Chapter 36 Planting Trees During the Ninja Village Period (16) Planting Trees, with Love...

No one expected that Konoha would produce two figures capable of decisively deciding the course of a battle in an instant: one who single-handedly surrounded the entire enemy army using Wood Release, and the other an Uchiha who was unparalleled on the battlefield with Susanoo. Anyone who didn't know better would think they had returned to the early days of Konoha when Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were still around.

Konoha themselves hadn't expected this situation. They all thought it would be a protracted war, which is why they sent out various squads to cut off the enemy's supply routes or to carry out flanking maneuvers.

However, compared to the main battlefield where almost no one was killed due to the presence of two highly skilled individuals, other areas suffered irreparable casualties to varying degrees.

The first thing Uchiha Osaka did upon returning to Konoha was to go find Senju Takeya.

"Can this guy even survive?" Uchiha Senma, carrying the useless Obito, threw the corpse directly in front of Senju Takeya.

A flash of silver light appeared in Senju Takeya's eyes, and he nodded after confirming that Obito's soul was still inside his body.

It can be grown as long as the soul is still in the body.

However, before planting Obito, they had to attend a memorial service, so Obito's body needed to be temporarily placed on Uchiha clan land.

After Iwagakure and Kirigakure sent letters seeking peace, Konoha held a memorial service for the fallen ninja. Fortunately, because the war ended quickly, the number of casualties was not large. However, this made the relatives and friends of the victims even more resentful and unwilling. Why did it have to be their relatives and friends who died when so few people died? So they cried even more bitterly and could not accept it.

Uchiha Itachi looked at this scene with a hint of helplessness and confusion in his eyes. He held the white flower in his hand, lowered his head, and remained silent.

Seeing this, Uchiha Shisui gently patted Uchiha Itachi's head to comfort him.

This time, apart from Obito whose fate was uncertain, no one from the Uchiha clan was killed because the war ended quickly. So, although they looked sad, they were all very peaceful. Moreover, their hearts were filled with anticipation and excitement for the future. The significance of Uchiha Ogi's performance this time was extraordinary.

The elders of the Senju clan straightened their backs, feeling even more confident. Their Wood Release user should be able to turn the tide of battle with ease. With their child showing such promise, these elders felt even more at ease.

It's just that I love to mess around with the Uchiha clan, right? Mess around! If I'm going to mess around, I'll mess around with the super-powerful Uchiha clan!

It can only be said that people's joys and sorrows are truly not shared.

Now, even the most ordinary people in Konoha realized from the sudden end of the Third Shinobi World War that Konoha was going to be great again.

The ninja's memorial service was short. After the names of the victims were engraved on the monument, the bodies were buried. Konoha's high-ranking officials and the victims' relatives and friends observed three minutes of silence before the service ended. The subsequent compensation payments were gradually distributed to the widows.

Uchiha Ogima and Senju Take discussed the location and decided to plant the body in the Nanga Forest. Uchiha Ogima then returned to his clan's territory to carry Obito Uchiha's body back. Obito's two teammates, along with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, voluntarily followed.

Uchiha Senma glanced at Senju Takeya, and seeing that Takeya gave him a barely perceptible nod, he didn't stop the four from following. It seemed that these four could be of use.

No one dared to follow a Wood Release user in the forest who was born favored and protected by the flowers, plants, and trees.

Those who suffered eight hundred falls in the forest, were unlucky enough to get more than five hundred marks from tree branches, or had to be hospitalized due to pollen allergies can attest to this.

The group headed towards a suitable planting spot. Halfway there, Uchiha Obito was handed over to Kakashi and Rin to carry, while he chatted idly next to Senju Take: "This battle was incredibly exhilarating, but I realized I didn't have any handy tools."

Senju Take also listened intently, watching Uchiha Senma make a gesture as if grasping something and then waving it around, as if he were demonstrating a suitable weapon. "What kind of weapon does Senma want?"

"Something that's convenient for me to hit people with, something with a large area—the kind that can send several people flying at once." Uchiha Hanami wasn't really sure what to expect. He was thinking of a heavy sword, but heavy swords didn't suit the Uchiha's movement and swordsmanship. If he got his hands on one, it would probably be like "a good horse without a good saddle, a weapon that doesn't suit his hand," since that kind of thing was more suitable for the Senju's style of wide, sweeping attacks.

Are there any other suitable weapons...? Uchiha Osaka felt that its image was already faintly appearing in his mind.

"A fan?" Senju Takeya's voice immediately enlightened Uchiha Senma.

“Yes, yes, that’s it! The Flame Fan, the weapon passed down through generations of the Uchiha clan! Made from a part of the Divine Tree, it can use wind to control fire jutsu and also deflect ninjutsu. It must feel amazing to fan someone with it—” The words were drawn out, and as the tone shifted, Uchiha Hanuma’s face fell. “But that thing disappeared after Uchiha Madara took it away.”

I don't know if we can still find Madara Uchiha now, or if he's still in the underground cave 2 near Kusagakure.

Senju Take also remembered that the large fan that Otsutsuki Ashura had given to Uchiha Sachi had apparently been passed down from generation to generation. That was good, because Sachi really liked that useful large fan.

Senju Takeya nodded to indicate that he understood, and then gradually slowed down. The group looked at the small patch of grass in front of them, which was bathed in sunlight. They knew that this was the place that Senju Takeya had chosen. It was indeed a very pleasant and relaxing place.

Uchiha Senma took out tools such as a shovel from the sealed scroll containing his hidden weapons. He even accidentally pulled out a Luoyang shovel, which he quickly put away, but it did not escape the eyes of Senju Takeya.

"Ahem... What if... what if we stumble upon the tomb of the Sage of Six Paths?" Uchiha Senma coughed awkwardly; he still had to save face in front of his close friend.

Thousand Hand Bamboo remained silent, only nodding repeatedly.

After all, the Sage of Six Paths was the great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of the Uchiha clan, so it was only natural that his legacy would be passed down to the Uchiha. This was also a case of being prepared for any eventuality, and as always, he was thorough and meticulous in his actions.

Upon witnessing this scene, the silence of the others was deafening.

The Wood Release user's mind was blatantly twisted and made no attempt to hide it.

"What are you doing just looking? Dig!" Uchiha Osaka shoveled a shovel into the hands of the four people. "A hole big enough to bury a person."

The four of them readily agreed. Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara were filled with doubt and fear. After all, Ogima's previous actions clearly indicated that Obito could be saved, and he had even brought in a Wood Release user. But now they were being asked to dig a hole to bury someone...

Large tears welled up in their eyes and swelled up again, and the boy and girl couldn't help but sob—was Obito really going to leave like this?

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Senma couldn't help but stroke his chin, looking exactly like that goblin touching his face meme from his past life. Inwardly, he was amazed. Obito was indeed somewhat like the Uchiha. This man and woman, one aloof and proud, the other bright and gentle, were both undeniably beautiful. When he was alive, they worried about him, and when he died, they shed tears of grief, crying like a wife mourning her husband.

This simpleton got to enjoy the monogamous system; sometimes fools have all the luck.

Their Konoha-style friendship is just too comprehensive.

Senju Take also walked to Uchiha Osaka's side, looking at him with a calm expression, silently revealing his doubts.

Why are they crying?

"You crybaby, huh?" Uchiha Senji chuckled. "It's your turn to make a move."

Show them what's what, my darling! Let them see just how awesome his best friend, Uchiha Senma, really is!

Thousand Hands Bamboo also stepped forward. A branch extended from the shrunken Life Tree ring on his left wrist, and a tender leaf grew on the branch. Thousand Hands Bamboo gently plucked the tender leaf, and the branch wrapped around him again.

He placed the tender leaf into the mangled wound on Obito's body. Senju Take watched as the leaf, soaked in blood, slowly curled up and hardened into a seed. The seed burrowed into the flesh and blood. After confirming that everything was in order, Senju Take nodded to Uchiha Senma to indicate that it was ready.

Uchiha Osaka wanted to roll Obito directly into the pit to save effort, but Obito's friends were not willing to do so. They carefully helped him into the pit and then, at Senju Takeya's instruction, began to fill it with soil.

"What did Takeya-kun just put into Obito's body?" Kushina Uzumaki, who contributed the most to digging the hole with her stubbornness, couldn't help but ask.

"Seeds," Thousand Hand Bamboo replied.

"The power of the Wood Release user is truly incredible." Kushina Uzumaki realized that it was the very thing that could bring Obito back to life.

Thousand Hand Bamboo also shook his head, "An empty shell without a soul, no matter how complete, cannot be revived. It was thanks to the timely rescue by the fan."

Kushina Uzumaki looked at Ochiha Senma with amusement. She complained that Obito was the best, but when Obito got into trouble, she arrived even faster than her mentor Minato. Isn't that just saying one thing and doing another? Speaking of which, there's Kakashi. He used to be very impatient with Obito. It seems that Obito really knows how to win over these kinds of people.

Uchiha Senma snorted coldly, "No matter how useless this guy is, he's still one of my Uchiha."

Obito Uchiha's talent was actually not weak, especially since his bloodline limit aptitude was very high, involving space, which was very useful. Even if he really died, he would still be resurrected by Edo Tensei and used as a beast of burden!

After the soil was filled in, the four people stared at the filled-in pit in silence, as if the person had truly been sent away.

"What do we do next?" Nohara Rin asked cautiously.

“Water it and infuse it with chakra every day,” Senju Takeya said.

Kakashi Hatake was taken aback. "Is this how you grow vegetables?"

Qian Shouzhu gave an affirmative answer, nodding. As if he had thought of something, he added, "The most important thing is love and longing. Only the two of you are suitable candidates for planting 'vegetables'."

As she spoke, Senju Take looked at Hatake Kakashi and Nohara Rin.

"Huh?" Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara were taken aback.

"Only chakra filled with love and longing, chakra with a strong enough bond, can bring the dead back." Senju Takeya himself couldn't explain why, but that was the principle. Because he missed Indra, every time he infused chakra, he was thinking about bringing Indra back, which prevented Indra from having his soul and spirit devoured by the Tree of Life. In the end, Indra grew into a fruit and was even genetically purified and evolved into a complete Otsutsuki—that is, into a tiny one.

Using the Tree of Life is dangerous; even using just a small leaf carries extremely high risks. It requires emotional investment to prevent the seed from embarking on a cold and greedy path of consumption.

"I understand." Kakashi Hatake's eyes darkened slightly. "I will do as instructed."

Even if he didn't know how many years would pass, even if it took day after day and year after year, he would do anything to bring Obito back safely.

"I will try my best too!" Nohara Rin clenched her fists, her expression exceptionally firm. With hope in her eyes, the girl's sad and downcast expression brightened slightly.

Senju Takeshi could sense the determination of the two and was quite relieved. He glanced at Hatake Kakashi, then naturally walked a few steps to Hatake Kakashi, raised his hand to cover his injured left eye, pressed it, and then withdrew his hand. He and Uchiha Senma left, leaving the rest to Hatake Kakashi and the others.

Kakashi Hatake felt a warmth in his left eye, then realized what was happening and quickly removed the bandage from it. The blinding light fell into his undamaged left eye, causing him to squint slightly.

"Kakashi! His eye is healed!" Rin Nohara's eyes lit up instantly. Overjoyed, she leaned forward and cupped Kakashi's face, examining his left eye from all angles. If it weren't for the late treatment leaving a faint scar, you would never have guessed that his eye had suffered such a severe injury. "It's really healed! Wood Release Master is amazing!" Healed in just a moment—what incredible medical ninjutsu! I really want to learn it!

"Hmm!" Kakashi Hatake was also pleasantly surprised. Losing an eye had a huge impact on a ninja. He blinked and felt that his vision in this eye seemed to be better. He had even more faith and admiration for the Wood Release user who was younger than him, and he was more confident in Obito's resurrection.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were finally able to relax completely.

Minato Namikaze said gently with a smile, "Kushina and I will cover for you. Take good care of Obito."

“Yes! We will!” the two replied firmly.