"Wonderful. This is just too satisfying."
"Compared to the Ten-Tails, the current Five-Clawed Golden Dragon is simply on a completely different level!"
"After all... being handsome is a lifetime commitment!"
Yuzuru sat cross-legged atop the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's head, his Rinnegan glowing with a faint violet light as he looked down over the ninja world below.
An indescribable feeling spread through his heart.
At that moment, Yuzuru felt that even so-called gods were probably nothing more than this.
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared from below.
"Lord Yuzuru?"
Seeing Deidara fly up, Yuzuru smiled and asked, "Deidara, take a look at my new mount. What do you think?"
"Handsome! Ridiculously handsome! So cool it can't even be described!"
"Lord Yuzuru, this... this... this is practically art!"
Deidara's eyes shone as he looked at Yuzuru, his gaze filled with worship.
All his life, he had only wanted to pursue his own art. As for other people's creations, he mostly sneered at them.
But after meeting Yuzuru, Deidara's mindset had undergone a tremendous change.
Not only had Yuzuru given him enormous inspiration for his own art, he had also developed many forms of art that left even Deidara amazed.
Just like this creature before him, something he had never seen before...
The sight of someone sitting atop it, soaring through the clouds high in the sky, was simply far too beautiful.
After hearing Deidara's answer, Yuzuru nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Why did you suddenly come up here?"
Only then did Deidara remember his original purpose.
He quickly said, "Lord Yuzuru, this new mount of yours is way too eye-catching. Everyone below was terrified, so they sent me up to check the situation."
Only then did Yuzuru realize that his actions might have been somewhat inappropriate, so he said, "I understand."
With that, Yuzuru's thoughts moved, and the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon beneath him immediately let out a dragon's roar that resounded through the clouds.
Immediately afterward, Yuzuru's voice echoed beside everyone's ears.
"I am the Emperor. The mount beneath my feet is the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon."
"This is an auspicious omen granted by the heavens. It should be celebrated!"
After hearing Yuzuru's voice, the people below finally realized that the "culprit" behind all this was actually their Lord Emperor.
In an instant, the expressions on their faces shifted from fear and worry to joy and excitement.
"Hahahahaha... So it was Lord Emperor's mount! I knew there was no way such a powerful creature would suddenly appear out of nowhere."
"It's too handsome! Five-Clawed Golden Dragon... what a domineering name!"
"As expected of Lord Emperor. He's so handsome it's unfair."
"An auspicious omen granted by the heavens... our ninja world will definitely become better and better!"
"Long live the Emperor!"
"Long live the Emperor!"
"..."
Everyone knelt and worshiped him, and the reverence in their hearts for Yuzuru deepened even further.
Even Hashirama and Madara could not help revealing looks of envy in their eyes at that moment.
Although this was not what they pursued, they were still shaken by Yuzuru's sheer presence.
He bore the title of Emperor and had contracted such a powerful, flashy mount...
Combined with Yuzuru's flowing white hair and handsome face, even a god descending to earth would be no more impressive than this.
Hashirama could not help laughing self-deprecatingly. "Madara, compared to Yuzuru, the two of us back then feel like country bumpkins..."
Madara snorted softly but did not refute him.
In the end, he merely sighed and said, "When it comes to showing off, I, Madara, am willing to call Yuzuru the strongest."
Inside a training ground.
"As expected of Brother Yuzuru. He's just too handsome!"
"I, Obito, will definitely get myself a mount like that one day."
Kakashi snorted coldly. "I'd advise you to stop daydreaming. Compared to Lord Yuzuru, do you have that kind of strength?"
After hearing Kakashi's words, Obito was just about to retort when Sasuke, standing nearby, nodded in agreement.
"Kakashi is right. As Father is now, even I at my peak would have no choice but to avoid his edge."
As soon as Sasuke finished speaking, Naruto could not help letting out a snort of laughter.
"Is this a try-not-to-laugh challenge?"
"Then I lost."
Hearing the sarcasm in Naruto's tone, Sasuke could not help clenching his fists. "You bastard. Want to fight?"
"Fight, then!"
Looking at everyone kneeling below in worship, Yuzuru directly activated Kamui and returned to the Everlasting Imperial Palace, while the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon beneath his feet returned into his body.
The moment he returned, Tsunade, Kushina, Mikoto, and the others came forward while holding the Tailed Beasts.
"Yuzuru, where did you get that mount?"
"Husband, is the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon really an auspicious omen granted by the heavens? Do gods really exist in this world?"
"Husband, you looked so handsome just now. You made me change clothes again."
"..."
Listening to the chattering voices around him, Yuzuru patiently explained the matter of the "Five-Clawed Golden Dragon" from beginning to end.
Only after he finished speaking, when Yuzuru saw that the women still had smiling eyes and flushed, lovestruck faces, he had no idea whether they had actually heard anything he said.
"Strange. Why is it raining?"
"Hahh... Sorry, that was my drool."
Shukaku, dissatisfied, ran a little farther away from under Nadeshiko Shizuka's feet. Then he looked at Yuzuru and asked, "Yuzuru, your power is really strong now."
Gyuki nodded and said in his deep, honest voice, "That's right. It feels like you're not much weaker than the old man of the Six Paths at his peak."
Yuzuru rubbed his chin and slowly said, "I'm not sure about that, but compared to before, my strength has indeed increased by a lot. It's just that, in the end, it still hasn't undergone a qualitative transformation."
Although the power of the Dragon Vein was powerful, it had only raised him to the peak of the Six Paths level.
If he wanted to advance to Kekkei Mōra, he still had a long road ahead of him.
However, Yuzuru was not in a hurry. After all, the Uchiha clan's population was now growing faster and faster, so the speed at which his strength improved would only become faster and faster as well.
After hearing Yuzuru's words, Shukaku spoke again. "Yuzuru, there's one more thing we want to discuss with you."
"What is it?"
"Can we go back to our original homes?"
Shukaku said, "As you know, the living habits of us nine Tailed Beasts are all different."
"I like sand. Isobu likes the sea..."
"Now that the Ten-Tails has been revived, there won't be anything for us to do in the future, so we no longer have any reason to keep staying here."
"Of course, the most important thing is that I get annoyed whenever I see a certain stinking fox."
Kurama immediately said, "Same here, you stinking tanuki!"
After hearing Shukaku's words, Yuzuru did not think too much about it and directly nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll arrange for people to send you back right away."
"But you need to be careful too. After all, your current chakra is only about the amount of ten ordinary Kage-level shinobi."
Seeing Yuzuru agree, all the Tailed Beasts nodded happily. "We understand, Brother Yuzuru!"
"Then we won't be third wheels anymore. Bye-bye."
After saying that, the Tailed Beasts immediately trotted away and disappeared from the spot.
Yuzuru looked at the wolfish, hungry gazes of Tsunade and the others, and for a moment, he could only smile bitterly.
Truly, being beautiful was suffering, and being handsome was exhausting.
Let the storm come harder!