Chapter 560: Chapter 560: Danzo’s Worries and Renya’s Explanation

Original timeline, the Senju Hashirama residence.

"Ha ha ha, pay up, I won again!"

In front of Senju Hashirama, a thick stack of banknotes had already piled up, and the smile on his face just wouldn’t stop.

He really was the reincarnation of a gambling god—yesterday was just bad luck.

Didn’t you see that today, gambling with Tsunade, he hadn’t lost even once?

The capital to make a comeback tonight was ready—he’d just wait until evening and take Tsunade to the casino to slaughter the tables!

Tsunade unwillingly took out the last stack of banknotes from her bosom, and suddenly noticed that the smile on Grandpa’s face froze again.

"Little Tsuna, when I was young I really saw Renya. He even seemed to beat us up..."

"Grandpa, you’re talking nonsense again."

Tsunade was already upset about losing all her money, and Grandpa still had to joke like this—one that wasn’t funny at all.

"I’m not talking nonsense. Renya beat me, Tobirama, Madara, and Izuna all up!"

Senju Hashirama recalled the memories in his mind and said with a serious expression.

"Could it be that Renya now has become so strong that he can easily defeat our younger selves?"

Tsunade clearly didn’t believe it and said irritably, "Grandpa, I’m out of money. Lend me some—we’ll keep going!"

The moment gambling was mentioned, Senju Hashirama immediately came back to his senses, grabbed some money from the table with a grin, and handed it to Tsunade.

"Come on, come on, my luck is really good right now!"

He needed to stabilize his momentum with Tsunade first, and then take the money he won from her to the casino tonight to make a big comeback!

Tsunade, on the other hand, had a dark look on her face. She hadn’t expected her luck to be so bad that she’d lose to Grandpa.

No, she could definitely turn it around!

...

On the other side, inside the laboratory.

"Tobirama-sama, are you really okay?"

Orochimaru watched Senju Tobirama alternately clutch his waist and then his face, gritting his teeth, and had no idea what was going on.

Everything had been fine—why was Tobirama-sama acting like this?

Senju Tobirama recalled the memories that kept surfacing in his mind, and he nearly couldn’t catch his breath and fainted on the spot.

That bastard kid Renya actually humiliated his younger self like that!

In all his life, he had never suffered such humiliation—yet he had endured immense humiliation at the hands of his own adopted son.

Although he didn’t know why such memories appeared in his mind, he dared guarantee that this had everything to do with Renya and Danzo, who had gone traveling out of the village!

The two of them must have used some method to go back dozens of years, and then Renya, relying on his great power, bullied them before they had even grown up!

What was most infuriating was that Renya was actually on the same side as the innately evil Uchiha Izuna!

Izuna kept calling him "Renya-kun"—it looked like the two had quite a good relationship.

That innately evil Uchiha Izuna—he’d been dead for so many years and still wouldn’t leave Renya alone.

Both Uchiha brothers were obsessed with Renya like ghosts—Uchiha Madara was like this, and Uchiha Izuna was like this too!

"Good kid, I’ll remember this grudge. I hope when you come back you can give me an explanation."

Senju Tobirama’s eyes flickered; the memories in his mind felt as if he had experienced them personally.

A hard kick to the waist, a slap across the face.

Even after so many years, that sense of humiliation felt as if it had just happened.

Even now, he still felt a dull ache where he’d been hit...

Especially the way Renya treated his younger self the harshest—it was definitely deliberate!

Right, and that kid Danzo too!

He was clearly following Renya the whole time—didn’t he know that what Renya was doing was utterly rebellious?

Why did he just watch and never step forward to stop it?!

When the two of them come back from their trip, he would definitely give them a profound lesson.

And also, how did they manage to appear in the Warring States era and even affect his memories in real time?

Young Senju Tobirama’s memories of Renya only stopped at the moment Renya and Danzo left the battlefield.

After that, there were no memories in this regard.

No, when the two of them return, he’d first give them a good beating, and then ask them how they traveled to the Warring States era!

Such a heaven-defying method—he would definitely study it seriously.

With time travel, there were so many things that could be done, and the benefits were countless. Yet Renya and Danzo only used it for traveling—what a terrible waste.

"Tobirama-sama, are you really okay?"

Seeing Senju Tobirama muttering to himself nonstop, Orochimaru felt that anyone who didn’t know better would think there was something wrong with his mind.

"I’m fine. Let’s continue the experiment."

Orochimaru: "..."

If you’re fine, then why are you holding your waist and cheeks the whole time?

Of course, he only dared to complain in his heart and didn’t dare say it out loud.

Tobirama-sama’s abnormal behavior should be inseparable from his respected teacher Renya.

And judging by how angry he looked, maybe some trouble had been stirred up.

He hoped that when the time came, Tobirama-sama would go easy on his respected teacher Renya.

If not, then so be it.

Compared to the miserable fate Renya would face after coming back, he wanted more to finish the experiment in front of him.

...

The Warring States era. Renya and Shimura Danzo left the battlefield and began wandering aimlessly through the ninja world.

"Renya, is this really a parallel timeline?"

Along the way, Danzo was weighed down by worries, deeply afraid that what he was concerned about might be true.

In the end, he could only ask Renya, hoping to get a bit of comfort from his good friend.

"Of course it’s a parallel timeline. The timeline we’re in already happened long ago. Even if we change history here, it won’t have any impact."

For example, in their timeline, Uchiha Izuna had already died. Even if he changed the outcome of Izuna’s death here, the other side still couldn’t come back to life.

Because it couldn’t be changed directly, it was therefore a parallel timeline.

At least, that was how Renya saw it, so he told his good friend his guess.

Hearing this, Danzo was stunned.

Who would’ve thought that a guy whose cultural studies score was only five points could speak so logically?

Now he had no choice but to believe it.

Although Danzo felt there were problems with what Renya said, since his good friend had personally explained it, what else could he say? Just believe it!

No wonder Renya had been fearless all along, even beating up Tobirama-sensei—it turned out he knew it wouldn’t affect the timeline they were in!

But had he thought about what would happen to the versions of them in this timeline?

Given Renya’s intelligence, he probably wouldn’t consider this kind of problem...

Forget it, better not say it and make him worry.

"Where are we going now?"

"I don’t know. I’ll just wander around with you. We’ll head back after some time."

"Okay." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

The two of them began to wander aimlessly through the ninja world, completely unaware that something was following them from the shadows.

"Damn it, where did this Uchiha with the Mangekyō Sharingan come from?!"

Black Zetsu was utterly baffled, afraid that Renya’s appearance would affect its plan to revive its mother.

So from the moment they left the battlefield, it had been tailing them all the way here.