"Okay, Big Brother. I'll meet with my Second Sister-in-law and the Kage this afternoon, and try to send them off by tomorrow morning."
Torifu nodded, then from his ring, he took out four Chakra Herbs and a fine sword.
"Give them these, as compensation."
These herbs had the effect of speeding up cultivation, and Torifu instructed Minato to inform the Kage of this.
After all, they had come to Konoha to offer congratulations, and they were being rushed away before even staying for a full day.
That was truly impolite.
"Good, I will deliver them personally."
Chakra Herbs were the best gift at any time, and Torifu believed the Kage would have no complaints after seeing them.
As for the Land of Iron, there was nothing a fine sword couldn't solve.
After Minato left with the items, Torifu sat on the rocking chair and began to contemplate the original Naruto world.
Yahiko also sat next to Torifu, processing the fact that he was about to explore an alternate world.
This was a significant shock to him. No matter how rich his imagination was before, his limited experience and the times prevented him from ever thinking that an alternate world existed.
But now, an alternate world was right before his eyes. They were going to depart in two days, so he had no choice but to believe it.
"What's wrong? Feeling a bit nervous?" Torifu asked.
Yahiko scratched his head. "Nervousness is okay. I have some confidence in my strength. It just feels a bit unbelievable."
"To think that a world exactly the same as the Shinobi world exists, and that an identical version of me might exist there."
Torifu could understand Yahiko. After all, he was born and raised in the Shinobi world, had never read novels about travel to alternate worlds, and the entire Shinobi world had no concept of an alternate world.
So, Torifu suddenly telling him about this was naturally hard to accept immediately.
Torifu patted Yahiko's shoulder. "Broaden your horizons. There may be more things waiting for you in the future."
Yahiko looked up at Torifu. "Is there anything more shocking than an alternate world? I don't think so."
That was probably true. After visiting an alternate world, what else could shock Yahiko?
"Can I tell Konan about this?"
Torifu did not refuse. His family members could all know about this, and gradually, more people would become aware of it.
"As you wish. Just don't mention this to anyone outside of our family for the time being."
The Shinobi world was very peaceful now, but peace had both advantages and disadvantages.
Shinobi had almost no dangerous missions to perform. To train themselves, they could only spar with other Shinobi.
But the strength of Shinobi trained this way was considerably less than that of the older generation when they were young.
The Shinobi world had now been thoroughly changed by Torifu, and what would happen in the future was unpredictable.
Torifu wondered if he could turn the original world into a mission hub, taking on missions there to train Shinobi.
This idea was actually quite good, but to implement it, he would need to contact the Hokage of that world.
However, the Hokage of the original world was Namikaze Minato now. Namikaze Minato had just become Hokage, and his decision-making on various matters, big and small, was basically guided—or rather, controlled—by Sarutobi Hiruzen behind the scenes.
Namikaze Minato's authority was not high.
But Torifu couldn't just kill Sarutobi Hiruzen in the original world, as that would certainly cause resentment from Hiruzen in this world.
It seemed that, for now, they could only take things one step at a time.
The specific situation would have to wait until they arrived at Konoha in the original world.
He would see what they thought about visitors from another world. Torifu brought Minato along also to make it easier for the other party to accept them.
If it were just him and Naori going, one was a person who didn't exist in the original world at all.
The other was a person who had been dead for who knows how many years, which would be quite frightening.
Given Sarutobi Hiruzen's caution and Shimura Danzō's shrewdness, they probably wouldn't have a good impression of Torifu and Naori.
In that case, Torifu's idea would be immediately ruined.
Bringing Minato along would immediately win them half the good favor, after all, both Minatos were Hokage, and their life trajectories were similar, so they would definitely have things to talk about.
If the Hokage was on their side, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō had any reservations, it wouldn't matter.
And the most important point, which Minato and Yahiko didn't know but Torifu did, was that he was going with a mission.
Solving the Nine-Tails Rampage was the primary goal. Minato, being the kind of person who helps those in need, would certainly go and assist when he saw Namikaze Minato dealing with the Nine-Tails alone.
Helping Konoha solve a major incident and averting many unnecessary crises would naturally earn them their good favor.
Thinking about this, Torifu felt a moment of bewilderment. As the Hokage of Konoha, he had to go to another world to try and gain the good favor of Konoha.
This was truly fantastical.
While Torifu was thinking, Yahiko had already returned to the house and told Konan what had just happened.
Konan, who considered herself capable of remaining calm in any situation, could not remain calm at all now.
"Are you telling the truth, Yahiko! An alternate world!"
Konan suddenly stood up from the bed, grabbing Yahiko's shoulders and shaking him back and forth.
This made Yahiko feel a little nauseous.
"Y-Yes! It's all true! Master said so. We're leaving in two days."
"Can I go too!" Konan asked somewhat eagerly.
But Yahiko stammered, "Probably… not… Master didn't say you could go."
A basin of cold water had been poured over her, thoroughly chilling Konan.
Why wouldn't he take her on such an important matter! Why!
Seeing that Konan's expression was off, Yahiko quickly comforted her. "Don't worry. Since an alternate Shinobi world has been discovered, Master won't just go this one time. Master has his own considerations."
That was true, but Konan still felt somewhat wronged. Every time they executed a mission, she and Yahiko went together, but this time, Yahiko was going alone.
"Your Ninjutsu is too eye-catching. I estimate that our counterparts in the alternate world are likely still wandering in Amegakure, or even possibly enemies of Konoha."
Yahiko analyzed seriously. "If you go and use your abilities, Konoha will immediately notice you, which could interfere with Master's plan."
(Author note: To maintain a distinction, people from the original Naruto world will be given their Clan Name first, then their Given Name, such as Sarutobi Hiruzen, Namikaze Minato.)
[T/N: Don't know if he will follow that distinction though, I've seen him say one thing and do another thing couple dozen chapters later. Even I have hard times recognizing some character names during translation. So please forgive if something odd pops up. I try.]