Mito Uzumaki

If it weren't for Shimizu, how could they have intercepted these Sealing Jutsu so easily?

Afterward, Uchiha Tajima continued to discuss the distribution of benefits with Shimizu.

"Hmph, how boring."

Uchiha Madara crossed his arms, feeling that this operation was quite dull.

He would rather be at the river, training in ninjutsu with that friend he had met.

His stone-skipping technique had improved recently; he could throw the stone flakes quite far, which would surely surprise Hashirama.

"Madara, you must maintain respect for the strong."

Uchiha Tajima glared at the still-young Madara.

"Yes, Father."

Madara nodded, suppressing the bored expression on his face.

"It's nothing, they are just children."

Shimizu looked Madara over a few times.

The current Madara did not yet have the stone-faced expression he would have in the future; he still possessed the temperament of a youth.

If I kill Madara here, will the future change?

Shimizu pondered for a moment, but did not do so.

This was his first time simulating the past, and what impact it might have on the future remained an unknown.

Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were the anchor points of the current era; they would usher in the age of ninja villages, thereby establishing the original Five Great Nations and forming the basic structure of later generations.

If he killed Madara, the Nagato of the future would not obtain the Rinnegan, and Obito would not fall into darkness because of it.

That was not the future Shimizu wanted.

The muddier the water, the better it was for someone like Shimizu who hid in the shadows.

"You have great talent; there will surely be a place for you in the future."

Shimizu suddenly said.

If the life simulation could change the future, then the actions he took now should also extend to