Anyway, after a few weeks or so, he left Ame. He had taught the kids about as much as he could, made sure they had mastered the academy basics even before he left.

After all, he didn't want them to be caught lacking. Nagato had mastered them all, even Shunshin. Nagato now possessed some jutsu from every element, by virtue of Seijuro leaving behind a scroll to guide him.

He also told the boy to train his taijutsu.

Konan needed to focus on her range a bit, and Yahiko needed to focus on his thinking, as his current way of thinking was a bit too soft.

So Seijuro left behind a simulation for him, where he would face a clone, and the clone was like the craftiest of people—changing appearance after every fight.

So that Yahiko doesn't get used to the face or something.

Until he became better at thinking like a ninja, he would continue losing to the clone over and over again.

The clone had the strength of a chūnin, yet even a chūnin could kill a jōnin if they were crafty enough, so Seijuro knew that Yahiko would be at this for a while.

Upon returning back to Konoha, he spent some quality time with Mikoto—like going on dates type shit, cuddling, and all that stuff.

He would be in his base, with a thoughtful look on his face.

So, this chakra was Indra and Ashura chakra—virtue of the Death God telling him. Neat. He was sure he was pretty attuned to their chakra, so as long as he was close, he would be able to tell.

Hm. He would analyze it, even used some of Katsuyu's liquid in order to better see the transformation in the eyes.

So... he had gotten the Indra chakra—more like the tiny piece of the soul in there. After that, it was the Ashura chakra. Hm. If Madara was Indra, then Hashirama would be Ashura.

So... he needed Hashirama cells.

He pondered on it further. A good way to get some right now would be... to rob Danzō. The fuck was he going to do about it?

"Oh yes, they stole Lord First's cell that I had in my base..."

Yeah, that raised more questions than answers. Having access to Hashirama cells shouldn't be that hard.

Hm. He had a strong soul... speaking of strong souls—

He had fused back with his clone. Back to having the chakra of six Bijū—the One, Three, Four, Five, Six, and Seven Tails.

Lava and Steam Release were neat. He'd have to go lowkey for a bit—like a few more years. Then, fully tame those powers, and steal power from the Two and Eight Tails. When that was finally over, get something from the Nine Tails, and that should be it for the most part.

He sighed a bit.

He continued working on his research of the Rinnegan. He had noticed something—injecting himself with both soul types might not get him the Rinnegan, since he didn't have the Sharingan. Seemed to be some sort of requirement—like a Mangekyō Sharingan of some sort. As the boost from both souls seemed to merely evolve something that was already there.

Hm. Still, he would get Hashirama cells, plant some into himself. While sure, he might not get Wood Style, it would help him with his overwhelming amount of Yin energy.

The Yang energy would counterbalance it.

He sighed again, continuing his research. Once he got the Rinnegan, what the heck would he do then? Probably finish fusing all the Bijū chakra in his body.

Once that was done—with the Rinnegan—he would be strong enough to stop any war from happening.

That should be good for now.

Meanwhile, somewhere else across the world...

A certain guy—who was strong enough to face full-power Sasuke as an adult but somehow lost to a bunch of genin and an old Jiraiya—could be seen looking at a turtle.

Using the turtle machine was the only way out of this.

Getting rid of this monster now would be impossible. He frowned a bit. Who would've thought such an inferior creature—such an inferior being—could grow to be so strong?

Majority of the others were dead, or had been hunted down.

Do you know how fucking bad it was to be fucking hunted like this?

They were the apex fucking predators. Now here they were... being hunted by a human.

No, that thing was more Otsutsuki than human at this point.

Like sure, he couldn't kill the current version of the boy. Considering this version of him was an Otsutsuki, so time to turn back time—and get him while he was weak.(human)

Heheheheh.

Maybe implant a Karma marking on him. Hehehehe...

And thus, with this plan, the man would turn back the turtle—to land him on the day the man was born.

Yet... no reaction. He couldn't do it.

As if some cosmic force was preventing him from acting on that. Even when he put 10 years later—nada. He couldn't do it.

It wasn't until he placed 16 years later, that the machine accepted to work... odd. So the earliest he could go was 16.

If he remembered correctly, earliest for Momoshiki was... 19, and Isshiki was 20.

For just a second... almost felt like a trap. As in, they were being properly powerscaled before being tossed at him.

Meh. It's not like something like that could ever happen.

A/N.....the thing I do for this guy....