togophonebook #205 - I, Luo Fu, will achieve enlightenment in the future! A legendary myth! A lifetime nightmare!
#205 - I, Luo Fu, will achieve enlightenment in the future! A legendary myth! A lifetime nightmare!
After exchanging glances silently, Tsunade said, "Jiraiya, what are the Great Toad Sage's thoughts?"
"This matter concerns the ninja world and its survival, even the Three Great Sage Lands will be drawn into it. We, Konoha, alone cannot cope with the crisis, so we must join forces with the other four great ninja villages. Tsunade… ah! No, Hokage-sama, please inform the daimyo and convene a Five Kage Summit." As soon as Jiraiya finished speaking, he bowed respectfully to Tsunade and remained in that position.
How could Tsunade possibly make a decision about something targeting Luo Fu without authorization?
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At the very least, she needed to communicate with Luo Fu first and get his permission.
After all, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Yekura, Konan, and Uchiha Izumi, who had accepted Luo Fu's blood, had completely switched from the chakra system of Kaguya Otsutsuki to Luo Fu's side and were truly her own people.
Of course, Tsunade wasn't just making this decision for her own people; it was more about her complete disappointment with the Kaguya Otsutsuki family after learning the truth of history.
From the brutality of Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Rabbit Goddess, to the Sage of Six Paths spreading chakra, leading to thousands of years of ninja warfare, even with the establishment of the ninja village system, the ninja world had only expanded the scale of war from families to ninja villages. Not only had it failed to curb the outbreak of war, but it had even amplified its intensity.
It can be said that, from this point of view alone, the Kaguya Otsutsuki family was a complete disaster for the ninja world, and this disaster had affected the ninja world for a full thousand years.
Whether for her own people or to completely resolve the millennia-old poison of the ninja world,
In Tsunade's view, solving the problems left behind by the Kaguya Otsutsuki family was the truly correct approach.
"Jiraiya," Tsunade looked at Jiraiya seriously and said, "You should know that this matter is of great importance. In any case, you must first provide some evidence. You can't just say that the Great Toad Sage predicted the future and expect the entire village to act according to your intentions, right?"
"Tsunade, this is the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, isn't that enough proof?" Jiraiya stood up as if he couldn't believe it and looked at Tsunade.
Pinching her brow, Tsunade said, "Jiraiya, we are comrades, so I and Orochimaru can believe what you say. But what about the others? As Hokage, I must also have sufficient reasons to convince others. You're just telling me about the Great Toad Sage's prophecy and expecting me to contact the daimyo and convene a Five Kage Summit. Such a reason won't convince other ninja villages, and even many ninjas in Konoha will be dissatisfied."
"But you are the Hokage," Jiraiya said unwillingly.
"Precisely because I am the Hokage, I must follow the rules. Do you also want me to be like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura? Just shouting 'everything for the village' and ignoring any rules, even sending children of a few years old to the battlefield without hesitation? Jiraiya, I'm telling you, Hiruzen Sarutobi's Will of Fire is simply a blasphemy against the village and the true Will of Fire. Don't forget, the original purpose of my grandfather and the others in establishing the village was to prevent young children from going to the battlefield."
At this moment, Tsunade seemed to be standing on the moral high ground.
Even Jiraiya became speechless.
After a long while, Jiraiya said helplessly, "But this is the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, I have no way to produce evidence. Unless… that's right."
Suddenly his eyes lit up, and Jiraiya said without hesitation, "I remember, the Great Toad Sage said that even the Child of Prophecy I have been searching for cannot solve this crisis, and the Sage of Six Paths will also come to help us."
"What did you say?" Tsunade's eyes widened instantly.
"Calm down, Tsunade, calm down a bit first." Jiraiya retreated in fright and said, "This way, I'll think of a way, there must be a way to prove the Great Toad Sage's prophecy!"
With a thought in her mind, Tsunade deliberately put on an angry look and sneered, "Okay, I'll give you a chance. You go handle this matter. Whenever you come up with evidence, I will help you contact the daimyo and convene a Five Kage Summit."
Jiraiya was immediately stunned in place. In his opinion, Tsunade was simply joking.
If he really had to find some evidence to prove the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, by the time he found it, the ninja world might have already ended.
This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later.
But now, Tsunade was acting like she didn't believe him, which really made Jiraiya feel uncomfortable.
Just as the Hokage's office fell into a stalemate.
In the Uchiha ancestral land.
Because his brother became a traitor to the Uchiha, his father was also reduced to the worst clan leader in Uchiha history, and even his mother had to entrust herself to Luo Fu in order to protect him.
In a short period of time, the young Uchiha Sasuke seemed to have grown up all of a sudden.
Although on the surface, he still looked cold, in reality, he had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to the Sasuke in the original destiny.
Inside the residence.
Forming hand seals, it took a long time for him to slowly spit out a small fireball.
Uchiha Sasuke, whose whole body was almost soaked in sweat, knelt on the ground angrily, punching the ground hard with his small fists.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it, why can't I have the power like Nii-san and that bastard?"
Without a doubt, the Nii-san in Uchiha Sasuke's mouth was still Uchiha Itachi, the guy who was completely nailed to the pillar of shame for both Konoha and the Uchiha clan, and the bastard, needless to say, was definitely Uchiha Luo Fu, who, in Sasuke's eyes, had defiled his mother.
Just as Sasuke was furious and grief-stricken because of his own powerlessness.
A strange voice suddenly sounded in Uchiha Sasuke's ear.
"Indra, are you angry because you don't have power?"
"Who is it?" Uchiha Sasuke was startled and stood up instantly, holding a kunai and shuriken in his left and right hands, looking around vigilantly.
"Child, I am communicating with you through chakra, don't be nervous." The kind voice sounded again in his ear.
Uchiha Sasuke instantly felt a little creeped out.
After all, he was still just a child, and the scene of only hearing the voice but not seeing the person really made Sasuke feel a little scared.
Just as Sasuke was about to be frightened.
The scenery in his sight suddenly changed.
In an instant, Sasuke understood that he had fallen into a genjutsu. In fact, this kind of genjutsu was not used to target enemies at all.
Normal genjutsu either pursues the destruction of the enemy's spirit and will, like Tsukuyomi, or makes it impossible for the enemy to distinguish reality, the latter being the mainstream of genjutsu in the ninja world.
And in pursuing this point, the genjutsu must not be a means that can be easily seen through.
How could it be like now, where the change in scenery is so great that there is no concealment of the essence of the genjutsu at all.
But in fact, this was just Sasuke's delusion. At this moment, he was not affected by the genjutsu at all. On the contrary, Sasuke was pulled into the realm of consciousness by a surge of chakra that was not large in quantity but extremely high in quality.
In the white expanse before his eyes, a white-robed old man appeared out of thin air in Sasuke's vision.
The old man had a pair of strange purple eyes. In his eyes, purple patterns like ripples were nested in circles, layer upon layer.
Sasuke suddenly realized that the kunai and shuriken he had been holding tightly in his hands had disappeared at some point.
Just as Sasuke was on guard, starting to figure out how to break the genjutsu and warn the rest of the clan, the old man said, "Indra, you don't need to be so wary of me. I was once your father, you are…"
If there's one thing Sasuke considers the greatest taboo, it's others' final judgment of his brother, Uchiha Itachi, and the disparagement of his father.
At this moment, hearing the old guy in front of him dare to joke about his father, Sasuke instantly flew into a rage and charged forward recklessly.
Unfortunately, Sasuke, who hadn't even activated his Sharingan, was instantly blown away by an invisible force before he could reach the old man.
"It seems that you are currently unable to communicate with me at all." The old man sighed in disappointment and said, "But I still have to tell you, your world is now in great danger. There is a terrifying enemy coveting your world, and the only ones who can save it are you and Asura."
Faced with Sasuke, who wouldn't listen to any of his explanations and was single-mindedly convinced that he was an enemy, the old man lamented, "Although you only crave power now, you are also a link in saving the world. I will help you obtain great power."
The pursuit of power truly permeated Sasuke's life. Even though he was just a little kid of a few years old, Sasuke's eyes still lit up when the old man mentioned power.
For the sake of power, the Sasuke of another world even went so far as to join Orochimaru, who coveted his body.
And the current Sasuke, although it seems that his clan still exists, he bears a heavier burden than in the other world.
"What did you say?" Sasuke struggled to say, "You… you can give me power?"
"No, it's not me giving you power. You inherently possess great power within your body. I'm just helping you unlock this power." The old man seemed to have lost the will to communicate with Sasuke. The moment he finished speaking, a stream of pure chakra instantly poured into Sasuke's consciousness.
At the same time, accompanied by a scream, Sasuke instantly returned from the consciousness space.
And at this moment, his pupils, which had not yet awakened, instantly turned blood red. A tomoe spun around.
Then the second, the third.
When the three tomoe were connected in a string, a pattern resembling a hexagram bloomed in Sasuke's eyes.
"This… this is…" The instantly surging chakra and eye power made Sasuke forget about the old man he had encountered in that strange genjutsu just now.
He hurriedly came to an artificial lake, and Sasuke anxiously looked down at the surface of the lake.
Through the reflection on the lake surface, when he saw that his eyes, like his brother Uchiha Itachi, had become the supreme eyes of the Uchiha clan, the young Uchiha Sasuke instantly transformed into one of the Uchiha Mad Laughing Quartet.
In a burst of childish and frantic laughter, purple chakra quickly gathered, and in just a short moment, a skeletal form condensed around Sasuke.
"Power of the gods, Susanoo? Haha… hahahaha…" Sasuke covered his face and laughed wildly for a moment, then a chilling resentment and killing intent burst out from his eyes, "Nii-san, I will definitely avenge you."
On Sasuke's side, after obtaining the powerful strength to instantly awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.
In another cramped room.
A blond little boy in sloppy pajamas, sleeping soundly on the bed, was suddenly pulled into a dark sewer space in his consciousness.
"Huh?" The ignorant Naruto Uzumaki couldn't help but walk towards the depths of the sewer after curiously looking around.
Soon, when he came to a huge cage, Naruto couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Through the cage, he could clearly see a massive Nine-Tailed Fox, as large as a mountain, being imprisoned.
"Asura." The sudden voice startled Naruto Uzumaki.
When he saw that it was an unfamiliar old man, Naruto smiled憨憨ly, scratched the back of his head, and said, "Grandpa, where is this place? I remember I was sleeping at home, how did I end up here?"
"Asura, listen to me first." Switching scenes in quick succession, the Sage of Six Paths, who had just come from Sasuke's side, quickly repeated his old trick, recounting the so-called threat to the world.
Scratching his hair, Naruto said, "Really? Then I must tell Granny Tsunade."
"Asura, you must join forces with Indra, because this crisis cannot be solved by any one of you alone." The Sage of Six Paths said with a kind look, earnestly, "Don't worry, I will give you enough help."
The moment he finished speaking, the Sage of Six Paths looked at the Nine-Tailed Fox in the cage, who was even more honest than a quail.
"Old man, please rest assured." The Nine-Tailed Fox couldn't wait to pat his chest to assure that he would definitely help Naruto.
Nodding slightly, the Sage of Six Paths unhesitatingly chose to tear off the talisman affixed to the cage.
But it was at this moment that the talisman suddenly flashed with the light of chakra.
In a flash of light.
Minato Namikaze, with blond hair and wearing the Fourth Hokage's robe, instantly appeared in front of Naruto Uzumaki and the Sage of Six Paths.
"Naruto, this cannot be…"
Minato Namikaze's words of warning stopped abruptly, his eyes looking in horror at the Sage of Six Paths, and said, "This is… Rinnegan, who are you?"
"Minato Namikaze, don't you even recognize the origin of you ninjas?" The Nine-Tailed Fox sneered and said, "This is the Sage of Six Paths who created Ninshu."
"Sage of Six Paths? That… isn't that a legend?" Minato Namikaze looked surprised.
The Sage of Six Paths nodded slightly and said, "Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village, Minato Namikaze, this old man is indeed Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who is called the Sage of Six Paths by your later generations."
At this moment, Minato Namikaze felt that his mind was a little overwhelmed. He was now just a wisp of consciousness left behind by chakra.
Naturally, he couldn't do what a real living person could do.
After hesitating for a moment, Minato Namikaze finally chose to be patient.
Soon, Minato Namikaze heard the same story from the Sage of Six Paths.
Clearly being a father, upon learning that his child was the reincarnation of Asura's chakra, the son of the Sage of Six Paths, Minato Namikaze not only didn't have the slightest bit of resentment, but instead looked proud.
"Naruto, this is the mission you were born to shoulder. You must join forces with Fugaku's child to resolve this crisis for the ninja world. Father believes in you, you can definitely do it." Minato Namikaze smiled as if he were a small sun.
"You… are you really my father?" The young Naruto Uzumaki obviously didn't have much of a concept of saving the ninja world.
But he was very concerned about who his father was.
After a process of recognizing relatives, blaming, crying, and telling.
Naruto Uzumaki excitedly said that he would definitely become a hero who saves the ninja world.
And on the Sage of Six Paths' side, he successively sent cheats to Sasuke and Naruto Uzumaki.
Helping the two of them obtain the power contained in the Indra and Asura chakra on their bodies.
On the moon, Raiden, who had just accepted that the Zanpakuto was another ancestor of chakra, the Goddess Kaguya Otsutsuki, quickly noticed the abnormality under the reminder of Raiden Otsutsuki.
"Honored One, we seem to be in trouble." Raiden Otsutsuki's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his Tenseigan, one yellow and one purple, like heterochromatic pupils, stared directly at the direction of the ninja world, and said, "I feel that another Hagoromo's chakra has appeared in the ninja world, but Hagoromo is clearly still in the Pure Land!"
Raising an eyebrow, Raiden quickly understood and said, "Are you saying that the future Hagoromo Otsutsuki has crossed time and descended to the present? Could it be that the Sage of Six Paths just so naturally accepted the arrival of another himself?"
Looking at Raiden Otsutsuki, Raiden's gaze quickly fell on the soul of the Zanpakuto. He said, "Kaguya's appearance is a huge threat to the entire ninja world, and the Sage of Six Paths is probably because of this that Hagoromo Otsutsuki caught a loophole and descended to the present, but only a part of Hagoromo Otsutsuki's chakra has descended to this time, and he himself is still being blocked by the Sage of Six Paths!"
After pondering for a moment, Raiden blurted out, "Did Hagoromo Otsutsuki go to Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto?"
After receiving Raiden Otsutsuki's affirmative answer, Raiden then said, "What about the three great sacred lands of Mount Myoboku, Ryuchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest?"
The giant Tenseigan on the moon actually has two functions. While monitoring the descent of foreign Otsutsuki clan members into the ninja world, it also takes care of monitoring the entire ninja world.
As long as there is this intention, then the clone with the giant Tenseigan, Raiden Otsutsuki, can unhinderedly peep into any place in the ninja world at any time, even places guarded by barriers are no exception.
The moment Uchiha Sasuke obtained the power of Indra's chakra and awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, he couldn't wait to show off the Susanoo, known as the power of the gods.
Such a large commotion naturally couldn't escape the notice of Ōtsutsuki Rōfu.
Even the Three Great Sacred Grounds of the Summoning World could be spied upon by the Giant Reincarnation Eye.
After a moment, Ōtsutsuki Rōfu said, "Gamamaru just summoned Jiraiya. I'm afraid his ability to glimpse the future in his dreams has allowed him to see what I intend to do."
Rōfu chuckled coldly, saying, "So what if he sees it? Without the power to stop me, seeing the future only adds to his troubles. Since that old toad dares to try to stop a chariot with its arms, let's deal with him first."
After a slight pause, Rōfu looked at the Sword Soul, saying, "Back then, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo chose to oppose Ōtsutsuki Kaguya because of Gamamaru's bewitchment. In a way, Mount Myōboku can be considered your enemy. Would you like to go to Mount Myōboku and avenge yourself?"
The Sword Soul, bearing the appearance of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya but with six arms, slightly bowed and said, "I may not be the true Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, but I have inherited this hatred. Let me personally take a trip to Mount Myōboku."
Ōtsutsuki Rōfu's heart stirred, and he said, "Then, how about I take care of Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest?"
"You plan to personally go to the Ninja World?" Rōfu frowned, saying, "What about the moon?"
The existence of the moon isn't just as simple as sealing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya on the surface.
In fact, after learning about the existence of the Ōtsutsuki clan, whom Ōtsutsuki Kaguya feared, the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo made many arrangements on the moon.
The Giant Reincarnation Eye was just one of them.
Besides that, the moon could also, to some extent, conceal the existence of the Ninja World's planet.
Delaying the time it would take for the Ōtsutsuki clan to discover the Ninja World.
It could be said that the reason why the Sage of Six Paths and the Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo brothers didn't see any other Ōtsutsuki clan members descend for thousands of years after sealing their mother, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, was not only due to the special nature of the Ōtsutsuki clan itself.
The moon's seal itself also played a role in hiding the Ninja World.
Of course, the moon's concealment was actually better than nothing, but it did indeed have an effect.
Although there isn't much time left before the Ninja World is discovered by the Ōtsutsuki clan.
But Rōfu still doesn't plan to face those Ōtsutsuki clan members who use planets as nurseries, plant trees to drain the planet's life force, and seem to be refining pills so soon.
The clone, Ōtsutsuki Rōfu, pondered for a moment before saying helplessly, "It seems I really can't go to the Ninja World for the time being."
Since the clone can't leave the moon for the time being, Rōfu handed the statue that originally belonged to Ōtsutsuki Hamura to the clone, Ōtsutsuki Rōfu, and gave Ōtsutsuki Kaguya the task of dealing with the Three Great Sacred Grounds.
After all, although the clone is just the Sword Soul of a Zanpakutō, its essence is the collective consciousness of the present and future Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Perhaps its chakra reserves are far from comparable to the real Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, but it's more than enough to deal with the Three Great Sacred Grounds.
Mount Myōboku.
The Great Toad Sage, who was sitting on a chair in a sleeping posture, suddenly opened his eyes and said urgently, "Quick, contact our contractors, and have all the children of Mount Myōboku leave the sacred ground and go to the Ninja World to take refuge immediately. Our disaster is coming."
"Great Sage, does this mean that the guy who will destroy the Ninja World in the future will target us first?" Shima Sage's tone was full of solemnity.
But before the Great Toad Sage could answer.
A figure wearing a pure white long dress suddenly stepped out from a pitch-black, mosaic-like Yomotsu Hirasaka and appeared in Mount Myōboku.
At this time, the Great Toad Sage was nowhere near as infirm as he was before due to the New Year's harassment. With a nimble leap, he stood up and, in a flash, came before Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
"Goddess of Rabbits, you have finally escaped your seal."
"Gamamaru!?" The image of the Zanpakutō Sword Soul Ōtsutsuki Kaguya appearing before the Great Toad Sage at this moment was no different from the image he remembered of her being above all things.
A white dress, long hair flowing, pure white pupils, even the six arms he saw in his dream when glimpsing the future were completely gone.
Yes.
The Sword Soul appearing in Mount Myōboku at this moment did not have six arms.
The image of six arms was originally a product of the fusion of the Sword Soul and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's consciousness. It was a state akin to a Dharmakāya or true form, and it was not impossible to retract them.
"It was your bewitchment that caused those two unfilial sons to betray me back then."
The Sword Soul was obviously greatly influenced by Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Putting aside other things, her words clearly treated herself as the true Goddess of Rabbits. However, even so, the Sword Soul's consciousness always regarded Rōfu as supreme.
There would be no betrayal.
It can only be said that the Ōtsutsuki Kaguya displayed by the Sword Soul was more like wearing a so-called Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's personality as an outer garment.
The Great Toad Sage nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, I did everything back then. Does the Goddess of Rabbits intend to avenge me for what happened back then?"
"Revenge?" Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's tone was particularly indifferent, saying, "It's just clearing the weeds in the nursery."
Feeling a tightness in his heart, the Great Toad Sage quickly gathered Sage Art Chakra to buy time for the toads of Mount Myōboku to escape the sacred ground, while also quickly completing the process of sending messages to Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest.
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Konoha.
In the Hokage's office.
Although the previous exchanges between Jiraiya and Tsunade, the Hokage, and Orochimaru, a former comrade, were unpleasant.
But at this moment, the former Sannin were gathered together.
Before them were none other than Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke.
In addition to the main characters, Naruto and Sasuke, members of the Hyūga, Uchiha, Ino-Shika-Chō, Inuzuka, Aburame, and other clans were also gathered in the office.
"Naruto, you said you saw your father and the Sage of Six Paths in the sealing space? And the Nine-Tails agreed to cooperate with you?" Jiraiya felt like he was dreaming.
He clearly knew from the Great Toad Sage that the Sage of Six Paths would personally intervene to deal with this crisis.
But what he didn't expect was that the Sage of Six Paths would intervene in this way.
This was also why Jiraiya wasn't in the village on the night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre. Although he had heard many rumors, he didn't know the terrifying hands of Naruto and Sasuke in the future.
Jiraiya didn't know, but the Konoha ninjas present knew.
After hearing that Naruto and Sasuke had somehow come into contact with the legendary Sage of Six Paths.
These Konoha ninjas didn't feel much surprise in their hearts.
It was because they had already learned more or less from Jiraiya's mouth that there would be a terrifying powerhouse in the future who would destroy all order in Konoha and even end the era of ninjas.
Because the process of the Uchiha Clan Massacre was too sensational, Konoha deliberately concealed it, causing Jiraiya, who was outside the village, to only hear some news that was less than 1% credible.
But the Konoha ninjas who experienced it had already guessed who the terrifying powerhouse in Jiraiya's mouth who would end the ninja era and destroy the ninja village system would be.
Rōfu.
The battle between Rōfu and the future Naruto and Sasuke was simply a nightmare for the Konoha ninjas present.
Everyone even firmly believed that even if the former God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, and the Madara Uchiha were resurrected, they wouldn't be Rōfu's opponents.
Although there were many naive idealists in the Ninja World, there were even more realists. In fact, apart from a few idealists like Uzumaki Naruto and Jiraiya, most ninjas were realists who prioritized benefits above all else.
Even if they knew everything now, they were more likely to choose to support Rōfu in their hearts.
Putting aside other things, the fact that Rōfu was able to defeat the future Naruto and Sasuke in front of everyone was enough to make everyone choose to vote with their feet.
The Sage of Six Paths was indeed the ancestor of Ninshū, but so what?
The Ninshū era had passed thousands of years ago, and even the era of ninja clans had passed. Now was the era of ninja villages.
How could these realists who prioritized benefits above all else risk everything for a figure from thousands of years ago who had long become a myth?