Chapter 252: Missing Hashirama (End of this Volume)

Aoba has many plans for who is the biggest enemy in the Naruto world.

The imaginary enemies at the beginning were the Third Generation and Danzo.

That's right, Aoba's attitude towards the Third Generation and Danzo from the beginning was an enemy. Later, he successfully killed Danzo and forced the Third Generation to death.

The next target became Nagato, Obito and Uchiha Madara.

After many rounds of fighting, Nagato fell into a coma, Uchiha Madara was defeated, and Obito became the biggest winner.

But this does not mean that Obito has become the final boss in his mind.

Although this guy has great willpower and talent, Qingye has never looked down on him.

People who have extremely narrow minds and emotions will never achieve great things.

After all, Aoba's initial imaginary enemy was Kaguya and the Otsutsuki clan behind Kaguya.

It is no exaggeration to say that even Uchiha Madara in his heyday will completely lose his dominance in Boruto.

The combat power displayed by Boruto in his youth was definitely at the Six Paths level.

But between Obito and Ōtsutsuki, Aoba vaguely knew that there was a hidden existence.

He could be an enemy or a rival. In the mess that is the ninja world, Aoba never minds assuming the worst of others.

Therefore, Aoba always regarded that target as an enemy.

There is no need for too much explanation, everyone can understand that guy is the Six Paths Sage.

Although the Six Paths Sage is a positive figure in the original plot, and his presence is not strong, he only helped Naruto and Sasuke in the final battle.

But after entering this world, Qingye could feel this guy's presence everywhere. He never showed up, but the whole world was full of his traces.

There is a very prominent problem in the world of Naruto, the collapse of ethics.

This ethical breakdown started thousands of years ago. The first one was Kaguya's family. The son teamed up with his mother to seal her.

It seems that this scene has set the tone for this world. Let's take a look at the plot after the establishment of the five major ninja villages.

Betrayal, parricide, and subversion of superiors. This is the tone of the entire ninja world.

Even Hashirama Senju, this saint-like figure, only began to preach his great love and save the world after he had defeated everyone.

In his previous life, Aoba was a reader and a viewer. So, he just watched for fun. Why did Kaguya's two sons rebel against their mother?

Aoba thought it was just as the comics said, they loved humans too much and couldn't bear to see their mother hurt humans.

But after coming to this world, Qingye immediately changed his mind. He didn't need any reason, just look at this world and you will know. Those two brothers definitely didn't rebel against their mother for the sake of humanity.

The reason is simple: this world is rotten.

After the two brothers sealed their mother, they became the most powerful beings in the world. Especially Otsutsuki Hagoromo, when he walked on earth, he was like a god to humans.

In Qingye's opinion, if he really loves humans so much, he can definitely build a utopian world as long as he wants.

But Otsutsuki Hagoromo did not do that. He chose another method and passed on chakra to humans, allowing everyone to have the ability to practice.

If we look at this operation from the root, it is actually difficult to define whether it is good or bad. According to the legend, he did this for the sake of connecting people.

At first glance, it seems good. After all, he gave humans power and enabled them to face many dangers independently.

However, if we look at it from a results-oriented perspective, the biggest consequence of Otsutsuki Hagoromo's transfer of chakra to humans was that it increased the intensity of the war by hundreds or thousands of times.

Under this high-intensity war, countless hatreds were continued, and the entire ninja world fell into a state of no peace.

And then, what about the Six Paths Sage, who dared to resist for the sake of humanity and even sealed his own mother?

He disappeared and never appeared again. It seemed that he no longer loved humans, or perhaps he never really loved.

According to the traditional Chinese concept, those who are not of our race must have different hearts. Qingye prefers the latter.

This leads to a fundamental question, which is why the Six Paths Sage did this.

Qingye knew that this might be the ultimate problem he was facing. If he could figure out this problem, he would be able to solve almost everything.

And judging from the current situation, he was very likely to have touched upon the essence of the problem. That was why the other party had so hastily started interfering in the ninja world in advance.

Qingye's travel to this world has caused many changes.

He changed the life trajectories of Kakashi, Tsunade, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Naruto, Sasuke, and even the Twelve Ninjas and countless others.

At the same time, he also developed various techniques related to the Sharingan, chakra coat, and chakra attribute changes.

Then, he promoted the reform of Konoha, weakened the power of the ninja clan, improved the strength of civilian ninjas, and broke away from the rule of the daimyo and began to build an independent fire country.

The various direct changes, indirect changes, and even the butterfly effect caused by the above changes have completely deviated the entire ninja world from its original trajectory.

It can be said that to this day, Kamikawa Aoba has changed the entire ninja world.

"Change!!!"

This word flashed through Qingye's mind. In an instant, something that was originally vague seemed to become clear.

.................

Konoha.

Tsunade and the resurrected Senju Hashirama are losing big in the casino.

Tsunade is doing a great job as the Hokage. Although she needs to deal with a lot of things, people like Aoba, Kakashi, Shikaku, and even Hiashi can help her deal with a lot.

So she has a lot of free time.

In addition to the resurrection of Hashirama Senju, Tsunade had less time to see her long-lost relatives and to meet with Aoba.

He followed Hashirama Senju to the Konoha casino every few days and lost a lot of money.

It is worth mentioning that Tsunade is not short of money now. Because Konoha is now pursuing an external expansion policy, a lot of cash resources have flowed into Konoha Village.

As the Hokage, Tsunade can naturally control him at will. But Aoba knows that once gamblers get too excited, they usually lose their rationality.

So together with several other consultant assistants, they imposed restrictions on Tsunade. They established a secret fund within Konoha.

The purpose of the fund's existence is very simple, it is to provide Konoha's top leaders with funds for private squandering.

Of course, whether it was Aoba, Kakashi, or Shikaku, none of them had any interest in this fund. Therefore, this so-called secret fund basically became Tsunade's gambling money.

Whenever she had free time, Tsunade would take a lot of cash and go to the casino in Konoha to lose a lot of money.

Of course, there was one thing Tsunade didn't know. That was the casino she often visited, which was the source of funds for this fund.

In other words, the money she spent would just go around the casino and come back to her. This cycle seemed to be a lot, but in fact, there was basically no expenditure.

And considering the huge profits of casinos, there are even high profits.

Tsunade might have noticed it, but she didn't care. She was having fun and it didn't harm Konoha's interests. She had no reason to expose this.

But today, she felt something was wrong.

Because today, she rarely lost. On the contrary, she has won more than ten games in a row since entering the game.

Hashirama beside him was shouting excitedly, but Tsunade had a bad feeling in her heart.

Others may not know, but she knows her own business. Every time she wins a bet, something bad always happens.

The first person Tsunade thought of was Aoba who was out on a mission.

In Konoha today, her closest people, besides the resurrected Hashirama and Shizune, are her old lover Aoba.

Tsunade almost subconsciously threw down the chips in her hand and rushed back to the office. She needed to know the news about Aoba as soon as possible.

When she returned to the office, Aoba was already waiting there intact.

"Thank goodness you're okay. How was the mission?"

"It's a bit complicated. I can only tell you first that there were no casualties on the Konoha side. We'll talk about the rest later. Where's Hashirama-senpai? I want to see him."

"Uh, Great Grandpa is in the casino."

"Find him, now."

Aoba's tone was urgent. Tsunade did not hesitate and immediately summoned the Anbu to find Senju Hashirama. Of course, the other party's identity to the outside world was the Hokage's guard.

But more than ten minutes later, the Anbu brought her a piece of news that she could not understand.

Senju Hashirama is missing!!!

ps: So far, the third volume has been concluded. This volume was originally called The Name of the Strongest, and The Enemy Appeared was the outline name of the fourth volume. However, I finally merged these two volumes.

This volume was a little difficult to write. The main reason was that I needed to completely avoid the original plot and create a completely new world line. At the same time, as a rational person, I also wanted this new world line to be logically acceptable. At least it should be logically acceptable in the world view of Naruto.

So I made some changes to the original outline and merged three or four volumes to get the current volume.

It's called "The Enemy Appears". The plot is the same, it just preliminarily reveals the real enemy. At least the real enemy of the next stage.

At the same time, this volume also leaves a lot of foreshadowing, and filling these foreshadowings is the main task of the next volume.

If the plot of Boruto is not included, this book should be finished in two volumes. As for the plot of Boruto, I am still undecided. Should I include it in the main storyline, or write it as a side story later? You can also give your opinions.

Finally, a new volume will be launched tomorrow. Please stay tuned.