Arata sighed softly.
"It is because he is too gifted. He awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan far too early.
His body is still developing; it cannot sustain the chakra and spiritual burden the Mangekyō demands.
So complications have arisen. That is why I need Lady Tsunade's help. Even if she cannot fully heal him, stabilizing the condition would be invaluable."
Hiruzen stiffened.
Another Mangekyō in the Uchiha Clan.
He still remembered the terror he felt when facing Arata's Susanoo.
He also remembered that he was only under Arata's control because of that Mangekyō.
So Itachi awakening another one naturally shook him.
That immediately reminded him of Shisui.
Had Danzo not murdered Shisui, Shisui might be serving the village now, and Hiruzen might never have fallen under Arata's genjutsu.
He sighed deeply.
Danzo… you ruined me.
Understanding how overwhelming the Mangekyō was, Hiruzen also understood the strain it must place on a child's undeveloped body.
But even so, he looked troubled.
"It's not that I don't want to call Tsunade back," he said slowly.
"But she suffers from hemophobia. She cannot treat blood-related or trauma-heavy patients.
That is why I have allowed her to wander freely these years....because a medical-nin who cannot treat patients has limited usefulness."
He continued,
"In truth, I have long wanted her to return and inherit the Hokage title.
These old bones of mine cannot hold up much longer. Orochimaru is a traitor. Jiraiya refuses responsibility.
Only Tsunade is suitable...Hashirama's granddaughter, the rightful heir to the Will of Fire."
He shook his head.
"But ever since her younger brother, Nawaki.....the heir of the Senju—and her lover, Dan Katō, died in the war, she has rejected both Konoha and the Hokage's seat.
I have summoned her several times.....she refused, avoided me, even fled. And because of her identity, I cannot force her."
A heavy sigh escaped him after finishing.
Uchiha Arata finally understood after listening to the Third Hokage.....he had been far too optimistic.
He assumed that no matter how stubborn Tsunade was, she would still obey her former teacher.
He never imagined his plan would collapse at the very first step.
If they couldn't even bring her back, what was he supposed to do next?
Arata frowned, silently wondering if there was another way.
In the original history, Tsunade returned only because the Third Hokage had already died, leaving Konoha without a leader.
She didn't want her grandfather's legacy to fall apart.
Combine that with Jiraiya's persuasion, Orochimaru's emotional manipulation, and Naruto's relentless talk-no-jutsu....only then did she agree.
But now?
The Third Hokage was alive.
Tsunade still held a grudge against him.
And Jiraiya would never lie to her by claiming Hiruzen had died.
Under these circumstances, expecting her to return was… nearly impossible.
Arata sighed in frustration.
He had originally planned to send off Shisui and Itachi, then take a trip to Iwagakure to pay the Tsuchikage a "visit.
" Along the way, he intended to copy Ōnoki's secret techniques....Light-Weight Rock, Heavy-Weight Rock, and eventually Dust Release, a Bloodline Selection.
(With his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he could now copy even Bloodline Selections.)
Flying freely in the sky had always been a human dream.
In the shinobi world, unless one reached the Six Paths level, true flight was extremely rare:
Sasuke relied on a flying summon.
Deidara and Sai used clay birds and ink beasts.
Utakata floated using the Six-Tails' bubble power.
And there were only two natural flyers....Ōnoki and, later, Gaara.
Among all these, Ōnoki's Light-Weight Rock Technique was the easiest and most practical.
Arata wanted that badly.
As for Dust Release, he had coveted it for years. Its destructive power was overwhelming....disintegrating almost anything.....and it looked spectacular.
Against weaker enemies, using Dust Release to erase them instantly was both efficient and stylish.
But even so…
None of that compared to Tsunade.
Winning Tsunade meant securing:
The greatest medical ninja in the world,
The future Fifth Hokage,
And the pure Senju bloodline she carried.
Arata was convinced that combining the Uzumaki lineage with Tsunade's Senju blood gave him a real chance of achieving the complete Sage Body.
And above all...Tsunade's overwhelming… presence.
No beauty in the shinobi world could match her.
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