Chapter 358

One month later.

The entire ninja world fell completely silent; Konoha’s rule penetrated the countryside and gradually became the consensus of the ninja world.

Even if someone wanted to cause trouble now, no one would be willing to join them, just as when Konoha was first founded.

Everyone is tired of war!

Three great ninja wars and countless smaller conflicts have left the entire ninja world exhausted.

Now, peace is the dominant theme of the ninja world!

Especially Uchiha Jin’s system has won the favor of everyone in the ninja world.

Although the title “ninja” still exists, it has in reality vanished entirely.

In its place—soldiers, police, administrators!

Ordinary civilians pay taxes; Konoha has taken over governmental duties, managing the entire ninja world’s administration and establishing five major provinces and seventy-two municipal administrative bodies across the ninja world.

The original five daimyo residences remain exactly where they were.

The former five war zones now each occupy their original five ninja villages, though Konoha is an exception.

Konoha is the capital!

The central war zone within the Land of Fire has been directly established next to the daimyo’s residence.

The unification of the ninja world has now firmly settled onto the right path.

If no one disrupts it, there will be no problems for at least several decades—and Lin Mo has begun quietly preparing.

His first goal is the moon!

Before confronting Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, he must first eliminate the Hyūga relatives on the moon and seize the Big Tenseigan for himself.

But it’s difficult!

Since this is a movie plot from the original series, even though Uchiha Jin had read the original before crossing over, he had no idea of the exact location of the contract space.

He only vaguely recalled from the original scenes that it was an underground hot spring covered in ice and snow, whose waters had the peculiar property of keeping the body dry.

Fortunately!

Although Uchiha Jin still holds the position of Hokage, in reality he is no different from the First Emperor of the ninja world.

So.

He issued a direct order, and the entire ninja world sprang into action, everyone helping Uchiha Jin search.

The entire ninja world launched a grid-style search; the speed far surpassed what any single person could achieve, and within less than a week, they pinpointed the exact location.

In a mountain range within the Land of Iron.

This location is not far from the Land of Fire, so upon learning the precise spot, Uchiha Jin felt no hesitation and immediately issued the Hokage summoning order.

Shisui, Itachi, Fugaku, Kakashi, and Tsunade—five individuals—used the newly established Flying Thunder God teleportation array and returned to Konoha in just half an hour.

On the other side.

Kabuto, Uzumaki Mito, Kushina, Minato, the Senju brothers, and Uchiha Madara—all top-tier Edo Tensei warriors of Konoha—volunteered to join and confront the so-called Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo bloodline.

Even…

The three former Kage—Sandaime Kazekage, Tsuchikage, and Terumi Mei—and many Akatsuki members also wanted to go and take a look.

Seeing this, Uchiha Jin smiled inwardly.

He knew very well that these people wanted to help him—and yes, that was certainly true, since this was also a chance to earn merit for their families’ future power and status.

But more than that.

They still wanted to confirm whether his previous claims were true or false.

Therefore, regarding this.

Although Uchiha Jin thought so many people weren’t necessary, after a brief moment of thought, he simply agreed.

If they want to go, let them go—consider it a trip!

But since they were going on a side trip anyway, Uchiha Jin also invited Yamanaka Rin.

Then.

As Uchiha Jin prepared to act, the Hyūga clan, led by Hyūga Hiashi, also gathered a group of strong warriors to join the mission.

In their words, this branch of the clan were distant relatives.

Since they were going to oppose the entire ninja world, the Hyūga clan naturally had to participate personally.

Uchiha Jin: “...”

His lips twitched.

He realized that as time passed, more and more people wanted to join this mission.

If he waited any longer, who knew how many more would want to participate.

So, forget it!

He did not refuse Hyūga Hiashi, tacitly allowing the Hyūga clan to join the mission.

Thus…

What Uchiha Jin had originally envisioned as a small elite team operation had now become a mid-sized campaign.

Sigh!

Uchiha Jin sighed helplessly.

If he had stuck to his original plan of an elite team, they could have used Flying Thunder God to travel—but now, with so many people heading to the moon, even if the three of them exhausted themselves using Flying Thunder God, it wouldn’t be enough.

So, no choice!

Everyone could only resort to the most basic mode of travel—walking!

Yes.

For these ninja, any carriage was inferior to their own legs.

Thus…

The group arrived at the mountain range in the Land of Iron by the evening of the next day.

“Set up camp here. Rest for the night.”

“Tomorrow, march toward the moon!”

Looking at the snowstorm blanketing the mountains, especially the hot spring nestled among them, Uchiha Jin’s eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

No one objected.

Although everyone felt no fatigue, all were veterans of the battlefield—they despised the enemy strategically but respected them tactically; every one of them understood this.

Quickly…

Using ninjutsu, the group dug small caves into the mountainside, lit bonfires at the entrances, and erected simple tents inside.

Night fell silently.

Since this wasn’t a war, no one ate ration pills; instead, they cooked a lavish dinner, ate, and then returned to their tents to rest.

Uchiha Jin and Yamanaka Rin naturally shared one tent.

“Jin, are there really people on the moon?”

“Of course!”

In response to Yamanaka Rin’s question, Uchiha Jin nodded solemnly.

After a long pause, Yamanaka Rin spoke again: “When we capture Obito, Itachi can judge him however Itachi like—but can Itachi spare his life?”

“Obito?” Uchiha Jin sighed softly: “Fine.”

“Spare his life!”

No reason. No questions asked.

As the First Emperor of the ninja world, his word held more weight than any law.

Yamanaka Rin rarely asked him for favors; after all, she was his wife. Obito was nothing!

Let him go—it’s no big deal!

Then…

The two sat beside the bonfire, watching the snowstorm outside while chatting casually.

Yamanaka Rin’s smile grew increasingly frequent; she thoroughly enjoyed this moment of solitude.

Yes!

Although the two had already married, Uchiha Jin was always too busy—after all, the enemies looming above him were too powerful.

Until he completely eliminated that group, Uchiha Jin could never truly rest.

Now that he had the chance, he naturally wanted to spend time with Yamanaka Rin.