Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

End of Chapter 516

"spot……"

Aokiji looked at the man with complicated emotions, then suddenly smiled: "You know what? Elder Itachi, I was really sad when you died..."

Madara Uchiha was slightly taken aback, then chuckled, "So, do you regret it?"

"No."

Aokiji shook his head: "Humans are such complex creatures, aren't they? Even if they initially have impure motives, they can still develop genuine feelings in the process."

This wasn't just something he said to Madara Uchiha; he also said it to himself.

He approached Tsunade with impure motives back then, but he only developed genuine feelings for her later on.

At that moment, a soft hand pressed against her shoulder; it was Tsunade's hand.

She called Aokiji's name softly, a hint of inquiry in her clear eyes.

Aokiji let out a breath, indicating that he would let it go...

He once thought that if Madara Uchiha behaved well after having his tailed beast extracted, he could try to use the power of the Six Paths to prevent him from dying.

Then, together with Madara Uchiha, they will deal with the Otsutsuki clan, who may appear in the future.

However, after truly understanding him, Aokiji abandoned this naive idea.

If all of a person's relatives and friends die, living becomes a kind of suffering.

Madara Uchiha is still alive, but ultimately it's just an obsession.

Then, something unexpected happened. Without Madara Uchiha as the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, the Ten-Tails seemed to lose control and roared, launching an attack from all ten tails at an extremely fast speed.

Aokiji was stunned for a moment. Seeing the attack coming towards him, he decisively activated Susanoo to defend himself. However, due to the excessive consumption of his eye power, he could only activate a more basic version of Susanoo.

Fortunately, this bought him some time, enough for him to leave with Madara Uchiha and Tsunade and hide outside the attack range.

As for the tailed beasts, they reacted quickly and were all grabbed. They roared and tried to break free, but they could not break free no matter what they did, and their strength was getting weaker and weaker.

"Hey, Madara, what's going on here?"

Tsunade stared in disbelief and hurriedly asked a question.

Madara Uchiha looked sickly: "This Ten-Tails is essentially a part that I separated using Yin-Yang Release. Originally, I had control over it, but since I am no longer the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, the Ten-Tails awakened its own will."

"One's own will?"

Upon hearing this, Aokiji was completely distraught.

The power of the Ten-Tails can be traced back to Kaguya Otsutsuki. In other words, is Kaguya about to make her appearance?

Black Zetsu was killed by him, what kind of joke is it that Kaguya still has to appear?

Or is it that the principle behind Black Zetsu's ninjutsu that ripped out Madara Uchiha's heart in the original work was actually this?

Various ideas came to mind, but Aokiji acted decisively and shouted, "Tsunade, give me your chakra!"

Without a second thought, Tsunade quickly transferred her chakra to Aokiji.

After the Ten-Tails grabbed the Tailed Beast with its tail, it assimilated it completely. Then, the Ten-Tails' body contracted rapidly inward, transforming from a colossal creature into a woman floating in the air in the blink of an eye.

She wore a white ancient robe, her hair flowed like a waterfall, and she was extremely beautiful, with pale skin that gave her a sickly appearance, but this also made her...

She gained an air of mystery that was hard to describe.

Finally, finally, I have...

The mysterious woman slowly opened her eyes.

then……

That was the end of it...

Great, it seems to be working...

While Kaguya Otsutsuki was still under control, Aokiji quickly called Tsunade over, placed his hands on her body, and used Six Paths: Planetary Devastation.

With an extremely powerful repulsive force, an extremely powerful suction force unfolds centered on Kaguya.

The earth collapsed, shattering into stones that flew towards the center of the suction force.

"I...I'm..."

Five seconds later, Kaguya suddenly realized that she was being sealed by Chibaku Tensei.

???

Seeing Kaguya being sealed away, Aokiji was still shaken. His own eye power had been greatly depleted, and his eyes had turned red. Fortunately, he had Tsunade's help, which allowed him to replenish his chakra and barely manage to use his eye technique to catch Kaguya off guard.

As Kaguya was completely sealed again, the tailed beast within her was unsealed and fell to the ground.

Lying on the ground, Madara Uchiha asked, "Was that Kaguya just now?"

Aokiji nodded and smiled, "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Madara Uchiha remained silent.

Aokiji glanced at him.

Suddenly, Madara Uchiha smiled, relieved. He shakily raised his hands and formed a hand seal: "Please convey a message to Hashirama for me."

Aokiji turned around and said seriously, "Okay, go ahead and say it."

"..."

"No, forget it. I'd rather talk to him about this face to face in the other world."

"it is good."

……

……

on another battlefield.

The five Kage, who were fighting Hashirama, all stopped fighting, and then their bodies emitted a strong white light.

Tobirama looked at the raised hand and immediately understood what was going on: "It seems the caster failed."

"Really? That's great! We finally don't have to be puppets anymore." The other first-generation shadows chimed in.

Tobirama said apologetically to Hashirama, "I'm sorry, brother, I've caused you trouble. I'll be going to the other world now."

Hashirama hummed in agreement, looked up at the azure sky, and murmured, "Madara..."

At the same time, the Edo Tensei in other battlefields were also dispelled. Without the powerful reinforcement of Edo Tensei, White Zetsu and other ninjas who had submitted to Uchiha Madara suffered a crushing defeat, and the Allied Shinobi Forces achieved a complete victory.

After the war, Aokiji kept his promise and lifted the reincarnation curse from the other villages.

Konoha Village, the Land of Flames.

Inside a room, Hashirama patted Aokiji on the shoulder and entrusted him with the task: "From now on, I'm counting on you for everything."

Aokiji nodded.

Such a thing is just a thought. Hashirama is fully capable of staying here indefinitely, but it goes against common sense. Now that the crisis has passed, there is no need for him to linger any longer. Returning to the Pure Land is the proper destination for the dead like them.

Hashirama wasn't the only one with this idea; Minato, Kushina, and Mito also shared similar sentiments.

They are now saying their final goodbyes.

Tsunade's eyes welled up with tears, filled with reluctance: "Grandpa..."

"I'm already dead, I shouldn't stay in this world any longer."

Hashirama's body emitted a white light, his soul breaking free from the shackles of his resurrected body: "I am already very gratified to have seen you grow to this point."

"grandfather……"

Tsunade's call contained a plea for her to stay.

Hashirama teased, "Alright, stop crying. You're the ruler of a country. It wouldn't be good if people saw you crying like that."

Tsunade wiped away her tears, forcing a brave expression on her face: "What does it matter? There are no outsiders here anyway."

Hashirama smiled, said nothing more, a relieved smile on his face, and his soul left his body, floating into the air, accompanied by Mito's soul.

Aokiji pulled Tsunade into his arms, gently stroking her back to comfort her: "It's okay to cry if you want to..."

"Do you even need to tell me that?"

Tsunade picked up Aokiji's clothes and sucked on them hard.

Aokiji's face darkened: "I told you to cry, not to use my clothes to suck your snot."

"Shut up, can't you see I'm upset?"

"That's really unreasonable."

"What did you say?!"

"N-nothing..."

……

……

After coaxing Tsunade to sleep, Aokiji carefully left the room.

As soon as he came out, Orochimaru approached from outside the door: "Have you said goodbye already?"

Aokiji sighed, "It's really taking a while to get used to this."

"So, next up should be that thing..."

Orochimaru refers to unifying the world and establishing true order.

Aokiji remained unhurried, saying calmly, "These things can't be rushed, otherwise it will be detrimental to subsequent management."

Aokiji's plan is to first make the Land of Flame a world benchmark with a comprehensive welfare system, making people proud to have this nationality. In this way, many people will flock to it and be eager to become citizens of this country.

Aokiji secretly manipulates the heads of state of various countries, fueling the flames and achieving the goal of peace between nations.

As a trusted confidant, Orochimaru knew a little about Aokiji's plan: "If you can accomplish this without losing a single soldier, then you will be the true hero of this world."

Aokiji looked up and saw several birds flying across the azure sky: "Winning hearts and minds, pacifying ten thousand miles, and rising up across the eight wastelands."

(End of this chapter)