A faint smile appeared on Uchiha Jin's face.
Not bad!
Really not bad at all!
Although Uchiha Madara was no longer his match, he was still considered one of the strongest in the entire Ninja World.
Considering the many powerful enemies and plans he would face in the future, recruiting Uchiha Madara, this top-tier laborer, truly made him happy.
However.
Before Uchiha Jin could speak, he heard Uchiha Madara speak again.
"Junior..."
"If I discover that you have been deceiving me..."
"You will definitely regret it!"
Madara's tone was very calm, as if he were talking about what to eat today.
But those familiar with him knew that Uchiha Madara was very serious right now.
If he truly discovered he had been deceived, then even if he were not Uchiha Jin's match, he would strike back at any cost.
Even if the result was—death!
But those who had walked through the Sengoku era had long since put death aside.
And, regarding this.
Uchiha Jin naturally sensed the deep meaning in Madara's words, but his expression did not change in the slightest; he just nodded and put the matter out of his mind.
Nonsense!
Did he really need to stir up trouble in the middle of the mess caused by the Ōtsutsuki Clan?
His expression remained very calm, and after simply nodding, he said: "Since that's the case, we should leave!"
After speaking.
Without saying another word, he took Hashirama and Madara and vanished from the ice space just like that.
Black Zetsu, who had just prepared to ask a question: "..."
At this moment, he was dumbfounded.
There are no human rights!
I was just about to ask a question, couldn't you have waited for a second?
However, it was a pity.
No one cared about his thoughts, and Jin didn't even bother to glance at Black Zetsu.
The reason was simple!
Compared to Uchiha Madara, that top-tier laborer, Black Zetsu had absolutely no utility value to him.
On one hand, his strength was lackluster.
Although he was born of Yin-Yang Release and was immortal, his ideal was to rescue Kaguya, which had irreconcilable contradictions with his own plans.
This guy, Black Zetsu, could definitely not be won over!
And since he couldn't win this guy over, his special abilities and the White Zetsu he controlled naturally couldn't be utilized by him either.
Plus, since he couldn't kill the other party, he might as well just seal him here, much like how Hagoromo had sealed Kaguya back in the day.
Yes!
Just because of this reason, Black Zetsu was magnificently ignored!
And since Black Zetsu couldn't return to the Ninja World, he naturally lost the soil to stir up trouble.
Perfect!
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
After Uchiha Jin returned to the Ninja World with Hashirama and Madara, he let Hashirama take Madara off to play.
Now, Jin needed to deal with another troublesome matter.
The Tailed Beasts!
Yes.
With Nagato bringing most of the Akatsuki Organization to defect, the Gedo Statue and the eight Tailed Beasts inside naturally became Konoha's spoils of war.
Additionally, with the Four Great Shinobi Villages having joined Konoha, there was naturally no need to return the Tailed Beasts.
How to handle these Tailed Beasts naturally became a troublesome matter!
Jin hadn't had time to solve this before, but now that he finally had time, he naturally had to find a moment to resolve it quickly.
Of course.
He didn't go to the Gedo Statue personally; after all, the Gedo Statue had been thoroughly sealed by Uchiha Jin in a huge space underneath Konoha a few days ago.
The seal in that place had been set up by a joint effort of sealing masters like Uzumaki Mito, Kushina, Minato Namikaze, Tobirama, and Orochimaru.
Even as the Hokage, it would be quite difficult for him to truly enter the space where the Gedo Statue was sealed.
So, forget it!
Uchiha Jin had a simpler method.
He went directly to Minato Namikaze's house and found the family.
"Hokage-sama?"
"Welcome, please have a seat. Kushina, make some tea!"
Looking at Uchiha Jin at the door, Minato Namikaze showed a look of astonishment, then happily welcomed him in.
Kushina saw Uchiha Jin and naturally went to the kitchen to make tea.
A young Naruto, over 1.4 meters tall, with golden spiky hair and clean, neat clothes, also stood up hurriedly upon seeing Uchiha Jin.
"Hokage-sama!"
"No need to be so formal, just call me uncle."
Looking at the Naruto before him, Jin revealed a smile.
Apparently.
Naruto, raised by his parents, was not as mischievous as in the original work; on the contrary, he had a hint of Minato Namikaze's "little sun" quality.
If not for the six whisker marks on his face, he would be a spitting image of a miniature Minato Namikaze.
"Naruto, what grade are you in?"
"Third grade, fourth grade in the second half of the year!"
"Time sure flies!"
Uchiha Jin chatted with Naruto for a bit, a hint of melancholy appearing in his eyes.
If he hadn't appeared, the night of the clan extermination would probably have been around this time.
In another two or three years, Naruto would have graduated, which would have been the starting point of the original plot.
And now?
Everything had changed!
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Konoha Higher-ups were all dead, even their clans were living in misery and were still in debt, the Akatsuki Organization, the early big boss, had even defected to Konoha, and even the Five Great Ninja Villages no longer existed.
However...
While there were achievements, the subsequent troubles were not small!
First were the brothers Hagoromo and Hamura, and Mount Myōboku, one of the Three Great Sage Regions; besides that, there was the Hamura lineage from the moon, and then there was the deeply hidden Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in the Ninja World—it seemed his hidden identity at this point in time was the monk Jigen.
As for the more distant threat from the Ōtsutsuki Clan, there was no need to pay too much attention to it at this stage.
There was still time!
At the very least.
Once he finished handling these miscellaneous matters, he should advance into other Ninja World timelines and try to accumulate Luck Points to improve his combat power.
By then, it would be much simpler to solve the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
"Alright!"
"Minato Namikaze, Kushina."
"I came here this time for Naruto, or to be precise, for the Nine-Tailed inside him."
"I need to meet the Nine-Tailed and discuss something with him!"
After everyone chatted for a while, Uchiha Jin stated his purpose.
And, regarding this.
Although the Minato Namikaze couple were a bit surprised, they didn't refuse, nor were they afraid that Uchiha Jin had other ideas.
On one hand, he was the Hokage!
But more importantly, both of them knew that Uchiha Jin was too strong now; the Nine-Tailed was not essential to him at all.
"Alright, understood!"
Minato Namikaze didn't talk nonsense upon hearing this and called Naruto over from the bedroom.
He briefly explained the situation to Naruto, then lifted Naruto's shirt to reveal his stomach.
Minato Namikaze's hands flickered with Chakra and he pressed them directly onto Naruto's stomach.
Immediately after.
The Eight Trigrams Sealing Style began to circulate, Uchiha Jin activated his Three-Tomoe, and then entered the sealing space.
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