Chapter 50 Planting Trees During the Ninja Village Era (30) Ninja World Version: Boys and Girls...

Before they could even be shocked by the lavishness of the accommodations Uchiha Osaka had prepared for them, they heard Uchiha Osaka say to them, "From now on, the Xinyi Merchant Guild's charitable projects in other countries will also be handled by you. Your Akatsuki organization is still too weak. Don't give away all your resources at once. Develop yourselves first. I will also be very troubled if our allies are too weak."

Yahiko, whose face was full of "This place is so City!", snapped out of his reverie upon hearing this. The orange-haired boy's expression turned serious as he faced the important matter at hand. "Leave everything to us... Are you sure you can handle this?"

Uchiha Osaka did not answer, but only glanced at Yahiko.

Yahiko took a deep breath and stood up straight: "I understand!"

The decisive Uchiha quickly explained what he needed to say and left without any hesitation. As he passed Nagato, his blue eyes flashed like kaleidoscopes as he glanced at him, as if he had discovered something interesting, and he smiled silently.

That uncomfortable chakra trace... it must be Black Zetsu.

To be honest, he had never seen that thing since he was reincarnated, but he knew very well that the guy was definitely up to no good in secret.

Anyway, you definitely won't find it by searching. You can only catch it when it appears on its own, like the day Madara Uchiha was resurrected. Nagato would be a necessary condition for that.

Once Kaguya Otsutsuki and Isshiki Otsutsuki are killed, the peaceful tone of the ninja world can be completely established. Uchiha Osaka can then shift the conflict of the entire ninja world to the threat to the universe and the Otsutsuki clan. At that time, everyone will be of one mind, and the hatred left over from the war will naturally be insignificant in the face of an enemy powerful enough to destroy everything in the ninja world in an instant.

Uchiha Osaka waited patiently for this opportunity.

Before that, all he needed to do was continue to get stronger, and become even stronger.

He didn't have the same talent as his best friend, who was constantly being fed by fate, but there was absolutely no way he would be abandoned by him. The reason for this was, of course, because he was Uchiha Ogima.

The next day was the official table tennis tournament, and the competition was even more intense than the knockout stage. When the final champion was decided, everyone stood up and applauded, giving a thunderous round of applause to the last two players on the court, but the cheers and applause belonged only to the champion.

The runner-up tasted the bitterness of being just one step away from final victory. Sweat and tears streamed down his face, making him feel an unprecedented sense of desolation and pain. The magatama slowly rotating in his bloodshot eyes silently expressed his unwillingness and loneliness.

Accompanied by rousing music, Uchiha Senma handed the gleaming golden trophy to the champion: "Only through persistent effort can one build the ladder to glory. This victory is proof of that. Congratulations, Uchiha Aya."

The Uchiha girl with shoulder-length short hair held the heavy championship trophy high. The pure gold championship trophy was surrounded by lightning and laurel leaves, and the flame-shaped handles on both sides were tied with dark blue ribbons. The Uchiha clan crest was engraved on the base of the trophy, making it a trophy full of Uchiha elements.

This also laid the foundation for the basic design and tone of the championship trophy for all future table tennis events.

"And this, the championship prize." Uchiha Osaka handed Uchiha Aya an enlarged check with '10,000,000' written on it. "Of course, this is just a supplementary reward, and you can redeem it at the Xinyi Merchant Guild at any time."

With a pure gold trophy in one hand and a huge check in the other, Aya Uchiha was momentarily stunned by the sudden wealth.

Senju Take also came up carrying a tray with gold, silver and bronze medals. After all, it was the first time to hold a sports meet, so the award ceremony for presenting the medals was quite extravagant. As a Wood Release user, the value of the medals was as high as possible.

Uchiha Ogima presented the medals to the participants in the order of the quarterfinals and the Asian Cup, and announced the end of the table tennis tournament amidst thunderous applause. The next event to begin tomorrow will be the cross-country running competition.

As is well known, ninjas are extremely strong in running, so the competition venue was set in the Forest of Death, one of the venues for the Konoha Chunin Exams.

Trail running is a single-round race, from start to finish. The difficulty varies depending on the length of the route, with the shortest straight distance being the most difficult. During the race, runners can interfere with each other, and any means are acceptable as long as they don't seriously injure or kill their opponents.

In order to extend the race distance to a satisfactory level, Uchiha Osaka ruthlessly enslaved his best friend to plant trees and expand the area of ​​the Forest of Death, in exchange for a call of "godfather" and a month's supply of milk tea.

The debt of gratitude I owe my dearest friend can never be repaid!

Of course, this is not the end. There are still final arrangements to be made, but that will have to wait until the day the trail running race officially begins.

The audience remained in the arena, with countless large screens providing a 360-degree, high-definition, unobstructed live broadcast of the Death Forest arena, before the camera returned to the starting point.

Standing at the starting line at this moment are not the participants, but Senju Takeya and Uchiha Osaka.

"Next, my dear friend and I will demonstrate the entire trail running process for everyone. Please pay attention to the rules displayed on the big screen~" Uchiha Senma grinned at the camera. "Throughout the entire race, there will be dedicated cameramen tracking every participant, every section, and every corner. Damaging the cameras or injuring the cameramen are serious violations. Violators will be immediately eliminated and will have to pay huge compensation. The trail running race cameramen are provided by the Aburame Clan using nano-level parasitic insects. Thank you to the Aburame Clan for their sponsorship~"

Aburame Torune, who had just returned home after being robbed, looked at the screen and shed bitter tears of resentment.

Although he was grateful to the Uchiha demon for slapping away his tongue-twisting seal, and not only that, but the severely brainwashed Root members were also brought back to their senses by that slap, Uchiha Senma clearly only wanted to slap them at the time. Later, he even brazenly shouted "Open the door! Uchiha Senma!" and rushed into the Aburame family's house, semi-forcibly confiscating his insects.

Aburame Shiguro was very happy that his child, Aburame Torune, had returned safely without any fear of Danzo's revenge, so he generously lent his nano-sized poisonous insects to Uchiha Ogima.

Aburame Ryoma patted Aburame Torune on the shoulder, deeply sympathetic; they were both unfortunate souls in the world.

Upon hearing Uchiha Osaka's words, Nara Shikaku was surprised to find that there was another ninja clan that acted as quickly as the Nara clan. However, the Aburame clan was indeed clever and sharp enough, and they were also a ninja clan that fought with their brains.

It seems this sports meet is just a trial and demonstration. In the future, the entire Konoha ninja clan will probably have to participate, because Nara Shikaku has already noticed the wavering expression on the face of the Hyuga clan leader.

As the countdown ended, the two figures at the starting line flashed out. In order to have enough time to demonstrate the entire process and rules of trail running, neither of them went all out, but instead walked side by side with a leisurely attitude.

The first stage of the race is the acceleration stage, where the terrain is the simplest, designed to make it easier for the competitors to create distance between each other. However, the acceleration stage is also the shortest stage. Even though Senju Take and Uchiha Senma deliberately slowed down, they still entered the second stage after only three minutes.

Entering the second longest section of the race, Senju Takeya accelerated and rushed to the front. Uchiha Senma drew out the Flame Fan from behind and swung it upwards towards Senju Takeya. The hurricane generated by the Flame Fan mercilessly tore up the ground. The dark soil rolled up like waves, and the trees that were deeply rooted in the soil were uprooted as if being pulled out of their cocoons.

Thousand Hands Bamboo leaped and landed on the thickest tree trunk to the side. His clothes fluttered in the wind, and his long, black hair danced wildly in the wind. But he himself was as steady as Mount Tai. Even the tree trunk he stepped on became as immovable as a rock the moment he landed, leaving only the branches and leaves trembling in the wind.

The next second, the forest seemed to have gathered its strength and come alive. It frantically sprouted branches and took root, growing stronger and stronger, like delirious, mad believers dancing for their gods.

Like an army, they began to fight the hurricane, whipping their roots to fill the soil back under their feet, stabilizing the earth and blocking the hurricane's impact. The towering, rugged roots, like giant pythons, revealed a breathtaking primeval forest, but the forest roots were clearly at least two or three meters above the ground.

No, it's not that the tree roots grew taller, but rather that the ground was plowed down by two or three meters during the struggle just now.

It wasn't a confrontation at all, but a performance-like collaboration.

"Water Release—" Contrary to the common impression of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Senma used the Water Release technique, which is the least common among the Uchiha. The magnificent and dazzling Mangekyou Sharingan spun and slowly bloomed in his eyes. He formed a hand seal with one hand, the hand seal resembling a lotus, "Sanzu Weak Water Stop".

A round water droplet slowly condensed on his lotus hand seal. A few seconds later, it burst open like a blooming lotus flower, and the water flowed like a waterfall towards the sinking primeval forest. The gnarled tree roots were swallowed up at an extremely fast speed by the weak water with anti-magic properties.

This is a forbidden technique unique to Uchiha Senma, developed by combining the Water Release techniques from the Book of Seals with his own chakra characteristics.

Tobirama Senju has a really good mind. Your thinking is fine. Now, mine!

As the Weak Water began to slowly spread towards the edge of the Death Forest, Thousand Hand Bamboo leaped high into the air. Like a dark meteor, he plummeted towards the center of the second stage and then slammed down his charged fist.

The earth seemed to have been struck heavily by a giant iron hammer. The crystal-clear Weak Water was lifted into a high column of water and then surged towards the sunken center. The Weak Water, which was originally meant to be level and submerged through the second section, became deeper as it approached the center of the straight section and shallower as it approached the edge of the forest.

The magic-free zone for the second stage has been completed.

The closer you are to the straight track, the greater the impact of Water Release: Three Paths Weak Water Stop. Once you touch this water, you cannot mobilize your chakra, let alone swim. Just like the Weak Water, even a feather will sink to the bottom if it falls on it. And once you get close to the center of the deepest part of the water, you cannot mobilize your chakra even if you are not wet. You can only continue the race by relying on taijutsu - unless your chakra strength is stronger than that of Uchiha Osaka.

Uchiha Senma was unaffected by his own ninjutsu, and Senju Takeya was already a close-combat god who had achieved physical sainthood. After successfully completing the setup for the second stage, the two rushed directly into the third stage.

The third stage was the only section where summoning spirit beasts was allowed under the rules, so after leaving the magic-free zone, the two of them used summoning magic simultaneously.

A massive, black-scaled tree viper, so large that its head and tail could not be seen, leaped out. Uchiha Senma stood on the viper's head, while Senju Take rode a snow-white steed with mane like flowing frost and snow, exuding an ethereal and divine aura.

"It's a doppelganger?!!" Yahiko exclaimed in shock. "Can a doppelganger really be summoned?!"

"This is so weird!!" Tsunade exclaimed in disbelief. "How can it be summoned?!"

The two people, both seated at the relatives' table, were startled when they heard each other's voices, and turned to look at each other.

Yahiko: "Um... Lady Tsunade?"

Tsunade: "You were Jiraiya's apprentice before?"

After a few seconds of silence, Yahiko and Tsunade grasped each other's hands with resolute eyes.

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Author's Note: Chapter 50! Since it hasn't reached 10,000 followers yet, I'll continue updating at the regular daily pace, without any extra chapter events. w

Because the outline will be almost finished after chapter 50, I feel I don't have enough content to write if I start an extra chapter event.

The main story involves visiting the original timeline worlds, while the side stories will include visiting the world of Touken Ranbu to see how their own characters are doing, making a cameo appearance in Demon Slayer, and finally strolling around in the crossover of Shugo Chara! and Detective Conan.