If the main body is in the modern otherworld, can the clones still exist in the Ninja World?
The result was obvious: they couldn't.
To leave meant to truly leave.
Senju Wakama felt he couldn't wait any longer.
Ever since going to the modern otherworld, he wanted to leave this place every single moment of every day.
The more knowledge he absorbed, the more he loathed the Ninja World.
This was especially true after he spent time binge-watching the plot of "Naruto"; Senju Wakama wanted to stay even less.
In essence, that modern otherworld and the current Ninja World were the same kind of thing, just more complex and more peaceful.
If one could live in that peaceful world, who would want to live this life of drudgery in the Ninja World?
When he watched the anime, it felt exciting, but once he was actually living here, everything felt unsatisfactory.
He desperately wanted to leave the Ninja World.
He desperately wanted to experience other rich and colorful worlds.
But...
He couldn't just leave.
Tsukuyo was a smart person; she would easily notice something was amiss.
He could only leave when Tsukuyo was "asleep."
When the time came, Brother Zetsu would provide cover, and everything would go smoothly.
Just endure a little longer.
It would be fine if he just endured a little longer.
Time flew like a fleeting shadow.
Day after day passed.
Month after month went by.
Year after year brought change, and the Senju clan was no longer what it used to be.
Before he knew it, eight years had passed since Senju Wakama's mother had died.
Tsukuyo's change had happened right around the time his mother passed away.
In other words, the Senju clan had been reshaped by Tsukuyo for eight years.
The relationship between the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan was now extremely ambiguous.
Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had also thoroughly made a name for themselves in the Ninja World.
The major ninja clans of the Land of Fire were barely surviving in the shadow of Senju Hashirama and the Senju Princess, and they were on the verge of collapse.
The Sarutobi clan took the initiative to request a partnership with the Senju clan, specifically regarding transportation-related matters.
The fruits and vegetables produced by the Senju clan were luxury goods in the Land of Fire, supplied to the great noble families and the Daimyo's estate.
Transporting these tributes required manpower.
The Senju clan could certainly do it themselves, but due to a shortage of hands, orders would be delayed.
Since the Sarutobi clan was willing to partner, the Princess agreed.
However...
The Sarutobi clan's intentions were not what they seemed.
They did want to cooperate, but besides making money, they also hoped to "build a bridge."
The person dispatched for the partnership negotiations was yet another female ninja, and the one receiving her was still Senju Wakama.
In addition, the Inuzuka clan and the Yamanaka clan also proactively proposed partnerships.
And so...
At another dinner gathering, there were four more women under Senju Wakama's influence.
Although they hadn't formed a big family yet, Senju Wakama's group with them had already formed something akin to a corporate model.
Of course, the dinners were basically held every seven days, on the day of Senju Wakama's promise to Uchiha Yuki.
Senju Wakama was a man of his word. He only gave cat-related accessories to Uchiha Yuki, ensuring no one else had the same ones.
But Senju Wakama also gave other gifts to the other girls.
What each girl received was different and unique.
They didn't know what each other's most important accessory was, and they all believed Senju Wakama considered them to be special.
This made Senju Wakama sigh inwardly at what a wonderful place the modern otherworld was.
Most of the things he wanted could be obtained through online shopping.
One only needed to leave an address; seller and buyer never had to meet face-to-face.
Moreover, the exquisite little trinkets were cheap and beautiful. They cost next to nothing but could make the girls of the Ninja World incredibly happy.
These items were truly one-of-a-kind in the Ninja World.
In this society, only a renowned master artisan could produce such exquisite jewelry.
However, in the modern otherworld, they could be mass-produced, making the cost extremely low.
Senju Wakama benefited greatly from this.
Also, after absorbing knowledge from the modern otherworld...
Senju Wakama realized it wasn't that Tsukuyo didn't want to create cell phones, airplanes, tanks, rockets, and nuclear missiles in the Ninja World.
It was because the world's overall productive capacity wouldn't allow it.
These things couldn't be built just by having the blueprints.
The necessary productive capacity had to be there.
The Ninja World couldn't keep up, so it couldn't produce them.
The Senju clan was already working incredibly hard, but it wasn't enough. Far from it.
On the long table, three hot pots were steaming and bubbling.
Senju Wakama still sat at the head of the table.
The long table was filled with eight girls, four on each side.
Uchiha Yuki sat to Senju Wakama's right, while Hyuga Miyu sat at the far end of the left side.
Tamayo Nara and Aburame Aoi were tacitly allied with Uchiha Yuki, so they chose to sit on the same side as the pitiful-looking Hyuga Miyu.
In their row was also a new beauty, Tamayo Nara's good friend, Yamanaka Moki.
And in the row with Uchiha Yuki were Haruki from the Sarutobi clan, Kazuki from the Inuzuka clan, and Kiri from the Senju clan itself.
Uchiha Yuki and Senju Kiri were wearing Senju clan attire, while everyone else wore yukatas from the hot spring street.
"Wakama, the Princess still won't relent. What should we do?" Senju Kiri said in a low voice.
As soon as she finished, Sarutobi Haruki also spoke up, "I heard the Uzumaki clan is coming to the Senju clan for a marriage alliance. They're already on their way."
"That bunch of simpletons from the Uzumaki clan..."
Senju Wakama sat at the head of the table with one leg bent, his left hand resting casually on his raised knee, while his right hand toyed with a string of bodhi beads he'd bought in the modern otherworld.
The Uzumaki clan and the Senju clan had a long-standing marital relationship, but it wasn't always harmonious.
The ancestral grave-desecrating incident from several years ago was a plot orchestrated by Tsukuyo and Tobirama. They framed the Uzumaki clan leader's grandson—who had only been trying to hit on a girl—into digging up the Senju clan's ancestral graves.
With irrefutable evidence, the Uzumaki clan had to compensate the Senju clan with a large number of sealing techniques.
The other adults of the Senju clan didn't know.
But Senju Wakama knew everything perfectly well.
In the eyes of his sister Tsukuyo and second brother Tobirama, trading their dead ancestors for the Uzumaki clan's vast sealing techniques was an excellent bargain. They probably believed that even if the deceased ancestors knew, they would support the decision.
Since then, the Uzumaki clan had grown progressively poorer, while the Senju clan had grown richer and stronger.
And now, with the grave-desecrating incident having faded from memory, it was perfectly normal for the Uzumaki clan to want to mend ties with the Senju clan.
Having not met for several years and only communicating through letters, the Senju clan had already grown beyond the Uzumaki clan's imagination.
Senju Wakama recalled the original destiny he had watched in the modern otherworld. He remembered his older brother Senju Hashirama's future wife, Uzumaki Mito.
This marriage alliance... it must be Mito who's coming, right?
Tsukuyo would absolutely not prevent it.
If Senju Hashirama got married, then the main general would have to be switched out on the "fixed-match" battlefield with the Uchiha clan.
Senju Wakama narrowed his eyes slightly. Perhaps this opportunity could be put to good use.
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