Chapter 735: Appointed Tailed Beast Ball Zero-Distance Observer

Tobirama Senju stared at the investigation report on Root's secrets, feeling like he might as well go back to the Pure Land to settle scores with that wicked brat Danzo Shimura.

The disciple he sacrificed himself to protect had turned out like this—better he had died at the hands of the Cloud ninja.

Wiping out the Uchiha clan for plotting a coup could at least be explained as protecting the Leaf and upholding the Hokage's authority.

But aside from that, Danzo Shimura had done plenty of other things.

Tobirama Senju saw no protection of the Leaf—only saw Danzo Shimura using any means necessary to strengthen Root, even at the expense of the entire village's interests.

"Sensei, I truly didn't know that Danzo had done so many heinous things in secret.

He covered it up too well. On the surface, he always talked about protecting the Leaf, and everyone thought he was a ninja who inherited your Will of Fire, just a bit extreme."

Homura Mitokado defended himself.

"Yes, if we had known Danzo was so treasonous, we certainly wouldn't have let him run rampant all this time."

Koharu Utatane chimed in.

Bang!

Tobirama Senju suddenly slammed his palm on the desk, staring expressionlessly at Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.

He could believe that Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane didn't know everything about Danzo Shimura—but claiming they knew nothing at all was outright lying.

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane were senior advisors; sometimes Danzo Shimura needed their approval to get things done. How could they not know?

The two advisors couldn't help but sweat from their foreheads.

In their minds, they suddenly recalled Tobirama Senju's unyielding impartiality during his time in office.

Anyone who threatened the Leaf's stability and prosperity, even a member of the Senju clan, would never be forgiven by Tobirama Senju.

"Ah, I'm also at fault. I trusted Danzo too much."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.

He never imagined Danzo Shimura had done so many outrageous things in secret—he had even been involved in Orochimaru's defection back then.

"You, get over here and stand too!"

Tobirama Senju glared at Hiruzen Sarutobi. He'd been too busy scolding the other two and 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 authority of the Anbu?"

Tobirama Senju rebuked.

In Tobirama Senju's view, Root was essentially a second Anbu—one not under the Hokage's control.

If anyone had dared to do that while he was Hokage, he would have arrested them on charges of attempted rebellion without a second thought.

"How have you been serving as Hokage? Utterly incompetent! All this happened right under your nose."

Tobirama Senju was deeply disappointed. None of these four disciples met his expectations.

That inherently evil brat Danzo Shimura went without saying—Tobirama Senju wished he could travel back to the day he covered the retreat and strangle him with his own hands.

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane weren't exactly terrible, but they weren't good either—they were useless parasites who held their positions without doing anything.

Compared to the other three, Hiruzen Sarutobi was somewhat better, with both merits and faults, but he still fell short of Tobirama Senju's hopes.

In the beginning, Hiruzen Sarutobi needed help from Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and the others to secure the Hokage position and face external enemies, so granting them some privileges was normal—Tobirama Senju could understand that.

After all, his death in battle was too sudden; it would have been hard for Hiruzen Sarutobi to steady himself as Hokage on the strength of his dying words alone.

But after Hiruzen Sarutobi stabilized the situation, he kept the status quo instead of reclaiming power—that Tobirama Senju couldn't quite understand.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was speechless, offering no excuse for himself.

Because everything Tobirama Senju said was true; he was indeed a worse Hokage than Tobirama Senju.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's intentions were to develop the Leaf for the better, objectively, he hadn't done a good job.

Seeing this, Tobirama Senju said no more and turned his gaze back to the two cowering advisors.

"Homura, Koharu—resign and go home to reflect on yourselves. Don't make me say it again."

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane are high-ranking officials second only to the Hokage. Dismissing them outright would have a negative impact, and even Tobirama Senju, who is not the current Hokage, does not have that authority.

Of course, if they didn't want to save face, Tobirama Senju would give them another burden, such as being a zero-distance observer of a Tailed Beast Ball.

"Yes."

Homura Mitokado nodded bitterly.

As Tobirama Senju's disciple, he knew his teacher's methods well: if he didn't save face, Tobirama would definitely help him save face.

Koharu Utatane, though extremely reluctant in her heart, could only nod in agreement like Homura Mitokado and walk out of the Hokage's office together.

Tobirama Senju massaged his forehead in frustration and let out a deep sigh.

Thanks to his disciples, he figured the days ahead wouldn't be easy.

"I need to properly learn about the excellent ninja in the village."

Tobirama Senju thought to himself.

Tsunade is not suited to be Hokage, and moreover, Tsunade doesn't really want to be Hokage.

For the healthy development of Konoha and for Tsunade's mental and physical health, it is necessary to elect a capable Sixth Hokage.

Tobirama Senju cannot take up the office again himself; that would set a bad precedent.

If any future Hokage were to become obsessed with power, they might even arrange for someone to resurrect them after death, then rise from the coffin and continue to monopolize authority.

At this moment, Tobirama Senju wished that they had a 'Mu Yue' on their side, so he could save himself a lot of trouble.

Or rather, if Mu Yue were here, there wouldn't be so many problems in the first place.

The investigation into Shimura Danzo was a private matter of Konoha in Naruto Uzumaki's world, involving many of Konoha's secrets. Mu Yue and the others had no reason to get involved, so in the end, it turned into Hashirama Senju taking Mu Yue and the others on a tour.

But really, although the buildings were new, the important ones were built exactly the same. Hashirama Senju didn't even get lost and gave quite a convincing introduction along the way.

"But our world has these too."

Obito remarked sarcastically.

Although their Konoha was more prosperous, they hadn't demolished all the old buildings. They had moved some training grounds outside Konoha to make room for construction.

"Haha, it's all Konoha."

Hashirama Senju said with a smile.

"I finally found you! Where are Shadow Clone Uncle and Hokage Grandpa?"

Naruto suddenly rushed out and asked.

He and the Shadow Clone Obito had already cleaned the house, and since it was mealtime, Naruto planned to invite everyone to eat Ichiraku Ramen.

"They went to handle some matters."

Obito explained.

"I see. I was hoping we could all eat Ichiraku Ramen together."

Naruto scratched his head, feeling it was a pity.

"Is that ramen shop still around? I remember it was very popular back then."

Minato Namikaze looked surprised.

Ichiraku Ramen had already existed before he became Hokage; he didn't expect it to still be there after so long.

"Did you eat there too, Dad? It's delicious, right? Business is still great now."

Naruto Uzumaki asked with shining eyes.

"Mm, it tastes great."

Minato Namikaze nodded with a smile.

"Talking about it is making me a little hungry. Let's not wait for Tobirama; let's just go eat."

Hashirama Senju suggested.

"I'll pack a portion for Tobirama to take back."

"Let's go, let's go!"

Naruto shouted excitedly.

This was the first time he was eating ramen with his real father.

"Welcome—oh, it's Naruto."

Teuchi greeted with a smile when he saw Naruto.

"Yeah, I'll have a large bowl of tonkotsu miso chashu ramen."

Naruto sat down familiarly and said.

"Dad, why don't you try this flavor too? It's really good."

Naruto recommended.

"Dad?"

Teuchi looked puzzled at the word. He carefully studied Minato Namikaze, then glanced at Muyue beside Minato, and became even more confused.

When he saw Hashirama Senju next to Muyue, Teuchi's expression cleared as if he understood everything.

"Have I been too tired lately? Why am I even dreaming about ramen?"

Teuchi stroked his chin, convinced he was dreaming.

"It's not a dream! Dad has been revived. This is my dad, Minato Namikaze, and next to him is Brother Muyue."

Naruto explained and introduced.

Minato Namikaze and Muyue both smiled and greeted.

"I see—he came back to life. It really must be a dream."

Teuchi still wore an expression of doubting his own sanity.

Naruto is the son of the Fourth Hokage, the Fourth has a twin brother, and the First Hokage has been revived. How could he have such a strange dream?

"Ouch."

Teuchi suddenly felt a pain in his body. Turning his head, he saw his own little cotton-padded jacket pinching his arm.

"It hurts, so it's probably not a dream."

Ayame concluded.

Teuchi wore a nonchalant look on the outside but sighed inwardly—how had his little jacket become so drafty?

"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 son of a Hokage, how had Naruto ended up in such a sorry state before?

"Yeah."

Naruto puffed out his chest with pride.

"That's nothing—Naruto-bro will become Hokage himself one day."

Obito said.

There were very few people he genuinely admired, and Naruto was one of them.

"Obito-bro, you'll definitely make it too."

Naruto returned the compliment with a grin.

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

Naruto was so happy today; bringing up those things would only spoil the mood.

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

The group stayed at Naruto's place for a while before dispersing.

After dispersing, Shisui went to find Sasuke.

Currently, Sasuke's situation was quite awkward.

Even before killing Shimura Danzo, Sasuke was already a Konoha S-class wanted criminal.

Although Shimura Danzo deserved to die, it was not Sasuke's place as a rogue ninja to do so.

Under these circumstances, if Konoha's higher-ups wanted to be strict, Sasuke would either go to prison or continue his defection.

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

The Hokages seemed to have a decent impression of Sasuke, so Shisui felt that Sasuke would receive fair treatment.

Obito, on the other hand, was searching Konoha for people who needed help.

Kakashi went to the home of the older Kakashi.

Muyue returned to the hotel that Tsunade had specifically arranged for them.

After entering the hotel room, Muyue first set up a barrier, then opened the Daikokuten to release Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

"Explain the principle of the 'Karma' and how to use it."

Muyue said straightforwardly.

He was interested in the Ōtsutsuki's Karma.

The digitization of abilities has many points for development; at a certain level, one can even create a system by hand.

"Why should I tell you? Not only did you take my tailed beasts, I already gave you so much information, and you sealed my power, trapping me within a dojutsu space."

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki said indignantly.

She was very angry. This was the first time she had wanted to cooperate with someone, yet she had suffered such a crushing defeat.

"Since when did the tailed beasts become yours? They are the crystallization of the ninja world's life force, they belong to the ninja world. I just helped you return them."

Muyue retorted.

"I sealed you because you were too dangerous."

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki couldn't hold back; if she weren't no match for him, she would have already punched that hateful face.

"I spared your life; that is already the greatest mercy."

Muyue said calmly.

"Even without me, you would eventually be sealed by Naruto and Sasuke, who inherited the power of the Sage of Six Paths. Then it wouldn't just be a simple sealing of power."

"With just them?"

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki said dismissively.

She was the proud progenitor of chakra in the ninja world; if not for Muyue, who was half Ōtsutsuki, helping them, how could she have been sealed by those lowly beings.

"In any case, cooperate with me, and I will protect your safety, and I can even take you to another world."

"Another world?"

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki showed a puzzled expression.

After receiving Muyue's explanation, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki showed a thoughtful expression and said:

"I can teach you, but you must do one thing for me."

"What thing?"

Muyue did not agree immediately.

"Black Zetsu, that's what you call it, right? I need the Black Zetsu from the other world, as well as 'my' body."

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki said.

Black Zetsu was her special application of the Karma.

The advantage was that the Karma could act independently as a life form, offering great operational flexibility; the disadvantage was that resurrecting through this kind of Karma was very troublesome, with particularly large restrictions.

This special Kāma was not as convenient as an ordinary Kāma most of the time, but at that time Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had no choice.

With her other self's Black Zetsu and her body, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki could resurrect that other self.

If she devoured her other self's chakra, she might evolve a new power.

"First of all, these are two separate matters. And secondly, I refuse."

Muyue flatly refused Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's request. This was clearly asking for trouble.

"Then I'll teach you how to use the 'Kāma'. You just need to help me with one of those matters."

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had to settle for the next best option.

"First, make it clear what exactly you want to do."

Muyue still did not agree.

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

This time she didn't need all the Tailed Beasts; at most she would use a little Tailed Beast chakra. Surely Muyue would agree.

"No."

Muyue refused again.

No such good deal—teaching him a little something in exchange for such a big benefit.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was somewhat in despair.

"However, if you teach me the Kāma, I'll count it as half a promise credit. When you've gathered a full promise, I can help you with one thing."

Muyue said leisurely.

"Really? I'm only responsible for teaching; I can't guarantee you'll learn it."

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki asked tentatively.

The Kāma is an ability inherent in every Ōtsutsuki; the Ōtsutsuki clan only teaches how to control this power.

Muyue nodded.

"Watch my eyes closely."

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki quickly got into position and said.

Muyue nodded and looked at Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's three eyes.

Swish!

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki condensed her own information into her palm and suddenly struck toward Muyue.

She could see now that Muyue's idea of cooperation was to become her protected one.

"Teacher Kaguya is so thoughtful, even teaching it alongside taijutsu."

Looking at the palm that was only one centimeter from his body, Muyue revealed a nuclear-friendly smile.

He figured Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had been sealed for so long that she needed some discipline.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki used all her strength but could not breach the Limitless Defense, so she quickly withdrew her palm.

"That's how it's taught in the clan."

Kaguya tried to explain.

"I see."

Muyue clenched his hand, chakra exploded, and his body was covered in dazzling gold-red chakra.

"Forget the promise credit. I'll teach you the Kāma right now."

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki said hurriedly.

Only then did Muyue disperse his chakra.

"Don't blame me if you don't learn it. I will definitely teach seriously, but this ability is generally not something that can be learned through study."

Before teaching, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki made a disclaimer.

Mu Yue nodded.

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

"The most core point of the Karma is 'digitization', and then 'copy'…"

Listening to the explanation, Mu Yue gave it a small try and found that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki indeed hadn't lied—this ability required no learning.