Ninja World Live Stream: My Pet Rabbit is Kaguya?!

Then activate the Rinnegan and cast an incomplete Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Whether or not it works doesn't matter—what matters is that it can pull the moon closer.

Then use the Rinnegan's repulsive force to launch Black Zetsu into the sky.

In other words, Madara doesn't need to immediately become the Ten Tails' Jinchuriki.

After all, his current body is an Edo Tensei one—how could he possibly become a Jinchuriki like that?

And besides, he's not in his prime condition.

"Oh…"

"I see…"

So that means there's still some room to maneuver.

Obito let out a sigh of relief.

Turns out, this wasn't a dead end after all.

"If it's the Rinnegan, we can just take it back from Nagato."

"Then summon the Ten Tails."

"But the Ten Tails is just an empty shell, so we'll need to feed it some chakra."

"Though this time, I wouldn't recommend feeding it Tailed Beasts," Black Zetsu made a small adjustment to Madara's plan.

"Why?"

Why?

Obviously because they still couldn't confirm whether Kaguya-sama's true body was on the moon or not—and if that little white rabbit with Kitahara Kaede was really the true body, then once the Tailed Beasts were fed to the Ten Tails, how would they feed her next?

So basically—

Black Zetsu was saving food for his mother.

"Then who do we use?" asked Uchiha Madara.

"..." Obito. "Don't look at me."

"No, wait—what about the Akatsuki members?" Obito added. "But the problem is, if you take Nagato's Rinnegan, he won't be able to command Akatsuki anymore."

"Then let's go after the Raikage from the Cloud Village," Obito said.

"Didn't he call himself the Tailed Beast without a tail?"

"And Killer Bee. He's the Eight Tails' Jinchuriki, but even without relying on the Eight Tails, his chakra is off the charts."

This was essentially Obito settling personal scores.

Because if those idiots had actually taken proper care of their weapons—if Madara hadn't so easily destroyed them—none of this mess would've happened.

He could've just launched Black Zetsu to the moon already.

And then found an opportunity to send Madara up too.

Perfect—let the two of them reunite in space.

But… the situation had now become ridiculously complicated.

So who else would they attack if not the Cloud Village?

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Meanwhile, while Black Zetsu and the others were launching their new plan, Kitahara Kaede's journey to Sunagakure had come to an end.

He was now on the return route back to the village.

This trip had taken several days—nothing unusual for a shinobi. A single mission could often take up to a week, so their speed was considered fairly fast.

However—

Having lived through two full moons in a row, he was starting to really miss his little ninja bunny, his Snowy White Rabbit.

Chapter 69: You Brought Out All the Hokage to Be Your Horses—You're Truly Number One! (Please Subscribe)

"Welcome back to Konoha——"

Kotetsu and Izumo were still guarding the village gate.

As Kitahara Kaede and the others returned, the two of them immediately greeted them.

It was a little strange though—Kakashi had shown up early in the morning, almost like he knew they would be returning today, and was already waiting near the gate.

"Kakashi-sensei…"

Sasuke and Naruto immediately spotted their masked teacher.

"Yo!"

"Feels good to complete your first solo mission, doesn't it?"

"Mm…"

"But Kakashi-sensei, how did you know we completed our mission?" Sasuke asked.

"..." Kakashi.

"Uhh, well…"

What should he say?

The truth was, during the time Kitahara Kaede and the others were away from Konoha, he had still kept up with the livestream updates in the junior chat group every day.

So he had essentially watched the whole mission unfold like a reality show.

But... that wasn't something he could admit out loud.

"In any case, congrats on completing your first independent mission."

"I was waiting for you here because the Second Hokage predicted you'd be back today."

"He wants to reward you."

"You can choose to go rest for a while and report in later, or you can follow me to the Hokage office right now."

"The Second is practically living in the Hokage office these days, so it doesn't matter when—you'll always find him there," Kakashi explained.

"Then what about Grandpa Third…" Naruto noticed something was off.

The Hokage office was for the Hokage, right?

And who was Konoha's Hokage now?

"Eh…"

Kakashi sighed a little.

The way the Third treated Naruto… even though Danzo took some of the blame, it was Hiruzen who had leaked the fact that Naruto was a Jinchuriki.

In other words, it was the Third Hokage who made Naruto the object of the villagers' resentment.

Yet Naruto still thought the Third was a good person.

He was completely fooled.

"The Third's getting old—we can't keep making him work so hard."

"And right now, the one temporarily handling administrative duties is the Second Hokage, who was resurrected by Edo Tensei," Kakashi said. "But since he's got so much to do, he hasn't returned to the Senju Clan compound."

"..." Naruto.

"So being Hokage…"

Sasuke was a bit shocked. "Is it really that hard?"

Hard?

Of course it was.

Because this Hokage had to carry the full burden of Konoha on his shoulders.

Not like the Third—who split one Hokage's job among four people and still managed to mess it up.

"So…"

Kakashi turned toward Kitahara Kaede, who hadn't said anything this whole time.

Naruto and Sasuke's rewards were already prepared—both were about to be promoted to jonin…

But Kitahara Kaede was a different story.

The Second Hokage had ranted in the chat group that he wanted to find a good excuse to tie down Kitahara Kaede.

So this time's reward was going to be something… big.

The title of Hokage Candidate.

Well…

Having seen the Second handle paperwork, and having witnessed just how much administrative work was involved, Kakashi figured Kitahara Kaede would surely reject it.

Being a good Hokage meant handling way too much stuff.

Sometimes, you'd zone out for a bit and then find two huge stacks of files magically appeared on your desk.

So yeah, anyone normal would definitely turn the offer down.

But this time, the Second had already laid his trap, and Kitahara Kaede and the others had executed the mission perfectly… so…

Kakashi prepared to give Kitahara Kaede a look of sympathy.

But then—

"Eh!?"

Kakashi blinked.

"Where's Kitahara Kaede?"

Only now did Kakashi realize—Kitahara Kaede had already disappeared from the gate.

He was literally just there a moment ago.

"He left while you were deep in thought," said Sasuke. "Said he was going to take a hot bath."

"The environment in the Sand Village was way too harsh."

Sasuke and Naruto also decided to go their separate ways.

"But the mission report to the Second Hokage——" Kakashi hurriedly reminded them.

"That? We'll do it later. Kitahara-kun will contact us," Naruto said.

"...Fine." Kakashi was speechless.

Still, was it really necessary to vanish right in front of him as soon as they got back to the village?

Kakashi was starting to wonder if he was just… really unpopular.

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Actually, not at all.

The moment Kitahara Kaede returned to the village and saw Kakashi at the gate, he realized that Kakashi would probably handle Naruto and Sasuke.

So there was no need for him to keep following them around.

As for the mission?

That was simple.

Ninja school and the library both had materials on standard mission completion procedures.

So even though this was their first solo mission, they already knew to report to the Hokage—with proper written documentation.

He'd do it after preparing his report.