Uchiha Madara's appearance in Land of Fire made Uchiha Sasuke extremely worried about the current situation.
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki was still nowhere to be found, and now he encountered the revived Uchiha Madara with a pair of Rinnegan.
Moreover, Uchiha Madara was very knowledgeable about the power of Amenotejikara.
He was also quite familiar with Uchiha Sasuke's fighting style.
If not for this, Uchiha Sasuke was confident he could defeat Uchiha Madara.
When the strength gap is not too large, knowing information can potentially bridge that gap.
His battle with Uchiha Madara was exactly like this.
Uchiha Madara was very familiar with him, but he was not very familiar with this Uchiha's fighting style and abilities.
He knew about Limbo: Border Jail and Rinnegan.
But, how could Uchiha Madara, with a pair of Rinnegan but not Six Paths Level, know Sage Mode?
And he used it very skillfully.
"What should I do? Should I go to Konoha in this situation?"
Uchiha Sasuke coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood.
He was all alone, and heavily injured.
Forget protecting Naruto, even he and Boruto might be in great danger.
"Cough, cough, no matter what, I need to figure out what period this is."
"Karasuki, don't sleep, answer my question."
Uchiha Sasuke took out the Ōtsutsuki artifact from his pocket.
"What do you want to know?"
Karasuki poked his head out of his shell, looking up at Sasuke.
"What's with Uchiha Madara? I don't recall Uchiha Madara ever entering the Land of Fire."
"I don't know."
"Then tell me what you know, cough, cough." Uchiha Sasuke coughed a few more times.
"Hmm, you might have entered a parallel world."
"Parallel world, like the one Naruto was in before?"
Naruto had inadvertently traveled through the Dragon Veins to the past, during the Fourth Hokage's era.
The memory of this event was sealed by the Fourth Hokage.
It wasn't until later that Naruto regained this memory.
However, after recovering the memory of this event, when Naruto spoke to him about it, he felt that it wasn't time travel.
"I'm not sure. The Ōtsutsuki Clan once had a rumor... if something goes wrong during time travel, it's highly likely to enter a parallel world. I do have such information in my memory, but I don't know much."
"Are you saying that the world we've arrived in now might have little to do with our original world?"
"Its future isn't our world's future, is that what you mean?"
"Most likely." Karasuki pondered for a moment and said, "If the Uchiha Madara you mentioned shouldn't appear here, then we have indeed arrived in a parallel world."
"What about the time period? Can you determine it?"
"No. To determine the time period, you can find the people here and inquire."
"As an artifact of the Ōtsutsuki, I am only responsible for delivery, not safety." After saying this, Karasuki yawned, "I'm tired, don't bother me."
Uchiha Sasuke: "..."
What an arrogant fellow.
No choice, he still needed it to get back, it was impossible to smash it open to make soup.
He also didn't know how this little thing tasted.
After putting Karasuki away, Uchiha Sasuke rested for a while, and the feeling of weakness dissipated considerably.
At least against someone like the Fourth Raikage, he could definitely win.
But facing Uchiha Madara again would be troublesome.
That guy even had the healing power of the First Hokage's cells.
Suddenly, Sasuke frowned slightly: "Boruto, come to my side."
"What's wrong, Mr. Sasuke?" Boruto walked over with a puzzled expression.
"Come out, do I need to invite you?"
Although his serious injuries were not yet healed, he was, after all, a Six Paths level powerhouse, and still very sensitive to the presence of others.
As his voice fell.
Boruto looked in the direction Sasuke was staring.
And there, was a relatively tall clump of bushes.
The bushes swayed slightly.
A white-haired middle-aged man with spiky hair walked out.
Following closely behind him was a young man wearing a Konoha headband and black and yellow clothing.
"You, you're Dad..."
"Boruto, don't speak." Sasuke warned Boruto.
He hadn't fully understood the situation yet, and Sasuke didn't want to expose his identity.
"Hey, buddy, don't be so wary!" The white-haired man said with a friendly expression.
"My name is Jiraiya, and this is my disciple, Uzumaki Naruto." Jiraiya looked with a smile at Uchiha Sasuke, who was leaning against a tree trunk, seemingly unable to move.
"One of Konoha's Legendary Sannin, deliberately hiding nearby, what do you want to do?"
"Young man, I just want to ask you something." Jiraiya smiled, "Before, the Land of Fire experienced a very large-scale disaster, I don't know if it was a natural disaster or a man-made one, but in any case, I want to inquire about the specific situation."
This location was not far from the battlefield, and the man in front of him had deliberately hidden himself.
Jiraiya had learned Sage Mode. Even without entering Sage Mode, his perception was sharper than that of an ordinary ninja.
"We are just merchants passing through the Land of Fire, the one next to me is my disciple. We encountered an unexpected disaster. I didn't expect the Land of Fire, reputed to be the leader of the Five Great Nations, to be so unsafe."
"Is that really so?"
Jiraiya scrutinized Uchiha Sasuke, especially the kid next to Sasuke.
For some reason, he always felt a certain resemblance to Naruto.
"As merchants, sometimes knowing some inherited ninjutsu to ensure our safety isn't a rare thing, is it?"
"Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to survive in that situation."
Uchiha Sasuke was referring to the battle with Uchiha Madara, which had almost destroyed one side of the Land of Fire.
"Well, let's assume it is. Young man, where are you planning to go now? If you have nowhere to go, would you like to come to Konoha?"
"I'm telling you, Konoha's medical ninjutsu is very good, it will help your injuries, and, and... the nurses there are also very..."
"Pervy Sage, don't say the rest." Uzumaki Naruto interrupted Jiraiya.
"Call me Sensei, or Toad Sage." Jiraiya's face fell.
Naruto didn't reply, instead, his gaze swept over Sasuke next to Boruto, feeling a sense of familiarity with him.
"Your name is Sasuke? Your name is the same as one of my friends, and your personality seems very similar too."
Uchiha Sasuke remained silent, and after a long time, he said:
"I am just an ordinary merchant, cough, cough, unlike you ninjas, I am not as powerful as you."
After some thought, Uchiha Sasuke still chose to go to Konoha first.
Uchiha Sasuke learned about the timeline from Naruto.
Naruto, who had trained for three years, was preparing to return to Konoha with Jiraiya.
However, far from the Land of Fire, they witnessed a battle between Susanoo.
"Am I... still training with Orochimaru?"
Listening to Naruto's narration, Uchiha Sasuke became increasingly confused.
The sequence of events was the same, the timeline was basically identical, roughly before Akatsuki captured the Tailed Beasts.
But... what was with Uchiha Madara?
And he wasn't a reanimated corpse, but truly revived, and with Rinnegan.
Could Uchiha Madara also have traveled through time in some way, just like them?