Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 250 Departure

When the reanimated Hashirama found the reanimated Tobirama, he discovered that the other was in a library in Konoha Village.

With a smug smile, Edo Hashirama prepared to go up and have a good talk with Edo Tobirama about the attitude Tobirama had given him, his older brother, earlier.

You should know that he, Hashirama Senju, is Tobirama Senju's older brother!

As the saying goes, the eldest brother is like a father.

I don't expect you to treat me like a father, but you should at least give me the most basic respect!

Woohoo, I really look forward to seeing what Tobirama's expression will be when he finds out how this world views you!

Edo Tensei Hashirama arrived on the second floor of the library. Just as he was about to speak, Edo Tensei Tobirama placed a book on the shelf, turned to look at Edo Tensei Hashirama, and said softly, "Is that you, brother? Although your transformation technique is quite good, you can't eliminate that peculiar smell from the dead."

After saying that, Edo Tobirama lifted his foot and walked towards the stairs.

Edo Tensei Hashirama was taken aback for a moment, then quickly followed up, chuckling as he said, "Yes, that's certainly true."

After saying that, Edo Tensei Hashirama glanced at his younger brother's expression and asked casually, "By the way, Tobirama, do you know what people in this village say about you?"

Edo Tobirama snorted coldly: "I have no interest in that kind of thing. The village is already so wealthy and powerful, that's enough."

Edo Tensei Hashirama suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. How can I continue to tell you the truth if you're like this?

Edo Hashirama followed behind Edo Tobirama, stepping onto the fourth floor of the library.

Edo Tobirama casually picked up a book, glanced at it a few times, and his gaze became profound.

Edo Tensei Hashirama had some doubts, but suppressed his desire to have a proper discussion with Edo Tensei Tobirama about the Third Hokage of this world, namely Yua.

The reanimated Hashirama spoke up, asking, "What's wrong, Tobirama?"

Edo Tobirama handed the book to the other person: "You can take a look."

After saying that, he picked up another book.

Edo Tensei Hashirama took the book and glanced at the title:

Game Theory

What is this?

Upon opening the book, the impure Hashirama felt dizzy and disoriented; it was filled with nothing but text, without a single illustration.

How am I supposed to see this...?

Edo Tensei Hashirama inwardly grumbled, now somewhat regretting coming here to find Tobirama. Wouldn't it have been better to gamble at the casino? Why did he have to come here to suffer...?

However, as he read, the Edo Tensei Hashirama became engrossed in the contents of the book.

After flipping through a few pages, he looked up at Tobirama in surprise.

Edo Tobirama nodded: "Any resident of Konoha with an ID card can borrow the books here. Even if you're not from Konoha, you can come to this library and read books here."

It's just that you can't take it with you.

Edo Tensei Hashirama gasped, "He just leaves books of this caliber here so casually? Isn't he afraid they'll be stolen?"

Edo Tobirama sighed, walked to the railing on the fourth floor, and said, "This is the crux of the problem."

The Leaf Village in this world is probably not only wealthier than our world, but also far more spiritually powerful.

At least……

I certainly wouldn't let such a good book sit here.

This is something that Edo Tobirama misunderstood.

It's not that no one recognizes the value of these books.

However, for the people in Konoha's inner city, they have ID cards and can borrow books and take them back with them using their ID cards.

However, you can only bring a maximum of five books at a time.

Moreover, the entire amount must be returned within three days.

So generally speaking, people from some ninja clans would borrow the book first, and then copy down the contents of the book without considering anything else—that's what Fugaku Uchiha did.

Then I'll borrow other books.

In this way, they themselves acquired these books, which can be considered very important.

If you steal or rob, you will be stripped of this right, or you will be thrown into prison or sent to mine in the mountains behind the city, and you will not be able to read books anymore.

Whether it's a one-off deal or a long-term, sustainable business, everyone is smart enough to think of this.

As for if there really are such idiots...

It couldn't possibly be that they came to steal or rob the books on the fourth floor.

People with no brains would get dizzy and confused just from looking at these books; how could they possibly steal them?

While the Edo Tensei Hashirama and Edo Tensei Tobirama were lamenting, they suddenly witnessed a very interesting scene.

Several children who were clearly not from Konoha Village were sitting at a table in the corner by the window on the second floor, discussing something in hushed tones.

The point wasn't whether these people were from Konoha or anything like that, but rather that one of them caught their attention.

Who are these people?

It was Yahiko, Nagato, and Sasori.

Of course, in theory, Tobirama and Hashirama wouldn't know these three kids.

But Nagato's red hair was too eye-catching.

This led the two to immediately conclude that the child, who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, must be a member of the Uzumaki clan.

After they were resurrected from the dead, they naturally knew many things.

For example, in their world, the Uchiha clan was wiped out, leaving only Sasuke as the sole survivor.

There was originally another one, Uchiha Itachi.

Unfortunately, fate was cruel to this talented individual, and he died young.

It's not that Itachi Uchiha died young because Sasuke killed him; rather, Itachi was already seriously ill before he died at Sasuke's hands.

They learned this after they were resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

They continued to learn about the village's affairs after that.

The Nine-Tails' rampage, the expulsion of Orochimaru, Pain's attack on Konoha...

One incident after another left them with no time to care about the other villages.

To put it bluntly, your own family is a mess, so why do you have time to meddle in other people's business?

Now that they've arrived here, the two of them remembered something.

The matter of the Uzumaki clan...

Leaving aside the Whirlpool Clan of their world, the Whirlpool Clan of this world also sent their members here.

Why?

The two brothers exchanged a glance, realizing that they probably wouldn't have time to read here these next few days.

"What a pity... If I could, I really would like to finish reading these books here." Edo Tobirama sighed and walked down the stairs.

……

Early on the third day, the reanimated Hashirama and Tobirama were informed by the Konoha ANBU ninja that everything was ready and they could prepare to return home.

The two brothers arrived at the entrance of Konoha Village, where ten large trucks were already parked in five rows.

"This kind of transportation... although it's not the first time I've seen it, it still makes me sigh a bit." Edo Tensei Hashirama shook his head.

Edo Tensei Tobirama turned and looked around, asking with some confusion, "Where is your Third Hokage?"

The transport captain in charge of this shipment of weapons, Hatake Sakumo, casually replied, "The Hokage is extremely busy and cannot return to your world with you. However, he will come to see you off; he should be here soon."

This time, all Hatake Sakumo needs to do is drive these people to the other world. The ten cannons he sold to Konoha in the other world are third-generation cannons, which have the ability to be disassembled and reassembled.

In fact, if you were to transport cannons there, you could simply put them in a roll; there would be no need to use a truck.

However, Sakumo Hatake and his group have another mission in this other world.

That is to collect minerals of equal value.

Because minerals are so complex, if you want to seal them with a scroll before taking them out, the requirements for the sealing scroll are very high, and the cost of a single scroll could be as high as one million.

And the space is definitely not large.

Instead of doing that, we might as well just drive the truck to another world to pick up goods.

Incidentally, if possible, Yuya also had Hatake Sakumo deceive the villagers of Konoha in the other world, saying that if anyone was willing to come to their place, they would provide them with housing and household registration.

It can only be said that for such a small population, Youya has become shameless to the extreme.

Of course, you can't say this outright; a hint is enough.

By the way...

Sakumo Hatake also brought some letters from the families of the ten thousand or so people that Hokage Tsunade had sent here earlier.

Even if we don't manage to attract tens of thousands of people, getting a hundred or so is still a profitable trip.

In twenty years, the population has only reached a little over four million. Yuya doesn't even know if Konoha Village will be able to surpass ten million people before he dies.

We'll have to resort to some underhanded methods.

But it doesn't matter. When Konoha and Kumogakure were fighting, Yua brought letters written by Konoha villagers from the rear to the front lines to comfort the troops.

These two methods can be said to lead to the same goal through different paths.

Therefore, if any observant person notices something amiss, they will only try to trace it back to its source.

Who was in charge of the Konoha Ninja Army at that time?

That's right, it's Tobirama Senju!

Just as Hatake Sakumo said, Yua arrived here not long after, bringing Nara Shika to see everyone off.

At this time, Sasuke and his Hawk Squad, Orochimaru, and the reanimated First to Fourth Hokage were also present.

Yuya came over and shook hands with Sasuke, who was actually the leader of the group.

The term "leader" might not be quite accurate; "representative" would be a more fitting description.

Because the first to fourth Hokage, who were reanimated, would not obey Sasuke's orders.

Although they were resurrected by Orochimaru using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, since Tobirama developed this technique, he could naturally break free from its control.

Therefore, they can disobey Orochimaru's orders.

However, Sasuke couldn't possibly order these tough guys around.

He didn't have much affection for Konoha.

Especially after learning the root cause of the Uchiha clan's tragedy.

Yuya exchanged pleasantries with Sasuke, then waved goodbye to the others.

The rest depends on how many people Hatake Sakumo can bring back this time.

As they parted, Edo Tobirama looked at Yua, then suddenly turned to him and asked, "Do you really have no intention of settling scores with these clans in Konoha?"

Yuya looked at the reanimated Tobirama, who was clearly not from this world.

However, he actually asked a question that perfectly matched what Youya remembered her martial uncle would ask.

You Ya laughed; he should laugh.

Sometimes, You Ya even wondered if his own senior apprentice had paranoia.

Or rather...

Because he came from a time of war, Tobirama Senju had an innate distrust of those who were originally ninja families like the Senju clan.

Just as Yuya was about to answer, the reanimated Hashirama frowned and hissed, "Tobirama!"

Edo Tobirama turned his head and saw Edo Hashirama looking at him with a serious expression. He shook his head and said, "This is a matter for this world, and it's not something you or I can comment on."

not to mention……

Don't forget we're already dead; the world belongs to the living.

The impure Tobirama remained silent.

Although he was often unreliable as the eldest brother, and strictly speaking, Hashirama Senju never seriously managed the village's affairs.

But the God of Shinobi is still the God of Shinobi, and his brother is still his brother.

Edo Tobirama remained silent.

"Sorry, don't worry about what he said." Edo Tensei Hashirama gave Yua a bright smile.

Although his shattered face and black pupils made him look terrifying no matter how you looked at him.

You Ya raised an eyebrow; this was something he hadn't expected.

Actually, he didn't intend to hide anything.

After all, once these people go back, are they going to keep coming back to his world every now and then?

That's impossible.

It's not like I have nothing better to do.

After seeing the group off, Yuya took Nara Deer back to the village to prepare to continue working.

Nara Shika also asked Yua, "Is it really okay to send only Hatake Sakumo this time?"

Yuya looked at Nara Shikaya: "What's the problem?"

Nara Shikaya: "I think the people over there might try to keep Hatake Sakumo there."

You Ya laughed: "I think so too."

Nara Shika looked puzzled: "Aren't you worried?"

You Ya smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've already made preparations."

……

On the highway leading from Konoha Village to the border of the Land of Fire, two convoys of trucks sped along the road, their cargo holds filled with cylindrical objects.

Sasuke and his group, along with Sakumo Hatake and others, were resting inside the cargo bed of a truck.

Sasuke was resting with his eyes closed.

After learning about the tragedy of the Uchiha clan, he became very taciturn.

He didn't actually want to come this time.

But then he suddenly remembered something.

The timeline of this world is much earlier than that of his world, so...

Is there a possibility...

Is Itachi still around?

So he came.

And... he did indeed see what he wanted to see.

Although……

Sasuke's expression turned strange as he recalled the tiny figure he had seen lying in the cradle, biting his thumb.

Although I knew this world existed a long time ago, I was surprised to find it's this early...

A cough drew the attention of everyone present.

Edo Tobirama looked at Sakumo Hatake, who was holding a phone and typing something, and asked, "Mr. Hatake, you'll probably be staying in our world for quite a while this time. What are your plans for the time being?"

After replying to his wife's text message, Hatake Sakumo looked up at Edo Tobirama: "Hmm, it shouldn't be long. It'll take at most a week for the ore to be loaded onto trucks and transported, and then I can be back."

Edo Tobirama was taken aback, then quickly said, "Uh, no, that's not what I meant. I meant to say..."

Edo Tensei Hashirama interrupted Edo Tensei Tobirama with some confusion, asking, "Why the rush? It wouldn't hurt to stay a little longer."

Sakumo Hatake shook his head: "The Hokage told me that the entrance exam for next year's Ninja Academy will be held on the first of next month. My son is going to take the exam, so I have to be there."

For the people of Konoha, whether or not they can enter the Ninja Academy at the age of ten is a life-changing event.

If you can get in, as long as you graduate, the worst you'll be a Genin. If you're a Genin, you basically won't have to worry about anything for the rest of your life.

Edo Tobirama: "..."

He sighed helplessly, then looked at the reanimated Hashirama and said indignantly, "Your disciple is truly meticulous in everything he does..."

Edo Tensei Hashirama was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what he had said and blurted out what he should have said a few days ago:

"Tobirama, don't frame me! The me of this world is long dead! He learned these tricks from you!"

The two brothers started arguing in the carriage, oblivious to everyone else...

Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office, Yuya, having easily finished his tasks for the day, yawned and put on his eye mask.

Today is such a perfect day for sleeping in!

(End of this chapter)