Chapter 810: The First Style: How Did You Resurrect, Kaguya?
Chapter 810: The First Style: How Did You Resurrect, Kaguya?
Sasuke spent half the day investigating within Konoha, from morning to afternoon, but found no abnormalities regarding Obito.
As it was time for his training session with Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke temporarily halted his investigation and headed towards the Uchiha clan grounds.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Suigetsu," Sasuke greeted politely upon seeing Itachi, who had arrived slightly earlier.
"Afternoon," Sasuke responded as he positioned himself about a meter in front of Itachi.
"Let's begin the training," Sasuke said without further ado, handing the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi to Itachi, and their session commenced.
Itachi took the sword and began practicing with utmost seriousness. He repeatedly drew the sword, executed strikes, and sheathed it, focusing on these fundamental movements.
Sasuke's self-taught Uchiha-style swordsmanship had absorbed the essence of Iaijutsu, making the speed of drawing the sword and the accuracy of the strikes exceptionally crucial.
The faster he was, the more advantage he had in initiating attacks, and with sufficient accuracy, his strikes could be lethal with a single blow.
After about an hour and a half of training, Sasuke allowed Itachi to take a short break and handed him a bottle of water he had prepared.
"What do you think of Obito as a person?" Sasuke asked thoughtfully.
He felt that his younger brother, Itachi, had always been exceptionally perceptive from a young age, and he might have sensed some abnormalities.
Itachi's expression grew pensive as he slowly replied, "He's a good person, but hard to understand."
As a relatively mature child, Itachi was adept at thinking, and he could often guess the thoughts of his peers with just a glance.
Even the thoughts of adults were not beyond his comprehension; he could discern them to some extent.
However, Obito's thoughts were particularly challenging for Itachi to fathom.
For instance, he still couldn't understand why Obito asked him about stealing candy from old ladies.
Nevertheless, even with this, Itachi could confidently assert that Obito was a good person.
Itachi had never witnessed Obito stealing candy from anyone, but he had personally seen Obito helping the elderly and children.
"Hard to understand, but a good person..." Sasuke narrowed his eyes, wondering if this Obito was indeed an ordinary, sane individual.
"By the way, Mr. Suigetsu, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue learning from you for a while. I'll be attending school soon," Itachi said with a hint of reluctance.
Although their time together had been relatively short, Itachi had formed an excellent impression of this "Mr. Suigetsu."
"School? That shouldn't be necessary. You've already met the graduation standards," Sasuke said instinctively.
With Itachi's current strength, he wouldn't learn anything new at the Ninja School; the teachers there couldn't teach him anything.
"That's true for elementary and middle school, but I'm going to attend Ninja University," Itachi explained.
Sasuke didn't immediately respond, as he was unaware of what Ninja University was, and thus couldn't continue the conversation.
"How long until you start school?" Sasuke asked after a moment.
Although he wasn't clear about the specifics of Ninja University, it was undoubtedly a higher-level version of the Ninja School.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be in about twenty days," Itachi replied after a moment's thought.
"I understand," Sasuke nodded.
This timeframe was sufficient for Sasuke to impart a considerable amount of knowledge to Itachi, laying a solid foundation for his future training.
After their training session, Sasuke, driven by curiosity, went to gather information about Ninja University within Konoha.
As Sasuke had anticipated, Ninja University was indeed a higher-level version of the Ninja School, but not just any higher-level.
According to the information Sasuke gathered, Ninja University had strict admission standards. Only students who excelled in various Ninja Schools across the Ninja World and those with exceptional talent could enroll and further their education.
Moreover, the teaching staff at Ninja University was exceptionally strong, starting with Jonin instructors, and there were no Chunin-level teachers. Additionally, the school had attracted many renowned elite ninjas from the Ninja World to teach there.
"Only in the Ninja Alliance's world would there be the resources to establish such a school," Sasuke marveled inwardly.
Even though Sasuke was aware of the educational reforms implemented by Moonbath, he knew that replicating them in his original world would be impossible. He didn't have the means to gather the same number of ninja forces and resources as Moonbath.
If all those Jonin were teaching, who would be left to undertake missions? The ninja villages might as well cease to function.
"Mr. Sasuke, I just found out today that I have a distant relative named Kaguya, who looks like a cool, aloof princess from a TV show. It's just that she doesn't seem to like me very much," Boruto excitedly shared with Sasuke upon seeing him, recounting the interesting things he had encountered.
"She doesn't seem that old, and by our era, she shouldn't be too old either. But I've never seen her before, could it be that she moved to another country?"
Sasuke: ...
"Her name is Kaguya, and she's not even trying to hide it."
"That's probably it," Sasuke replied.
The Great Sage Kaguya had indeed moved, relocating to the moon within the Heavenly Realm.
...
In the stillness of the night, the 'Shadows' from various villages, escorted by their respective Anbu ninjas, secretly arrived in Konoha and entered the Hokage Tower.
"Hokage, what's the situation? Why have the Daitoryu suddenly appeared?" The Fourth Raikage, who arrived first, asked impatiently.
Wave Water Gate had shared some intelligence through the Ninja World Alliance's channels, and the upper echelons were already aware of the existence of Daitoryu Ise Shiki.
"Raikage, there's no need to panic. The situation is still under control," Wave Water Gate reassured with a smile.
With the presence of Moonbath Leader, who could subdue Kaguya by force, as long as there weren't several Daitoryu together, everything would be manageable.
The Fourth Raikage felt slightly relieved and took his seat, awaiting the arrival of the others.
Soon after, the Fifth Kazekage, Chiyo, the Fourth Tsuchikage, Oonoki, and the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, arrived one after the other and took their seats.
Half a minute after the Five Kage assembled, Moonbath Leader entered the conference room.
Instantly, everyone's gaze fell upon him.
"Moonbath Leader," the Kage greeted, and Moonbath Leader smiled in response to each of them.
"Mizuki, please give us an update on the current situation," Moonbath Leader said, turning to Mizuki.
"The Daitoryu Ise Shiki who attacked us is not from our world but from a parallel world," Wave Water Gate nodded and stood up to explain.
The four Kage all wore puzzled expressions.
Due to the immense difficulty of traveling between parallel worlds, and to prevent unnecessary thoughts from arising, Moonbath Leader had kept the existence of parallel worlds strictly confidential.
Even Wave Water Gate only learned about parallel worlds when Uzumaki Naruto traveled through time for the second time.
But now, with the emergence of a new parallel world and the Daitoryu crossing over, along with Moonbath Leader bringing Kaguya from another world, the disclosure of parallel worlds became highly significant.
"In short, parallel worlds are other worlds similar to ours, and the specifics of their similarities are recorded in the documents," Wave Water Gate produced a scroll and distributed four sets of documents to the four Kage.
After reading the documents, the four Kage all wore expressions of shock, as if their worldview had been severely shaken.
"Currently, we have records of only two parallel worlds. Daitoryu Ise Shiki is from Parallel World Number Two," Wave Water Gate continued.
"And the Kaguya brought over by Moonbath Leader is from Parallel World Number One."
After speaking for about ten minutes, Wave Water Gate paused, giving the others ample time to digest the information.
"Since you, Moonbath Leader, possess the ability to travel between parallel worlds, and Parallel World Number Two is more advanced than ours, we can accelerate our development by learning from their technology," Chiyo spoke up first.
She had come for the Daitoryu, but according to the documents, Daitoryu Ise Shiki was weaker than Kaguya, and Moonbath Leader had significantly improved his strength, now capable of capturing Kaguya alive. So, Daitoryu Ise Shiki was not the most concerning issue.
The real worry was the possibility of a Daitoryu stronger than Kaguya arriving in the Ninja World.
To prevent such an occurrence, the Ninja World needed to develop as quickly as possible.
"Regarding this matter, I have a plan, but we need to deal with the Daitoryu in our world first," Moonbath Leader said.
He was certain that there was more than one Daitoryu in the current Ninja World, at least one more named Daitoryu Ise Shiki, whose situation was unknown.
Moonbath Leader wouldn't leave the Ninja World until both Daitoryu were eliminated.
He didn't want to risk having his home invaded right after his departure.
"Speaking of which, the Ninja University is about to start its new semester. Should we postpone the opening until after we've dealt with Daitoryu Ise Shiki?" Yagura suggested.
"There's no need for that. The semester can begin as scheduled," Moonbath Leader shook his head.
Although the Daitoryu were all dangerous individuals, they were proud and arrogant. Unless they had a specific target, they wouldn't bother killing weaker enemies.
With the Daitoryu Ise Shiki in Konoha, there was no motive for them to attack Rikudou Castle.
Of course, if the Daitoryu Ise Shiki were to attack Rikudou Castle, it would be no different from attacking Konoha.
The Rain Country shares a border with the Fire Country, and Rikudou Castle is located in the eastern region near the Fire Country, not too far from Konoha and within the sensing range of the Moonbath Leader.
The Moonbath Leader could sense the situation there at any time and instantly arrive using the Yellow Spring Evil Slope or the Flying Thunder God Technique.
The meeting primarily revolved around the Daitoryu and the parallel world as the two main topics.
Some Kage believed that a department for monitoring spacetime fluctuations should be established to detect similar incidents as quickly as possible.
Others felt that the Great Sage Kaguya was too dangerous, and they should make thorough preparations to turn her from an enemy into an ally.
After the Moonbath Leader returned home, Kaguya, for the first time ever, took the initiative to seek a conversation with him.
"You asked me before if the 'Xie' could be removed, and it was for the sake of Daitoryu Ise Shiki's 'Ji,' wasn't it?" Kaguya inquired.
In order to fulfill her promise, she had been watching Naruto all day, and in the afternoon, she encountered Boruto, who was looking for Naruto.
Upon seeing Boruto for the first time, Kaguya began to frown, and the next moment, she was contemplating whether to kill him.
With a single glance, she recognized the 'Xie' within Boruto's body as the one left by Daitoryu Tao Shi.
Kaguya had already rebelled, and all the Daitoryu were her enemies.
However, Kaguya, suspecting that the Moonbath Leader was baiting her, restrained herself and did not take action against Boruto.
Given her current strength, it would be unwise to engage in a direct confrontation with the Moonbath Leader.
"That's right," the Moonbath Leader affirmed without denying it.
"The 'Xie' cannot be eliminated. Unless there is more than one 'Xie,' and the Daitoryu who imprinted the 'Xie' undergoes reincarnation, then the 'Xie' on all other 'Ji' will automatically disappear, except for the reincarnated 'Ji.'
Aside from that, the only solution is to kill the 'Ji.'" Kaguya offered expert advice.
"No one is asking you how to solve it right now," the Moonbath Leader replied, feeling that Kaguya's words made sense, and he sternly refused her.
Kaguya's moral standards were indeed a bit too low.
Her mind was solely focused on her own safety, worrying that Daitoryu Tao Shi might come back to life and cause her trouble.
As for Boruto's life and death, Kaguya didn't care.
"If the 'Xie' is allowed to thaw to a certain extent, it won't be that easy for you to kill him then," Kaguya earnestly explained the potential dangers.
Then, Kaguya's room's television was confiscated for half a day.
Having learned the futility of her words, Kaguya became honest and temporarily gave up on persuading them.
The next day, the Moonbath Leader, using the promise value as bait, had Kaguya act as Naruto's playmate and bodyguard.
Although Kaguya maintained her aloof attitude towards Naruto, he didn't lose heart and was determined to gain the approval of this distant relative.
Soon after, Dai Tu, along with Little Sasuke and Boruto, joined Naruto.
"Dai Tu, Sasuke, and you, Yellow-haired Kid," Naruto greeted them with a smile.
"Do you think calling a kid a 'kid' makes you seem more polite?" Boruto asked, exasperated.
"Then I'll call you the Yellow-haired Little Kid," Naruto decided to stick with the original name.
Dai Tu was a bit surprised to see Kaguya in disguise but didn't pay it much mind.
After all, the Moonbath Leader must have had his reasons for this, and he trusted his judgment.
"Let's argue later. Where are we going to play today?" Little Sasuke tried to mediate the dispute between the two yellow-haired individuals.
"Play? A kid who randomly snatches things from others doesn't deserve to play," said a voice.
At that moment, a black spatial door opened near them, and Daitoryu Shiki, holding a Red_beam Fishing Rod, and Daitoryu, expressionless, emerged from the portal.
Using his connection to 'Li,' Daitoryu Shiki accurately located Boruto's position.
"Senior Daitoryu, my luck is pretty good, huh? The person you're looking for is also here," Daitoryu Shiki casually glanced around and happened to spot Naruto, grinning as he spoke.
"Kaguya!" Daitoryu, with intense focus, stared at Kaguya, and despite her disguise, he instantly recognized her due to his familiarity with Kaguya.
"Shouldn't she be in a sealed state? How did she come back to life?" Daitoryu wondered.
Kaguya had claimed to be sealed, and that state was no different from death; there shouldn't have been a chance for her to break free.
"Daitoryu!" Kaguya instinctively took a half-step backward.
With a single glance, she recognized the white-robed, bald Daitoryu as that bastard Daitoryu.
PS:
There's one more chapter after this, which is a bonus chapter.
I'll try to complete the update by 2 or 3 am.
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