After Obito left, only Kaguya, Lexon, and Black Zetsu, who was staring at Lexon with anticipation, remained in the room.
"Is it okay now... Uchiha Lexon...?" Black Zetsu asked Lexon weakly.
"Yeah. Kaguya, go talk to your son," Lexon said as he sipped his coffee, addressing Kaguya beside him.
"Yes," Kaguya responded to Lexon's words before floating toward Black Zetsu.
"Mother... the outfit you are wearing..." Black Zetsu first asked Kaguya about her eye-catching maid uniform.
However, it was not Kaguya who answered, but Lexon. He said, "Ah... I happened to be short of a servant, so I had your mother take the role."
A servant...
What do you take Mother for?!
Black Zetsu wanted to scream at Lexon, but the words that came out were...
"I also want to be your servant, is that alright?"
Black Zetsu pleaded with Lexon.
Because this way, he could stay by his mother's side forever.
"No," Lexon replied flatly.
Making Kaguya a servant was just a spontaneous idea.
One servant was enough. Why would he need two?
Especially a pitch-black "Great Filial Son" who was obsessed with his mother...
"You..." Black Zetsu was momentarily agitated upon being rejected, but he quickly realized he could not win and withered away.
Thus, Black Zetsu could only seize this brief time to communicate with his mother and enjoy their time together.
Although Kaguya did not have much affection left for this child of hers who had essentially invited a wolf into their home...
"So the Chunin Exam is tomorrow..." Lexon ignored the interaction between mother and son, gazing at the night sky outside the balcony and murmuring to himself.
After nearly half a year of preparation, Konoha finally ushered in the Chunin Exams.
This would also be Lexon's endpoint in the Naruto world.
The final day of these dozen or so years.
Although the Naruto world had become Lexon's stronghold and he could enter it at any time in the future.
He still could not help but feel a bit sentimental upon leaving.
It must be said, time really flies.
Meeting the young Shisui felt like it was only yesterday.
Many people had invited Lexon to attend the Chunin Exams tomorrow.
Uchiha Shisui, the head of the Uchiha clan who had rejoined Konoha... Itachi... Sarutobi Hiruzen...
The Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village who came to watch... the Two-Tails Jinchuriki... the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki...
And Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who strongly demanded Lexon watch their heroic performance in the exams...
"I will leave a little gift before I go," Lexon muttered with a smirk while lying on his lounge chair.
...
Time skipped to the next day.
Today was the day of the Chunin Exams.
These Chunin Exams were different from the original story; they were led by Konoha and jointly organized by the Five Great Shinobi Nations along with several smaller villages.
Originally, even with Konoha leading, some smaller villages were a bit reluctant to join.
But a masked person floating in the air and holding a staff immediately appeared at those reluctant villages.
Then the problem was "amicably" resolved.
Those villages that previously held a reluctant attitude immediately became eager.
They actively participated in organizing this extremely grand Chunin Exam.
What was originally an exam for Genin to be promoted to Chunin had turned into something akin to a political exchange summit for the Shinobi world.
Anyone with a slightly high status had this impression.
This was especially true for the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Nations.
After Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Konoha, along with the return of the remaining Uchiha members, Itachi, and Shisui, Konoha had truly become the number one village in the world.
With Konoha taking the lead, the other four great nations responded actively.
Especially the Hidden Cloud Village, whose level of responsiveness was just short of banging gongs and drums.
Therefore, the high-level officials of the other three villages wanted to know why Konoha's attitude had become so gentle after gaining such power...
And why the Hidden Cloud Village, which had nearly fought Konoha to the death in the Fourth Shinobi World War, would behave this way...
As the Chunin Exams progressed, the phase for the Genin from various villages to duel arrived.
The Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Nations sat on the highest platform, with the Kage from smaller villages seated on either side.
Lexon also arrived to watch the students who had spent several months under his teaching.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura.
Seeing Lexon arrive, Sarutobi Hiruzen originally wanted to provide an extra seat for him nearby, but Lexon refused. Compared to sitting in such a high-profile spot, he felt it was better to just stand anywhere in the spectator stands.
As time slowly passed.
One duel after another concluded.
Finally, it was Naruto's turn to appear. He was facing Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki from the Hidden Sand Village.
Unlike the original story, there was no Konoha Crush Plan implemented by Orochimaru to provoke Gaara and intentionally cause him to lose control and transform into the One-Tail to destroy Konoha.
Gaara's current state was quite good; other than being a bit manic, there were no problems.
However...
Although Naruto and Gaara were both Jinchuriki...
The gap in strength between the Tailed Beasts sealed within them was enormous.
And the gap in their own strength was also quite large.
Under Lexon's potion guidance, Naruto's own strength was already approaching that of a Jonin.
Not to mention that Kurama had long since been able to communicate harmoniously with Naruto.
This allowed Naruto to control its Tailed Beast Chakra for battle.
Thus, from the start of the battle, Gaara was suppressed and beaten by Naruto, feeling extremely frustrated.
This made the already manic Gaara even more violent, and there was suddenly a possibility of the One-Tail Shukaku taking over his mind.
It was just that...
After Kurama forcibly established a connection through the chakra of both Jinchuriki and pulled Shukaku into playing games together, the possibility of Gaara turning into a Tailed Beast and causing destruction completely vanished.
As a result, all Gaara displayed in reality was pure, impotent rage.
Next came the time for Naruto to use his Talk-no-Jutsu to give therapy to Gaara, a fellow Jinchuriki with a similar childhood.
After a session of talking about "bonds" and "friendship," Gaara finally regained his calm, admitted defeat completely, and became a member of Naruto's inner circle.
Just like Uchiha Obito last night.
On a side note, Uchiha Obito, who was sent to Naruto's room for therapy by Lexon yesterday, was now already on the path of saving the impoverished people of the Shinobi world to make up for his past mistakes.
After winning this match, Naruto struck a spirited pose and smiled, revealing his brilliant white teeth. Facing Lexon's direction, he made a large "V" sign with his fingers.
Seeing this scene, a faint smile couldn't help but appear on Lexon's face.
As expected, it was interesting...
Interacting with Naruto in this world was a good choice.
He had signed in for many rewards from him and gained much joy.
The moment the thought occurred to him, Lexon suddenly noticed something strange.
The smile on his face gradually faded.
"The thing I lost..."
Lexon murmured.
He understood a bit now what the Sage of Six Paths meant by the thing he had lost...
It was a very simple thing...
Emotions.
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