Konoha Underground Laboratory...:
After Uchiha Nan copied the research results given by the Sage of Six Paths, the workload in the laboratory, which had been greatly reduced, immediately increased again. As a result, Tobirama Senju returned to his post with a stern face.
" Tobirama, think positively. Even if you're outside, you'll still be dealing with documents in the office. Those mundane matters can't compare to the noble cause of scientific research. You're contributing to the entire Ninja world!"
Seeing Tobirama Senju Uchiha Nan chuckled and tried to comfort (or even manipulate) him... Even if Tobirama wasn't doing research in the underground lab, he still had to use Shadow Clone to handle documents in the office. Want to rest?
impossible!
The Ninja world still needs his hard work and dedication!!
Moreover... Tobirama Senju is indeed Nara Luyuan. Dead people don't even need rest time to work, while Nara Luyuan can't... After he dies, we must Impure World Reincarnation to make up for the time he wasted while he was alive, and we must compensate him with a super-double amount!
"Hmph, you brat!"
I think you just can't stand to see me doing well!
All you ever think about is getting me back to that lab to work for you. I've worked for you for so many years, can't I at least enjoy myself a little?
Tobirama Senju said this, adding that if he could, he would definitely be sitting in a luxuriously decorated office working on documents. Of course, he didn't envy Uchiha Nan's work environment at all, really not at all... sobs
He valued a life lived in the sunlight; in Konoha's offices, who didn't treat him with utmost respect?
Everyone who sees him greets him with a smile and calls him " Second Lord!"
This is how he should enjoy his work and life; his emotional value is off the charts!
And inside this dilapidated laboratory.
Uchiha Nan, that naturally evil Uchiha brat, only knows how to manipulate and suppress himself, and that defeated opponent Izuna Uchiha is always up to no good!
Orochimaru from another world, huh?
Hard to judge... Hmph!
Hiruzen Sarutobi, that rebellious disciple, is a complete waste. He turned Orochimaru into this mess, turning him into a crazy researcher who even lost his own hand. He never forgets to apply lipstick while doing research, and now he's constantly harassing... his own Disciple from the same world.
Tobirama Senju muttered complaints to himself, but his body betrayed him as he followed Uchiha Nan back to his post.
Of course... we returned to the lab.
Some arguments are naturally unavoidable.
Because the two brothers, Six Paths and Izuna, took on many highly technical research projects in the laboratory, the workload in the laboratory suddenly became less intense. As the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju was still his primary source of power. As the saying goes, new clothes are better than old ones, and old friends are better than new ones. Uchiha Nan generously took Tobirama Senju out of the underground laboratory... but Izuna Uchiha remained in the underground laboratory.
This time it really is Hokage helping Hokage.
Of course, this wasn't Uchiha Nan intentionally targeting Izuna Uchiha. The main issue was that Madara Uchiha had been staying in Konoha for some time. If he had taken Izuna Uchiha out of the lab as well, he would almost certainly have ended Hashirama Senju.
He's always following Madara Uchiha around; what if Izuna Uchiha kidnaps Madara Uchiha?
Madara Uchiha, are you a succubus?
Izuna Uchiha, we can't lose such a useful ox and horse!
Therefore, Izuna Uchiha was very angry recently. As soon as he saw Uchiha Nan and Tobirama Senju appear in the underground laboratory, he immediately rushed in front of the two.
"Yo yo yo... isn't this Tobirama Senju... Why are you back again? I knew that black-hearted bastard Uchiha Nan would never let you out there... Hmph... Uchiha Nan, you bastard, don't think that just because you've been hiding from me, I'll forgive you!"
This isn't over yet!
Izuna Uchiha began to demand an explanation with a fierce and aggressive tone.
"Hmph... You defeated opponent, what is your status in Konoha? And what is mine? I am the Second Hokage of Konoha!"
"Even in a newly formed nation, my image will be re-engraved in the new nation... You are a ghost from an old era, only fortunate enough to be Impure World Reincarnation by Uchiha Nan through Edo Tensei, but in this era, besides your bastard brother, who else will remember you, a dead man from decades ago?"
"If we both appeared in Miha at the same time, even the kids from your Uchiha would only recognize me, not you, understand?! You defeated opponent!!"
You'll be stuck hiding in this dark, sunless underground laboratory for the rest of your life!
Because of Uchiha Nan, Tobirama Senju was in a bad mood. Whenever he saw Izuna Uchiha's sour face, a surge of anger would rise in his heart, and he would treat Izuna Uchiha with the same sharp and mean attitude as always!
What he said was truly a whisper from Garen, a silence that broke through her defenses, causing Izuna Uchiha to turn red instantly.
Although Izuna Uchiha was a renowned figure in the Warring States Period, one of the Uchiha Stars, his traces have been almost completely erased in this era. Moreover, he didn't even have a child. The Uchiha only remembers that there was once such an ancestor in the clan when they hold ancestral worship ceremonies during festivals and New Year's... Time is so merciless.
The traces of Tobirama Senju are still preserved. The older generation in Konoha still knows him, the name of the Second Hokage still circulates in the Ninja world, the younger generation attends the Ninja Academy, the textbooks at the Ninja Academy introduce the Second Hokage, and there is a statue of him on the Hokage Rock... These are all traces of Tobirama Senju's existence.
Uchiha Izumi blushed at Tobirama Senju Senju's words and stammered, unable to speak for a moment. Uchiha Nan also found Tobirama Senju's words too harsh, but it was the truth that was so harsh.
Lies don't hurt, but the truth does!
" Tobirama, aren't you being too hurtful with what you're saying?"
"I'll hurt your mother's head!!"
"You two bastards, you ganged up on me! Aaaaah... You just wait, I'll get my brother to avenge me!!"
Uchiha Nan originally meant well, wanting to say a few words for Izuna Uchiha, but the already enraged Izuna Uchiha clearly felt that Uchiha Nan and Tobirama Senju were ganging up on him, and immediately shouted emotionally, "Big brother, you... you have to stand up for me!!"
"Cough cough cough... Stop being so extravagant."
"As compensation."
"Next time Madara Uchiha comes to Konoha, I can give you a day off so you can meet with the Madara Uchiha brothers. Of course, you can't say anything you shouldn't."
Looking at Uchiha Nan Izuna Uchiha's broken expression, Uchiha Nan couldn't bear it. The Uchiha still had to be Uchiha. So he made a huge concession, willing to painfully delay the laboratory's research progress and let Izuna Uchiha rest for a whole day later.
"Damn it... It's just a day, do you think I care? I don't care at all!!"
Izuna Uchiha frowned deeply. He'd already suffered so much, and this heartless bastard Uchiha Nan, only offered him one day's compensation?
How could you be so heartless, you bastard!
We are all Uchiha!
Uchiha, help Uchiha!!
"Not rare?"
"Okay, then forget about compensating you with a day off. Just pretend I never said that."
Uchiha Nan, with dead fish eyes, immediately spoke up, not tolerating Izuna Uchiha's tantrums at all.
I've already given you a way out, so you should take it!
You dare to throw a tantrum at me today, and you dare to talk about striking tomorrow? Uchiha Nan absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of despicable behavior.
"Wait... that's not right... shouldn't you have given me a few more days... so I could make my request again... and go through a bit of back and forth?"
Izuna Uchiha's expression froze instantly, and he hurriedly said that the plot was not right. Logically speaking... I should definitely bargain with Uchiha Nan to get myself a few more days off.
This day was far too short!
"Hmph, Izuna Uchiha, I think you've forgotten one thing: Uchiha Nan is a heartless bastard."
"Giving you a day off is already a huge act of mercy. Even if I were to go out, I'd have to use Shadow Clone to handle the documents in the office."
Tobirama Senju spoke casually, though... he wasn't saying anything nice. Faced with Tobirama Senju's "misunderstanding," Uchiha Nan simply shrugged.
My heart is filled with unspoken emotions; who can truly understand them?
I did all of this for the sake of the entire Ninja world!
"Ugh... cough cough cough... Uchiha Nan... I was just teasing you!"
"I was just kidding, one day is one day... hahaha!"
Izuna Uchiha immediately realized his "mistake," his expression changing in a flash. " Tobirama Senju, you just wait! My older brother couldn't beat Uchiha Nan, but he can certainly beat you!"
"That's more like it..."
" The Sage of Six Paths has brought numerous scientific research results this time, the most important of which is an improved and enhanced version of the Edo Tensei technique."
"This is a resurrection technique; only this laboratory in the entire Konoha is qualified to see its related information!"
Uchiha Nan was very satisfied with Izuna Uchiha's speed of "changing his expression," and then changed the subject to talk about the Edo Tensei Technique.
According to the Sage of Six Paths, the hand seals involved in the improved and enhanced version of the Edo Tensei technique were all his deductions and simulations, and had not been tested and verified in the mortal world. Most of them would probably have to be scrapped and redesigned, and these scientific research and verification experiments could only be left to the laborers in the underground laboratory. As for others, Uchiha Nan did not trust them at all.
"Keep up the good work, I'll definitely bring you back to life someday!"
To motivate Uchiha Nan Tobirama Senju Izuna Uchiha readily offered empty promises. "In the future... even a hundred years is a future!"
"Hmph... 'later'... when is 'later'? Give me a specific date!"
Tobirama Senju murmured, "I've had enough of Uchiha Nan's empty promises... I want to be resurrected too. Even if I'm resurrected, I'll still have to work for Uchiha Nan, but at least I won't have to work so hard being treated like a nuclear-powered ox by Uchiha Nan."
Hmm... that's a good question!
"We'll discuss this issue again once you've completed the upgraded version of the Edo Tensei."
Uchiha Nan coughed, quickly changing the subject; Tobirama Senju's question was simply too pointed!
"You heartless beast!"
Faced with Uchiha Nan's evasive answers, Tobirama Senju and Izuna Uchiha spontaneously formed a united front and began verbally attacking Uchiha Nan.
Uchiha Nan, if you're going to make promises you can't at least make them sound more appealing... give us a little something to look forward to. This perfunctory response shows absolutely no sincerity... even though we know you're just making empty promises!
"Well... you two, don't get so worked up."
"You will definitely be resurrected, I will definitely do it... I swear, I promise, I swear on my integrity!!"
Uchiha Nan said this, then explained the work to Tobirama Senju and Izuna Uchiha, before turning and leaving the underground laboratory. There was still a pile of documents waiting for him to process in the office... Ah, Tobirama, I miss the days when you helped me with the documents in the office.
At this very moment...
Black Zetsu was excitedly waiting for Uchiha Nan in the Hokage's office. Not long ago, Black Zetsu received good news that made him tremble with excitement... his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, would soon be released.
"I've waited so long for this day!"
After countless days and nights of hard work, this little black-hearted ninja who has been stirring up trouble in the shadows of the Ninja world is finally about to get his wish and realize his dream that he has been striving for for thousands of years... Mom, Mom... I'm finally going to see you.
"Although it wasn't... Mother who was released on her own... I need to rely on my elder brother's strength..."
"But... everything I did had meaning... the outcome was good, and my mother will understand me... I'm really looking forward to it!"
Thinking of this, Black Zetsu felt a pang of sadness in his heart, almost to the point of tears of joy. He had waited and planned for a thousand years. Although Black Zetsu had made every move in this timeline, his role was essentially that of a nobody. However... this feeling of finally getting what he wanted was something that no one but himself could understand.
Waiting is always a long time; every minute and every second felt Black Zetsu long. He anxiously waited for Uchiha Nan in his office. Finally... Uchiha Nan returned to the Hokage Building, which had now been upgraded to a national administrative building of the Ninja world.
Uchiha Nan pushed open the office door.
"Brother, you've finally arrived!"
Upon seeing Uchiha Nan, Black Zetsu couldn't wait to pounce on Uchiha Nan.
" Black Zetsu..."
Uchiha Nan skillfully stroked Black Zetsu's smooth, round head. He didn't actually harbor any ill will towards Black Zetsu. As Kaguya Otsutsuki's child, he was both filial and loyal; for Kaguya Otsutsuki, he wouldn't even mind dying... Such virtue...
Who wouldn't want their child to be like Black Zetsu?
Uchiha Nan greatly admired Black Zetsu.
However, the way he was addressed made Uchiha Nan slightly unhappy.
Elder brother?
Black Zetsu, I think you should call me something different from now on!
Call me Daddy!!