Chapter 792: Appointed as a Close Observer of the Tailed Beast Ball

Senju Tobirama looked at the hidden Root information that had been investigated, and he almost wanted to go back to the Pure Land to settle accounts with that evil Shimura brat.

The disciple he had sacrificed his life to save had actually become like this; it would have been better if he had died at the hands of a Cloud Ninja.

Exterminating the Uchiha Clan for their coup d’état could still be explained as protecting Konoha and upholding the Hokage’s authority.

But besides that, Danzo Shimura had done no less in other matters.

Senju Tobirama didn’t see him protecting Konoha; he only saw Danzo Shimura using unscrupulous means to strengthen Root, even if it meant harming the interests of all Konoha.

“Teacher, I truly didn’t know Danzo had done so many terrible things in secret.

He concealed it too well; he always spoke of protecting Konoha, and everyone thought he was a Ninja who had inherited your will of fire, just a bit extreme.”

Homura Mitokado defended himself.

“That’s right, if we had known Danzo was so rebellious, we definitely wouldn’t have let him get away with it for so long.”

Utatane Koharu followed up.

Bang!

Senju Tobirama slammed his palm onto the desk, looking expressionlessly at Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado.

He believed that Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu didn’t know *everything* Danzo Shimura had done, but if they claimed to know nothing at all, that was just blatant lying.

As high-ranking Advisors, Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu sometimes had to be approached by Danzo Shimura when he wanted to get things done, so how could they not know?

Fine beads of sweat uncontrollably appeared on the two Advisors’ foreheads.

Their minds suddenly recalled Senju Tobirama’s unyielding impartiality when he was in office.

As long as it would disrupt Konoha’s stability and prosperity, even if it was a member of the Senju Clan, Senju Tobirama would never let them off lightly.

“Alas, I am also at fault; I trusted Danzo too much.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.

He hadn’t expected Danzo Shimura to have done so many excessive things in secret; even Orochimaru’s defection back then had involved Danzo Shimura.

“You too, come over here and stand properly!”

Senju Tobirama glared at Hiruzen Sarutobi, having been so busy scolding them that he forgot to scold him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a wry smile and stood next to Homura Mitokado.

“As Hokage, how could you allow someone to usurp the Anbu’s authority?”

Senju Tobirama rebuked.

In Senju Tobirama’s view, Root was completely a second Anbu, and an Anbu not under the Hokage’s jurisdiction at that.

If anyone had dared to pull such a stunt when Senju Tobirama was in office, he would have immediately branded them as attempting rebellion and arrested them.

“How did you become Hokage? You are truly too incompetent! All these things happened right under your nose.”

Senju Tobirama was very disappointed; none of his four disciples satisfied him.

There was no need to say more about Danzo Shimura, that inherently evil brat; Senju Tobirama wished he could travel back to the day he sacrificed himself and personally strangle him.

Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu weren’t particularly malicious, nor could they be considered good; they were useless people who held positions without doing their duty.

Compared to the other three, Hiruzen Sarutobi was much better; he had made mistakes but also contributions, yet he still hadn’t met Senju Tobirama’s expectations.

Initially, Hiruzen Sarutobi needed the help of Danzo Shimura and Homura Mitokado to solidify his position as Hokage and resist foreign enemies, granting them some special privileges; this was normal, and Senju Tobirama could understand.

After all, his death was too sudden, and it would be difficult for Hiruzen Sarutobi to firmly establish himself as Hokage based solely on his dying words.

But after Hiruzen Sarutobi stabilized the situation, he maintained the status quo instead of reclaiming power, which Senju Tobirama found difficult to understand.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was silent, not defending himself.

Because what Senju Tobirama said was true; he was indeed not as good a Hokage as Senju Tobirama.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi subjectively wanted to develop Konoha better, objectively, he simply hadn’t done well.

Seeing this, Senju Tobirama said no more and looked back at the two Advisors, who were silent as cicadas in winter.

“Homura, Koharu, resign yourselves and go home to reflect; don’t make me say any more.”

Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu were high-ranking officials second only to the Hokage; directly dismissing them would have a bad impact, and Senju Tobirama, not being the current Hokage, didn’t have that authority.

Of course, if they weren’t willing to leave gracefully, Senju Tobirama would have to give them a burden, such as Tailed Beast Ball close-range observer or something similar.

“Yes.”

Homura Mitokado nodded with a bitter expression.

As Senju Tobirama’s disciple, he understood his teacher’s methods; if he didn’t leave gracefully, Senju Tobirama would absolutely make him leave gracefully.

Though Utatane Koharu had myriad unwilling thoughts in her heart, she could only nod in agreement like Homura Mitokado and walk out of the Hokage Office together.

Senju Tobirama rubbed his forehead, sighing deeply.

Thanks to his disciples, he estimated his upcoming days wouldn’t be easy.

“I need to get a good understanding of the excellent Ninja in the village.”

Senju Tobirama thought to himself.

Tsunade wasn’t suitable to be Hokage, and Tsunade also wasn’t very keen on being Hokage.

For Konoha’s healthy development, and for Tsunade’s physical and mental health, electing a competent Sixth Hokage was very necessary.

Senju Tobirama couldn’t take office again himself; that would set a bad precedent.

If any Hokage became obsessed with power in the future, they might even arrange for people to try every means to revive them after death, then rise from their coffin and continue to monopolize power.

At this moment, Senju Tobirama so wished they had a “Muzuki” on their side; that way, he could save a lot of trouble.

Or rather, if Muzuki were there, there wouldn’t even be so many problems.

…

The investigation into Danzo Shimura’s affairs was a private matter for Konoha in Uzumaki Naruto’s world, involving many Konoha secrets; Muzuki and the others had no reason to participate, so it eventually turned into Senju Hashirama taking Muzuki and the others on a tour.

It’s true, even though all the buildings were new, the important ones were built exactly the same, and Senju Hashirama didn’t get lost, introducing everything skillfully along the way.

“But, we have these in our world too.”

Obito complained.

Although their Konoha was more prosperous, they hadn’t demolished all the old buildings; instead, they had moved some Training Ground outside Konoha for construction.

“Haha, it’s all Konoha after all.”

Senju Hashirama said with a smile.

“Finally found you guys! Where are Shadow Clone Uncle and Hokage Grandpa?”

Naruto suddenly rushed out and asked.

He and Shadow Clone Obito had already tidied up the house, and it was just about dinnertime, so Naruto planned to invite them to Ichiraku Ramen.

“They went to handle some matters.”

Obito explained.

“Oh, I was hoping we could all eat Ichiraku Ramen together.”

Naruto scratched his head, feeling a bit regretful.

“Is that ramen shop still there? I remember its business was very good back then.”

Minato Namikaze showed surprise.

Ichiraku Ramen had been there even before he became Hokage; he hadn’t expected it to still be around after so long.

“Dad, have you eaten there too? It’s really good, right? Business is still great now too!”

Uzumaki Naruto asked, his eyes sparkling.

“Mmm, the taste is very good.”

Minato Namikaze nodded with a smile.

“You’re making me a bit hungry too; let’s not wait for Tobirama then, let’s just go eat.”

Senju Hashirama suggested.

“I’ll just pack a portion for Tobirama to take back later.”

“Let’s go, let’s go!”

Naruto shouted excitedly.

Eating ramen with his real father, this was a first.

“Welcome, it’s Naruto!”

Teuchi greeted Naruto with a smile.

“Mmm, I’ll have a large bowl of pork bone miso char siu ramen.”

Naruto sat down skillfully and said.

“Dad, why don’t you try this flavor too? It’s really good.”

Naruto recommended.

“Dad?”

Teuchi couldn’t help but show a puzzled expression upon hearing that word; he carefully scrutinized Minato Namikaze for a while, then looked at Muzuki next to Minato Namikaze, becoming even more confused.

When he saw Senju Hashirama next to Muzuki, Teuchi’s face showed realization, and he understood everything.

“Am I too tired lately? Why am I even dreaming about making ramen?”

Teuchi stroked his chin, believing he was dreaming.

“It’s not a dream! Dad is revived! This is my dad, Minato Namikaze, and next to him is Big Brother Muzuki.”

Naruto explained and introduced.

Minato Namikaze and Muzuki both smiled and greeted him.

“I see, revived, huh? It really must be a dream then.”

Teuchi still had a look of disbelief.

Naruto was the Fourth Hokage’s son, the Fourth Hokage had a twin brother, the First Hokage was revived; why would he have such a strange dream?

“Ouch.”

Teuchi suddenly felt a pain in his body; he turned his head to look and saw it was his own ‘little cotton jacket’ pinching his arm.

“It hurts, so it’s not a dream.”

Ayame judged.

Teuchi’s expression remained nonchalant on the surface, but he sighed inwardly, wondering why his ‘little cotton jacket’ was leaking.

“So Naruto, your father is actually the Fourth Hokage-sama!”

Ayame was full of surprise.

For a moment, Ayame didn’t know what to say.

As the Hokage’s son, how did Naruto end up so miserable before?

“Mmm.”

Naruto proudly puffed out his chest.

“What’s so special about that? Little Brother Naruto can become Hokage himself in the future too.”

Obito said.

There were very few people he truly admired from the bottom of his heart, and Naruto was one of them.

Please… You… Collect 6… Books… Bar…!

“Little Brother Obito, you can definitely do it too.”

Naruto praised him back with a grin.

Seeing this, Ayame swallowed the question she wanted to ask.

Naruto was so happy today; saying those words would only be a damper.

After finishing the ramen, Naruto invited everyone to his house as guests.

Everyone stayed at Naruto’s house for a while before dispersing.

After dispersing, Shisui went to find Sasuke.

Currently, Sasuke’s situation was very awkward.

Before killing Danzo Shimura, Sasuke was already an S-rank wanted criminal of Konoha.

And while Danzo Shimura deserved to die, it wasn’t up to Sasuke, a rogue Ninja, to do it.

In this situation, if Konoha’s high-ranking officials wanted to be serious, Sasuke would either go to jail or continue to be a rogue Ninja.

So Shisui wanted to appease Sasuke and prevent him from acting impulsively and worsening the situation.

The Hokage seemed to have a decent impression of Sasuke, and Shisui felt that Sasuke should receive fair treatment.

Obito, meanwhile, was searching all over Konoha for people who needed help.

Kakashi went to Kakashi’s house.

Muzuki returned to the hotel Tsunade had specifically arranged for them.

Upon arriving at the hotel room, Muzuki first set up a barrier, then opened Daikokuten and released Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

“Explain the principle of ‘Karma’ and how to use it.”

Muzuki got straight to the point.

He was interested in the Ōtsutsuki’s Karma.

The ability to datafy has many points that can be developed; at a certain level, one can even hand-craft a system.

“Why should I tell you? You stole my Tailed Beasts, and I’ve already given you so much information, yet you still seal my power and imprison me in an Eye Technique space.”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya said indignantly.

She was very angry; it was her first time trying to cooperate with someone, and she lost so badly.

“When did the Tailed Beasts become yours? They are the crystallization of the Ninja World’s life force; they belong to the Ninja World, and I merely helped return them.”

Muzuki retorted.

“I sealed you because you are too dangerous.”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya couldn’t hold back; if she couldn’t beat him, she would have long punched that hateful face.

“I spared your life; this is already the greatest mercy.”

Muzuki said lightly.

“Even without me, you would eventually be sealed by Naruto and Sasuke, who inherited the Six Paths Sage’s power; then it wouldn’t be as simple as just sealing your power.”

“Just them?”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was dismissive.

She, the dignified Ancestor of Chakra in the Ninja World, wouldn’t have been sealed by those lower beings if it weren’t for Muzuki, half an Ōtsutsuki, helping.

“In short, cooperate with me, and I will protect your safety, and I can also take you to another world.”

“Another world?”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya showed a puzzled expression.

After receiving Muzuki’s explanation, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya showed a thoughtful expression and then said:

“I can teach you, but you have to do one thing for me.”

“What thing?”

Muzuki didn’t agree immediately.

“Black Zetsu, that’s what you call it, right? I need the Black Zetsu from another world, and ‘my’ body.”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya said.

Black Zetsu was a special application of Karma for her.

The advantage was that Karma could act independently as a life form, offering a lot of operational space, but the disadvantage was that it was very troublesome to revive through this type of Karma, with very large restrictions.

This special Karma was not as useful as ordinary Karma most of the time; it was just that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had no other choice back then.

With another version of her Black Zetsu, plus its body, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya might be able to revive another version of herself.

If she devoured the Chakra of her other self, she might even evolve new powers.

“First, those are two things, and second, I refuse.”

Muzuki directly refused Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s request; this clearly looked like she wanted to cause trouble.

“Then I’ll teach you how to use ‘Karma’, and you just help me with one of those things.”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya could only settle for less.

“You first clarify what exactly you want to do.”

Muzuki still didn’t agree.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya thought for a moment and told him her purpose truthfully.

This time she didn’t need all the Tailed Beasts, at most a little Tailed Beast Chakra; Muzuki should agree, right?

“No.”

Muzuki still refused.

How could there be such a good deal, wanting such a great benefit just for teaching him a little something?

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya felt a bit desperate.

“However, if you teach me Karma, I’ll count it as half a promise, and once you gather a full promise, I can help you do one thing.”

Muzuki said leisurely.

“Really? I’m only responsible for teaching; I don’t guarantee you can learn it.”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya asked tentatively.

Karma was an innate ability of every Ōtsutsuki; the Ōtsutsuki Clan only taught how to control this power.

Muzuki nodded.

“Look closely at my eyes.”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya quickly got into position and said.

Muzuki nodded, looking at Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s three eyes.

Whoosh!

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya condensed her own information onto her palm and suddenly struck towards Muzuki.

She had figured it out; Muzuki’s cooperation meant becoming her protected subject.

“Teacher Kaguya is truly considerate, even teaching it with Taijutsu.”

Looking at the palm that was only one centimeter from his body, Muzuki revealed a benevolent smile.

He thought Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had been sealed for too long and was a bit starved for attention.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya used all her strength but couldn’t break through the Limitless defense, so she quickly retracted her palm.

“That’s how they teach it in the clan.”

Kaguya tried to explain.

“Is that so.”

Muzuki squeezed his palm, Chakra erupted, and his body was covered in dazzling golden-red Chakra.

“No need for promise points now; I’ll teach you Karma right away.”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya said hurriedly.

Only then did Muzuki dispel his Chakra.

“Don’t blame me if you don’t learn it; I will definitely teach seriously, but this ability generally isn’t something that can be learned by studying.”

Before teaching, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya made a disclaimer.

Muzuki nodded.

He wasn’t afraid that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya wouldn’t teach him the real thing; the initiative was in his hands.

“The most core point of Karma is ‘datafication’, and then ‘replication’…”

Listening to the explanation, Muzuki tried it out and found that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya indeed hadn’t lied; this ability didn’t need to be learned.