Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 537 Wood Release and Sage Body: Tobirama Senju Awakens the Sharingan!

The air seemed to freeze slightly at that moment.

After Aizen spoke, the gazes of Gojo Satoru, Ame no Sora, and Kagura Shimizu all focused on Tobirama Senju.

A silent atmosphere, a mixture of curiosity and scrutiny, permeated the courtyard.

Compared to Gojo Satoru, Ame no Sora, Kagura Shimizu, and even Aizen himself, Tobirama Senju's deepest "desire" is undoubtedly the most unfathomable among them.

He was like a bottomless ancient well, rarely showing his emotions and keeping his thoughts deep inside.

Even when learning about his past through the story of "Naruto," what we can see more of is his responsibility and commitment as the "Second Hokage."

He cared about the survival of Konoha Village, the inheritance of the Will of Fire, the glory of the Senju clan, and the potential threat posed by the dangerous and powerful strength of the Uchiha clan.
However, this "concern" reflects more of a "protection" stemming from rationality and responsibility than a genuine "desire."

He seemed to always put the interests of the "village" above his own and even his family's, to the point that he himself might have long been accustomed to wrapping up and burying his true "self" layer by layer.

Therefore, even they were openly curious about what kind of power Tobirama Senju could awaken through the Hogyoku.

The Hogyoku responds to the most fundamental desires of the heart. So, after stripping away the identities of "Hokage," "Senju," and "ninja," what would be the purest "desire" deep within Tobirama Senju's soul?

Is it the pursuit of ultimate power to protect everything he wants to protect? Is it the thirst for wisdom to obtain all the truths in the world? Or is it something deeper that he himself has never clearly realized?
Tobirama Senju felt the gazes focused on him, but his cold and stern face remained completely expressionless.

However, his inner thoughts were far from as calm as they appeared.

In fact, even Tobirama Senju himself could not immediately give a definite answer to his own "desire".

He was used to being rational, and he knew his responsibilities and the goals he wanted to achieve.

If this were in the original world, and you asked him what he "desires," it would surely be the continuation of the village, the threat from the Uchiha, and the ever-growing prosperity of Konoha in the future.

But now...
What is the "desire" of Tobirama Senju, who belongs solely to the "present" after setting aside everything from his original world?

he does not know.

Or rather, he never allowed himself to think about the problem in depth.

In the past, he considered dwelling on these "unnecessary" emotions as a waste of time and energy.

What he needs to consider is what to do to establish a new Konoha in the real world after the future Konoha ninja arrive; how to ensure that the future Konoha has a stable base in the real world after its arrival; and how to connect with the original world in the future.
For his older brother, the village was everything, and he, who inherited his brother's will and became the Second Hokage, also bore this responsibility.

The word "desire" is too personal and too emotional for him.

As the Second Hokage, his primary concern was Konoha and the village; everything had to give way to Konoha.

But now, the existence of the Hogyoku forces him to confront this problem that has been deliberately ignored.

Tobirama Senju was silent for a moment, a complex expression flashing across his face, but it disappeared in an instant.

He raised his eyes, his gaze returning to calm, and said to Aizen in a deep voice:
"let's start."

He also wanted to see what he truly longed for deep down.

Aizen nodded slightly, without saying anything more.

The next moment, Tobirama Senju felt the surrounding scenery suddenly blur and distort, as if he had fallen into an absolute void. The ability of Kyoka Suigetsu had been activated, pulling him into a mental realm reflected from within, where the sense of time was infinitely stretched.

Here, there is no spatial reference, no passage of time, only his pure thoughts endlessly extending, questioning, and retracing.

Every choice I made in the past, every weighing of options, every bit of resentment and hidden thought suppressed by reason, surged into my mind like a tide, becoming incredibly clear.

His complex feelings towards his brother's "monster-like" talent and power, his fear of the Uchiha clan coupled with a desire to analyze their power, and his commitment to protecting the village.
Time of thought slowly flows through nothingness; it is unknown how much time has passed—it seems like only a moment, yet it also seems like eternity.

“Buzz!!!!”

In reality, the Hogyoku sensed the "answer" that emerged from the depths of its soul and burst forth with light once more.

At the same time, Tobirama Senju, who was at the center of the light, clearly felt an indescribable, warm, and immense torrent of life surging from his body.

He felt his body rejoicing under the nourishment of this life energy, as if it were receiving rain after a long drought, greedily absorbing it!

The potential derived from his bloodline was stimulated, the aging process was reversed, and an unprecedented vitality grew wildly within him.

Along with this comes an instinct, like breathing.

"Click. Click."

Under his unconscious mental guidance, the bluestone slab beneath his feet quietly shattered, and several emerald green saplings, exuding powerful vitality, broke through the soil and grew wildly at a visible speed, instantly transforming into gnarled giant trees!

Wood Release! Sage Body! Although he didn't see the trees growing around him with his own eyes, the unprecedented, almost overflowing vitality within his body had already clearly told him the answer.

So, what he truly longed for deep down was still the power that his elder brother possessed?

Tobirama Senju's feelings were somewhat complicated.

In the original Naruto world, he had indeed longed for this power more than once.

If he possessed power comparable to his elder brother, enough to suppress the entire ninja world, then after his elder brother's sacrifice, he might have been able to maintain peace and stability in Konoha more easily.

Those ninja villages dared not easily launch wars, and the tailed beasts that had been distributed could be more effectively restrained or even taken back, thus ensuring that after him, no new wars would break out due to an imbalance of power.

If Konoha could maintain its position as the "strongest ninja village" for longer, its elder brother's ideals could be better continued.

However, after arriving in reality, he thought that his past obsessions had faded with the drastic changes in the environment, and that he no longer yearned for Wood Release after coming into contact with the spiritual energy system.

But now it seems that longing may have already been etched into the depths of his soul.

He remained silent, savoring the familiar yet unfamiliar power for a long time, and finally exhaled deeply.

"call"

He slowly opened his eyes, preparing to face reality.

But what came into his view was that Gojo Satoru, Ame no Sora, even the usually expressionless Kagura Shimizu, and Aizen, all looked at him with varying degrees of surprise.

Tobirama Senju frowned slightly.

"Is it really that surprising that I only awakened Wood Release and Sage Body?"

Although he did not have the identity of being the reincarnation of his brother Hashirama Senju's "Ashura Chakra," he was still Hashirama Senju's younger brother, and the purest bloodline of the Senju clan flowed in his veins.

Under the influence of the Hōgyoku, isn't it a natural, even expected, thing for him to awaken the power that originated from the same source as his brother?
Moreover, while the Sage Body and Wood Release are powerful, they only give him the potential to reach the sixth rank; they don't allow him to ascend to the sixth rank in one step.

Why were they so surprised?
"your eyes."

Instead of answering his question, Gojo Satoru extended a finger and, with an expression that was a mixture of surprise and amusement, pointed to Tobirama Senju's eyes.

"Eye?"

Upon hearing this, Tobirama Senju was slightly taken aback and blinked subconsciously.

He did indeed feel that his vision had become clearer than ever before. The dust floating in the air, the subtle refraction of light, and even the most subtle changes in the expressions on the faces of people in the distance were magnified several times and reflected in his eyes with unparalleled clarity. His dynamic vision had undergone a qualitative leap.

He originally thought that this was just a natural benefit brought about by the all-round improvement of physical qualities after awakening the immortal body.

But Gojo Satoru's nonsensical words, and the still-present, even more bizarre, looks of surprise on everyone's faces, made him realize that things were probably not that simple.

An incredible, even somewhat absurd, thought suddenly popped into his mind.

"Is it possible?"

His voice had a dryness that he himself was unaware of.

The next moment, he turned his head sharply, his gaze quickly scanning the surroundings before finally settling on a corner of the courtyard.

There, a smooth, mirror-like, dark blue ice crystal remains, formed when Tenyu Sora evolved her abilities!
He took a step forward and instantly arrived in front of the ice crystal, looking down at its clear reflection.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment!

His appearance was clearly reflected in the ice crystals.

Those red eyes had turned blood-red at some point, and three jet-black tomoe even appeared within them, constantly rotating!

Tobirama Senju naturally knew what this was.

Sharingan!
And it's a three-tomoe Sharingan!

"This is impossible!"

Even with Tobirama Senju's composure, which remained unchanged even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, he couldn't help but let out a low shout at this moment, his face looking quite "ugly"!
Are you kidding me?! The Sharingan! He actually awakened the Sharingan?!
He dedicated his entire life to "guarding against" the Uchiha clan and personally established the Konoha Police Force, marginalizing the Uchiha clan to some extent.

And then you tell him that he awakened the Sharingan? Or even just awakened it, and reached the level of three tomoe!

Could it be that while he was "craving" his older brother's power, he was also "craving" the power of the Uchiha clan?

(End of this chapter)