Naruto: Uchiha is not Raikage!

Kiyoshi seemed completely unaffected by the subtle atmosphere.

"Are you alright, Ino?"

Kiyoshi asked the question directly.

During this period, in the "Limited Tsukuyomi" world, the people Kiyoshi was closest to, besides the eldest sister Hinata, were Ino.

"I am fine."

Ino shook her head.

Only the corrupted Hashirama broke into Konoha, but he was quickly taken away by Kiyoshi.

So she was only affected on a small scale.

She looked at the green plants all over the ground with a hint of sadness.

These potted plants, which she had taken great care of, were now mostly broken on the ground.

"That's good."

Qingsi nodded.

Then he noticed Ino's gaze.

Kiyoshi glanced around and noticed that the green plants on the ground were scattered with the soil, and there were also fragments of porcelain basins nearby.

The leaves of those green plants were curled up, and they looked somewhat withered.

Seeing this, he slowly walked over.

As Kiyoshi approached, Ino's heart raced, and she opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Kiyoshi stopped in front of the green plant, stretched out his slender fingers, and gently touched the curled leaves.

There were no hand seals, no violent fluctuations of chakra, only a wisp of pale green light carrying a cool, life-giving aura flowed from his fingertips and quietly seeped into the leaves.

Nourished by the warm green light, the curled leaves unfolded at a speed visible to the naked eye, regaining their uprightness, and the scattered yellow spots on the leaves became brighter, as if they had been injected with new vitality.

The entire plant burst forth with vitality, and then the other green plants followed suit, one after another, regaining their life.

"Alright, I used a little medical ninjutsu to heal them. They just need to be put back into good containers."

Qingsi said calmly.

The basic course of medical ninjutsu is to make a flower that has not yet bloomed bloom, using life force to catalyze it in advance.

With his immense vitality and mastery of "Wood" Release, achieving these things would be effortless for him.

"...!"

Ino's emerald green eyes widened.

She had seen medical ninjas, and even quite a few.

My best friend Sakura is a very talented medical ninja.

However, Ino has not yet seen anyone who can do that.

Hinata, the eldest sister, twitched her brow slightly as she looked at Kiyoshi's profile and the newly renovated greenery.

She seemed to want to say something, but in the end she just pursed her lips and remained silent.

Kiyoshi withdrew his finger.

"Kiyoshi-kun, let's go for a walk."

Hinata, the eldest sister, spoke up.

She couldn't stand Ino and Seiji exchanging glances here, and just wanted to enjoy these moments alone.

"Well, that's fine too."

Qingsi nodded.

Anyway, he stays at Ino's place at night and can come back anytime.

After repairing Ino's flower shop again using "Wood" Release ninjutsu, Kiyoshi followed Hinata, the eldest sister, out.

"See you tonight, Kiyoshi-kun."

Ino said in a low voice.

Looking at the green plants that had come back to life on the ground, and recalling Hinata's slightly smug gaze, she felt a mix of emotions.

There was joy at the restoration of the greenery, but also a touch of indescribable loss and... unwillingness.

"Ino? Are you alright?"

Sakura then came closer and asked with concern.

She was also stunned by Kiyoshi's methods, but she was more worried about her friend's condition.

"N-nothing..." Ino shook her head, forcing a smile.

"But... Lord Kiyoshi, he's really amazing..."

Meanwhile, Ino was thinking to herself.

What ingredients should she prepare tonight?

Although Kiyoshi has been living here for some time, Ino has not yet figured out Kiyoshi's food preferences.

"Then let's buy more ingredients."

Ino thought to herself.

……

Leaving the flower shop, Kiyoshi and Hinata strolled leisurely through the streets of Konoha.

Those ninjas who occasionally encountered Kiyoshi showed expressions of fear or admiration.

Without exception, no one dared to make any rash contact with Qing Si.

Kiyoshi's power is more than enough to destroy the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

So nobody wants to take that risk to do anything.

Hinata, the eldest sister, followed slightly behind him, neither too close nor too far away.

Looking at Qing Si's tall and straight back, she hesitated for a moment, then quickened her pace and walked alongside him.

"Kiyoshi-kun."

Her voice was slightly lower than usual.

"What...are your plans next? I mean, in Konoha."

Kiyoshi didn't stop walking, his gaze calmly fixed on the street ahead, which had been bustling but was gradually returning to tranquility. He said softly:
"Deal with some stuff."

Kiyoshi's tone was indifferent.

The rest, of course, is to use the world's resources to his advantage.

After that, you can return to the real world.

The people here cannot truly be considered the real people.

They are more like similar and close entities, each with its own merits and charm.

"If... if there is anything the Hyuga clan can do to help, please be sure to ask."

"Big Sister Hinata said earnestly, tilting her fair face up to look at Kiyoshi."

Kiyoshi glanced at her sideways; the girl's pure white eyes were bathed in the warm light of the setting sun.

He nodded slightly in response:

"Ah."

It was just a simple syllable, yet it made Hinata's lips curl up slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

She could sense that Kiyoshi seemed to be a little more... tolerant of her than he was of others?
Or perhaps, we've just gotten used to her presence?
The two walked side by side through the streets, which were gradually lit up, talking all the way.

……

In the Land of Earth, deep within a desolate stone forest on the outskirts of Iwagakure (Hidden Rock Village).

Obito and Black Zetsu, both wearing vortex masks, stood before a seemingly ordinary Chunin from Iwagakure.

This Chunin had empty eyes and a blank expression, but the faint chakra fluctuations emanating from his body, which were out of place with his surroundings, revealed that he was not the real person.

"I never expected you to be hiding here. You didn't even participate in the Allied Shinobi Forces, instead attaching yourself to an ordinary ninja and hiding in this fake world."

Obito's voice came through the mask as he looked at the person in front of him.

A dry, hoarse sound came from the throat of the "Chunin":
"You've probably all noticed how powerful Uchiha Kiyoshi is, haven't you?"

This voice belonged to the Second Tsuchikage, Mu.

The moment he arrived in this world, he chose to return to the Land of Earth and then possessed an ordinary ninja in his soul form.

Finally, when he learned that they were gathering to attack Hashirama Senju, he became suspicious and didn't go.

He had a feeling that Obito was behind it all.

Sure enough, in the following days, he heard news of Uchiha Kiyoshi.

They also learned the outcome of that battle.

Black Zetsu's voice rang out:
"No, enough nonsense. The plan has failed. Take out the crystal ball, and we can leave this false world together and return to reality."

The Second Tsuchikage, Mu, remained silent for a moment.

Back in reality, he would be a body created by the "Impure World Reincarnation Technique".

But after he came into this world, he was a soul, and he could possess other people and have the same feeling as a living person.

But... this is ultimately a fake world.

Furthermore, Uchiha Kiyoshi is also here. Once discovered, he will be dealt with sooner or later.

"……Can."

The Second Tsuchikage finally agreed in a hoarse voice.

He controlled the possessed Chunin and took out a crystal ball.

The crystal ball, emitting a faint white light and seemingly with clouds flowing inside, slowly emerged.

Obito reached out and took the crystal ball, and could feel the chakra contained within it.

There's not much chakra left; it used to contain more than the chakra of seven tailed beasts.

"With this, we can leave safely."

Obito whispered.

"Let Uchiha Kiyoshi remain in this world, so that our plans in the real world will no longer be disturbed."

Without further delay, the three activated the crystal ball.

A burst of white light enveloped them, and they silently departed from this world.

Only a desolate stone forest remains.

Almost at the same time that Obito and the others left, the mirror image of Black Zetsu, who had been lurking nearby and watching their movements, emerged from the ground.

"That's the tool to leave this world?"

The mirrored black figure seemed to have grasped something.

He then traveled to Konoha overnight.

……

A few days later,
Kiyoshi put down the scroll in his hand and looked down at the black, asphalt-like substance that slowly seeped out from the ground and condensed into a blurry human figure, which was none other than Mirror Black Zetsu.

"Lord Seiji."

Mirror Black Zetsu's voice was urgent, and there was a hint of deliberate flattery.

"There's important news: they seem to have found the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, and obtained a crystal ball. Just a few days ago, they abandoned you and returned to the real world alone!"

"Yeah."

Kiyoshi stared silently at the mirror image of Black Zetsu. Black Zetsu felt a little uneasy under that gaze, but it still steeled itself and, following its pre-rehearsed script, continued in a seductive tone:

"Lord Kiyoshi, the stable passage out of this world has vanished along with the crystal ball. Conventional methods are simply ineffective in breaking through the world's barrier. To return to reality, there is only one way left..."

It paused deliberately to observe Kiyoshi's reaction, only to find that the other party remained expressionless.

"...That is to become the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki!"

Mirror Black Zetsu emphasized his words, his voice carrying a seductive power.

"Only the power of the Ten-Tails, which gathers most of the chakra of this world, can provide enough energy to forcefully break through the barrier between the two worlds."

"Lord Kiyoshi, with your immense power and control, becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki is effortless for you. At that time, you will not only return to reality but also gain power surpassing everything else. This is the only path."

It vividly described becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki as the only shortcut to escape this place and reach the pinnacle, attempting to ignite Kiyoshi's desire for power or his anxiety about being trapped.

However, Kiyoshi merely glanced at it indifferently, as if watching a clumsy farce.

"Finished?"

Kiyoshi's voice was completely flat.

The mirror image of Black Zetsu was startled, a sense of foreboding washing over him:

"Lord Qing Si, you..."

Before it finished speaking, Qing Si had already raised his hand, spread his five fingers, and made a loose fist towards it!
"Sealing the seal."

In an instant, black sealing spells appeared in the air, like a net covering the sky, instantly enveloping the mirror image of Black Zetsu.

"Ahhh! What do you want to do?"

"let me go!"

The mirrored Black Zetsu let out a terrified scream, its shadowy body struggling and twisting violently, trying to merge into the earth.

But under Kiyoshi's sealing technique, all its struggles were in vain.

The sealing technique's patterns rapidly tightened, binding it tightly and ultimately compressing it into a fist-sized, constantly trembling black sphere, its surface covered with dense sealing patterns.

"You idiot, you madman, don't you want to leave? Without the power of the Ten-Tails, you'll never be able to break this world; you'll be trapped here and die!"

A despairing curse echoed from within the black sphere.

If he were trapped here and died, how could he possibly revive his mother?

Thousands of years of planning have all gone down the drain!
With a blank expression, Kiyoshi reached out and beckoned, and the black sphere that sealed the mirror image of Black Zetsu fell into his hand.

He didn't even glance at it, casually sealing it into another specially made scroll and placing it together with the two fake "Rinnegan" eyes.

"I'll figure out a way to get back myself."

To him, the Mirror Black Zetsu's seduction was meaningless.

To become the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki?
In his view, it was a foolish act that would ruin his own future.

Since he was already cultivating the Divine Tree, he could have easily consumed a "Chakra Fruit" that he had nurtured himself, thus avoiding the influence of Kaguya Otsutsuki's contingency plan.

As for how to leave this world...

Kiyoshi looked up at the sky outside.

"A world barrier... huh."

Relying on the Ten-Tails' brute force to break through is the worst possible option.

And it's probably in vain.

The Ten-Tails in this world is far weaker than the real Ten-Tails in the real world.

He prefers to find that "point" based on his own understanding of space and time.

The newly acquired "Worldline Conqueror" and similar effect entries make Kiyoshi's idea not impossible.

That's why Kiyoshi wasn't in such a hurry to find Obito and the others.

He wouldn't do something he wasn't sure of.

He decided to thoroughly consolidate the initial cultivation of the alternate dimension divine tree and observe further whether this "limited Tsukuyomi" world had any other value.

……

The next day.

Early in the morning, Kiyoshi left the Ino family and found a deserted valley.

He took out the sealing scroll and calmly began to form hand seals.

Bang!
The "Gedo Mazo" and the blue-white chakra of the tailed beasts sealed inside all appeared in the arena.

Then Kiyoshi guided the nine combined Tailed Beast chakras and began to re-inject them into the "Gedo Mazo".

Roar!
The roars and struggles of the tailed beasts, still lingering in their consciousness, echoed through the valley, but under Kiyoshi's immense power of vision, these resistances were like pebbles thrown into the sea, causing only a few ripples before returning to calm.

When the last wisp of crimson chakra belonging to the Nine-Tails was completely absorbed, the Gedo Mazo let out a roar that shook the valley, and its body swelled and transformed once again!

Its entire body was covered in tough leather, and its ten giant tails danced wildly, sweeping out like a destructive Ten-Tails chakra storm, emitting a heart-palpitating twisting sound.

The Ten-Tails returns!
However, Kiyoshi's goal was not to control it and become the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, but rather... to use it.

His hand seals moved so fast that afterimages appeared, and sealing techniques far more complex than those used by 'Yotsuki Seiji' emerged.

These sealing techniques formed black chains that wrapped around the massive body of the Ten-Tails.

The Ten-Tails roared in pain and struggled frantically, but the sealing techniques were like the strongest cage, binding it tightly.

Immediately afterwards, the Ten-Tails' chakra was forcibly extracted from its body and flowed continuously into Kiyoshi's body along the black chains.

The next moment, Kiyoshi guided the Ten-Tails' chakra in another direction: to create a stable spatial channel.

For the next few days, Kiyoshi spent most of his time doing these things.

Using the sealed and drained chakra of the Ten-Tails as a stable energy source, and relying on his powerful mental strength, talent for space-time ninjutsu, and the ability to exploit weaknesses in the world's barriers, he constantly tries to break through the world's barriers.

Within the valley, the sound of space being torn apart echoes day after day.

In order not to affect the outside world, Qing Si even set up a sealing barrier to prevent the commotion from disturbing the outside world.

……

Within Konohagakure, discussions about Kiyoshi gradually subsided, replaced by curiosity.

Tsunade's ANBU ninjas remained on guard around the perimeter, and the messages they sent back were always the same: "Kiyoji went to a valley and set up a sealing barrier. We don't know what's happening inside."

After taking over as clan head, Uchiha Mikoto was busy reorganizing the clan and wanted to find Kiyoshi, but found that Kiyoshi had not returned.

Mei Terumi has already returned to the Land of Water, but she will vaguely mention her concern for Kiyoshi's movements in her letters.

Hinata, the eldest sister, makes a daily "passing by" of Ino's flower shop without fail, hoping to wait for Kiyoshi to come out.

……

On the fifth day, the entire valley trembled slightly!
A black passage, about the height of a person, with stable edges and a distorted interior, finally formed firmly in front of him!

At the other end of the passage lies an unknown alternate dimension in an unstable state, resembling a black cavity.

"Success."

A barely perceptible hint of satisfaction flashed in Kiyoshi's eyes.

He could sense that although the passage was stable, the rules within the alternate dimension it connected to were extremely chaotic.

But it doesn't matter.

He didn't intend to enter that unstable alternate dimension, but rather to use this passage as a transit point, combining his profound understanding of spacetime with the enhancement of the terminology, to forcibly locate and tear open a path to another alternate dimension whose coordinates had already been marked.

That's the "Death God's Stomach Other Dimension" that Kiyoshi has relocated in the past few days.

Kiyoshi formed hand seals, once again activating "Perfect Sage Mode" and the power of the "Karma" in his hands.

Golden light surged from his body, quickly transforming into a "Celestial Garment" covered with magatama patterns, and the pair of ferocious dragon horns with black patterns clinging to them on his forehead reappeared.

The next moment, Kiyoshi clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and the immense "Sage Chakra" mixed with the "Karma" chakra poured into the black cavity passage in front of him like a raging torrent!

His insight and the effects of his space-time ninjutsu were enhanced to the extreme. The originally blurry coordinates of the Shinigami space, separated by many world barriers, became clearer than ever before in his perception!
hum!
The distorted colors inside the black cavity suddenly intensified, as if being stirred by a giant hand.

The edges of the passageway began to tremble violently.

However, thanks to Kiyoshi's powerful chakra control and the continuous support of his own chakra and the Ten-Tails' chakra, it did not collapse.

It gradually transformed into a new portal with unstable black arcs flickering at its edges.

Through this portal, what came through was no longer a chaotic alternate dimension, but a familiar one.

Death's belly space!

The channel has been successfully pinned here!

Kiyoshi took a step forward, and his figure instantly disappeared into the black portal.

The scene in front of me suddenly became clear.

This is a vast, dark, and strange space.

The ground beneath their feet was not solid, but rather a dark red membrane, like the inner wall of some kind of organ, stretching for thousands of miles and wriggling slightly.

The air was filled with pale blue orbs of spiritual light and a strong stench of blood.

At the center of this space, the most eye-catching feature is the towering divine tree.

The roots of the divine tree penetrated deeply into the flesh and blood seedbed below.

If you look closely, it is a massive base made of fleshless material, stretching as far as the eye can see.

What's even more chilling is that on the surface of this flesh and blood seedbed, countless scarlet Sharingan eyes grow densely, like ripe fruits.

Most of these Sharingan eyes retain the three-tomoe form, while a few have even evolved into the complex pattern of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Without exception, they were all open, but their pupils were devoid of any spirit, only empty and lifeless.

These flesh and blood have no consciousness whatsoever; they are not living beings at all. They are simply a collection of nutrients that grow.

Subsequently, its life force and chakra were continuously drawn from the roots of the divine tree above, serving as nourishment for the tree's growth.

Kiyoshi hovered in mid-air, watching the divine tree begin to grow.

"The growth rate is still too slow."

He sensed the efficiency with which the divine tree absorbed nutrients and frowned slightly.

It's time to add some spice to it.

He formed hand seals again, and chakra crossed the world barrier from the newly established portal, establishing a connection with Shikkotsu Forest, one of the three great sacred sites of the "Limited Tsukuyomi" world!
"Immortal magic..."

boom!
An immense amount of natural energy surged forth from the void.

Kiyoshi quietly observed all of this, calculating the efficiency of the energy infusion and the limits of the divine tree's growth.

He needs to control the degree of this, otherwise the natural energy of Shikkotsu Forest will be drained, and Shikkotsu Forest will need some time to recover.

"At this rate, it will still take quite some time for it to fully mature and condense into a 'Chakra Fruit'..."

Kiyoshi silently calculated in his mind.

"This time has been greatly shortened."

He stayed in this alternate dimension for a while, until he was sure that everything was under control and that there would be no significant progress in the short term, before slowly stopping the guidance of natural energy.

The dark purple portal opened once more, and Kiyoshi stepped out, returning to the valley where the barrier had been erected.

He waved his hand, dispelling the black cavity that connected to the other dimension, and also releasing the seal and extraction from the Ten-Tails.

The Ten-Tails has also turned into a emaciated, dried-up corpse.

Kiyoshi reinforced the seal and released the Ten-Tails here.

The seal he set up was incredibly strong.

After all, Kiyoshi's sealing techniques surpassed those of Minato Namikaze and Kushina a long, long time ago, and probably even surpassed those of Ashina Uzumaki, the head of the Uzumaki clan during the Sengoku period.

"Go check on Ino's side."

A moment later, Kiyoshi's figure disappeared. (End of Chapter)