Chapter 384: Carrying Everything and Changing History (8k big chapter, please give me monthly votes)

“Big Brother Naruto, have you found any clues related to that Hundred Feet?” Obito asked.

Although he had many questions, they weren’t suitable to ask when they were all together. Obito felt it would be better to ask them alone.

What was currently known was that Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato knew Kakashi and Might Guy, but did not know Muzuki, him, or Rin Nohara. Asuma might know them, but since he hadn’t answered, it couldn’t be confirmed.

“We searched many places and asked some people, but found nothing. That Hundred Feet couldn’t have failed to cross over, could he? Then Sakura and Sai would be in danger.” As he spoke, a hint of worry flashed across Uzumaki Naruto’s face.

Yamato’s expression was also very solemn; things were a bit beyond his expectations.

“It’s not very convenient here. Let’s go to a room to talk,” Muzuki suggested.

Although there weren’t many people nearby right now, they still needed to be careful.

Kakashi and Yamato both nodded, and then everyone went to Muzuki’s room together.

“While we were investigating An Lushan today, we were also keeping an eye out for that Hundred Feet. Not only did we not find anyone who looked similar, but it seems the name Hundred Feet has never even appeared in Rouran,” Obito said, sitting cross-legged.

To make it easier to find people, Yamato had given them a portrait of Hundred Feet, so they had been diligently helping Naruto and the others look for Hundred Feet while on their mission.

Rin Nohara poured a cup of water for everyone and brought it to them.

“It’s the same as our investigation results,” Yamato said, taking the teacup and thanking her.

“I questioned many residents near our crossing point, and besides Naruto, there were no other suspicious-looking people that day.”

Yamato had gone to investigate after using the Transformation Technique. He wasn’t surprised that Naruto was identified as suspicious; with Uzumaki Naruto’s personality, he would definitely ask strangers questions as soon as he crossed over.

But when he pretended to be looking for a relative for a bounty and asked residents with Hundred Feet’s portrait, he also received negative answers. Yamato felt something was wrong.

This meant that Hundred Feet might not have traveled through time and was still in the original timeline. At the same time, it also meant that Sakura and Sai, who also hadn’t crossed over, would have to face Hundred Feet, who had absorbed the power of the Dragon Vein, and it also meant that it might be very difficult for them to return.

After listening to Yamato’s intel, Kakashi frowned. It wasn’t a big deal if no suspicious people appeared; if the other party was a cautious Ninja, they wouldn’t quickly become an anomaly in the crowd.

But if all the answers to the portrait were negative, then there were only two possibilities: one was that Hundred Feet was lucky and no one saw him when he appeared, and then he quickly used the Transformation Technique to hide his tracks.

The second possibility was terrifying: only Naruto and Yamato traveled through time, and Hundred Feet did not come over.

“Damn it, he was the one who caused the anomaly, so why are only Captain Yamato and I the ones who traveled through time?” Naruto was a bit anxious, thinking that his teammates might be in danger.

“Since Hundred Feet will appear in the future, can we just wait in Rouran until the time Hundred Feet appears, and then defeat him in one fell swoop?” Obito suddenly thought of a good idea.

Naruto stared at Obito with wide eyes, realizing that it seemed to make sense, but he just didn’t know how many years they would have to wait.

“That won’t work. Naruto and the others came from the future, which means there will still be another Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato in our world. If they keep waiting like this, then there will be two of them in the world. How should they get along then?” Kakashi said, shaking his head.

Obito’s plan was too idealistic, and if two people from the future stayed in the present, who knew what kind of impact it would have on history? It was hard to say whether they could even reach the original future, let alone ambush Hundred Feet on the spot.

Obito thought about it and realized that Kakashi’s words made more sense. If there were two of him, wouldn’t he become his own love rival?

“We can’t stay here for too long. Staying too long would be irresponsible to the Ninja World and to history,” Yamato said in a deep voice, agreeing.

Yamato was a bit surprised that Kakashi could think of this point. Although he was still young, that Senior Kakashi was still Senior Kakashi, always so reliable at crucial moments.

“You don’t have to worry, Hundred Feet must have crossed over,” Muzuki said with certainty.

Yamato looked at Muzuki. Although he now knew that Muzuki was not the Fourth Hokage, based on Muzuki’s performance, Muzuki was undoubtedly a very reliable Ninja who wouldn’t make baseless statements.

“According to your description, Hundred Feet devoured the Fourth Hokage’s Sealing Technique, causing the Dragon Vein’s power to run wild, and then you traveled through time. So…” Muzuki began to lecture, using his extremely profound Ninjutsu foundation.

To fool everyone, he even used some knowledge of Flying Thunder God, and everyone listened, stunned. Although they didn’t understand much, they could sense that the content was very profound.

“So Hundred Feet must have traveled through time just like you. The reason for the current situation might be that Hundred Feet came earlier than you, perhaps a few weeks, perhaps a few months, or even a few years earlier,” Muzuki concluded.

“Then wouldn’t it be even harder to find him? The Ninja World is so big, who knows where he ran off to?” Naruto said, scratching his head in distress.

Muzuki’s explanation was long and profound, giving a feeling of being impressed without fully understanding. Coupled with Muzuki being very approachable, Uzumaki Naruto directly believed Muzuki’s explanation.

Yamato thought for a moment and also felt that Muzuki’s explanation was the best and most reasonable, but his expression still didn’t relax. As Uzumaki Naruto said, it was too difficult to find one person in such a vast Ninja World.

“I actually think he might not have left Rouran. Since he wants to obtain the power of Rouran’s Dragon Vein, how could he let go of Rouran, which has no opposing Ninja to hinder him?” Muzuki said, pushing his glasses with his left hand.

“As for the reason you can’t find any information, it’s probably because he’s worried that you’ve also come over and changed his appearance.”

“Tomorrow, I’ll go negotiate with the Queen and see if I can get some relevant information from her.”

Naruto gave Muzuki a thumbs-up and thanked him, “Big Brother Muzuki, thank you so much! You’re really amazing!”

Everyone else was completely confused, yet Muzuki could extract useful information from it and ultimately get the answers they wanted.

“Of course! Don’t you see who this is? Lord Mu Yue is omnipotent!” Obito, a loyal follower of Lord Mu Yue, immediately began to promote his belief.

Slap!

Muzuki joined his middle and index fingers, gently tapping Obito’s head, and said with a helpless smile, “Even I don’t know that I’m omnipotent.”

Obito chuckled twice, not caring about the divine punishment. It was perfectly reasonable for the omnipotent Lord Mu Yue to be humble.

“You’ve gone to a lot of trouble, Lord Mu Yue,” Yamato said, bowing in thanks.

He was truly very curious about Muzuki. Why would such a gentle and amiable strong person have no reputation in later generations? Was it because he died too early in battle?

Thinking of this, Yamato’s mood became heavy. Even if he could deduce this result, he couldn’t offer Muzuki any help.

“If Senior Kakashi were here, what would he do?” Yamato couldn’t help but think.

Although Kakashi always bullied him and often didn’t follow the plan when carrying out missions, the results were always good, so Yamato had always trusted Kakashi.

As Yamato was thinking, he saw the youthful Kakashi sitting opposite him. After Obito and the others finished discussing their mission, Muzuki and the others began to exchange information about their own missions. Kakashi was reporting their day’s harvest to Muzuki with a serious expression.

“Senior was quite cute when he was young, and his eyes were so bright. Why did they become dead fish eyes later?” Comparing the young and old Kakashi, and then looking at Muzuki’s team, where the atmosphere was very loving, Yamato vaguely guessed some things.

Even though there were four people in total, he only knew Kakashi.

When everything was discussed, they began to disperse. Muzuki was going to start researching Sealing Technique, Rin Nohara was going to wash up, and Obito and Kakashi started arguing again, bickering all the way. Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato also returned to their rooms.

Four hours later, the door to Obito’s room slowly opened with an extremely low sound. Then, Obito poked his head out, looked left and right, and after confirming that he hadn’t been discovered, Obito quietly walked to Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato’s room.

Obito lightly tapped on the door twice, then tiptoed inside.

“Obito, why are you being so careful?” Uzumaki Naruto asked, puzzled by the sight.

Yamato’s face showed hesitation. He probably guessed Obito’s intention. Sneaking into the room of them, the future time travelers, at night, what else could it be besides wanting to know about the future?

“Ahem, nothing, I just want to ask some questions.” Obito didn’t hide it and quickly explained his purpose.

“Don’t you know Lord Mu Yue? I mean, before you crossed over?”

Obito stared intently at Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato. He had been restraining himself all day. He really wanted to know that answer.

“I don’t know him. Today is the first time I’ve met Big Brother Muzuki,” Uzumaki Naruto replied, shaking his head.

Muzuki was very special. Uzumaki Naruto felt that if he had ever met Muzuki, he would definitely not forget him.

After Uzumaki Naruto answered, Obito shifted his entire gaze to Yamato. Yamato looked much older than Uzumaki Naruto and should know more than Naruto.

“I don’t know Lord Mu Yue either.” Yamato thought for a moment, and in the end, he didn’t avoid it and answered Obito’s question directly.

He truly didn’t want to change history, but facing Obito’s almost pleading gaze, Yamato couldn’t remain silent or lie.

“These things shouldn’t have much impact,” Yamato comforted himself. Before coming, he didn’t even know who Hayate Mugetsu was.

“How can this be…” A look of confusion appeared on Obito’s face.

In his opinion, it was impossible for such an excellent Ninja as Lord Mu Yue to be so unknown, no matter how low-key he was.

“Then who is the Vice Principal of the Ninja Academy?” Obito continued to ask.

Yamato shook his head, indicating that he didn’t know about this matter.

“Vice Principal? Does the Ninja Academy even have a Vice Principal?” Uzumaki Naruto asked, puzzled.

He only remembered that the Hokage was the principal of the Ninja Academy, and that was it.

Obito’s mind raced, thinking of other places where there would definitely be traces of Muzuki.

But to his surprise, he couldn’t think of any. Firstly, Muzuki was very low-key; even after repelling a strong enemy like the Raikage Candidate, he told them not to spread it around. Secondly, Obito wasn’t sure if Muzuki held positions in other departments besides the Ninja Academy.

“Damn Kakashi! Lord Mu Yue is so excellent, why doesn’t he tell others about his deeds?” A frustrated Obito cursed Kakashi in his heart.

The clearest intelligence right now was the future Kakashi. The future Kakashi was Yamato’s senior and Uzumaki Naruto’s teacher.

Obito felt that if Kakashi had just told Uzumaki Naruto a little about Muzuki’s story, it wouldn’t be like this.

“What about Rin Nohara? Don’t you have any impression of her either? Did Kakashi not mention her?” Obito took a long breath, then changed the question.

Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato both shook their heads. This was also someone they didn’t know, someone they had never even heard of.

Upon receiving this answer, Obito clenched his fists tightly. His fingernails dug into his flesh from the excessive force, but Obito still didn’t relax in the slightest.

He simply couldn’t imagine a future without Muzuki, a future without Rin Nohara. He didn’t believe such a future could exist, and he didn’t want such a future.

“You must know Minato-sensei, right?” Obito bit his tongue, forcing himself to calm down, then continued to ask.

“Yes,” Yamato nodded. “Lord Minato is the Fourth Hokage of Konoha. He was the greatest contributor in the war.”

Due to the previous misunderstanding of recognizing the wrong person, the fact that Minato Namikaze was the Fourth Hokage had basically been leaked, so Yamato felt it wouldn’t matter if he said more.

“How did Minato-sensei die? And why?” Obito directly asked about Minato’s cause of death.

As a Hokage, Minato Namikaze couldn’t have died without a clear reason.

Yamato closed his eyes. He didn’t know if he should continue speaking, or what the consequences would be if he did.

“Captain Yamato, do you know? If you know, just say it. Wouldn’t it be great if we could prevent the Fourth Hokage’s death?” Uzumaki Naruto said, looking at Yamato.

He wasn’t very clear about this matter. He knew very little about the Fourth Hokage, only when he was with Jiraiya, Jiraiya would briefly mention it to him.

For example, the Rasengan was developed by the Fourth Hokage over three years, and the Fourth Hokage was a true genius Ninja.

“Naruto, it’s not that I don’t want to say, but if history changes, what will the world be like after we go back? Will it be the same as before, or will it change with the change in history?” Yamato opened his eyes and said helplessly.

“If this change is for the better, and the Fourth Hokage successfully survives and Konoha becomes stronger, that’s naturally good. But if, due to our reckless actions, an accident occurs and Konoha is destroyed, we will become the culprits of history.”

Yamato actually didn’t know much about the Fourth Hokage’s death. The detailed process of this matter was highly classified. He only knew that the main reason was the Nine-Tailed’s rampage, and the Fourth Hokage died protecting the Village by sealing the Nine-Tailed.

So Yamato really didn’t dare to speak carelessly. It would truly be troublesome if he tried to do good but ended up causing greater harm to Konoha.

Yamato didn’t think he was someone capable of influencing the course of history, so he chose to steadily maintain the status quo. This way, at least he wouldn’t happily return only to find Konoha gone.

Uzumaki Naruto opened his mouth, unable to think of how to refute Yamato for a moment.

If it was just his own life, Uzumaki Naruto could directly stand up and say no. He dared to challenge it; if he won, Muzuki and the Fourth Hokage would live. If he lost, he would just die.

But Naruto couldn’t gamble with other people’s lives; he wasn’t qualified to do so.

Obito also felt the weight in Yamato’s words; although there were only two of them, they had already shouldered the entire future.

But Obito still didn’t want to give up; without Lord Mu Yue, without Rin, without Minato-sensei, he didn’t want that kind of future, he didn’t acknowledge such a future, he wanted to create a future where everyone lived.

Knock knock!

Just as Obito was about to say something more, the door suddenly knocked.

Obito looked around, finally settling on the wardrobe in the room, and then hid inside.

During the day, Muzuki had already expressed his stance on the matter of future Ninja, and Obito didn’t want Muzuki to worry.

Before going in, Obito specifically whispered to Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato not to say that he had been there.

“It’s Kakashi-sensei. Why are you so cautious?”

Hiding in the closet, Obito listened to their conversation and realized the visitor wasn’t Muzuki, but Kakashi.

“Does this guy Kakashi also want to know about the future?” Obito controlled his breathing, quietly listening to their conversation.

Kakashi looked at Naruto with a dark expression; although he was called’sensei’, he didn’t feel a shred of respect. Who adds ‘little’ before their sensei’s name?

Yamato looked at the youthful Kakashi walking in and felt a headache; Kakashi-senpai wasn’t easy to deal with.

“There are some things I’m curious about and want to ask you two,” Kakashi said after sitting down, explaining his purpose.

Uzumaki Naruto felt a sense of déjà vu; he seemed to have just experienced this entrance and opening line.

Sure enough, Kakashi immediately began to inquire about Muzuki, Rin Nohara, and Obito.

On these matters, Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato did not conceal anything, because they originally knew nothing about Muzuki and the others.

However, to Yamato’s surprise, Kakashi did not ask about Minato next, but started talking about himself.

“Since one of you is my future disciple and the other is my future junior, tell me what kind of person I am in the future,” Kakashi said after thinking.

Hearing Kakashi talk about this, Uzumaki Naruto became excited.

“Kakashi-sensei, you really should pay attention to time. In the future, you’re practically a latecomer. You’re late every day, never on time, and when you’re late, you use those clumsy excuses to fob us off. It’s either meeting a lost old lady or encountering a black cat that makes you lose your way in life!” Uzumaki Naruto complained.

Uzumaki Naruto had really tolerated Kakashi on this point for a long time.

Kakashi was a bit dazed; he, who had always been punctual, would often be late in the future, and the reasons sounded familiar—helping old ladies.

“Could it be that guy Obito…?” Kakashi remained silent, continuing to listen to Naruto’s narration.

“You often slack off. You said you’d teach Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation, but you kept reading ‘Icha Icha Paradise’ next to us. Luckily, Captain Yamato was diligent.”

“I need to clarify this point. It wasn’t me being diligent; it was Kakashi-senpai who tricked me into completing all the work.” Seeing Uzumaki Naruto mention things related to himself, Yamato had to step out to clarify.

Yamato had figured it out; whenever he was on a team mission with Kakashi, he would be especially exhausted, because Kakashi would always make him unconsciously finish all the work.

Kakashi’s mouth twitched. What was going on? He felt like his future self was quite a scoundrel.

“I knew this Kakashi guy wasn’t anything good,” Obito, hidden in the closet, couldn’t help but inwardly complain.

“However, Kakashi-senpai isn’t without his merits. No matter what the mission, under Kakashi-senpai’s leadership, it always gets completed. Regardless of the process, the outcome is always good.” After a thorough scolding, Yamato couldn’t help but praise Kakashi’s reliability.

Kakashi’s expression remained unchanged; only then did he feel a bit more like himself.

“Because of suffering multiple blows, I ended up in that pathetic state…” Kakashi could basically confirm that many important people around him had died, based on the image of his future self.

“In the end, I still couldn’t successfully protect what I wanted to protect?” Kakashi touched the White Fang Short Blade on his back.

To protect those he cared about, Kakashi would rather die in battle, but the future seemed to be completely opposite to his thoughts; only he survived from the entire Muzuki class.

“If you consider me your Kakashi-sensei or Kakashi-senpai, then tell me everything about the future I care about,” Kakashi said with an extremely serious expression.

He wasn’t someone who liked to exploit emotions, and he disliked even more exploiting the future Ninja’s feelings for their future selves. But Kakashi had something he disliked even more: watching the people he cared about perish before his eyes.

Traveling through time was an extremely bizarre thing. Now, two Ninja from the future were right in front of him, and he had learned of his comrades’ deaths. Kakashi had to consider if this might be his only chance in this life to save them.

He didn’t want to regret not trying his best to change the fate of his comrades’ deaths someday in the future, so he chose to shamelessly exploit their emotions.

“If I can’t successfully protect my comrades, there’s no meaning in me living alone. If Lord Mu Yue and the others die, no matter who the enemy is or how strong they are, I’d rather die by their hands than escape alone,” Kakashi said earnestly.

He was demonstrating his resolve, and also blackmailing. His meaning was clear: if Muzuki and the others were destined to die, then he couldn’t live either.

“Kakashi-sensei…” Naruto looked at Kakashi, somewhat exasperated. If only he knew more, he would have told everything already.

Yamato, beside him, also fell into deep self-reproach and confusion.

He didn’t know how to choose. Telling them about the future might change history, leading to unknown accidents, but if he didn’t, they might not see Kakashi when they returned. The lazy, unreliable but very dependable senior he remembered would die forever.

“Kakashi…”

Obito, hidden in the wardrobe, was moved by Kakashi’s words. Kakashi’s image in his mind no longer seemed so detestable.

“Tell me everything. Please believe me, believe that we can make Konoha and the Ninja World better,” Kakashi said sincerely, taking the White Fang Short Blade from his back into his hand.

He knew that changing the future was a great risk and very immoral to the people of the future, so Kakashi chose to bear it all alone. In the end, it would be fine if only he was wrong.

Bang!

Yamato suddenly raised his arm and slammed Kakashi’s head hard.

Kakashi looked at Yamato in confusion; he could sense that Yamato had no aggressive intent or killing intent.

“Damn you, Kakashi-senpai, for always bullying me! I’ve wanted to hit you for a long time.” Recalling the feel of it, Yamato felt a surge of satisfaction, and his thoughts instantly cleared. He felt this was even more comfortable than soaking in a hot spring.

Kakashi:…

So you’re blaming me for the future Kakashi’s actions, huh?

Yamato’s knock made Uzumaki Naruto somewhat eager to act. This was a chance to hit Kakashi-sensei, and a young Kakashi-sensei at that! If he missed it, he probably would never get another chance.

“Honestly, Kakashi-senpai is always so troublesome, no matter how old he is,” Yamato sighed, preparing to tell everything he knew.

Ultimately, he chose to trust Kakashi, to trust the Kakashi-senpai he had always relied on.

He had no choice but to speak. Yamato could feel that history was already changing due to their arrival.

If he didn’t answer Kakashi’s questions, then Kakashi might really die, which would mean a change in history, and the ripple effect would lead Konoha to an unknown situation.

Since the future was going to change anyway, Yamato chose to trust Kakashi.

“The Fourth Hokage died very early; he was the shortest-reigning Hokage. He died because…” Just as Yamato was about to tell Kakashi the Fourth Hokage’s cause of death, the door suddenly knocked again.

“Don’t tell anyone I was here. Let me bear this alone,” Kakashi whispered quickly, then hurried to the only hiding place in the room: the wardrobe.

Since he was the only one who survived in the future, he would bear this burden alone.

“Kakashi-sen…” Uzumaki Naruto saw this and was about to say that someone was already there, but Kakashi’s movements were too fast. Naruto had just opened his mouth when Kakashi had already opened the closet door.

Silence—

Kakashi and Obito locked eyes. The entire room became extremely quiet, with only the faint sound of knocking.

“Kakashi, hehe, what a coincidence,” Obito chuckled awkwardly.

Kakashi’s expression was a bit hard to maintain. He had just made such a huge mental preparation, only to realize in an instant that someone else knew too.

Though speechless inside, Kakashi still hid in the wardrobe with Obito and quietly listened to the sounds outside.

“Rin, it’s you. Is something wrong?” Uzumaki Naruto greeted her familiarly.

“Excuse me, I just have some things I’d like to ask,” Rin Nohara said with a gentle smile.

Kakashi and Obito in the closet exchanged silent glances. So all three of them had the same idea.

Yamato helplessly rubbed his forehead with his right hand. What was this? It would have been better for the three of them to come together and ask, saving some breath.

Rin Nohara’s questions were not much different from Kakashi’s. Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato answered Rin Nohara’s questions very fluently.

Because it was too fluent, almost as if they hadn’t thought about it, Rin Nohara even looked at Uzumaki Naruto and Yamato with suspicious eyes for a moment. Rin Nohara felt that Uzumaki Naruto and the others were fooling her.

Yamato was utterly speechless. They had said it so many times, how could it not be fluent?

Rin Nohara had only asked a few questions when suddenly there was another knock on the door, but this time it wasn’t as faint as before.

“Yamato, Naruto, are you asleep? It’s Muzuki,” Muzuki said from outside the door.

Rin Nohara heard Muzuki’s voice, quickly scanned the room, and then rushed straight to the closet.

Yamato, Uzumaki Naruto:…

What was this, the bond of a class?

Yamato really wanted to use Wood Release on the spot to create a new closet for Rin Nohara to hide in. Three people in one closet would be a bit crowded, and also very awkward.

After the closet opened, Rin Nohara was bewildered. On one side was Obito, with an embarrassed smile, and on the other was Kakashi, whose expression was a bit hard to maintain.

Although she didn’t know what had happened, Muzuki was coming, so Rin Nohara had no choice but to enter and close the door.

“Big Brother Muzuki, are you here to ask about the future?” Uzumaki Naruto asked directly.

Since the entire Muzuki class wanted to know about the future, and Yamato was willing to talk, Uzumaki Naruto felt there was no need to make it so complicated, like a spy mission just for a chat.

“No,” Muzuki replied with a slight smile, shaking his head.

Since he remembered the original plot very clearly, Uzumaki Naruto at this time knew even less than him, so of course he didn’t need to ask Uzumaki Naruto.

“Although what happened during the day was a misunderstanding, my disciples and I are still somewhat sorry to you. So if you have any ideas, you can tell me. Whether you want to learn Ninjutsu or meet someone from the current era, I will provide all the help I can,” Muzuki said.

“Big Brother Muzuki, you’re truly too kind, but my Ninjutsu…” Uzumaki Naruto, who had been smiling, suddenly froze as he thought of something.

He thought of a person, a person he missed very much, and also a person he wanted to see but could no longer.

“Big Brother Muzuki, do you know Ero-Sennin? His name is Jiraiya, and he’s one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha,” Uzumaki Naruto asked Muzuki with fervent eyes.

Uzumaki Naruto realized this was the past; Jiraiya was still alive and well now. He just didn’t know what the current Jiraiya was like compared to the Jiraiya he knew.

“Lord Jiraiya is one of the Konoha Sannin, famous throughout the Ninja World. Of course I know him,” Muzuki nodded, looking at Naruto’s excited expression.

“Naruto…” Yamato originally wanted to remind Naruto not to influence history too much.

But then he thought, it’s already like this, and it probably wouldn’t have much impact for Naruto to meet Jiraiya. Anyway, it definitely wouldn’t be as big as Kakashi and their impact.

“Big Brother Muzuki, please, I want to meet him once,” Uzumaki Naruto said solemnly. He had very important things to say to Jiraiya.

“I will try my best, but I can’t guarantee you’ll meet him,” Muzuki reminded him.

Jiraiya was currently serving as the Ninja Force Commander in the war against Iwagakure, making it difficult for him to spare time to meet a stranger, even if that stranger would become very close to him in the future.

As for Uzumaki Naruto, they had traveled through time due to the influence of the Ryūmyaku in Rōran. Muzuki thought it was best for them not to leave Rōran for now.

Regarding Obito not having activated his Mangekyo, I’ll briefly explain: firstly, he heard that they died from others, he didn’t witness it himself, so the impact wasn’t as great. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be very easy for Uchiha to awaken their Sharingan with just a few rumors? Secondly, there’s Obito’s current age. He’s not even ten years old, so he doesn’t have that strength. Isn’t Sasuke talented enough? He only had a single tomoe after his entire clan died.

Also, a small request for monthly votes. I should be quite diligent recently, right?