89 Chapter – 89: Third Shinobi War begins

"Rei-teme... did you start the party without me????" I hear a loud shout

I don't even have to look to know who has come. However, to my surprise, the trio from Team Minato have all come...

"Obito, Rin, Kakashi... it's so good to see you... come on in..." I smile and call out to them.

"Rei-kun, Happy birthday..." smiles Rin and hands me the gift she has gotten for me.

"Happy birthday!" Kakashi nods and hands me a package as well.

Thanking him, all three of us turn towards Obito who just stands there scratching his head sheepishly. Knowing his awkwardness, I immediately divert the topic and lead them towards others and we start ordering food.

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Back inside the Origin space.

[Rei POV]

With my growth in power, the Origin space has expanded to a ridiculous extent. Initially, the space was close to a few football fields in size, but now it can definitely compare a large city! I mean, with my current power, I do have the potential to do a lot of destruction now... so, the space I need for practicing jutsus and stuff has also increased a lot... hence, no amount of space is being wasted...

A few days have passed since I replaced Yahiko and joined the company of Konan and Nagato in Ame. For now, I have not called back the clone in Ame, which I initially sent there to spy on Yahiko, so that it can protect Yahiko's clone for a few more days just in case something unexpected happens.

Well, that's not the most important reason. The main reason is, Nagato has no guard up against Yahiko. Therefore, within another few days, my clone should be able to get a few samples from Madara's eyes! Hence, unlike other Kekkei Genkai where I use shadow clones to transport the samples, I have my actual clone waiting there to get it back safely.

There is one more good news that happened in the last few days, the Third Raikage A started teaching Darui the Black Lightning Jutsu which my clone was able to copy with the Eyes of Truth! But the only regret is the clone has not been able to copy the Lightning Release Chakra Mode yet. But I am not worried about it much as I know that the perfect opportunity to do so will come soon...

Speaking about it, lately, the minor hidden villages like Kusagakure have started a lot of skirmishes with the forces of the five great hidden villages believing that it is their chance to raise to the top and snatch throne of leadership from the five great hidden villages.

If we think about it carefully, their thought process also has some merit to it. Because of the Second Ninja War that occurred a few years ago, all of the five villages have suffered huge losses, bringing their manpower and resources to an all time low. So, if there was ever a good time to strike, they thought it should be now...

However, they got one thing wrong... even the all time low level of the five great villages is not something all of these small villages put together can compare with! But that's for the future. For now, they are still in their own fantasy worlds thinking of taking over the five great villages...

'So, it begins...' I think pensively.

As soon as I got the news of the small villages starting to fight, I know the Third Ninja War is coming soon and with it, the many opportunities that I have been waiting-for for a long time now...

'A.I chip, show me the progress on the Blood Pact Ritual!'

[Beep! Task: Blood Pact Ritual, Progress: 23.45%, Estimated Time: 14 months 27 days...]

[Information Sources: 1. Master Uzumaki Fuinjutsu, 2. Yamanaka Hidden Jutsus 3...]

I am thinking of doing something so drastic that I cannot risk the opposite party leaking it to others... so, I want to develop a ritual that can make it so that, if the target even tries to leak the news in any shape or form, he will loose any memory of the said event... and not just from the memories of his body, but soul too!

'Mmm, I need the clone to have Mangekyo to make it look convincing... and from my calculations, the Main Clone will need another 2-3 years to do it... should I just use another clone just this once as soon as the ritual is ready?'

'I will think about it when the time comes I guess... and 14 months... I believe I will have my own EMS by then...'

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Looking at the nutrition tank, I smile, "Hashirama clone... it looks like it won't take long to finish... soon... soon I can try out wood release..."

Although Tsunade couldn't use Wood Release, she definitely has studied the Wood Release scrolls that Hashirama left in the Senju compound. I don't know if she herself has forgotten about them, but her soul memories of them were crystal clear...

Hence, I have a wide range of Wood Release jutsus stored in my A.I chip which are simply waiting to be utilized... and now I finally have a for it...

Also... I turn towards the hundreds of shadow clones on the other side of the lab...

In the last few months, the prices for rations, weapons, seals, etc. have been climbing up and according to my predictions, they should reach an all time high within a few more months. A few months ago, I had already stopped hoarding stuff and instead thought of making my clones create Seals! With this, I will have one more commodity to sell when the time is right...