Obito's arm was split in two. He once again used a scroll to store the forearm segment.
Cough, cough…
A slightly awkward pause.
"Initiate."
[Intelligence Exchange System Activated]
[Rule Replication Function Online]
[Medium Triggered]
[Available Trade Targets: Senju Hashirama (Pure Land), Uchiha Obito]
'Just as I thought.'
Yun smirked. 'Two uses for one sample. Not bad.'
'Wait… maybe…'
He pulled out a kunai again.
Snap!
A soft crack. The forearm was split into two parts.
After a moment of thought, Yun swung the kunai once more.
Knock, knock, knock!
A knock on the door.
"Yun, what are you doing in there?"
His mother's voice rang out from outside, startling Yun. He quickly shoved the white severed limb under the bed.
"I'm coming in now, okay?"
"Wait! Just—just a second!"
Uchiha Hazuki, from outside the room, respectfully waited two minutes before entering. She glanced around and said, "Keep it down, Izumi's already asleep."
She turned to leave but paused and added, "Don't stay up too late, Yun. You're still just six years old."
Click
The door closed. It was already past midnight, getting late.
'Target lock: Hashirama Senju (Pure Land)…? No response?'
Yun stared at the bloody bit of flesh in front of him, a little awkward.
…
So it only works with a quarter of the forearm? That means… four uses?
[SS-Rank Ninja locked: First Hokage, Hashirama Senju (Pure Land)]
[Time flow in exchange space adjusted]
[Activate Shadow Mode?]
Yun hesitated for a moment, then chose No. However, he used his clone Ku's appearance instead.
Within the Exchange Space, atop the massive Hokage Rock, two figures stood. Below them lay a pitch-dark, silent Konoha Village.
"…Is this Konoha?"
Murmuring to himself, Yun turned toward the spiritual form of the First Hokage.
"Looks much bigger than in your time, right? This is Konoha decades later, the one I live in now."
Hashirama turned his head at the sound, tilting it as he thought. "Red hair? Red hair? Oh! You're from the Uzumaki clan, Mito's people!"
Yun looked calmly down at the village beneath the Hokage Rock and replied, "The Uzumaki clan no longer exists. The Land of Whirlpools is gone too, all destroyed while Lady Mito was still alive."
That sentence made Hashirama pause in shock.
Hashirama stiffened. "After my death… There was another war?" His voice wavered. "Mito must have been devastated."
Yun shook his head slightly. "I wouldn't know. I never met Lady Mito. But Lord Hashirama, aren't you curious about your current situation?"
Hashirama poked his head with a finger, his spirit form, but his finger passed through.
"You mean this Exchange Space? I get it. You can't lie here, right? And there's the 'trading' part. But I'm just a dead man, I don't really want to make any deals."
He then looked sincerely at Yun's red hair.
"Even if it doesn't mean much, I still want to apologize. The Uzumaki and Senju clans were the strongest allies. Since the founding of the Village Hidden in the Leaves and the Land of Whirlpools, we have had the closest bond."
"The spiral on every Konoha flak jacket symbolized that friendship. I don't know why the younger generation didn't help you, but as the First Hokage, I must apologize!"
"I'm sorry!"
Yun shifted uncomfortably as he watched the First Hokage bow a full ninety degrees.
Originally, he had used the Uzumaki identity as a ploy to lie and manipulate. Yet this man… just like in the anime, was ridiculously earnest.
"Madara… isn't truly dead."
At that, Hashirama abruptly looked up at Yun.
Just then, a gust of wind swept across the sky. The blowing leaves formed the character: Truth.
Hashirama shook his head slightly. "I killed Madara with my own hands, pierced his heart. Tobirama buried the body."
Yun shook his head. "Izanagi. A forbidden Uchiha kinjutsu that rewrites reality. With delayed activation, it's a perfect resurrection."
Hashirama looked up at the sky again. The reappearing "Truth" character made his spirit form tremble slightly.
Among all the things important to him as the God of Shinobi, only two were untouchable:
Peace
Konoha
Or more accurately: peace in Konoha.
For that peace, even a lifelong friend, someone he once competed with over who could pee farther, he had personally run through the heart.
Yun continued, "Madara's return isn't just about resurrection. Think back to what he told you in front of that Uchiha clan tablet: ' When the two powers become one… they can obtain the power of all creation.'"
Silence fell on the Hokage Rock. Hashirama stared down at the quiet Konoha below for a long time.
"Hah…"
He sighed, then rubbed his face, his hand passing straight through.
He looked down at his translucent fingers and said helplessly, "I'm just a dead man. What use is trading for information?"
Yun raised his hand slightly, and the Konoha below began to change.
"ROAR!!!"
A chakra filled with hatred and rage flooded the village. The Nine-Tails rampaged through everything.
Two massive Sharingan eyes appeared on its face.
Screams and cries for help echoed throughout the village. Countless ninja rushed at the beast, only to be slain.
"This is how the real history went."
Yun waved his hand, and the scene vanished.
Then he looked at Hashirama.
"The Second Hokage, Tobirama, created a jutsu, Edo Tensei, that can summon souls from the Pure Land back into the world."
"Maybe Tobirama didn't tell you about it. But as the God of Shinobi, undoing that jutsu… shouldn't be difficult."
"So, let's make a deal. For Konoha."
Still gazing down at the ruined Konoha below, Hashirama sighed again.
He sat down on the ground. After a long silence, he asked:
"Then… what's your identity? What is your goal, Uzumaki intelligence broker?"
Yun smiled, his gaze fixed on the dark horizon.
"I just want to live."
"If I have the power, I'll live well. If I'm tired, I'll rest. If I'm hungry, I'll grab some barbecue or ramen. Dango's fine too, though I'm not really into sweets."
"And if, just if I had the power to make this world quiet again, without war or killing… where people could sleep until they naturally woke up, eat, drink, and play freely. What do you think of that kind of goal?"
Yun stroked his chin.
"As for my identity… Uzumaki Ku. That's my name."