After dealing with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Sarutobi Toru began his favorite activity again: looting homes. Unfortunately, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's home had already been looted once, so there were no pleasant surprises this time.
As usual, he discovered another Ten-Tails that had yet to be transformed into a God Tree. He then fed it to the God Tree, which radiated boundless Chakra. Sarutobi Toru believed that this time, the God Tree would surely bear its most powerful fruit yet.
Everything that could be fed to the God Tree had already been fed to it. Sarutobi Toru did not wait any longer and activated his Hormone Fruit ability. With almost no resistance at all, the God Tree began bearing a Chakra Fruit anew.
This time, Sarutobi Toru merely used his Hormone Fruit ability to spur it at the beginning. He left the rest to the God Tree itself. By his estimate, it would take at most three to five months for the God Tree to bear a Chakra Fruit, and a naturally formed Chakra Fruit would contain slightly more energy than one forced to grow through his Hormone ability.
Sarutobi Toru had no intention of wasting those three to five months. He planned to work on advancing the awakening of his Hormone Fruit ability while also helping Konoha Village in this world expand its strength.
As for how to expand its strength? Sarutobi Toru chose the method that would let him make the fullest use of his Hormone Fruit ability: controlling and brainwashing the key figures of the other ninja villages.
After long years of training, his Hormone Fruit ability had reached the half-awakened stage. With the boost from his immense strength and the chemical reactions produced by the wondrous energy known as Chakra, even Kage-level fighters could hardly avoid being controlled by his