I am Jinshan Youxia

Despite his seemingly mild-mannered demeanor, the First Hokage actually possessed considerable political acumen.

Being able to bend and stretch, and being willing to sit down and discuss with everyone even as the strongest, is enough to gain the support of the vast majority of people.

The Third Hokage was Jiraiya's teacher, the Fourth Hokage was Jiraiya's student, and the Fifth Hokage was Jiraiya's comrade. More than half of the Hokage had such a good relationship with Jiraiya, and he was also quite strong. It would be unreasonable not to include him.

Tobirama Senju nodded. "If he's willing to go back to the village, then you, Monkey, can take care of him."

After Hiruzen Sarutobi was resurrected, in addition to assisting Tsunade, he also used his knowledge of all the village's ninjutsu to teach all those participating in the elite training program.

Chapter 494 People Who Won't Change Because of Language

"The world appears to be on a path toward peace."

After observing for so long, Madara Uchiha gave his opinion.

Ever since that meeting in Konoha, he has been traveling to every corner of the ninja world. Just like he used to observe human conflicts, he is observing what kind of impact Zhang Chengyi's alternative 'Eye of the Moon,' which can accommodate people from all over the world, will have on this world.

The answer is similar to that of Hiruzen Sarutobi, or most insightful people: as long as the virtual world can continue to exist, peace is bound to come. What kind of peace is up to humanity to decide. But Zhang Chengyi has already put an end to the future conflicts.

Normally, there's a saying that goes, "The only lesson mankind learns from history is that mankind learns nothing from history."

However, this is based on the continuous iteration of humankind. If the human population only increases and does not decrease, and can infinitely make up for past losses, peace is only a matter of time.

Madara Uchiha understood this perfectly well, but he also knew the greatest weakness of this kind of peace—

"It's you, Zhang Chengyi." He looked at Zhang Chengyi, who was soaking in the hot spring not far away, and said with a cold face.

Even if his own plan is to make himself the sole standard for maintaining world peace, that doesn't mean he'll trust others to ensure things go smoothly during peacetime.

This is a double standard: unwilling to trust others, yet having complete trust in oneself.

"Haah~"

Zhang Chengyi yawned while lying in the hot spring, his voice heavy with drowsiness: "You came all this way just for something so trivial?"

After completing the construction of the virtual world, he was practically invincible.

The principle that a ninja dies when killed simply doesn't apply to him. The illusory world has become a part of him. No matter how his body is damaged, the illusory world that stores his thoughts and spirit can recreate him out of thin air using the Yin-Yang Release technique.

Unless someone can kill everyone on the Ninja World Continent in an instant, destroying his physical body and the illusory world at the same time, he cannot be killed if either condition cannot be met simultaneously.

First, you can deal with the fact that his body will be infinitely reshaped by the Yin-Yang Escape Technique. Destroying the illusory world first is simply impossible, as the modifier's lock is absolute.

Therefore, it is necessary to kill everyone on the Ninja World Continent to create a virtual world and reshape the body, resolve the lock on the body to unlock the modifier, and destroy the virtual world. All three must happen simultaneously, otherwise it will be an intractable deadlock.

After becoming invincible in strength, Zhang Chengyi began his traditional act of recklessly partying, as if afraid that no one could come and kill him, thus demonstrating the insurmountable fear of infinite resurrection.

This guy...

Madara Uchiha had thoroughly researched Zhang Chengyi's entire experience since his appearance, and naturally knew that this was why the other party was confident that he wouldn't be killed by a sneak attack.

Where does this confidence come from?

Izanagi?

He vaguely sensed that it wasn't Izanagi, yet he couldn't fathom what trump card Zhang Chengyi possessed that allowed him to disregard his existence.

A few seconds passed as I pondered this over and over.

"This is on you," Zhang Chengyi said lazily, tossing the sake from beside the hot spring.

Madara Uchiha caught the sake, drank it all in one gulp, and said in a slightly gentler tone, "I will always be watching over you."

This statement has two meanings. One is supervision and deterrence. As long as Zhang Chengyi shows any signs of weakness and is unable to maintain the virtual world, he will kill Zhang Chengyi immediately and restart his Eye of the Moon project. The second meaning is that he approves of what Zhang Chengyi has done.

Just as he agrees with what Hashirama Senju did for the sake of peace, this does not conflict with his falling out with Hashirama Senju and his constant keeping an eye on Zhang Chengyi.

Because he doesn't trust others now, and he won't in the future either.

"Ha, then you just watch."

Zhang Chengyi didn't care much. He covered his face with a towel, the steam rising, and said in a wisp of air, "By the way, you captured the other tailed beasts, right? Do you want to create the Ten-Tails? I can let you take the lead."

"..."

Madara Uchiha didn't understand what this guy was talking about. The illusory world was already a viable path, so why encourage him to continue implementing the Eye of the Moon?

Zhang Chengyi casually said, "You've never entered the virtual world, nor climbed the tower. Hmm, I guess you've never even met Hashirama Senju again."

"Anyway, come find me to get the Tailed Beast whenever you're ready."

Madara Uchiha was puzzled, but realized that the problem must lie with the Eye of the Moon.

The legendary Sage of Six Paths of the New Era, and the Eye of the Moon Plan left behind by the true Sage of Six Paths...

It doesn't matter anymore.

He didn't know the deeper meaning behind Zhang Chengyi's words, but he would still try to do what he wanted to do, even if there seemed to be a better way.

How could someone like him change because of words?

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In the Land of Fire, in a dense forest.

"finally found you."

Kakashi Hatake stared intently at the masked man not far away, his Mangekyou Sharingan swirling in his pupils. "Obito, take off your mask."

Lin told him everything she had seen.

The boy who suffered greatly because his comrades killed each other, the traitor who personally instigated the Nine-Tails' rampage that killed the Fourth Hokage and his wife, and the fanciful one who led Akatsuki to plot the 'Eye of the Moon'.

Originally, he couldn't track Obito, who possessed space-time ninjutsu. However, by climbing the tower and gaining a significant amount of chakra, coupled with the addition of the Uchiha bloodline, he successfully developed the Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan, which had already been demonstrated by Zhang Chengyi, to a deeper level. He was now able to actively enter the Kamui dimension and even sense the activation of space-time ninjutsu through the Uchiha bloodline's development of Kamui.

His perception is far superior to Zhang Chengyi's in the past, and with the original Uchiha bloodline, he has gone much further than Zhang Chengyi in terms of Kamui.

After all, the modding expert was just throwing Kamui around like a tool, but he saw Kamui as his hope of finding Obito.

As an absolute genius, he truly succeeded.

"..."

Obito Uchiha stared at his former comrade and the Sharingan he had given him. After a moment of silence, he removed his mask, revealing half of his pale face.

"So you're still alive, Obito." Kakashi Hatake's expression changed.

Even after listening to Lin's explanation, he still couldn't believe that the cheerful boy who was willing to sacrifice himself for his companions would become... the guy that Lin described as full of pain and ambition.

Obito Uchiha seemed to want to say something, but then seemed somewhat disinterested. If the plan had gone smoothly and everything had gone according to his plan, he would have met Kakashi and perhaps had a lot to say, but at the moment he was just annoyed.

The plan failed, and a new path emerged, but he was not in charge. Without the power of the Ten-Tails, he was no match for either Madara or Zhang Chengyi.

He's still a bit confused about what to do and how to do it.

Chapter 495 This moment is just like that moment.

"Go see Lin, she has a lot to say to you."

Having heard about Obito's life, Kakashi Hatake was able to understand his former comrade quite well.

"Go see Lin?"

Obito Uchiha gave a sarcastic smile. "That's just a genjutsu space, a genjutsu space controlled by someone else."

"You actually believe illusions to be real, Kakashi?"

You're the only one who has no right to say such a thing...

Kakashi Hatake suppressed the urge to retort. Rin, as a soul, had been watching Obito closely since her death and knew a great deal. He had heard Rin explain clearly how the Eye of the Moon Plan was accomplished and what its effects were.

The idea of ​​dragging everyone in the world into an illusion to achieve lasting peace is even more extreme than the more realistic illusionary world created by Zhang Chengyi.

Furthermore, the Second Hokage himself confirmed whether the resurrected people in the virtual world were real or not. As the person who developed the Impure World Reincarnation technique, his understanding of souls, spirits, and illusions was unmatched by ordinary people.

As an 'ordinary person,' all he needed to know was that the illusionary space created by the simulated world used the attraction of an extremely realistic body to the soul, thus 'trapping' the real soul within the illusionary space.

Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable for it to be called 'the world'.

Kakashi Hatake didn't explain, but instead said, "Obito, the Eye of the Moon Plan is just a conspiracy, you—"

"Shut up, Kakashi." Obito Uchiha interrupted Kakashi, his expression grim. "Don't force me to kill you."

He is a person who firmly believes that reality is extremely ridiculous, and he sincerely believes that even if the future world may be peaceful, the present reality is still garbage, and will remain garbage for a long time.

Achieving peace is too slow, far inferior to the Eye of the Moon Project. Both are illusions, so who is more noble than whom?

Of course, he was just saying that he wanted to kill Kakashi.

If he were to actually do it, he would at most knock them unconscious; he would never kill them. In his heart, Kakashi and Rin are people he cares about very much and considers very precious, holding a very special place in his heart. If either of them had died in the infighting back then, he would have become the crazy person he is now.

He would never admit it himself. He could spout a lot of tough talk, but when it came to actually doing something, his mind would automatically block out the possibility of harming 'Kakashi'.

Madara Uchiha had repeatedly mentioned that the two Kamui eyes would be even stronger, but for all these years he never thought of taking back the eyes he had given away. Instead, he made a three-tomoe eye and played around with Pinduoduo (a Chinese e-commerce platform).

Kakashi Hatake took a deep breath. "Obito, I will bring you back to Konoha."

His tone was very resolute. Having grown stronger by climbing the tower, having completely mastered Kamui, and knowing all of Obito's information, he was fully capable of defeating Obito.

However, after saying that, he suddenly thought of Jiraiya and Naruto, who kept saying he wanted to bring Sasuke back.

Ignoring the strange and awkward feeling, Kakashi Hatake rushed forward.

"ridiculous!"

Obito Uchiha chuckled and began charging in the opposite direction, confidently considering how to deal with the prisoners.

However, having always been cautious and never entered the virtual world, he seemed to have underestimated the allure of numbers and Kakashi's determination.

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Hot Spring Country, a hot spring inn.

"Ha~ Ah"

Zhang Chengyi yawned as he walked towards his room. If Madara Uchiha hadn't appeared while he was soaking in the hot spring, he probably would have fallen asleep.

Two footsteps approached, "tap, tap, tap," and he turned his head to look.

Chiyo and Gaara appeared in sight, dressed in casual clothes.

"Yo," Zhang Chengyi greeted, raising his hand with a relaxed expression.

Gaara's expression remained normal. Upon meeting, he bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you very much."