51 Chapter 51- Konoha's progress

Ren Uchiha POV

He and Ringo sat beside a campfire, naked and eating roasted fish, their bodies still slick with sweat from their recent 'training.'

"So… this Kaguya woman was the source of all Chakra?" Ringo asked as she chewed on the fish, a soft moan escaping her lips that made his cock stir once again.

"I won't say that she was the source. Just the first one who used it. Nature Energy has always been here, as far as I can tell. And her son, the Sage of Six Paths was the one who shared the charka with others. Though I admit, I have no idea how he did that."

"So like, people didn't used to have Chakra before this Sage guy gave it to them?"

"Yeah."

"Was the world a more peaceful place back then or did it sucked even then?" Ringo asked curiously and he chuckled.

"I couldn't say for certain. It likely had its own share of troubles. But whether it was better than our current circumstances or worse, I do not know."

Ringo hummed as she took another large bite from the deliciously roasted fish. "Sho… why would he give chakra to others. That sounds like a stupid thing to do."

"Well, as far as I know, his intention was to spread Ninshu, fostering understanding among people," he explained with a sigh. "His idea wasn't bad. A world where people can understand each other, that would indeed be a peaceful world.

However, he overlooked humanity's knack for weaponizing any tool at their disposal. And thus, Ninjutsu was born."

"Oh… that makes sense." Ringo nodded. "What happened to his brother though."

"Hamura left to live in moon and remained there, so that he could look after the sealed body of his mother, Kaguya. I think that despite everything, he still loved and cared for his mother and wanted to keep her company."

"And that's where he is to this day?"

"Well, no. The guy himself died a long time ago, but his descendants are still living there. Though they have dwindled greatly in numbers by this point."

"Sucks to be them." Ringo said nonchalantly ,eliciting a snort from him. "So… what happens if the last of them die. Would that Kaguya woman break free from her seal?"

"I don't know, though I doubt it. But I plan to revive her myself eventually. Once I'm strong enough to fight her in equal footing. Or contain her with seals after Stamping her."

"You want her in the harem as well?" Ringo asked, looking surprised before she burst into chuckles. "Oh, who am I asking. Of course you do. You won't be yourself if you didn't want to fuck her."

He hummed in agreement. "She's not the one I'm worried about though. Her clansmen are my main concern."

"The Otsutsuki clan, right. Are they really that strong?"

"Yeah, you can say that. That's why I want to make all of you so strong. So that you can stand your ground even in my absence." He said, pulling her deeper into his embrace. "I've already reached Level 13 in Nature Chakra. Once I've mastered it and have attained the Sage Mode, I would find a way to share it with you girls."

"Sage mode. That's the thing that Jiraiya is famous for, no? Tode sage or something?"

"Yes, though Minato can also use that ability, to a lesser extent."

"Is sage mode really that powerful?"

"Yeah. It is." He said, thinking about how it allowed Shippuden Naruto, who got his ass kicked by the Sasuke (who hadn't even unlocked his Mangekyo at that time), became strong enough to take on Pain. Something that he entire Konoha failed at.

"Then I can't wait to try it." Ringo said, sounding very excited. "How many of these Otsutsuki guys are out there though? And how strong is their leader?"

"Well, I do not know about their true numbers. But with the way they need to consume the life force of entire worlds to survive, I doubt there would be millions of them out there. Probably not even hundreds of thousands." He said "And as for their leader. I do not know about his strength, but he would no doubt be much stronger than Kaguya. I'd estimate him to be a Tier 10, if I were to venture a guess."

"Tier 10, huh. Can you defeat someone like that?" Ringo asked, turning back to look at him.

"Not anytime soon." He said truthfully. "If someone that powerful really comes to this world, then would have no choice but to leave this world for another one."

"Another world? Like the dimensional worlds that Kaguya was able to teleport to?"

"No. Not those worlds. I'm talking about worlds filled with people and life. A world like our own." A fictional world.

"Are there really worlds like that out there?" Ringo asked, sounding skeptical.

"Indeed. There are numerous worlds out there like that. In fact, there were even countless variations of Naruto's world, each slightly different from our own," he recalled, thinking back to the episode where Naruto encountered his counterpart, Menma, in another such world.

Theoretically, once he has enough grasp over dimension and time travel, he should be capable of going to other Naruto worlds as well. Even though he held little interest in doing such a thing right now.

Maybe he could find a world where the humans went extinct and plant a god tree of his own, and become Tier 9 by eating its chakra fruit. It was an idea…

"How do you know about those worlds?"

"They are all shown in the Waifu Catalog. Just like how this world is shown in it." He explained, confident that the barriers he had erected around this island would protect him from any scrying from the Spirit of the Sage of Six paths. Or from the voyeurs in the moon.

"I see. And I take it that you want to go and visit those worlds eventually?"

"Yes. Do you want to come along as well?"

"I don't know." Ringo said, rubbing her belly. "Would those other worlds be dangerous?"

"The higher tier worlds would be, yes. But the lower tier worlds would be safer than this world." He explained. "Are you worried about our future children?"

"Yes."

"I can look for a way to safeguard them." He said, thinking about the Pocket Dimension option which would give him a large island to live on. It would be an expensive purchase, but if he succeeded in Stamping Kaguya then he should have more than enough points for that.

"I would appreciate that." Ringo said, leaning into him. "I don't want them to have a childhood like mine. I want them to grow up with their parents and siblings, safe and knowing that they are loved."

He leaned down and kissed her on the cheeks. "I'll make sure of it then."

"Hmm… any world in particular that you want to go to after this one?" Ringo asked.

He considered it for a moment and nodded. "A few. But even if I bought Pursued by a Bear, it'll still only give me Seven worlds to pick from. And there are countless such worlds out there, of which I only know a few."

"But you would have the option to pick a less dangerous world, yes?"

"Yeah. I would most likely have that option."

"Then just do that. Simple."

He chuckled at her words and nodded. "Now, if you would excuse me for a moment."

He got up and walked over to the corner of the island where he had summoned the Gedo Mazo.

He could still feel the Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Tailed Beasts inside it. As well as the Chakra of the Six Tails that he has been pouring inside it for the past few days.

In the canon timeline, a sliver of Eight and Nine Tails was more than enough to turn Gedo Mazo into Ten Tails and then revive Kaguya.

He was now hoping that giving the statue the chakra of other tailed beasts would eventually accomplish the same.

"I still don't like it." Saiken said as the mini tailed beast jumped over his shoulder. "Do we really need to revive Kaguya? Is the woman really worth that much to you?"

"Hmm… no. While the woman is beautiful and I do want her. I'm not taking this risk because of that. But because of the large amount of points she would give me if she's captured."

Saiken sighed. "I still don't think that she's worth the risk."

"Don't worry. I won't confront her until I'm absolutely sure that I can subdue her." He said.

He still remembered that Hyper gravity world where even Kaguya was unable to move. The world where Obito sacrificed himself in order to save Naruto.

If he goes to that world, and trains until he adapts to its gravity, and then finds a way to keep Kaguya in that world, then he would hold a great advantage be able to fight her for Three days without any problem, after which the Stamp would Capture her.

And this was just one of the many ideas he had come up with in his quest to fight Kaguya.

Seeing that Saiken's chakra had recovered back to 100%, he started pouring that chakra inside the Gedo Mazo until it was back to 50%. Then he stopped, and waited for Saiken's chakra to recover.

"Ah… do you really have to use up so much of my chakra at once. I feel dizzy." Saiken said, nuzzling into his neck, looking sleepy.

"Sorry about that." He said with a chuckle, wondering how he would get Kushina, Fu, Rin Nohara and Gaara to share their chakra with the statue as well.

He would find a way.

With that thought, he returned back to Ringo and saw that she had finished the last bit of roasted fish and was not laying on the picnic blanket, face down and ass up in an inviting manner.

The sight of her pink, glistening folds peeking through her thighs reignited his arousal once more.

"Oh, you're bac—" Ringo began, but her words were cut short by a yelp as he playfully smacked her rear, causing her to raise it even higher.

The Sexual Calibration Perk he'd bought in the past made sure that she's always clean and ready for him.

He buried his face in her pussy and took a deep sniff before he start to eat her out, making her moan even as he grinded his Oral skill.

Noticing that Ringo was reaching for his own cock, he raised her higher in the air until her face was directly in front of his cock.

Ringo wasted no time in taking it in her mouth and he closed his eyes, letting out a pleasurable groan as she buried his entire length in her throat. The Sexual Calibration perk removing her gag reflex so that both of them could enjoy the sex without any issue.

For the next few minutes, he ate her out and she deep throated his cock until Ringo finally shuddered in mouth and squirted a bit on his face.

He chuckled and wiped his face before he threw her back on the ground and got on top of her.

"Hey, that's not fair. I didn't get to make you cum yet." Ringo complained as he aimed his thick member over her slit on slowly slid his way inside.

"You can make up for that now." He told her as he took hold of her hips and started pounding her.

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Minato Namikaze POV

He watched as the Jounin poured his chakra inside the stone tablet and a thick, sturdy wall rose out of the ground. Strong enough to serve as a defence for any small to medium sized castle.

"That one I mostly created to serve as walls around towns or small villages so that they'll be safe from bandits and wild animals." Ren explained.

Then the Jounin went over to the next Stone tablet and poured his chakra on it. A large pillar with strong foundation rose from the ground and stopped growing once the Jounin stopped pouring chakra in the tablet.

"That one, will serve as a foundation for bridges. Or highways that we might create in the future." Ren said. "Though I'm still working on creating the road that'll sit atop those pillars."

"What's a highway?" He asked and Ren cast a genjutsu on him that showed a sprawling Konoha that was packed with houses and so much traffic that they had to create 'highways' so that everything won't grind down to a halt.

He took in the other aspects of that image for a moment, the large road networks, the giant lightning poles, the orderly houses, parks and other green areas built in similar intervals, etc. It was… a nice future for Konoha.

The genjutsu broke and he looked at Ren once again. "Anything else you want to show me?" He asked.

"Well, I'm currently working on Fuinjutsu seals that'll create the basic structure of a house, or military outposts. But creating such a complex structure is turning out to be a bit harder than creating simple houses or pillars." Ren said. "But I did complete one other project of mine. Though, it'll need a bit of privacy."

He nodded and Ren retrieved the Stone Tablets he'd brought for their assessment before they retreated back to his office.

Once they were there, he used his Fuinjutsu seal to create a privacy barrier and turned to look at Ren with anticipation. "What else do you want to show me?"

"It's nothing special. But you remembered how I showed you the Fuinjutsu seal that can generate Steel bars?"

"As if I would ever forget something like that." He said with some exasperation, remembering how he almost got a heart attack at the sight of that marvellous creation. "But what are you— oh. Did you figure out how to create the other metals?"

"Yeah." Ren said, and took out a few scrolls for him named Tin, Lead, Copper, Aluminium, and Zinc. "These were some of the most common and useful Metals out in the world so I decided to provide Konoha with them. I can also produce Gold and Silver but I decided against doing that for obvious reasons."

"Yeah…" He said, feeling at a loss for words. He had no idea what Aluminium even was. Or what uses the other metals had in a day to day life. Just that they were very important.

And that they would be the key to Konoha becoming the largest exporter of metals in the Elemental Nations.

"I also figured out how to create a few types of glass by using Crystals. But I'll be giving that to the Uchiha clan. I hope you don't have a problem with that." Ren said.

"No, I don't." He said. And he truly didn't. But even if he did have a problem with that, after everything that Ren has given Konoha so far, keeping his mouth shut was the least he could do.

"Can you create giant pillars of stone and inscribe these seals on them?" He asked after a moment of thought. "Otherwise, there will be a greater chance of these Fuinjutsu scrolls being stolen."

Ren hummed for a moment. "I can do that. I would also create Fuinjutsu seals that would make the pillar a hundred times heavier, so that even giant summons won't be able to pick them up. And space restricting seals so that they can't be reverse summoned."

"Konoha thanks you for your great contribution." He said humbly. And this was a great contribution indeed.

Thanks to running so many new and successful businesses, Konoha was slowly turning into a business juggernaut that was generating more wealth than they ever did as a Shinobi village that was focused on taking Shinobi-related missions.

But their new enemy was made of an alliance of Daimyos. And even the weakest Daimyo was generally known to be wealthier than the strongest Hidden Village. So any wealth they've earned thus far is paltry in comparison to their enemies.

But with this, they can finally take a major step into the stage of the Elemental Nations. With this, they can deal a huge blow to the various Daimyos who used to rely on their mines and metal industries to line up their pockets.

Not only that but by using the new metals and economic leg up, they can turn some of the smaller, impoverished nations to their side. Changing them from enemies to allies.

Sure, they were be allies-of-benefits at best. But Konoha could use all the allies they can get at this moment.

Ren shrugged at his words, as if it was nothing special. "It's the least I could do for my home. Now, can you tell me about the situation in the rest of the continent."

"Of course. What do you want to know?" He asked.

"Have the Daimyo alliance taken any actions against us thus far?" Ren asked.

"Aside from putting sanctions against us and our close allies, no." He said, and even he had been surprised by this as he had expected them to start attacking Konoha from the dark by now. "Our spies reported that the Daimyos are too wary of our strength and don't want to escalate the situation right now."

"And do you believe this report?" Ren asked. "I mean, not to doubt your judgement or anything, but they could just be working on some super secret plan to cripple us at once. They Daimyos might not be as strong as us but they have access to far more resources."

"That is something that I'm worried about as well." He admitted. "But just like them, I'm also wary of escalating the situation."

"Because Konoha just came out from a war?" Ren asked.

"That. And also because Konoha is currently experiencing a meteoric rise. Both in our power, thanks to the distribution of Hashirama cells to more Shinobi clans but also due to all the new wealth that's now pouring into our village." He said. "Oh, the Daimyos would also benefit from this moment of ceasefire, I have no doubt about that. But they won't grow as much as Konoha will during this time period."

"You sound pretty certain about that." Ren pointed out.

"I am." He admitted. And a great part of that confidence came in no small part due to Ren.

He was sure that if he kept waiting, then Ren would eventually come up with new ways to turn Jounin into Elite Jounin, and Elite Jounin into Kage level shinobi. Just as he had done for the Uchiha clan members.

And that's not even mentioning the 4 other Jinchuriki that Ren was currently training. Of which, Rin Nohara, Kushina, and Yugito were all getting close to reaching the same state of being a Perfect Jinchuriki that Ren had already achieved.

Ren was confident that Kushina would reach the vaunted Super Kage power level once she achieves the perfect Jinchuriki state. And was confident that Rin Nohara and Yugito would also achieve a great increase in their power level once that happens.

Yes, the other Daimyos were also working to increase their own power, in great by absorbing the remnants of the Kumo and Iwa village but by the time they succeeded in doing that, Konoha would have become so much more powerful a battle between them would nothing but a foregone conclusion.

"Well, if you're so confident about this then that's good. But you should also work on increasing our spy network during this time." Ren said. "I don't want those Daimyos to do something that'll catch us off guard. They might be weak, but they're not 'that' weak."

He nodded. "You don't need to worry about that. Shikaku and Hiruzen-san are working together to repurpose the Root and create a new organisation that would only be responsible for gathering information on our enemies."

"That's good to know." Ren said as he got up from his chair. "Before I leave, can you show me how you use your Sage mode?"

"You want to learn how to sense and absorb the Nature Chakra around us?" He asked.

"I've already started learning how to harness the Nature Chakra." Ren admitted, surprising him once again as the only Sage in Konoha were him and Jiraiya-sensei. And since Sensei wasn't here, and he hadn't taught anything to the boy, it meant that Ren learned how to harness Nature Chakra on his own. That was… understandable. As this was Ren.

"Then what do you want my help with?" He asked.

"I'm still in the initial stages of absorbing the Nature chakra in my body." Ren said. "Seeing and studying someone absorb the Nature Chakra and become a Sage would help increase my understanding of Nature Chakra and how it melds with our bodies."

He nodded. "In that case, sit down and watch."

With that, he sat down on the wooden floor of his office and concentrated on absorbing the vast quantities of Nature Chakra within him.

When he initially became a Sage, it took him over five whole minutes to absorb Nature Chakra, and that chakra only lasted for a minute or so.

Jiraiya-Sensei had called him the Perfect Sage for his efforts, as he didn't need the help of Pa and Ma to enter and hold his Sage Mode, but he personally never felt that way.

Because of that dissatisfaction, and because of the constant wars he has had to fight in his tenure as a Hokage, he has been working extensively to improve his control over Nature Chakra.

And by this day, his control has reached the point where he could enter the Sage Mode within half a minute and use that power for a few minutes before he returned back to normal.

So, within half a minute, the orange crescent shape appeared around his eyes as he reached his Sage mode, and Ren immediately started using some sort of medical Jutsu to study his body.

After a few minutes, his small reserve of Nature Chakra ran out and he came out of his Sage Mode.

He then turned to look at Ren. "Was that enough or do you want me to go back to my Sage mode once again?"

"That's enough." Ren said, a giddy smile on his face. "The data I gained should be enough to level up my Chakra Nature skill a few times when I dispel and send my memories to boss."

"You… are a Shadow Clone." He asked, already feeling a slight headache forming.

Only Ren would send a Shadow Clone to give him the secret of generating infinite metals. Something that would change the economic situation of the entire Elemental Nations.

Only Ren.

"Where is your boss right now?" He asked.

"Well, one of him is with Ringo, of course. And another one is currently on a date with Mei."

He made a noise of understanding as he realised that Ren must have used the 'Fission Technique' of the Second Mizukage.

He wondered if he should use that technique as well.

Ever since he was 'healed' by Ren, he has been trying to spend more time with Kushina. Make up for the missing time, and all that. But his duties as a Hokage, and a father kept him away from her.

"Are there any side effects to using this technique for so long?" He asked.

The Shadow Clone shook his head. "None, that we've found thus far. But boss is boss. You shouldn't base yourself on his abilities. Just because long term use of this technique doesn't harm him doesn't mean that it won't harm others either."

"I see…" He said with a sigh, feeling dejected.

"Don't worry Minato-san." The clone said, putting a hand on his shoulder for support. "We promised you a Fuinjutsu seal that would let you use Shadow Clones without suffering brain damage, didn't we."

His eyes widened at that. "You succeeded in creating that seal?" He asked, hope shining from his eyes.

"No. But we're close. Don't worry, I'm sure that we'll succeed in creating that seal within a few weeks if not a few days."

"You'll have my eternal gratitude if you succeeded in doing that." He said, almost crying at the thought of him getting a victory of his eternal enemy, the dreaded paperwork.

"Don't mention it. Now, was there anything else you wanted to tell boss?" The Shadow Clone asked.

He shook his head.

"Then I'll take my leave. Farewell." With that, the Shadow Clone vanished with a Hiraishin and he went to sit back on his chair, feeling hope at the end of all the paperwork resting on his desk.