Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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Following the direction of the Flying Thunder God Mark, An Yan found the location of the Gedo Mazo. According to his senses, Madara's secret base was still underground.

An Yan flew directly to the Gedo Mazo in front of it using Flying Thunder God Technique. Inside the dark, huge cave, the Gedo Mazo was bound by countless massive chains, like a sleeping Ultraman statue, exuding an unsettling aura.

Not far from the golem, the pitch-black Black Zetsu was deep in thought about what to do next. If An Yan hadn't activated his eye technique in advance, he almost wouldn't have noticed this guy. Black skin really has a natural advantage for stealth.

Black Zetsu, who was engrossed in his grand plan to revive his mother Kaguya, was pondering how to further guide Nagato in the direction he desired when An Yan suddenly appeared, startling him.

"Flying Thunder God Technique! Was it from last time?"

Black Jue's mind raced, and he immediately figured out the key to the problem. He wanted to turn into a pool of black water and slip away, but An Yan had already made his move.

With the Focus skill activated under the buff of high attributes, the surrounding area instantly entered a time-freeze mode. An Yan's fingers flew and quickly formed hand seals. Several spells containing spatial power filled the entire underground space. Black tadpole runes seemed to have a life of their own, wrapping around Black Zetsu's body layer by layer, even the black liquid that had already seeped halfway into the ground was no exception.

After the Focus skill ended, Black Zetsu was completely absorbed into the special scroll in An Yan's hand like flowing water. Then An Yan directly used the Inner Four Symbols Seal to banish the special scroll to an unknown place.

An Yan's Inner Four Symbols Seal is different from Danzo's. He only cut his finger, and the small amount of blood formed a circle about fifty centimeters in diameter, which was just enough to reseal the scroll that sealed Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu stirred up trouble in the ninja world for a thousand years, but now he can no longer cause any waves.

Without the troublemaking Otsutsuki Shinohara, the future of the ninja world will be at An'yan's mercy.

Having easily dealt with Black Zetsu, the biggest mastermind in the ninja world, An Yan turned his gaze to the enormous Gedo Mazo. After a moment's thought, he expended a massive amount of chakra to cast a sealing jutsu, directly sealing the thing inside the wooden talisman. The Gedo Mazo, now an inanimate object, did not struggle at all.

Having sealed away Black Zetsu and the Gedo Mazo, An Yan was surprised not to see Nagato. He wondered what kind of script Madara Uchiha had arranged for him all these years, and what kind of drama would unfold when Nagato reappeared. An Yan was very much looking forward to it.

However, the trip was quite fruitful. Although they did not find Nagato, An Yan found Madara Uchiha's body deep in the cave. Madara Uchiha in the coffin was emaciated with white hair. He was not wearing the red armor he wore, but instead was wearing gray casual clothes. His eyes were not missing, but they were not Rinnegan, but ordinary black eyes.

There's not much to say. Just take it back and give it to Tobirama Senju to play with. The Second Hokage will probably be secretly happy for days.

(When it rains, it pours. The author's rhinitis flared up, which directly led to asthma and conjunctivitis. The eyes are itchy and watery every day (╥﹏╥). I can only do my best to write o(╥﹏╥)o)

Chapter 146 Ten Tails

An Yan arrived on the wind and returned when he was satisfied. He rode the wind all the way back to Konoha and arrived at the Konoha Technology Research and Development Department with ease.

The barrier here is even stronger than the Leaf Village's protective barrier. Jonin are patrolling the surrounding corners everywhere, and the defense is tight. An Yan stepped into it, and a faint smell of disinfectant wafted through the air.

In Tobirama Senju's laboratory, Tobirama was solemnly operating the sophisticated instruments, conducting experiments while dictating various experimental data, while Kakashi was taking notes.

Kakashi has been a bit troubled lately. He survived the Fourth Shinobi World War, and all his teammates he cared about didn't die, which was great. But then, his teammate Rin Nohara confessed her feelings to him after the war. Although he also had feelings for Rin, who doesn't like a gentle girl?

However, Kakashi had seen Obito's feelings for Rin since they were young. They were all partners, and Kakashi didn't want to steal Rin away from him, so he was in a dilemma. He wanted to escape, so he joined the Anbu and, under his father's arrangement, studied in the laboratory under the Second Hokage.

An Yan didn't care about Kakashi's troubles. People who should have died were now alive, so these troubles were a negligible price to pay. He didn't care about the love and hate between the younger generation, and even welcomed it. If Kakashi married Nohara Rin, he wondered if Obito would activate his Kaleidoscope on their wedding night.

"Lord Tobirama, guess what I brought back?"

An Yan greeted them with a smile, his voice breaking the heavy academic atmosphere of the laboratory. Senju Tobirama and Kakashi both looked up at him, but An Yan's expression remained unchanged, as if he were just visiting casually, rather than having just returned from outside.

Tobirama Senju glanced at An Yan with his crimson eyes before turning away. He reached out and took the experimental data recorded in Kakashi's hand, beginning to check for any errors in the data recording. Without raising his head, he said indifferently, "If you're here to steal my experimental materials, I'll let you try my newly invented Soul Imprisonment Technique."

"Ahem, what nonsense are you talking about, Tobirama-sama? I didn't take your experimental materials. On the contrary, I came to deliver experimental materials to you. Look what this is!" An Yan threw two sealing scrolls directly at Senju Tobirama.

The scrolls traced an arc in the air and landed lightly on the experimental table in front of Tobirama Senju. The sealing scrolls unfolded, and even in their sealed state, Tobirama Senju could clearly sense the cold and ominous aura emanating from one of the scrolls.

Instead of rashly opening the sealing scroll, Tobirama Senju turned to look at An Yan, his scarlet eyes fixed on him, waiting for An Yan to explain.

An Yan didn't keep anyone in suspense. He pointed to the scroll and began to introduce it, "This is the Gedo Mazo, which was once the body of the Ten-Tails. Oh, the nine tailed beasts combined to form the Ten-Tails. This thing can be said to be the source of chakra. The other scroll is the corpse of Uchiha Madara."

An Yan didn't mention Black Zetsu at all. Since Black Zetsu had been hiding his whereabouts in the ninja world, and An Yan had now banished and sealed him away, he could simply treat him as if he didn't exist. There was absolutely no need to mention him; mentioning him would only require explanation, which would be troublesome.

When Tobirama Senju heard the words "Ten-Tails," he was filled with questions. However, when he heard Madara Uchiha's name, he immediately stepped forward, opened the sealing scroll on Madara's corpse, and then released the sealing jutsu.

Madara Uchiha's body appeared on the experimental table. Tobirama Senju could immediately confirm that it was indeed Madara Uchiha. He had always been concerned about his older brother's close friend.

When Madara Uchiha died, he wanted to study what was so special about his body, but his older brother stopped him, which allowed Madara to fake his death and escape.

Seeing Madara Uchiha's aged face, Tobirama Senju was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. He pried open Madara's eyelids and found that Madara's eyes were just ordinary eyes. Tobirama turned to look at An Yan.

Faced with Tobirama Senju's questioning gaze, An Yan shrugged, spread his hands, and said helplessly, "When I found him, his eyes were already gone. He must have been planning something. His eyes evolved into the Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths. He must have borrowed the power of the First Hokage."

Senju Tobirama frowned slightly upon hearing An Yan's words. He gathered his thoughts and then said, "Could the power of my elder brother and the power of Uchiha Madara combine to create the Rinnegan? That's a good research topic. An Yan, how much do you know about the Ten-Tails?"

An Yan thought for a moment, then said, "A thousand years ago, a seed fell from the sky and transformed into a towering tree that absorbed the power of the entire planet, condensing into a Chakra Fruit. An outsider named Kaguya Otsutsuki ate this fruit and gave birth to two children, one of whom was the Sage of Six Paths. Later, Kaguya wanted to absorb everyone's chakra to harvest the Chakra Fruit again, but the Sage of Six Paths and his brother intervened, sealing Kaguya and using an extremely powerful Yin-Yang Release technique to divide the Divine Tree into nine tailed beasts. That's roughly how it happened."

The events described by An Yan differed considerably from what actually happened in reality, but he told them this so that Tobirama Senju could better understand the Ten-Tails.

As expected, Tobirama Senju learned what the Ten-Tails was through An'an's explanation.

"So, as long as the nine tailed beasts are stuffed into the body of this Gedo Mazo, it will transform back into the Divine Tree that devours everyone's chakra?"

That's what Tobirama Senju said.

An Yan added directly: "Not only that, but Kaguya, the mother of the Sage of Six Paths, will also be resurrected. Although she is not good at fighting, her strength is extraordinary, and she is almost invincible in the entire ninja world."

Tobirama Senju sighed and said, "So, according to you, this thing is a menace?"

An Yan smiled and gestured for Tobirama Senju to calm down. He said softly, "It's not without its advantages. If the Gedo Mazo gathers all the tailed beast chakra and becomes the Ten-Tails, it can be sealed into a Jinchuriki. However, the Ten-Tails has very high requirements for its Jinchuriki. It must be someone with outstanding strength and amazing willpower, like Madara Uchiha, to be able to bear the power of all nine tailed beasts at the same time. After becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, the ninja will evolve into Six Paths Mode."

"Six Paths Mode?" Tobirama Senju was puzzled by An Yan's source of information, but he did not ask directly. Instead, he asked about topics that interested him.

An Yan nodded and said softly, "To be precise, it is the Sage Body of the Sage of Six Paths. However, without the Rinnegan, its strength is probably slightly weaker than that of the Sage of Six Paths, but it is much stronger than us ordinary ninjas."

Chapter 147 Jiraiya's Wedding

After obtaining the Gedo Mazo and the corpse of Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju immediately launched two new projects.

The first project was an attempt to fuse Hashirama's cells with Madara Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan power, hoping to cultivate the Rinnegan in the process.

The second is to clone the Gedo Mazo, injecting the cloned Tailed Beast into the cloned Gedo Mazo, aiming to miniaturize the Ten-Tails, and then mass-produce it so that the Konoha high-ranking officials can all evolve into the Lesser Six Paths Mode.

Hiruko heard some rumors and joined Tobirama Senju's experiment. His Oni-Garara Technique had reached a critical point, and he desperately needed information about the Rinnegan and the Six Paths Mode. Once he understood it, he could directly evolve into Six Paths Hiruko in one step.

Hiruko had been studying the Oni-Garaku Technique for many years and had mastered several incorrect paths of evolution, but he was never quite satisfied because An'an had already told him about the Rinnegan and the Sage Body.

An Yan handed the items over to them for research and then left it to them. As the Hokage, he was extremely busy. Not only did he have to coordinate Konoha's development plan, but he also had to find time to go home and feed Tsunade some nutrition. He was incredibly busy.

Just as Konoha was flourishing, Jiraiya, who had been traveling abroad, returned to Konoha. However, unlike his usual solitary journey, he brought back a girl with him this time and presented her directly to An Yan, hoping that An Yan would nod and let her join Konoha.

Inside the Hokage's office, An Yan sat behind his desk, curiously observing the beautiful woman behind Jiraiya. She had brown hair, emerald green eyes, and a very pretty face, but she didn't seem to be a well-known figure and didn't have any distinctive features.

"How rare, Jiraiya! Who is this beautiful woman that she could win the heart of a wanderer like you who has been roaming for so long?"

Faced with An Yan's teasing, Jiraiya scratched his head awkwardly, coughed twice, and then explained the identity of the beautiful woman behind him to An Yan.

"This is Fushiko Kaori, the former village chief of Fushiko Village. You know An'an from Fushiko Village, right? I accidentally wandered into Fushiko Village while gathering materials, and she discovered me. After a battle that cost us our marriage, I decided to take her back to Konoha."

An'an knew about Fushiko Village. It was a village on a small island in the eastern part of the Land of Fire. The entire village was made up of women. The village had a strange tradition: women would challenge strong men, and if they defeated them, they would marry into the family.

In the original timeline, Jiraiya was not defeated by Nadeshiko, but the two fought to a draw and made a promise that his student would have another match in the future, which caused some trouble for Naruto.

In the current timeline, Jiraiya naturally couldn't possibly fight Nadeshiko to a draw; he won decisively. Afterward, Jiraiya gained a wife. Since he won, he naturally wouldn't have to marry into the family, but conversely, the woman would marry into the family.

In the current timeline, Tsunade's child is already so grown up. As the saying goes, if everyone else has already let go, what else is there that you can't let go of?

Jiraiya naturally let go of his feelings for Tsunade and chose to get married and have children. Nadeshiko, the village chief, happened to be quite beautiful, which was the type that Jiraiya, the old lecher, liked, so he simply went with the flow.

An'an readily agreed to Jiraiya's decision to get married. He immediately approved Nadeshiko's application to enter the village and dispatched his ANBU to inform Hiruzen Sarutobi of Jiraiya's upcoming marriage.

As Jiraiya's teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi would naturally be the officiant at Jiraiya's wedding. Moreover, he would also have to act as a parent during the wedding. There was no way around it; there were many orphans in the ninja world, and Jiraiya was naturally one of them, having grown up without parental guidance.

Jiraiya's wedding was naturally a very lively affair. Even Orochimaru, who was far away in the Land of Lightning organizing the construction of Konoha, rushed back from his journey. The Konoha leadership gathered together, and the entire wedding was very festive.

Orochimaru was under a lot of pressure. Of Hiruzen Sarutobi's three disciples, Tsunade got married a long time ago, and Jiraiya is also married now. So everyone's attention was focused on Orochimaru, especially Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze.

Orochimaru had never flinched when facing so many enemies on the battlefield, but when faced with pressure to get married from elders, peers, and even younger generations, he felt sweating profusely. He had never felt so much pressure before, and he even began to regret attending Jiraiya's wedding.

After the toasts and drinks were exchanged, the guests departed, and Jiraiya led his bride into the bridal chamber.

An Yan held Tsunade's hand as they walked home. Konoha today was far more impressive than it had been years ago. Neon lights flashed everywhere, and various streetlights and other infrastructure had long since covered the streets, turning Konoha into a city that never sleeps.

In the darkness, Anzan watched his parents' public display of affection with resentment. As a member of the family, he felt as if he had been kicked out of the family ever since he became a ninja. He was always being sent on various missions by Anyan, for fear that his return home would disturb Anyan and Tsunade's private time.

Indeed, that was the case. If it weren't for his own personal domain space, An Yan would have already kicked his son out and moved out himself, so that he wouldn't have to be careful about the impact if he wanted to be intimate with Tsunade, for fear that his son would see it.

When the first child was almost fully conceived, An Yan had already started thinking about having a few more. With Tsunade's fertile constitution, wouldn't it be a waste not to have ten or eight more?

Under Anzan's resentful gaze, Anzan and Tsunade finally made their way back to their home at a leisurely pace. Anzan and the other Anbu ninjas immediately scattered around to hide and protect the Hokage's safety.

As soon as An Yan entered the house, he took Tsunade to their love nest, and the two of them became very affectionate. Although they had been married for many years, Tsunade was just what An Yan liked, and he never got tired of her.

Tsunade was very accommodating to An'an's obsession; the two were mutually attracted to each other and seemed to never tire of each other.

Recently, the couple has come up with a new way to have fun and experience a different feeling: placing a full-length mirror in the bedroom. This makes Tsunade feel very embarrassed and aroused.

Doing all sorts of different things with the person you love is truly a blissful experience, and An Yan thoroughly enjoys it.

As a result, Tsunade became pregnant again just a few days after turning into a cream puff.

The two were overjoyed. Pregnancy is very painful for ordinary people, but for a master medical ninja, giving birth is as simple as eating and drinking. Medical ninjas are very good at conditioning their own bodies.

Chapter 148 Loulan

While Tsunade was resting and recuperating during her pregnancy, An Yan was organizing information on various countries when he suddenly discovered that Loulan, located in the direction of the Land of Wind, seemed to be making some unusual moves recently.

Loulan Ancient Town was the first place An Yan paid attention to after conquering the Land of Wind. A few years ago, this city was just an ordinary village. However, in the past few years, high-rise buildings have suddenly sprung up in Loulan, and its development speed is even faster than that of Konoha.

An Yan immediately suspected that the rogue ninja, Centipede, had used the power of the Dragon Vein to travel to the current ninja world. Although the Sand Village had long been destroyed, Centipede might not be from the current timeline of the Sand Village. It was more likely that he came from another timeline or a parallel world.

Regarding this conjecture, An Yan felt it necessary to investigate. If the power of the dragon vein truly connects to parallel worlds, then the nine tailed beasts of those parallel worlds combined would represent a level six power.

Given the possibility that an Otsutsuki might suddenly descend from the heavens and disrupt their current peaceful lives, Konoha needs to seize all available resources to strengthen itself to the greatest extent possible.

After temporarily entrusting the affairs of Konoha to the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, An Yan took Kakashi to the Land of Wind. They first found Minato Namikaze, and then brought the two of them to the ancient town of Loulan.

Konoha's Wood Release greening project has not yet extended here; outside the ancient town of Loulan is still a vast desert, yet the tall buildings in the desert are quite eye-catching.

An Yan and Shui Men are both very busy these days, and it's impossible for them to suddenly put down their work and carry out any mission unless there's something important. During the three of them's journey, An Yan had already given a general overview of the matter.

Specifically, Loulan is now occupied by a person with ulterior motives who has produced a large number of weapons of war, seemingly intending to incite war. Moreover, Loulan's dragon vein seems to possess magical power related to time and space.

An'an and Minato are both masters of space-time ninjutsu. Their space-time techniques are decent, but their time-time techniques are somewhat lacking.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, Minato temporarily entrusted many matters concerning the Land of Wind to Nara Shikaku. Konoha was lacking in management talent; if Konoha had more such talent, An'an would have already conquered the Five Great Nations.

The three split into three groups and infiltrated the majestic ancient town. An Yan flew directly to the highest point of the city, while Minato Namikaze shuttled between the high-rise buildings, and Kakashi took the lower route, finding an angle from the ground to infiltrate the town.

Just as An Yan flew to the highest point of the city, he suddenly noticed that a battle seemed to be taking place somewhere, with dust billowing into the sky. He immediately closed his eyes and began to sense his surroundings, and sure enough, he sensed several familiar chakras.

Aside from Minato and Kakashi's chakra fluctuations, An Yan sensed a chakra fluctuation very similar to Minato's, warm and sunny, which should be Naruto's chakra.

At the same time, An Yan also sensed that the dragon vein's chakra was being continuously extracted. This enormous energy from the depths of the earth was of unknown origin and actually carried the power of spacetime.