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  Having acquired the ails' chakra—his final goal in Konoha—Shin believed there was no reason to lihere any longer.

  "So we've done everything we came to do," Shin remarked. "Ready to leave Konoha?"

  Back at the abandoned Senju pound, he posed the question to Tsunade, Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan. But Kushiated.

  "Let's stay one more day," she suggested. "I still want to sample the rest of Konoha's street foods. After this, who knows how long it'll be before we e back?"

  Noting her eager expression, Shin simply smiled and agreed. They thus spent aire extra day roaming the vilge, dev local delicacies.

  ....

  Eventually, Tsunade pulled Shin aside with a serious expression:

  "I've decided to sell the Senju pound. What do you think?"

  Shin blinked in surprise.

  "You're selling the entire pound? Why?"

  "I'm not ing bao point leaving it here to be taken someday by who-knows-who. Better to sell it off a something iurn." Tsunade said matter-of-factly.

  Shin nodded in uanding. If Tsunade was truly doh Konoha, the nd might well be seized in her absehis way, she'd maintain some trol.

  "So who do you pn on selling to? An aybe to the vilge itself?" he asked.

  "Whoever offers the highest bid," Tsunade replied.

  Shin grinned faintly.

  "Sure. Just put the word out, then wait for people to e knog. I'm sure you'll have plenty of takers. But first, you might want to up any important family heirlooms."

  She agreed and spent the few days s through keepsakes. By the time they finished, multiple suitors had emerged with generous offers.

  In the end, Tsunade sold the Senju nd to the Hyūga , sihey bid high and had no feud with the Senju.

  Though the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Uchiha families offered even rger sums, Tsunade refused to sell it to them—Sarutobi and Shimura were plicit in the Senju's dee, while the Senju had a long, bitter history with the Uchiha.

  The deal went smoothly.

  "grats, Tsunade—you're now loaded. Take care of me," Shin teased with a chuckle.

  "Sure, I'll be yar mommy." Tsunade said, pying along.

  "Tsk," Kushina muttered, rolling her eyes. "Shi need you for that. He's hardly broke."

  She wasn't wrong; Shin still had plenty of money squirreled away from his travels (not to mention a signifit sum "borrowed" from Kirigakure in the past).

  With the pound sold, the group finally departed Konoha.

  Hiruzen Sarutobi, upon hearing of it, breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Shin's presence always felt like a threat poised above them; now that he was gone, Hiruzen could rex.

  ....

  Once ba the Land of Whirlpools, Kushina wasted no time ering Shin.

  "You promised you'd help me build my All-Kunoichi Shinobi Vilge," she reminded him, eyes shining. ", let's get started!"

  "Sure," Shin replied casually, "but I'm only going to struct the vilge itself. The rest—recruiting Shinobi, pnning missions—that's all on you. I don't have time to ma."

  He still had to focus on researg Six Paths Senjutsu.

  "That's fine," Kushina said with an eager nod. "Just build the pce. I'll hahe rest."

  Shin sighed, then raised his hands in a Wood Release sign.

  "Wood Style: Row-Houses Jutsu!"

  els of chakra surged uhe earth, sprouting hundreds of wooden buildings—sturdy, aesthetically pleasing structures shaped by his advanced Wood Release.

  Though they were only made of wood, they'd hold up as well as stone.

  "Done," Shin said. "They're all yood luck building your 'All-Female Hidden Vilge.'"

  Kushina beamed as she looked over row after row of brand-new houses. Theuro Tsunade, Mikoto, and Konan, hoping to enlist their aid.

  "Tsunade, Mikoto, Konan—why not join my vilge?" she asked, her gaze falling on each of them in turn. "It'll be great!"

  "I don't mind," Konan said softly.

  Seeing that small smile, Kushina's face lit up. Her fledgling vilge had at least oher member now. But as for Tsunade and Mikoto...

  "No, Your vilge is nothing but a shell. I have zero i." Tsunade replied ftly.

  "And I agree," Mikoto added, shrugging. "It's just not appealing, sorry."

  Kushina huffed, crossing her arms.

  "Well, I have Konan. She and I will build it ourselves!"

  Konan managed a polite smile. In truth, she suspected this project might be doomed from the start, but she didn't have the heart to say so.

  Watg Kushina drag Konan off to "pn their future," Tsunade and Mikoto exged an exasperated look, shaking their heads.

  They saw no practical blueprint for building a legitimate vilge in the deserted Land of Whirlpools—especially with only two people. Still, they let Kushina chase her dream.

  ....

  Meanwhile, Shiuro the quiet forest. Settling onto a smooth, ft rock, he closed his eyes and focused oailed Beast chakra he had gathered.

  Inside him were sealed fragments of all ailed Beasts. Now he intee them.

  "If I bihe chakra from all nine, I basically get Ten-Tails chakra," he murmured, eyes shut in tration.

  He started with a step-by-step approach—fusing the Oail's chakra with the Two-Tails, verifying stability before moving on to the Three-Tails, and so on.

  Merging everything at once could be risky, so he took it methodically. Fortunately, the presence of his Six Paths–level power—borne from his Rienseigan—helped keep the process stable.

  To his surprise, it only took a few hours te all s of chakra into a single, cohesive form.

  He'd expected a longer, mrueling process.

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