I would like to announce that I released a new fiction titled My Life In The Multiverse, check it out and tell me what you think.

Since the Danzo incident, most high-level ninjas began recognizing Bakorio, so it wasn't a surprise that the ninja responsible for protecting the future prospects of the village as well as the children of the various big clans would recognize him…

Meanwhile, the kids kept chatting and whispering about the kid that had just defeated both Naruto and Sasuke who were known as the strongest talents. Not to mention he did that while they received the help of many other kids which left them baffled until they remembered the stories the two brats always told. But hearing about something and seeing it in person is two completely different concepts…

"Bakorio, when did you come back?" Asked Naruto with a grin while rubbing his head. Clearly the excitement was overpowering the pain…

Bakorio smiled slightly and said "I just got back and came right away to see you two, I will be staying in the village for a while so we can talk later okay?"

Sasuke and Naruto pouted slightly when they saw that he had other business to attend to, but they were relieved when they heard that he will be staying for a while so Sasuke said "let's have another rematch later!"

"Sure" Replied Bakorio, only to hear Naruto saying "I want to have some ramen instead" which made him chuckle before rubbing their heads slightly healing their bumps before disappearing towards the direction of the Uchiha compound to meet the rest of his friends… Kurama was already waiting for him there…

And the moment he left, the kids finally recovered from their shocks of finally seeing the legendary Uchiha prodigy and quickly swarmed Sasuke and Naruto with all kinds of questions bringing an embarrassed look to their faces…

Shikamaru watched this scene with a lazy look on his face before he decided to skip the rest of today's classes and went back to the Nara compound instead and entered his family's house and found his mother preparing lunch.

"Oh Shikamaru, How come you are already back?" Asked Yoshino Nara, his mother... she has long, dark brown hair that was kept in a low ponytail with three strands framing her face, fair skin, and dark eyes. She was wearing a pink blouse and a dark-colored skirt along with an apron over it and a pair of simple hoop earrings.

"Nothing much~ is father home?" Replied Shikamaru lazily and his mother immediately noticed that he appeared to be lost in his own thoughts, something that couldn't escape his mother's instincts and strategist mind so she approached him with a ladle still in her hands and responded.

"He's in his office… what's wrong? Did something happen?"

Shikamaru was slightly surprised by how observant his mother was before he replied with a forced smile while rubbing the back of his head" N-no nothing, I just want to talk with father"

His mother squinted her eyes at him making him flinch slightly before she rubbed his head gently and said "You really took your father's personality huh?" before she turned around and continued cooking.

Shikamaru was confused but decided to go find his father for answers so he directly entered his office room without even knocking prompting a glare from Shikaku who was sitting on his desk and reading some documents about the recent discoveries from the unearthed former flying fortress of the village hidden in the sky as well as keeping tabs on the movements of the various hidden villages. And one news in particular caught him by surprise which was that the aggression that the village hidden in the rocks had towards their village seemed to lesson slightly recently leaving him confused…If only he knew about Bakorio's face off with Onoki…

"It's too tiring to knock when you can just walk in" Said Shikamaru lazily which made his father sigh helplessly at his son who was the most talented clan member and in turn inherited their greatest trait… Laziness…

"Sigh… so what's going on?" Asked Shikaku surprising Shikamaru again as he could also see through his muddled thoughts 'Can they both read my mind or what?' Thought Shikamaru in annoyance, and this time he didn't hold back and started recounting what happened to his father who the moment when he heard about the boy's appearance, seemed to lose interest and kept his gaze on his paperwork while listening to Shikamaru with a lazy look on his face… Like father like son.

Shikamaru ignored this and continued his narration and ended up saying "… so father is that kid really our age?"

Hearing this, Shikaku turned to his son and asked "Is that really what you want to ask?" Shikamaru went silent for a while before he said "Did you know that he could use our clan's Jutsu?"

Shikaku put on a pondering look before he responded with a sigh "I do, but what he uses are advanced techniques that even our clan members find hard to use" Hearing this surprised Shikamaru so he asked again "How strong is he?"

This time, Shikaku responded immediately and said "That's classified information, no, even the information we have might not be correct… All I can tell you Shikamaru is that kid might have the potential to even surpass the first Hokage…"

This conversation left Shikamaru speechless, and he remembered that Bakorio seemed to have promised Naruto to have ramen together later so he decided to meet him again and ask him directly to satisfy his childish curiosity…

….

Meanwhile, after meeting with Kushina, Minato, and Mikoto, Bakorio made his way to the Hokage's office, and right now, he was having a casual conversation with Fugaku as he asked " How's the digging going"

Fugaku had his usual stoic face as he replied "Fine, we believe that this will boost the power of Konoha greatly if we can decipher all of their technology, especially the flying one"

Bakorio nodded at this with a smile "Indeed, having a squad of flying ninja is nothing to scoff at".

Fugaku nodded back while deep in thought 'Why is this brat here all of a sudden, something doesn't feel right' and his suspicions were proven right as he saw a playful smirk on Bakorio's face as he asked

"By the way Fugaku-san, I have a favor to ask"

'Damn this kid, when did he ever use honorifics when he addresses me, he's definitely going to make a crazy demand' thought Fugaku as his stoic face started to break little by little and his mouth started to twitch before he responded "Sure, as long as it's within my capabilities"

"Ohh great, this's going to be easy then" said Bakorio with a smile before he said "I want that scroll keeping the zero tail sealed"

The office went silent, as if frozen in time as the air grew heavy, but it wasn't for long as Bakorio started knocking on Fugaku's desk while saying with a smirk "Knock knock, is anyone there"

After observing Bakorio for a while and not detecting any abnormality in him like that doctor Shinno or the puppets from the village hidden in the sky, Fugaku let out a sigh before he looked behind Bakorio and asked "Minato, are you fine with this?"

"Ohh, when did you arrive, Minato?" said Bakorio with an exaggerated look on his face, clearly he sensed his presence from the moment he appeared behind him with his flying thunder god Jutsu but was just exaggerating to ease the heavy mood.

Meanwhile, Minato turned to Bakorio and asked with concern "What do you need it for, Bakorio-kun? You should know that thing can't be killed, otherwise just like a tailed beast, it would respawn somewhere else with enough time, that's why the first Hokage asked Mito-sama to seal it"

Fugaku agreed while saying "Indeed, I investigated the records, and even after the second Hokage spent a lot of time trying to deal with it, he still failed at the end…"

Even a great genius like Tobirama who was the originator of many of Konoha's greatest Jutsu failed to deal with that beast, so they didn't have much hopes for Bakorio to succees and thought that he might be wanting to use it directly which is something they will never agree to considering its dark nature, especially with Minato's disposition.

However, to their surprise, Bakorio only smiled at them calmly and responded with confidence "I can deal with it!"