Obito raised his hand: "Minato-sensei, I know, Ryou's constructed body has a ton of weaknesses."
"For example, his lustfulness. If we bribed him with eight or ten beauties before the battle, he might just betray Uchiha Madara."
"He and Uchiha Madara have never been on the same page. This guy often gets electrocuted by Uchiha Madara, and every time he does, he takes it out on me."
"Minato-sensei, we can turn Ryou against them!"
Minato stroked his chin, a hint of pleasant surprise dawning on him. Yes, the more powerful Ryou was, the greater the rift with Madara.
Even Madara himself could see it, a vulgar person like Ryou would never support the Eye of the Moon Plan.
But the next second, Minato felt a headache coming on.
Because Ryou had clearly stated that he liked Kushina, liked his own wife.
Could he offer Kushina as a bargaining chip to win over Ryou?
Absolutely impossible!
What a headache!
Rin finished stitching the bandage on Minato's severed arm, tears of deep sorrow glistening in the corners of her eyes: "Minato-sensei, from now on, you'll only be able to perform one-handed seals."
One-handed seals were a technique, and Minato already knew how to do them.
But losing an arm wasn't as simple as just using one-handed seals. Minato's combat power would drop significantly.
Minato patted Rin's head, comforting her: "We were lucky this time. If I hadn't immediately severed my own arm back then, I wouldn't have made it back."
Minato then furrowed his brow and asked Obito: "Obito, when you were under Uchiha Madara, did you know about a shadow-like technique he has?"
"Silent and undetectable. Even with my Chakra sensing activated, I couldn't perceive Uchiha Madara's shadow approaching me."
"That kind of technique, I imagine even Hizashi's Byakugan couldn't detect it."
Hizashi was shocked: "Even the Byakugan can't detect it? How stealthy is that?"
Obito thought for a moment: "No, I've never seen that technique."
Minato analyzed: "It must be a Rinnegan ocular technique. A technique that even the Byakugan can't sense, who on earth could defeat him?"
Obito shifted Minato's attention: "Minato-sensei, let's not talk about Uchiha Madara. The more we discuss him, the more hopeless we feel."
"Let's talk about your arm!"
Obito took off his clothes, revealing the half of his body made of White Zetsu cells.
"Minato-sensei, I think we could use White Zetsu cells to grow a new arm for you."
Minato was somewhat skeptical: "Would that work?"
As a traditional Ninja, Minato cherished his own body deeply and distrusted foreign objects.
Obito nodded vigorously: "Of course it would! It's because of the White Zetsu organs that I have such massive Chakra and recovery power."
"If Minato-sensei transplanted a White Zetsu arm, you'd gain another trump card for the future."
Minato said: "Let's discuss this after we return to the village!"
"Alright!"
...
Indra Shrine.
Under Candy's witness, Ryou and Tsunade became husband and wife.
Tsunade sighed. From today onward, she had completely severed ties with the Senju Clan and Konoha.
Tsunade no longer held any illusions, because she had promised it herself earlier.
As long as Ryou let Jiraiya go, Tsunade would agree to become his wife.
Although Jiraiya was summoned back to Mount Myōboku, during the gap of Fukasaku's reverse summoning, Ryou could have pummeled Jiraiya to death a dozen times over.
Candy recited the closing remarks, mainly prayers for divine protection and thanks to the attendees for participating in the wedding—some formalities.
Ryou, meanwhile, was teasing Konan and Kiyomi.
"Konan, don't be sad. Tomorrow I'll marry you, and I'll have Tsunade be your bridesmaid."
Konan pinched the soft flesh under Ryou's ribs, whispering angrily: "Which eye of yours sees me being sad?"
"Konan, I just saw you staying quiet and thought you were upset because you weren't the bride."
"Ugh! You playboy! You just married Lady Tsunade and already forgot your vows in front of your own ancestors?"
Tsunade watched Ryou teasing Konan beside her, anger welling up in her heart. She had a hundred reasons not to want to marry Ryou.
Not just because of her own stance, but this playboy didn't even bother to hide it.
They had just become husband and wife, and he was already flirting with other girls.
Tsunade grabbed Ryou's arm and bit down hard.
"Tsunade—let go, let go! Are you a dog? Can't you wait until tonight to bite?"
After Candy finished the closing remarks, the wedding ceremony was basically over. Everyone left one by one to attend the wedding banquet.
Ryou picked up Tsunade and ran toward the bridal chamber.
Konan and Kiyomi quickly pulled him back.
Konan said: "What's the rush? Can't you wait until after the wedding banquet?"
Ryou looked at the alluring Tsunade, feeling like he was about to explode. How could he wait?
"No, I'm going to 'eat' Tsunade right now!"
Tsunade tugged on Ryou's ear: "You bastard! Get through the final wedding banquet first!"
Ryou had no choice but to wait a little longer.
Drizzling rain tapped on the wooden edges of the vermilion torii gate. The wedding banquet pavilion was draped with semi-transparent white shoji.
The hydrangeas beside the stone path were washed by the rain, becoming even more vibrant, contrasting with the pure white of Tsunade's Shiromuku.
The wedding banquet scene was a bit of a mess because the weather had been fine this morning, but it suddenly started raining. The Ninja Cats hadn't reacted in time.
Ryou began pleading with the Rain God.
"Dammit, Rain God, why are you making things difficult for me now?"
"If it's still raining in three minutes, I'll tear down your temple first, then blast your mother with Ninjutsu!"
Three minutes later, it was still raining.
Snowy roared: "How dare such a petty Rain God show so little face?"
"Ryou-sama, to the skies!"
Ryou began battling wits with the air.
He created over a dozen spore clones, each performing Great Flame Rasengan, firing them into the rain clouds.
Soon, booming sounds echoed across the sky.
Madara was enjoying the inari sushi made by Fried Rice.
Madara loved this stuff. Seeing the sky exploding with booms, he was puzzled.
"What is that kid doing?"
Boom—!!
Who would have thought that Ryou's blasts would make the rain even heavier! It was similar to the principle of the Lightning Release: Kirin technique.
The explosions from the Great Flame Rasengan created strong updrafts, carrying moisture upward to condense into cumulonimbus clouds, which then gathered into thunderstorm clouds.
Ryou shouted loudly: "It's pouring! Everyone, scatter and go home to collect your clothes!"
Ryou wished everyone would leave so he could go 'make' Tsunade.
But no one was willing to leave; they were all waiting for the feast to start!
No choice—the wedding banquet venue was moved to Amegakure's Steel Building.
Halfway through the banquet, Amegakure and Kusagakure officials were flattering Ryou, comparing him to the reincarnation of the First Hokage because of his Wood Release Ninjutsu.
Ryou drank a cup of wine, a bit tipsy, and said: "That's going too far, going too far. I'm still a bit short compared to Hashirama."
The Kusagakure people lavished praise: "Short what? I think Konoha driving Ryou-sama away was their biggest loss. They'd never imagine they drove away a First Hokage."
Ryou laughed heartily.
Madara, at the other end of the banquet, narrowed his eyes, looking serious.
Madara was the number one Hashirama fanboy and wouldn't allow anyone to tarnish Hashirama's reputation.