all too old. It's normal that Naruto hasn't heard of them. You should mention some younger Konoha ninjas."

An Yan nodded and immediately began calling out names from Kakashi's generation.

"Kakashi Hatake, he is my mentor."

"Nohara Rin? Obito? Never heard of her."

“Might Guy? He’s an elite Jonin in Konoha now.”

After asking a few questions, An Yan and Shui Men exchanged somewhat bewildered glances.

There are just too many differences between the two worlds.

Although it's a story set in another world, the fact that Rin Nohara and Obito have clearly sacrificed themselves makes Minato look somewhat downcast. Of course, the key factor is still his own and Kushina's sacrifice.

As they chatted, the conversation turned to the rogue ninja, Hyakujutsu, from the Sand Village. Naruto was shocked to learn that the Sand Village had already been absorbed by Konoha. He then recounted some details of his pursuit of Hyakujutsu.

Queen Sara of Loulan was somewhat angry. Although she couldn't quite understand what the ninjas in front of her were saying, she clearly knew that Naruto and the others were talking about An Lushan, whom she knew.

"You've gone too far. The person who came here six years ago wasn't Baizu, but an outstanding man named An Lushan. As a minister, An Lushan inherited his mother's will and worked tirelessly for this town. He was a peace-loving man, definitely not the evil guy you're calling the one who developed puppet weapons."

Faced with the Loulan Queen's aggressive approach, An Yan smiled and asked, "Your mother was young, how could she have died suddenly? Have you thought about that? And just now, it seems that An Lushan pushed you, trying to make you fall to your death in front of everyone, right?"

An Yan's question made Sarah a little suspicious of An Lushan, but she was a stubborn girl and she decided to go and confirm it for herself.

Queen Sara of Loulan, who was traveling alone, was discovered by the people of Loulan. She was threatened by the people to release her family. Naruto then rescued Sara. Next, the people told her about how her family members had been taken away to make some kind of weapon, but Queen Sara still did not believe it.

Just then, Naruto noticed the unusual behavior of the crowd shouting in the square. He threw a kunai and easily severed the chakra threads.

When the puppet-like villagers were placed in front of Sarah, Sarah finally broke down. Then, on the high platform, when the Queen of Loulan saw her puppet being pushed out, waving and cheering to welcome the puppet people, she completely broke down.

"It's all a lie. An Lushan could never have done such a thing."

Queen Loulan charged straight into the group of puppets made up of civilians and disappeared. Naruto Uzumaki couldn't catch up in time.

After a difficult search, Naruto finally found Sara singing in a corner. The two had a heart-to-heart talk, and the Queen finally made up her mind to investigate the true situation of the city first.

The two arrived at the armory and easily discovered the switch for extracting dragon vein energy by following the direction of the dragon vein's power. Sarah stepped forward and turned it off. Then An Lushan appeared and finally revealed his true colors.

Naruto immediately took action, trying to break through the encirclement with Sara, but he was outnumbered and captured by the puppets. An Lushan also revealed that he had killed the previous Queen of Loulan. Just as An Lushan was about to kill Sara, Naruto unleashed the power of the Nine-Tails' chakra and saved her at the last moment.

Naruto punched An Lushan on the head, knocking the chubby guy to the ground. A gash appeared on An Lushan's head, revealing the puppet core inside.

Naruto was surprised by An Lushan's unusual physical condition, and An Lushan, realizing he had been exposed, simply stopped pretending and transformed into a giant puppet, with a large number of puppet soldiers surrounding Naruto and Sara.

At the critical moment, Minato appeared and used a series of shuriken shadow clones to destroy a large number of puppets. Kakashi also emerged from the shadows and directly attached explosive tags to the puppet factory. Queen Sara hurriedly went to untie the shackles on her people and led them to escape.

With the support of the Dragon Vein Chakra, An Lushan could recover quickly no matter how many times he was knocked down, just like an unkillable cockroach. He even seemed to get stronger the more he was attacked. After being destroyed by Minato multiple times, his puppet body directly activated its ultimate form. The huge puppet, which was forty or fifty meters long, looked quite frightening.

If it weren't for the fact that the Loulan people around hadn't had time to escape, Minato would have directly deployed the Gundam.

Chapter 150 You don't even deserve the surname An?

While Naruto, Minato, and the others were going through the story, An Yan finally found his target: the core of the dragon vein of Loulan.

After locating the dragon vein, An Yan immediately cut off its energy supply to An Lushan. He then began to seal the dragon vein's power, using his magic to completely envelop it before sealing it within his own body.

With the Yama Blade in hand, An Yan wasn't afraid of anything going wrong. If anything did happen, he could simply use the Yama Blade's separating power to separate the dragon vein from himself; it wouldn't be a big deal.

An Lushan was closely connected to the Dragon Vein. The moment An Yan severed the connection between the Dragon Vein and him, he sensed that something had happened on the Dragon Vein side. He couldn't care less about chasing Queen Sara and ran directly towards the Dragon Vein. Naruto, Minato, and the others followed closely behind.

The enormous puppet possessed astonishing destructive power, easily cleaving through various buildings in its path. Its massive body moved freely among the towering buildings as if they were empty, and soon it arrived in front of An Yan.

At this moment, An Yan is sealing the dragon vein. A massive amount of dragon vein energy is surging into his body. The energy of this underground dragon vein is almost inexhaustible. An Yan is already devouring it very quickly, but he still cannot fully absorb it in a short time.

An Yan felt that there might be something wrong with his sealing method. The dragon vein should have an energy core underground. If the energy core is not sealed, the power that the dragon vein is absorbing will probably be too much to fit even if he were filled to the brim.

Just as An Yan was about to go underground to investigate, the giant puppet broke through the wall and came to stand in front of him.

An Lushan roared ferociously, "You actually dared to touch my dragon vein! You deserve to die! Super Dragon Vein Fireball!"

A huge ball of purple flame attacked An Yan directly. Naruto Uzumaki, who was closely following behind An Lushan, exclaimed in surprise when he saw this.

Minato, standing nearby, grabbed Naruto, who was about to rush forward. He was extremely confident in his teacher's strength; he could easily defeat An Lushan, let alone An Yan.

An Yan did not take An Lushan's attack seriously. He had his back to everyone and did not even turn around. Before the faint purple dragon vein flames could hit him, a pale blue demonic phantom suddenly appeared behind An Yan. He swung his Yama Blade, splitting the purple flames in two, followed by An Lushan's giant puppet body.

The enormous puppet split in two and fell to the ground. An Lushan frantically activated his ninjutsu, trying to reunite his clay puppet. However, the separation power of the Yama Blade was conceptual; once separated by the Yama Blade, it could not be restored to its original state by a simple regeneration technique.

The large puppet collapsed and remained motionless. Then, from the split-open part of the puppet, a small puppet crawled out. After An Yan's attack, An Lushan clearly understood An Yan's strength. He turned to run away, but Minato and Naruto blocked his way.

As An Yan absorbed the power of the dragon vein, he slowly turned around and looked at An Lushan, who was searching for an escape route.

A massive, pale blue demonic hand gripped An Lushan in its palm. An Yan coldly replied, "A traitorous Sand Ninja named Centipede? I heard you use the alias An Lushan? You dare to use the surname An?"

An Yan immediately wanted to strangle An Lushan, but at that moment, Minato the Little Sun spoke up.

“Teacher Anyan, if Baizu dies, Naruto will probably return to his world. I want to take advantage of his visit to teach him something.”

Minato Namikaze is right. Naruto's growth rate in the original timeline was average. If it weren't for Jiraiya's crazy power-up after his death, it's questionable whether his strength could have caught up with Sasuke after the Nine-Tails was removed.

Upon hearing Minato's words, An Yan immediately showed mercy and spared An Lushan's life, but he did not forgive him. Instead, he directly slapped An Lushan with seven or eight sealing techniques, effectively restricting him completely.

The biggest boss here has been dealt with for the time being. An Yan went directly underground to explore the source of the dragon vein's power, while Minato began to teach Naruto some forbidden techniques of Konoha.

Naruto's timeline is the period when he had just mastered the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken. At this time, Asuma had already died, but Jiraiya's situation was unknown, and he might be dying at the same time.

At this time, Naruto had relatively few skills. He hadn't even had time to train in Sage Mode, and the only skill he could use was the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

After assessing Naruto's basic abilities, Minato began teaching him some skills that he believed could enhance Naruto's strength, such as accelerated thinking. This was a ninjutsu developed by An'an after mastering various skills that improved his time perception. It could stimulate designated acupoints with chakra to put his mind into a high-speed state, so that the outside world would appear to be in slow motion. When the thinking was accelerated several times, it could even achieve an effect similar to stopping time.

Not only that, Minato also personally taught Naruto some simple techniques such as Wind Release: Rasengan and Wind Release: Wind Tunnel. He even wanted to teach Naruto Sage Mode and Wood Release.

Unfortunately, these are things that cannot be learned in a short time. Even though Naruto had used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to gain a learning advantage, the time was simply too short.

So Minato came up with a plan: he sealed a portion of his chakra into Naruto's body, intending to use it as Naruto's personal grandfather, and to have him fight for him in crucial moments.

Minato's technique was inspired by Orochimaru's research on chakra slicing. It was essentially a direct copy of all his memories, and another version of himself, carrying a large amount of chakra, was created on the spot and sealed into Naruto's body.

Minato wasn't worried that his chakra clones might have any strange ideas about betraying their master. One reason was that he himself had a good personality, so his clones naturally followed their master. Another reason was that Naruto was also the clone's son, so he wasn't worried that Naruto would be harmed because of it.

While Minato was teaching Naruto, Kakashi arrived with Yamato and successfully reunited with Minato. Naruto was quite surprised to see Kakashi as a child, while Yamato immediately recognized Minato's identity and treated him with great respect.

Minato naturally admired Yamato, the only Wood Release ninja in this parallel world. After inquiring about Yamato's life, Minato directly compiled the research results of Konoha over the years, as well as the generation formulas for various bloodline abilities such as Magnet Release, Wood Release, and Ice Release, into a secret scroll and handed it to Yamato, intending for him to bring it to the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, to strengthen the village.

Chapter 151 Strengthening Yamato

An Yan dived underground and, as expected, discovered the source of the dragon vein: a huge energy crystal that seemed to be a meteorite from outer space, or perhaps an energy vein naturally nurtured by the earth.

If this thing were in a fantasy world, it would at least be some kind of high-grade spirit stone mine. An Yan didn't care about anything else and directly sealed the energy crystal into his body.

He wandered underground for a long time, collecting almost all the energy stones of all sizes, before finally emerging from the surface, satisfied.

As soon as An Yan popped his head out, he was met with a Wind Release: Rasengan. The powerful Wind Release chakra directly covered his head. If it weren't for the strong defense of his Demon Body, he probably would have had to use his resurrection coin for the first time.

Naruto Uzumaki looked at An Yan with a guilty and frightened expression. Just now, he thought he had accidentally killed the Fourth Hokage of this world. If that were the case, he would have caused a huge disaster.