Born with a great love for the Uchiha

The villages of Iwagakure lost money, people died, and in the end, they couldn't even save their tailed beasts...

In contrast, Konoha once again stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world after the Fifth Hokage took office.

'Was this also part of your calculations? The First Hokage! Hashirama Senju!'

Onoki looked at the overly young Fifth Hokage with a complicated expression. After hesitating for a moment, he finally asked.

"Lord Hokage, please forgive this old man for asking a question."

"As far as I know, you took the Three-Tails from Kirigakure, the Two-Tails and the Eight-Tails from Kumogakure, and the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails from our village."

"The number of tailed beasts in Konoha has reached six."

"Does the Hokage intend to follow the example of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and convene a Five Kage Summit in the future to redistribute the Tailed Beasts?"

If so...

Ohnoki accepted it too!

He'd rather spend more money to save the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails!

Gen Uchiha is very strong now.

But what about after he passes away?

Hashirama Senju was also very strong back then.

During his lifetime, no village dared to challenge the majesty of the God of Ninjas.

However, after Hashirama Senju died...

At the same time, the Shinobi World War, involving the five major ninja villages and countless smaller villages, immediately broke out, and it was fought three times over several decades!

At Ōnoki's current age, he certainly won't live to see the day Uchiha Gen dies.

However, he believed that once Uchiha Gen, the god of ninjas in the new era, died, a new ninja war would definitely break out again!

At that time.

Iwagakure must rely on the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails to maintain its core competitiveness in war!

'A hundred years from now, it doesn't have to be me laughing out loud in the wilderness... As long as Iwagakure still exists in the world, that will be enough...'

"Distribute the Tailed Beasts?"

Uchiha Gen stopped in his tracks as he walked toward the Tsuchikage's office door, shaking his head and chuckling.

"Lord Tsuchikage is overthinking it."

"Even back in the village—Konoha, I said similar things to other people."

"I've never really understood why the First Hokage distributed the Tailed Beasts to other villages."

"Perhaps during the First Hokage's time, his distribution of the Tailed Beasts did indeed maintain peace in the ninja world for a period of time."

"But what happened later is something we who came after know very well."

"The distribution of tailed beasts can never bring true peace; it will only lead to one ninja world war after another."

Onoki was silent for a moment, then...

"In my view, tailed beasts have never been tools of ninjas, much less weapons of war."

Gen Uchiha calmly looked at the Third Tsuchikage and said solemnly.

"After the Four-Tails and Five-Tails return to Konoha, I will not reseal them into the Jinchuriki's body, but will let them remain free."

"This is my promise to the Tailed Beasts."

Even if the person standing in front of Uchiha Gen at this moment is not a Jinchuriki.

However, he still said these words to Onoki.

The situation at the Naga River Reservoir wasn't exactly top secret in Konoha.

in contrast.

After becoming the Fifth Hokage, Gen Uchiha deliberately had the Love Newspaper increase its publicity about the Tailed Beasts in the Naka River Reservoir in order to dispel the Konoha villagers' hostility towards the Tailed Beasts.

He believed that as long as Onoki had gathered information about Konoha, he would never miss any news from the Naka River Reservoir.

as predicted.

Onoki fell silent again.

He did know the situation at the Nakagawa Reservoir, and even knew that Gen Uchiha had unsealed the Nine-Tails.

But this Fifth Hokage's blatant behavior...

This still made Onoki, a veteran ninja, feel uneasy.

It's as if the other party was born to stand in the sunlight, and everything they do is righteous.

As for Onoki and his group of ninjas, they only deserve to remain in the shadows, serving as emotionless killing machines...

Is that a beaver?

'I'm really out of touch with the times...'

After serving as the Tsuchikage for decades, Onoki felt for the first time that he was getting old.

The Third Tsuchikage silently led the Fifth Hokage out of the office.

Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, was silently guarding the door to the Tsuchikage's office.

On the floor at his feet, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi, still showed no signs of waking up.

The Iwagakure ninjas did try to dispel the genjutsu on Rōshi.

Han, too, personally tried to break Gen Uchiha's genjutsu control over Rōshi.

However, the [Limited Tsukuyomi] is still too powerful.

Unless Old Purple can defeat Uchiha Gen in the [Limited Tsukuyomi] world.

Otherwise.

No matter what outsiders do, they cannot break the control that the [Limited Tsukuyomi] has on Rōshi.

Next to Han, another young man with blond hair was squatting.

I saw the Hokage and the Tsuchikage come out of the office together.

The blond-haired boy jumped for joy.

"Big brother!"

At first glance, Gen Uchiha almost mistook him for Naruto Uzumaki.

Same name, same blond hair, same blue eyes, even similar height and build...

"Deidara!"

Onoki was already in a bad mood, and seeing his disciple's excited face made several veins bulge on his forehead.

"What are you yelling about?!"

"Who called you, old man!"

Deidara first curled his lip, showing no respect whatsoever for his teacher.

The next moment, he looked at Uchiha Gen with a fanatical expression.

"Big brother Uchiha! That Giant Technique you just used! It was simply the ultimate art!"

Gen Uchiha had initially thought that Deidara and Naruto Uzumaki only looked somewhat similar.

Now it seems that the two have more than just a little bit in common!

The same goes for a simple personality.

Besides.

Deidara and Naruto Uzumaki, those two blond-haired kids...

They all have some special body parts that are different from others, with their mouths being their most important output organ. They were all ostracized and alienated by the others in their villages when they were young. They all have red-haired friends from Sunagakure and are all disciples of the village's Kage...

Both of them also harbored a strong desire and yearning for the Uchiha clan...

From this perspective...

Deidara is practically the Iwagakure version of Naruto Uzumaki, but without the "protagonist halo"...

"Hello."

Gen Uchiha smiled gently at Deidara, then looked at Onoki beside him.

"Your disciple?"

Onoki's lips twitched violently. He wanted to say no, but deceiving the Fifth Hokage was not a good idea either.

"...That's right!"

Onoki managed to squeeze out an answer, and at the same time walked over and pressed down on the blond-haired boy's head.

"Deidara! Greet the Hokage!"

Although Deidara's head was being forced down by the old man, he didn't resist greeting the "Ultimate Artist."

He obediently bowed down following the old man's force, while shouting.

"Big brother!"

"...Don't call me 'Big Brother'!"

Onoki's brow furrowed so deeply it could almost trap a fly.

"You should call him Hokage-sama!"

"It's Big Brother!"

Deidara isn't giving the old man any face this time.

"How could an old man from the old era like you understand the spiritual world of us artists?"

How did it become "you artists"?

Onoki was almost laughing in anger.