Hearing Minato's inquiry, the Anbu member paused for a moment. Then, he answered truthfully.
"Reporting to the Hokage. They haven't targeted any Tailed Beasts recently, nor have they contacted the leaders of other great nations. For the time being, they have only been dealing with the Underground Exchange—carrying out bounty missions and the like."
Minato nodded after hearing the Anbu's analysis.
"It seems they haven't officially begun their operation. Regardless of their goal, they currently need a large amount of money. That's why they're taking bounty missions..."
"I understand. Continue your surveillance, but be careful not to be discovered!" Minato commanded.
"Yes!"
After the Anbu member responded, his figure vanished in a puff of smoke.
In the world of Road to Ninja Tsunade.
"Dance, Sode no Shirayuki!"
Following Tsunade's chant, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, freezing everything in the vicinity into a frozen wasteland. Despite it being summer, the surrounding area was gripped by a piercing cold.
The target in front of her had been frozen into a massive ice sculpture, motionless.
The one frozen was the Two-Tails Matatabi!
This dignified Tailed Beast had exhausted a significant amount of Chakra after fighting Tsunade for some time. Taking advantage of its lapse in attention, Tsunade had instantly turned it into an ice sculpture.
"As expected of Tsunade! Amazing!"
The other ninjas accompanying Tsunade let out exclamations of surprise and admiration. Tsunade's strength was many times more powerful than they had imagined. She had faced this Tailed Beast alone without any pressure, and she hadn't even been injured!
Is this the power of a Hokage?!
The ninjas present looked at Tsunade with eyes full of reverence and worship.
"Phew... now it can't get away," Tsunade said calmly as she sheathed her Zanpakutō. "Alright, let's bring it back to the Leaf. Call the Sealing Team and tell them to be careful."
She felt the surging power flowing through her body. After the recent series of battles, Tsunade found that her use of the Zanpakutō was becoming more and more natural, as if the blade had been bound to her soul from the very beginning. It was a wonderful feeling.
Watching the Sealing Team busily begin to seal the Tailed Beast, Tsunade fell into deep thought.
"I need to speed up capturing the other Tailed Beasts. I don't know when the enemies from the moon will arrive. I can't let them get the upper hand!"
In Madara Uchiha's world.
Last time, he had easily captured the One-Tail. After being thoroughly beaten by Madara Uchiha, the One-Tail had learned its lesson and no longer dared to speak arrogantly, becoming as docile as a kitten.
Next, Madara headed to other locations. There were still several Tailed Beasts to acquire.
After his experience supporting Naruto's world, a strange sense of urgency grew in Madara's heart.
"Enemies from the moon?" Madara muttered to himself. "I wonder how the strength of the people in my world compares?"
He was well aware that while the various Naruto worlds were very similar, each world had unique differences; they were not identical. If that were the case, it was entirely possible that the Otsutsuki Clan members in his world were even more powerful than those in other worlds.
Thinking of this, Madara became even more anxious.
"I must hurry!"
In the world of Sixth Hokage Kakashi.
In this world, the level of technology had been developing rapidly. Because this timeline was the closest to Naruto's world, its technological level was naturally higher than many other Naruto worlds.
Following the previous meteor incident, Kakashi had been continuously pushing the development of technology. Returning from Naruto's world and seeing the technological progress in his own, Kakashi was slightly surprised.
"Naruto's world... on the surface, its technological development isn't too different from mine, but in reality, there are quite a few distinctions. It seems I need to keep pushing," Kakashi thought.
He knew that among the twelve Hokages, his own strength was likely among the weakest. He had joined the group late, and more importantly, he had never ranked in the top few during the rankings. He was usually either at the bottom or in the middle.
He hadn't received any high-tier rewards, which was quite disheartening. As a result, he didn't have any special rewards, only the universal items like Deep Water and Senzu Beans.
The most important thing he had was the points earned from participating in two Multiverse Missions. The points provided some consolation. Aside from the top three, the points received by the remaining Hokages were roughly similar. After two missions, he had accumulated around 300,000 points.
These points should be enough to exchange for a decent ability to raise his level. Kakashi decided that he would carefully look for an ability suited to him in the mall to exchange for.
People like Aoki were already strong enough to save their points for even more powerful items, but he couldn't do that yet. He needed to increase his strength first before he could become truly formidable.
In the Shira World.
On the outskirts of the Leaf, three figures with very distinct appearances appeared. They were Kinshiki, Momoshiki, and Urashiki!
As soon as they appeared, they looked toward the Hokage's office from afar.
"The fellow over there... seems to be somewhat powerful," Momoshiki remarked after sensing the area.
Hearing this, the other two were surprised. What? This was a place of ninjas, yet their master claimed someone was powerful. This had never happened before. After all, they were the Otsutsuki Clan, beings who called themselves gods. In their eyes, humans were nothing.
For Momoshiki to say this proved that the human in question indeed had some skill.
"Forget it, we won't enter their territory for now. Let's go capture the Tailed Beasts first!" Momoshiki declared.
He could sense the aura of a Tailed Beast within the Land of Fire. However, for some reason, he instinctively didn't want to go there first. He decided to start with the outskirts.
Following Momoshiki's decision, the other two had no objections and vanished along with him.
After the three departed, a jutsu resembling an eyeball appeared in their wake and then shattered and disappeared.
What Momoshiki and his companions didn't know was that due to technological advancements, the Leaf's defenses were many times more rigorous than before. They had been detected the moment they appeared.
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