" The Devil Fruit on this planet are indeed extraordinary." Senju Hashirama and Bai Sui were currently observing the battle between Namikaze Minato and the dragon through the passage between the worlds in Bai Sui's Huan World.
"Judging from the performance of this Devil Fruit, there is indeed a possibility that it is related to the God Tree," Bai Sui nodded and remarked.
"Indeed, this person can directly control the wind. This ability is somewhat similar to the description of divine arts that you taught the Research Institute before. It's like the control of a certain rule within a certain area." Senju Hashirama focused on analyzing the dragon's ability.
"That's right. If I'm not mistaken, when this dragon used its power, it was only because it was mentally exhausted and its body was under some pressure. It didn't consume chakra like when using ninjutsu. Obviously, this wasn't its own power, but rather it seemed to be wielding some kind of authority." Bai Sui stroked his chin and nodded in agreement with Senju Hashirama's opinion.
"We'll find a chance to get a few Devil Fruit to study later. As for the others, let those people at the Ninja World Research Institute have a headache."
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With these repeated attempts to control the hurricane, coupled with the recent rain, the dark clouds over Loguetown finally dissipated, and bright sunshine once again appeared in this town that had been ravaged by the storm.
Seeing the sun almost sinking below the horizon, Ryu abandoned his plan to continue probing and looked at Namikaze Minato, who had suddenly appeared before him. "The strength of your organization is truly mysterious and unpredictable."
After all, Dragon still cares a lot about his son. Although he isn't always by Luffy. Among them, Naruto Uzumaki and his two companions not only seem to have no past, but they can also use a variety of unique abilities. Now, with the addition of the blond man in front of him, Dragon has already made a simple deduction.
That means their organization must have another power system besides the current mainstream Haki and Devil Fruit abilities. Although we don't know what the limitations of this power system are, it reflects the strength of the Ninja World to some extent.
"Then, Mr. Ryu, how about we find another place to exchange ideas? The navy will be here soon," Namikaze Minato extended the invitation.
After testing Namikaze Minato's strength, Dragon's tone became more polite. "Please."
Namikaze Minato knew that as the leader of the Revolutionary Army, the other party would not easily go to an unknown location, so he did not directly invite the other party to the outpost, but instead went to a house they had previously rented in Loguetown.
This room was originally rented by Mifune, but it's now being used by Namikaze Minato.
"Mr. Ryu, please have a seat. I'll go call our captain." Namikaze Minato made Ryu a cup of tea in front of him, and then disappeared.
In just a few dozen seconds, before Dragon could even taste the tea in front of him, Namikaze Minato appeared with a middle-aged man with brown hair.
Indeed, Nawaki Senju is now over fifty years old. Although he inherited Senju Hashirama's powerful vitality and appears younger than average, it is still evident that he is no longer young.
"That kid Nawaki is no good. He looks older than you now," Bai Sui remarked to Senju Hashirama from the void.
To this, Senju Hashirama could only scratch his head. "Indeed, I'll have to give him a good workout when we get back."
"Hello, I am Nawaki Senju, the captain of the First Vanguard. It is an honor to meet Mr. Ryu here..." Nawaki Senju said, dragging over a stool and sitting opposite Ryu. Namikaze Minato also left the room at the right time, leaving only the two of them to talk.
The first to speak was Ryu: "I believe you are already clear about the goals and objectives of our Revolutionary Army, but I still don't understand why your organization was created, and why you are here at this moment. I wonder if Captain Senju could enlighten me?"
Nawaki Senju nodded. "No problem, and that's exactly why I came here."
As he spoke, Nawaki Senju took out a Sealing Scroll from his waist, then broke the seal, revealing a large sand table.
Calling it a sand table isn't quite accurate; perhaps "water table" would be more appropriate, since water makes up the majority of it.
Long immediately recognized what it was. "This is a simulation sandbox of the entire world? And it's so detailed; it seems you've put a lot of effort into exploring this world."
"No, that's not it. Please look here." Nawaki Senju said, placing another tablet in front of the dragon.
Looking at the several switching screens on the tablet, Long frowned. "Is this shot directly from the air? And with multiple perspectives, plus the ability to adjust the image size in real time? Your organization has truly given me another big surprise."
Although he said it was a pleasant surprise, Long's expression and demeanor were full of solemnity. He had clearly thought about just how terrifying an organization with such capabilities was, and how many unexpected things it could do. Before this, there had been no clue about such an organization in the entire world. Such terrifying capabilities were truly unsettling.
Seemingly sensing Ryu's thoughts, Senju Hashirama directly handed the tablet to Ryu: "Consider this tablet a gift for our first meeting. It can receive images from four satellites. You already know how to operate it, so you can study it slowly later."
Now we're going to talk about our origins. Don't be discouraged that you haven't discovered us before, because we've only been here for a short time, just over a week."
Although it seemed unbelievable, Long didn't respond, because he thought of another possibility, even more unbelievable than this one.
"As I said before, we are the First Vanguard, an advance team sent by the Ninja World. We are not from this planet; we come from other planets." Nawaki Senju stated this information directly.
"As expected... I had a feeling this way when your subordinate Namikaze Minato introduced himself as the vanguard of the Ninja World. After all, the power system you use is clearly different from the common ones, and your clothing and behavior are also clearly different from those in the East Blue, no, I should say from the common ones." Dragon said slowly while deep in thought.
"But I didn't really dare to think that way at the time because I discovered that your language was the same as ours. When you communicated with each other, there was no sign of using any second language. So I thought you were just living in that hard-to-find area in the Calm Belt. After all, I really couldn't believe that there were other planets that spoke the same language as us, and even the races looked similar." The dragon expressed his doubts.
"Hahaha, we're just as surprised as you are, but there is an answer, though it goes back a long time."
Our planet didn't originally use the language we use now. It was because an Otsutsuki clan member who came from outer space brought their language to our planet and popularized it. That's the origin of our current language; to put it simply, it's the language of that Ōtsutsuki Clan.
"The reason your planet uses the language of the Ōtsutsuki Clan is because an Otsutsuki once came to your planet. We had some doubts about this before, but after confirming the consistency of your language, we are now certain," Nawaki Senju laughed heartily.
" The Ōtsutsuki Clan? No, I've never heard of them. I wonder what they look like?" Ryu asked Nawaki Senju.
Nawaki Senju then took out a tablet and searched through it. "Look, these are all members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and the reason we were able to reach your planet really has to do with one of the Otsutsuki members."
The reason why the Ōtsutsuki Clan wanders around the universe is that the source of their power comes from other life forms. They need to refine all other life-bearing planets into power so that the strongest members of their clan can become the 'gods' they speak of.
Look, these three are named Urashiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Momoshiki Otsutsuki. All three of them are following the arrangements of their clan to go to various planets to harvest life.
At that time Kinshiki Otsutsuki and Momoshiki Otsutsuki went to our planet, intending to completely destroy it, but they were instead wiped out by the higher-ups of our Ninja World.
This Urashiki Otsutsuki came to your planet to harvest life, but when he came to cause trouble on our planet, he was directly dealt with, and his memories were extracted from his brain, allowing us to know the location of your planet.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan's sole objective now is to cultivate a 'god' as quickly as possible, which requires an extremely large number of life forms. Therefore, the Ōtsutsuki Clan is currently frantically harvesting every life-bearing planet they know of.
We are thinking of your planet, which has already been discovered by the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Therefore, we want to come and establish contact with you so that we can progress together and resist the future invasion of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
This is the purpose of our advance team. However, we never expected that after arriving on this planet, we would discover the brutality of your current World Government. This makes us extremely unwilling to make contact with them, especially those Celestial Dragons. If I dared to agree to establish diplomatic relations with them, I suspect my grandfather would come out and beat me up."
"Your grandfather?" Long was still absorbing the information he had just received, and he was just blurting it out without thinking.
"Yes, don't let my grandfather's age fool you. After obtaining power at the Otsutsuki level, his lifespan has become almost permanent. As long as he has enough chakra, he can live forever." Thinking of Senju Hashirama, Nawaki Senju's face showed the same simple, honest smile as his grandfather.
" Otsutsuki... I've always heard you talk about Otsutsuki- level power. What exactly is their power like? Could you describe it?" Dragon grasped the key point.
Nawaki Senju scratched his head. "Well, how should I put it? Basically, it's the power to easily destroy all life on a planet. If you're asking me to describe it, I really can't say. Oh right, does creating a moon by yourself count? Or could you summon a meteorite tens of kilometers in diameter from space? In short, with their power, if they wanted to, the World Government that's giving you headaches on this planet could be wiped off the face of the earth."
"Is that so... Then what about the place we came here for..." Ryu had basically believed half of what Nawaki Senju said; the rest was just that he hadn't seen it with his own eyes yet.
"Ah, I heard from the Ninja World that my grandfather and the old patriarch Bai Sui have also come this time. They are both Otsutsuki- level powerhouses," Nawaki Senju quickly changed the subject when he saw that Ryu's expression was a little off. "You don't need to worry. Although they have come, they will not directly interfere with our decisions. They are just a last resort to prevent any unexpected situations such as the arrival of Otsutsuki members."
"... Then I wonder what kind of help you can offer us, and what we need to do?" Long asked the most important question of the conversation.
Nawaki Senju said solemnly, "First of all, I want to make it clear that we are not here for colonization, but to unite all forces that can be united, help each other and develop together, and resist the invasion of the Ōtsutsuki Clan."
At present, the highest ruling power on your planet is still the World Government. Therefore, we will not directly help you destroy the World Government. Instead, we will provide your Revolutionary Army with a certain degree of assistance as an advance investment. Once you successfully overthrow the current World Government, we will choose to establish formal diplomatic relations with you. This will be a small gift for our future friendly contact.
As for what we need, we need almost everything, but we won't take it by force. We will formally exchange or purchase from you after the establishment of formal diplomatic relations.
Additionally, if possible, we hope you will take note of something that may exist on your planet, which we call the God Tree Seedling. As for what you call it, we are not entirely sure."
The dragon nodded. " God Tree Seedling? No problem, but could you elaborate? I don't really recognize the name. If you provide more details, we might be able to find a corresponding entity."