Kazutora, who was sleeping with Izumi in his arms, suddenly opened his eyes. Clothes appeared on his body as he cleaned himself with chakra, and he disappeared from the bed with a pillow appearing in his place.
"What is it, Kaguya?" He said as he appeared in Kaguya's dimension with an annoyed look on his face since he didn't like to be disturbed while sleeping unless it was his wives who disturbed him or if there was some important matter.
Kaguya looked at Kazutora, and for some reason, she felt pleased as she looked at his irked look.
"It's because of this," she said, and their surroundings changed. Kazutora looked around and he understood that he was in Mt. Myobokku. A frown appeared on his face as he looked at the Divine Tree sucking the natural energy around, and he furrowed his brows.
"Didn't I mention that you can't absorb the Natural Energy?" Kazutora asked as he walked to the Divine Tree and sensed the natural energy. Kaguya didn't answer and she waited for him to sense everything there.
As Kazutora sensed the natural energy, he noticed a place he had ignored before and rushed there. Looking at the formation placed on the ground, an irked look appeared on his face, and he cursed, "Damn beasts."
He noticed that the formation placed on the ground was similar to how Ten Tails worked, and he understood why Gamamaru even bothered to help Hagoromo.
"So, they also wanted to change the Natural Energy of the world and make it compatible with them. This way, they could control the world via natural energy and that's why Jiraiya would turn to frog when he absorbed Natural Energy."
"Since they copied this from part of Ten Tails, Divine Tree can absorb this natural energy without any problem."
"Nope, Kaguya! Take it away, I will do something here and purify the natural energy to its natural state. The density here is more than 15x outside, and this shows how much they have sucked the planet."
"You can only use the natural energy in those toads and snakes, do you understand?"
Kazutora said with a sharp look in his eyes and Kaguya flinched as she heard his tone. She could feel that he was serious about the words, and she had to accept them, no matter what.
Before, he gave her choices but, in this matter, Kazutora didn't budge. After all, he could feel the wailing of the planet here, and he wondered how he missed this before.
"Let's see," Kazutora murmured as he started to analyze the formation completely to reverse it and change it to purify the Toad Natural Energy to Free Natural Energy.
Kaguya stared at the Divine Tree she had planted, and with a flicker in her eyes, she controlled the Divine Tree. She changed the location to her dimension, and let it absorb the Natural Energy of Toad and snakes she had caught before.
Kazutora created a few clones, who analyzed the different parts of formation instead of doing it on his own. His eyes flickered as he thought of something, and creating another body, he disappeared from his location.
Appearing at Shikkotsu Immortal Forest, Kazutora released his senses. A grin appeared on his face when he noticed that there was no formation in the place, and he understood why Hashirama and his Sage Mode were much stronger than others.
"Katsuyu, do you want me to reduce your size by taking away your natural energy?"
"Uh? Please do so. Also, can you create a blank human body I can possess to move around? I also want to play games in the Game Centre, instead of just seeing and watching."
A strange look appeared on Kazutora's face and then he chuckled. His eyes changed to Rinnegan as he stared at Katsuyu's huge body, and a frown appeared on his face. Kazutora created several Wood Clones with Rinnegan in their eyes, and they all absorbed the Natural Energy in her body and dispersed it in the air.
As the process continued, the surrounding Natural Energy got denser, and Kazutora spread the natural energy to his dimension. Later, he would return it back after purifying it since the natural energy had Katsuyu's spiritual intention mixed in it.
"It will take a few days," He said after thinking for a moment and Katsuyu answered, "A few days are nothing to me, you can leave if you have anything else to do."
"Hmm, See ya!" Kazutora nodded and he disappeared from the forest. He appeared in Konoha and noticed that everyone was working somewhere or just lazing around.
He thought of Tobirama and others and noticed them in different parts of the continent. A gleam flashed in his eyes as he understood that they were in different villages, and he murmured, "Soon they will gather, and I will get a bit busy."
"Now, what to do?" Kazutora murmured and it was then he heard Tsunade calling him with the mark on her. He disappeared from the location and appeared in Hokage's office.
There, he looked at Jiraiya who was speaking to Konan, and Tsunade stared at the scene with no expression on his face. Konan looked down with a dead look in her eyes, as she got to know about Nagato's death. He overused his vitality while fighting Tsunade, and when he was about to perform Rinne Tensei to revive Yahiko, something happened to him, and he lost control of his Rinnegan.
The Rinnegan devoured Nagato completely and disappeared from the location. In the end, it was known that Hagoromo used Indra's chakra in Madara's Rinnegan to control everything, and he wanted to revive Madara to take control of him, but he failed with Kaguya suppressing him and taking him away.
"What happened?" Kazutora whispered to Tsunade with a flicker in his eyes since he didn't really care about Nagato and what happened to others. Tsunade explained everything to him, and Kazutora nodded at her words.
"It wasn't unexpected since Nagato has been used as a chess piece from the start and when his value was used up, he was discarded. To be honest, I feel that Nagato himself was aware that he was getting used as a chess piece and he wanted to flip the board, but he failed."
"You knew?" Tsunade asked and saw Kazutora shaking his head.
"You should know how Rinnegan is awakened, and instead of looking around about it and how it could appear in the world, someone just assumed the Rinnegan owner was a child of prophecy without even thinking," Kazutora said while glancing at Jiraiya, who lowered his head at Kazutora's words. Konan looked at Kazutora as she heard the words. She had seen the fight every day and she knew who he was.
"Also, Konan! Instead of living in past, it would be better if you kill yourself and end everything. If you keep on thinking of the past, every day will become hell, and life will be worse than death."
"But don't forget that Nagato begged and even admitted himself as Jiraiya's student for favor to keep your life, or you would have become the same as others."
"Unlike Jiraiya, I won't give you stupid hopes and words for the future and am telling you what you will have to face."
"If you want to meet Yahiko and Nagato for some time, I can let you since your Paper Manipulation ability is useful and you will become a good administrator in future."
"Kazu!" Tsunade hit Kazutora lightly as she heard his cold words. She saw Kazutora shrugging at her action and said, "It's better than living in past and if she wants, I can let Kaguya pull her into Infinite Tsukuyomi and let her live the life she wanted in her dreams."
"There are many options, and I don't want her to waste our time. Konan, you aren't the only unfortunate one here. All the Ninjas who attacked us must have families and they should be in similar condition to you."
"So, if everyone comes and shouts, do we have to listen to their problems and console them? Nah! Nagato and Konan didn't care when they thought of attacking Konoha, so why should we?"
"Before Jiraiya was involved in between Sage Land and Konoha, and now he is in between invaders and Konoha, seriously!"
Kazutora said while shaking his head and the atmosphere in the place changed at his words. This matter was something Jiraiya was trying to avoid but Kazutora brought up and opened the scars.
Tsunade understood what Kazutora was saying, but just understanding everything wasn't enough. She looked at Konan, who had been silent from the start, and said, "Konan, look up and say what you want."
"If you can't, I will decide everything for you, and then you can be a good doll and do everything I say. Jiraya, shut up! I don't want to listen to any more nonsense."
Jiraiya was about to say something, but he flinched as he heard Tsunade's words. He looked at Konan who looked up and stared at Kazutora. In the end, she just lowered her head and said, "I will do what you want."
"Hmm! Someone take her to Nono and say to Nono that she will be secretary and administrator."
"Konan, you will work under Nono and listen to what she says. Maybe in future, you will get the chance to meet Yahiko and Nagato again if you do good work and earn merits while you can."
"You two can leave, and No! Jiraiya, you can't talk with Orochimaru or try to use merits or anything. Go to your retired house and live with Old Man."
Jiraiya wondered how Tsunade could know what he wanted to say, and a sigh escaped his lips. He saw an ANBU appearing in the room, and Konan followed the ANBU, while he also took his leave.
When the door was closed, Tsunade sat down on her chair and rubbed her head.
"At that time, I didn't think much when everyone was killed by Kaguya but now, I can't help but feel a bit bad."
"It's because you have someone in front who has lost someone because of your words. If you ignore Konan, there is no need to think since war causes deaths and we are aware of that."
"Instead of deaths, just focus on the bright side and you should see how happy the people of Konoha are since they didn't lose anyone in this war and won without any worries."
"Heck, I even saw many portraits of us, and a statue is being built by them to show how grateful they are."
"Even Uchiha Clan is celebrating because Mikoto and Izumi are participating in the process and for some reason, the rumour about Fugaku spread in the clan and he had been removed from his position."
"After my clone looked around, I got to know that it was Itachi who did everything, and he had a talk with grown-up Sasuke and learnt from it. Itachi didn't say anything, but his actions told us that he is supportive of the matter, and he has become the Deputy Clan Head with the Head's position empty."
"Heh, no one said anything about the Head's position since they know that Itachi is my ste-Ahm! Friend, and he will take position soon."
"Stepson, huh! Kazu!" Tsunade completed his words as she noticed them with a teasing smile on her face and saw Kazutora just laughing awkwardly.
"So, what are your plans now? I thought you would take Hina or Hana today." Tsunade asked with a flicker in her eyes and saw Kazutora shaking his head. Everyone got to know about Mikoto that day, and they weren't surprised since they knew that sooner or later, it would happen.
"Not today, but later. I am going to take them outside of the land of fire. Maybe in the Wind or Water or maybe Snow. As for my plans, they are the same as before, get stronger, develop the world and spend time with my family."
"And have kids too, Kazu! It's time now since we are strongest in the world, and you can keep everyone safe." Tsunade said with a gleam in her eyes and her eyes were full of expectations and excitement.
"Yeah, kids too!" Kazutora said with a loving smile on his face, and he wondered how it would be to be a father.
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