Chapter 57 Retiring in Peacetime (6) What one can feel...
To my younger brother and everyone in the citadel:
The training was arduous, and my master and Lord Hanuma were very strict, but this also showed how much they valued and expected of me.
Under their guidance, I gradually learned to communicate with the chakra of my master within me, and my use of spiritual power became more skillful and effortless. Master Senma praised me for finally becoming like a ninja, and most importantly, my master recognized my progress. All my efforts were not in vain.
Because of the vast difference in physical abilities, I was unable to replicate my master's moves. Therefore, my master tried to teach me swordsmanship. Although my master himself was only just beginning to explore, he still succeeded... Under the master's ingenious ideas, it is hard to imagine that such swordsmanship could be accomplished in such a playful and joking manner. He truly lives up to his master's reputation.
Master Senma considered many names, but the name of his master's sword technique was finally decided as "Ichiban Ten Thousand Stops". Master Senma said it was a parry style, a counterattack style, which does not take the initiative to attack, but its defense and counterattack are so strong that they make people despair. It is very much in line with the master's personality and style.
Cultivation is truly a matter of tempering the mind and body. Although I am very happy to be personally taught swordsmanship by my master, the rigorous training has inevitably made my pen grip unsteady. However, I think I will be like this for a long time, so I still set out to write this letter.
That's all for now. I still need to continue working hard to improve myself.
Watching the letter he had written disappear into the space-time teleportation array, Kaguya Kiri looked at his trembling hands, his silver eyes as calm as a frozen lake, terrifyingly composed. He knew his situation very well.
Swordsmen are humanoid weapons that can be restored to their peak condition as long as they have spiritual power. Kaguya Kirito can completely eliminate fatigue with just one touch. However, he knows that Senju Takeshi's training of him is like a swordsmith forging a sword. This fatigue and soreness is the hammering and forging of his body. This is how humans temper themselves.
Hold on until the limit is reached, then break through.
“Kaguya-kiri.” Indra’s calm voice came from behind.
"Lord Indra." Kaguya turned around and called out to the other party in a calm tone. Just then, she saw Senju Takeya walking in. The white-haired youth's tone softened almost instinctively. "Master."
"Senma said he wants me to go to the Uchiha orchard," Senju Takeya said. "Want to come along?"
“I will!” Kaguya Kiri agreed without hesitation. “Or rather, please allow me to accompany you!”
Thousand Hand Bamboo nodded as well. Indra naturally hid in his stand-up collar. Now that Mount Xilin had been moved out and was floating above the Nanhe Forest, he always felt that when he was on the mountain, there were countless eyes watching him from below. This was quite uncomfortable for Indra, whose senses were extremely sharp. So now only Little White Gold was still stationed on Mount Xilin to tend to the plants and take care of the trees and fields.
It can only be said that she is indeed Senju Takeya's most loyal little steward.
However, now there's also Uchiha Osaka's little dog Snake on Mount Xilin. This guy justifiably released his summoning beast onto Mount Xilin. Both are sacred places, so it seems his best friend's sacred place is the best.
The little dog snake agreed. The environment of Xilin Mountain was simply paradise for them, the spirit beasts. Moreover, there were no other bad snakes competing with it for territory. In order to live in Xilin Mountain, the little dog snake even learned to read Little White Gold's eyes and expressions without being taught—from the rabbit dumpling's completely expressionless face.
Right now, the rabbit is standing majestically on the head of the little snake, hanging a protective net on the cantaloupe on the branch to prevent it from growing too big and heavy and falling down and breaking. The little snake is clinging tightly to the tree trunk, standing straight, looking just like a black pole.
Little Platinum picked a giant strawberry that was bigger than ten of its own combined and fed it to the little snake. These giant fruits are so big that they are difficult to sell, which means that they have been growing in the sacred land for more than a month and have absorbed too much natural chakra. Ordinary people would explode and die if they ate them.
However, when fed to spirit beasts, it is like a golden elixir, especially for spirit beasts that are born in holy lands, it is simply an ultimate delicacy.
The little snake, who had already started eating vegetarian food with Little Platinum, felt the giant strawberry being crushed in its mouth, releasing its sweet and sour juice, and happily wagged its tail—Boss Rabbit was so good to it! It would follow Boss Rabbit for life!
The two spirit beasts, one large and one small, got along quite well.
The fruits produced by the Thousand Hand Bamboo in the fields are absolutely unparalleled in size and taste. Even if their seedlings are planted in ordinary soil, they can still produce delicious fruits.
Logically, that should be the case.
"This is a new variety we bred from the Uchiha clan. It has a thin peel and is very juicy." Uchiha Senma said, picking a large orange and peeling off its thin peel. The bright yellow orange flesh inside was plump and firm. He first broke off a segment, put it in his mouth and chewed it. After pausing for a moment, he handed the rest of the orange to Senju Takeya without changing his expression. "Hmm, not bad. My dear friend, you can try it."
Senju Take also took the orange, broke off a segment and ate it. He chewed it carefully for a while, then shared a segment with Kaguya Kiri.
Kaguya chewed on an orange, silently nodding. His usually expressionless face, just like Senju Takeya's, made it hard to tell how the orange tasted.
Senju Takeshi handed an orange to Uchiha Shisui, who ate a segment and then looked at Uchiha Itachi, "Itachi, would you like to try some?"
Uchiha Itachi nodded and received a segment of orange from Uchiha Shisui. In an instant, his face scrunched up like a bun, his soul leaving his body from the sourness.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Uchiha Senji immediately spat out the orange he couldn't swallow at all.
Uchiha Shisui also turned his head and spat out the orange pulp that had been making his mouth water. "So sour!!!"
Senju Take also swallowed with difficulty. He chewed it so thoroughly that he had almost squeezed out all the sour juice, so he might as well just swallow it. Kaguya Kirito, on the other hand, had the personality of swallowing whatever his master fed him, no matter how difficult it was to swallow.
"Promise me, you Uchiha... will not try to innovate anymore," Senju Take said seriously. "The acidity is too high."
“But it’s not without value; it can be put to good use.” Uchiha Senma laughed, though his lips were twitching from the sourness. “Just like a lemon, it’s a good thing if used properly… cough.”
I'm so jealous I've completely lost control of my facial expressions! Buddy! Stop trying to look cool!
Clearly discerning the content of his best friend's sarcastic remark from his expressionless face, Uchiha Senma stubbornly curled his lip, "It seems we shouldn't try to cultivate new varieties so easily... It's strange, the original plants' fruits are all sweet, so why is the hybrid so sour?"
Their plan this time was to tour the entire orchard, because Senju Take could clearly sense the needs of the plants and could quickly and accurately offer suggestions for improvement and clear directions for rectification. Therefore, Uchiha Osaka would regularly invite Senju Take to come and help. They would taste every kind of fruit in the orchard. Fortunately, the new variety of orange was a unique exception, which also shows that the Uchiha's first attempt at hybrid fruit was a disastrous failure.
"As expected, I found you here, Ogima-kun." Orochimaru's slightly tired voice came through.
Uchiha Senma turned his head and saw the person next to Orochimaru. He smirked, revealing a rather insincere smile. "Oh, isn't this the Second Hokage? So you've finally accepted your fate of working for this inherently evil Uchiha?"
"You bastard..." Tobirama Senju felt the veins on his temples throbbing.
If Orochimaru had resurrected him, Tobirama Senju could have used his own strength and intellect to break free from the control of the Impure World Reincarnation and return. But the person who resurrected him was Ogima Uchiha, an Uchiha whose chakra quality and strength were overwhelmingly superior to his. The Impure World Reincarnation modified by this guy was like a tyrannical clause that left no room for anyone to find a loophole.
God knows that when Tobirama Senju, a dead man who could no longer breathe, saw the Book of Seals in Osaka Uchiha's hands, he couldn't help but gasp.
My brother is right, the Impure World Reincarnation is a forbidden technique! It's a forbidden technique that desecrates death! If he had burned the Impure World Reincarnation technique back then, he wouldn't be in this situation!
Tobirama Senju managed to calm his turbulent emotions and saw the boy in Senju clan attire standing next to Osamu Uchiha. It must be the Wood Release user, Takeshi Senju, whom Orochimaru had mentioned as one of the strongest ninjas in the world.
Although Senju Takeya only made a move once during the Third Shinobi World War, no one dared to challenge or test his strength. He simply stood there and glanced at them, which immediately triggered their deepest survival instincts, warning them never to provoke him. Therefore, anyone who had seen Senju Takeya was as well-behaved as possible.
At least for now, no one dares to test the veracity of this warning.
Tobirama Senju was no exception. After being stunned for a moment by those quiet and deep black eyes, his first reaction was that this child seemed smarter than his older brother.
"What are you looking at! Don't you have any close friends?!" Uchiha Senma blocked Senju Tobirama's view.
Senju Takeshi also hid behind Uchiha Senma, glancing at Senju Tobirama with a slight tilt of his head.
"Takeya, he's a really, really bad Senju! The kind who'll corrupt you!" Uchiha Senma said seriously, "Takeya, just listen to me!"
Senju Take nodded in agreement. After all, if the fan had said that, then this person must be quite unlikable.
Tobirama Senju retracted his previous thoughts. This little Wood Release user seemed even worse than his older brother, appearing to be completely obedient to Osaka Uchiha. This made him even more furious: "Don't you have any thoughts of your own?!"
“Senma wouldn’t lie to me,” Senju Take said firmly.
Tobirama Senju felt like he was being burned to a crisp by his own rage. "How can you be so sure he won't lie to you?! The Uchiha are the most cunning! They're monsters who can deceive people's feelings!"
“You can’t say that about the Uchiha.” Senju Takeya frowned slightly. “You must have bullied the Uchiha.”
"Yes, yes, yes! He bullied the Uchiha when he was alive!" Uchiha Osaka immediately complained to the emperor, "He never genuinely wanted to form an alliance with the Uchiha to build Konoha together; he just couldn't win against his brother!"
"What's so great about the Uchiha clan?!" Tobirama Senju couldn't understand the thought process of a Wood Release user.
Thousand Hand Bamboo also declared confidently, "He loves me."
Hearing the word 'love' gave Tobirama Senju PTSD: "How can he love you?! Fight you and talk about ideals with you?!"
"The merchant guild built by Senju Kenji can give me tens of millions of taels of silver in dividends every year. And this is only in the first year, under the premise that the market economy is not good. Now that the ninja world is at peace, according to the normal development trend, my dividends will only increase, and it is only a matter of time before they reach hundreds of millions. In order to prevent inflation, he will exchange the currency for gold of the corresponding value. I can also withdraw pocket money from his account at will." Senju Takeya said in a calm tone, "Half of the money earned from the experimental results you complete will flow into my pocket. I can show you the current financial statements of the Senju clan."
Although his money is now in Xinyi Bank, this way he can show Senju Tobirama the interest income that Ogima gave him.
Uchiha Senma wore a matter-of-fact expression. "Love is love that people can feel. I just love spending money on my best friend!"
Although money cannot represent love, for Uchiha Osaka, money is always where love is!
They didn't discuss emotional values with Tobirama Senju; they presented the facts directly, clearly demonstrating that they knew exactly how to talk to a realistic and rational person like Tobirama Senju.
Tobirama Senju recalled the reports Orochimaru had shown him. Orochimaru wanted to tell him how much potential the Uchiha clan had in terms of commercial value and their development path, but at the time, he only felt that this generation of Uchiha was more dangerous. Compared to obvious weapons, this bloodless method was often the most unpredictable and chilling.
With such a terrifying business acumen and talent, coupled with a career path seemingly blessed by the heavens, and Uchiha Osaka's ninja prowess, one can imagine how the ninja world will be ruled by him as an uncrowned king in the future.
And now you're telling me that half of the Uchiha clan's money was earned by me, a user of the Senju Wood Release.
"Half the money goes to outsiders with the surname Senju. Don't the other Uchiha have any objections?" Tobirama Senju asked a probing question.
Uchiha Shisui asked, puzzled, "What's wrong with that? Isn't it only natural to give it to Takeya-nii?"
Itachi Uchiha felt the question was unnecessary: "Isn't this the obvious thing to do?"
How could Takeya-nii be an outsider!
Tobirama Senju: ...
hiss--
Brother, you've lost terribly.
And, brother, this kid is definitely smarter than you. He actually managed to convince me to accept that he has an Uchiha best friend :)
Back then, Madara Uchiha was so good at making money that he didn't need Hashirama Senju to mediate or explain; he could have simply held his father down and wholeheartedly supported the two becoming friends! Perhaps his father wouldn't even have needed him to hold him down!
Tobirama Senju was finally able to convince himself to throw himself into that advanced and alluring laboratory. Although he was working for the Uchiha clan, at least he was contributing value to the Senju clan. If he didn't think that way, being resurrected by the modified Edo Tensei and unable to resist Tobirama's will would be worse than death. After all, the price of continuing to resist passively would probably be unbearable for him... He even wanted to smash the self that had once researched Edo Tensei to death with a hammer.
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Author's Note: [Kaguya Kirito's Letter of Training - Part Two]
To the Judge of Gods:
He asked me why I wanted to become stronger, and I replied that I wanted to better protect you, protect my younger brother, and protect everyone in the citadel... to be as invincible as him.
The training was arduous, and he and Lord Senma were very strict, but this also showed how much they valued and expected of me.
Under their guidance, I finally became like a ninja sword, and as their sword, I also developed my own style, called Ittan Manji.
The grueling training, pushing me to my limits, inevitably made my handwriting unsteady. Please forgive my illegible and messy handwriting, because no matter what, I wanted to share what I had experienced with you as soon as possible, and I also wanted you to wait for me to return and show you this even stronger edge.
—Please look at me closely then, otherwise I might feel lonely.
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