Konoha, Year 20
In a dense forest, a group of people rested here, panting heavily. It seemed they had just finished a brutal battle not long ago.
Tobirama Senju looked at his disciples. Every one of them was in a miserable state, their clothes tattered and torn, with several of them wounded.
He had been wise all his life, only to make one foolish mistake! He had actually been ambushed at the negotiating table after the Great Ninja War ended!
And that damn Raikage—how did he manage his subordinates? His men were plotting a coup, and he knew nothing about it?
No matter how hard subordinates were to manage, could they possibly be harder to manage than that pack of hereditary lunatics from the Uchiha Clan? Hadn't he still beaten the Uchiha into complete submission?
What a bunch of barbaric idiots. Not a brain cell among them.
But cursing the Raikage was useless now. After all, he himself had been killed by those two traitorous bastards, Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
Tobirama Senju sensed the Chakra within him. More than half remained. With his Flying Thunder God Technique, returning to the village alone would not be a problem, but he still had this group of deadweights with him.
Given the current situation, it was time to make a decision. Tobirama Senju closed his eyes and pondered for a long time. Should he save himself, or save his disciples?
"In this situation, if we want to escape, someone must draw away Kinkaku and Ginkaku's elite unit. But that person's fate..."
Tobirama Senju's expression was grim, and he did not speak the rest of the sentence, because the outcome was obvious. There was only one path: death.
As soon as his words fell, silence followed. No one spoke, because no one wanted to die.
A few seconds later, Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke with determination in his voice:
"I'll go!"
Tobirama Senju looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi. Beneath his stern expression, the corner of his mouth curved slightly.
Danzo, meanwhile, looked like a cat with its fur standing on end. That brief hesitation just now had revealed the difference between him and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"I am the Hokage. Naturally, I should be the bait. You are all young inheritors of the Will of Fire, the ones who will protect the village in the future."
Tobirama Senju's words caused a huge uproar. Everyone present tried to dissuade him. To trade Tobirama Senju's life for theirs—were their lives really that precious?
Danzo especially had stopped trembling. He stepped forward directly, volunteering to be the bait and die in Tobirama's place.
But there was no time for Danzo to put on a performance. A few harsh words from Tobirama instantly suppressed him, and then he said to Hiruzen Sarutobi:
"Monkey, protect those who admire the village and place their trust in you. Then nurture them into people worthy of entrusting with the next generation."
"Starting tomorrow, you will be the Hokage!"
"Monkey, I leave Konoha to you."
At this moment, in Konoha.
Uchiha Compound
Inside a room, a young man pressed his palms together and muttered under his breath.
"Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, Jesus..."
"It's time for you to show your power. Bless me with a gold pull this time."
"Today is a good day. The Second Hokage Tobirama and the Raikage are negotiating. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be dead by now. On such a festive day, I can't pull another white reward."
Uchiha Nan stared at the enormous Gacha Wheel before him, eagerly hoping that this month's draw would bring him a surprise.
As a transmigrator, this wheel was the trump card Uchiha Nan relied on to survive in the dangerous Naruto World.
Other than the beginner's gift pack he received at the start, which had given him three Mangekyō Sharingan trial cards, each usable for one day, everything else came from the Gacha Wheel.
There was one fixed draw every month, and completing missions issued by the Gacha Wheel could earn additional draws.
The prize pool contained all sorts of items. Based on his more than ten years of experimentation, they were divided into five categories: white, green, red, orange, and gold.
White corresponded to everyday items, such as clothes, shoes, stools, milk, and so on.
Green corresponded to ninja tools, such as kunai, Shuriken, Explosive Tags, and the like.
Red represented ninjutsu. It had every kind of ninjutsu imaginable, from Forbidden Jutsu to ordinary Shadow Clones.
Orange represented Kekkei Genkai, such as the Byakugan, Wood Style, Ice Release, Magnet Release, Lava Release, and so on.
The gold prize pool contained the most top-tier treasures in the Naruto World: Mangekyō Sharingan, Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Sage Body, perfect Sage Mode, and Chakra Fruit.
After sixteen years in this world, Uchiha Nan's draws had consistently hovered between white and green. Pulling red made him as happy as if it were New Year's, while he had only drawn orange once. As for gold, Uchiha Nan did not even dare dream about it.
"Ding-dong, welcome, Host, to the draw!"
Uchiha Nan pressed the draw button. A crisp sound rang out, and the massive wheel lit up. Its pointer began to spin. There were more than a thousand slots in total. White occupied the vast majority, green was scattered among the white slots, red dotted the wheel like specks, orange was scarce, and gold occupied only one or two slots. Without looking carefully, one would not even notice them.
"Gold! Gold!"
"Give me gold!!!"
Uchiha Nan's eyes reddened as his Three-Tomoe Sharingan stared fixedly at the pointer. His hands clenched into fists so tightly that his fingers turned slightly white.
"Damn it, green!"
"Three Explosive Tags."
Uchiha Nan sighed. Sure enough, it was the same as always: white or green.
Explosive Tags it was, then. Even a single Explosive Tag was worth quite a bit, and selling them for money was not bad. Uchiha Nan comforted himself.
If he wanted a gold pull, relying on his own luck was hopeless. Uchiha Nan did not think he had the fate of a European Emperor. In the end, he still had to rely on himself.
Uchiha Nan opened the mission interface issued by the Gacha Wheel. It displayed a long-term mission, one that had been issued on the day Uchiha Nan officially became a ninja.
Mission: Become the Hokage of Konoha. Reward: One chance to draw a gold-tier reward from the Gacha Wheel.
Now was the best time to complete this long-term mission.
Born during Tobirama Senju's tenure as Hokage, it was simply impossible to become Hokage through normal channels.
Become Tobirama Senju's disciple, earn Tobirama Senju's recognition, and finally be appointed Hokage by Tobirama Senju?
He was Uchiha. The clan crest on his clothes and the Magatama in his eyes were enough to make Tobirama Senju think of that old bastard Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Madara was completely insane.
Every Uchiha Clan member who awakened the Sharingan had psychological problems, without exception.
That included Uchiha Nan himself. Ever since childhood, he had practiced ninjutsu meant for killing.
He had graduated at six and become a ninja, then gone straight out on missions. He had picked up a kunai and started cutting people down, and he had been damn good at it. How could that not leave him with some psychological issues?
Those who awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan were even more like butterflies emerging from cocoons, turning into outright lunatics. If an Uchiha truly became Hokage, who could say that one day some real madman would not emerge from the clan, smack his forehead, come up with a brilliant idea, and lead Konoha down a road of no return?
If someone told Tobirama Senju that the Uchiha were planning a world-shaking scheme to save the world and preserve Ninja World Peace, creating an unprecedented ninjutsu that could hang every ninja in the world from trees and let them dream beautiful dreams, thereby bringing unprecedented peace to the Ninja World...
Then Tobirama Senju would definitely take that person's words seriously and immediately investigate the Uchiha from top to bottom.
After all, the Uchiha really might do something like that. They were all insane.
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