Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Kaguya Dungeon Again
The word-by-word speech of Senju Tobirama made Sarutobi Hiruzen unable to help but feel shaken.
"Unify the ninja world?"
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen also had such ambitions, his grand aspirations had long been worn down over the years.
'Moreover, does Konoha currently have the strength to…'
"I had long anticipated that you and Danzo wouldn't have the capability, so before my death, I used a forbidden technique to foresee some of the future, and those foreseen futures were also recorded by me and buried in Konoha."
Senju Tobirama's tone shifted, and his speech became increasingly hurried, as if the time for the technique was truly running out.
"The location of the burial will be automatically known to you after you wake up. I hope you make good use of what I have left for you, fulfill my wishes, and make Konoha stand above the heavens. Alright, you should go now. I hope we, master and disciple, won't meet again too soon."
"Wait, teacher!"
'This is too absurd, a forbidden technique to foresee the future?'
'The teacher actually accomplished such a thing before his death?'
Sarutobi Hiruzen really wanted to ask for more details, but as Senju Tobirama disappeared, everything before his eyes turned into nothingness.
He himself also woke up from his bed, feeling a sense of loss.
'A dream?'
'Or real?'
Sitting on the bed, Sarutobi Hiruzen stared blankly at his aged hands.
———
"This should be about right."
The one who disguised himself as Senju Tobirama and entered Sarutobi Hiruzen's dream was, of course, Uchiha Kage.
"I hope that in the future, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo, these two old fellows, will focus more of their energy outside of Konoha Village."
Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn't believe in the dream, that "future" buried by his own hands will definitely be able to deceive these two old guys.
'And if it doesn't work, I can always come back to deceive them again.'
'However, using all two points of bond points only gave this much dream time; the dream function has quite a few limitations.'
'But the operability in the dream was not bad, and the transformation wasn't seen through.'
"As an evil Uchiha, one should stir up chaos in the ninja world."
Only when chaos arises can he collect higher-quality ninja fragments to strengthen himself.
Of course, the premise is that he can survive the turmoil in the ninja world.
Now that he has stirred up some of Sarutobi Hiruzen's ambitions, he must also quickly grow stronger.
'There are still two action points, let's try the dungeon first.'
'Although it's unlikely to conquer the dungeon of Kaguya and the Sage of Six Paths' battle, even if it fails, there are Naruto and Sasuke's fragments as a guarantee.'
'It's a win either way.'
"Enter the dungeon!"
As long as he can restore his original Mangekyō Sharingan by absorbing ninja fragments, he won't have to worry about not having the power to protect himself anymore.
——
"Father."
Pitter-Patter! Pitter-Patter!
Tender white feet stepped on the clean wooden floor, the rosy ankles particularly endearing.
Hinata had just returned home and changed into her training clothes, heading straight to the family's indoor dojo.
Inside the dojo, a dignified middle-aged man was already standing in the center with his hands behind his back.
Hyuga Hiashi, the head of the Hyuga clan, and also Hinata's father.
"I heard you won against someone from the Uchiha clan today?"
"No, I…"
Hinata subconsciously touched her chest.
She didn't know whether she had won or lost today.
"Winning is winning, losing is losing, what's with the hesitation," Hyuga Hiashi looked at his daughter, although his expression was stern, there was still some softness in his heart.
The eldest daughter trains extremely diligently, but unfortunately, her talent is not good, far behind Neji's.
Plus, she is easily shy and somewhat weak in character…
The position of clan head probably can't be passed on to her.
But Hyuga Hiashi still wanted to give her a chance.
"Come, let me see how much you've improved recently."
"Yes."
Taking a stance, Hinata charged towards her father with her Gentle Fist.
.
.
.
"Sister… are you okay?"
After an unknown amount of time, Hinata, covered in wounds, woke up in her bed.
At the bedside, a young girl looking at her with concern was her younger sister, Hyuga Hanabi.
"Hanabi?"
'Ouch—'
The pain in her body quickly reminded her of the memories in the training dojo, where she repeatedly attacked her father, only to be sent flying by the sharp Gentle Fist techniques.
In a daze, it seemed as if her father's scolding words were still lingering in her ears.
'I thought you had made progress, but I didn't expect you to be worse than before. Such a weak Gentle Fist is unworthy of the Hyuga clan's name.'
She didn't expect to still disappoint her father…
"What time is it now?"
Shaking off the thoughts of her father, Hinata remembered that she had promised Hanabi yesterday to play with her after school today.
And now it was almost dark.
Enduring the soreness in her body, the young girl quickly got out of bed.
"Dinner will be ready soon, sister, why don't you lie down a bit longer."
Looking at the wounds on her sister's hands, Hyuga Hanabi's face was full of concern.
"No need, sister is perfectly fine," Hinata gently shook her head, then took her sister's hand, "I promised to play with you today, let's go to the yard."
"Okay!", Since her sister said she was fine, Hanabi finally showed a smile.
But—
Hanabi hadn't been happy for long when she noticed that her sister, who had promised to play with her, had fallen asleep on the wooden steps shortly after arriving in the yard.
"Sister…"
———
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
[Outside]
The Sage of Six Paths and his mother Kaguya, a family of three, were engaged in a fierce battle.
[Inside]
Hidden under a mountain, Uchiha Kage, Naruto, and Sasuke were staring at each other.
"I knew it, I knew it, this isn't a dream!"
Naruto was excited for a while, then shrank back in fear.
The bombing outside was still ongoing, and no one knew when it would land on their heads like last night.
"It's not a dream, but it shouldn't be real either, otherwise…"
If this place was real, they should have been blown to pieces last night.
Sasuke also didn't know what the current situation was, but he no longer dared to treat this as just a simple dream.
After all, although they didn't really die, it really hurt when they did.
"What do you think, Kage?"
Although this fellow clansman who had been through thick and thin couldn't activate the Sharingan and was a loser.
Over the years, Sasuke had habitually relied on Uchiha Kage as his backbone in many matters.
"I'm looking at the mission that appeared when we arrived here."
This was a lie.
Uchiha Kage wasn't actually thinking about the mission; he was just thinking about how to throw Naruto and Sasuke out to die and then collect ninja fragments.
The battle outside, unless the Naruto and Sasuke by his side were the "Yellow Flash" and "Purple Hound" from the final battle, would they have a chance to fight, but now…
One is a paint-throwing (paint bucket) Naruto without a bucket, and the other is a genin Sasuke who hasn't learned Chidori yet.
With this setup, forget about fighting the Sage of Six Paths, even fighting a minion under Orochimaru would be tough.
In other words, the mission 'Help Kaguya escape the fate of being sealed by Hagoromo and Hamura' is almost impossible to complete.
"If there's a mission, there's a reward."
'So, forgive me, Sasuke, for the sake of restoring my strength, I can only let you suffer a bit first.'
'Anyway, you won't die.'
Uchiha Kage knew that Sasuke, who had always made revenge his life's goal, would definitely want to seize every opportunity to become stronger.
So he would definitely take the bait for the unknown mission reward.
"Complete the mission?"
Sasuke's heart was indeed burning with desire.
The people outside were stronger than monsters; if he could also have that kind of strength…
He would set out to kill Uchiha Itachi tonight.
"Right, right, maybe after completing the mission, we can leave this place," Naruto didn't understand anything, but he didn't want to appear to be a fool, so he quickly agreed with Uchiha Kage's words.
"That makes sense. Right now, we're essentially trapped here. Apart from dying… maybe only by completing the mission can we escape this 'dream'."
'Naruto is indeed a good wingman; now there's a reason to 'die together' later.'
Uchiha Kage nodded in agreement with Naruto's words, then pretended to discuss the feasibility of the mission.
"However, with our current strength, a direct confrontation is definitely not advisable. We can only resort to strategy. But before that, we need to understand each other better, such as… what ninjutsu is everyone best at?"
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