Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

Inside the huge underground cave, it was dark and empty.

On a stone platform, shrouded in darkness, there was the corpse of a strange giant beast, and in front of the corpse was a stone chair.

Sitting on the stone chair was a middle-aged man with bloodshot eyes, half-closed.

His body was connected to the corpse of the giant beast behind him by countless pipes.

Outer Path Demon Statue and Uchiha Madara.

"Master Spot."

A shadow like oil emerged from the ground and shouted at Uchiha Madara on the stone chair.

"Ze, have you found my heir?"

"Sir, Senju Hashirama is dead."

Black Zetsu answered the question irrelevantly, but Uchiha Madara did not pursue the matter. Instead, he looked carefully at the creature named Zetsu.

He claimed that his will was separated from his own body, but Madara did not think that he had such an independent will, nor did he think that his will would be something hidden everywhere.

"What do you want to say?"

"Lord Madara, the time has come to realize your vision! Hashirama Senju is dead, and no one can stop you from ruling the ninja world. Once you rule the ninja world and implement the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, no one will dare to resist you!"

There was a hint of excitement in Black Zetsu's emphasis. Uchiha Madara is the best executor of the Moon Eye!

Madara sat on the stone platform and looked at Black Zetsu quietly. If it weren't for Black Zetsu's intelligence role, Madara would have gotten rid of this so-called will that came from nowhere long ago.

Even if it was intelligence, Madara would not completely believe Black Zetsu.

Hashirama is dead?

A hint of gloom appeared in Madara's eyes.

"You're wrong, Hashirama..."

Hashirama's approach to peace is wrong. The false peace will be broken sooner or later. Madara has already seen the future where war will reignite.

Now go out and rule Konoha, and then rule the ninja village?

No, he already has a better idea, and...

Madara touched his eyes. These Mangekyo eyes would need time to completely fuse with Hashirama's cells and transform into eyes of a higher level.

"I don't need to rule, and I don't need Konoha. I can achieve true peace on my own."

Ban said to Hei Jue lightly.

"Go ahead and select the right successor for me."

"As you wish, Madara-sama."

Black Zetsu didn't have any emotions, nor should he have. He just said "Yes," and left the cave.

"Hashirama, I will prove to you that I am right..."

Madara's upper body was naked, and on his chest was a human face with closed eyes.

After losing the battle with Hashirama, Madara was pierced through the chest. Although he used the Izanagi fake death that he had set up in advance to escape, the wound could not be faked.

Madara bit off a piece of Hashirama's flesh and filled his chest with that piece of flesh, which grew into Hashirama's face.

After mastering Hashirama's cells, he could have actively eliminated this face, but Hashirama was dead, and this was their only remaining bond, so Madara would not deliberately erase Hashirama's face.

Madara was not dead, and Senju Tobirama probably knew it because he was the one who dealt with Madara's body, and he could still distinguish the shadow clones. However, Senju Tobirama did not say anything because even if he was not dead, he was probably close to death, just like Hashirama.

Senju Tobirama will never know that she tattooed him on her body because she loved him.

......

"Hurry up! You're walking so slowly! We're almost out of the village! This is my first time going out!"

Jiraiya yelled.

At the entrance of Konoha Village, Jiraiya waved like a monkey at the two children behind him. Tsunade's head was almost lowered to her chest. This guy was so embarrassing!

Orochimaru remained calm and followed Sarutobi Hiruzen quietly, while Hiruzen smoked his cigarette one after another, and his addiction to it became more and more serious.

Gu Zang was lying on Tsunade's shoulder, but he didn't sleep.

Because it's not just Jiraiya, it's also the first time for Gu Zang to leave the village, how could he not be curious.

Ever since becoming a water bear, Gu Zang has been chewing leaves and bark in the Wet Bone Forest. When he finally came out, he was spotted by Senju Tobirama. He was very cautious and never dared to leave the Senju family alone. Not to mention going outside the village, he rarely even wandered around Konoha Village. Only by following Tsunade could he see many places.

As Gu Zang looked around, the surrounding villagers were also looking at Jiraiya curiously.

Because he was wearing a forehead protector with the Konoha emblem on his head, he was a ninja even though he was young.

And ninja represents nobility.

Whether it is Konoha Village or other ninja villages, during this period, they are essentially war fortresses.

There are almost no primary and secondary industries here, but mostly tertiary industries related to ninjas. After all, the village's commerce only accounts for a small part of the ninja village's economic resources. The most important thing is the mission harvest and the daimyo's financial allocation.

Ninjas are the true ruling class here.

No one would laugh at a ninja, even if he was small and stupid.

Civilians would also keep a certain distance from ninjas most of the time.

Of course, there are exceptions.

"Master Ninja! Be careful!"

A civilian mother rushed to Jiraiya's side in a panic, because a half-year-old child crawled around Jiraiya and could easily cause a collision.

The green baby pants were a little loose and even slowed down his steps. It was hard to imagine that such a small baby could be so energetic and crawl on the ground alone, so far away from his mother.

"Wow! Such a small child!"

Jiraiya said this exaggeratedly, and was about to pick up the child and hand him over to the civilian mother.

"Jiraiya! Be careful!"

Tsunade rushed forward with her eyes wide open, picked up the child first and handed it to the mother.

"I'm sorry, my companion was a bit rash. I hope I didn't scare you."

Tsunade said to the mother.

Jiraiya was muttering beside him. He originally wanted to pick up the child and hand him back, but why did he act as if he had made a mistake?

"No, no, thank you, Master Ninja. This child was born not long ago, but he is very active."

The mother said as she stroked the child's forehead lovingly, Jiraiya looking on with some envy.

"Maybe he'll be a great ninja in the future!"

Hiruzen followed and mentioned it in passing.

"I would like to thank you for your kind words."

The mother was about to leave as she spoke, but before she left, Gu Zang called her.

"What's this child's name?"

The mother turned her head and was stunned for two seconds before she realized that the person who had just spoken was indeed a little bug.

Such a strange thing is probably not unacceptable in the ninja world. She responded with a smile: "His father just named him Dai, Might Dai, it's a very stable name."

After saying this, the mother left the village entrance.

Gu Zang watched the young woman walk away, thinking in his heart.

Not just an incredible ninja, but a great ninja.