Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

“No problem. If ten or so of us from Sunagakure hadn’t died that day, I’d have someone send a stronger one over immediately. He won’t need to fight; he’ll just be tasked with developing the rope tree.”

As he spoke, Masato ordered his underlings, who were secretly maintaining order in the village, to prepare the corpses. Every day, there were countless desperate men who came to their Land of Wind to pan for gold, and many of them died on the way to the gold mines. There were all sorts of people, some thin and some plump.

However, Madara's white clone, which supposedly has hundreds of thousands of White Zetsu clones, is actually the best vessel. After all, it was created from the cells of the Senju clan and is quite durable. However, over the years, he has never found any trace of them in Sunagakure, not even after so many years in the ninja world. Otherwise, he would have given it to Umekawa Nai to study. Maybe he could have researched something out of the blue and written a paper that would have caused a sensation in the ninja world. That way, his title as a famous teacher would have been truly solidified.

After all, teaching a scientific talent is far more prestigious than having a double-flower red stick in the teaching department. Who can blame them when such people are so rare? Why was Hiruzen Sarutobi able to hold the top spot as a renowned teacher for so many years? Wasn't he one of the three legendary ninjas of Konoha in the teaching department?

Of course, the great scientist Orochimaru is the key to his stable position.

Unfortunately, Madara's white-clad minions didn't give him a chance at all. It felt like those white-clad minions were avoiding him. He hadn't found any trace of the White Zetsu clones in all these years of wandering the ninja world, but damn it, they definitely existed. Otherwise, Obito would have brought so many White Zetsu troops in the later great battle.

851. With looks like that, how could she be lacking in talent?

"You are... that blond brat from Sunagakure? You're dead too?"

Within the summoning circle, a handsome young man with white hair slowly stood up. He opened his eyes to find a middle-aged man with blond hair staring at him with wide eyes. His first thought was that annoying blond brat from Sunagakure. He then blurted out an uncertain question.

This scourge is finally dead...

ヽ(ー_ー)ノ

"...I didn't expect that after all these years, the Second Hokage would still remember me so fondly. Don't worry, I'm still alive and well, and living a pretty carefree life. Tsunade and I are getting married, so I was thinking of summoning you to be our witness or something..."

"when....!"

"I've been bragging about you for so many years since you died, and the first thing I do when we meet is call you 'little bastard,' thinking you're all that now that you're dead," Masato said irritably, glancing sideways at the handsome white-haired guy.

However, before he could finish speaking, a large fist struck his chest, and the Armament Haki automatic warning emitted a crisp metallic sound.

"You bastard, don't talk nonsense! I'm still here! Second Grandfather, it's me, Xiao Gang!"

Tsunade blasted the enemy away with a powerful punch. Upon seeing a familiar face, her eyes instantly welled up with tears, and she rushed into the arms of the handsome white-haired man. At this moment, she was no longer the domineering and ruthless Tsunade, but a young woman who had not seen her family for many years. Although this scene made those who knew Tsunade feel a little uncomfortable, they could understand it.

The deaths of her two grandfathers within two years were a blow that most people could not bear, let alone Tsunade, who was just a child at the time. However, for the sake of those around her, she could only keep her sadness to herself.

"So many years have passed, and Xiao Gang is so grown up now. Are you really going to marry this little rascal?"

Looking at his beloved granddaughter, Second Master Qianshou paused to reflect on his emotions, still troubled by the words of that blond-haired brat.

Although it doesn't matter who his precious granddaughter marries, as long as she's not from the Uchiha clan, it doesn't matter even if she's from another village. The Senju clan has always been inclusive and tolerant, and this blond little rascal has been quite talented since childhood, so he's worthy of their Senju princess.

However, he still disliked this blond-haired brat. Just thinking about how this little brat knew how to kidnap and extort at such a young age, and now he wanted to ride on his precious granddaughter, made Thousand-Handed Second Master feel disgusted, as if he had eaten several pounds of indigestion.

"Second Grandpa, I miss you so much..."

"Alright, alright. Tsunade, stop reminiscing. This forbidden technique isn't perfect yet, and this corpse won't last much longer. This... Second Master, the main reason I summoned you this time is because of your unfilial grandson, your eldest brother's grandson. Not many years after you died, Tsunade's father had another child, who is now the most useless descendant in the history of the Senju clan. He has a quarter of his eldest brother Senju's bloodline and is already in his mid-twenties before he's only managed to become a Jonin. The next generation of the Uchiha clan has already produced super geniuses. Tsunade is a bit impatient, so she had her friend summon you to see if this kid has any time left. It would be best if she could develop a couple of awesome ninjutsu for him so he can take off."

Tsunade was about to catch up with Senju, but Orochimaru kept giving Shinto meaningful glances. Shinto interrupted their conversation after receiving Orochimaru's look, saying that the corpses of ordinary people couldn't last long, even if they were still warm from death, they couldn't withstand the powerful quality of his soul.

"Impure World Reincarnation? This ninjutsu is not perfect yet. No wonder I feel that my soul is missing something... Thinking that my elder brother has a grandson, but... I have so many ninjutsu recorded in the Scroll of Seals. I can easily learn a few."

"Looking at Rope Tree who had been staring at me with wide, curious eyes from beginning to end, Second Master Senju said rather arrogantly."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Shindou felt nothing, but Tsunade and Orochimaru, who were standing to the side, both suffered internal injuries.

Look at how cocky he is, even Orochimaru had to take it on.

Others might not know, but the two of them—one being Nawaki's older sister and the other his mentor and mentor—knew everything. They knew perfectly well that if this kid could learn even one of these skills, he wouldn't still be a Jonin at this point.

Back then, he was asked to learn so many ninjutsu and sealing techniques. The Hokage even shamelessly made a copy of the sealing manual and put it by his bedside, but damn it, he just couldn't learn it!

Who else in the ninja world, besides this kid, gets this kind of treatment?

Without comparison, there's no harm done; Minato Namikaze, thanks to Jiraiya's relationship with Kushina, finally managed to obtain the Flying Thunder God Technique, one of the most difficult techniques to learn...

"boom!"

Just imagine Tsunade's temper flaring up again; she'd only feel better after smashing her idiot brother's head until it was bruised.

"Haha! Second Grandfather, my brother-in-law said my talent seems... seems to be hidden too deeply, and I'm not suitable for learning those ninjutsu..."

Even the naturally optimistic Nawaki was embarrassed. Holding the big bump on his forehead, he said awkwardly, "It's not that I didn't try. I really tried. I could recite all the ninjutsu in the sealing book from beginning to end, but I just couldn't learn them!"

"Is that so? You didn't awaken your older brother's Wood Release either? What about the Flying Thunder God Technique? That should be easy, right?"

Having rarely come out, Second Master Qian Shou was determined to put on a show to his heart's content, and said this while stroking his chin.

"Thunder God my ass! Even Sakumo Hatake couldn't learn that, let alone him. You should be more realistic and see if he has any hidden talent. If not, then issue an imperial decree to your disciple Hiruzen Sarutobi, letting your grandson inherit your Thunder God Greatsword. Also, Orochimaru has two Kusanagi swords here, so he can develop a two-sword style and a three-sword style, so he won't be so useless in the future. Your old rival, the Uchiha, has produced a real talent this generation. At the age of twelve or thirteen, he was able to turn the tables and kill more than a dozen of our Sand Ninja, including several Jonin. His battle record is almost on par with mine and White Fang's. And that kid is the grandson of your disciple, Kagami Uchiha."

"If your own grandson is even more useless than your disciple's grandson, you'll lose face too, won't you?"

Shindou couldn't listen anymore. If this old guy kept pretending, White Fang would become useless. If White Fang became useless, then what would he, who had been as famous as White Fang for many years, become?

If it weren't for Tsunade being there, and the fact that beating up a parent wouldn't be appropriate, he really wanted to beat the old man up and then throw him into a latrine to soak until the end of the year...

"...Is Nawaki's talent really that bad?"

The Second Master of the Thousand Hands remained silent for a long time, scrutinizing Rope Tree from head to toe for about ten minutes. He discovered that apart from his hair being different from his older brother's, the child was a carbon copy of him. With looks like that, how could his talent be lacking?

852. Keep it simple, it's too hard, I can't learn it.

"Hey... Orochimaru, you tell me!"

Looking at her great-uncle's sincere eyes and then at her younger brother's pitiful appearance, Tsunade really couldn't bring herself to say it. She sighed deeply and asked Orochimaru to speak for her. Although her brother's talent was terrible, she just couldn't bring herself to say it!

"Hehe... Second Hokage, don't be fooled by the resemblance between Nawaki and the First Hokage. There is indeed a huge gap between them. It's not that Nawaki doesn't work hard, but over the years, whether it's ninjutsu, sealing techniques, or even the Sand Village's puppet techniques, he always achieves half the results with twice the effort. In the end, given enough time, he even forgets those ninjutsu..."

Even Orochimaru himself felt ashamed to say this. As a leading figure in the scientific community, he couldn't even teach such a disciple. It wasn't that he didn't want to teach, but that he simply couldn't teach him. Besides, Nawaki had already tried his best, so he couldn't even get angry.

They're clearly working very hard, but they just can't seem to take off. What can you do about it?

"What's wrong with the village now?"

After a series of examinations by the Second Master Senju, and with the research report on Nawaki's genes provided by Orochimaru, the Second Master Senju finally believed that his grandson was simply a case of atavism in appearance. He hadn't even inherited his elder brother's Yang Release chakra. If it weren't for the DNA proof that Nawaki and Tsunade were indeed siblings, he would have suspected that Tsunade's mother had cheated on her. He was just a typical Senju clan member with no special characteristics. Furthermore, the genetic information provided by Orochimaru showed that Tsunade's ability to rise to prominence was largely due to inheriting some of her elder brother's Yang Release chakra, coupled with her naturally strong chakra control. This allowed her to excel in both superhuman strength techniques and medical ninjutsu. Unfortunately, Nawaki lacked all of these qualities, and his inexplicable talent was even inferior to that of the original Senju clan members.

So after much deliberation, the Second Master Senju agreed with the "yellow-haired brat's" suggestion to equip Nawaki with a divine weapon. The Senju clan was not out of his expectations, after all, he and his elder brother had scattered many clansmen and integrated them into the village back then, so he had already thought of this. However, Nawaki was his elder brother's grandson and the one who would inherit the Senju name, so he didn't want Nawaki to be too weak. Although he and his elder brother were not as good at attracting hatred as Madara Uchiha back then, they still offended quite a few people. Now that he has grown up, Tsunade can't protect him all the time. He has to be strong himself, so it's better to let him go for the divine weapon route.

So after making the decision, after writing the imperial edict to be handed over to Hiruzen Sarutobi in Nawaki's room, Senju Erji began to personally customize a three-sword style for Nawaki, his precious son, to match with several divine weapons. Multitasking was a piece of cake for a giant in the scientific world. While writing and drawing those special terms and sketches that even Shindou, who had received nine years of compulsory education, could not understand, Senju Erji asked Tsunade and the others about the situation in Konoha.

"It's nothing special. After you left, Second Grandfather, two more great wars broke out in the ninja world. It's only been a few years since the last great war ended."

Tsunade sat on the sofa, propping her head up with one hand, and took a deep look at her friend Orochimaru. She hadn't betrayed him; after all, he had come all this way specifically to help her, and she still owed him a favor.

One last look at Masato; they were the ones who started the Third World War.

"Sigh! Another war. I wonder if my brother's decision back then was right or wrong..."

The second master of the Senju clan shook his head helplessly. His elder brother had established the ninja village to end the war, but after experiencing the First Shinobi World War, he discovered that after the end of this chaotic era, the wars between ninja villages were even larger in scale than during the chaotic era. The war had never truly stopped.

Tsunade looked at the blond-haired brat and Senju Niji guessed what his granddaughter wanted to say. He thought the blond-haired brat was a troublemaker since he was a child. He had already caused trouble for Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu at a young age. It would not be surprising if he started a war when he grew up.

"Where there are people, there is war. What's so strange about that? Unless humanity goes extinct, when has there ever been true peace? Humans have desires. Your Konoha has rich land and inexhaustible resources, so of course you want peace. But look at our Sunagakure. Every day, yellow sand fills the sky. We even have to measure how much water we drink at a time with a ruler. If we don't fight, how will we feed ourselves and those villagers?"

Looking at Senju's gaze, Masato curled his lip in disdain and spoke frankly.

"Second Grandfather... um... could you develop some simpler ninjutsu? What you wrote is too complicated, I can't learn it... o(╯□╰)o"

Nawaki stared intently at what Senju had written on the paper. At first, it was alright; he could understand it. Although he wasn't particularly talented, he had followed Orochimaru before and knew a bit about the theory. But then it became increasingly profound, and he couldn't understand it anymore. What the hell was the difference between this and the ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals?

"..."

Hearing this, Snake looked up at the sky speechlessly. With a grandfather who could casually unleash a forbidden technique, this kid just didn't have the talent to learn these things. Now, someone specially customized ninjutsu for him, and this kid still couldn't understand it. What a disaster!

If he had a grandfather who was specially resurrected to develop ninjutsu for him, he would have been the king of the whole scene long ago. Why would he have had to painstakingly research snake ninjutsu and just modify his body for fun?

The more Tsunade listened, the more it sounded like she was being assaulted. If her father and mother hadn't both died, she would have wanted to put this younger brother back into her mother's womb and start a new account.

"Hiss... Phew! I'll try my best."

Master Thousand Hands took a deep breath, his toothache causing him pain.

Seeing his grandson's embarrassed state, his years of self-restraint made him want to hit him. Is this really his older brother's grandson?

Could it be that the prince has been replaced by a fox spirit?

However, that DNA research report doesn't lie; who told me to end up with such a grandson?

The Second Master of the Thousand Hands could only suppress the urge to hit someone, casually throw away what he had written in half, and start writing and drawing again.

This is even more stressful than fighting Madara Uchiha one-on-one...

.....

Seeing Senju Er Ye's humiliating state, Shindou was practically laughing his head off. He reaped what he sowed!

You dug up your own ancestral grave and broke your family's feng shui formation; you still have to bear the consequences yourself. If you hadn't dug up your own brother's grave back then, none of this would have happened! ヾ(^Д^*)/

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853. Snake Uncle's artifacts were given away twice.

"Eat and stay well here, don't leave. Let me handle the sword-fetching; there's no need for you to go yourself..."

The next day, after Senju Er Ye's time was up and he logged off, Masato stood at the village entrance and said to Tsunade with reluctance.

As it turns out, even a legendary man like Senju Er Ye, who could casually create a forbidden technique, had a headache dealing with a grandson like Nawaki. Karma was in the bag. In one night, he developed seven or eight ninjutsu, then modified them left and right, losing countless brain cells. Finally, at the last moment before his body could hold on any longer, he managed to develop a ninjutsu that Nawaki thought he could learn. But before he could even finish signing it, he ran out of money and had to log off.

Orochimaru couldn't very well use this forbidden technique, which wasn't yet fully perfected, in front of Tsunade again. However, his previous exchange with Senju, the first great scientist, had also given him a lot of inspiration. So, after Senju passed away, Orochimaru left behind two Kusanagi swords... oops! Kusanagi swords and hurriedly returned to the Land of Rain to continue his cultivation. The mortal world was over. With the ninjutsu and taijutsu specially designed by Senju and several divine weapons, if Nawaki still couldn't take off, then he was truly hopeless. In his opinion, the three-sword style ninjutsu and taijutsu that Senju developed for Nawaki, although relatively simple, was extremely powerful. With a quarter of Senju's genes, if he practiced well, he might not be able to defeat the Steel Lion, but he could certainly put up a fight against the Fourth Raikage. In the end, it all depended on whether he could master it. His older brother and teacher had really done their job, even giving him two divine weapons. Even Jiraiya wasn't this generous...

Now, with the ninjutsu that Grandpa specially designed for my younger brother, plus the two divine weapons generously sponsored by his friends, all that's left for my younger brother to take off and restore the glory of the Senju clan are two steps: acquiring the Thunder God Greatsword and mastering this ninjutsu.

So after sending Senju the Second Master offline, Tsunade, who had been in Sunagakure for more than two years, couldn't wait to take the imperial edict written by Senju the Second Master and bring her younger brother back to Konoha to inherit the great sword. She even put her younger brother's marriage aside for the time being. Anyway, Tsunade had already figured out that the Scorching Release girl was not going to escape. Her younger brother could flirt with her whenever he wanted. Although being a disciple of the Golden Lion in Sunagakure was a hot commodity, those people had to be worthy of the Golden Lion's approval. Of the Golden Lion's three disciples, only "Sunagakure Green Light" Kudo Yusaku was married. Although the young master of Meikawa was crippled, his doorstep had been worn down by suitors over the years. His father, the Meikawa clan chief, had taken a liking to several women, but it was clear that the Meikawa clan chief, as the father, had no say in his youngest son's marriage. And those cheat-like women were not worthy of Meikawa's approval, so he used his position as his teacher to brush them off, leaving no room for argument.

As long as Shiki doesn't speak up, no one in Sunagakure will dare to flirt with this girl who uses the Scorching Release technique. Besides, the rumors about her and her younger brother have been circulating for so long, it's only a matter of time.

She never expected her younger brother to be able to make a career for himself, and he wasn't capable of doing so either, so she just wanted him to get married and have children as soon as possible.

But now that my younger brother has the opportunity to build a career, we should naturally let him make a name for himself first, so that he will have more confidence when he speaks after marriage, right?

She simply didn't believe there was some kind of ninjutsu specially designed for him by her second grandfather that her younger brother couldn't even master. If that were the case, she'd rather be dead; living was just too exhausting...

"I've been here too long, I'm planning to go out for a walk."

Tsunade waved her hand casually, joking. That was her great-grandfather's divine artifact, crucial to her younger brother's rise to power. She wouldn't trust anyone else to retrieve it; if something went wrong, all her efforts would have been in vain.

Moreover, she had been in Sunagakure for too long and wanted to go back to Daimyo's territory to have some fun. Although she was carefree here and never had to worry about money, and could have endless fun, Sunagakure was not her own territory and she was not used to it.

"..."

Watching their retreating figures, Shinto shrugged helplessly. This time, he didn't go out partying with Tsunade. As the flirting master Sasori's father had said, being too clingy only makes people feel uncomfortable, especially with a domineering tomboy like Tsunade. Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Anyway, it's not time for them to be a loving family yet. With the Yin Seal keeping Tsunade at eighteen every year, he only needs to visit her occasionally to maintain their relationship. Both of them tacitly refrained from breaking the ice.