Naruto, born from the world of his parents.

"Seriously, why isn't Kakashi-sensei here yet?"

Naruto heard a familiar voice as soon as he opened his eyes.

"This is... Sakura?"

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Sakura Haruno gritting her teeth and growling.

"What's going on? Wasn't I on the Chunin Exams podium?"

Naruto felt increasingly lost.

Meanwhile, Sasuke, who had his eyes closed, seemed to have been disturbed by the noise and frowned slightly.

Sakura noticed this action instantly, and the annoyance on her face immediately disappeared, replaced by a sweet smile almost instantly.

"Sasuke-kun, are you hungry? I have some soldier rations here, would you like some?"

"Shut up."

Upon hearing Sasuke's cold words, Sakura Haruno's smile froze, but she still obediently took a few steps back.

Unexpectedly, he tripped over a foot and almost fell.

After forcibly steadying herself, Sakura Haruno glanced at Sasuke and realized that he hadn't noticed her embarrassing state, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

The next moment, she turned around and looked at Naruto, who had almost embarrassed her in front of Sasuke and still had a confused expression.

"Naruto!"

To avoid being noticed by Sasuke, Sakura deliberately lowered her angry voice and clenched her fist, slamming it heavily into Naruto.

But after throwing the punch, Sakura froze.

This punch didn't feel like it used to; instead, it was gripped tightly by a hand.

"Sakura?"

Hearing Naruto's voice, the surprise at having her fist caught vanished instantly, and Sakura Haruno raised her left hand high and chopped down again.

But this time, Naruto still caught her firmly. Looking at Naruto's bewildered eyes, Sakura Haruno suddenly felt that Naruto seemed a little different today.

A woman's intuition is often surprisingly accurate at times.

Just like Sakura felt, Naruto also sensed that his surroundings were very different at that moment.

He released his grip, took a step back, and looked around, his confusion deepening.

Why is Sakura showing such disgust towards me?

As the most outstanding young ninja in Konoha, Naruto reacted instantly.

"Is this the training ground for the bell-collecting battle?"

Only a few months had passed since Team 7 was formed, and it was also the first step for Naruto to become a ninja. Such a day was indeed worth paying attention to, so he remembered it in just a moment.

But it was precisely because he remembered where he was that Naruto became even more confused.

After all, that happened several months ago. Judging from Sakura and Sasuke's demeanor, they were indeed far too naive compared to their own memories.

"So, I've gone back to a few months ago?"

This thought made Naruto frown, and almost instantly, his hands flew, forming a series of hand seals.

"untie."

Naruto gave a low shout, but the surrounding environment remained unchanged, still incredibly realistic.

Ignoring Sakura Haruno's expression of looking at him like he was an idiot, Naruto frowned even more.

"It wasn't an illusion, was it? Well, besides my father, I also had Itachi and Shisui with me at the time."

"wrong."

Naruto shook his head.

"It's also possible that my strength is too low to break this illusion, or perhaps it's even worse."

A hint of worry flashed in Naruto's eyes.

"I may have fallen into a genjutsu that could even hypnotize an outstanding ninja like my father."

Thinking of this, Naruto felt a tightness in his chest, but the qualities of an excellent ninja kept his expression completely calm.

"Hey, are you alright?"

Sakura Haruno's voice interrupted Naruto's thoughts. He looked at Sakura, who kept waving her hand in front of him, and smiled gently, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about something."

"Ugh, that's a disgusting laugh."

Sakura Haruno jumped away in disgust, as if she had seen something repulsive.

After confirming that Naruto was indeed fine and just acting strangely again, Sakura happily ran to Sasuke's side.

Behind Sakura Haruno, Naruto awkwardly touched his nose.

This was an experience he had never had before. After all, as the son of the Hokage and the recognized strongest genius in Konoha's history, Sakura Haruno had always been his fan. But in this strange world, it was quite the opposite.

But Naruto didn't care too much. He wasn't someone who cared about other people's opinions, and this situation made it easier for him to continue observing this world that seemed to be an extraordinary genjutsu.

But as he looked, Naruto's eyes narrowed.

This world is really strange.

As members of his own team and having gone through many missions together, Sasuke and Sakura Haruno are arguably among the ninjas that Naruto is most familiar with in the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

However, the Sakura and Sasuke in front of him were completely different from those in his memory.

The Sasuke he remembered was nothing like the cold and gloomy Sasuke in front of him; he could even be described as sunny.

As Naruto watched Sasuke deal with Sakura, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He could clearly see the deep pain and hatred that Sasuke was suppressing in his eyes.

Sakura's strangeness goes without saying; in Naruto's memory, he was always the one being pestered by Sakura.

"With so many flaws, is this really just an illusion?"

Squinting, Naruto began to doubt his own judgment.

"If this isn't an illusion, then what is it?"

Suddenly, a memory flashed through his mind.

"The time travel that Father once talked about?"

This is a ninja story his father told him when he was seven years old. At that time, his father met a ninja from the future in a place called Loulan.

"It's possible that the immense chakra fluctuations from the dragon vein beneath Loulan caused a distortion in spacetime, bringing those ninjas from the future to my presence."

His father's voice floated in his ears. Naruto narrowed his eyes. Without much information, he cautiously suppressed this experience as one of the explanations for the current situation.

"But if it was time travel, how did I receive such an enormous amount of chakra during the Chunin Exams?"

Thinking about this, Naruto became increasingly anxious.

So far, both the genjutsu and the large amount of chakra indicate one thing: Father and Konoha are facing unknown dangers.

Although he was confident in his father, Konoha's Yellow Flash, that he would not lose to anyone, what if...?

Thinking of this, Naruto, unusually unable to control his emotions, slammed his fist heavily on the tree next to him, shaking down a large number of leaves.

Sakura, who was swooning over Sasuke, was just covered by a leaf.

She ripped off a leaf, turned around, and was about to get angry, but hesitated when she saw Naruto with his back to her.

This figure from behind felt incredibly unfamiliar to her; it lacked the usual overwhelming energy that was sometimes annoying, and instead exuded an indescribable sense of oppression.

Sasuke, standing under the tree, narrowed his eyes as he looked at Naruto.

He actually sensed danger emanating from this bottom-of-the-barrel guy.

Sasuke shook his head and curled his lip in disdain.

How could someone who's just at the bottom of the pack possibly make him feel threatened?

Each of the three was preoccupied with their own thoughts, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely quiet.

And it was at this moment that a voice broke the silence.

Good morning, everyone.

Hearing this, Sakura turned to look at the teacher who had been making them wait all morning with his dead fish eyes, and said incredulously, "Good morning?! Kakashi-sensei! It's almost noon!"

Kakashi replied dismissively, "Oh, I see. I'm sorry, I've temporarily lost my way in life."

"Who would believe that!"

Sakura Haruno's roar did not move Kakashi's expression in the slightest. His lifeless, dead fish eyes glanced at Naruto beside him, and he was somewhat surprised.

"Why is Naruto so quiet today?"