In the days that followed, Senju Wakama worked during the day and studied at night, and every single night, he would follow Brother Zetsu to the modern otherworld.
Brother Zetsu told Senju Wakama that the children in this world were forced to receive a modern education from a young age.
In order to adapt to this world later on, Senju Wakama had to complete nine years of compulsory education in advance.
But Brother Zetsu didn't tell Senju Wakama that even in this world, not all children could fully master the knowledge in the textbooks.
The Senju clan developed with each passing day.
His eldest brother, Hashirama, and the young head of the Uchiha clan fought earth-shattering battles every so often.
The reputations of the two were gradually spreading.
Every time they fought, numerous ninja clans would gather to watch from a distance.
And from this perspective, combined with Tsukuyo's previous actions, the image of the Senju clan had become one of great terror in the eyes of the major ninja clans.
In Senju Wakama's eyes, the change in these ninja clans was as follows:
First, they had scoffed at Senju Butsuma's proposal for a merger.
Then, because of Tsukuyo's disgusting tactics, they temporarily hid their ambitions and paid lip service to the idea.
And now, after witnessing the god-like abilities of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, they finally felt fear.
It was also at this point that Senju Hashirama came to be known as the "God of Shinobi."
Uchiha Madara, who was his equal, was called the "Asura of the Ninja World."
Zetsu told Senju Wakama that these two had become famous a full ten years earlier than they had in the original anime story.
Moreover, because a certain villain was making trouble behind the scenes, these two bastards were far stronger than their counterparts from the same period in the story.
For the other ninja clans of today, their power was an attack on a whole other level.
What's more, deep within the Senju clan, the demoness known as Princess Senju lay in wait.
Slowly coming to their senses, the major ninja clans finally began sending letters to sue for peace.
This wasn't like before, when they reluctantly and grudgingly agreed to merge with the Senju clan into a village. This time, with no war ongoing, they were taking the initiative to seek peace.
But, as always, Tsukuyo rejected their letters.
There was a strong sense of "Once, you paid me no mind; now, I am far beyond your reach."
Tsukuyo's actions sent a clear signal to the major ninja clans.
Cooperate for mutual benefit, and everyone prospers.
Become an enemy of the Senju, and you can wash your necks and wait for your clan to be annihilated.
In the process, many ninja clans that were nameless in the anime were wiped out by Tsukuyo.
The princess was cruel, keeping only the ninja clans she deemed useful. The useless ones had to die.
The Senju clan, under Tsukuyo's daily regimen of being beaten down and healed, also saw its overall quality improve rapidly.
Even in terms of individual soldier quality, they were far stronger than other ninja clans.
Originally, Senju Wakama thought this was a good trend.
But Brother Zetsu was not optimistic. In the original destiny, the Senju clan would vanish into the long river of history—of course, with the cunning old schemer Senju Tobirama playing a huge role in that.
That was a story never revealed in the anime.
Senju Wakama knew that for natives like them, these worlds were real. It wasn't as if things that weren't shown in the anime wouldn't happen in this world.
For them, this was their life and daily routine.
The anime did hint that the reason the Senju clan was nearly extinct by the Third Hokage's era was because the Second Hokage, Tobirama, had his clansmen intermarry with the village's commoners, eventually integrating their bloodline into the entire village.
But Brother Zetsu just gave a sly smile.
After all, Brother Zetsu had been reincarnated countless times in this real ninja world where Senju Wakama existed.
Brother Zetsu told Senju Wakama that although the major event of the "Senju integrating into Konoha" would definitely happen...
...that was just the official story told to outsiders.
In fact, after Senju Tobirama became Hokage, he grew even more insidious and terrifying.
He wasn't just a master of forbidden jutsu.
He was a master of the taboo.
The truth was, in more than one cycle, Zetsu had seen Tobirama secretly order his clansmen to infiltrate the Land of Fire's Daimyo's court, get their hands on every woman in the Daimyo's harem, and in the end, all of the Land of Fire Daimyo's descendants carried the blood of the Senju clan.
Zetsu said this world was very strange.
Ninja were clearly a group of people with god-like power.
Like Senju Hashirama, like Uchiha Madara.
Even without mentioning them, there were other ninja clans. Compared to ordinary people, ninja were far too powerful.
Yet this group of powerful individuals had to bow and scrape before the Daimyo and nobles.
As long as one had money, they could command god-like ninja and order them around.
Brother Zetsu said that this was something Tsukuyo often lamented.
When Zetsu himself was still a native, he didn't feel there was anything wrong with this world revering the Daimyo.
But after Tsukuyo arrived, Zetsu often heard her complaints and began to feel that the whole world was filled with irrationality.
Was it really just because the Daimyo of the various countries controlled ninety percent of the world's wealth that ninja should bow down to them?
Tsukuyo was desperately earning and accumulating wealth precisely to become the financial backer of the ninja.
Even the conflicts of this narrow world were nothing more than the Otsutsuki family's relatives having a brawl that had lasted since ancient times.
Let alone Zetsu.
After Senju Wakama came into contact with everything from the otherworld, Tsukuyo's confusion also became his own.
However, none of that mattered anymore.
He'd let Tsukuyo do as she pleased with the tiny ninja world.
But...
After continuous exposure to the modern otherworld, Senju Wakama belatedly recalled something...
"Brother Zetsu... you can travel to the modern otherworld. Doesn't that mean you can take Tsukuyo there?"
Senju Wakama spent a month of relentless effort to finish six years of elementary school curriculum. At the same time, he also learned the Chinese language of the modern otherworld. Perhaps his pronunciation wasn't perfect, but he could now understand it.
All this time, Senju Wakama had a strange feeling.
And today, he finally remembered why.
Several years ago, Tsukuyo's personality had changed drastically, and she spent her days chasing Senju Hashirama for healing.
The reason was that Tsukuyo was locked in this world. She needed to use her heaven-defying healing arts to copy the abilities of the strong, ensure her own safety, and at the same time, repair her background system panel.
However, her purpose for repairing the panel was to escape this world.
So, while repairing the panel, she was also sparing no effort to find Zetsu's whereabouts.
So that's how it was...
If Brother Zetsu was willing, Tsukuyo could escape her sea of suffering.
But to this day, Brother Zetsu had been hiding his tracks, refusing to help Tsukuyo. Instead, he attached himself to Senju Wakama, silently observing her.
"Yes, I can. But I must not," Zetsu said faintly. "My friendship with Tsukuyo is strong, but ultimately, I obey Mother's commands."
"Obey... Mother's commands..." Senju Wakama murmured.
"That's right. I cannot directly tell Tsukuyo that the 'system' she destroyed was once a 'human' who was willing to give everything for Mother," Zetsu continued. "Tsukuyo may seem vicious, but she has her own bottom line. If she knew the material for her system was a person, what do you think she would do?"
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