Naruto and Sasuke are doing nothing; Madara and I will set an example.

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"Whoosh!" The scene shifts again, and under the evening breeze and moonlight, a cozy little house appears before you, where a beautiful woman awaits.

"Honey, welcome home~ This man next to you, is he... Uncle Ban?"

Chapter 3 Uchiha Hikaru

Wife's Light as the Headpiece

Standing outside the door to greet us was a woman with exquisite features. A blue ninja skirt hugged her curvaceous figure, and her long, flowing hair cascaded down to her lower back like a waterfall.

She stood with her hands behind her back, her eyes and brows filled with a gentle smile.

"Do you know me?" Ban scrutinized the woman in front of him who addressed him as "Uncle Ban".

The woman smiled and said, "Yes, Chen has already made arrangements. He will bring you to visit tonight."

"Oh." Madara stared at her intently, somewhat dazed. This woman's face gave him an indescribable feeling.

Is it simply because she knows me, yet isn't afraid of me at all?

Just then, a small head with a princess-cut hairstyle peeked out from behind the woman's long legs, looking at him curiously and revealing its pointed little tiger teeth. "Is this uncle a relative of Mommy? How come he looks so much like Mommy!"

"Ah." The little girl's words enlightened Ban, and he finally understood what that indescribable feeling was.

The woman looked very much like him, especially in her eyes and demeanor; she resembled him even more than Chen, so much so that it was as if she were looking at herself in a mirror.

Chen smiled and introduced Ban: "This is my wife 'Hikari', and my daughter 'Tsuki'."

Ban shifted his gaze from Hikaru's face and greeted him somewhat awkwardly, "Hello... to you all."

Hikaru stroked Tsukimi's soft, short hair and said, "Tsukimi, call him Grandpa Madara~"

Xiaoyue exclaimed in surprise, "Eh? Uncle Ban is my grandfather? But he looks so young! He's not old at all!"

Ban's stern face relaxed at Xiaoyue's childish voice. He bent down and looked closely at her round little face, asking, "How old are you?"

"Grandpa Ban! Satsuki is four years old this year!"

"Four years old...that's right, the perfect age to go to the battlefield!"

"Why does Grandpa Ban have a weird old man's face on his chest?!"

"..." Madara looked down at his exposed chest, and at Hashirama's face.

Back then, when he danced wildly in front of the Five Kage and the Allied Shinobi Forces with this face, he felt no embarrassment whatsoever. But when faced with a question from this innocent little girl, he felt like he was going to die.

This Edo Tensei is already way too overpowered, would it kill you to wear clothes?

But he couldn't afford to embarrass himself in front of the younger Uchiha clan members.

"That's right, your Grandpa Ban was born with a second face. Are you scared?"

"I'm not scared! I think Kaku-yi (cool) is so cool! Can I touch it?" Yue's little eyes sparkled!

Madara couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahaha, good! Just my taste! Uchiha Tsukuyomi, is that it? I, Madara, approve of your taste! Touch me, you're allowed to touch me as much as you want!"

After saying that, he squatted down so that Yue could reach Hashirama's face with her hand.

Chen looked at this unexpected scene and thought in surprise: Hey, I really didn't expect this... Madara has this side to him!

Guang said at the right moment, "Xiaoyue, let your grandpa Ban come inside quickly, the food is getting cold."

After entering the house, Guang took out a black divine robe made of dust from the closet in the entryway and presented it to Madara with both hands, saying, "I'm sorry, Uncle Madara, the preparations were a bit inadequate. Wear the dust's clothes for now. You're about the same height, so they should fit you. I'll get you a new one tomorrow."

Ban took the robe, wrapped it around his body, glanced down at the boots he had been resurrected with Edo Tensei, and said, "If it's convenient, could you also find me some shoe covers?"

As Ban walked through the living room, he glanced at the furnishings. They were simple yet cozy. On the TV cabinet was a framed photo of the family of four.

Pushing open the door to the Japanese-style room, a sumptuous feast of food and drinks was laid out on the table placed on the tatami mats.

Guang took Xiaoyue's hand and said to Chen, "Yue and I have already eaten. Let's go for a walk first. You two can talk about your business."

Chen smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, go ahead."

The expressions in their eyes revealed the perfect understanding between the couple.

After bowing to Ban, Guang took Xiaoyue's hand and walked out of the room, closing the sliding door behind them.

The scene fell silent.

Soon, the scuttled object broke through the sinking.

"Is Hikaru also a survivor of the Uchiha clan?"

"You noticed?" Chen smiled, not surprised, picked up the wine pot, poured it into the cup in front of Ban, and then poured some for himself.

"Light has another name, which you will surely recognize."

"what name?"

"Nameless..." Madara muttered these two words, a flash of inspiration crossing his mind. As the head of the Uchiha clan in the late Warring States period, he naturally thought of the legend of his clan!

"Nameless, are you referring to that girl from the mid-Warring States period who, because she awakened the rare eye power [Eight Thousand Spears], was used as a weapon by the Uchiha clan and ultimately sealed away by the Senju and Sarutobi clans?"

“That’s right. Light is Wuming’s real name. He was active in the Warring States period, which was earlier than yours. He was sealed away when he was twelve years old. It took two hundred and thirteen years for me to break the seal sixteen years ago.”

Ban took a sip of wine.

Sure enough, it has no sense of taste.

However, the emotions that should be there are still there.

"Then she should be filled with hatred for this world, but I can't see it at all..."

Chen picked up his wine glass. As the warm wine touched his throat, memories of the past vividly surfaced.

From that vengeful girl who once wanted to destroy the ninja world and reduce the descendants of the Uchiha, Sarutobi, and Senju to ashes, to his gentle and lovely wife who is also a bit arrogant in private, and the mother of two children...

Dust spent sixteen years giving Hikaru a redemption no less than that of Boruto in the original timeline, as well as companionship that Boruto could not provide.

Although the scar on my chest still aches slightly, the memories are sweet.

Chen recalled, "That was indeed the case at first, but I spent a long time making up for what she lacked from her former clansmen and what the world owed her... So, she is now my wife."

The two married on the day of Hikaru's sixteenth birthday coming of age. Hikaru was from the early Warring States period, and people in that era also followed the coming-of-age ceremony.

At that time, the Fourth Shinobi World War had ended three years prior.

"That's it."

Ban didn't ask any more questions about the light, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating the food that he couldn't taste.

Chen poured him another cup.

Actually, Ban was also a little surprised... that he could sit here and eat so naturally.

Even though only half an hour had passed since he was resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation, he was still unsure of what his purpose was in resurrecting him.

Objectively speaking, the surprises that light and moon brought him did indeed bring him much closer to Chen.

Ban pondered Chen's thoughts:

That said, his wife and children were still at home, yet he dared to bring me here directly. At least his motives must be open and honest. Besides, he was certain that I wouldn't do anything to harm his family.

But I just don't understand. I am Uchiha Madara. Doesn't he know that I almost destroyed this ninja world with my own hands?

Ban put down his wine glass and picked it up again: "Let's get down to business."

Chen glanced at Ban, took a sip of wine, and began to speak while eating.

"Alright. Although the war is over, the clansmen of Kaguya Otsutsuki are still lurking on this land, waiting for an opportunity to cause trouble."

"Naruto and Sasuke, along with the Five Kage's inaction and lack of a sense of crisis over the years, are causing the overall strength of the ninja world to decline, making it insufficient to cope with the upcoming crisis. The ninja world is not far from true chaos."

"Therefore, someone has to step up and change this situation."

Ban listened to Chen finish speaking. "So, this person is you?"

Chen said, "That's right, but my strength alone is not enough. I need like-minded comrades to complete the 'plan' with me."

He added, "This like-minded comrade-in-arms includes you, standing right in front of me."

Ban frowned. Chen's words were brief, but contained an astonishing amount of information.

He extracted keywords from Chen's words, quickly pieced together a clue, and then began asking questions.

"Who among Kaguya's clans is stirring up trouble and lurking there? Why are Naruto and Sasuke, and the Five Kage doing nothing? Why is the ninja world about to descend into chaos?"

Chen put down his chopsticks, wiped his hands with a napkin, and with a "whoosh," his Sharingan flashed in his eyes. "Talking is too troublesome, let's just communicate with our 'eyes'."

After a moment's thought, Madara's Rinnegan in his pupils reverted to the Sharingan state, meeting Dust's gaze.

—Genjutsu: Sharingan!

"What you will see in the genjutsu is the future of the ninja world without my involvement!"

That's right, Chen is here to show Madara "Boruto"!

Chapter 4 Konoha in Turmoil

July 2nd, 0:08!

In Konoha Village, in the Hokage's office, the guard captain who had just awakened from the forbidden area reported the urgent situation of Madara's missing body!

"What did you say!" Naruto slammed his bandaged right hand on the table, scattering the mountain of documents that had been piled up on the table all over the floor!

"Are you sure? It was Uchiha Chen who broke into the forbidden area and took Madara's body?"

"Yes, Seventh Hokage. Many years ago, when I returned to the village after a mission, I had a brief encounter with Chen! His face was so distinctive, I couldn't possibly mistake him! He took down all my subordinates! I was also careless for a moment and fell victim to his Sharingan genjutsu, causing me to faint!"

Naruto's face was tense. "What is the number of casualties?"

The squad leader said, "Fortunately, there were no casualties! Everyone was just knocked unconscious! I don't think that Chen would dare to go too far!"

"I see..." Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, sat back down in his chair, rested his chin on his hands, and pondered what to do next.

How exactly did he manage to slip past the protective barrier and the mountain clan's sensory system, disappearing without a trace...?

Naruto was confused, but faced with the fait accompli, he could only choose to accept it.

At that moment, Shikamaru, the Hokage advisor standing to the side, suddenly asked, "Uchiha Chen, did he leave any message?"

"Huh?" The squad leader was taken aback. "A message! Right, there really is a message! He asked me to deliver it to the Seventh Hokage!"

"What?"

The moment the squad leader was under the illusion, a sentence did indeed faintly echo in his mind.

"It seems to be... 'Tell the Hokage that I've already been informed many times, but you're determined not to do anything, so I'll have to do it my way.'"

"Huh? You already said hello?" Naruto frowned and looked at Shikamaru: "Chen said... he was coming to take Madara's body away?"

After pondering for a moment while rubbing his chin, Shikamaru shook his head with certainty and said, "No, he did contact us unilaterally many times in the past ten years or so through letters, but he never mentioned that he wanted to take Madara's body."

Since these were not official correspondence between the five great nations, Chen's private letters would not be directly submitted to Naruto's daily official documents. Instead, Shikamaru, as an advisor, would preview them before deciding whether to submit them.

(Precautionary note: Regarding the controversy surrounding Shikamaru's character design, here's a heads-up: he was affected by some kind of 'jutsu,' which was done by an entity unknown to both sides at this moment. I originally planned to reveal this as the story progressed, but there's been a lot of controversy, so I'm giving you a heads-up in advance.)

However, Shikamaru felt that the contents of his letters were either unrealistic or alarmist, so he intercepted them.

It wasn't until three years ago, when Chen first mentioned his Uchiha clan identity in a letter, that Shikamaru informed Naruto.

Naruto thought... The descendants of the Uchiha clan, although they were a branch of the clan that guarded the forbidden area of ​​the Blood Pond in the Land of Lightning nearly a hundred years ago, and their status had long since become commoners, could still be considered distant relatives of Sasuke, right?

So he thought he should take some time to meet Chen in person... but unexpectedly, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire wanted to meet Naruto, and it was a very important matter. Naruto had no choice but to rush over without even leaving a shadow clone behind.

And so the dusty pigeons were released.

Naruto recalled, "I remember that day, we made him stay at the reception desk for a long time, didn't we?"

Squad leader: "Yes, yes, yes! I saw him at the reception desk when I came back for my duty report. He was sitting there, constantly looking down at his watch!"

Naruto said, "After that time he stood me up, he completely disappeared. I never expected him to do something so unprecedented today..."

When the topic of standing someone up came up, a hint of something indescribable flashed in Shikamaru's eyes.

"Naruto, now that things have come to this, I should tell you some things about Chen..."

Naruto tensed slightly, gave the squad leader a wink, and the latter immediately understood, leaving the room, locking the door, and waiting in the corridor.

Naruto rested his chin on his hands: "Go ahead and say it, Shikamaru."

Shikamaru lit a cigarette.