Killing his way through the ninja world, starting from being adopted by the second generation!

"That idiot Jiraiya believes the words of a mere toad!"

Black Zetsu seemed to be thinking of two idiots just like Jiraiya, and a flash of anger appeared in his eyes.

"Why isn't that stinky toad dead yet?!"

Hagoromo and Hamura believed the toad's words.

So, did they seal away the mother?

Chapter 591 Avoiding Thirty Years of Detours

"Renya, your Aunt Mito's health is getting worse and worse."

Nighttime, on the eaves of Tobirama Senju's mansion.

As Hashirama Senju gazed at the full moon in the night sky, a hint of melancholy flashed in his eyes.

Today is Renya's birthday. He and Mito should have been there, but his wife wasn't feeling well, so neither of them came.

"Is there really no way for Aunt Mito's condition to improve?"

Renya Uzumaki Mito's health had been deteriorating for several years, but unexpectedly, it has started to worsen in just three years.

Although he and Aunt Mito didn't spend much time together on a regular basis, she genuinely cared for him as a junior.

If possible, Lianye naturally didn't want her condition to worsen.

Unfortunately, birth, aging, illness, and death are the natural order of things, and cannot be changed by ordinary means.

"Tobirama has examined it and said there's nothing he can do," Hashirama Senju said with a bitter expression.

The person he wronged the most in his life was Mito Uzumaki. In his early years, he was always fighting and had no time to care for his wife. Later, he co-founded Konoha with Madara, but they had a disagreement due to differences in their ideals. In the Battle of the Valley of the End, he killed his friend. He lived in guilt ever since and almost died of depression.

During that time, he had no interest in paying attention to his wife at all.

Then, he learned from Renya that Madara Uchiha had faked his death, and deliberately faked his own death to leave the village and search for his close friend's whereabouts for several years.

I never considered whether doing this would upset Mito...

It wasn't until a few years ago, after he parted ways with Ban, that he had time to return home and spend time with his wife.

However, from that time onwards, Mito Uzumaki's health condition was already far from ideal.

If he could do it all over again, he would never treat his wife like that.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs," and what has happened cannot be undone; it can only be buried in our hearts as a regret.

"Tobirama asked me to spend more time with Mito during this period..." Hashirama Senju's eyes were a little moist.

Although he is usually carefree, he is not stupid and can understand Tobirama's implied meaning.

In other words, given Mito's current situation, he probably won't be able to hold on for much longer.

He spent the day taking care of his wife, and only when she fell asleep late at night did he have time to find Lian Ye and express his bitterness.

With Madara dead, he had no one else to confide in except Tobirama and Renya.

Lian Ye felt the same sadness, but was powerless to do anything about it.

Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the natural course of life, and everyone must experience them, including himself.

Compared to dying on the battlefield, this is considered a peaceful death.

There's really no need to be too sad...

"Come visit your Aunt Mito more often when you have time. She's been talking about you a lot these past few days."

Hashirama Senju stood up, leaped off the roof, and left without looking back.

In the darkness, his silhouette appeared particularly forlorn.

"Kid, what's on your mind?"

Senju Tobirama sat down next to Renya at some point and asked softly.

He knew his older brother was coming to the house, but he simply didn't come up to interrupt their conversation.

He knew from the beginning that his sister-in-law's health was poor.

I've been looking for a solution for years, but it's not that simple.

Orochimaru did propose several methods to prolong life, but he rejected them all.

"What thoughts could one possibly have? Birth, aging, sickness, and death are all perfectly normal."

Lianye lay on the eaves, her hands behind her head, gazing at the full moon in the night sky, without saying another word.

This old fellow is still in pretty good health; he should be able to live another ten years or so without any problem.

It seems that as long as there is no war, the average lifespan of ninjas can be greatly increased.

The vast majority of ninjas died in battle; only a minority were able to die of old age.

Fortunately, all the major ninja villages have been well-behaved in recent years, and no village has attempted to launch a war of aggression.

Ultimately, it's because Konoha is too powerful.

At least that's how Konoha is now; it's hard to say what will happen in another ten or twenty years.

Achieving peace in the ninja world is unrealistic, and Renya doesn't have such grand ambitions.

As long as you don't have strong desires, you won't be exploited by those with ulterior motives and become a pawn in their plans.

Take Madara Uchiha for example. If he had just given up like Renya, and spent his time taking walks in the village and occasionally sunbathing with Hashirama Senju, how could he have been so easily outmaneuvered by Black Zetsu?

Given Lianye's personality, even if she didn't know the plot, she would only sigh a few times after seeing the contents of the stone tablet.

As for realizing the "Eye of the Moon" plan?

Sorry, I don't have time!

"It's good that you think that way." Tobirama Senju looked at Renya's calm appearance and smiled slightly.

He worried that his sister-in-law's death would drive Lian Ye to extremes, and he was even more worried that when his day came, Lian Ye would do something outrageous out of grief.

After all, the mental state of the Uchiha clan is not as stable as it appears on the surface.

Fortunately, it seems unlikely that such a thing will happen.

"Uncle, don't you get bored spending all your time in the lab?"

Since stepping down as Hokage, Tobirama Senju has spent his days in the laboratory conducting experiments, almost day after day, year after year.

Orochimaru is young and his body can handle it, but this old guy is already quite old and still does this.

Lian Ye was worried that one day he would overwork himself and suddenly die in the laboratory.

“Not boring at all. How could I be bored doing experiments?” Tobirama Senju glanced at him sideways and said irritably, “But you, all you do is stay home and sunbathe all day long. Don’t you get bored?”

When he first saw Lian Ye sunbathing, he thought the kid was tired from fighting and taking a break was nothing unusual.

As a result, he lay there from the age of sixteen or seventeen until he was thirty-six.

Twenty years!

To paraphrase Lian Ye, you retire in your forties or fifties, while I started to enjoy retirement at sixteen or seventeen.

It's like avoiding thirty years of detours!

“How could I be bored if I did nothing all day but enjoy life?” Lian Ye said in a similarly irritable tone.

In his view, how could enjoying retirement possibly be boring?

Compared to fighting to the death on the battlefield, life now is like living in paradise.

All I do is eat, sleep, and sunbathe. Occasionally, I go fishing and have barbecue with my best buddies by the river. Isn't that wonderful?

Tobirama Senju: "..."

He strongly suspected that the reason this kid was preventing Uchiha Madara from realizing the "Eye of the Moon" plan was because he felt that his real life was already better than the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Real life is already happy and fulfilling, so there's no need to enter a false illusionary world!

Sunbathing during the day and watching the moon at night.

Wow, I have to say, this kid really knows how to enjoy life!

"Uncle, if you have nothing else to do, go to bed early. Don't you have to go to the lab to do research tomorrow?"

"Unlike me, I never need to get up early."

Tobirama Senju: "..."

It's hardened; its fists have hardened.

Why did he suddenly feel like punching this kid?

Maybe Lian Ye is just too annoying.

Chapter 592: Making Arrangements for His Death

Uchiha stronghold, Uchiha Retsuka's residence.

"Reifeng, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is critically ill. Our chance has come!"

Upon learning that Mito Uzumaki's days were numbered, Black Zetsu immediately sought out his pawn, Retsu Uchiha.

The Uchiha clan members are the easiest to fool.

The fierce wind before him was far easier to fool than Ban.

With just a little persuasion, he could convince the other party that the "Eye of the Moon" project could resurrect his dead wife and brother.

The room was dark, and in the darkness, Uchiha Retsu slowly opened his crimson Mangekyou Sharingan.

What do you need me to do?

What does it matter if I have to pay a price to bring my dead wife and brother back to life?

He had waited far too long for this day to come.

Now that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is critically ill, he will likely pass away soon, at which point the Nine-Tails and Three-Tails will be ownerless.

Project "Eye of the Moon"...

"All you need to do is find the exiled Three-Tails, control it with your Mangekyou Sharingan, and you don't need to do anything else."

The reason Black Zetsu was willing to spend time fooling Uchiha Retsu was simply because he wanted to find a tool to use in his spare time.

As for getting him to implement the "Eye of the Moon" plan, that's simply unrealistic.

For Black Zetsu, the real pawn was Uchiha Madara!

Only Madara Uchiha can free his mother, who is sealed on the moon.

"Is it that simple?" Uchiha Retsu was somewhat surprised and subconsciously looked at Black Zetsu, who was perfectly blended into the darkness.

Controlling the tailed beasts was a piece of cake for him, but was finding him really just a simple task?

This made him question the guy's intentions.

Black Zetsu seemed to see his confusion and patiently explained, "You only have so many tasks for now. To realize the 'Eye of the Moon' plan is not that simple. It requires a lot of planning to succeed."

To revive the mother, the right time, the right place, and the right people are all indispensable.

If it were really that simple, my mother would have already descended upon the ninja world.

Why would it need to spend a thousand years planning such a grand scheme?

"Alright, I understand." Uchiha Retsuka stared coldly at Black Zetsu. "I hope you haven't lied to me, otherwise I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Reviving his wife and brother has been his greatest obsession all these years, but what if Black Zetsu is deceiving him with the "Eye of the Moon" plan?

He definitely won't let this dark-skinned guy get away with it!

Despite being inwardly disdainful of Uchiha Retsu's threat, Black Zetsu managed a forced smile.

"Of course, 'Eye of the Moon' is a joint plan of ours, why would I lie to you?"

"That would be for the best!" Uchiha Retsuka sneered.

Black Zetsu left the Uchiha clan's territory and secretly arrived at Tobirama Senju's residence.

Looking at Lianye lying on the roof watching the moon, he muttered to himself.