Chapter 449

"Hmm?"

At the same time, the moment Senju Tobirama forcibly dispelled the shadow clone by dying, Jigen, thousands of miles away, suddenly opened his eyes, his black pupils full of doubt.

"Dead? What a fragile creature."

He sensed that the shadow clone of Senju Tobirama he had sealed had disappeared. The only explanation for being able to dissipate from the Daikokuten, where even time and space were frozen, was that the main body had died.

As a noble Otsutsuki, he didn't care about Senju Tobirama's death; he had more important work to do right now.

"Lord Jigen, the data on the researchers you wanted me to search for has been compiled."

In front of Jigen, a man in a cloak held the data in his hand, his tone very respectful.

Swish~

Jigen propped his face with one hand, and with a light lift of his other hand, the data in the man's hand automatically floated in front of him.

Looking at the few thin sheets of paper, Jigen's brows furrowed slightly.

"Only this much?"

"Lord, please forgive me; at the moment, there are only this many researchers proficient in human body modification and without affiliation."

The man heard the displeasure in Jigen's tone and immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, his voice becoming incredibly terrified.

"Not enough, find more; I want a complete team."

"Yes!"

The man who received the order nodded and left in a hurry, while Jigen closed his eyes again, his consciousness entering a void space.

In this space, countless black cubes of the same shape floated. Jigen searched around and soon locked onto the target of this trip.

Only to see Senju Hashirama, whom everyone had been looking for for a long time, now with his eyes tightly closed, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep, floating quietly in mid-air.

Looking at Senju Hashirama in his sleep, Jigen's eyes were full of anticipation for a beautiful future, and the corners of his mouth, unchanged for a thousand years, rarely hooked into a smile.

"I can't wait anymore."

Since capturing Senju Hashirama, Jigen had given up his lone-wolf life and began to set about building his own small group, and built his secret base in a relatively remote small country.

Relying on mysterious and unpredictable means, he recruited a group of loyal believers to serve him, on one hand building laboratories related to human body research, and on the other hand starting to recruit suitable scientific research talents.

And his first step plan was to use Senju Hashirama as a blueprint to create a powerful army.

As for the purpose...

"Hmph! Kaguya, oh Kaguya, you greedy woman, never thought that when I went out, I would also carry a second Ten-Tails."

Jigen turned his head, and in the void space behind him, there was actually a behemoth floating, and on its hideous big face, a blood-red single eye was emitting light that made people tremble.

Every Ten-Tails that wants to advance into a God Tree that absorbs planetary energy needs to sacrifice a pure-blooded Otsutsuki.

If Jigen wants to return to his original state and go further, he needs to replant a second God Tree on this planet, and this time, the nourishment naturally cannot be him.

"Kaguya, don't be in a hurry, wait for me to 'save' you..."

Konoha.

Slap! —

"I knew it, that Decade-Brother is not a good bird!"

Uchiha Madara, who had guessed the true culprit who imprisoned Senju Hashirama, hammered a large crack into Senju Tobirama's favorite sandalwood screen in a fit of rage.

"You..."

Looking at the screen that had turned into debris, Senju Tobirama's fist hardened, somewhat regretting why he had invited the few into his room for a secret talk.

Sure enough, it's a naturally evil Uchiha.

The few who were just in the backyard training ground were now sitting around the table in Senju Tobirama's guest room, with takeout brought by Uchiha Kagami on the table, and the small sweet water of different colors was very tempting.

"Whew~ whew~ Big Brother, how did you know it was done by that Decade-Brother?"

Uchiha Izuna, who was slurping milk tea, asked very curiously.

"Isn't he just a guy who wholesales toys? Is he very strong?"

Regarding the mysterious Decade-Brother, Izuna had only heard his name but never seen the person, so he had no concept of his strength.

"Hmph! Besides him, I can't think of a second one."

If there is anyone in the entire Ninja World that Uchiha Madara cannot see through, it is none other than Decade-Brother.

"Despicable guy, he must want to use Hashirama to do unspeakable experiments, I *#￥…#￥@#..."

Uchiha Madara, who still remembered Decade-Brother's identity as a scientific research expert, inevitably used the greatest malice to speculate about the other party.

But he actually guessed half of it right.

And Uchiha Gin, as the person involved, did not speak out to refute at this moment. Holding the lemon water with extra ingredients, he just silently took out his little notebook, recording how many times his cousin had scolded him, waiting for a chance to settle the score later.

"No, it's not that Decade-Brother."

Just as the whole room was filled with Uchiha slang, Senju Tobirama shook his head with a solemn face.

"Huh? Not Decade-Brother?"

Uchiha Madara was stunned upon hearing this, and a look of worry instantly floated in his eyes. Compared to known opponents, unknown enemies made him even more uneasy.

As if very satisfied with Uchiha Madara's surprised expression, Senju Tobirama paused and pointed his finger at the caramel macchiato on the table, the meaning very obvious.

"Stop selling suspense, just say it!"

Uchiha Madara, who understood the hint, was so angry his eyelids jumped wildly, and he gritted his teeth and inserted the straw into the sweet, greasy coffee.

"The enemy is a monk named Jigen."

Taking the coffee handed by Uchiha Madara, Senju Tobirama continued.

"Jigen?"

Uchiha Madara, who was hearing this name for the first time, furrowed his brows. However, he thought for a long time but couldn't remember this character.

"Izuna, Kagami, have you heard of this person?"

"No, no~"

"Cousin, how about you?"

"I'm someone who hasn't even stepped out of Konoha's gates a few times; are you serious about asking me?"

Uchiha Gin, who had long since started to investigate Jigen's data, began to play dumb, his lifeless dead-fish eyes rolling until only the whites were visible.

Waiting until Uchiha Madara's gaze shifted away, Uchiha Gin then frowned without a trace.

Regarding this monk named Jigen, he had already arranged for his subordinates to follow up and investigate at the beginning of Senju Hashirama's disappearance, but the information fed back was very little.

The only thing that could be determined was that this monk did indeed exist, but his whereabouts were uncertain. Occasionally he appeared in small countries, sometimes using magical means to treat the common people; it seemed he knew some medical ninjutsu.

As for the rumor of the thousand-year-old immortal monk, Uchiha Gin had not yet verified it; it was highly likely that similar people were misidentified.

"Heh, not a thousand-year-old turtle from the sky, how could he live a thousand years?"

Curling his lip in disdain, Uchiha Gin just wanted to pick up the lemon water he had placed beside him, but found he touched nothing.

Lowering his head in confusion, he discovered a familiar black-skinned little hand quietly reaching out from a black hole, holding exactly the lemon water he had drunk half of.

Yo, awake?

Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows. He hadn't seen Wangliang bubble up for a long time.

However, as a sensible owner, he didn't forcibly summon the black-skinned imperial sister who didn't want to show her head. Anyway, the Knight War was over, so it could be considered giving her a long vacation.

"Is that monk very strong?"

On the other side, Uchiha Madara, who learned that the true culprit was someone else, immediately asked about Jigen's information.

"Very strong, and very strange."

Senju Tobirama nodded with a tense face. In the memory fed back by his shadow clone, the means Jigen displayed were unheard of by him.

"Strange?"

Being called strange by Senju Tobirama, who was sinister to the extreme, was hard not to arouse the curiosity of everyone present.

"First of all, on his face, there is a mark like yours."

"Huh?"

Looking at Senju Tobirama pointing at him, Uchiha Gin had a confused face. How did it get related to him?

"Tattoos are very popular now, right? Cousin is planning to tattoo someone on his heart."

Uchiha Gin scratched his head.

"No, I mean, he is very likely like you, knowing the Yin Seal."

"Absolutely impossible."

His Yin Seal is the only one of its kind!

"Then how do you explain Jigen living for a thousand years?"

"And how are you so sure he lived for a thousand years?"

Judging that Jigen lived for a thousand years just by a mark, this made Uchiha Gin, who believed in science, unable to agree.

"If he didn't live for a thousand years, how could he be so strong?"

Senju Tobirama shook his head.

"That mark is definitely not an ordinary tattoo; it can extend strange black lines all over the body, and..."

"Black lines..."

Hearing this, Uchiha Gin's doubts were about to reach their peak. This release method was indeed very similar to his Hundred Healings Jutsu.

Could it really be some old man who developed the Yin Seal and started making trouble after living for a thousand years?

"Huh?"

Just as Uchiha Gin was thinking, he suddenly discovered that the black soft hand holding the lemon water beside him had suddenly stalled in mid-air, not shrinking back into the Shadow Realm.

Its owner seemed to be eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Moreover, a single horn grew on his head, and his eyes also turned into Byakugan and..."

Following Senju Tobirama's voice, Uchiha Gin was surprised to find that Wangliang's delicate hand actually began to tremble slightly.

"... a yellow 'rice' character eye I've never seen before."

Slap!

The sudden sound awakened the few who were listening intently, and they turned their heads to look at the source of the sound.

"Sorry, I was listening too intently and my hand slipped."

Uchiha Gin smiled apologetically. The floor was covered with orange-yellow water stains, which was exactly the half-cup of lemon water that Wangliang had dropped by mistake.

"My carpet!"

Looking at the completely ruined expensive carpet, Senju Tobirama clenched his fists again.

"Your Water Style is played quite smoothly, just wash it yourself in a while."

Facing Senju Tobirama's near-man-eating gaze, Uchiha Gin smiled teasingly, skillfully like a scumbag who doesn't recognize people after pulling up his pants.

"Hoo... that monk named Jigen, after his whole body was covered in black lines and a horn grew on his head, his power and chakra grew by leaps and bounds, able to fight Big Brother in close combat without falling behind."

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Senju Tobirama continued to tell his magical encounter.

"Actually fought Hashirama in close combat without falling behind?"

Uchiha Madara stared with wide eyes. He had wrestled with Senju Hashirama for many years, so he naturally knew the terrifying power of the other party's close combat; punching through a Complete Body Susanoo was a common occurrence.

He could only barely punch with Senju Hashirama when he was firing on all cylinders after transforming.

"That's right, but that's not his biggest reliance."

Before Uchiha Madara could finish being surprised, Senju Tobirama dropped another bombshell.

"That yellow 'rice' character eye... it's too strange."

"How is it strange?"

Everyone leaned over like curious babies.

"I don't know either; the shadow clone's memory only stopped at the moment of looking at that eye."

Senju Tobirama spread his hands. If this wasn't strange, then he really had nothing to say.

"Byakugan and an eye never seen before; have you investigated the Hyuga clan?"

Uchiha Madara, after listening to Senju Tobirama's narration, bowed his head in thought, deciding to find a breakthrough from the only known point.

"I checked long ago; in the records of the Hyuga clan, there is no variant other than the Byakugan."

There is.

Uchiha Gin complained in his heart, his face carrying the same doubt and contemplation as the others.

Yellow 'rice' character eye?

It's over, it's an information gap.

Although Naruto is also known as the Legend of Eyes, this kind of eye that didn't show its face in the original work really made Uchiha Gin a bit dumbfounded for a while.

"However, since it can appear together with the Byakugan, it shows that that eye, like the Byakugan and Sharingan, has magical pupil techniques."

Senju Tobirama, as an honorary member of the Uchiha clan,

No, now it should be considered Uchiha Tobirama.

Senju Tobirama, opening a Sharingan, began to tell his analysis.

"I personally infer that that eye should control time-space power; it was it that trapped my shadow clone and Big Brother."

"Time-space power? What a troublesome power."

Uchiha Madara had a solemn face; he, a numerical value expert, was the one who least wanted to fight mechanism monsters.

Head-on is okay; he has full purity, opening with a fireball plus Susanoo, as long as he dares to substitute, he opens the ultimate.

"No time to lose; now that we know Big Brother's whereabouts, let's move."

Looking at the crowd with different expressions, Senju Tobirama stood up and began to mobilize, holding half a cup of caramel macchiato in his hand, his scarlet single eye full of urgency.

"But this matter cannot be publicized; everything must be done in secret."

Big Brother had only been missing for a few months, and someone couldn't hold back. Senju Tobirama was very worried that if the news of Senju Hashirama being captured were exposed, what the other major ninja villages would do.

"Let's go, there's a lot to do."

Uchiha Madara stood up first, nodding to his younger brother and Uchiha Kagami.

"Yes."

The two who were called stood up and followed.

"Then I'm leaving too; my family is waiting for me to eat dinner~"

Uchiha Gin also stood up slowly, waving to Senju Tobirama, who had a solemn face.

"Hmm."

Looking at Uchiha Gin's departing back, for some reason, Senju Tobirama always felt that something had been missed.

"Truly, I have to clean up the mess."

But it wasn't the time to think about these; the screen debris scattered on the ground and the dirty carpet were still waiting for him to deal with.

"Wait! Holy crap, give me back my eyes!"

As a result, Senju Tobirama had just picked up the broom and prepared to work when he found his vision severely damaged. He raised his head violently, his scarlet single eye full of anger.

"Huh? Did I forget something?"

Uchiha Gin, who walked out of the Senju residence alone, suddenly scratched his head in confusion. He had walked in a hurry just now and seemed to have forgotten something.

"Can't remember, but it shouldn't be anything important." (End of chapter)