So-Called Completion

Although Boruto was famously impossible to burn, it still revealed information about the so-called future.

So, whether or not Boruto existed, and whether a member of the Otsutsuki Clan was still wandering the various countries, barely clinging to life, Li Ke had no intention of revealing too many of his cards.

He and Minato could crush the major hidden villages without relying on the ninja inside his body, but that would leave them with almost all their cards played. If their strength waned, it would be hard to keep crushing the opposition.

So Li Ke needed to improve himself properly. He didn't have much time, either—at most two or three years. After that, he could head out again and give the major hidden villages a taste of the God of Shinobi's power.

In the process, completely eliminating Danzo and the Third Hokage's political influence, and building his reputation among the lower-ranking ninja, would be little more than a bonus.

After all, strength came first. Becoming Hokage would inevitably drag him into all kinds of tedious political affairs, leaving him less time to train and master his body.

For him, on the verge of a period of rapid growth in strength, that would be extremely damaging.

"But speaking of which, what exactly happened?"

Only then did Minato Namikaze remember Obito lying on the ground. It wasn't that he was heartless; as a seasoned ninja, he had long since considered Obito dead. Now that Obito had suddenly appeared here, Minato had more or less assumed he was a rogue ninja.

"It's a long story. Obito, why don't you explain what happened?"

Li Ke undid some of the Fuinjutsu on Obito, and Obito hurriedly told them everything he knew, including the old man who called himself Madara Uchiha and what had happened to him.

"That's what happened. I don't know exactly what was going on. I just knew he suddenly said Rin was in danger, so I ran out."

Minato kept a calm expression. He didn't show much trust or surprise; instead, he looked at Li Ke.

"That's more or less how it happened. When you got called away on that emergency mission, Minato, I was lured away too, and I ran into a ninja named Madara Uchiha. He briefly regained his youth and fought me, but disappeared after the battle."

Li Ke thought it over for a long time, but ultimately decided not to tell Minato and the others inside him the truth yet.

He wasn't planning some pointless scheme. It was simply that his body's strength wasn't yet enough to let him say something and have everyone accept it as fact.

Verifying whether the information was true would take too much time.

Besides, if Madara Uchiha could be easily persuaded with a few words, he and Hashirama Senju wouldn't have fallen out.

"I see... It sounds like you've been through a lot, Obito. But you'll have to put up with a little more for now. You know the rules, after all. Kakashi, I'll leave Obito to you. Qingtan, sorry for the trouble, but please use Wood Release to stay here and keep watch. I'll notify the others to come here, then send people to search for the ninja who might be Madara Uchiha... But thanks to what you've accomplished, this war can finally end."

Minato didn't intend to press Li Ke about the identity of the ninja he had encountered, or ask whether Li Ke's slash had split the sea.

Some things didn't need to be investigated down to the last detail right away. Once he and Li Ke were closer, Li Ke would tell him in time.

But as he looked at the enormous statue, Minato couldn't help asking:

"Come to think of it, this move doesn't have a name yet, does it?"

Li Ke nodded without thinking. Then Minato spoke up.

"That would be a shame. How about 'Divine Tree, Mighty Heavenly God, Crushing, Extinguishing, Sealing, Flying Raijin, Drawing Fire, Sage Secret Water Light Annihilation Tailed Beast Sealing Technique'?"

He happily announced the name he had come up with.

Li Ke could more or less understand what Minato was going for. "Divine Tree" referred to Wood Release; "Mighty Heavenly God" described the statue's appearance; "Crushing, Extinguishing, Sealing" referred to the power of the Fuinjutsu; and "Flying Raijin, Drawing Fire" meant his Flying Raijin Jutsu had brought the next Hokage to the battlefield.

"After that, 'Sage Secret' refers to my Sage Mode, while 'Water Light Annihilation' means the hope of Kirigakure is gone, since their Tailed Beast and most elite forces were wiped out here.

"And finally, 'Tailed Beast Sealing' means the technique sealed the Three-Tails.

"A technique name that describes its nature, appearance, source of power, the state it was used in, and the results it achieved is unquestionably a great name."

But the problem was—

"It's way too long and uncool, Minato."

Li Ke didn't hold back. Senju Tobirama and Hashirama Senju, inside him, also chimed in with their opinions.

"Is this guy a natural airhead? The next generation's Hokage is really like this?"

Senju Tobirama was deeply worried about the village's next Hokage.

Hashirama Senju, meanwhile, burst into laughter.

"It's a stylish name, full of grandeur! It just doesn't suit me very well."

Then Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha weighed in too.

"That name makes no sense at all! He's the only one who understands it!"

For once, the four people inside Li Ke were in agreement.

Li Ke ignored the dead men and responded to the latter part of Minato's statement.

"But you're right. The war is over, especially for Kirigakure... They'll have to rethink their place in the world!"

Li Ke looked toward Kirigakure. Since he, Minato, and Senju Tobirama had wiped out this generation of Kirigakure ninja, he was curious where the village would go from here, now that Obito could no longer interfere.

After all, so many ninja had died. If Kirigakure wanted to survive, wouldn't the Bloody Mist Village's policies have to become more gentle and lenient?

After Minato left to summon ninja from Konoha, news of the Three-Tails' capture quickly spread to the Konoha camp. When they learned Wood Release had captured it, the ninja were so excited they could hardly contain themselves. They promptly set up a perimeter around the Three-Tails to make sure Kirigakure wouldn't attack again.

But after giving Shikaku Nara the details, Li Ke and Minato left him standing there, stunned, and returned to camp to rest.

There was no help for it; the strain on Li Ke's body was still too great.

Lying in his tent, he thought about the situation for a moment, then decided to get some rest and have a proper talk with the dead inside him.

"The Third Hokage will summon me back next, then send Jiraiya over to help suppress the Tailed Beast, right?"

Just as he was thinking that, the Black Mist appeared again.

"What's going on... Why does this happen every day or two? Isn't that a little too often?"

He grumbled, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling upward. The bigger the cheat, the better!

But when he entered Black Mist Space, Naruto Li Ke froze. There was no newcomer this time!

"Is it just us this time?"

As he shook hands with the others, exchanging recent memories and techniques, he asked.

"We just got here too, so why don't we wait a bit?" French Li Ke said after exchanging memories with Naruto Li Ke.

"Let's wait a little, then. But I have a feeling this space is growing stronger as we do. Maybe the Black Mist appeared this time because something changed in the space, which is why there's no newcomer."

Wasteland Li Ke joined the conversation.

"Still, it's not as if there could be a Microbe Li Ke, right?"

When he finished, Warhammer Li Ke spoke up languidly from nearby.

"Not necessarily. A Li Ke who transmigrated into the Warhammer world already showed up. Take me, unlucky as I am!"

Warhammer Li Ke looked thoroughly dejected, then joined the exchange.

And the next moment—

"Wow, so your power lets you excavate your bloodline?"

Dark Li Ke was so excited his hands trembled.

"Doesn't that mean I'm going to take off?"

He was already imagining himself relying on Naruto Li Ke's abilities to rampage through the world, but Naruto Li Ke only shook his head.

"Don't get too excited. When I summoned Senju Tobirama's chakra into my body, my aptitude was still only average. So I think my bloodline-excavating ability needs to be stimulated by other powers before it can show itself."

Whether it was the increase in his physical attributes after Senju Tobirama stimulated him, or the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai he gained after summoning Izuna Uchiha, he had only acquired those abilities once the corresponding power appeared.

"That shouldn't be a problem. There are plenty of ways to stimulate yourself in the Dark World."

Dark Li Ke was still excited.

French Li Ke nodded.

"That explains why my magic power is so strong... By the way, you've already beaten the game, haven't you?"

French Li Ke looked at Naruto Li Ke. He had only just gotten started, while Naruto Li Ke's story was practically at its conclusion.

Naruto Li Ke had more or less cleared the game. All he had to do now was wait for his body to grow, then decide how he wanted to crush his opponents.

As for what the other ninja thought, honestly, it didn't matter anymore.

"Not quite. There are still plenty of fights ahead, and those hidden villages won't just give up. Then there's the Otsutsuki Clan. It's hard to say the game's cleared. And I still have to sort out a lot of things in the village."

Naruto Li Ke smiled.

"That's close enough. Unlike me, your village hasn't fallen apart. And if you don't get involved with Harry Potter's troubles, your story's basically over, isn't it?"

But after he said that, Warhammer Li Ke sighed, and the other Li Kes fell silent too.

After exchanging memories, they all knew what Warhammer Li Ke had gone through.

Daemonic ascension.

His village chief had transformed into a monster covered in boils right before everyone's eyes. If he hadn't run fast enough with his uncle, he would have become a boil-covered monster like the others.

The village priest had fought back. Although the villagers who had transformed alongside the chief quickly killed him, he had bought Li Ke and his uncle time to escape.

Now he and his uncle were heading for a distant town, hoping to find work in a large city so they could support themselves.

As for going back to the village, they wouldn't dare.

But Warhammer Li Ke himself didn't seem too bothered by his miserable situation. Instead, he turned to French Li Ke.

"Speaking of which, it's about time for you to start school, isn't it? Looks like you don't plan to get involved with the Dark Lord's affairs. So have you cleared the game too?"

French Li Ke nodded and answered seriously.

"Yes, I suppose I've more or less cleared it. But I've realized the Wizarding World is nothing like the one we know from Harry Potter... The wizards in this world have no reason to fear humans. To be precise, the Muggle Protection Act really does protect ordinary people! And the wizards' apparent backwardness is actually the friendliest possible stance toward ordinary people!"

French Li Ke looked grave.

"After testing the magic in my body, I realized wizards don't need a large society at all. Maybe they used to, but when I thought back over the original story, I realized that with the continual development of wizarding spells and combat techniques, wizards could now easily live apart from the human world!"

At that, the other Li Kes started searching through French Li Ke's memories from the past few days.

They saw him experimenting with magic.

Over the past few days, French Li Ke hadn't met anyone from Beauxbatons or gone shopping in France's wizarding district for school supplies. Instead, using his Hard Drive Spirit talent, he had recalled the various Harry Potter adaptations and tried Wandless Magic.

The results had been excellent.

Magic in this world came from magic, will, determination, and spells.

As adults, the Li Kes had no shortage of those qualities. And after gaining the other Li Kes' memories, they had no blind spots in their understanding, either.

So when French Li Ke experimented, he could cast every spell he remembered. He could use both the Levitation Charm and the unlocking spell without a wand.

When he saw that the teacup he'd enchanted floated in the air, his first thought was how terrifying the Levitation Charm would be if used on an intercontinental ballistic missile, an aircraft, or a rocket.

Then he realized that any adult wizard could master Apparition, a spell that allowed them to teleport through space, with training. They could also learn the Imperius Curse, one of the Unforgivable Curses, which could make another person obey their every command.

Those two spells alone were enough to wreak havoc on the entire world.

Even without them, Polyjuice Potion—a potion that let you turn into someone else—was enough to give human society a massive headache.

All kinds of ethical and security issues would arise, along with a host of other problems.

As for destructive power and the ability to blow craters in the ground, there was also Fiendfyre, a Dark Magic that created an actual, inextinguishable fire. Without help from other wizards, an ordinary human army had no way to deal with a group of wizards who could keep Apparating and unleashing Fiendfyre.

So the Muggle Protection Act really did protect Muggles, not wizards!

The Wizarding World's government had truly done ordinary people a huge favor!