Naruto: Inheriting the Legacy of a Person Who Traveled Through Time

Although it had been several years since they last met, Jiraiya recognized the woman at a glance, even from just a glimpse of her back.

Tsunade, the only one among the Legendary Sannin of Konoha!

Seeing the positions of the ANBU members and the mysterious figure chanting how many floors a bag of rice should be carried up, gradually rising higher than the massive Hokage Rock, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya immediately understood something.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi's death, Tsunade returned to Konoha and took over as the Fifth Hokage.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi preferred Jiraiya to take over as Hokage, he didn't have much of an objection if Tsunade became Hokage. After all, both were equally important to him, and Tsunade could inherit the prestige of the First and Second Hokage, which would undoubtedly have a great effect on stabilizing Konoha.

Compared to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was more concerned about choosing a successor, Jiraiya kept recalling the past and quickly grasped where the familiarity of that face came from.

Those mysterious purple eyes are the Rinnegan! The orange-haired youth looks exactly like Yahiko, one of the three children he adopted in the Land of Rain, now grown up.

Why did Nagato's Rinnegan appear on Yahiko?

Furthermore, isn't that black robe with red clouds he's wearing the Akatsuki, the mysterious organization Orochimaru joined after his defection?

As the young man, who resembled Yahiko, gradually stopped rising and stood atop the white clouds like a god, Jiraiya had many questions he wanted answered.

"Wait, Payne, what exactly do you want?"

Tsunade rushed forward a few steps, shouting loudly, with thick smoke billowing behind her and the devastated Konoha Village in ruins.

Did the Akatsuki organization invade Konoha?

"Accept the pain, understand the pain..."

High in the sky, Pain slowly spread his arms, looking down at Konoha Village below, and shouted.

Those who do not know pain will never understand true peace...

As the chakra of all six Pains converged into Pain's body, Pain in the sky emitted a dazzling white light. Even through the screen, both Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya broke out in a cold sweat.

Is this chakra pressure real?

How could a ninja be that powerful?

Compared to Jiraiya's shock, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had many interactions with the Senju brothers in his youth, quickly accepted this.

The enemy whom Tsunade referred to as Pain was at best only at the level of Tobirama Senju, and was still far from Hashirama Senju.

"I will never forget Yahiko's suffering. From this moment on, I will make the world feel pain!"

Beneath Pain's feet, thick smoke rose everywhere in Konoha. Even though many buildings were as small as a finger, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya could see that many areas had been reduced to ruins.

Tsunade took the lead, rushing across the rooftops below with her group of ANBU members. However, unable to fly, they could only watch helplessly as Pain continuously accumulated and gathered a massive amount of chakra.

It really was Yahiko and the others!

Jiraiya's body tensed suddenly, utterly bewildered by what he was seeing.

Could it be that this is a Rinnegan eye technique, and the person speaking at this moment is actually Nagato?

"Shinra Tensei!"

With a low shout, a dazzling white light was released from Pain's body, instantly covering every corner of Konoha below.

Including Tsunade, all the figures were completely engulfed by the white light, as if the whole world was only filled with that one lofty figure.

boom!

First, the ground beneath Pain's feet was struck by an invisible force, raising a yellow earth wave over two zhang high. Then, an unstoppable shockwave erupted from the center of Pain's feet, instantly shattering all buildings in its path. It was like a blooming yellowish-brown lotus flower, continuously expanding and spreading in all directions, sweeping everything away and completely turning this once prosperous Fire Country ninja village into a patch of scorched yellow earth.

The dust, rising more than ten feet into the air, surged past the still-standing Hokage Rock, obscuring the huge heads of the five Hokage and creating an indescribable ironic effect.

Neither Hiruzen Sarutobi nor Jiraiya paid any attention to the fleeting image of Tsunade. Their pupils trembled violently, unable to believe that Konoha had been completely wiped out by the enemy in a single move.

The rolling debris and waves of earth only gradually stopped when they reached the tall walls of Konoha. Only the main gate was tilted and covered with a large amount of garbage, completely blocking the entrance and exit. The aftershocks even caused the trees on both sides of the road to break and fall.

"Spiritualism!"

Amidst the muddy, yellowish dust, a two-foot-tall toad could be vaguely seen forming hand seals before pressing its palms to the ground.

Is it the hermit Shima?

With an incredibly heavy heart, Jiraiya stood up and stared intently at the light screen.

Bang!

At the bottom of Konoha, which had been turned into a deep pit, a cloud of white mist rose up. Naruto, wearing a Konoha headband, with his pupils now resembling frog eyes and his eye sockets covered with orange-yellow patterns, stood on top of Gamakichi's head. Below and on either side were the three great toads of Mount Myōboku: Gamabunta, Gamaken, and Gamahiro, as well as Fukasaku, one of the two great sages.

He is Minato's son, Naruto?

Judging from his appearance, Naruto was at most fifteen or sixteen years old at that time, which means that Pain destroyed Konoha about three or four years later.

Judging from this immortal-like face, it's not hard to tell that his immortal form is probably even more perfect than his own.

So, it was Naruto who led the toads of Mount Myōboku to defeat Pain, save Konoha, and become the savior in the mouth of the Great Toad Sage?

"Where am I? Shouldn't we be in Konoha?"

Looking around at the ruins, Naruto asked, puzzled.

"This is Konoha Village!"

Shima the Master appeared in a flash, standing beside Fukasaku the Master.

No further explanation was needed from Master Shima; as the surrounding smoke and dust gradually settled, the still-standing Hokage Rock in the distance spoke volumes.

"Everyone, everyone actually..."

Naruto, in Sage Mode, had a perception range that covered the entire Hidden Leaf Village. Scenes from the distant ruins flashed before his eyes, making Naruto's eyes widen in fury.

The ruins of Konoha, the lifeless Kakashi-sensei, the injured Sakura kneeling on the ground, and the hundreds of corpses lying on the ground—these cruel scenes all shocked Naruto's mind.

Not only Naruto, but also Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya were furious when they saw this scene.

We must do everything in our power to prevent such a future from happening!

"It saves me the time of coming to find you."

Pain, who had just destroyed a major ninja village, walked step by step from a distance to Naruto. His purple Rinnegan and Naruto's orange frog eyes stared at each other, and an invisible collision seemed to explode in the air.

"Even if you don't come looking for me, I will never let you go. You not only killed Jiraiya-sensei, but you also destroyed the village and killed so many people..."

The anger in Naruto's eyes turned into flames, leaping down from Gamabunta's head.

I am dead?

I was already dead before Pain destroyed Konoha?

Upon hearing the news of his own death, Jiraiya, standing outside the light screen, froze, speechless.