"Who said I'm the only one? There's also Uchiha Sasuke with the Rinnegan, one of the strongest combatants in the future Shinobi World."
".... Man, stop with the 'Rinnegan Uchiha Sasuke' bullshit already."
After hearing Makoto's words, Tobirama rolled his eyes so hard he nearly saw his own brain.
If they hadn't witnessed that shocking "hug-battle" just now, everyone might still have some illusions about Sasuke's power.
But now? Forget it.
If real strong fighters trample the earth during battles, then that shocking display just now was trampling their eyeballs and violating their brains!
"Actually, even if Sasuke had his Chakra drained, it doesn't mean he can't fight. He could have completely used the Preta Path ability to absorb some of the Nine-Tails Chakra from Naruto's body to replenish himself."
After Makoto proposed this logical idea, Nagato beside him was momentarily stunned.
As the current possessor of the Rinnegan, he actually hadn't thought of this earlier.
He really had his brain short-circuited by that heaven-defyingly stupid battle, making him unable to think properly.
"So why didn't Sasuke absorb it?"
Hashirama posed the soul-searching question.
"First, we can rule out that Uchiha Sasuke didn't think of it," Tobirama immediately followed up, his sarcasm dripping.
"Because surely a genius Uchiha wouldn't forget his own eye powers, right?"
"...If we've ruled that out, then what could the answer be?" Makoto felt the Second Hokage's logical thinking was gradually being assimilated by the stupidity of the situation.
"What is it?" Kushina asked, confused.
"Sasuke couldn't bear to."
"Huh?"
"Sasuke couldn't bear to extract the Nine-Tails Chakra from Naruto's body."
"..."
Kushina fell silent.
What kind of reason is "couldn't bear to"?
From the beginning, that cute girl from the Uchiha clan (Hikari) kept implying Naruto and Sasuke had an improper relationship.
At first, Kushina thought it was just the girl's prejudice, but now... it seems that might not be the case.
Kushina held her head in her hands, feeling at a loss.
When she was still alive, Kushina had thought about making sure Naruto observed the "Three Shinobi Prohibitions" and limited contact with Jiraiya to prevent him from learning bad habits like drinking and womanizing.
But this situation is even worse than learning bad habits!
Although she'd once thought that if she and Mikoto had one boy and one girl, they could become in-laws... she never imagined two boys could make it work too!
'Chotto matte?'
Kushina suddenly remembered—isn't Boruto in the footage Naruto's son?
That means future Naruto didn't switch teams...
'Hell nah!'
Kushina was about to breathe a sigh of relief when another terrifying thought struck her!
On the way here, she had overheard the reanimated Hokages chatting, and it seemed they mentioned something about Orochimaru "transplanting some organ" and even having a child through science!
Could it be that Naruto and Sasuke also had children this way in the future? Using... science?
Thinking this, Kushina grew frantic.
Looking around, she spotted Makoto preparing to leave with Itachi and hurried over to grab Makoto's arm.
"Wait! I want to ask something. Did Naruto... in the future, did he receive a... transplant..."
Kushina trailed off, too embarrassed to say "vagina and womb transplant" out loud.
Even though she was a mother, she had died young—how could she casually speak about such things?
"Oh, that's right."
Fortunately, Makoto seemed to understand what she wanted to ask and provided a direct answer.
"NANIIII?! Really?"
Kushina's pupils shook violently, her body stiffening in horror.
Though to be fair, bodies reanimated through the Impure World Reincarnation were already quite stiff to begin with.
"It's true. Naruto and Sasuke fought so fiercely in their final battle that the heavens and earth went dark. Both were severely wounded, and Naruto suffered irreversible damage to his... limb. In the end, Konoha had to cultivate Hashirama Cells to help Naruto grow a new one..."
"STOP TALKING, I DONT WANT TO HEAR IT!!!" Kushina shrieked, covering her ears and cutting Makoto off.
She remembered that out of boredom these past few days, the First Hokage had bought a novel called Vigorous Paradise from a nearby village, which contained a similar plot.
Something about the protagonist Ai suffering severe bodily damage and losing reproductive ability, then a kunoichi transplanting her own... parts... to him.
She had thought it was just a bizarre smut novel, never imagining it would actually happen to her son!
"Oh."
Makoto stared at her, confused.
He thought she was just worried about Naruto losing his arm.
Getting so upset over an arm transplant? Sasuke didn't even get one and was living fine as the "One-Armed Hero."
And Obito had it even worse—when that rock crushed the right side of his body, probably even his... dick... was damaged.
Even if Hashirama Cells could repair it, if Rin were resurrected, would the "Azure Dragon" belong to Obito or Hashirama Senju?
Maybe.. just maybe, the thought that after resurrecting Rin, she would be filled with Hashirama's "cells" made Obito feel this world was even more hopeless, strengthening his resolve to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi!
...
After confirming Sasuke's location, Makoto and Itachi set out.
Everyone watched the scene showing Sasuke alone, unconscious by the riverside, and instantly had countless things they wanted to say.
But in the end, they held back, their thoughts turning into deep sighs.
What kind of bizarre creature was this Otsutsuki Urashiki?
Sasuke falling into the river after losing his chakra and falling off a cliff—that was somewhat understandable.
But you, an Otsutsuki? A god? You fall into the same river and get separated from Sasuke? Then climb out looking all disheveled like a drowned rat?
Of course, everyone present knew Urashiki was just bizarre, not incompetent (or so they hoped).
If anyone actually thought a river could suppress an Otsutsuki and used Water Style against one, the results would be completely different.
"He seems to have power but doesn't know how to use it properly. His combat awareness is poor, and he has almost no battle experience."
Tobirama finally found a reasonable tactical explanation after watching this farce.
"In that case, you should have let me go instead. I have plenty of battle experience!" Hashirama complained dejectedly.
"Big brother, you should just stay put. Didn't you understand what Makoto said? Besides this Urashiki, there's also Momoshiki who can instantly killed the Monkey! Big brother, do you realize how absurd your situation is?"
Tobirama turned to his brother, frustrated by his lack of self-awareness.
"The Otsutsuki Clan wants to absorb Tailed Beast Chakra and refine it into pills. But your chakra alone is comparable to a Tailed Beast. Do you know what that means?"
Tobirama began his lecture.
As everyone knows, Uzumaki Naruto possesses chakra far exceeding ordinary people, plus half of the Nine-Tails' chakra—which has the largest reserve among the nine Tailed Beasts.
Yet when combined, they still don't amount to Hashirama Senju's base chakra.
So the question arises.
"The Tailed Beasts originated from the Ten-Tails, which was born after the God Tree absorbed the natural energy of the entire planet for a long time. Makoto already explained all this to us in the Land of Wind," Tobirama continued.
"It's precisely because of the Ten-Tails that the Land of Wind became so barren."
"So what about you, big brother?"
"Did you drain the land of the Land of Fire? Did you create thousands of miles of barren land?"
"No! You just eat two steamed buns every day! Yet you have chakra on par with the Nine-Tails!"
"Big brother, you're even more impressive than a dairy cow. Cows eat grass and produce milk. You eat flour and produce chakra!"
"...Hiss."
Hashirama rubbed his head, finally sensing something wrong with the logic.
"If the Otsutsuki discovered my condition... it would be fine if I could defeat them. But if it were a draw or I couldn't win, as Tobirama said..."
Hashirama shuddered at the mental image.
"Wouldn't I be taken... and kept like a dairy cow, getting milked for chakra every day?"
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