290Unification of the worldAI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 290: Unification of the World
When Naruto appeared in the Hidden Mist Villagewith Utakata, Mei Terumī was pleasantly surprised.
She had assumed Naruto was there to return the Jinchuriki, but once she learned his true purpose, her smile instantly froze, and her attitude took a sharp turn.
If she weren't so clearly outmatched, Mei Terumīwould have spat right then and there to melt this detestable brat into a pile of sludge.
"This is the data he left behind."
With a look of displeasure, Mei Terumī led Narutoto the archives.
As the teacher of a Jinchuriki, he had naturally been a Jonin of the Hidden Mist Village, a true pillar of their strength.
After his death, everything concerning him had been kept under secret protection.
"Thank you."
Naruto maintained his proper politeness.
Since there was so much material to go through, he used the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Mei Terumī, meanwhile, looked over at Utakataand couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.
He was quite handsome.
He looked a bit like Sasuke, giving off a very cold and distant vibe.
When Utakata had defected from the Hidden Mist Village, she hadn't been the Mizukage yet.
She only knew that Utakata had fled after killing his teacher.
After a moment of thought, Mei Terumī asked, "Could you tell me what happened back then? By organizing the records here in the Hidden Mist Village, we discovered your teacher was conducting research on Tailed Beasts, but the specific details remain unknown."
But Utakata did not answer her question; or rather, he simply wasn't in the mood to pay her any mind.
He was in a state of daze.
On one hand, he hoped what Naruto said was true, but on the other, he hoped it was false.
Mei Terumī's brow furrowed, and her mood soured even further.
Did she really have no charm at all?
She was constantly snubbed in front of Naruto, and now it was the same with someone else.
It was truly depressing.
Naruto released his clones, and as the influx of information rushed in, he unsurprisingly found no useful data.
If there really had been anything, Mei Terumīwould surely have known about it, rather than being as calm as she was now.
Losing a Tailed Beast was a severe blow to the Hidden Mist Village.
Their overall strength had declined drastically.
Especially Chōjūrō, who was mocked by many as the 'weakest' Mizukage.
Once Mei Terumī grew old, things would become even more difficult for the Hidden Mist Village.
"Utakata."
Naruto shook his head at him.
Utakata immediately understood his meaning. After a moment's thought, he said, "I know a place where it might be."
"What on earth are you two looking for?"
Seeing the two of them acting like riddle-makers, Mei Terumī couldn't help but ask.
I am the Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village, after all.
The two of you are prancing around my home, and you won't even tell me why?
"No need to rush, you'll find out soon enough."
Naruto chose not to tell her just yet.
Once the rice was cooked, no amount of objection from her would matter.
There was no point in arguing with her at this stage.
Mei Terumī watched with a complex expression as the two of them walked away.
Strength really is the most important thing.
At this moment, she had no idea that even greater trouble was coming soon.
It wasn't because of the Tailed Beasts, but because Naruto was abolishing the Ninja system.
As the last place to retain the Ninja system, the Hidden Mist Village was inevitably plunged into chaos.
Naruto followed Utakata all the way to an underground laboratory.
"This is a place my teacher used to use."
Looking at the thick layer of dust, Utakata said, "Fortunately, the Hidden Mist Village never discovered it."
Naruto expressed his understanding.
He was an excellent Jonin, after all.
Thinking of Danzo, even now, some of his bases still hadn't been found.
It was quite ridiculous.
It wasn't that they were particularly important or well-hidden, but rather that there were so many labs that even the Root Ninjas themselves had forgotten where they were.
Naruto pushed open the main door.
The lab was filled with jars and bottles.
It reminded him of Orochimaru.
He looked around and quickly found the records left behind.
"Take a look."
After Naruto finished browsing, he handed them to Utakata.
The contents were indeed what he needed.
Utakata took them with trembling hands, and a moment later, tears began to fall.
He had personally killed a teacher who had only wanted to help him.
Naruto sighed.
That's how life is, always full of accidents and ten thousand different possibilities.
Too many tragedies are born of simple twists of fate.
The records from Utakata's teacher were very thorough.
However, Naruto was not skilled in—or rather, knew nothing about—surgeries involving such experiments.
But he had someone in mind: Yakushi Kabuto.
It was also the perfect time for Naruto to retrieve the Yin Nine-Tailed from the Shinigami's stomach.
"Thank you."
Utakata returned the records, his emotions having returned to normal.
But he was very grateful to Naruto for letting him know the truth.
"If you want to extract the Six-Tails, I am willing to cooperate with you."
With few exceptions, Jinchuriki felt nothing but loathing for their Tailed Beasts.
This was a result of the general environment.
Think about it: having a Tailed Beast implanted from a young age, facing constant scorn and criticism—it's hard for any normal person to endure, let alone live in harmony with the beast.
And the same was true for the Tailed Beasts.
Being locked in a dark room all day, they naturally wouldn't have any goodwill toward humans.
Utakata, in particular, had killed his own teacher because of the Tailed Beast.
Naruto nodded.
It was certainly better to have someone to experiment on.
No matter how reckless he was, he couldn't just start cutting people open.
If something went wrong, he'd just have to laugh and call it 'GG'.
Naruto sent Utakata to Hozukijo and returned to Konoha himself.
Tsunade and the others were swamped with work due to the new system.
En Yui was in the same boat.
However, she was busy with matters between the various nations.
There were two main issues.
First was the disbanding of the regular armies.
Unlike Ninjas, most soldiers in the regular armies were there against their will due to mandatory conscription.
Moreover, the pay was poor, there were no guarantees, and it led to the neglect of the land.
After En Yui announced this, her prestige in every country soared.
Second was the handling of the nobility.
After Konoha's Ninja army raided their homes, the regular armies naturally couldn't stop them, and the Daimyo and nobles very quickly raised the white flag of surrender.
But surrender was one thing; there still had to be a reckoning.
Those who had committed many evils went straight to the guillotine.
Those who hadn't done much wrong simply had their land reclaimed.
In any case, they were dealt with differently based on their crimes.
These two things sounded simple, but they were much harder to execute than the work in Konoha.
The total population of the entire Ninja World was truly overwhelming.
Naruto hadn't calculated it, but there were surely over a hundred million people.
But for En Yui, the joy outweighed the worries.
She was about to become the first Empress to nominally rule the world.
She had also achieved what no other Daimyo could: truly bringing the Ninjas under administrative control.
As for the Tianming Organization and the later-submitting Akatsuki Organization, Naruto's plan was for them to take on a supervisory role.
Of course, the membership would be expanded.
The Tianming Organization would be the prerequisite for everything; for example, if you wanted to be a Hokage or a Daimyo, you had to join the Tianming Organization and familiarize yourself with various rules and the White Lotus Sect's doctrines.
If there were any transmigrators from China here, they would find this very familiar.
There was no other way; Naruto could only copy from his past life.
Regardless, it was far more reliable than the current Ninja World.
However, Naruto didn't handle everything personally.
In an ordinary world, being crowned emperor might have been quite satisfying.
But this was the Ninja World, where strength ultimately reigned supreme.
Two days later, Yakushi Kabuto arrived with a group of Ninjas from Otogakure.
During the previous great war, Otogakure had not participated because of the Edo Tensei.
Coming here now was naturally an act of submission.
Kabuto didn't really care about Otogakure anyway.
He just brought them along as a gift.
Naruto thought it was fine.
There were quite a few geniuses in Otogakure.
For example, Guren of the Crystal Release.
Naruto considered it and decided to just have them join the Uchiha Clan.
These guys were all unruly and arrogant; he'd leave them to Sasuke to knock some sense into them.
Besides, to grow the clan, they needed more people to help out.
Otherwise, who knew when the Uchiha would ever return to their peak?
Sasuke had no objections.
He was already familiar with this group from his time in Otogakure.
Though their strength was far inferior to his, they were good for keeping up appearances.
After the arrangements were made, Naruto and Yakushi Kabuto went to the Treehouse.
"I assume you know what it means to release a soul."
Naruto glanced at the calm Kabuto and reminded him, "Though I wouldn't mind if you used yourself as the sacrifice."
"I am aware of that."
Kabuto smiled and took out the Shinigami mask, placing it on his face.
As he formed hand signs, a dense and chilly Chakra enveloped his surroundings.
Naruto activated his Rinnegan.
He still couldn't see the figure of the Shinigami, but he could faintly sense it.
The original work never mentioned the origin of the Shinigami.
Based on the intensity Naruto sensed, it should be at a level no lower than the Six Paths Sage.
Kabuto took out a knife and sliced into his own abdomen, and blood immediately gushed out.
Two souls were released.
One was the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, and the other was the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Back during the Nine-Tails' rampage, Minato had left the Yang Nine-Tails to Naruto and sealed the Yin Nine-Tails within himself, taking it with him into the Shinigami's stomach.
Naruto's Rinnegan spun.
His powerful Dōjutsu Power locked onto Minato's soul.
According to the original story's process, one would need to use Edo Tensei on Minato and then have him release the seal on the Yin Nine-Tailshimself.
But Naruto now had the Rinnegan and was familiar with Sealing Jutsu, so there was no need for such a hassle.
As for Minato and Kushina, he would resurrect them.
Once Sasori's research was successful, he could resurrect the two of them using perfect puppets.
It would be a perfect ending.
Because of the system, Minato and Kushinawouldn't know his true situation.
So there was no need to worry too much about any problems arising from resurrecting them.
He formed hand signs, undid the Sealing Jutsu, and then dragged out the Yin Nine-Tails.
Minato's soul suddenly lit up with a golden light.
A few seconds later, it swirled through the air like a stream of water and vanished into Naruto's body.
Inside the Sealing Space.
Kurama looked up, staring at his other half before him.
What should he say?
'Fellow Daoist, you and I are one, there's no need for formalities'?
He recalled his experiences in the Genjutsu Prehistoric World.
While he was lost in thought, the Yin Nine-Tailsspoke up: "Oh, my other half, how have you been all these years? Has it been pretty miserable?"
He had actually had quite pleasant conversations with Minato inside the Shinigami's stomach.
He figured that with the Yang Nine-Tails' temper, he probably wouldn't have gotten along with a little brat.
"It's been alright,"
Kurama didn't know how to explain, so he said, "Once you and I merge into one, you'll know."
The Yin Nine-Tails gave him a look of pity; with such a forced and hesitant attitude, life must have been terrible.
Fine, then, let this old man offer you some comfort.
He merged into Kurama's body, and their Chakraand memories gradually converged.
"???"
The Yin Nine-Tails froze in place.
What on earth!
This guy's life has been way too comfortable!
Outside, Naruto stretched his body.
His already massive Chakra had doubled, bringing him infinitely close to the level of the Six Paths Sage.
With his combat experience, he felt he could now hold his own against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
The ultimate boss from the original work was actually not that great without Black Zetsu's live guidance, despite having the power of the Six Paths.
Naruto looked up at Yakushi Kabuto, who had already changed into a new body.
Living Corpse Reincarnation.
After Orochimaru was hit by Kotoamatsukami, he had essentially planned to live in seclusion and passed everything he knew to Kabuto.
That was how he was able to use this Ninjutsu to exploit a loophole.
Naruto took this opportunity to use his Rinnegan's'Shift of the Stars' to copy the Living Corpse Reincarnation.
Regardless, his Dōjutsu Power had no limits.
"Is this body a clone?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow and asked, "Interesting, I can also sense a Sharingan."
"Lord Naruto indeed has a keen eye,"
Kabuto replied with a humble attitude.
Naruto looked thoughtful.
It seemed Orochimaru's experiment progress was quite good.
"Try not to expose your Sharingan if you can help it,"
Naruto reminded him casually.
While he didn't care, it didn't mean Konoha or Sasuke wouldn't care.
"I will."
Kabuto nodded earnestly.
"From today on, you'll report to the orphanage."
Naruto waved his hand and said, "But if you violate the rules of the Tianming Organization, no one will be able to save you."
"I won't do anything so foolish."
Kabuto revealed a smile, and then his body vanished from the spot.
He was someone with quite a bit of self-awareness.
Naruto was actually fairly at ease with this guy.
More accurately, he had the strength to keep him under control.
As long as he did his job as the orphanage director, Naruto could turn a blind eye to his other activities.
Naruto turned and went back to the Hyuga Compound.
After nearly a month of traveling and playing with Hinata, he received an invitation from En Yui.
A brand new nation was being established.
In the Metropolis of the Land of Fire.
En Yui stood upon a high platform.
Below her were invited representatives from the various hidden villages, civil and military officials, and so on.
"From this day forward, there will be no more Land of Fire, Land of Wind, Land of Earth, Land of Lightning, Land of Snow, Land of Grass, and so on. There will only be one single nation."
Dressed in her finest attire, En Yui spoke loudly, "The Land of Summer!"
Well, that was the name Naruto had suggested.
The entire crowd cheered.
Whether they were willing or not, no one could stop the great tide of history.
Or rather, the great tide of the Tianming Organization.
"Now, I shall announce the new appointments..."
En Yui took out a piece of paper and began to read.
First were the five Ninja armies, which were exactly as Naruto had described.
Next were the new departments; the most important point was that the Tianming Organization would serve as the supervisory and gaming department.
Finally, there were matters concerning schools, commerce, and other fields.
Naruto and Hinata stood side by side.
Nagato was beside them; since he hadn't received his new body yet, he used the Transformation Jutsu to avoid drawing too much attention.
His expression was quite complex.
Because Naruto had told him in advance that he would be in charge of this new department.
In other words, the next leader of the Tianming Organization might be him.
This was all getting quite ridiculous.
He had clearly only joined the Tianming Organization because of a bet, wanting to see what they were up to.
But suddenly, he had become the boss?
[Congratulations to the host for achieving the world achievement 'Unification of the World' and receiving the associated special rewards.]
[Drawing rewards... Received one Character Card.]
Naruto instinctively looked at the system.
This achievement wasn't surprising.
It would have been more surprising if it weren't a world achievement.
A multi-colored golden light rushed in.
Looking at this Character Card, he had only one thought: I think I've just hit the jackpot.
[Character Card: Six Paths Sage.]
The main plot of this book is basically finished. What remains are the Dragon Vein, the wedding, and what should be the plot related to Ōtsutsuki Toneri.