Naruto：Immortality and the Eight Inner Gates[Double agent]

Inside Kagami's home.

Silence and dim lighting enveloped the living room.

Sitting on the sofa, Tobirama Senju slowly relaxed his furrowed brow, letting out a long sigh that made him seem ten years older.

At this moment, he was no longer the Second Hokage of Konoha. He was merely a pitiful teacher.

After a long pause, a slightly hoarse voice broke the stillness of the room. Tobirama finally spoke.

"Since you've already made up your mind, I'll respect your decision."

With that, his figure vanished abruptly.

Witnessing this, Rinjin, who had been glaring intensely moments before, suddenly let out a long breath of relief, his expression collapsing into one of exhaustion. He grumbled, "Damn it, that was exhausting. Convincing someone as cunning and experienced as him is no easy task."

Hearing this, Kagami, who was kneeling nearby, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

He suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to curse.

The atmosphere had been so poignant, tinged with bittersweet relief, and this guy just ruined it with a single sentence!

Give me back my tears!

Noticing Kagami's increasingly peculiar expression from the corner of his eye, Rinjin chuckled mischievously and walked over. Pulling him up with a mix of tugging and dragging, he said, "Alright, stop looking so grim. Living happily is more important than anything else! Look at your house—over 500 square meters—and yet you only have one son. Doesn't it feel empty? Doesn't it feel lonely? If you ask me, the key to happiness is to have more kids!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kagami's face turned pitch black.

Damn it, you were eavesdropping, weren't you?!

You definitely eavesdropped on me, you bastard!

Behind the bedroom door, Haruna, who was kneeling on the floor with tears in her eyes, suddenly blushed furiously. Her delicate face, streaked with tears, now radiated an embarrassed yet tender glow.

Seeing Kagami's long, handsome face grow darker, Rinjin awkwardly patted him on the shoulder. Activating the Flying Thunder God Technique, he disappeared without a trace.

At least this guy's emotional knot was untied.

The Uchiha bloodline: Gettodaze~

Back in the office of the Rain Village leader, Rinjin stared out through the massive floor-to-ceiling windows. The distant sky was beginning to brighten.

Just as he was about to find a comfortable position to lounge on the sofa, Tobirama Senju suddenly appeared on the single-seater sofa opposite him, his face dark as he stared intently at Rinjin.

His emotions were complicated.

As a teacher, he felt guilty.

As Tsunade's granduncle, he was somewhat satisfied.

But as the former leader of Konoha, he found this young man in front of him to be extremely dangerous.

Tobirama had taken a brief tour of the Rain Village. While its overall area was smaller than Konoha and its population was less, its level of commercial development far surpassed Konoha.

Even in the early hours of the morning, during wartime no less, merchants continued to come and go in an endless stream.

Due to the geography of the Land of Rain, the entire country was essentially a marshland except for the area surrounding the Rain Village. This not only prevented the Land of Rain from becoming the center of warfare but also forced merchants traveling between the Lands of Wind, Earth, and Fire to pass through the three major bridges connecting them.

The direct result of this was that this otherwise obscure little village could sustain itself solely on tolls collected from passing merchants.

It was a brilliant strategy, one that turned the Land of Rain's strategic position on its head—transforming it from a war buffer zone into an economic stronghold.

However, this was precisely what worried Tobirama.

As the Rain Village grew increasingly prosperous, he feared its ambitions would swell in tandem.

Of course, that was only part of his concern.

What worried him most was this young man, Rinjin.

This guy was undoubtedly scheming something involving the Uchiha... No! This brat might even be plotting against the Senju Clan as well.

On the surface, he appeared to be Konoha's western shield, helping to contain the Sand Village of the Land of Wind and the Rock Village of the Land of Earth.

But in reality?

In reality, this kid was advancing steadily and swiftly. His personal strength was already on par with Madara Uchiha, and given another twenty or thirty years, the forces behind him would undoubtedly rise to prominence.

After all, this brat had both money and manpower.

Thinking of this, Tobirama's heart was filled with shock, but his expression remained unchanged.

"Ahem..." Clearing his throat, Tobirama slowly began to speak.

"Rinjin, I have a question for you."

"Go ahead," Rinjin replied, sitting on the sofa with an innocent look, nodding earnestly.

"What do you think about Tsunade becoming the Fourth Hokage?"

Hearing this, Rinjin's eyes narrowed slightly, a cold laugh echoing in his heart.

This old fox is testing me now!

Without hesitation, Rinjin replied, "I don't think it's a good idea."

"Why not?"

"Because it wouldn't accomplish much. Making her the Fifth Hokage might be more effective."

"That seems a bit late."

"Well... you never know."

Hearing this, Tobirama's expression remained unchanged, but inwardly, he sneered.

The Fourth Hokage wouldn't accomplish much, but the Fifth would?

You sly, cunning brat. Is this feigned weakness, or are you hiding some deeper scheme?

Though their conversation consisted of only a few sentences, the two foxes—one old and one young—had already exchanged several moves in the shadows.

Tobirama's intentions were simple:

He wanted Tsunade to become the Fourth Hokage, thereby keeping Rinjin and his Rain Village in check.

Rinjin's response was equally straightforward:

There's no need to suppress me for now. In the short term, I'll behave. The Rain Village won't surpass Konoha in development anytime soon.

So, you might as well save your trump card for later.

But Tobirama immediately began to overthink:

No need to suppress you in the short term? What happens when you take off?

What if, by the time Tsunade becomes the Fifth Hokage, the Rain Village surpasses Konoha?

At that point, who would really be in charge—you or her?

To put it in simpler terms:

Rinjin was like a young entrepreneur just starting out, who had somehow ended up... or perhaps been passively drawn into a relationship with Tsunade, the heiress of a publicly traded company.

Now, the company's major shareholder, Tobirama, was saying:

"You're not bad, kid. Marry into the family! I'm getting old, so as long as you agree, I'll let Tsunade inherit the company shares and take over the business. As for your little startup, just merge it into our company. That way, you can free up your energy to support your wife."

But Rinjin, being a stubborn young man, insisted:

"A man must establish his career before starting a family. I want to build my own company and go public myself."

The current situation was this:

Rinjin was out there recruiting top talent—hiring a CFO here, poaching a tech genius there—and had somehow managed to make his little startup quite successful.

The major shareholder, Tobirama, saw this and thought, "This won't do. If I let you keep going like this, you'll end up going public on your own! In a few years, your market value might even surpass ours!"

This wouldn't do at all!

What I want is a son-in-law, not a hostile takeover!

The Konoha Nonviolent Noncooperation Corporation must remain under the Senju name, not the Sōhō name!

So Tobirama's compromise was:

"I'll take a step back. You two get married now, and Tsunade can inherit the family assets. Our company will even support your little startup. But you must remember to treat Tsunade well—give her some equity, massage her feet, warm her bed, and listen to her in everything. In the future, you must also help her smoothly transfer the company's power to Nawaki."

Rinjin's response?

"Let's wait a few years. Once my company goes public, then we'll talk about marriage. By then, it'll be Tsunade massaging my feet and warming my bed."

"I may be a live-in son-in-law, but I am also the Dragon King!"

Cue the crooked smirk~

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