Chapter 314

Future Sasuke felt a chill of dread once again,

If it hadn't been for Hashirama Senju,

He truly didn't know what he should have done.

In their original timeline,

Ōtsutsuki Urashiki was only wounded because he had grown careless and underestimated his enemy,

Once he truly became angry and humiliated,

Unleashed his final form and brought out the full measure of his power,

The rest of them would have had absolutely no way of defeating him!!

Thinking of the strength that man had just displayed,

Future Sasuke felt that if he were to face Ōtsutsuki Urashiki,

His odds of winning wouldn't even reach half,

And once he lost this war,

Not only would he lose his own life,

Even their very timeline might be destroyed!!

【Jiraiya: Phew… That scared me to death. I thought for a moment that… the First Hokage was going to lose, but thankfully…】

【Orochimaru: How could the First possibly lose to him? From the very start until now, has any of us ever seen the First lose?】

【Fourth Raikage: I suspect that in the battle just now, the First Hokage still hadn't brought out his true full strength.】

【Terumi Mei: Fourth Raikage, isn't what you just said a load of rubbish? Anyone who isn't blind could tell that much.】

【Ōnoki: The First Hokage and his opponent simply aren't on the same level. From start to finish, there wasn't a single trace of panic on the First Hokage's face.】

【Shimura Danzō: Hmph!! The power of Wood Release — how could a petty nobody like that ever comprehend it? To dare challenge the authority of the First Hokage… he doesn't know what's good for him!!】

【Tobirama Senju: This big brother of mine, every so often when he strikes, there are new changes. His strength is improving every single moment. Now, apart from himself, I fear no one knows exactly how far he has come…】

【Naruto Uzumaki: Hahahaha!! Look at the expression on Future Sasuke's face!! So cocky, serves him right! Now he knows he's the one holding us back, doesn't he.】

【Sakura Haruno: I wonder if Sasuke ever got married in the end, and who he ended up marrying?】

【Ino Yamanaka: Hmm… I hope Sasuke didn't end up marrying me in the future. I never expected the gap in looks between adult Sasuke and teenage Sasuke to be this huge. With a face like that… I'll pass.】

【Shikamaru Nara: Women are such a hassle… being alone is the best!!】

【Shikaku Nara: Shikamaru… although your old man agrees with what you said, you absolutely cannot really think that way. The Nara clan only has you as its sole male heir. If you don't marry and have children, our Nara line will be cut off!!】

"Thank you…"

After a moment of silence,

Future Sasuke slightly bowed his body.

This was his heartfelt gratitude toward Hashirama Senju.

In a certain sense,

Hashirama Senju had saved their world in a roundabout way.

And Boruto Uzumaki, who was beside him, seeing Future Sasuke make such a gesture,

He hurriedly imitated Future Sasuke and bowed as well!!

Hashirama Senju waved his hand.

"Alright, alright, none of that."

"I never meant to step in and help you lot. It's just that this fellow was far too arrogant and delivered himself right to my doorstep — I can't be blamed for that."

Madara Uchiha walked over, frowning,

And sized Future Sasuke up and down once more.

"However… you really are wasting your talent."

"With such a fine foundation, yet you don't put your mind into training…"

"What a pity."

He truly felt a measure of regret.

From Future Sasuke's own mouth,

His strength during the Fourth Great Ninja War was far greater than it was now,

Yet after all these years,

His power had actually gone down instead of up,

And that was the one point that left Madara Uchiha the most speechless!!!

If he himself had received the Sage of Six Paths' aid and fully stepped into the Six Paths level, just like him,

After so many years,

Even if his strength didn't improve,

It certainly wouldn't have dropped as much as Future Sasuke's had!!

……

Inside the cave,

Obito Uchiha, seeing Ōtsutsuki Urashiki's body crushed by the wooden Buddha,

Felt even deeper regret welling up inside him.

What on earth had he been doing all these years?

Wood Release possessed such terrifying power,

Yet he had let it lie idle the whole time!!

What he lacked most right now was offensive means,

Although the ability of 'Kamui' is powerful,

it can only be used for escaping and doing some special tasks.

If he had learned Hashirama Senju's Wood Release,

not to mention possessing one-tenth of Hashirama Senju's strength,

even just one percent,

he believed he probably wouldn't need Nagato to carry out this plan either!!

He would have directly stepped in to seize Nagato's Rinnegan,

and there would be no need for Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu to exist!!

When that time came, he himself would be the undisputed savior of this world.

Even if the Otsutsuki clan came to this planet,

Obito Uchiha was confident he had the power to fight them on equal terms!!

But now, no matter what was said, it was too late,

the plan had already begun to be set in motion,

even if he himself could afford to wait,

time would not wait for him!!!

Black Zetsu and Obito Uchiha had spent so many years together,

none of Obito Uchiha's thoughts could escape Black Zetsu!!

He could even guess what Obito Uchiha was thinking from a single glance of Obito Uchiha.

Seeing the regretful and rueful expression on Obito Uchiha's face,

Black Zetsu knew he must be deeply regretting not having properly trained in Wood Release.

Thinking of this,

Black Zetsu cast a mocking glance at Obito Uchiha.

What was truly powerful was not Hashirama Senju's Wood Release,

but Hashirama Senju himself!!

Obito Uchiha still didn't understand this point even now.

Moreover, back then Madara Uchiha had not failed to teach Obito Uchiha to learn Wood Release,

but all of Obito Uchiha's talent lay only in his Mangekyo Sharingan's Kamui,

he himself did not possess any particularly great talent!!

Madara Uchiha had even tested Obito Uchiha's talent,

he had secretly taught Obito Uchiha a few of the most basic Wood Release moves,