Like him, even though they had an escape route, they didn't want to start all over again in such a deathly quiet future.
Especially Orochimaru. Now he was the Hokage of Konoha, not that renegade ninja from the past. And although, after becoming Hokage, he did nothing but take care of others and solve their problems, a Hokage is a Hokage. In the future, he could make full use of Konoha's resources for his research.
Behind him stood the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, in whose eyes Orochimaru's experiments on humans were a mere trifle — the main thing was that he did not use the villagers for this.
What if he gets found out?
Come on, you're the Hokage! Who can reveal you? And if he does, who would dare to tell about it? And even if he does, who will believe him?!
Hehe, the Child of prophecy... Just don't disappoint us! You must destroy Uchiha Yue!
Orochimaru breathed a sigh of relief, and a slight smile touched the corners of his lips.
Haha, the Child from the prophecy will certainly be able to kill Uchiha Yue! That's what Mr. Jigen himself said!
When Uchiha Yue died, Orochimaru could not even imagine what kind of bliss he would experience. And what about Nagato?
What kind of person is this Nagato? If he hadn't needed something from him before, would he have humiliated himself like this, bowing down in front of him like a dog?
When Uchiha Yue dies, everything will be in the past. And then it's time to go against Akatsuki.
And what about the power of Akatsuki? Heh, heh, heh!!!
Earlier, of course, he had no intention of acting. But now everything has changed. More recently, after sacrificing a huge number of test subjects, he finally perfected the Edo Tensei technique, allowing the resurrected to regain the power they possessed in their prime.
Hehe, do you know what "God of Shinobi" means?!
Mangekye Sharingan... Uchiha Madara, your eyes will definitely become mine!
Orochimaru clenched his fists. It was as if he had already seen the moment when he would get Uchiha Madara's Mangekyo Sharingan and, after studying it, gain power beyond any imagination. And what about Rinnegan?
Hmm, he's no match for the Mangekyo Sharingan!
What kind of bullshit are these "Wise Man's Eyes"? Surely these are just the inventions of the ancients, who did not understand anything. They have power, of course, but it is simply impossible to compare them with the Mangekye Sharingan. Moreover, the so-called Rinnegan is probably just one of the varieties of Mangekyo Sharingan.
"If I had known earlier that Sharingan is the highest, most powerful force, I would have studied it from the very beginning..." thought Orochimaru with regret.
However, despite these thoughts, he had no intention of going up against Akatsuki right now. At least not until the Child from the prophecy finally destroys Uchiha Yue.
"Yes, hehe, this world will finally be saved!"
— With the Child from the prophecy, Uchiha Yue will certainly be killed!
Ootsutsuki Isshiki looked at these enthusiastic ninjas with a smile on his lips, but he was smiling coldly in his heart.
Yes, the Child from the prophecy will certainly defeat Uchiha Yue! Of course... I lied to you. A bunch of idiots. Believe everything I say. I could say that I am the creator of this world! That all living beings in the Shinobi world were created by me, and I even gave you the chakra!
From the very beginning, the so-called Child of the prophecy was just a hoax. The fate of the Shinobi world has long been sealed!
That's where the power lies. Everything that the strong says is a reason for reflection for the weak, and all this may turn out to be true.
And this is quite natural, because these weaklings lack information, they do not understand the strong, so, of course, they believe everything they say. Especially when the words of a strong man sound at least somewhat plausible.
Then the weaklings start thinking: what reason could such a powerful being have to deceive them?
What is it about them weaklings that would make lying worthwhile?
However, being weak, they don't even realize their own worth!
Who says that the weak don't deserve to be deceived by the strong? Can't it just be for fun? Isn't it funny to watch a flock of ants desperately floundering, believing in a hastily made up lie? For the strong, it can certainly be fun. I wanted to have some fun, and I did. And what do these ants think, does it really matter?
If one day aliens arrived on Earth, conquered the planet by force of arms, and then casually blurted out that humans were their creation, many would probably believe it.
Of course, Ootsutsuki Isshiki didn't have such sadistic tendencies. He really needed the help of these weaklings, these ants!
My Child of prophecy, I have finally found you. Now the initiative is in my hands! I can finally be reborn!
Ootsutsuki Isshiki was elated. He felt incredibly relieved, and the taut string in his heart finally loosened. The child from the prophecy was a lie, a hope for these ninjas, but wasn't it also the real Child from the prophecy?
It was also his hope!
He was afraid too, he was terrified. What if the Child from the prophecy had died long ago? What if it was never born? What if he doesn't find the Child of the Prophecy among the crowd until the end of the world?
He would rather die at the hands of that bitch Kaguya than at the hands of her descendant, and even a low-grade aborigine of the Shinobi world, separated from her by who knows how many generations and carrying only a tiny fraction of the blood of the Divine Tree.
Fortunately, this world was on his side and finally allowed him to find the Child from the prophecy.
The ninja cheered and left the meeting with relieved faces.
A blizzard raged, an icy wind howled, and even the sun gradually disappeared. The cold of the coming ice Age could not take away their enthusiasm and joy at all.
Some looked towards the Area of Dead Silence and cursed loudly.
"Damn Uchiha Yue, wait!" Just wait!
— Your end is near! Our invincible Child from the prophecy will kill you, trample your head into the ground and completely destroy you!
— The pain that you have brought to this world can only be washed away by your death!
"The child of the prophecy?" Nonsense, huh! Funny, just ridiculously funny!
The snow was falling in flakes, and the wind was bone-chilling. There were several figures in black cloaks with red clouds standing on the edge of the cliff. The man in charge crumpled the report in his hand and threw it to the ground with an expression of utter contempt on his face.
"Nagato, your fear of Uchiha Yue is too deep!" Uchiha Obito said, looking at Nagato's condition. He bent down, picked up a wad of paper from the ground, unwrapped it, and shook his head.
— Be able to...