Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

Chapter 231 Become the Fifth Generation!

In the space of consciousness, Tsunade listened to Aoba's narration and remained silent for a long time.

Although she had obtained some information from Dan, she still found it somewhat absurd after confirming it with Aoba.

A Konoha ninja who traveled from the future?

Although it seems far-fetched, communication in the realm of consciousness cannot lie. Tsunade could clearly sense that the information Aoba conveyed to her was true!

"Aren't you afraid of affecting history and causing temporal chaos?"

Tsunade took a deep breath, her tone more serious than ever before, "Have you considered the possibility that your intervention could lead to consequences even more severe than tonight's?"

Faced with Tsunade's questioning, Aoba remained unusually calm, even managing a faint smile at the corners of his mouth.

"Lady Tsunade, your thoughts are exactly the same as those of the Fourth Hokage."

Tsunade frowned: "What do you mean?"

"Minato had already guessed it."

Aoba crossed his arms and said in a low voice, "Back in Loulan, even though he knew that the blond boy who had traveled through time was his future son Naruto, he guessed that he might die shortly after Naruto's birth."

"But he still sealed away everyone's memories without hesitation, calmly accepting his predetermined fate of death."

"but……"

Aoba's tone suddenly shifted, becoming somewhat mocking, "You just said that changing history would lead to even more serious consequences?"

Aoba chuckled, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

"Lady Tsunade, tell me, for Konoha, what consequence could be worse than the complete annihilation of the entire village?"

These words were like a thunderclap from a clear sky, exploding in Tsunade's consciousness!

"What did you say?!" Tsunade was stunned, her eyes widening in disbelief. "Konoha destroyed? How is this possible?!"

Konoha is the largest village in the ninja world! Even after experiencing three Shinobi World Wars, its foundation remains unfathomable. How could it possibly be destroyed?!

Ignoring Tsunade's shock, Aoba continued to drop bombshells that were enough to overturn her understanding.

"Nothing is impossible."

Aoba said calmly, "In the original future, an extremely powerful rogue ninja organization appeared in the ninja world. Every member of this organization was an S-rank rogue ninja from their respective countries, and they were very strong. Their goal was to capture all the tailed beasts in the ninja world."

Aoba's gaze deepened and turned icy: "And the leader of that organization possesses the legendary Rinnegan, the eye only the Sage of Six Paths possesses!"

"The Rinnegan?!"

Tsunade gasped.

Those eyes that only exist in myths and legends actually exist?

"It was the leader of that rogue ninja organization who attacked Konoha."

Aoba looked at Tsunade and said, word by word, "He used only one ninjutsu to completely wipe the entire Hidden Leaf Village off the map. Countless villagers and ninjas died tragically, and the Hidden Leaf Village was turned into a huge meteorite crater."

At this point, Aoba paused slightly, looking at Tsunade's face, which had turned pale with extreme shock, and slowly uttered the last sentence.

"And at that time, standing atop the ruins, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, who did everything in his power to protect the villagers... was you, Lady Tsunade."

boom!

These words struck Tsunade like a heavy hammer blow, slamming into the very depths of her soul.

A rogue ninja organization? The Rinnegan? Konoha wiped out?

And... I'm the Fifth Hokage?!

Just as Tsunade's thoughts were in extreme confusion, Aoba's spirit immediately began to withdraw from Tsunade's consciousness.

In reality, Aoba regained control of her body, let out a long breath, and casually wiped away non-existent cold sweat from her forehead.

"Phew...that was close, thank goodness I got out of there quickly!"

Aoba muttered to himself.

What he just said were indeed facts from the original storyline; he wasn't lying to her, he just picked out a part of them.

Of course, if they stayed any longer, Tsunade would ask more questions, making it harder to fabricate a story, so Aoba quickly retreated after dropping a bombshell.

Perhaps it was because the bomb that Aoba had just thrown into the consciousness space was too powerful, even after returning to reality, Tsunade remained standing still, staring blankly at the ground, lost in deep silence.

Time passed by, second by second.

Aoba didn't urge her, but simply picked up the water glass on the table and slowly drank the water, giving Tsunade time to process the information.

After a while, Tsunade finally calmed down and stopped breathing.

She slowly raised her head and looked at Qingye with a complicated expression.

"so……"

Tsunade's voice was a little hoarse, "What are you planning to do next?"

Hearing this, Qingye breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Stable.

Tsunade accepted his explanation, which meant that she would become one of his own from then on.

Qingye put down her water glass, her expression becoming extremely solemn.

"I need you, Lady Tsunade."

Aoba looked directly into Tsunade's eyes, "To become the Fifth Hokage of Konoha ahead of schedule!"

"impossible!"

Without even thinking, Tsunade reflexively refused, "I would never become that damn fire..."

But she suddenly realized what she was saying and stopped abruptly.

No, just now in the consciousness space, this kid said that the future Fifth Hokage is her.

Then she pointed to herself and said, "Will I really become the Fifth Hokage in the future?"

Aoba nodded. "Back then, Orochimaru attacked Konoha, the Third Hokage died in battle, and Konoha was leaderless. It was Jiraiya who brought Naruto Uzumaki—oh, Naruto Uzumaki is Minato's son—back to Konoha!"

"Otherwise, why do you think I gave Jingyin money? This girl has been following you for over ten years and has suffered a lot."

Tsunade felt a vein throb on her forehead as she listened, and her fists started itching again.

Aoba chuckled twice and took two steps back.

He thought to himself that this woman really couldn't take a joke. He really couldn't understand how Mr. Duan, such a gentle person, could fall for this "drunkard and gambler".

Tsunade's expression turned somewhat strange, and she asked hesitantly, "So, the old man went back to power after that, and only after he died and the village was deserted did they call me back to clean up the mess?"

"That's right!"

Aoba nodded; Tsunade's intelligence had finally returned.

"Because of the Fourth Hokage's sudden sacrifice, there is not a single person among the current candidates who fits the Third Hokage and the other three advisors' criteria for Hokage."

Aoba curled his lip, his tone laced with sarcasm, "So, the Third Hokage had no choice but to step in again and temporarily assume the position of Hokage."

Tsunade realized that Aoba had a lot of grievances against the old man.

She wasn't surprised that the old man would regain power.

Even when she heard that Orochimaru had defected, Tsunade showed no reaction whatsoever, as if she had expected it all along.

She had discovered Orochimaru and Danzo were hanging out together long before she left the village.

Who is Danzo? He's the old man's black glove, someone who helps the old man handle dirty business. What good can come of following someone like that?

At this moment, Tsunade seemed to have figured it out as well. She raised her head and looked at Aoba with hostility.

"So, you went to all that trouble to bring me back, even summoning Duan, just so I could cover for you?"

"Your real purpose is to prevent the old man from regaining power!"

Tsunade astutely pointed out Aoba's purpose: "It seems that the old man did something extraordinary in the future that makes you so wary of him, even willing to forcibly change history to stop him."

Upon hearing this, Aoba sighed helplessly.

"Lady Tsunade, the Third Hokage... he's really gotten old."

"As people get older, they tend to become more soft-hearted, more prone to compromise, and more easily blinded by so-called 'bonds' and 'balances'."

"Why do you think Orochimaru dared to conduct human experiments so brazenly in the village? Who covered for him, and who provided him with test subjects?"

"Why was Orochimaru able to defect so easily? To a large extent, it was because the Third Hokage protected and indulged Danzo!"

"Danzo commits evil deeds in the shadows, while the Third Hokage tries to smooth things over in the open. These two, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, have made Konoha a complete mess!"

Aoba then briefly highlighted several major events that occurred during the next three generations of rule.

For example, the massacre of the Uchiha clan, the tragic death of Hyuga Hizashi, and Naruto's miserable childhood.

Every single thing she heard made Tsunade's eyebrows twitch and her fists clench so tightly they cracked.

"Old man... what on earth is he doing?!"

Tsunade gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with rage.

Even so, when Aoba again suggested that she take over as Hokage, Tsunade still showed great resistance.

"Even if the old man gets senile, I will not become Hokage."

Tsunade turned her head away and refused curtly, "I have no interest in that position. The life or death of the village is none of my business."

Seeing Tsunade's stubbornness, Aoba shook his head helplessly.

He knew that conventional persuasion would be useless.

Tsunade's inner conflict runs too deep; she has a strong aversion to the Hokage, otherwise she wouldn't have developed hemophobia.

Since that's the case, we'll have to resort to drastic measures.

"The Hokage... isn't that Mr. Dan's and Nawaki's dream?"

Aoba suddenly blurted out a sentence.

Tsunade shuddered, turned her head sharply, stared intently at Aoba, and her eyes instantly reddened.

"Shut up!"

Tsunade's voice trembled slightly, "You're not allowed to mention them!"

Aoba ignored Tsunade's anger and continued talking to himself.

"Don't you want... Mr. Dan to see with his own eyes what you look like as the Hokage, wearing that divine robe?"

"Don't you want to fulfill that unfinished dream for them?"

Tsunade's breathing became rapid, and her chest heaved violently.

Her eyes were filled with struggle, pain, and a barely perceptible longing.

But in the end, she closed her eyes in pain and shook her head violently.

"That's enough..."

"Dan is dead, and Rope Tree is dead too."

"Since they are dead, let's not disturb their peace. Those so-called dreams ended with their deaths."

Tsunade opened her eyes, forcibly suppressing the tears welling up in them, and looked coldly at Aoba.

"You've miscalculated, Yamashiro Aoba. Don't try to morally blackmail me with dead people."

Seeing Tsunade's resolute expression, Aoba suddenly smiled.

That smile revealed an absolute confidence that allowed him to control everything.

"Disturbing the peace of the deceased? Moral blackmail?"

Aoba slowly stood up, walked to Tsunade, looked directly at her, and dropped the biggest bombshell of the night, word by word.

"What if..."

"Can I truly bring Mr. Duan back to life?"

boom!

These words were like a thunderclap, exploding directly in Tsunade's mind!

Tsunade suddenly raised her head, her eyes wide open, staring intently at Aoba's calm face, her voice sharp and distorted with extreme shock.

"What did you say?!"

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