Chapter 199: Future Direction of Development
"Bringing you all here really was the right choice. Nymph, your precision is better—
Erase all memories of him seeing us, and erase every trace of me even more thoroughly.
Then implant memories of his Dao clone failing due to insufficient chakra. Because of intermittent chakra supply, after arranging everything, he died peacefully of old age."
After reading Uchiha Madara's memories and arranging everything for him in the most reasonable way, three minutes later, when Nymph showed an OK gesture, Franklin directly shattered his consciousness.
With the Rinnegan's support, the next moment Franklin saw Uchiha Madara's unconscious soul flash with a streak of golden light before dispersing.
[Sub-Mission 2: Erase all memories Uchiha Madara has of you and kill him. The moment tied to life and death will force him to awaken Dimensional Soul Division Technique, stabilizing the Dragon Ball world line. (Completed)]
[Due to the time difference between the two worlds, Uchiha Madara's soul split will die and return to the main body fifteen years later. At that time, you may perform Impure World Reincarnation on Uchiha Madara and extract the complete Dimensional Soul Division Technique.]
[Sub-Mission 3: Modify the Naruto world line on a massive scale without causing timeline collapse. (The more drastic the change, the greater the reward.)]
[Mission Duration: 17 years (Sub-Mission 4 will be issued directly fifteen years later.)]
Looking at the text floating before him, Franklin scratched his head helplessly. He had already found it strange why the system set the time as Year 48 of Konoha.
Now it seemed killing Uchiha Madara was only part of it—his arrival itself was necessary.
But the waiting time was too long. Seventeen years—Franklin had never stayed in any world that long.
And judging from this, he had no choice but to stay. With a troubled scratch of his head, Franklin glanced at the three small angels beside him—Nymph, Ikaros, and Astraea.
Rubbing his chin, Franklin let out a faint smile. Staying longer suddenly didn't seem like a bad thing.
And no matter how long he stayed, when he returned, it would still be the same night he left. Using this time to max out the three little angels' affection was definitely the best strategy.
If he could break through to the Spirit Transformation stage in the Naruto world, then dealing with Frieza later wouldn't even require burning his lifespan.
After confirming his mental goals, Franklin exhaled softly and started considering his material needs.
It had been a long time since he thought seriously about the severe shortage of spirit stones. Right now, his physical cultivation and spiritual cultivation had a huge gap—he urgently needed a large number of spirit stones to balance them.
Otherwise, relying only on dual cultivation to raise both wouldn't be enough, and when he faced the Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation in the future, his physical body would never withstand the brutal lightning bombardment.
Even if he summoned large quantities of tribulation-assisting equipment through dimensional summoning, his own strength was still the foundation.
Pulling himself out of his thoughts, the three angels had already quietly walked to his side.
"Master, is everything finished?"
Seeing Nymph's strange look, Franklin could only smile helplessly.
"I didn't expect the solution to be this ridiculous. Traveling all this way just to kill him… yeah, it feels pretty absurd."
With a casual sweep of his hand, Black Zetsu—frozen in place within the darkness—was dragged into Franklin's grasp. No matter how it struggled, it could not escape.
"Your task is complete. Ōtsutsuki Kaguya is still alive, and the one on the moon has already been handled. Go with her."
Ignoring its frantic resistance, Franklin directly erased its existence. That alone already counted as a major change to the Naruto timeline.
Looking down at the stunned Uchiha Obito, Franklin rubbed his chin, thinking about future developments.
Since he had to stay seventeen years, he might as well fulfill some wishes from his younger days. As for unifying the shinobi world—he'd leave that until after the Fourth Great Ninja War.
The cruelty of war needed to be engraved repeatedly into everyone's memory—only then would it be the best time to establish a unified nation.
The Five Great Shinobi Villages were nothing but weapons of war—the nations behind them were the true core.
Franklin pondered for a long time before finally setting his gaze on Uchiha Obito.
"You remember everything Uchiha Madara assigned you, right? Except for attacking Konoha, is there anything urgent?"
Seeing Franklin's calm smile, Obito's first instinct was to run—but remembering what Franklin was capable of, he still shook his head.
"No rush for now. Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan just formed the original Akatsuki. Their goal is peace without extreme violence… but that's just a fantasy. Once reality crushes them, I'll contact them again and rebuild the organization. By then, they won't be as naïve as they are now."
Yahiko's death, Nagato summoning the Gedo Statue…
Looking at the massive Gedo Statue and sensing the faint chakra within, Franklin temporarily gave up the idea of replenishing its chakra.
With the Gedo Statue constantly draining chakra from Nagato, Obito could barely maintain balance with him.
If it were in full condition, Obito would be useless. For now, he still had to follow the plan Uchiha Madara set.
His own vision for changing the shinobi world required long and careful planning.
After all, Black Zetsu schemed for a thousand years, Uchiha Madara spent half a lifetime planning, while he had acted on a whim—there was no comparison.
"Killing Black Zetsu now was really bad timing… it would've been useful to monitor the plan's progress."
Muttering to himself, Franklin immediately used Time Denial. In the next instant, he returned to the moment he was speaking with Nymph.
Pulling Black Zetsu into his hand again, Franklin turned to Nymph.
"Infiltrate him. Erase all memories of us being here. Implant new memories: Uchiha Madara died of old age, and he will continue executing the original plan to revive Kaguya."
After modifying everything, Franklin completely erased their presence from Black Zetsu's perception, then turned to Obito.
"You'll stay here for now. Continue the original plan. Don't leave any traces…
Actually, forget it. I'll modify your memories temporarily too. Starting from Konoha—you never met us.
Once I finish planning, I'll restore your memories. How's that?"
Obito's expression darkened. He stared firmly at Franklin.
"I don't think anything about that is acceptable. If you change my memories, am I still myself?"
"It's not really changing your memories—you were defeated by Namikaze Minato and escaped, that's all. Then continue the original plan. After some time, I'll restore everything—I can guarantee that much."
He still seemed ready to resist—so Franklin simply pressed down on his head and knocked him unconscious.