Chapter 530: Hidden Dangers
"How could it be like this! No... it can't be like this!" Tenji seemed to have gone mad. "Ryo Uzumaki, you are still deceiving me, even now you are still deceiving me!"
Ryo turned to look at Teuchi. He didn't quite believe what Teuchi had just said either.
"What I said is true." Teuchi slowly shook his head, "We are of the Uzumaki clan, descendants of Kaguya, and she is considered our ancestor. So even if she wasn't an ascetic, it's impossible for me to... Ahem!"
Ryo pondered for a moment, nodded, and accepted Teuchi's explanation, but Tenji still refused to believe it.
"Why don't you dare to admit it?! At that time, only the two of you possessed strength beyond ordinary people. If it wasn't you, who else could it be?!"
"Strength?" Teuchi laughed mockingly and shook his head. "You still don't know how strong Kaguya is, do you? My bit of strength is insignificant to her! I don't know how she got pregnant, maybe it really was the so-called blessing of everyone."
Ryo paused: "How strong is Kaguya?"
Teuchi sighed: "Very strong, extremely strong, stronger than anyone else. Your current strength is about the same as Hagoromo's, maybe a little stronger, but you absolutely cannot defeat the combined forces of Hagoromo and Hamura. However, in the battle back then, Kaguya was sealed by Hagoromo and Hamura while shedding tears! Because of the betrayal of her two sons, she only exerted less than half of her strength. Don't ask me about Naruto and Sasuke... only heaven knows what that was about!"
Ryo nodded, deep in thought.
"Stop thinking about it. Have you spent your whole life wondering if you can hold your own against an opponent? How worthless! Kaguya isn't an enemy, and Aino is in my space!"
Ryo's old face blushed: "Subconscious, it was subconscious. So I can hold my own. The way you talked, I thought Kaguya could instantly kill me!"
"She doesn't have much combat experience. If it were someone with more combat experience, even if they couldn't instantly kill you, they could string you up and beat you!"
Ryo shook his head: "String me up and beat me... let's not say that. What's the deal with Aino?"
Teuchi shrugged: "Kaguya's maid, almost killed by this coward, and then I saved her at the critical moment!"
"Kaguya's maid?" Tenji muttered, "She didn't die? You took her away? She didn't die, you took her away! It really was because of you! If it wasn't for you, Kaguya wouldn't have, she wouldn't have..."
Tenji was almost going crazy.
Ryo glanced at him without any sympathy and asked Teuchi again: "You didn't stop Kaguya's rampage so as not to drastically change history?"
"Wasn't I afraid of changing you out of existence?"
"I f*cking... really thank you!"
"You're welcome."
Ryo felt helpless: "Then what about Sara?"
Teuchi smiled: "After saving Aino, Kaguya went on a rampage and activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi. It was no problem for me to withstand it, but Aino was just an ordinary person and could only stay in my Eight Trigrams space. For several months, I was the only one who could keep her company, and one thing led to another..."
Ryo laughed and shook his head. His right hand increased its strength, controlling Tenji, who was struggling more and more intensely.
Teuchi paused for a moment, and his tone suddenly lowered: "If on February 2nd, I don't disappear directly, but instead become your Shadow Clone again, can you not release me for the time being? Although I have lived for a thousand years, gotten tired of playing and tired of living, but... Aino is just an ordinary person. No matter how hard I try, her soul's lifespan is reaching its limit. In a few more months, she will probably completely dissipate..."
Ryo took a deep breath: "Alright!"
"Thank you... main body!"
Ryo nodded, accepting Teuchi's thanks: "One more thing, is Ayame also your descendant? Why couldn't I sense it?"
"No, she was an abandoned baby that Aino and I found, or maybe an orphan. It was precisely because of her that I got the idea to disguise myself as Teuchi."
Ryo was slightly startled: "But her appearance... is exactly how it should be!"
"Yes, perhaps the real Teuchi has already... died because of my changes to history!"
Ryo gently pursed his lips. What a sin!
The more the two talked, the more confusing it became. Tenji couldn't understand a thing anymore, and his struggles became more and more intense. But facing Ryo x2, all struggles were futile!
"There's one last question." Ryo said slowly, "Why did you start this war? You clearly could have stopped it. Also, can I kill this guy now?"
Tenji stiffened.
"There are three purposes. First is to present Uchiha Naori's cells to you."
"Second, without this war, where would the shinobi world find peace?"
"Third..." Teuchi smiled, "Have you forgotten what happened in Rouran? Hagoromo's fight with me!"
Ryo was startled: "I remember, what's wrong?"
"How did he fight with me?"
Ryo paused. Why was he testing his memory? With his Yin attribute maxed out, he remembered the past clearly!
"A White Zetsu was spying on us. You found it, and when you were about to eradicate it, the consciousness of the Sage of Six Paths occupied the White Zetsu's body... White Zetsu!?"
"It seems you've figured it out. The current Tenji is just a White Zetsu with awakened memories." Teuchi let go of the hand that was tightly gripping Tenji. "Hagoromo, can you accept my explanation just now?"
Tenji's pupils contracted slightly. The next second, his entire aura and spirit completely transformed, and the injury on his left shoulder, which had been crushed by Ryo, also began to heal. Just as he was about to speak and reply, his face twitched.
Crack!!!
Ryo quickly let go: "Oops, sorry, you are the Sage of Six Paths now? I squeezed subconsciously, subconsciously! Believe me!"
Six Paths: "..."
Concentrating to heal his injury and calming the long-lost sensation of pain, Six Paths glared at Ryo, then turned to Teuchi: "I have heard everything you said, and it matches my investigation! From your perspective, your actions were reasonable, but... forgive me, I cannot accept it!"
Ryo gestured with his eyes for the younger generation, who wanted to step forward after seeing the change in the situation, to step back. He looked at Six Paths with a slightly solemn expression.
Teuchi let out a long sigh of relief: "So you really can't accept my explanation?"
Six Paths nodded: "As you said, even if you hadn't existed, Mother would still have gone on a rampage. However, you clearly existed, yet you deliberately hid Mother's maid, causing Mother's rampage, just to not change your so-called 'own history'. As Mother's son, I cannot forgive your actions!"
"As Kaguya's son, you?" Teuchi laughed: "If you don't forgive me, then don't. I've found you displeasing to the eye for a long time anyway!"
Ryo raised his eyebrows. Were they going to fight? Then what should he do?
"Ryo Uzumaki! You promised not to interfere in the fight between me and this guy!"
Ryo smiled: "Oh, right, right, right, I promised. The Old Ancestor is the most faithful to his promises!"
"Main body, I haven't finished explaining the third reason for starting this war!" Teuchi suddenly spoke again: "It wasn't just to give Hagoromo an explanation, but also to resolve a deeply buried hidden danger, and the chief culprit of this hidden danger... is him!"
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