Team 7 was present. Jonin Yugao Uzuki seemed as impassive though not as bored as the Hokage. Naruto Uzumaki was in an "at ease" position, alert but seeming mostly unconcerned.
Sakura and Sasuke both tried to manage that same aplomb. One succeeded mostly, the other did not.
The young man unfamiliar to Sasuke and Sakura had put a device out on the Hokage's desk. A fan of light had come from the top, and in that fan of light images formed.
"Your world is a non-administered world, and so our influence is quite limited," said Yuuno Scrya, causing the image of their world to rotate. "You are here, in the Five Great Shinobi Nations area. The problem appears to be here, very close to exactly on the other side of the world."
"Even if this wasn't outside our authority," said Yugao, "do we have a way to get there and back in less than a few months?"
"Your authority comes because that is a lawless area, and because of Naruto's connection to the TSAB," said the Hokage.
"If I've got coordinates or good pictures of it, I can get us there and back in minutes," said Naruto. "If not, I can get us there in a few weeks and back almost instantly."
"As this problem comes from outside your universe, it falls under TSAB jurisdiction," said Yuuno. "There are signs of manipulation of your universe's timeline, but after research we determined that there are two sources. One is older and apparently capable of fixing its own mistakes. Contained, controlled, and at present at least - dormant. The other arrived three days after Naruto returned here and is far less restrained."
"So the mission is regarding this second source?" asked Yugao.
"Correct," said Yuuno. "We believe that the researcher is using something akin to the Jewel Seeds and is experimenting with them."
"Lost Logia?" asked Naruto, losing the indifference-mask. "That's bad."
"'Bad'?" asked Sasuke. Naruto blowing up a significant section of forest was nothing of concern - so BAD was probably not very good at all.
"Except what we think are being used are these," said Yuuno. He made a gesture and the image changed again to a glittering cube. "These are the Continuua Fossils."
"Tell me the name isn't descriptive," said Naruto.
"No, actually, it IS," said Yuuno.
"Oh shit," said Naruto.
Everyone stared at Naruto making that particular statement. The early Naruto, easy. Everyone could see the kid of a year ago cussing. The Naruto that had returned turning pale and staring at the image as if faced with an explosive tag about to go off? Worrisome.
"One of the reasons the TSAB is not getting more directly involved is that we're trying to set up containment measures in case things go badly," said Yuuno.
"What exactly is a 'Continuua Fossil'?" asked the Hokage.
Yuuno considered briefly. "Very powerful artifacts that are tuned to a particular type of energy. The ones we know about are Transmutation and Conjuration."
"If there wasn't a planet in the way, Mitternacht would probably have picked up on it, which means they likely know she's here," said Naruto, sounding as if repeating someone else's words.
The hooded figure made a gesture. One of the glittering cubes bobbing in the air glittered in reply.
Huge walls of black stone rose up out of the desert. More walls joined the first set, and an elaborate castle began building itself.
The figure continued to concentrate, focussing entirely on the one cube and ignoring the other three.
"That one will be punished soon, Mistress," said the figure, directing this comment to a small altar. "No one can escape your righteous divine wrath."
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