cunning

"Greetings," Saiko said with a slight nod at these people, the people smiled slightly although they couldn't see Saiko's face they knew he was smiling. They all smiled warmly at Saiko, it was as if they were seeing the most loving person in the world.

Saiko made his way through the streets, greeting everyone along the way. for the first time in his life, his eyes were opened and he could see the truth. nobody hatred him, he was just too unique, drawing many people to his side.

Saiko soon arrived at the place where Shisui and Shin were training, it was on top of the mountain which had dense natural energy. there he saw Shisui and Shin along with an old man, Shin flashed as he jumped into Saiko's hands happily licking Saiko's face.

"you're finally awake. It's been a week." Shisui said with a smile, Saiko nodded slightly at his words, but his eyes turned towards the old man, who was the tribe chief, a person with a powerlevel in the upper 4 or 500 hundred, far above the normal kage level.

"you don't mind if I join in the training as well?" Saiko asked, the old man smiled warmly at Saiko's words, he nodded slightly and welcomed Saiko to join. So, they all sat down and cleared their head, the old man told them everything they needed to know,

Shisui and Shin could already sense Naruto's energy around them, they could absorb it, but they had trouble balancing it. Shin had a much easier time with this, he was the son of the Sage Dog, the Sage Dog was like these tribe men, they don't have chakra but natural energy, it was not even mixed with chakra as the sage of six paths didn't spread over here

since Shin had been using chakra all his life, he had to learn to balance natural energy along with his chakra, after some time he would need to learn how to store natural energy within his body. this would be easy for him, a few months

meanwhile, Shisui would need a month or so to manage to balance out chakra and natural energy, at which point he would need even more time using the technique to manage and store change within his body,

once a person manages to absorb natural energy and store it within their body, they would enter a state called Sage mode. once within this state, their power could increase up to 50 times, of course, such a huge boost as 50 times is for those who had mastered it. meanwhile, a boost of 2 or higher would be for the bigger. of course, there was a limit to this, if you're too powerful, then Sage mode would not give you up to a 50 times boost

Sage Mode would become useless once a person powerlevel near 3 to 4 thouands, which is why the Sage of Six paths had to make his own path.

meanwhile, Saiko easily sensed the natural energy around him and slowly began absorbing it, but he didn't try and store it within his body and enter sage mode, instead, he used the energy to cultivate, and this energy was slowly mixed with his energy.

once should know, that Houtian once forces on tempering the body. but the reason for this is to allow one to gain the ability to store energy within their dantian, by level 7 houtian, a Qi Sea would be birthed within their Dantian allowing them to store energy within for later use

Saiko had a Qi Sea. It was filled with chakra, pretty much allowing him to have more chakra, and chakra he could much more easily use without hand seals. but there was a slight problem with this, although the Qi sea increased his energy, the energy was only the form of mist, and mist compared to his overall energy... it was not that useful.

but as Saiko cultivation increases, the Qi sea would improve, and the energy within would increase, and soon the mist would turn into a liquid, and then a solid.

anyways, Saiko's chakra slowly began improving, as natural energy was absorbed, it slowly began turning into senjutsu chakra. Saiko's strength began to skyrocket, the more natural energy was absorbed.

Soon, Saiko felt as if he would break through, it had been a while since he reached level 8 houtian, yet he was already about to reach level 9. Saiko's body shook slightly as he broke through, reaching level 9 Houtian. yet Saiko felt as if in a few months or so, he could reach level 10 houtian

Saiko slowly opened his eyes and saw everyone looking at him, they all had stunned looks, as if not believing what they saw. while Saiko was cultivating, all of the energy in the air was shocked by him, leaving them completely empty and unable to absorb any natural energy.

{Name: Saiko (true Name: Yhwach)

Age: 11/ 10,000

Title: [God Of Gods], [Blessed By All The Old Gods], [The Last Hope], {The neutral one}

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Body Cultivation: late-special jonin/ level 9 Houtian (Pl: 59.9)

Energy Cultivation: late-special jonin/Level 9 houtian (Pl: 59.9)

Soul Cultivation: late-special jonin/level 9 Houtian (Pl: 10)

Metal Cultivation: late-special jonin/level 9 houtian (Pl: 59.9)

Strengths: Kage/half step Xiantian (powerlevel 119.8)

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Techniques: [Pet Taming Technique]. [Pet Strengthening art}, [body enhancement art], [Shadow Clone Tecnuqie], [Body Flicker Jutsu], [Transformation Jutsu], [Body Replacement Jutsu], [Gand Illusion], [Beast Human Clone], [Human Beast Transformation - Three-Headed Wolf], [Passing Fang and other Fang type technique]}

Saiko looked at his strength, he didn't think natural energy would improve his soul as well, it seemed as if by using natural energy, he would be able to balance out all of his cultivation, and the best part yet was that his chakra and natural energy were not balanced, so he could become much stronger

"Impressive, I sense the natural energy you absorb seemed to fuse with you." the tribe chef said with a smile, Saiko shook his head, not saying anything more about it. with this they left the mountain, leaving the old man in deep thought while watching them leave. they returned to their tent where Shisui and Saiko could speak.

"I know everything that happened," Saiko said calmly, he had gone through many people's memories and knew what had happened on the way to Shisui and Shin.

"What is important now is how we will move on, we are too weak to return home. but you should know that Itachi will slaughter the Uchiha clan to stop an all-out war," Saiko said stunned Shisui

"what do you mean?" Shisui asked as he stood up, looking seriously at Saiko

"It's simple, your clan will not back down... Itachi will be looking at the bigger picture if your clan does as it wishes then a ninja war would break out, and since Itachi believes we are dead, everything will fall upon his shoulder." Saiko said making Shisui just stand there... thinking about it, then Itachi would go through with it.

unlike Itachi, Shisui would have stood by his family, even knowing they would cause an all-out war, but Shisui could understand Itachi's point of view. From a young age, Itachi saw what war was like, Itachi was not like him, itachi was a pacifist, someone with his mindset would move to avoid war, then support it, even if it meant slaughtering his whole clan.

"... in two years, Itachi when he is 13, will carry through with all of this along with someone who calls himself Madara. every one of the Uchiha clan would be killed, all but Sasuke." Saiko said, stunning Shisui and Shin

"h-how do you know this," Shisui asked in a soft voice, Saiko smiled slightly as he moved his face mask, revealing his appearance which made Shisui freeze. Saiko looks, it was as if all the gods personally stepped forward and began to craft Saiko's looks.

"thats because of my past life, Shisui Uchiha. if I were to tell you what I am, you would call me crazy, but for now, I will lie and say I'm the sage of six paths, in the past, I couldn't tell you or do anything because of fate. but now, Fate sees that me and so can't do anything to affect the outcome of this world, I had moved to save you knowing Danzo would steal your eyes if fact I had spoken to you that day to have you tell me your plans, to know when I should act to save you." Saiko said calmly, stunning Shisui

"I didn't expect that Fate would go out of its way, make Danzo stronger, and even try and kill me. Shin just so happened to awaken wood release upon that cliff? we just so happened to end up in the ocean, and far away from where we can affect Itachi and the others. this was not all by chance," Saiko said calmly, Shisui looked at Saiko, not knowing what to say. a part of him felt betrayed, another felt as if Saiko was speaking bullshit, may Saiko hit his head too hard,

"my words sound crazy, that I know. but I will give you a small round of what will happen while we are here. the 3rd hokage will be killed by Orochimaru, Tsunade will become the 5th hokage, Sasuke will betray the hidden leaf and follow Orochimaru to gain the power to kill Itachi and avenge the Uchiha clan." Saiko said stunning Shisui even more

"you're saying Itachi will not kill Sasuke?" Shisui asked, now this was something Shisui could believe, Saiko nodded at his words

"itachi will find that he loves his brother more than the village, if anything befalls his brother while he leaves the hidden leaf to become a spy to an evil organization, he will spread all top information of the hidden leaf to anyone who would listen, this will keep Danzo away from Sasuke. meanwhile, itachi would join the so-called Madara, and try and collect all the tail beasts within this world." Saiko said making Shisui grit his teeth slightly

"and you're able to tell me this now because 'fate' allows it? what type of bs is that, you expect me to just accept this?" Shisui asked, who would accept that they were fated to die, their clan was fated to die, and their best friend would be put through such a cruel fate.

"yes, because you have no choice but to accept it. Danzo killed my parents, I had no choice but to fake my death. clashing with him would be me clashing with Fate, in the end, it might lead to my death. when I moved to save you, it was to also weaken Danzo. if things were to go as fated then your left eye would have been taken if I didn't step in, and the other would be given to Itachi." Saiko said and in this part, Shisui had no choice but to agree

"Itachi would play a big role within this world, in a way he would save this world, stopping a powerful jutsu. meanwhile, the main characters would be Naruto child of the 4th hokage and Sasuke. these two are the reincarnation of the sage of six path children, similar to how Madara and the first hokage were also their reincarnations. anything to step in the way of those two is a sure way of death." Saiko said as he stood up,

"as for how I know all of this, let's just say in my past life I watched Naruto and Sasuke's fate... as for why I'm telling you, it's not only because you're a friend, but I want to help you change your fate. I know how you awaken those eyes, you let someone die... I know, no one should know that but you, but as I said, your fate is linked to those two, so I saw a bit of yours" Saiko said softly, Shisui was stunned for some time not knowing what to say for a good long minute.

after some time, Shisui just laid down to go over everything, he was planning on returning to the hidden leaf-like in a few years with everything the same, only slightly worse... but Saiko's words awakened him to what truly happened,

Saiko sighed softly, but he rested his eyes to cultivate after speaking with Shin for some time, the fact that Shin could speak didn't shock him, he had expected this to happen sooner or later.

for the next few days, the group of 2 and the dog spent their time within the tribe, learning their ways. it took some time, Shisui wanted to return home as quickly as he could, he went on to put 120% into his training.

the tribe chef was indeed extremely nice, he even moved them closer to the center of the tribe, they had the best food which had a huge amount of natural energy within this time. in a blink of an eye, Saiko, Shisui, and Shin all had a powerlevel of around 200 or so.

"you 3 are extremely talented, haha." the tribe chef laughed while eating with them, Saiko laughed slightly at his word

"so, when do you plan to steal our chakra?" Saiko asked with a smile, his words instantly made the air freeze. Shisui who was about to take a bite of the meat in his hands froze upon hearing Saiko's words.

"w-what do you mean?" the tribe chef asked with a frown, Saiko just smiled slightly at his words,

"the sage of six paths spread chakra all over this world, all but here... you wish to take our chakra and become the next sage of six paths. so you fatten us up, waiting for the harvest." Saiko said, making the tribe chef's eyes narrow.

"but is that what you want? tribe chef, from a young age all you ever wanted was to protect your tribe, where did this goal change for your personal gains?" Saiko asked as he felt the village head pressure pressing down upon him,

"the stronger I am. the stronger this tribe would be." He said as he slowly stood up, Saiko, Shin, and Shisui couldn't move under the pressure, but Saiko sat there while looking deeply into his eyes.

"is that true? you have seen how hard it was for Shin and Shisui to balance natural energy and chakra, they almost turned into stone if you were not there to force that energy out of their bodies. let's ignore the fact you have far higher natural energy than all of our chakra put together. absorbing it would be a huge risk, you would turn into stone... but you know this.: Saiko said making the tribe head eyes narrow even more

"could it by chance that you are planning to use your own people to absorb our chakra, and study from there? just how far would you go in the name of your tribe? back then when you became tribe chef, it was the happiest moment in your life, seeing everyone in the tribe looking at you with warmth, trust, and so much other stuff... now you're saying, all that is nothing to you now?" Saiko asked making the tribe chef hesitate, the aura pressing down upon them weaken slightly,

"if you are not proud of it, then it's not the right choice, there are ways choice... you just need to dig deeper to find them. but you jumped right to sacrificing your people? would your wife fall among those you would sacrifice? your children? others children? what if the whole tribe is gone with your next move, would it still be worth it?" Saiko asked making the tribe chef take another step backward,

"in the end, you have not done anything, you have done nothing yet. but once you take this step, will you be able to step back? would you be able to just accept failure? village chef, you are old, you have seen more things than most people at your age...yet even then, you want more with the little life you have remaining? instead of ensuring your tribe's future? you're the tribe chef, and everyone in this tribe is your family... no, they are more than family, yet now you see them as pawns?" Saiko asked making the tribe chef shake slightly before falling to his legs, holding his head in horror. he was about to walk down a path of no return.

He looked at Saiko with grateful eyes, but he was stunned as Saiko was standing over him, looking down upon him.

"you should step down as tribe chef... old age has gotten you, let the next generation step forward and lead, you should step back before trying to do anything like this. die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself a villain. do you not see this playing out?" Saiko asked, making the tribe chef freeze for a good long minute before he nodded blankly.

the next day, the tribe chef picked a new tribe head, one who had the same spirit as him back in his youth, before he went on to find a peaceful place to kill himself. when news spread that he killed himself, everyone was shocked, but Shisui had his eyes pointed toward Saiko

"Knowing an enemy and you can win a hundred battles," Saiko said softly while drinking some tribe people alcohol and looking at the tribe man moaning over the former tribe man's chef head,

"were you planning this all this time?" Shisui asked with a frown, the tribe chef had seen his mistake and was going to take a step back, yet Saiko pushed too far.

"his death was a must, now the new village chef is going to be under our control, ruthless yes, but if you want to gain enough power to return home... then wouldn't that be for the best? I want to return home as fast as I can, so I will take over this tribe, seek whatever the sage of six paths left behind here to grow stronger fast and leave." Saiko said making Shisui sigh before his eyes turned ruthless. He let his best friend die for a mission, now the mission was to return home, this whole tribe can be slaughtered if it meant so,

"I could have used my genjutsu and controlled him," Shisui said softly, although far weaker than the former tribe chef, she could still control him.

"no, let's save that for when we truly need it. you never know what is on this island." Saiko said softly, to which Shisui nodded in agreement. the next day, Saiko went to go see the new tribe chef, he was hurt by the old tribe chief death.

"Zokucho, why do you cry?" Saiko asked the new tribe chief, making him frown as he angrily turn to look at Saiko. what type of question was that

"you the new tribe chief, the people would be looking at you with support. now it's the time you should be showing them you're strong. show them that even with his death, he picked the right person. I was with him for a little time, but within that time, I got to know his character, he was growing old and didn't want to be weak, a burden... so he picked up, someone he saw himself in, but better, so don't cry. instead, show everyone he was not wrong." Saiko said with a smile, Zokucho bit his lips, almost about to burst into more tears, but he nodded as he understood what Saiko was saying... no, this was what he wanted to hear.

"what should I do first then?" he asked, but he was asking himself, he was not foolish as to ask an outsider.

"There will be people who would be displeased with you becoming the new tribe chief, so expect rumors to spread soon. but, don't say anything to these rumors, instead give the former chief a goodbye worthy of someone like him." Saiko said stunning Zokucho

"at which point... build a place where people can learn, under the name of the next generations, tell the people that you want everyone in the tribe to grow up being wise and ready to face the world," Saiko said making Zokucho eyes brighten at such a smart idea, he wanted to say something, but Saiko had already left, leaving him moved.

Saiko had only come here to land a helping hand, such a nice and wise person... it almost moved him to tears.