Age Spots

Konoha Village.

Tsunade brought back a Crystal Coffin.

Although she stored the Crystal Coffin in her own medical ninja Secret Chamber, it was still quickly discovered by some people because too many people knew the person inside the Crystal Coffin.

Fortunately.

The damage caused by Konoha's use of Shirou Emiya last time was still fresh in people's minds, and most of Miyō's higher-ups dared not come up with the idea of using Shirou Emiya again.

Certainly.

This definitely excludes someone.

For example, Shimura Danzo, who became the Hokage Assistant, had witnessed Konoha's powerful strength suppressing all dissenting voices when the First Hokage was alive. Shimura Danzo gradually realized the importance of power and wanted to obtain Shirou Emiya's Curse Mark to strengthen the ninjas under his demonic power.

But·

There are two problems.

Firstly, it's because he didn't learn the Impure World Reincarnation. In fact, no one in Konoha had ever learned the Impure World Reincarnation before. The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, strictly forbade anyone from learning the Impure World Reincarnation to prevent Konoha from being criticized and humiliated again.

Secondly, it was naturally because Tsunade kept a close eye on things, studying next to that Crystal Coffin every day. Her identity made Shimura Danzo very wary.

After all, Tsunade is the granddaughter of the First Hokage.

Furthermore, she also possesses the Curse Mark power of Shirou Emiya.

But.

Tsunade obtaining the Crystal Coffin was not kept secret from many people.

For example, she couldn't hide it from her friends. Orochimaru, who had just returned from Ryuchi Cave, noticed that something was wrong with Tsunade.

The young Orochimaru looked increasingly like a teacher, and his temperament seemed to be becoming more sinister. He held a Medical Record Scroll in his hands, very curious about what had happened to his companion.

"Tsunade, you seem a bit restless lately. Didn't you say you were going to find the Sage Land of Shikkotsu Forest? I've already obtained the Summoning Contract for Ryuchi Cave. Because Jiraiya was accidentally reverse-summoned to Mount Myōboku, one of the three Sage Lands, Jiraiya practicing his Summoning Technique, this has attracted the attention of Orochimaru and Tsunade, since they also happen to know about the other two Sage Lands."

When his parents died during his childhood, Orochimaru obtained the Snake Slough of a White Phosphorus Snake, so he went to Ryuchi Cave and successfully obtained the Summoning Contract of Ryuchi Cave.

"Don't even mention it."

Tsunade slumped weakly on the table, listlessly fiddling with the teacup. "I've found Shikkotsu Forest too, and passed the test—"

"Isn't this something to be happy about?"

Young Orochimaru gave her a somewhat strange look, then casually picked up the teapot and refilled his cup with tea. "I remember you've always liked that, haven't you?"

"But"

Tsunade wanted to reveal that she had obtained Emiya Tsuchihara's crystal Crystal Coffin and was studying by Crystal Coffin until late every day, which made her somewhat tired. However, remembering Shirou Emiya's taboo in Konoha, she could only reluctantly take a sip of tea and decide to keep quiet.

"Never mind, I'd better not say anything more."

"Then let's think about things that make us happy."

Young Orochimaru shook his head and handed her a small plate of tea and snacks, saying, "Speaking of Jiraiya? Why haven't we heard from him yet?"

"That Jiraiya guy—"

Tsunade shook her head, not wanting to talk about that unreliable teammate any further.

"Did you miss me?"

Jiraiya's voice immediately echoed in the room, a confident glint in his eyes. "I heard a magical story while I was training at Mount Myōboku, Tsunade will surely find interesting! The Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku once saw a person!"

"Absolutely no interest—"

Tsunade waved him away, signaling him to go play somewhere else. "Probably some story about the Sage of Six Paths and the Ninja Sect again? I'm not interested!"

"No!"

The young Jiraiya stopped being coy and bluntly revealed the truth, his face showing the shock he had felt when he first heard the story. "Remember the taboo in our village? It's about that name, Shirou Emiya!"

Tsunade's expression suddenly changed.

A hint of curiosity appeared on the young Orochimaru's face.

Although Konoha has always forbidden mentioning Shirou Emiya's time in Konoha, it's no secret to the three of them; they can find out about what happened back then simply by asking around the Shinobi World.

During the First Shinobi World War, Konoha's use of Shirou Emiya in the war ultimately provoked widespread anger, and it was Shirou Emiya eventually quelled the Shinobi World War.

"You wouldn't believe it!"

Jiraiya's face lit up with smugness. He unceremoniously shoveled the tea and snacks off the plate and then grabbed Orochimaru's teapot, shoveling the tea into his mouth!

"Speak if you have something to say, otherwise get lost—"

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a hint of displeasure.

"Hehehehe—"

The young man with white hair immediately lost his composure, his face beaming as if he had discovered some great secret. "You'd never guess, would you?"

"Shirou Emiya used to dislike the Sage of Six Paths. The Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku once invited Shirou Emiya to join the Ninja Sect on behalf of the Sage of Six Paths, but he refused!"

"Then what?"

Tsunade looked at him curiously.

"Ah?"

The guy scratched the back of his head, looking a little embarrassed, and continued, "And that's it."

The Great Toad Sage didn't tell me the rest of the story.

"Throw him out."

Tsunade.

"Hehe--.

Orochimaru smiled and grabbed Jiraiya by the collar, dragging him to the window and throwing him out.

"Hey, you two!"

Startled, the young Jiraiya quickly grabbed the windowsill, scrambled to his feet, and angrily berated his teammates. "I was just trying to be helpful by telling you this! Haven't you always been very interested in him?"

Young Orochimaru's lips curled into a slight smile as he said, "But this kind of thing doesn't sound interesting at all."

In fact.

It's not as good as the information I found out in Ryuchi Cave.

The White Snake Sage didn't shy away from talking about Shirou Emiya, but he couldn't help but feel a little regretful when mentioning him, which led Orochimaru to discover some clues.

"He was a man who was not obsessed with power, but later he obtained god-like power by chance. He used this god-like power to save some people who should not have been saved, and to end his life that should not have ended."

"Cut--.-"

"It doesn't seem like anything special!"

Young Jiraiya dissatisfied with Orochimaru's words, and angrily lectured him. "What we want to hear are stories, interesting stories! Like how he died saving someone!"

"There's nothing particularly good about it."

Teuchi Jiraiya, and began to leave on her own. "I'm going to check the medical records."

You two can chat here at your leisure!

"I didn't find out any more."

The young Orochimaru slowly shook his head, no longer mentioning those matters, and instead brought up recent events:

"Has something happened in the village recently?"

"What's wrong?"

Tsunade didn't notice anything amiss.

"What have you been up to lately—"

As a meticulous person, Orochimaru immediately sensed something was wrong. "Did we stay in that medical Secret Chamber for too long?"

"Normal daily routine."

Tsunade, indicating that the other party did not need to worry. "I just finish flipping through a few volumes every day and then go to sleep, so it doesn't interfere with my cultivation."

Nothing much has happened during this time!

Tsunade believed that she had always been in the village. Every day she would take a stroll and then go to that Secret Chamber to study and cultivate. When she was sleepy at night, she would just sleep there. When she was thirsty, she would drink a bottle of glucose. When she felt a bit bored, she would go out and buy a cup of sugarcane juice.

This kind of life...

It's as regular as when I was a child.

The only difference was that at that time, she was accompanied by someone she could talk to, and that person would tuck her in with a small blanket while she was asleep.

"What I'm trying to say is that what you didn't notice while you were in the Secret Chamber is that many people in the village have gone on missions, which is a bit unusual."

Young Orochimaru brought up the matter, his narrow eyes subtly resembling snake pupils. "This year, our conflicts with Hidden Stone Village and Hidden Sand Village have increased significantly."

The interests of the Shinobi World are always finite.

No matter which ninja village it is, they all want to be so full that they can waste food, and they are unwilling to leave these benefits to other ninja villages. In the end, conflict will inevitably break out.

Compared to these young people.

An elderly man saw these truths even more clearly.

Due to the recent large-scale departure of Konoha ninjas, an old man, trembling and unsteady, sneaked into Konoha Village.

He wore a hood to conceal his figure.

The old man's whereabouts were very strange. He neither went to the commercial street of Konoha Village, nor went to see the scenery outside the Konoha Village's Hokage, nor did he post any ninja requests. Instead, he shakily arrived at the most unpopular Uchiha Clan Compound.

Naka Shrine.

This is where the Uchiha Clan holds its clan meeting.

It has remained unchanged since the Warring States Period, and this shrine was incorporated into the territory of Konoha when it was first established.

His purpose

It is the Stone Tablet in the Naka Shrine.

Although the old man's movements were mysterious, he never encountered a single person along the way, perfectly avoiding all the Konoha ninjas.

"Spot."""

"Can it hold on?"

The Black Zetsu appeared silently, quietly inquiring about the old man's health, "If you can't hold on, find a White Zetsu to come over—"

"Cough cough cough—. It's okay."

The elderly Madara Uchiha, his hair all white, walked shakily into the Naka Shrine, step by step toward the Stone Tablet passed down through generations of the Uchiha Clan.

Now··

He was finally able to see the last words on the Stone Tablet.

The elderly Madara Uchiha stretched out his palm, his eyes slowly opening to reveal a pair of Rinnegan, gazing at the contents of the Stone Tablet.

At first 17

Madara Uchiha obtained the power of positive and negative forces from the Stone Tablet, which could interact to create all things in the universe. He tried every means to obtain the flesh and blood of Hashirama Senju, but in the end, apart from awakening the power of Wood Release, nothing else happened.

Later.

With the guidance of Shirou Emiya Madara Uchiha learned that the All Things of Nature Power is the Rinnegan, and that he simply needs time for the Rinnegan to slowly awaken.

Now·

His Rinnegan has finally been awakened.

Just as Shirou Emiya had predicted.

The eye that had been blinded in order to escape a calamity was restored, and even evolved into the Rinnegan.

These Rinnegan possess the power to communicate between life and death, yin and yang, and also allowed Madara Uchiha to summon a strange object called the Ten-Tails' Husk, which he referred to as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Under Black Zetsu's guidance, Madara Uchiha used the vigorous reproductive power of Hashirama Cells and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to try to cultivate a group of White Zetsu to take care of his daily life.

Now·

Madara Uchiha wanted to see the final secret inscribed on the Stone Tablet.

The method left behind by the Sage of Six Paths, capable of changing the world and bringing Eternal Peace to the Shinobi World, was precisely the dream that allowed him to survive despite his hardships.

"Infinite Tsukuyomi— "

Madara Uchiha read all the secrets on the Stone Tablet and learned all the clues from Ancient Era. A look of understanding finally appeared on his face.

No wonder—

A smile appeared on Madara Uchiha's face, as if he understood something. "Only now do I realize why Lord Shirou has been unwilling to tell me the truth. It turns out that this technique truly represents humanity's choice in the worst possible era."

"I was going to tell you—"

Black Zetsu spoke cautiously, seemingly unconcerned that Madara Uchiha might change his mind, and even still acting as the will of Shirou Emiya.

"But Wei Yuan-sama always believed that this was humanity's last choice. After Wei Yuan-sama quelled the last Shinobi World War, the Shinobi World has been at peace until today. Besides, your health has never been very good."

Should we delay the execution of this plan?

"Cough cough cough—it's definitely necessary to delay."

Madara Uchiha nodded, and amidst Black Zetsu's trembling fear, retorted in a deep voice, "But it's not because of peace in the Shinobi World. The next Shinobi World War is brewing, and the world is getting worse and worse. The Infinite Tsukuyomi plan must be carried out."

"The reason we chose to delay is that I am weakening. The Infinite Tsukuyomi needs to collect the Nine Tailed Beasts of the Shinobi World and inject their Chakra into the Ten-Tails' Husk that I accidentally summoned before. Right now, my power is too weak to snatch the Tailed Beast from the great ninja village."

"Let's go back and discuss the new plan."

"I need to find someone capable of withstanding the power of the Rinnegan to carry out my plan to collect the Tailed Beast. Finally, I'll have them revive me using the Rinne Rebirth Technique, and then I'll complete the final step of the Infinite Tsukuyomi."

After saying that, Madara Uchiha chuckled self-deprecatingly, "If only I had been more interested in Lord Shirou -Lord Shirou's medical skills back then, and asked him for some techniques that could help me maintain my body at its peak—"

"Hehehehe—"

Black Zetsu couldn't help but smile along.

You can't say that!

I had no idea about Shirou Emiya's medical skills.

After all, it never followed Shirou Emiya while he was traveling around the Shinobi World healing, and it doesn't know Shirou Emiya left any solutions behind.

Certainly.

If Black Zetsu had been monitoring Konoha, he would have discovered that Shirou Emiya might have actually left behind a solution: Tsunade had already developed the Mitotic Regeneration.

"Alright."

"We should go."

The elderly Madara Uchiha turned to leave, his steps growing heavier with each passing moment. "Fortunately, it was me who wanted to carry out this plan. If it were Lord Shirou, given his personality, I wonder when he would ever be willing to make a decision for the Eternal Peace of this world."

"That's just how Wei Yuan-sama is—"

Black Zetsu spoke cautiously, his hoarse voice a mix of mockery and nostalgia. "He always thought of others first, believing he had the ability to relieve the suffering of the world, but in the end, he was the only one left to bear the pain alone—"

"I won't be as soft-hearted as him."

The elderly Madara Uchiha slowly left Konoha, a wry smile spreading across his wrinkled lips, "If he were still in this world, he might have jumped out to stop the impending Shinobi World War!"

"Pity-"

"He will never be in this world again."

"This world is beyond saving."