Authornote: Howdy, everyone. Just a quick authornote. Starting next week I have some business to do and I don't know if I will be losing my access to the internet while doing this job. I have it set up to where a friend can post for me, but I just wanted to give a heads up as I will have no idea what will be going on till the first few days next week. Hence telling you all now as I have no idea if I can give a heads up before I know what is going on. If I don't lose my internet or this job is short, I will have a short authornote to announce it, though if I still have to do the job, my posting schedule might change due to it as well. However, hope you all enjoy this chapter! Auto out!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Log Horizon. This is a fanfiction used to help with my writing skills and the fact I enjoy writing stories like these. All I own is the ideas used to make this fanfiction and explore Log Horizon and Naruto in a different way. Also, don't own any of the games and anime I make reference to in this story, but still got to give homage to video games since this is technically a video game fanfiction as well.

Everything is such a mess. Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a sigh, signing paperwork on his desk. Money changing from paper to gold. Monsters appears and animals changing to new forms. It's getting to the point nothing gets under my skin anymore.

"Stop distracting me by standing behind me!"

"S-Sorry! I-I didn't mean to-!"

"Stop listening to his excuses... Why are you frighten, too, Itama?"

"H-He's scary when mad…"

"Whose scary?"

"Noone. My brother and you are just obnoxious."

"Nani! How am I obnoxious?"

"WILL YOU ALL STOP YOUR BICKERING!" Hiruzen roared, making the four children who were reading before his desk flinch, frozen in fear when he slammed his hands on the desk while standing up. All of them looking at him with shock and confusion. "Sorry. But, can you please not shout in my office." Hiruzen sighed, putting his hand to his forehead. "Hm? Where is Kawarama? Madara, Tobirama, Hashirama, Itama?"

"He's exploring the village." A boy with black hair on one side and white on the other answered, tears in his eyes with fear. He was Itama. "He's still amazed there is such a place where clans live in peace instead of constantly at war."

"Though, I still can't believe it was us who did this," A brown, bowl cut style hair boy said, looking at the photos of the Hokage. This boy was Hashirama and looking start at the adult, long hair version of himself as the First Hokage. "We actually stopped the adults' foolish war."

"And you had my help, but why am I not up there as a leader?" A dark hair boy grumbled, glaring at the Hokage. "I mean, I don't care for being a leader, but at least some recognition would be nice." The boy, Madara pouted, not happy at all.

"It's probably due to you betrayed the village." A white hair boy sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Though, I don't know how someone who easily freezes up with someone behind them could help make this village of shinobi." The white hair boy, Tobirama, sighed without emotion.

"You want to go at it?" Madara growled, glaring at Tobirama.

"Could you two please not fight? I rather not question this peaceful world. Our siblings are alive instead of buried in the ground." Itama said, somberly looking down. "Isn't that more than what we can wish for?"

Both Tobirama and Madara looked at each other before nodding and looking down. "Sorry, it's just so hard to believe we somehow end up in a future like this. Though, I wonder what will happen if we are killed," Madara asked, a bit pale at his thought.

"You all died already." Hiruzen said, sitting back down at his desk. "And you all revived at that strange building that appeared three to four weeks ago." Hiruzen looked down the window of his office, right at the large building that was settled right next to the Hokage Monument. It was like a shrine, only of an odd design that was with pointed roofs and beautiful glass windows. So far, we have confirmed relatives of this village who died just before the formation of the village have been reviving from that building. Any shinobi of Konoha who died on mission after that building has appear also revives.

"How did someone stop death in this future?" Itama asked, confused. "And why were we revived? The last I remember is dying on the battlefield and then reviving in that weird place very tired and worn out." Itama looked out the window, seeing where Hiruzen was looking at.

"That is the question on everyone's minds. Death was permanent till that thing appeared and things began to change. Even the Ryou used for money has been slowly transforming into gold coins. Also, to leave the village, shinobi have to choose a strange title and gain new abilities from it at the cost of their jutsu changing and disappearing from their minds." Hiruzen sighed, now looking at his reflection. "It has left everything in a confusing mess. If we did not have Konoha set up for such a diverse situations due to the amount of clans and people here, then Konoha would have been in total chaos."

"Though, where's the Yondaime Hokage? Aren't you the Sandaime Hokage as that weird bar says." Tobirama asked, cocking his head to the side. He was pointing at Hiruzen's picture on the wall.

"As I said, since that day, many strange things have been happening. Including I have unknowingly discovered the fountain of youth without knowing it." Hiruzen glared at his reflection, seeing his younger adult self looking back instead of the wrinkly old man he was supposed to be. The only thing I am glad for is no aches and pains, but it is still too freaking weird seeing myself young again. Also, why is it my name in that weird bar is my title instead of my name like the other shinobi? As well why my number is so high? Even my class and subclass was already chosen the first time I woke up in my younger self.

"Shouldn't you be trying to get to the bottom of this instead of doing office work?" Hashirama said, giving Hiruzen a smug grin.

"I am. I have people on it while I try to keep the village together with our sudden growth. You were stuck doing such paperwork as Hokage." Hiruzen smirked as Hashirama kneeled down and sulked.

"I had to do paperwork?" Hashirama cried, "That's worse than death."

"Maybe it is a good thing I did not become Hokage." Madara sighed, nodding in agreement. "I'm only good at fighting."

"True, but this is just part of running such a village. With how you all act, I am beginning to suspect Madara's betrayal was more about conflicts on running the village than grudges many expected." Hiruzen sighed before hearing a knock on the door, "Yes, come in."

"Sensei, I-Whoa! I knew you were messy sometimes, but this is a disaster zone!" A large white hair man, Jiraiya, yelped, almost tripping on one of the many towers of books and papers that filled the Hokage's office. "Ah, whose brats are you babysitting, Sensei?" Jiraiya asked, looking at Madara, Itarama, Hashirama, and Tobirama.

"You better have not had this buffoon drag me back to… My lord, Sensei, did you take my jutsu?" A large bosom woman with light blond hair gasped with walking in, a panicky black hair woman following her and holding a pig.

"Who's the hot momma with the melons?" Hiruzen could not hold back his laughter when hearing Hashirama while pointing at Hiruzen's student, Tsunade.

"Eh, I prefer the refined lady behind her." Madara sighed, making Shizune, Tsunade's apprentice, blush in embarrassment.

"You're cheeky little brats, aren't ya." Tsunade growled, holding a fist ready to use.

"And I like your taste, gaki. Though, Tsunade-"

"You want me to punch you out the window?" Tsunade instantly shut up her teammate, who shook his head. "Now, tell me, Old Man, you better have a good explanation of calling me back to Konoha and why you look so young. I made a promise not to return to this death trap, yet you kept having the ape pester me to the point I had to come and finally settle this once and for all."

"Even if not for a family reunion?" Hiruzen asked, still chuckling.

"A family reunion? All my family is dead." Tsunade said before looking back at the brats before her. Her eyes widen at when something hit her from behind.

"Ah, oh oh oh! Safe" A light brown hair boy, roughly seven years old, sighed in relief with catching the bags of snacks with his hands. "Brothers! Look! They have snacks ready made in bags at stores that would usually take hours to make! The future is so cool!" The boy ran up to the other children before looking at Tsunade. "Huh? Who are they?"

"N-Nawaki?" Tsunade stuttered in shock before chuckling at the confused boys. "Ah, sorry. You just look a lot like my little brother who died."

"And might be reviving in the coming days." Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at their sensei in horror. "Though, I can see why you can confused your great-uncle for your brother. He looks a lot like your brother."

"My great-uncle?" Tsunade looked back at the kids. "N-No way… Grandpa? H-how are you a kid?" Tsunade said, looking right at Hashirama. "S-Sensei, did you use a forbidden jutsu? Or is this some kind of a sick joke!" Tsunade roared, slamming her fist into the wall next to her and creating a huge hole in it.

"Scary!" Hashirama and Madara hugged themselves, trembling in terror at the angry woman before them. "How is she your granddaughter! You are never that angry before!" Madara yelped, fearful of being the woman's next target.

"No. I believe you already heard the rumors spreading of ninja reviving back in their village when dying. They are not the only ones reviving since the Shrines appeared." Hiruzen sighed, remembering when everyone began to call the oddly elegant buildings Shrines. I don't blame them as I think of it as that, too, for being able to revive people.

"Wait, then why are my uncles and grandpa kids? I knew Uncle Itarama and Kawarama died young, but and Gramps was adults when they died." Tsunade started, breathing deeply to calm down. "And how are you sure my brother is going to revive as well? Someone might be pulling your string and these are just clever clones."

"Because it has to be linked to also the many other changes around us including those odd lists and bars we see if you focus towards your forehead." Tsunade recoiled at the stern, cold eyes Hiruzen gave her. "My appearance is also linked since my class and subclass was even decided when I work up in this younger version of myself during the May Incident."

"May Incident?" Shizune asked, "Ah, Hokage-sama, I am sorry to ask, but what is this May Incident? I heard of it when we walked through the village. Also, just how much has Konoha grown since we left? There's already a second wall being built."

"Not since when Tsunade and you left from Konoha. The growth only has happened in the past four weeks after the May Incident." Tsunade and Shizune looked at the Hokage in shock. "I am reinstating you a ninja of Konoha, Tsunade, but only so you can have access to resources for the assignment I am putting you on.

You can leave the village again after you are done, but you might want to wait and see if I am right on Nawasaki and Dan possibly reviving. Though, you may not want to leave as now any village or city that has ninja or a similar military power that uses chakra can revive as long as they belong to a village." Hizuren sighed, pulling out a report from one of the piles on his desk and held it out. "Can you hand that to Tsunade, Tobirama?"

"Yes, sir." Tobirama took the report and gave it to his shocked grandniece.

"So far, the predictions the researchers who have been digging through the archives have been right. From Hashirama and Tobirama's generation just before the formation of Konohagagure has been reviving from the Shrine. More people have been reviving at a constant rate, showing it's going up the list of those who died around the formation of the village and working up to present day. The exception are those who defect or been tried of treason and other related crimes past the generation just before the village is formed."

"My god, no wonder you're having that wall constructed so far from the new outskirt forming outside the current one." Tsunade said, flipping through the report. "Just having people reviving will double to triple the population in a month with how many people are reviving from the death."

"It has already doubled without the revivals." Hiruzen sighed, pulling out a map. "Whole borders are changing as we speak to the point villages are turning into entire countries. Even the Daimyo for our country is moving the capital to Konohagakure due to so many smaller cities and villages are leaving their lands and moving to Konoha so they can be a civilian here."

"But, only ninja revive, right? The report says so." Tsunade said, handing the report to Shizune so she could look at it. "Unless it has to do with those odd beasts that have appeared and they keep reappearing after you kill them, right?"

"That is partly true. Many people realize living so far away from a ninja village now is unwise, fearing we could become too focused on protecting our ever growing villages to be able to take on missions. This is resulting in villages and cities either being abandoned or they are forming long term contracts to ensure the village will come and protect them." Hiruzen sighed, "Konoha alone has had a huge uptick in both population and missions. It is thanks to some of these contracts and farmers moving into the village that we will be able to at least keep the population fed in later years."

"But, the coming months will be hard." Jiraiya sighed, "Kirigakure has already engulf all of the Land of Water and surrounding islands, taking over those waters for their source of main food. Many shinobi villages will be focusing on acquiring land that food can be produced on."

"Or where monsters that drop food items can be found." Hiruzen shouted the map, which was oddly divided up into many areas. "You probably noticed with coming here that areas now seem to be divided up into areas. We discovered through explorations that the monsters tend to group species to different zones as well as new plants and such appearing as well. Defeating monsters result in gold and items to be dropped including items that can be used for food and medicine. Oddly enough, catching a monster before it is killed and taking it to a person with the sub-class Chef or similar skills allows for more items to be harvest from it."

"Subclass?" Madara asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You mean that weird status thing that force me to choose a class like Cleric?" Tsunade asked, also confused.

"No, there is actually two. Sub-class is not pushed on people much like class was when everyone first woke up and couldn't leave the village till choosing one. However, it is now very important. The only people who can cook are those who choose a subclass that can do so or has the skills as I found with mine that is Scholar."

"Fitting for the Professor." Tsunade sighed, "And that would explain why it reads Medic Sage for mine. It might be referring to the fact I am one of the Sannin." Hiruzen nodded in agreement. "But, why is Chef an important subclass? Other than more food from them."

"Chefs and other subclasses that can cook are the only ones who can cook. Even ninja who were very good at cooking found they could no longer do so after the May Incident… Which I failed to explain early when you asked. I apologize. There's so much we are still gather and trying to put together. However, at best, the May Incident was a worldwide event that change the world we are in. Hence the odd menus we have to deal with, classes, and so on. It is also when the Shrines and monsters appeared throughout the lands, hence many have called in the May Incident not just here in Konoha. It's not so much a disaster, but we can't put it as a miracle as it has turn the whole world into a mess."

"Indeed. Missing ninja and criminals are trying to make amends to their villages or join other villages from what my network has told me." Jiraiya sighed, scratching his head. "Due to the expansion of borders, many villages are force to take on those amends to ensure they have a strong enough force in case disputes begin to happen between the villages."

"You're thinking of another World War happening? But, this time not just shinobi?" Tsunade asked.

"W-Wait? There was a war against the world?" Madara asked, breaking the tension of the room. "Didn't we manage to stop the fighting with forming Konoha?"

"Ah, sorry. I was still reading up on that. My brothers and the idiot hasn't read on them yet." Tobirama apologized, "Yes, there has been three. However, that is because other shinobi formed villages and the wars came from disputes between the villages instead of clans like in the era we are from."

"So… We actually made the problem worse instead of better." Hashirama said, Madara joining him in his fetal position to sulk.

"Not entirely. There will always be conflict. However, I think the opposite will be happening here instead of war. Even though land and villages are being taken over by other villages, it is a willing version. Not forced as I expected. In fact, I already have gotten a letter from Kiri and Suna for trade treaties with fearing they might not be able to get necessities like crops and livestock. With so many civilians been adding onto the villages everyday, the focus is keeping mouths feed and the peace, not attacking foes."

"So, you want me to sure up Konoha's hospital and maybe make a few more to keep up with the population?" Tsunade asked, starting to understand her role.

"Though that will be a great help if you can along with the assignment, no."Hiruzen stood up, walking over to one of his piles. "I need you to help study all active and retired shinobi and kunoichi, including those who have been reviving. We need to figure out at least what might be cost of revival and what complications come with it. Also, we need to study the techniques that come from the classes as well since our jutsu are turning into those very techniques and disappearing from our libraries and such."

"Is other information changing as well?" Tsunade asked, watching as Hiruzen collect up several reports and such through the piles.

"Sadly, yes, and it's random where it is changing. And it is not just documents. Tsunade, do you remember your surname?" Hiruzen said, looking straight at his student. The boys looked at her as well.

"Of course! I am of a proud member of…" Tsunade's eyes widen, her expression shifting from pride to horror. "My surname is… It's… Why can't I remember it? I can remember the crest, but when I try to think of it, it's not there.

The same with all of Madara's and Hashirama's generation and others in Konoha. Hiruzen picked up a report and flipped through it. "Do you remember the reason Konohagakure was formed?"

"It was to end the Warring States Era with at least many of the ninja clans here in Konoha's area." Shizune said before her eyes widen. "No way, there was several clans with bitter grudges, including the founding clans."

"Whatever caused the May Incident seems to be keen on keep conflicts to a minimum. Hence the main reason I think why the revivals stop at Hashirama's generation and many of them are being revived as children, not their adult forms some of them grew up to. Their memories don't go past where their current age they are revived at. We managed to catch on something messing with our memories and managed to document at least roughly what is being changed. So far, four clan surnames have been removed from documents, all important to Konoha. The only one that is with many members is freaking out due to they are the owners of the Byakugan and yet now their kekkai genkai won't activate. They still have it, it just seems something blocks them from using it."

"Hence why you want me to look into everyone's condition. It could spread." Tsunade sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Wait, is the Sharingan also affect? You could ask that brat taught by the Yondaime to see."

"There's another reason Konoha uses May Incident more so than others." Hiruzen said, giving a grim expression. "On that same day, eleven people went missing. Three of which the surname issue are affecting our documents as well… But, their documentation have had the most changes along with one other person whom we have no idea who this person was before except she was an exceptional kunoichi. We also found several incidents have been wiped from documents and memories, making it hard to connect families together including this mystery person."

"I see, so DNA testing need to be done for those who are here to help identify family members and clans." Tsunade sighed, "Who are the missing?"

"Hatake Kakashi, a Jonin; Umino Iruka, a Chunin that was teaching at the academy; and nine of his students. The students with still with surnames are Haruno Sakura, Akimichi Chouji, Yamanaka Ino, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, and Nara Shikamaru. The three whose surnames are no longer on the documents is Sasuke who came from Madara's clan that had the Sharingan, Hinata who has the Byakugan, and Naruto who is currently a suspect for the May Incident." Hiruzen said, holding out the documents he taken out of the report.

"Wait, Naruto is a suspect?" Jiraiya asked, shocked along with Tsunade and Shizune. "But, he's a pre-teen still in the academy!"

"Was. The reason at least for possibly the students and their sensei disapperance was due to try were visiting Naruto after he stopped attending the academy for a month. I am partly at fault due to I was trying to get a sensei to connect with Naruto. I ignored Iruka's attempt to talk to me after hearing Naruto quit the academy after an argument with Iruka in hopes he would figure it out on his own." Hiruzen sighed, showing the adults the documents. "This is the reason Naruto is a suspect, though I don't think he is directly part of the cause."

"Wait, are these paintings of Konoha?" Tsunade asked, somewhat shocked as the detailed paintings. "This is pretty damn good for a kid… Wait, is that the Shrine you mentioned?" Tsunade showed the painting back at the Hokage, pointing at the Shrine painted into the image.

"Correct. And it's not just that. Naruto had tons of paintings and sketches of the very monsters and items they dropped along with images from other villages." Hiruzen said, the adults looking at the sketches. "There's a lot more on his computers, but we left them be at his apartment with ANBU on watch. My main assignment for you outside of the medical study is look at Naruto's computers."

"Why me?" Tsunade asked, giving a skeptical look at the Hokage.

"The only technology Konoha is good with is medical equipment and it's the only area of Konoha with technology even close to Naruto's computers… In some ways, I wish I just had put him right into the cypher division instead of putting him in the academy with how advance some of his tech has gotten the last time I seen it all out like it was." Hiruzen took back the paintings and sketches. "But, that's why I think he is only part of the May Incident. Naruto is very uptight on his computers and never leave them out when not using them. They were on when we discover he was missing and it seems they may hold clues to what is going on. Sadly, very few medics have trained on computers and you're the only one who has experienced with them from outside missions to countries with more complex medical equipment including computers similar to Naruto's. Though, Naruto's probably even more advance and he hand-built himself."

"Seriously?" Jiraiya whistled, making the confused boys look at him. "That's some serious… Wait, what other villages has Naruto painted?" Jiraiya asked.

"All the major villages. He also has handwritten stories written on unique takes of legends and history of all the villages and original stories. He looks to have gotten the writing talent from his God-father, though his handwriting needs a lot of work." Hiruzen sighed, "From the fact a lot of these have recent dates makes me think he was writing a book and planning illustrations for it."

"Elder Tales." Everyone looked at Jiraiya, "Just before I found Tsunade, I ran into one of my network spies who has been looking into a mysterious operation that appeared and rumored to have gathered information on all the villages and including photos. He informed me the operation has fell apart, rumors of the something hunting anyone involved down and destroying anything of it. The only part I know for sure spared is a computer company called Fishcake Electronics that set up shop into Sunagakure in exchange for making medical equipment after leaving a more developed country out of fear. Some of them were thought to be insane, saying something called Elder Tales has become reality and unable to contact the developers of it, whatever that means. However, they did say the director of the project was a Konoha native and disappeared before the killings and he also doubled as the art director and a concept artist."

Fishcake Electronics? Hiruzen thought before shook his head. That is Naruto's doing. He might be good at business, but horrible at names. Though, I can see why he made a electronics company. He must have been tired of making computers by hand.

"I think my head exploded." Itarama said, all five boys lost though Hakarama had excitement in his eyes. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"You got me till you hit the Elder Tale part." Tsunade sighed while Hiruzen's eyes widen and return into the report.

"I would be, too, if a studio hadn't taken up Icha Icha Paradise to make it into a movie and wanted me to write the script." Jiraiya frowned at the two angry looks he was getting from the two women. "Hey, hey, deal was to keep it PG-18 and focus on story, which I am glad to do to get one of my books on the big screen. Icha Icha Violence is going to be announced being made into a movie, too, with the same rules since movies is still a really new business. However, concept artists are actually artists who help work out things like possible sets, costumes, and more that you can't visualize as easily. The art director is the one who covers the whole art department. I heard some studios are trying something with using drawings to do movies as well, but that's still a work in progress."

"Is this what you mean by Elder Tales?" Hiruzen said, pulling out a makeshift paper book. He handed it to Jiraiya, showing it was a mock up book with the title "Hidden Village Hero" and a logo with "Elder Tales" on the bottom cover. "This was why I thought he was writing a book. This is a mock-up comic we found involving Konoha. Naruto used… his classmates, Iruka, and Kakashi as models, hence why we think Kakashi's disappearing and Naruto's comic is connected."

"This is it. Elder Tales must be a new studio. I guess they were so secretive as if they gotten how to make drawings move, they would be really making some money selling that secret to other studios… Wait, maybe there's more to this." Jiraiya said, looking through the book. "This is only a one-shot and it ends right on a cliffhanger. It's a marketing book more than an actual book and way too short for a movie, unless it is for a test with the drawing style."

"Wait, is this the report for more of what was found at this Naruto's place?" Madara asked, holding up another report he got off a pile. "With some of the stories he wrote?"

"Yes. Why?" Hiruzen asked while Madara opened it up.

"It's super complex, but I think he was working on some kind of game." Madara held up some really crazy notes.

"A game?" Tsunade asked while taking the paper and looked at it. "Holy sake, this is some complex formulas. How can this be a game? It's even down to decimals to the problems being solved on this...And what's this? Flavor text? Critical hit percentage?"

"Well, my brothers and I don't like sitting and talking over strategies, so make it like a game. We actually found it worked better to pretend to be strategist by making mock battles through much like war simulation on a strategy map. We gave basic values of the pieces so it was not just simply like shouji and then roll dice to see if we won a match between them."

"Ah, a board game, right?" Jiraiya asked, getting a nod from Madara. "I heard it's actually becoming a popular thing and hence why some movie studios were trying to get illustrations to move instead of normal movie stuff. A lot of special effects would be needed due to it is a lot of fantasy stories around those board games. Though, I don't know the exact details on them outside they used dice and some more rules than shouji."

"A lot is more like it. This is insane as this is all formulas to calculate damage output and other such things for weapons with weird names. Wait… Fantasy… Could it be those people saying Elder Tales is becoming reality actually saying the game they were making is becoming real?" Tsunade said, her own eyes widen in shock.

"It maybe so. If the game involves enemies, maybe those monsters are the enemy pieces. It could be a battle situation game to allow youngsters a chance to get battles without putting them on the field as a lot of factors go into battle." Hiruzen said, looking at more of the images in the report. But, where are these races and such? As well as why so much details to these drawings including items and such?

"Hokage-sama!" Everyone in the room tense when an Anbu appeared in the room in a puff of smoke. "A Genin team from Suna has arrived."

"Why is a Genin Team here? The Chunin Exams are not till next year here for Konoha. Were they injured and looking for assistance through the treaty we have with Suna?" Hiruzen asked, frowning.

"No. They were sent to investigate the May Incident. They are willing to share what they have from their village on the May Incident and such. However, they handed this letter to give to you from the Kazakage, but they say this could jeopardize both Konoha and Suna, hence wanting our cooperation. They believe some clues are here in Konoha after information they gain, hence they sent their best Genin Team to assist with the new information." The Anbu reported handing the scroll to Hiruzen. "It's been checked and clear of any jutsu and seals."

"Good." Hiruzen opened the scroll. He began to read it and his heart instant sunk. No way. Naruto, what the hell were you in? "Jiraiya, that company you mention, Fishcake Electronics was just wiped out days ago. All the employees killed by unknown means, though it looks like monsters tore them up."

"Wait, seriously?" Jiraiya asked, "Then, could the missing brat be actually hiding from the monsters? And took his classmates and sensei in fear they would be connected due to the book?"

"No. The employees knew what happened to Naruto." Everyone looked at Hiruzen, noticing his pale complexion. "Elder Tales was a video game, a new type of game the company called Atharva, Inc. That company was run by someone who was referred simply as Las Boss by his own game character within the game. However, Elder Tales has actually existed for 20 years and is a very popular game type called MMORPG from another world called Earth. The company was hoping to use the game as a peaceful means of connecting the two worlds and slowly introduce digital content and such to our world in exchange for stories and entertainment related stuff which you actually were part of possible payouts as they translated Icha Icha Paradise for Earth and it's been a big hit there, Jiraiya." Hiruzen said, closing the scroll.

"Wait? Seriously?" Jiraiya asked, completely shocked. "Another world actually loves my story?"

"What is a video game and MMORPG? And how the hell did a company from another world end up on our world without anyone knowing?" Hashirama asked, scratching his head. "This is so confusing."

"The later is due to Naruto and one of the reasons I was really trying to get him more into studying at the academy. His skills in business and negotiation are far above a normal shinobi and even makes him a prime candidate to replace me if he took his studies more seriously." Hiruzen grabbed a report right off his desk. "From what I read, a video game is game version of that illustration thing you told me movies are trying to do. Elder Tales specifically allowed you to make a character which you play through the game for adventures and such akin to a fantasy story. It combines storytelling with playing a game, hence why it required a large network of supplies including a special computers updated to be able to play the game since it runs off something called servers and has hundreds of thousands of players on the server at one time playing."

"That's a good game…" Tobirama said, a bit of shock on his emotionless face. "Though, I can see why this Naruto would bring such a game to our world. It could be an amazing learning tool if used for fake battle situations and allow children to learn the skills they need they usually only learn on the battlefield."

"But, how do you know it is Naruto? Isn't the owner only known as Las Boss?" Madara asked, confused at the Hokage before Hiruzen showed a document at the group in the room.

"I-Is that Naruto? How did he grow up?" Jiraiya asked, shocked at the image on the document was of a white hair man with dark bags under his eyes and odd blue tattoos that look like circuits over his body. He was also wearing a material artist like outfit, but a hood was on the robe top and some kind of travel chest is on his back. "Wait, how did you get that image if Naruto is missing?"

"This is Naruto's academy file. The image changed during the May Incident along with the missing and the unknown person who is known as Naruko. However, that letter just explained why and hence why not just the missing images changed, but so did my body. The May Incident also happened on Earth. Well over 700,000 people went missing when Elder Tales launched their newest expansion: Homesteading the Noosphere. Including in the missing is Naruto as Las Boss, which is now on his academy form as his avatar name. We been trying to figure out what the hell that meant. Before Fishcake Electronics lost contact with Earth's part of Atharva, Inc. Atharva, Inc shared they managed to get a message from Naruto through something called the forums on a another thing called a website relating to those missing people."

"So, what has happened to those missing people and Naruto?" Hawarama asked, excited.

"His message was in the letter, which one of the employees written down before killed. He said 'This is not a joke post. Everyone missing are alive. However, we are trapped in a world just like Elder Tales and acts much like the game. We cannot logout, but we also cannot die as we revive at the Cathedral if killed. For me, this is a perfect place to live since it is a game. However, things are starting to spiral out of control. It's not worst case scenario where I am at yet, but some players are turning this somewhat okay paradise into hell for other players. If anyone on Earth can give me information on what's going on back on that planet, please reply! We need to know more of what is causing this to figure out solutions. Well, for those who want to leave and those who need to leave.'" Hiruzen said, replying the message he read.

"He's… in the game?" Hashirama asked, "Wait, he said they can't die, but revive at the Cathedral? Is that the Shrines?... But, isn't the same happening here? Is he here?"

"No. I don't think so as the fact he said world makes me think this game was actually a portal to another world. Naruto was unlucky to find it and accidently trap others with him in that world. Our world must be near it and being affected by the same technique to transport those people into their game avatars they made through the game. Sandaime Hokage is Naruto's Assassin character on his account and this spell put me in it because he based it off my younger self, hence the choice of class and subclass. Naruko is his other one along with all the ones the other missing are in as he was well known to play multiple player at once."

"So, you look young because that's not your real body?" Itarama asked, pointing at Hiruzen.

"Correct. But, I remember with visiting Naruto's apartment that a screen on his computer showed something called forum and we might be able to more contact with Naruto through that. Though, we have to be careful as they know the computers is right where the portal is open and believe if you select a character or make a new one, you will be teleport to that world as well. That or you might become one of the other races that belong to that other world which Naruto has become a Race of Ritual." Hiruzen sighed, "But, first, Jiraiya, Tsunade, don't mind coming with me to meet that Suna Team? I want to know what they know."

"Hey! What about us?" Hashirama pouted, glaring at the Hokage.

"Shizune-san, can you watch them? Tsunade, I am still getting your old home fixed for Hashirama and Madara's families and others to live at temporarily. I was also wanting you to be the leader of that clan compound till we can get the family's properly identify and set up new clan compounds for them." Hiruzen asked, "I want to give them the chance to keep reading as they been helpful with at least giving me a list of some of the clans and such being revived that was not on the records due to dying just before them."

"S-Sure, Hokage-sama!" Shizune bowed, "I-I don't mind."

"Sure, I don't mind joining in the investigation. I want to know more of what is going on, especially if my god-son is involved in this." Jiraiya said, frowning.

"Alright. Once we talk with them, we can head to Naruto's apartment and I can see what I can do." Tsunade sighed, "But, I want to hit the bar afterwards. I need a long drink after this, especially since I might not be getting any alcohol later on."

"Good. I want to get to the bottom of this," Hiruzen sighed while trying to get to the door, going over the smaller piles. "And maybe get some fresh air from this mess." Tsunade and Jiraiya nodded, understanding their sensei. But, this situation is worse than I thought and could be more deadly if monsters are wiping out those who know what is going on.