"There must be a reason."
Hashirama pursed his lips, but he couldn't continue speaking.
Fortunately, Tsunade spoke up, "There will be an answer. If your guess is correct, Sasuke will be able to see that information in the future, and with that brat Takemi around, it won't be a big problem."
"I'm just afraid Sasuke will make the same wrong choices as Madara."
Tobirama shook his head, but fortunately, he also had enough faith in Takemi's abilities.
"Forget it, just as you said, Tsunade, with Takemi around, there won't be a problem. That kid is not only stronger than you were, big brother, but also more ruthless and smarter than me."
"And even less like a good person…"
Hashirama muttered softly, which instantly made Tobirama raise an eyebrow.
"What did you just say?"
"You misheard. Let's not talk about these upsetting things. Do you think what Takemi said is right?"
Hashirama immediately shook his head, then asked curiously, but Tobirama was a bit broken.
"Right or not, it's all nonsense! I'll dig three feet deep to find it!"
"But, we really don't have any memory of the Sage of Six Paths's relics…"
"None? Then go dig!"
Tobirama didn't want to talk. He stood up angrily, then said to his older brother and Tsunade, "You two go tonight. If not, go dig in our old clan grounds! No matter what, you must dig something out for me!"
"Uh…"
Tsunade and Hashirama exchanged pained glances.
After a long while, Has finally asked curiously, "What if we don't find anything? And what are you going to do?"
"Didn't find anything? Then that's right!" Tobirama's face was filled with gloom.
"I'm going to go through our family's history books. If nothing is dug up…"
"I absolutely cannot let that evil brat's words come true!"
"For the honor of the clan, I'm going all out!"
"…"
The next morning.
Takemi slowly opened his eyes, and a hint of excitement appeared in them.
"It really works! Is the fusion efficiency that high?"
Throughout the night, he had been diligently pondering and fusing his Yin-Yang Release.
The fusion of this jutsu was not like his previous fusions of Kekkei Genkai, this was a kind of Unity of body and spirit.
Its difficulty was much greater than other Kekkei Genkai.
Even as an Ōtsutsuki, Takemi could feel its trickiness, otherwise, he wouldn't have made such slow progress despite enduring for so many years.
"But this time, I found a breakthrough point, and it also allowed for extremely rapid fusion. If nothing unexpected happens…"
Calculating the time, Takemi felt that if nothing unexpected happened, there should be results in a month.
"A month, not too long, not too short. I'm really looking forward to it."
A month's time truly wasn't that long. Compared to the time he had been waiting, it was very short.
What he was most curious about now was how much more development his bloodline could gain from Yin-Yang Release at this stage of its development.
"If it were early development, it would definitely be high, but now it's hard to say…"
Takemi rubbed his chin, but just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard some movement at the window sill.
This made him raise an eyebrow, but it quickly turned into a smile.
"Honestly."
Getting up, he walked to the window sill and gently opened it.
Sunlight streamed in, and the flowers on the window sill had already bloomed.
Although they were just ordinary, very tough plants, their bloom was still very beautiful, and fresh air wafted in.
Besides that, he also saw a figure outside the window sill. Seeing this person, Takemi smiled.
"Good morning, Ino."
"Good morning, senpai."
In three years, Takemi's home had long since changed.
Although the location was still the same, as his status rose, he naturally took care to spruce up his small house.
All the furniture and decorations replaced, and to prevent Naruto, that idiot, from falling out of the second floor again, he specifically had a balcony built.
Besides, it wasn't just Naruto jumping onto his windowsill from time to time now, so such a change was quite necessary.
"Next time, don't jump through the window. That's not what a lady does."
Takemi stepped aside and smiled at Ino, which made Ino a little embarrassed.
"Senpai, I came to see the flowers."
Perhaps it was because Naruto and Karin, those two, who managed to water Takemi's well-kept flowers to death, for the past three years, Ino would occasionally come over to visit, ostensibly to see the flowers.
"Come in quickly."
Takemi greeted her and turned to go inside, while Ino, smiling, took off her shoes and hopped in.
"Senpai, it seems you were on a mission again these past few days. Even Naruto isn't here, and Karin seems very busy, so I came to check. I didn't expect you to be back, senpai."
"I went to Takigakure. I just got back yesterday."
Takemi casually observed Ino. At this time, Ino had already shed the childishness he remembered.
Her blonde hair was tied in a ponytail, and her delicate features were topped with a pair of clear and bright light blue eyes.
Her figure had also grown much taller, and her fair skin made it impossible to look away. However, this was useless to Takemi because he was even fairer than Ino.
"You must have worked hard, senpai."
Ino walked to the entrance, carrying her shoes barefoot, to place them. Takemi found it somewhat amusing.
Takemi said, "It wasn't that hard. But you, wouldn't it be easier to just use the front door? Why bother?"
"I see that senpai rarely comes home through the front door either." Ino stuck out her tongue, her face full of playfulness.
Takemi said, "Maybe I don't even need to open the door, and just use Flying Thunder God to go home?"
However, this left Takemi speechless. He found that even as these little rascals grew up, some of their 'bad habits' hadn't changed.
Konoha's education is truly lacking.
"Enough about that. I should thank you. If it weren't for you, those two idiots, Naruto and Karin, would probably have killed my flowers again."
"That's just them caring about senpai."
Ino sat across from Takemi. She blinked, then smiled and changed the subject.
"Senpai, did you complete another amazing mission this time? I saw outsiders in the village. Of course, if it's inconvenient to talk about it…"
"Actually, it's nothing. We went to Takigakure, of course, because of their Seven-Tails Jinchuriki."
Takemi didn't mind and said with a smile, "However, this time wasn't very smooth. We encountered members of the Akatsuki."
The Akatsuki's affairs were no longer a secret in the Ninja World, as their existence was very dangerous to the entire Ninja World.
It was only under Takemi's 'sustainable overfishing' heavy-handed approach that such harm had not been fully highlighted.
Of course, there were also unlucky ones.
For example, Kirigakure.
Therefore, there was really nothing to hide about the Akatsuki, especially since Ino was not ordinary.
As a member of the Yamanaka Clan from Ino–Shika–Chō, she would know many things, so there was no need to hide anything.
"I hadn't expected so many things to have happened."
After Takemi finished speaking, Ino spoke with some emotion.
"Also, Sasuke actually managed to kill Itachi? That's amazing."
"It truly is amazing."
Takemi also nodded, then he asked curiously, "Speaking of which, how have you all been recently?"
"All good, pretty much the same as before."
Ino rested her hand on her head, her blonde hair clinging to her cheek, and she spoke with a smile.
"The missions aren't too troublesome, but Shikamaru still likes to complain. Choji eats non-stop every day, and Asuma-sensei often leaves the missions to us and goes to find Yuhi-sensei…"