Seeing Kazama Yu suddenly become dispirited again, the Divine Tree could only continue, "You are the first traverser to know of my existence, even if the other few didn't know I existed."
Hearing the Divine Tree's words, Kazama Yu asked curiously, "Why? How did those people die? Did they not know how to use Chakra? And then you exploded them?"
Hearing Kazama Yu's questions, the Divine Tree was silent for a moment before speaking, "The first successful one was an adult. I even summoned his body over. His body was weaker than the people here. After observing him for a while, I found that he was completely unsuitable. Not long after, he was killed."
"The second successful one was a pig. It didn't meet the requirements, so I directly gave up on it."
"The third successful one was another person. This time was even more of a failure than the first. The person who came over was over fifty years old and didn't meet the requirements at all. Not long after, he died from illness, pain, and starvation."
"The fourth successful one was a rooster. I gave up on it."
"After failing several times, I improved the summoning requirements for the Summoning Jutsu. I added many restrictions: it must be a person, and they cannot possess a body. I planned to find a suitable body for the person I summoned."
"After the Summoning Jutsu became more complex, I failed hundreds of times consecutively before succeeding once. I placed the summoned soul's memory into a child with good talent."
"When he learned some things about this world, he began to train desperately, trying to make himself stronger so he could survive in this world. I was also slowly giving him the power of the Chakra Fruit, but not long after..."
"The country he was in was invaded. Except for the Land of Fire, which didn't take action, the other major countries and powerful forces all attacked."
"To obtain the knowledge of sealing jutsu, they joined forces to destroy the Land of Whirlpools. The target I had chosen was also killed."
Hearing this, Kazama Yu immediately said, "Ah, the Land of Whirlpools! Their destruction was all because of Hashirama Senju! Hashirama Senju sold the Tailed Beasts to those major countries. Those countries had Tailed Beasts in hand but no way to use them."
"But Konoha had its own Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. It would be strange if those people weren't jealous, and strange if they didn't set their sights on the Uzumaki Clan. They bought the Tailed Beasts not to keep them as pets."
"You chose a member of the Uzumaki Clan? And why did he die? Couldn't you protect him?"
Kazama Yu was very confused. The Divine Tree, the Ten-Tails, couldn't protect one Ninja? That was impossible.
Even the incomplete Divine Tree revived by Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara still had the power to destroy the world!
Hearing Kazama Yu say this, the Divine Tree said, "You are right. That was the reason the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed. Konoha, having lost Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, didn't even dare to provide support."
"The Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu was taken by those people. The Uzumaki Clan members became consumables on the experiment tables of the major Ninja Villages. By researching the Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu and their bodies, they quickly developed sealing jutsu capable of sealing the Tailed Beasts of various Villages."
"I didn't choose an Uzumaki member, but a Ninja from the Land of Whirlpools. Any descendant of the Otsutsuki Clan is not within my selection range. After consuming the Chakra Fruit, they would become new Ōtsutsuki. If that happened, my escape would be meaningless."
"I will not protect any of my experimental subjects. In your terms, luck is also part of strength. People with bad luck will not succeed."
...
Hearing the fate of the Uzumaki Clan, Kazama Yu was not surprised. In the Ninja World, Orochimaru isn't the only one who does research. The corpses of Ninjas from various Villages are all valuable for research.
The underground exchange has always been collecting Ninja corpses. People of the Uzumaki Clan have actually always been bought and sold.
This is also why Karin's mother was bitten to death by the Grass Village Ninja. She was willing. For the Uzumaki Clan people, the outside world was more dangerous than the Grass Village.
In the Future, as soon as Karin escaped the Grass Village battlefield, she was discovered, and that person was preparing to capture her to sell her for money. The Uzumaki Clan is very valuable.
She happened to be rescued by Orochimaru, who was passing by. And Orochimaru rescuing her was also because he needed her help with various experiments. At Orochimaru's place, if you didn't have special abilities, you couldn't hope to survive.
After sighing inwardly, Kazama Yu continued to ask, "What happened after that?"
He was really curious about how his fellow traversers, his predecessors, had all died.
After hearing Kazama Yu's question, the Divine Tree replied, "The sixth soul memory was a wicked person who committed all sorts of evil. I didn't even find a body for him. I estimated that if he succeeded, he would definitely become like the Otsutsuki Clan, so I directly gave up on him."
"The seventh soul memory was a woman. I chose the body of a major country's Ninja, a member of a Bloodline Limit family. But even though she had survival memories from two worlds, she didn't live long."
"After the Kage of her Village took office, he began a purge of the Bloodline Limit and secret jutsu families. She was caught up in it and died in battle."
...
Hearing this, Kazama Yu couldn't help but lament the guy's bad luck, then said somewhat gleefully, "The Village of the Bloody Mist, you really know how to choose."
Hearing Kazama Yu's teasing, the Divine Tree showed no emotion and continued, "As soon as the Third Mizukage took office, he began suppressing and purging the Bloodline Limit and secret jutsu families. He probably couldn't stand the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, so he even disliked those with special abilities."
...
Hearing the Divine Tree's words, Kazama Yu pondered for a few seconds before nodding with some understanding.
The Second Kage of the other four major countries were guards who attended the First Five Kage Summit with the First Kage.
Only the Mist Ninja Village was different. The Third Mizukage attended the Five Kage Summit with the First Mizukage. The position of Second Mizukage, which should have belonged to him, was forcefully taken by Gengetsu Hozuki.
If it weren't for the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, and the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, suddenly killing each other, he probably wouldn't have had a chance to become Mizukage his entire life.
It makes sense that after he took office, he began to retaliate against those Bloodline Limit and secret jutsu families. The Mist Ninja Village was called the Village of the Bloody Mist mainly because of him.
Later, Uchiha Obito only made the situation of the Mist Ninja Village Ninjas killing each other more severe. When the Bloody Mist policy became too severe to continue,
the people of the Mist Ninja Village began to think that something was wrong with Kushina Yagura. Then, through the Byakugan, they discovered that their Mizukage was indeed being controlled by a genjutsu.
After finishing his thoughts, Kazama Yu continued to ask, "What about the later ones?"
The Divine Tree said, "The eighth one, I chose Konoha, the most powerful Village in this world. My experimental subject was very cautious and very hardworking. Everything was developing in a good direction. As a result, the Ninja World War began. He went to the Rain Country battlefield and was then poisoned to death."
...
Kazama Yu suddenly wanted to laugh, to laugh heartily. This is the hell Uchiha Madara spoke of!
What's the use of being careful and cautious? Which Ninja isn't careful and cautious? Which Ninja doesn't work hard to train?
Even if they know it's a suicide mission, they have to carry out the orders from the Konoha. If they don't go, everyone will look down on them. Konoha will even treat them as rogue Ninja.
He has a junior classmate, Hayate Gekko, who will be killed in the Future for tracking Yakushi Kabuto. Did he not know tracking Yakushi Kabuto was dangerous? Of course he knew.
Yakushi Kabuto could escape from Hatake Kakashi. How could he not be dangerous? But he had to obey Konoha's orders, so he died in Kikyo Castle in the Land of Fire.
He also has a classmate named Touichi Kumade, who will be sent to the Mist Ninja Village in the Future to gather information. In a place like the Mist Ninja Village, they kill their own people, let alone an outsider like him!
He met Momochi Zabuza and had his throat slit silently by Momochi Zabuza's Silent Killing technique.
After cursing this world a few times in his heart, Kazama Yu said, "You are really unlucky. Dying at the hands of a demigod is not shameful. Tsunade even developed an antidote for the salamander poison, but in that battle, only those three were left standing. Demigod, well deserved. What about the last one? How did he die?"
Hearing Kazama Yu's question, the Divine Tree was silent for about ten seconds before saying, "The ninth one, I continued to choose a Konoha Ninja. The Land of Fire is still the most powerful. I chose a Konoha Genin, but he only lived for two hours before being killed by Shimura Danzo's people."
"Because his behavior suddenly changed drastically, his teammates noticed something was wrong, and his captain was Shimura Danzo's subordinate."
"Those people immediately arrested him and soul-searched him. It was I who secretly took action to shield his memories from the other world."
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