Time flew by, and soon it was Konoha Year 19.
Over the past year, Toji Zenin's deeds had been widely spread by intelligence agencies throughout the Shinobi World.
He had thus been given the title of God of Medical Ninja.
One could not help but marvel at how Konoha seemed blessed by heaven. They had produced another "god."
The fighting on the front lines was fierce, and the New Year that year carried little festive spirit.
Perhaps due to the war, the Shinobi World did not experience another baby boom like it had during the Bronze Age. The number of newborns at Gospel Hospital had declined.
Even so, some babies Toji had been watching for were still born.
Kenji Uchiha had only married last year, yet this year, he had a son named Fugaku Uchiha.
The gears of fate moved another small step forward.
That day, Toji saw the still-swaddled Fugaku at Gospel Hospital. Such scenes would repeat themselves many times in the future.
With Fugaku already born, Minato, Kushina, Uchiha Mikoto, and the others would not be far behind.
Once they were born one after another, the prince and the second young master naturally would not be far off either.
Toji quietly made plans in his heart. Once Naruto and Sasuke were born, he could try making contact with the chakra of Indra and Asura within them. That was the purest Six Paths power, something he could not afford to ignore.
The old man in the Pure Land was watching him closely at all times.
So far, he had devoured the powers of Madara, Hashirama, and the Four-Tails. In the Sage of Six Paths' eyes, that could at most be considered conflict between shinobi. But if Toji set his sights on the chakra of Indra and Asura, as well