The two tall mountains left behind after the Wooden Man's death and the meteorite strike. The whole area was covered by Swain's crows, filled with a bloody smell. And within this bloody smell, there was also a faint bit of refreshing Senjutsu Chakra.
Swain started the first part of his plan, to have a talk and get Nine Tails under control.
As for why…
It's just that relying on Orochimaru's curse mark to gather Senjutsu is too slow. Even the Earth Curse Mark is unstable now, only able to make some cheap stuff.
It's just a drop in the bucket.
But having Nine Tails is a different story.
Didn't you see Nine Tails say during the final battle, "I gave you all the Chakra on the ground"? This guy is a rich big shot.
Now all that's left is to persuade the fox to play along.
Swain doesn't plan to force it. Although it would be easy to control Nine Tails with his Sharingan, he would always have to think about putting in Sharingan power. Swain's strength isn't weaker than Madara's with the Eternal Sharingan, but persuading a Nine Tails to turn to his side would be much better.
The current Swain is waiting to truly complete his Sage Body, transform into a godly being, and officially step into the Six Paths level.
Both this and the Sharingan plan need time.
After all, they are his own clan members, so he can't directly wipe out the clan and dig out their eyes, that would be a bad influence.
But after reaching the Six Paths level, he still needs to get that Tenseigan on the moon.
Last night, the Third Hokage didn't say anything, and Orochimaru also ran away right away, leaving only the lonely Uchiha duo. Under the Third Hokage's grateful gaze, Swain spent the night in awkwardness.
The next day, Sarutobi Hiruzen received a letter from Anbu early in the morning, saying that Jiraiya had run away with Naruto!
The reason why… well, you know without saying.
Kotetsu and Izumo, the eternal gatekeepers, took leave due to injuries. With no missions for the time being, Itachi and Shisui temporarily took on this job.
And Uchiha Swain was squatting on the ground, looking at his Rem-shaped giant lake, thinking for a long time. Then he sighed, "I should still summon the Second Hokage, this Orochimaru's water style is too bad. Should I let Sarutobi do it? Forget it, forget it, I'll just send him away again, ah! Right, let Jiraiya summon a few... um..."
"Forget it, just thinking about it makes me sick. I'll go get the Three Tails in a couple of days... I wonder if Terumi Mei has become Mizukage yet."
"How should I seal this thing up in the end…"
While he was thinking, a familiar lady, Uchiha Mikoto, came to visit with Sasuke, who still had tears on his face.
As soon as she saw Swain, she bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Greetings, Great Elder."
The four-year-old Sasuke was very afraid of this man with the red arm, and timidly copied his mother's bow and whispered, "Greetings, Great Elder."
Swain, without turning his head, stared at Rem Lake with a worried look, and said to the front, "Your Fugaku's genes are really amazing, the three of you look exactly the same, neither of these kids look like you."
Uchiha Mikoto, still charming, covered her mouth and smiled. "Great Elder, you're joking. Sasuke, don't you have something to say to the Great Elder? Go ahead and say it yourself."
"Oh?" Swain turned his head in surprise. Sasuke has something to say to me? Do I have that kind of fame?
Sasuke was still young and timid. After waiting a few seconds, he took two steps forward with courage. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was about to do something big.
Swain was also a little expectant, what was Sasuke going to do?
He only heard Sasuke open his mouth hesitantly, "Great Elder, please give me a crow too! I will treasure it!"
"Pfft! Is that all! I thought you were going to borrow money. Okay, okay, I'm going to give it anyway, I'll give you a big one in advance."
Sharingan activated, strengthen!
A crow not far away was summoned by Swain and flew over. It grew bigger and bigger against the wind. In the end, its standing height was the same as that of an adult.
In fact, there are many aspects to strengthening this skill, and only size is the most useless. But for the current Sasuke, a crow that can fly around is better than anything else.
Although he is proud, he is still a child.
Unexpectedly, Sasuke's expression clearly showed he wanted it, but he still stubbornly shook his head.
Swain looked at Mikoto in confusion.
Uchiha Mikoto explained helplessly, "Sasuke saw Itachi had a Six Eyes summoned crow, and he insisted on being the same as his brother, and kept pestering to come to the Great Elder. He was scolded by Fugaku several times because of this."
This kid is a natural brother lover. Speaking of which, if Sasuke wasn't a brother lover, that little Uchiha girl might have ended up with Itachi.
"Okay, then I'll give you a Six Eyes crow, but Sasuke, you have to understand, there is no free lunch in the world. What price are you going to pay to get the crow?"
The devil's temptation!
"I, I... I can first learn the Great Fireball Jutsu and then give it to you."
Now both Swain and Mikoto laughed. Children's innocence is always so cute.
Swain walked over and touched Sasuke's silly head. He then summoned a Six Eyes crow and said to Sasuke with his head lowered, "Little Sasuke, I remember teaching a fool the Fireball Jutsu before, and that idiot got a lollipop stuck in his throat. Do you think I won't do it?
Like this, you go back and give my regards to everyone, just say that all Uchiha clansmen will gather here at the end of the month, understand?"
Looking at Sasuke, Swain couldn't help but think of Obito. At that time, World War II hadn't ended yet, and his soul shards weren't gathered enough. He had just stepped out of the Kage level and hadn't even opened the Sharingan yet, so he didn't have the confidence to fight Uchiha Madara. He let that silly kid become an imposter.
Obito during the Nine Tails night didn't even dare to see him. This clan senior was the only one who was good to him.
However, Uchiha Swain always had a corpse that would not rot locked up in his right eye.
Since it has already come to this, then why not let this child become one of the world's best?
Sasuke obediently nodded, then looked at the Six Eyes crow with shining eyes. Wow, it's the same as my brother's!
Um... but the feathers on the left side of this one are a little more than that one, and the hair on this place on the forehead is in a different direction than that one.
Children always have a kind of ability that you can't understand, a pair of twins buy exactly the same toys, but they can tell who's is who's.
This is also the "superpower" that we lost on the road to growth.
Uchiha Mikoto bowed gratefully, and then extended an invitation. "Senior Swain, would you like to come to our house for dinner? Thank you for taking care of Itachi and Fugaku all this time."
Dinner? A very unfamiliar term... Swain thought very seriously for a few seconds, how long has it been since I've eaten...
Last time it seemed like he eat that thing in Konoha called what?
…Ah, right, Ueshima Ryu's Three-Color Dumplings.
Seeing Swain frowning, Uchiha Mikoto thought he was embarrassed, and immediately said, "If Senior Swain has something to do, it's okay."
Swain came back to his senses, "Oh, it's not that, I'm not in a hurry here, I'm just short of tricking Nine Tails... Okay, will you make one more person's portion tonight? I guess Shisui will have to go too."
Sasuke pursed his lips jealously. "Hmph! A bad guy who steals my brother."
Swain used Itachi's signature finger-poke on Sasuke's forehead, patting Sasuke's forehead with a "pop" sound.
"Silly! Won't you have another good brother like this?"
Huh? Seems to be true! And Shisui seems to be even more powerful… but he's still stealing my brother, hmph!
Ignoring this little tsundere, Mikoto readily agreed, and then took Sasuke's fair little hand to the market to buy groceries.
Speaking of which, Swain's devil abilities don't bring any feeling of hunger at all, and he never thinks about eating. Only when he feels bored does he trick Shisui once, or go to the market to take a look.
Usually, he just stays in the shrine to sense Sage Chakra.
Calming his mind, he opened the prison in his right eye.
He saw a fox sitting cross-legged in a human-like way, with his hands clasped together, trying his best to absorb Sage Chakra.
The sooner Swain achieves a sage body, the sooner it will be free.
"Hey Kurama! Stop it, I want to discuss something with you."
Nine Tails opened its eyes, stretched its muscles and bones, and lay down on the ground tiredly, yawning. "Speak."
"I want to say, I can absorb Sage Chakra on my own now, so I don't need you as a medium anymore, so I'll give you two choices."
Nine Tails' tired look immediately improved. It can get out of here?
"First, I'll let you go, you can go wherever you want, and then be caught by someone else and sealed up again."
"Whether you believe it or not, there are probably six or seven people in the ninja world close to my strength."
"The second is that you are still free, you can go wherever you want to play, but you have to live around my sacred place."
"Occasionally, you can gather some Sage Chakra, etc. When the Chakra concentration in my sacred place is enough, you will have even less to do. I also plan to put a Three Tails in that lake."
"Then next to my lake, I'll build a beach and put a One Tail, and put a Seven Tail on the Wooden Man Mountain."
"Put a Five Tail on the Meteorite Mountain, you can chat with each other when you have nothing to do, or go travel in groups or something. Oh, right, I have to make a cave or something."
The more Nine Tails listened, the more incredible it felt, and then it suddenly thought of something. "What did you call me just now?"
"Kurama ah... Oh, I haven't told you yet, how would I know? Let's start over, Nine Tails, which one do you choose."
Nine Tails was a little expectant. If this Swain had a way to gather six tailed beasts, including himself, which would make seven, what would that scene be like?
If he can really do it, then there's nothing wrong with staying behind Konoha. Besides, traveling or something sounds pretty good.
Then he can bully Shukaku again.
"If you can really gather six tailed beasts, then I'll listen to you, but you have to find my other half for me."
"Okay, just a mask problem. Now the only problem is that the construction is a bit slow, Kurama, do you think if I summon a Hashirama with full power with Impure World Reincarnation, will he be willing to use True Several Thousand Hands to help me build a base?"
On this day, Nine Tails dreamed back to the years when he was grabbed like a chick.
I'm too strong, I need to be sealed…
That was the only time I doubted myself!