"Renya, did you change to a new weapon?"
The Konoha camp. After Hiruzen and the others finished the front-line battle and returned to the camp, they saw Renya carrying a gigantic fan on his back.
"More or less. An old grandpa gave it to me. It was hard to refuse his kindness."
Renya had no intention of hiding the Gunbai and planned to use it in future battles.
The only downside was that it was too big and inconvenient to carry.
He could only strap it to his back.
"Which old grandpa gave it to you?" Hiruzen asked curiously.
Judging by the material of this huge fan, it was definitely not an ordinary weapon.
In fact, his guess was correct. The Gunbai could even repel small Tailed Beast Bombs and was a nightmare for ninjutsu-type shinobi.
"No comment." Renya had no intention of mentioning Madara's name.
If this got back to the village, that old Tobirama guy would definitely come running over again.
Uchiha Kagami stared at the fan on Renya's back with a strange expression. The more he looked at it, the more it resembled something from the Uchiha clan.
He had once seen descriptions of the Gunbai in the clan's archives.
It was just that weapon that had been taken away by Uchiha Madara back then.
Wait, Uchiha Madara...
Uchiha Kagami suddenly realized it. So the old grandpa Renya mentioned was that person!
No wonder Tobirama-sensei had come to the front lines some time ago.
He had long heard rumors that Uchiha Madara wasn't dead. He just hadn't expected Renya to still be in contact with Madara.
"Renya, could you lend me the fan to take a look?"
After hesitating for a moment, Uchiha Kagami finally mustered the courage to ask.
"Here." Renya reached back, pulled out the fan, and tossed it to Uchiha Kagami.
Judging from Kagami's expression, he probably already knew the origin of the fan.
After all, this had originally been a weapon of the Uchiha clan.
But now, it was his.
Uchiha Kagami caught the fan and carefully stroked it.
There was no mistake. This was the Uchiha clan's Gunbai!
Just as he had expected, Renya really had made contact with Uchiha Madara.
Whenever Uchiha Madara was mentioned, every member of the Uchiha clan would sigh with emotion.
If they had followed Madara-sama and left back then, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way.
Especially in the past few years, when the hawkish faction stirred up the clan, they often brought up Uchiha Madara to incite extreme sentiments of rebellion.
"Renya, here you go."
After looking at it for a while, Uchiha Kagami returned the Gunbai to Renya.
Although this fan had once belonged to the Uchiha clan, its current owner was Renya...
"What are you all talking about? So lively."
The overall commander, Nara Mikage, heard their conversation and walked out of the tent.
When he saw the Gunbai in Renya's hand, the smile on his face instantly froze.
How did this thing end up in Renya's hands?!
Young shinobi might not recognize it, but someone like him who had lived through the Warring States period naturally knew who this weapon originally belonged to.
Who would have thought that it would now appear in Renya's hands?
This meant that Renya truly had secretly met Uchiha Madara, just as the Second-sama had suspected.
Otherwise, there was no way to explain the origin of the fan.
No, this matter had to be reported to the Second-sama!
After all, before leaving, the Second-sama had specifically instructed him.
When Renya saw Nara Mikage's expression, he knew things were going badly.
This guy was definitely planning to snitch!
"Nara clan head, this weapon was given to me by Madara-sama several years ago. If you don't believe me, you can go ask Hashirama-san."
Fortunately, Renya had already prepared an explanation.
It was true that the Gunbai had been given to him by Uchiha Madara, but it was a gift from several years ago.
He just hadn't taken it out until now.
If you really don't believe it, just go ask Hashirama-san.
Since it involved Uchiha Madara, Hashirama-san would surely be happy to help cover for him.
After all, he didn't want Tobirama to know Madara's whereabouts either, right?
"Really?" Nara Mikage expressed doubt.
If Renya had obtained the fan long ago, why hadn't he used it before?
This point made it hard not to be suspicious.
Renya seemed to see through Nara Mikage's doubts.
"The weapon I'm best at using is a tachi. I don't often use other weapons."
As he spoke, worried that he still might not convince the other party, he pulled a storage scroll from his robe.
With a bang, as the smoke dispersed, several kinds of weapons appeared on the ground.
The Banana Palm Fan, the Seven Stars Blade, the Gold Rope, the Crimson Gourd, the Amber Purification Jar, and a scythe.
These were all spoils obtained from defeating Kinkaku and Ginkaku in the last war, as well as another weapon previously given to him by Madara-san.
Ever since the war ended, he had never taken them out to use.
Nara Mikage: "???"
Seeing a ground full of Six Paths ninja tools, his whole mind went blank.
So Renya hadn't been bragging. He really did have weapons—he was just too lazy to use them.
"Oh right, this scythe was also a gift from Madara-sama."
Renya pointed at the scythe on the ground, taking the opportunity to clean up the origin of this weapon as well.
If Nara Mikage had still harbored doubts about Renya's words before, then after seeing the Six Paths ninja tools scattered all over the ground, those doubts vanished into thin air.
Renya was too lazy to even use Six Paths ninja tools, so not using the Uchiha fan was perfectly normal.
The reason he took it out today was simply a whim.
Smart people were good at filling in the blanks themselves, and soon enough, Nara Mikage had constructed a self-consistent line of reasoning.
"Renya, that's immoral!" Hiruzen slung an arm around Renya's shoulders. "You've got so many weapons and you secretly hide them away."
"Pick whatever you want. I'll lend it to you for a few days."
"Really? Then I won't hold back!" Hiruzen said happily as he squatted down to start choosing.
"Renya-kun, can we borrow them too?" Utatane Koharu asked timidly.
"Of course."
After all, he had already lent the Six Paths ninja tools to them during the last war.
What difference did it make to lend them again?
"Thank you, Renya-kun!" Utatane Koharu said gratefully.
Then the group happily squatted down and began selecting weapons that suited them.
These were powerful Six Paths ninja tools!
The overall commander, Nara Mikage, was completely numb watching this scene.
Legendary Six Paths ninja tools were now being tossed on the ground, picked over at will.
If this got out, no one would believe it, right?
If the Kumogakure shinobi found out, who knew what they would think?!
Uchiha Kagami immediately set his sights on the scythe on the ground. Since it was a weapon once used by Uchiha Madara, it was definitely extraordinary!
"Renya, next time you have something this good, please take it out right away."
If not for seeing the Gunbai today, he wouldn't have known that Renya was carrying so many treasures on him.
Keeping them stored in a scroll without using them was simply wasting heavenly gifts!
"Got it."
Seeing the expression on the Nara clan head's face, Renya knew that the matter of the fan and the scythe had been smoothed over.
After all, if he was too lazy to even use Six Paths ninja tools, wasn't it perfectly reasonable not to use the fan?
From now on, he could use the fan openly and without worry.
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