I am Jinshan Youxia

Nagato looked up and said in a very deep voice, "I understand."

When Konan found him, it was already Yahiko expressing his attitude, but he didn't say it out loud just to take care of him.

Honestly, after being the leader of Akatsuki for so many years, it's not like I've gained nothing at all.

Nagato wanted to laugh self-deprecatingly, but suddenly realized that he had long forgotten how to laugh.

It seems to have started on the day Yahiko died.

He forced a smile. "I will go."

"Okay." Konan stood under the light by the door, seemingly separated from Nagato in the shadows. She subconsciously brushed a stray hair behind her ear. "Nagato?"

"Ok?"

"Yahiko and I miss you very much too."

"I see."

"..."

After a long silence, Konan closed the door behind her. Nagato lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling. The light seemed to transform into clusters of colorful halos in her half-open vision.

The Rinnegan seems to see less than ordinary eyes.

It's so hard to smile.

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A few days ago, in the fictional world of Konoha Village, in the Hokage's office.

"I've chosen you, monkey."

Tobirama Senju patted Hiruzen Sarutobi on the shoulder earnestly and said, "The first resurrection spot is yours."

"I will talk to my brother about this in person later."

"Ah, Lord Tobirama..." Hiruzen Sarutobi looked somewhat flustered, "Both you and Minato are more suited to be resurrected in the real world than I am."

Regarding the resurrection slots, although they haven't been discussed, everyone privately believes that these two resurrection slots should be used on members of the Senju clan, especially Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage.

It's normal to hand over the ordinary supplies and ninja tools obtained from climbing the tower; this is to repay the village for its support and in exchange for future assistance from the village.

But resurrection involves too many things, and who wouldn't want to use their own resurrection slot to bring back their loved ones?

The act of handing over one's secret techniques to the village is no less than handing over one's own secret techniques. No one is willing to do it, and no one is willing to be the first to talk about it. It is a private, unspoken rule.

As for the idea of ​​dying and entering the virtual world to be with family, after discovering that the benefits of climbing the tower for the living were higher than those for the dead, the five great ninja villages basically stopped having such extreme cases of suicide.

"The village in this world needs me to manage it. Minato voluntarily gave up his resurrection for Kushina's sake."

Tobirama Senju succinctly explained his reasoning: "You've managed the village in the real world for the longest time, which allows you to better assist Tsunade. Neither I nor Minato can do that."

“I understand,” Hiruzen Sarutobi replied.

He still felt something was off. He had originally planned to climb the tower as much as possible to revive his wife and children before reviving himself, but he ended up reviving himself first.

However, he only needs to accept Lord Tobirama's arrangement.

Just like when I was young.

Hiruzen Sarutobi waited quietly in his office for a while before Hashirama Senju, his face covered in notes, chuckled and walked in, pointing at him and saying:

"It's decided then, it's 'Hiruzen Sarutobi'!"

A strange resurrection spell.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's vision went black, and then a strange black background interface appeared. He immediately saw his old self, naked, slowly rotating in a 3D model.

That one glance almost made his blood pressure spike.

Sparse hair, wrinkles that could trap an eagle, loose skin, even Ou Jinjin and the Demon Orb...

Fortunately, he had excellent composure and quickly discovered that there were adjustable data options on the interface.

Age, gender, physical fitness, and the benefits gained from climbing the tower, such as bloodline limits, Sharingan, Byakugan, etc.

If his age could be adjusted from infancy to before his death, then a young adult would be ideal, as he would be in his prime and, combined with his current experience, his strength would be at its absolute peak.

There are 97 different genders, helicopters, and what exactly are Walmart plastic bags?

Hiruzen Sarutobi cautiously chose 'male'.

Physical fitness is the physical fitness corresponding to age. The increase comes from the benefits he gained from climbing the tower before. There's no question about it, just add it all up.

He tried loading both bloodline limits and pluggable bloodline limit derivatives.

Different bloodline limits will have different effects on the body: the Senju bloodline will increase the upper limit of physical attributes, increase the amount of hidden chakra and recovery ability; the Uzumaki bloodline will increase the amount of chakra and the talent for sealing techniques; the Uchiha bloodline, in addition to increasing the amount of chakra, will also increase the affinity for fire release and the hidden talent of awakening the Sharingan.

The enhancements brought by bloodline limits are not necessarily useful or positive. For example, the Ice Release bloodline limit improves appearance (he almost didn't get selected) but it's not very useful. The Shikotsumyaku bloodline limit will give you additional blood disease (all the power is put into the ability to regenerate bones at will and invincibility in close combat). Even the Uchiha clan bloodline increases the chance of mental illness.

In summary, the resurrection interface provides very detailed instructions, and many items obtained from climbing the tower that seemed useless in the past now have a purpose.

This method of directly implanting bloodline limits is truly remarkable; it is definitely a modification that has penetrated to the genetic level.

What's even more terrifying is that Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered that as long as they don't repel each other, he can implant multiple bloodline limits!

Chapter 493 The Sage of Six Paths in the New Era?

Despite trying many things, Hiruzen Sarutobi ultimately refrained from altering his bloodline and gender.

He felt that his Sarutobi clan bloodline was strong enough.

Moreover, he found it hard to accept that his body would change after adjusting his gender and bloodline. Bloodline was one thing, some ninjas might be willing to accept that, but he doubted that anyone could accept the physical changes brought about by adjusting gender.

The reason for trying them one by one is simply because this is crucial information about resurrection, and no detail can be overlooked.

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought it would be over after he selected his body, but to his surprise, after the interface faded, a map of the ninja world slowly unfolded before his eyes.

Please select your respawn point.

He didn't rush to find Konoha, but instead began to study it carefully.

You can choose from countries, regions, towns, and villages, but you can only go to villages at most. Konoha Village is categorized as a town.

Just like when choosing a body, the selection only disappears after you confirm. He confidently clicked on each area one by one.

I discovered something interesting.

Because his identity is the Third Hokage of Konoha, the default option is Konoha. However, if you switch to another ninja village, you will be prompted to select a region where battles may occur.

It seems that he won't be sent there secretly when he's resurrected.

Including Sunagakure, except for Konoha, every place he, the Third Hokage, went to experience battles.

This means that there is no place that is not hostile to Konoha, not even Sunagakure, which has only recently surrendered.

If it were the old Sunagakure, they would have had no choice but to continue cooperating with Konoha to gain a reason to exist. But with the illusory world, the tower climbing, and the four Kazekage resurrected in the illusory world, everything is different.

Who doesn't love the abundance of the Land of Fire?

Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed at the possibility of a future war.

While Lord Hashirama's power is undoubtedly unmatched, war and death are meaningless in a fictional world where resurrection is possible.

Unfortunately, not every country or ninja village is so rational. The combined strength of the first 'Kage' is not bad, and with the Tower Climb constantly increasing the strength of each ninja village, if any organization or ninja village were to start a war without thinking, it would inevitably turn into a war that sweeps across the entire ninja world.

Everyone knows very well that the more living people there are in the village, the more benefits they will receive from climbing the tower, and the more powerful people there will be, eventually leading to a situation where the strongest will dominate.

Once dead bodies are discovered in the attacked village, the desire to kill people in other villages as well could lead to the annihilation of the entire ninja world, with everyone hiding in a virtual world awaiting resurrection...

Driven by humanity's instinct to fight, this cycle may repeat itself.

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly found it somewhat ridiculous. Was this the peace that Zhang Chengyi wanted?

Fight, struggle, and choose your own path in life. No matter how many years it takes, sooner or later the war will be over.

"The Sage of Six Paths in the new era?" he murmured to himself, his initial hostility vanishing and replaced by a sense of respect.

When the Sage of Six Paths' attempt to connect the human mind and create peace failed, the Sage of Six Paths in the new era chose another path—a path that allows people to truly see the future.

What kind of peace it is doesn't matter; wars will always end. People will no longer connect with each other through their hearts, but through endless time to understand each other. All bottom lines will be protected by 'miracles'.

Is this the new path you've created for us? Or do you have deeper meanings that I can't comprehend?

With mixed feelings, Hiruzen Sarutobi chose Konoha Village. Then, his vision went dark and then bright again, and he found himself standing on a high place overlooking the street scene of Konoha Village.

"It's been a long time." He recognized the street scene beneath his feet at a glance: Mingcha Street, which is diagonally below the Hokage Rock, a place where one can enjoy tea while admiring the Hokage Rock. So, the name of the high-rise building he was standing on shouldn't need to be considered.

"Shh! Shh! Shh!"

Several members of the secret service knelt down on one knee.

"Thank you all for your hard work these past few days." Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. "Is Tsunade in her office?"

"Third Hokage, when you were resurrected just now..."

The leader of the ANBU hesitated for a moment, then said, "There was a very strong chakra fluctuation. We saw your name when we arrived."

Hiruzen Sarutobi asked him in detail and learned that his name was not simply displayed, but was clearly constructed from physical chakra. Anyone with even a little perception could clearly perceive it, and the four Chinese characters were extremely conspicuous.

His body appeared out of thin air after the physical chakra disappeared.

"No wonder," he muttered. It's hard to imagine that a resurrected person would avoid a battle if they were to go to another village.

After thinking for a few seconds, Hiruzen Sarutobi formed hand seals, released a simulated world, sat on the ground, and entered the illusory world. The location was still the same place where he had been resurrected before.

"They've already been resurrected?"

Hashirama Senju was somewhat surprised, as he had heard that it had taken a long time for him to be resurrected last time.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed something was wrong and inquired about the time he had disappeared. After comparing the results, he realized that when he chose to revive his body, no time had been consumed.

The time discrepancies that Hashirama and Tobirama noticed stemmed entirely from the time he wasted after arriving in reality.

He quickly recounted all the intelligence he had gathered.

Tobirama Senju nodded thoughtfully. "I understand. I'll leave the village in the real world to you. Remember the plan we agreed on before."

Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Lord Tobirama, can Jiraiya be included in the elite training program?"

The initial group consisted mainly of elite Jonin from the village, along with some promising Genin and secretly trained Anbu.

Jiraiya's overly casual personality made him unpopular with Tobirama Senju, and the five Hokage never mentioned this ninja with a special status in the village when they talked.

"Let that kid join us," Hashirama Senju suggested.