Ryun threw the six pieces of Kaguya's body into the mouth of the Divine Tree one by one, but temporarily kept Kaguya Otsutsuki's head.
This head contained information about the Otsutsuki Clan and the Divine Tree, and Ryun needed to know his enemy as well as himself.
Soon, Kaguya Otsutsuki's head was sent into the Kamui dimension by Ryun, and the Human Path puppet, Uchiha Shisui, was awakened by Ryun, and began using his abilities to probe Kaguya Otsutsuki's memories.
As a long-lived species, Kaguya Otsutsuki had lived for several thousand years, and the memory probing work could not be completed in a short while, so Ryun left this task to the Human Path to complete.
He had plenty of time, and could let the Human Path slowly search the soul and read the memories.
Ryun's main body took a step forward, and he had already appeared ten thousand meters in the air. The scene at the top of the Divine Tree was now completely within his view.
He saw that a blood-red fruit, the size of a dining table, had already formed in the center of the purple flower bud. Ryun could feel an extremely powerful chakra within the fruit, and this power was still gathering at an astonishing speed.
This indicated the fruit was still gestating and was not yet ready for harvesting.
The surface of the immature blood-red fruit had three strange black tomoe-like patterns, making the entire fruit look like a giant Three Tomoe Sharingan.
"Only three tomoe right now. When the fruit fully ripens, these patterns will probably become the nine tomoe form." Ryun murmured to himself, his anticipation for the fruit's maturation growing.
After setting up a high-level protective barrier at the top of the Divine Tree, Ryun finally returned to the ground.
"Ryun, what should we do next to return the world to its original state?" Kushina took the initiative to ask, and the members of the Akatsuki all looked at him.
"Wait a little longer. Retrieving the chakra scattered around the world will take some more time. Until then, the Infinite Tsukuyomi technique cannot be lifted." Ryun answered seriously.
Currently, only within the borders of the Land of Rice was not covered by the Divine Tree's roots. Uchiha Madara had previously targeted the Land of Rice, but Ryun had prioritized dealing with that trouble there after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
"Retrieving chakra... will these people die?"
"Don't worry. I'm only taking most of the chakra they currently possess, as well as the seed for producing chakra. The ordinary population of this world will not be harmed at all."
"What about the ninja?" Kushina pressed further.
"Ninja... from now on, aside from Otogakure, there will be no other ninja."
Upon hearing Ryun's words, everyone present was in an uproar.
"Explain clearly. Are you planning to strip others of their qualifications to become ninja?" Orochimaru couldn't help but ask.
"Yes. From now on, ninja will only exist in Otogakure. This is the sole military force in the world as it is now. I have also disposed of the five great daimyos. Next, you need to discuss with the daimyo of the Land of Rice about the subsequent takeover of the five great nations." Ryun directly assigned this important task to Orochimaru.
"What? Disposed of? You killed the five great daimyos?" Orochimaru exclaimed in surprise.
"More than just killed. To be accurate, it was extermination of their clans. This world already belongs to me. Naturally, they no longer have the right to manage and enjoy this world."
Ryun spoke with an air of nonchalance, but his words sounded like thunder in the ears of everyone present. A look of shock couldn't help but appear on everyone's face.
They had originally thought Ryun would at most target the Five Kage. They never expected he would uproot even the five great daimyos.
In fact, Ryun had wanted to deal with the five great daimyos a long time ago. After all, those guys were used to being high and mighty, and dared to openly stand against him. Ryun had recorded all those things from back then in his little notebook, and now was the perfect time to settle all accounts together.
"You all will likely be very busy next. Otogakure needs to use this opportunity to gain absolute military control over the five great nations, and then use the five great nations as a stepping stone to control the entire world." After glancing at the members of the Akatsuki, Ryun stated his strategic intent.
"With Ryun-sama rendering the ninja of all nations powerless, if the whole world is left with only ordinary people, then our Otogakure should be able to easily subjugate the various nations, right?" Konan spoke up at the right time.
"Using force to subjugate the nations is not difficult. The real trouble is the management work after subjugating them." Orochimaru said with a serious expression.
Hearing this, Ryun nodded. His thoughts were in line with Orochimaru's thoughts.
Conquering a realm is easy, but governing it is difficult. The manpower and energy investment required would be enormous.
"Sensei, you can use this time to first go find the daimyo of the Land of Rice and formulate a unification plan. After I lift the Infinite Tsukuyomi, you all can take action directly."
"Members of the Akatsuki, for this period of time, you all will stay here and continue guarding the Divine Tree."
As long as the Divine Tree's fruit did not mature, the Infinite Tsukuyomi enveloping the world would not be lifted, and the Akatsuki and Otogakure would temporarily have no use. Rather than that, it was better to have them stay here and guard the Divine Tree for now.
"Yes!"
The members of the Akatsuki answered in unison.
"Good. Then I'll leave it to you."
Saying this, Ryun reached out and took Asuka's and Kushina's hands, then called Nanaise to his side. Afterward, the whole family was absorbed by a spatial vortex and completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
They returned directly to the Shadow Manor.
He wasn't worried about others making a move on the Divine Tree or its fruit. Because he was now the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he could sense any situation with the Divine Tree the moment it occurred. In one second, he could travel directly from his home to the top of the Divine Tree, so there was no need to deliberately stay behind on the Black Iron Plains.
His mother had been successfully revived. He had far, far too much he wanted to talk about with Asuka.
"Mom, this is where we live. From now on, you will also live here." Ryun, holding Asuka's hand, began to show her around the Shadow Manor.
"Ah? It's so big here! We're not living in Konoha anymore?" Asuka looked around the surroundings with curiosity.
She had already learned from Kushina about Ryun leaving Konoha.
"Mom, do you still want to live in Konoha?" Ryun thought Asuka couldn't let go of their little home in Konoha.
"No, I'm asking when you moved to Otogakure." Asuka wanted to raise her hand and knock on his head, but found she now had to reach up to do so.
"After you left, that home was destroyed in battle. Afterwards, Kushina had someone repair and restore it to its original state. But I felt uncomfortable living there, having nightmares every night, so I chose to leave."
As soon as Ryun said this, Kushina beside him visibly froze for a moment. She hadn't expected Ryun not living in that little home was for such a reason. Ryun had never told her about these things.
Asuka's suicide had caused Ryun immense psychological trauma. Back then, whenever he closed his eyes, he would think of the scene of his mother's death, so much so that for a long time he didn't dare to sleep.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry, son. It's mom's fault, making you endure those unimaginable pains."
Asuka's tears began to fall as soon as she spoke. Realizing he had said the wrong thing, Ryun hurriedly comforted this young mother in a soft voice.
"In front of Lady Kushina and Lady Nanaise, the Shadow-sama is actually hugging and holding another woman. Is he preparing to take a second wife?" On the distant wall, a female Jonin holding the Long Sword: Nuibari had a face full of shock.
Due to the distance, she couldn't hear what the mother and son were saying. She just saw that this unfamiliar woman with purple hair was around the same age as the Shadow, and coupled with their overly intimate actions, it gave rise to a misunderstanding in her.
'So the Shadow-sama is also a big scoundrel. Hmph, men are truly no good!'
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