“Teacher, the Ninja clans and Ninja forces from countries like the Lin Country, Flower Country, River Country, River Country, and Grass Country, Tea Country, etc., have all agreed to our alliance. As long as we pay the corresponding Ninjutsu and abide by the treaty, they will disguise themselves as unknown Ninja and be led by us to preemptively curb the Land of Lightning’s attack. This way, Konoha won’t be in a passive situation!” Hiruzen Sarutobi, leading a few of his fellow disciples, reported excitedly to Senju Tobirama.
“As expected!” Senju Tobirama had a playful smile on his face and said, “Even these small countries are unwilling to show weakness and want to gain more. With our Konoha Village as their backing, they’ve become surprisingly resolute! But giving up some Ninjutsu is nothing to Konoha!”
Beside him, Hiruzen Sarutobi, hearing this, seemed to understand something else, thinking to himself, “So that’s how it is!”
“Next, we’ll first deal with the Cloud Ninja’s vanguard!” Senju Tobirama said coldly, a cruel killing intent appearing on his face.
Soon, Senju Tobirama led a few disciples and a small number of elite Anbu to personally command this operation.
This operation involved the peace treaty constructed by his elder brother, Senju Hashirama, and absolutely could not be exposed, no matter what.
Therefore, unless it was someone trustworthy,
there could be no slightest exposure.
Even the Ninja involved in this operation would be placed under special cursed seals set up beforehand, to prevent intelligence leaks.
…
“They’ve made their move!” Uchiha Yukino put down the crystal ball in her hand and said softly. That was a reconnaissance Ninjutsu copied by Uchiha Tenxiu based on the Ninjutsu developed by the Third Hokage.
It specifically sensed special Chakra, assigning specific frequencies to all special Chakras in Konoha Village and locating their positions based on these frequencies. Among the most crucial frequency locations, besides Uzumaki Mito, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, was Senju Tobirama himself.
And he had just previously established Konoha’s four major army corps to defend the borders. Now, facing the aggressive Cloud Ninja, it was not difficult to imagine why he would venture out.
Beside her, Uchiha Lingyue recalled the scene of her father, Uchiha Raimon, being betrayed and left critically wounded, and a killing intent couldn’t help but appear on her face. She also wished she could immediately expose Senju Tobirama’s current operation, but thinking of Uchiha Tenxiu’s specific arrangements, she ultimately gritted her teeth and endured, saying coldly, “According to Tenxiu’s plan, he should die in the war, passing his position to that good disciple named Hiruzen Sarutobi, and ultimately, under this disciple’s leadership, Konoha will be defeated!”
“Only then can we truly kill him and break his spirit, making Senju Tobirama die in the most humiliating and heartbreaking way!”
“Letting him die now would be too easy for him!” Uchiha Lingyue thought with malice in her tone. Then, she turned her head and said, “Besides, don’t you think it would be better if we personally send him off on the battlefield then?!”
“Hmm! At that time, we will personally send him on his way!” Uchiha Yukino also nodded in satisfaction.
“I just don’t know when Tenxiu will return. Although he left me in charge of these arranged matters, when it comes to managing affairs here in Konoha, I can’t judge what the most correct choice is!” Uchiha Lingyue said with difficulty, looking as if she didn’t know how to resolve the situation.
“No matter, Tenxiu said that the matters here in Konoha are merely about contacting those Ninja clans and the Uchiha Clan Military Police Force. Before the war begins, we don’t need to do anything. Only through the tempering of war can they understand that the so-called Ninja Village peace is merely the prelude to a greater war!”
Uchiha Yukino gently stroked her white hair, knelt before the tea table, and took a small sip, seemingly already able to imagine how terrifying the next war would be for the Ninja in the Village once the Ninja World war began. That would be the time for contact.
And now, no matter what promises were made,
they would not cherish this opportunity.
…
In another location, Uchiha Tenxiu was undertaking a formidable task—extracting Dragon Vein energy. This work had been ongoing for three full days, and throughout these three days, he had been operating with complete focus and extreme caution.
Beside him was Uchiha Chiri, who had been guarding him continuously. She was constantly vigilant, not daring to relax for a moment, fearing that someone might come to disturb them.
Uchiha Tenxiu skillfully utilized the power of the heavenly dimension fragment to extract the Dragon Vein power, which was intimately connected to the entire planet, bit by bit from its depths. This energy was not only hidden in the deepest part of the planet but also existed at the lowest level in terms of quality and space, with an exceptionally close connection to the planet.
Any slight disturbance of this power could trigger natural disasters across the entire planetary surface, causing immense impact. To avoid this situation and prevent drawing the attention of hidden powerhouses, Uchiha Tenxiu could only act with extreme caution.
After three long days,
finally, this powerful planetary Dragon Vein energy was completely extracted by Uchiha Tenxiu into the heavenly dimension fragment.
However, to his surprise, as this power was absorbed and contained by the heavenly dimension fragment, Uchiha Tenxiu suddenly discovered that the heavenly dimension fragment’s abilities had increased by yet another type!
This new ability was to travel to adjacent parallel dimensions.
This unexpected ability excited Uchiha Tenxiu, who realized that it would bring more possibilities and opportunities for his growth.
After all, the so-called parallel dimension is like a mysterious mirror, where the same person, under different thoughts, if they make different actions, will be like a river at a fork, creating two completely different paths.
And this kind of parallel dimension travel is like a nimble butterfly, dancing gracefully between the forks, lightly leaping from one fork to another.
Not to mention.
No one can clearly say how many parallel worlds there are in the infinite universe; for every person, there are as many thoughts, and any single action under each thought can lead to the emergence of a parallel space, and the existence of each of these parallel spaces represents a duplication of resources.
Thus, Uchiha Tenxiu, who possesses the ability to traverse parallel spaces, has acquired another top-tier ability.
“Furthermore, according to the information transmitted by the heavenly dimension fragment, because it is a parallel world, it has a strong correlation with one's own world and will not be separated by changes in space-time across dimensions, preventing the Heavenly Dimension Space from returning.
This means the main body can go there.
Not to mention, if the local Dragon Vein is swallowed again, the coordinates of the entire world can be completely locked down, allowing for at any time to come and go!”
Uchiha Tenxiu thought excitedly.
According to the information provided by the Heavenly Dimension Space, a parallel world is like a germinating seed that gradually grows into a large tree, with the main body of the tree being the origin of the parallel world.
Each branch on the tree represents a mainstream story path, and the tender leaves on each branch are different variations of the world caused by changes in various characters' actions.
Traversing parallel worlds is like jumping from one leaf to another; how you jump between these two leaf worlds, the distance between them will not change, and even if no Dragon Vein appears, if you manage to find these parallel worlds using the heavenly dimension fragment's own ability, you can still traverse them.
Just like the previous few times of space-time grasping, it was oneself on one of the leaves quietly opening a passage to the nearby worlds, stealing some things from them; it's just that these nearby things were actually just worlds drifting over in terms of dimension, full of so-called unknowns; to one's own world, they are like a flying bird, a caterpillar, or a plankton, sometimes very close, but sometimes very far, perhaps appearing at this moment, and then completely moving away the next.
Under such circumstances, random traversal is not possible.
Once gone.
To overly distant dimensions.
It would prevent Uchiha Tenxiu from ever returning.
At the very least, Uchiha Tenxiu, who hasn't even fully explored the Ninja World yet, certainly doesn't want to leave his home.
Back to the Dragon Vein itself.
The Dragon Vein, on the other hand, brings a dedicated detector for these parallel worlds; absorbing the Dragon Vein of this world is equivalent to connecting to the Dragon Veins of other parallel worlds, gaining their coordinates.
Once the Dragon Vein of the other parallel world is also absorbed, it's equivalent to opening a Wi-Fi channel.
This allows Uchiha Tenxiu to rapidly move back and forth between two parallel worlds via the network using the heavenly dimension fragment.
Only then can this be considered a worthwhile gain.
Compared to the need for cautious cultivation in the native world, once one travels to a parallel dimension, there are no inhibitions.
With the ability to return at any time, I won't have to pretend to develop cautiously anymore.
It's directly, “I don't eat beef!”
“This way, while these Tailed Beasts and great medicines in this world cannot be harvested at will, it doesn't matter in parallel worlds.
With so many parallel worlds existing, even if I only snatch one Tailed Beast from each world and immediately run away, I can still get hundreds or thousands of Tailed Beasts!”
“Anyway, after I snatch the Dragon Vein, I can return at any time, and the locals won't be able to do anything to me!”
Uchiha Tenxiu thought to himself, recalling the sensation of exploring parallel worlds under the influence of the heavenly dimension fragment, as if his soul had ascended to a higher dimension, looking down upon a giant tree named Ninja World.
This great tree possessed countless branches, and each branch held an infinite number of leaves.
These leaves varied in size, some brimming with vibrant life, while others were filled with darkness and boundless death.
Larger leaves represent stronger combat power, just as a Genin is an expression of a superhuman; smaller leaves represent weaker combat power, just like in fan fiction where a casual handgun can take down a Jonin Ninja.
Those full of vitality signify a world with flourishing development, while those filled with darkness and death are on the verge of extinction.
“It seems I don’t necessarily need to visit every parallel world!
Who knows what dangers might be there!
After all, when I get involved with multiple dimensions, those multiple dimensions will also interact with me.”
Uchiha Tenxiu looked at a distant leaf on the tree, a leaf world filled with disgusting red, rotting marks, and his heart was filled with dread.
Even just observing it, the putrid and nauseating stench was unbearable.
Clearly.
That was an invaded world.
Just don't know.
What was it that invaded.
In any case, this kind of world,
Uchiha Tenxiu wouldn't go there for anything!