Promising the future ahead of time, starting with Naruto

Of course I'll give it a try.

This is actually not a difficult decision to make.

Even if there are problems, after assessment, the Divine Tree can be uprooted without causing a profound impact on the ninja world.

For Genichi Shushita, this was a win-win situation.

Of course, trying it on the moon isn't impossible, but trying it in the ninja world might be a good idea.

After Orochimaru and Kabuto extracted the new Ten-Tails' cells, Genichi Kinoshita stored them in his own mirror space.

They agreed to observe the planting of the sacred tree together the next day, and then everyone went their separate ways.

Genichi and Tsunade went home together, with Kaguya Otsutsuki floating behind them.

Tsunade frowned and looked back: "Is she going home with us?"

Genichi under the tree smiled somewhat awkwardly.

Tsunade's face darkened, she snorted coldly, and quickened her pace.

Xuan Yi looked helpless under the tree.

Looks like I won't be able to get into bed for the next few days.

They might not even be allowed to enter the house.

Back home, Uzumaki Ina and the children all looked at Otsutsuki Kaguya with curiosity.

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Genichi was relieved that Kurenai Yuhi and Mei Terumi hadn't moved into his house.

However, Kaguya Otsutsuki showed no embarrassment whatsoever and asked directly, "Where is my room?"

Genichiro looked at Ina Uzumaki and said, "Ina, arrange a room for me."

Uzumaki Ina snapped out of her daze and quickly nodded, "Oh, I understand."

She looked at Kaguya Otsutsuki: "Um... please come with me."

Kaguya Otsutsuki turned around and then followed Ina Uzumaki away.

The youngest, Marin, couldn't help but ask her mother, Shizune, "Mom, do we have another mom?"

The atmosphere became awkward for a moment.

Genichi Shushita quickly picked up his youngest daughter: "Marim, Daddy and Tsunade Mommy brought back a gift. Do you want to see it?"

Marin's eyes lit up immediately: "What gift?"

Genichi Shushita chuckled and said, "Go ask Tsunade-mama, the gift is with her."

Marin immediately turned her head and looked at Tsunade with pleading eyes: "Tsunade-mama~"

Tsunade quickly changed her expression and beckoned to Marin: "Come here."

"You also have Karin and Aoba."

Although Qian Shu didn't call out any names, she still chimed in, "Mom, what's so mysterious?"

Yekura walked up to Genichi under the tree: "Don't you think that woman is extremely dangerous?"

Genichi under the tree put his arm around Ye Cang's waist: "Don't worry, she is the one I resurrected, so I naturally have the ability to suppress her."

"Moreover, she needs my help to regain her strength and fight against the Otsutsuki clan."

Yecang nodded, then asked, "Are you really going to have a baby?"

Genichi under the tree shook his head: "We'll talk about that later."

On the other side, under the expectant gazes of several children, Tsunade opened her palm.

"Wow~"

Karin exclaimed in surprise.

Aoba couldn't help but widen her eyes: "So cute!"

Little Marin clung to Tsunade's wrist, looking down at the three little ones: "Mommy Tsunade, are they real?"

Tsunade smiled and said, "Of course."

"They've only just been born, so they're still very small and need time to grow. From now on, they'll be your summoned beasts."

"How's it going? Do you like it?"

The four children nodded in unison.

Chishu's gaze was also burning with desire, but she pursed her lips and didn't ask for it.

He knew this was for his younger siblings, since he already had a Rubik's Cube.

However, though he couldn't have it, he was still curious, so he quickly asked, "Mom, this should be a dragon, a legendary creature, right? Where did Dad find it?"

"And this one with three claws looks like a crow."

Karin pointed to the little sparrow with its crimson feathers and said, "This looks like a sparrow, but I don't think I've ever seen such a beautiful color before."

Tsunade said, "They are the Azure Dragon, the Golden Crow, and the Vermilion Bird, created using the Yin-Yang Release technique."

Chiki, Aoba, and Karin all widened their eyes upon hearing this, then turned to look at Genichi under the tree, while only Marin remained bewildered.

Genichi, Yekura, and Shizune stepped forward together.

"How's it going? Do you like it?"

Genichi under the tree said, "Karin, Aoba, and Marin, each of you choose one and raise them to adulthood. From now on, they will be your companions."

Aoba, Karin, and Mari were all very excited: "Thank you, Dad!"

The three little ones looked at each other, and then Aoba said, "Mariin, you choose first!"

Karin nodded in agreement.

Genichi patted Marin's head: "Mariin, which one do you want to choose?"

Marin looked at the three summoning beasts on Tsunade's palm, then looked at Karin: "Sister, who do you like?"

Genichi Shushita was very pleased to hear this.

However, Karin had been observing her younger sister and noticed that her eyes were always fixed on Suzaku, so she smiled and said, "Big sister likes this three-legged crow."

"Aoba, what about you?"

Qingye pointed at Canglong: "Little Dragon."

Little Zhenlin smiled and said, "Dad, I choose Suzaku."

Thus, the Azure Dragon returned to the Green Leaf, the Golden Crow returned to the Fragrant Phosphorus, and the Vermilion Bird returned to Little True Rin.

It was getting late, and the children who had gotten pets were quickly herded back inside to sleep.

While Genichi under the tree went to take a bath, Tsunade quickly united the two sides.

So when he came out of the bathroom, he couldn't get into the bedroom.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you, second brother."

Xuan Yi sighed under the tree and had no choice but to return to his study.

Coincidentally, he still had a lot of things to put on the scroll.

A century has passed, and there are so many fragmented things in between.

The Sharingan, the Sharingan with its mirror-like eyes, the Rinne Sharingan with its nine tomoe, the Kekkei Genjutsu of the Core Release... these are merely the greatest achievements.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was late at night.

Sensing something, Genichi, who was busy at the tree, immediately disappeared from the study.

Upon seeing Kakashi in the courtyard, Genichi smiled and said, "Kakashi, I remember you were on a mission, right? Looks like something urgent came up?"

Kakashi nodded with a slightly somber expression: "Yes."

"The Sage of Six Paths has appeared."

Upon hearing this, Genichi under the tree raised an eyebrow slightly, then nodded: "Understood."

Leaving behind a shadow clone, Genichi and Kakashi disappeared together from the courtyard.

The former Hokage Building, now the Ninja Clan Building, is located inside the office of the First Ninja Clan.

Genichi and Kakashi suddenly appeared.

"Uncle Xuanyi!"

"Lord Xuanyi!"

Naruto and his two companions spoke up one after another. Genichi looked at Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha and smiled, "It seems we've had a great harvest this time."

Naruto asked impatiently, "Uncle Genichi, are you... are you really going to plant the Divine Tree?"

Minato Namikaze frowned and whispered, "Naruto!"

Genichi chuckled softly, "It seems the Sage of Six Paths told you about Kaguya Otsutsuki, about his own story."

Uchiha Sasuke nodded: "Yes, Lord Genichi, has Kaguya Otsutsuki really been resurrected?"

Genichi looked towards Minato Namikaze from under the tree.

Minato Namikaze said somewhat helplessly, "He hasn't said yet."

Genichiro nodded to show he understood, and then said, "Kaguya Otsutsuki was indeed unsealed and resurrected."

"The Sage of Six Paths must have sensed it too, which is why he appeared."

"He sent you to stop me from planting the sacred tree?"

Sasuke Uchiha nodded, while Naruto asked excitedly and incredulously, "Uncle Xuan Yi, are you really going to plant the Divine Tree?"

Genichi chuckled softly, "Naruto, I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush."

"You should know the dangers of planting sacred trees, right?"

Naruto nodded.

Genichi Kishita continued, "So, do you think your father, me, and so many other high-ranking members of the Ninja Clan would be that stupid?"

Naruto was momentarily speechless upon hearing this.

Xuan Yi said from under the tree: "The divine tree can be planted, but it will not be the original divine tree."

"I am trying to create another kind of Ten-Tails, one that can absorb sunlight to nourish the Earth's divine tree, instead of simply plundering the Earth's life force."

Although he intended to go fishing, Genichi Kinoshita did not actually test Naruto's values ​​and humanity.

Because he already knew that human nature cannot withstand the test.

Naruto was dumbfounded: "This...this is possible?"

Genichi under the tree did not answer, but said, "Since the Sage of Six Paths is not dead, why doesn't he come out to stop me from planting the divine tree?"

Naruto scratched his head sheepishly: "The old man should only be a soul now. Sakura said it's similar to a spirit transformation technique."

Shuxia Xuanyi shook his head: "Spiritualization techniques cannot achieve this."

"Even simple elemental magic cannot allow the soul to roam the world freely, enter and leave the Pure Land at will, or even give you and Sasuke chakra."

Haruno Sakura asked curiously, "Lord Genichi, how can you do that?"

Genichi Shushita smiled and said, "I don't know what method the Sage of Six Paths used, but if one wants to survive as a soul, there are currently two ways."

"First, Sage Mode, or rather, the ability to absorb natural energy and refine it into chakra while in a soul state."

"Secondly, the soul, body, and chakra are integrated, or you can understand it as a unique life form like a tailed beast."

Kakashi asked, "Genichi, which type of Sage of Six Paths do you think he is?"

Genichi Shushita didn't answer, but looked at Naruto and Sasuke and said, "Since the Sage of Six Paths can give you chakra, it means he has the ability to interfere with reality."

"Since he told you the story, you should know that you two are the reincarnations of his Indra and Asura chakras, respectively. Do you remember what I have repeatedly emphasized to you?"

Uchiha Sasuke reacted quickly: "Lord Genichi, are you referring to the fact that chakra carries spiritual consciousness?"

Genichi Shushita nodded: "The key to Madara Uchiha being able to awaken the Rinnegan is that he was the reincarnation of Indra, and then he obtained the cells of the First Hokage and acquired Ashura's chakra. The chakra of Indra and Ashura combined and guided the transformation into the chakra of the Sage of Six Paths, thus awakening the Rinnegan."

"This is explained from the perspective of chakra."

"From a genetic perspective, it is the combination of Indra's genes and Ashura's genes that complement each other and restore the part of the genes of the Sage of Six Paths' Rinnegan."

Naruto was a little confused: "Uncle Xuan Yi, what does this have to do with the Divine Tree?"

Genichi Shushita did not answer, but continued, "The enmity between the Senju and Uchiha clans began with the brothers Indra and Ashura, when the Sage of Six Paths was choosing the successor of the Ninja Clan."

"Indra and Ashura were competing, and the Sage of Six Paths chose his younger brother Ashura to inherit the Ninjutsu. Kaguya's consciousness, Black Zetsu, took the opportunity to sow discord between the two brothers, causing them to turn against each other completely."

Sakura Haruno asked, "The Sage of Six Paths shouldn't have died back then, right? Why didn't he stop it?"

"Even if they didn't know Black Zetsu existed, were they really going to just watch their two sons kill each other?"

Genichi smiled and said, "Perhaps the Sage of Six Paths was already old at that time, or perhaps he was weak because he had gotten rid of his status as the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki. Only he probably knows why."

"Sage of Six Paths, could you perhaps satisfy our curiosity?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Immediately afterwards, a burst of chakra emerged from Naruto's body.

The chakra manifested as a figure in the air.

Naruto exclaimed, "Grandpa!"

"Six Paths Immortal!"

Minato Namikaze was surprised.

Kakashi and Sakura Haruno stared wide-eyed.

On the contrary, Sasuke Uchiha appeared calm at this moment.

This was the first time that Genichi Shushita had seen the Sage of Six Paths. He activated both the Sharingan and the blue nine-tomoe Rinne Sharingan on his forehead.

The Sage of Six Paths, holding his staff, looked at Genichi under the tree with a slightly complicated expression: "I really didn't expect you to have cultivated to such a level!"

Putting aside the Sharingan, the Sage of Six Paths suspected that Genichi Koushi had eaten Isshiki Otsutsuki's Ten-Tails, given that it was a blue nine-tomoe Sharingan.

The more this was the case, the more worried he became that Genichi Kinoshita might become like his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Faced with the Sage of Six Paths' complex praise, Genichi Shushita said dismissively, "No one could have imagined that mythology could become reality."

"You must know quite a bit about the Otsutsuki clan elders, right?"

The Sage of Six Paths nodded: "I am ashamed to say that I did not obtain this much information back then."

Genichi Kishita chuckled upon hearing this, then asked, "It's not too late to know now. So, do you have any suggestions for dealing with the Otsutsuki clan, senior?"

Did the Sage of Six Paths not know of Isshiki Otsutsuki's existence?
Did they not know about the existence of Momoshiki Otsutsuki and the others?

Perhaps he doesn't know, but Genichi Kinoshita feels that whether he knows or not is irrelevant now.

Anyway, he's already treating the Sage of Six Paths like an old coin.

When faced with Genichi's question, the Sage of Six Paths said, "By gathering all the power of the ninja world, I believe we can fight against the Otsutsuki clan."

"However, if we plant the Divine Tree, we might not be able to wait for the Otsutsuki to descend, and the ninja world might be destroyed as a result."

Genichi Shushita: "Senior, do you not believe I can change the Ten-Tails' characteristics?"

The Sage of Six Paths said, "No, I do not doubt your abilities, but I do not believe in human nature."

“Indra went astray because he had too much faith in power.”

The Sage of Six Paths sighed, as if his only identity at this moment was that of a father: "Power cannot change everything, just as I cannot change Indra."

Sasuke Uchiha said, "If you had stayed and led the Ninja Clan, wouldn't those brothers have stayed and not turned on each other?"

"The ninja world will not experience thousands of years of war."

Before the Sage of Six Paths could explain, Genichi Shushita said, "Sasuke, you're using moral blackmail."

"World peace is not the responsibility of our predecessors."

Sakura Haruno said, "But Indra and Ashura are... his sons."

The Sage of Six Paths said, "Human lifespan is ultimately limited, and the true meaning of chakra and the way of ninja need to be inherited by someone."

"I am passing away peacefully in my old age, and the stage should be handed over to the next generation. We should also trust the next generation."

Shuxia Xuanyi said, "But senior is still in this world after all."

"You cannot remain uninvolved. Just as Kaguya escaped, you gave Naruto and Sasuke their chakra."

"If you believe in those who come after you, then you should believe in them, or believe in me."

"Since you don't believe it, does the senior intend to stop me from planting the divine tree?"

"To be honest, it's probably impossible to do it with Naruto and Sasuke alone."

Upon hearing these words, Kakashi, Minato Namikaze, and the others couldn't help but tense up.

Naruto opened his mouth and said, "Uncle Genichi, isn't there any other way?"

Uchiha Sasuke scoffed: "Idiot, the source of the Otsutsuki clan's power is the God Tree."

"Even someone as powerful as Kaguya Otsutsuki was wary of the Otsutsuki clan; even the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki wouldn't stand a chance." (End of Chapter)