Chapter 137: The True Test

"On the night of October 10, the forty-eighth year of Konoha , the Nine-Tails ran wild in the Konoha Hidden Village?!

The village, which had just recovered from the wounds of the war, was in a desperate situation, and a large number of ninjas died in the disaster to protect the village.

Even, Bo Feng Shuimen and his wife, who have just succeeded the four generations for less than a year, as the previous Nine-Tails pillar force, Uzumaki Jiu Sinai, have paid their young lives in order to re-seal the Nine-Tails?! ”

In the Hokage's office, Tsunade took the scroll in his hand and read it carefully, and the more he read, the more surprised he became.

Jiraiya on the side asked with a pale face:

"So, the current Nine-Tails Pillar Force ......"

Tsunade raised his head and said with difficulty:

"It's the child of Watergate and Jiu Sinai, and the day the Nine-Tails went berserk was the child's birth day."

"It can't be! Both Mizumon and Kushina are proficient in sealing, and they won't be unprepared beforehand!

What about the old man?! I went to him, he must know the truth of what happened back then! ”

With a look on his face that was already a little numb, Tsunade pointed to the scroll and said:

"After the death of the old man in the water gate, he became the Hokage again......

Until, three years ago, he was killed in the joint ninja exam of several countries held in Konoha. ”

"Who?! How daring! ”

Tsunade looked at the indignant Jiraiya, picked up another scroll on the table that read "Konoha Rebellion and Ninja Materials", and replied with a miserable smile:

"Orochimaru."

"What?!"

Furious, Jiraiya grabbed Tsunade's shoulders with both hands, his eyes flushed with blood.

"How is that possible?! How can it be!

Teacher, he is the person Orochimaru respects the most! ”

At this moment, Tsunade didn't knock the rude Jiraiya away with a strange punch as usual.

The feminine power that had been sleeping in her body for many years seemed to awaken.

Tsunade looked at the old boy in front of him who had lost almost all of his life's treasures in an instant, and the pain and despair on his face were worse than his own.

Tsunade opened his arms slightly awkwardly and hugged Jiraiya.

She raised her head, looked up at the man who had been guarding her, and whispered comfort in his ear:

"Don't do that, Jiraiya.

None of this is true, it's just a nightmare.

The old man, Mizumon, and Kushina are all alive and well, and that guy from Orochimaru hasn't gone crazy either......"

"Tsunade-sama, I brought Konohamaru here."

The office door suddenly opened, and Shizune walked in with the guinea in her arms as usual.

"Dolphin! Suckling pig!! ”

The little pig's rapid cry caused Shizune to raise her head, and then, she fell into petrification along with Konohamaru behind her.

“……

Excuse me, you continue. ”

Shizune and Konohamaru silently closed the office door from the outside.

Tsunade blushed and pushed away Jiraiya, who was also blushing, and then shouted towards the door:

"Hey! Don't think crookedly, you two!

Hurry up and let me in! ”

After a few minutes, Shizune looked at Tsunade and Jiraiya, who were still blushing, and closed the door to the Hokage's office from the outside again.

She thought of the blush on the face of the always heroic master at this time, and a knowing smile appeared on her face.

"Uncle, did you see that?

Master, she seems to have come out. ”

……

In the office, Konohamaru faced the scrutinizing eyes of the middle-aged and elderly men and women in front of him, and he was a little apprehensive.

It won't be ...... I've found something amazing, and you want to kill me?!

That's not right! Called me in before......

Alas, could it be that the mother-in-law of the fifth generation finally saw the pearl and found out that my Konohamaru was a genius and wanted me to inherit the position of the sixth generation?

Oops, I'm sorry Brother Naruto, I always feel that this has a kind of kingly flavor, and it is not a martial ......

"Hey! Kid, do you hear clearly! ”

Tsunade's loud shouts interrupted Sarutobi's ramblings.

"Huh? …… Ah, please say it again. ”

Tsunade and Jiraiya glanced at each other, and then turned their gaze back to the little guy in front of him who was born in the future with a bit of Asma's little ghost style.

"Your uncle, Asma......"

Hearing Uncle Asma's name, a trace of sadness appeared on Konohamaru's face, which turned into hatred in an instant.

"Uncle Asma's vendetta!

I will definitely remember that Xiao organized ......"

"Akatsuki Organization?!"

Zilai also felt that this world of illusion had dealt a serious blow to his three views.

Isn't the Akatsuki organization founded by Yahiko to bring peace to the ninja world?

Because of himself, shouldn't this organization cooperate with Konoha?

Konohamaru looked up at the excited Jiraiya with some confusion.

Is this a lecherous fairy, is this a voyeur women's bathhouse and was beaten stupid by the mother-in-law of the five generations?

"It's the Xiao Organization.

The organization is made up of S-class renegades from ninja villages in various countries.

In the past few years, regional unrest has been created in this world to seize wealth.

Last year, they even raided the village of Sand Ninja and plundered the Ichi-Tsuki I-Airo, who was the fifth generation of the Wind Shadow.

Only then did the five great powers discover that their purpose was to plunder the Tailed Beasts from us in order to achieve their ulterior motives. ”

Konohamaru's words completely numb Jiraiya.

Tsunade looked at him with some concern, as could be seen from her line of sight.

Jiraiya's back was already soaked with sweat......

Konohamaru, who was confused, was asked a few more words, and then was invited out of the office by Tsunade.

"Self-......"

Tsunade looked at him worriedly, but didn't know what to say to comfort him.

Because the seemingly strange future world in front of me seems to be ......

It's hinting at another possibility.

"Tsunade, you've thought of it too.

On the night of the Nine-Tails, according to the records, the one who used the Kaleidoscope Writing Wheel Eye to control the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha ......

In the end, he indirectly killed Mizuto and Kushina, making Naruto's child a member of the Nine-Tails Pillar Force since birth. ”

Tsunade nodded, pointing to the name on Konoha's list of renegade that was even higher than Orochimaru's number one.

"Not only that, but because of those eyes, it also caused mutual suspicion between the Uchiha clan and the village leaders.

Ultimately...... Let the Uchiha clan perish. ”

Jiraiya followed Tsunade's fingers and stared at the names on the list of traitorous ninjas.

First: Uchiha Itachi, slaughtered the entire clan overnight, and even the old and weak women and children did not spare any of them, leaving only his younger brother.

And the third name after Orochimaru is exactly ......

Uchiha Sasuke, who was bewitched by Orochimaru, who killed the three generations of Hokage, defected, and only had hatred in his heart as the last orphan of the Uchiha clan.

The latest intelligence not so long ago mentioned that he had killed Orochimaru who wanted to take his body.

"How could it be......

All this, the one who laid it out behind it all, Tsunade! ”

Tsunade and Jiraiya looked at each other and said the name:

"Uchiha Obito."

"That little ghost, why did you choose to destroy Konoha?!"

Zilai also thinks of Watergate, every time he mentions this little ghost to himself, he is full of praise.

"Teacher, that kid is a really kind and sunny Uchiha.

I had intended him to be a link between the upper echelons of the village and the Uchiha clan. ”

Tsunade suddenly remembered something, walked to the office door and opened the door.

"Mute, come on!"

"Yes, Tsunade-sama!"

"Nohara Rin? Three-tailed man pillar force? ”

Shizune looked at Tsunade and Jiraiya, who were serious and didn't joke at all, and felt that these two people were in a hot love affair and burned their heads.

"Lin, she seems to have died on the battlefield more than ten years ago.

Moreover, it is said that she is ......"

Speaking of this, Shizune's face also had a hint of unbearability.

"She died at the hands of Kakashi, who was a teammate.

After this incident, many ninjas in the village refused to be teammates with Kakashi......

He was also depressed for a while, and was later summoned into the shadows by four generations of adults. ”

Jiraiya and Tsunade heard Shizuma's words, looked into each other's eyes, and were silent.

After leaving silently, Jiraiya breathed a long sigh of relief and said softly:

"Original...... Is this another future and possibility?

learned that his beloved had died at the hands of his most trusted companion.

Obito that little ghost, he chose to inherit Madara's will......"

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya, hesitated again and again, and said:

"And, it seems that those three disciples of yours ......"

Jiraiya had a guilty look on his face.

"Without our help, they ......

No way! ”

The guilt on his face was replaced by perseverance, and he turned to look at Tsunade and said:

"Anyway, I'm going to the Land of Rain!"

"But now it's all happening!"

Tsunade shouted at Jiraiya's back.

Jiraiya stopped his hand reaching for the office door and replied with a smile:

"Even if it's late, I'm an incompetent teacher......

and see them with your own eyes, and make atonements for your sins. ”

"You big idiot!"

Tsunade walked behind Jiraiya in a few steps.

"This world is not real at all!

This was all created by that little imp using the illusion of the Sharingan!

Everything that happens here!

Watergate and Kushina, the old man and Orochimaru!

They're all alive and well!

So those three disciples of yours ......"

"But my guilt is real."

Jiraiya's words left Tsunade speechless.

"In our world, I was also not the first to perceive the crisis that those three children were in.

If it weren't for Orochimaru and Obito, that little ghost would have alerted me in time......

All of this is going to happen in our world. ”

Jiraiya turned around and looked at Tsunade.

"Everything that happens in this world.

When the Nine-Tails Rebellion broke out, where was I in this world?

When Watergate needed me the most, I wasn't in Konoha.

When the old man died at the hands of Orochimaru, where was I in this world?

I also didn't show up when my teachers and peers needed me. ”

For the first time, Jiraiya bravely raised his hand and gently stroked Tsunade's face.

"There's no way for me to use the prophecy of the Great Immortal of Miaomu Mountain as a cover anymore.

It's not so much about traveling through the ninja world in search of a savior and then writing a book.

Oh, that can't be a fig leaf for my laziness and timidity!

I am not a competent disciple, not a competent companion, and not a competent teacher! ”

With that, he took Tsunade into his arms and whispered:

"Like, I'm not a good lover.

In reality, I may not be able to seriously tell you what I mean for the rest of my life.

After all, compared to breaking off, I'm a guy who is really ......."

His words were interrupted, and Tsunade reached out and covered his mouth.

"I'm just a gambling."

Jiraiya looked down at Tsunade, and finally a confident smile appeared on his face.

"yes, so I have a little bit of confidence in myself!

After all, my works have recently started to sell well, and I will be able to support you in the future. ”

"Big idiot!"

Jiraiya's hands around Tsunade's waist suddenly tightened, and he looked down at Tsunade very seriously and said:

"Well, we're done.

This time, I'm in this world, after going to the Land of Rain but after this incident.

When you return to our world, you'll marry me, okay? ”

Hearing this familiar sentence, Tsunade's eyes widened, her face instantly turned pale, and her body trembled involuntarily.

"Tsunade, after this war is over, we'll get married, okay?"

Just as Tsunade was once again immersed in the fear of his ominous fate, Jiraiya gently kissed her on the forehead.

The warm breath spread from the tall man in front of her to her forehead, sobering Tsunade.

A large hand reached out to her chest, but miraculously did not have the slightest intention of taking advantage of her.

Jiraiya picked up the necklace on Tsunade's chest and looked at her with a smile.

"Like that little imp said, to hell with that shit-like fate!"

He raised his hands and carefully removed the "cursed necklace" from Tsunade's hand and held it in the palm of his hand.

"I'll go with you!"

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya, who had made up his mind, and said firmly.

Jiraiya stretched out a finger and shook it.

"It's about me, and the three kids in this world.

Tsunade, the help you and Orochimaru helped me before, and I was already ashamed......"

With that, he turned around and pushed away the Hokage's office, but stopped again and glanced at Tsunade reluctantly.

"Now that you've come to this world, you've become the future fifth generation, haha!

Then rest assured to be a qualified Hokage for a few days for all of you in Konoha Village in this world. ”

……

Standing in front of the window, Tsunade watched the tall back of the man who came and went, and the figure of the man became smaller and smaller in the afterglow of the setting sun.

She stood quietly in front of the window, and before she knew it, it had changed from evening to late night.

"Tsunade-sama, go back and rest early."

"Mute......

Over the years, I have wronged you by following me like this. ”

"Huh?"

Shizune suddenly felt that the master in front of him with his back to him became unfamiliar.

Tsunade turned around and looked at the disciple who looked like he was in his own world with a wicked smile on his face.

"Work or something, don't be in a hurry!

If I'm not mistaken, you're in your thirties!

Hurry up and find a reliable marriage partner. ”

"Master! What are you talking about! ”

Shizune blushed rarely, turned around and ran out of the office with the guinea in her arms.

"Such a big person is still so shy, this girl is really ......

Alas, what now?

Otherwise, after more than ten years, the bars in Konoha Village ......"

Just as Tsunade, who had been untied by Jiraiya, sprouted and was about to turn into a female drunkard again, a voice appeared in the room.

I said...... You think I've put so much effort into creating a limited monthly reading world for you and Jiraiya.

Is it just for you to come and drink leisurely, big sister?!

Do you have to bet a few more hands in the next few days?!

Anyway, the world is fake, and the gambling debts and everything that you owe don't exist. ”

Tsunade's eyes widened and he turned around.

She was greeted by the imp Obito, but his body was translucent.

"How did you become so virtuous, little ghost?"

Faced with Tsunade's question, Obito waved his hand helplessly.

"No way, in this world, I am an existence similar to a ghost state."

"Then why didn't you show up just now?!"

"Oh yes, the male and female guests finally succeeded in holding hands, wouldn't it be too bad for me to run out at that time?

You're right, right?! ”

"Hey! Gremlin! Your tone is very bad! ”

Facing Tsunade, whose anger value was already full, Obito smiled disdainfully.

"You don't really think that in this world.

You and Zilai won't really be invincible, right? ”

Obito's words made Tsunade stunned.

"Here...... Isn't it a world made of illusion? ”

Obito looked at Tsunade with the eyes of caring for the mentally retarded, and said:

"Are there fewer people who died in the illusion of the Uchiha clan?"

"What the hell do you mean by that?! Make it clear! ”

"Uncle Jiraiya, go to the country of rain in this world to meet Nagato and Xiaonan.

However, Nagato in this world ......

He has become a tool in this world for the Uchiha Obito to realize his ambitions. ”

Tsunade was a little dizzy by Obito's string of tongue twisters, but he still figured out what he meant in a moment.

"You mean ......"

"I've said it before.

The meaning of a ninja's life is not how he lived, but how he died. ”

"What?!"

Obito's words made Tsunade stunned like a thunderbolt from the sky.

"This trip to the Land of Rain is the end of the original destiny."

"Bastard! Why didn't you remind us?! ”

Obito's gaze turned cold as he looked at Tsunade.

"I think you've misunderstood something.

Remember, I don't owe you anything.

On the contrary, you should be grateful to me, Tsunade.

This limited monthly reading world is not only a test for you, but also for you.

For a long time, you have been immersed in the grief of losing loved ones and loved ones.

He even acquiesced to the stupid speculation that he was an ominous person.

An empty heart, a smiling appearance, and a lot of wine are just tools to numb your mind.

The gambling games are just a stage for you to hide your inner silence.

You don't dare to accept the love of Jiraiya anymore because you are afraid of losing it again. ”

Obito's indifferent words were like sharp kunai thorns in Tsunade's heart.

"Now, I want to play a game with you.

The man who has been silently guarding you is about to die.

As the number one medical ninja in the ninja world, can you really get out of the sadness of the past?

Trample that so-called fate under your feet and completely crush it.

When he needs you most, change his mortal fate.

Can you do it? ”