Konoha: Reincarnated by Orochimaru in the beginning

Time moves forward.

Just as Minato Namikaze had said before, he had indeed been behind this wall.

But he didn't go in voluntarily. After hearing the voice, he didn't choose to hide, but stood there waiting for the footsteps to come. Then, strangely, he saw a 'Namikaze Minato' who looked exactly like him walking down from upstairs.

"Who are you?!"

"Who are you?!"

After seeing each other's appearance, both sides' faces changed. Transformation techniques are not uncommon in the ninja world, but the strange thing is that for some reason, both of them had an inexplicable feeling in their hearts. The person in front of them did not look fake, but if the other party was Minato Namikaze, then who were they?

And...both of them slipped kunai out of their sleeves at the same time, and just like looking in a mirror, both Namikaze Minato could sense the Flying Thunder God technique left on the other's kunai, as if they came from the same origin.

"That shadow just now was you?"

"What shadow?"

At the same time, another unhurried sound of footsteps came from downstairs.

The two looked down...

"I hope my guess is wrong..."

"Me too……"

After a while, the three Namikaze Minato seemed to represent three forces. They kept a certain distance, formed a triangle, and stood at the corner of the stairs. The originally wide corridor became a little crowded because of the three people standing there.

The three of them looked at each other, and seeing that no one spoke first, Namikaze Minato, who had just come up the stairs, took the lead in breaking the deadlock: "I have a guess. To be honest, it's a little unbelievable. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have come up with such a ridiculous idea."

"However, before I make this guess, I hope you can tell me what you were doing before you saw me."

Hearing this, the other two Minato Namikaze looked at each other, pondered for a moment, and chose to agree to his request. After all, this did not involve any secrets, and they all had similar questions in their hearts to a greater or lesser extent.

Namikaze Minato: "Then let me tell you first. I was chasing a black shadow just now, and I saw him crash into the wall upstairs with my own eyes."

"Upstairs? I was upstairs just now."

Namikaze Minato, who was walking down the stairs, said with a flickering look in his eyes, "But I didn't see the shadow you mentioned. I only heard footsteps from the beginning to the end. At first they were above, then they moved to the bottom. After I chased them down, you were the only one who appeared in front of me. Of course, he was the one coming up from downstairs later."

"Is that really the case?"

Namikaze Minato, who came up the stairs, murmured to himself, and then said: "Now think carefully, what is different in what you just said..."

Namikaze Minato groaned and said, "He seems to have one less memory than me."

Namikaze Minato, who came downstairs, frowned and said, "On the other hand, why can't it be that you have one more 'memory' than me?"

Hearing the two's responses, Namikaze Minato, who went upstairs, shook his head and sighed: "I have the most memories. In addition to what you just said, I also have memories of what's inside that wall."

"Ok?"

"Ok?"

At this point, Namikaze Minato who was going upstairs couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I believe you should understand what I'm saying now."

Should I understand? The other two Namikaze Minato pondered for a moment and suddenly seemed to have figured something out and said at the same time: "It seems that the timeline we are in is not the same."

So, did they come from the past to the future, or did they return from the future to the past?

Although it seems that nothing is wrong now, the uneasy feeling hidden in Minato Namikaze's heart has never disappeared.

"..."

Namikaze Minato was not in a hurry to draw a conclusion. He still did not let down his guard against the person in front of him who seemed to be himself: "First, tell me what you saw inside the wall after you went in, and how did you get out?"

The future 'Namikaze Minato' didn't care about these, or rather, after his guess was confirmed, he gradually calmed down and said, "The space behind the wall is like a small black box, with only a white round table in the middle. No, it's more like a white clock than a table..."

"Clock?"

Future 'Namikaze Minato' did not respond, but continued at his own pace: "The stairs here are full of chaotic time rules. In other words, the stairs here are not endless. What we have been walking on before is just the same staircase in the past, future and present."

"I didn't really believe it at first, but after seeing you, I understood. The longer I stay here, the more 'I' will become in this chaotic time rule."

Namikaze Minato suddenly thought of a question: "Wait - if you are my future self, then my present self already knows it at this time, why do you know it only now?"

The future 'Namikaze Minato' explained seriously: "Although they are all me, you are the 'present' Namikaze Minato. The past and future here are all determined by you."

"The past is set and will not change, the present is happening, the future can be changed, and I am your 'future' before you meet me. If you stay a little longer, maybe we can meet, your 'future' after you meet me."

Namikaze Minato: "Why did I choose to go in?"

"For the 'real' future."

When 'In the future Minato Namikaze' finished his words, the transformation technique was lifted, the smoke dissipated, and the color of his body was several shades grayer than now and in the past, and it looked like the black shadow had turned into a human form.

"I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention to use the transformation technique. I just wanted us to relax and talk. It turned out like this only because I made a deal with that black shadow..."

Having said that, the future 'Namikaze Minato' looked at the two of them with a somewhat strange look in his eyes.

Namikaze Minato became alert and asked: "What do you want to do?!"

"Don't worry, I'm just from the future. I'm not much stronger. It's 2 vs 1, and I don't have any chance of winning."

"I have said so much here. I just want you to trust me now and choose to go inside the wall. And because every 'person' that appears here will give rise to the past and the future, in order to maintain the uniqueness of the present, you need to kill the past with me before entering, and then I will commit suicide. Only in this way will the 'present' not be lost."

The future 'Namikaze Minato' did not seem to be aware of how shocking his words were, and just seemed to be stating the facts.

"If you don't want Naruto to have to deal with this too..."

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