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Chapter 2

(A Week Later)

Walking up the stairs towards the Hokage’s office after being summoned, I reflected back what had happened during the past week.

After being released from the hospital me and Izumi had gone back to the Uchiha District. Thankfully just like the Hokage had said, all bodies and bloodstains had been removed by then.

Nonetheless it felt like a ghost town with everything being so empty and quiet making it somewhat uncomfortable to be honest. Izumi had refused to go back to her home and decided to move in with me at the small home I had inherited from my ‘parents’ of this world after packing up all her things.

Once settled in I explained to Izumi about the Company and what had really happened the night of the incident. To my relief Izumi had taken the news about me being a Contractor rather well but had become livid at the elders for ordering the destruction of our clan. She was especially mad at Danzo who was the main person calling for our destruction.

Thankfully Izumi had calmed down somewhat when I explained the powers of the Rinnegan and how it was only a matter of time until I awakened it. When she had expressed concern about what the cost was for reviving so many people, she had been reassured when I revealed that the jutsu would only use my life force. Something that would not become a problem for me once I either got Everlasting Talent, Inexhaustible, Drain Defense or a combination of all three.

We had then used the week the Hokage had given us off the Academy to train with me teaching Izumi Ninjutsu and Izumi teaching me Taijutsu in return. While I was doing that, I had used 20 wood clones, the most I could make at this point since I only had the first purchase of Stress Defense, to practice Ninjutsu and Fuinjutsu.

With the reward I had received from the Uchiha’s Resurgence mission, I was now considered a super genius with anything that pertained to those two fields. I even had hundreds of scrolls that had been deposited in my Pocket Space about any and all Ninjutsu and Fuinjutsu in this world.

Suffice to say that I had been super busy the past week and that’s not even mentioning that I had completed an additional 2 missions finally getting rid of the debt I had of 100 credits.

I was talking about the Tutorial and the Very Close Family missions. The second one had been rather simple if a bit annoying. It basically entailed having a threesome with a pair of siblings and if they were twins the better.

Thanks to Information Defense and my Kamui, I had been able to sneak a wood clone out of the village and had it head to Tanzaku Gai where after aging myself up to an adult, had gone in search of twins. I had found some and knowing I had no other choice I had used Genjutsu on them to hypnotize them to have sex with me before leaving the next day.

The reason for my annoyance was because I had only received the memories of the event and didn’t get to experience it for myself.

Anyways with the Tutorial mission, one of the objectives was also having a threesome so I had automatically completed all but the capturing a t4 target and selling them. For that my clone had headed to the Fire Temple next and after searching for a few days had managed to find a filler character.

That person was none other than the annoying kid Sora, who had part of Kurama’s chakra sealed inside him when he was a child.

At first, I thought that I would feel bad about selling a kid and everything but even after everything was said and done, I had felt absolutely nothing about it. Not for my actions and not for selling a kid into slavery which made me realize that I was truly no longer human.

I mean I guess I should have seen that coming after picking the Memoria perk for my build downloading all of Rimuru’s memories and emotional connections. And considering that Rimuru was a literal Demon Lord that had taken thousands of lives without a hint of remorse?

Yeah, I really should have seen that coming.

Breaking out of my thoughts as I finally reached the Hokage’s office I took a deep breath and politely knocked on the door and entering a moment later when I heard a quiet enter.

Walking forward I came to a stop in front of his desk and waited patiently for what he had to say. “I’m here Hokage-sama.”

“Hmhmhm I guess there’s no use leaving you in suspense.” Hiruzen chuckled lightly before giving me a small smile. “It appears my hunch was correct. You are indeed a descendant of the Senju Clan and in particular of Hashirama-sama. You share about 22% the same blood as him making him your great-grandfather.”

Blinking for a moment I digested what the Hokage had just said before a smile broke out on my face in relief. “Really?”

Chuckling a bit more Hiruzen nodded his head with the smile never leaving his old wrinkled face. “Yes. It appears your mother was not an Uchiha at all and was in fact the granddaughter of Hashirama-sama.”

“I see.” ‘Well, that was news to me but I guess Paper Trail and TS (Template Stacking) worked like a charm.’ I thought privately before looking at the Hokage in curiosity. “What happens now, Hokage-sama?”

“Well, like I explained to you before. If you wish, you may take up the position as the Senju Heir with Tsunade no longer in the village and will be able to move in to the Senju Compound.” Hiruzen explained calmly while smoking his pipe.

“If I accept, c-can Izumi move in with me?” I asked tentatively not knowing how he would answer.

“Hahaha but of course Akari-kun. Far be it for me to tell you who you want to live with.” Hiruzen said with a laugh before a teasing smile formed on his face. “Already picking your future wife huh?”

I felt my eyes widen at such a question before looking away to the side not deeming such a question with a response. “If that’s the case then yes. Does this mean that I will have to change my last name to Akari Senju?”

Smiling in amusement at avoiding his question Hiruzen nodded his head. “Correct. As you know with the current tragedy that happened last week both of our funding clans, the Senju and Uchiha, are at risk of going extinct.”

“The Uchiha Clan currently still has Sasuke-kun who can continue the clan but the Senju Clan did not until you appeared. I’m afraid you are the only hope the Senju Clan has now of continuing with Tsunade being too old and never taking another lover.” Hiruzen finished with a sigh looking genuinely sad at such a thing.

“I understand.” I said seriously with a nod before looking curiously at the old man. “What about Mokuton? Will that secret also be revealed to the village?”

“No.” Hiruzen responded immediately with his face taking on a serious look.

“At least not yet. You are not yet strong enough to protect yourself from the enemies that will come after your life if that secret is revealed. Hashirama-sama and Tobirama-sama made plenty of enemies all over the world and there are some who would love nothing more than for the Senju Clan to finally go extinct.” Hiruzen explained.

“Very well.” I said not surprised at all, already expecting that answer.

“Good to know that you have a good head on your shoulders.” Hiruzen said with his serious face disappearing only to be replaced by a thoughtful look.

“Now Akari-kun would you mind answering a question for me?”

“Of course, Hokage-sama.” I said with a nod.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Hiruzen asked curiously before raising a hand when I was about to respond. “Please take a moment to think about it properly and then give me an answer.”

Looking at the man in confusion at the sudden change in topic I nonetheless closed my eyes and thought about what I wanted to do in the future. Surprisingly the answer came immediately and that was to leave this cursed world as soon as possible but I couldn’t exactly tell him that.

‘So besides leaving this world, what is the one thing I want the most?’ I thought silently for a moment before Izumi’s face appeared in my mind along with a bunch of others that I couldn’t see properly and with that I had my answer.

Opening my eyes, I looked at the Hokage straight in the eyes and answered. “I want to get strong enough to protect my loved ones. So that the tragedy that happened last week never happens again.”

At my answer Hiruzen stayed silent for a moment studying me closely with a blank look on his face. Then after what seemed like minutes a small smile finally broke out. “That’s a wonderful goal indeed.”

Blinking in confusion at his answer I thought about it for a moment before something clicked and I had to do everything in my power to remain unaffected with Stress Defense probably the only thing keeping me from reacting negatively.

‘This old fuck is not really thinking what I think he is, is he? Because if he thinks for a second that I would ever become the Kage of any village then he’s clearly senile. What sane person would ever want to be saddled with the shittiest job in this entire rotten world?’ I thought fighting the urge to scoff in disgust at such a thing.

“Come along, Akari-kun. Let me show you where you will be living starting from today.” Hiruzen said standing up from his desk and walking towards the door expecting for me to follow.

“Coming Hokage-sama.” I replied immediately falling into step with him.

‘These coming years are going to be painful if I’m going to have this old fuck tracking my every move.’

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(A Day Later)

It was finally time for me and Izumi to return to the Academy after being away for a week and a half. Or to be more specific, this would be my first time attending as I had literally arrived during the Massacre even if everyone else thought otherwise due to Company shenanigans.

To be honest I had no intention of spending more than a year at the Academy. From what I had seen and read in my previous life; it was basically just a waste of time until the final year. Izumi from what I remember reading, graduated when she was 11 which she was turning this year so I didn’t have to worry about leaving her behind. Heck if we got lucky, we could even be put in the same team.

“How is your Sharingan?” I asked Izumi who was walking beside me.

“Better. Thanks to you my chakra reserves have grown to the point where I no longer feel faint when activating it. I think the ‘Stress’ defense also helped with that.” Izumi muttered back quietly turning her head towards me and activating her fully matured Sharingan proving her point.

“Good. You’re at ‘5’ right now already making you as strong as a Chunin at least. All we really need now is experience which we won’t get if we remain at the Academy until the regular graduation age.” I said referring to her current tier.

‘Well, that only really goes for Izumi since she’s human. I on the other hand, am a monster or more specifically a Slime. Age has literally no meaning to me. Heck the original Rimuru became one of the strongest beings in his universe before turning 5 which is fucking insane when you think about it. And I now have all of his memories and experiences up until just before he became a Demon Lord.’ I thought privately with my face never changing expression.

“No holding back. Got it.” Izumi said with a nod understanding what I was trying to tell her.

“Hopefully we can both graduate at the same time and be put on a team together.” I said before coming to a stop and pulling Izumi for a quick hug getting a cute squeak from her.

“Anyways, I’ll see you during lunch.”

Giving Izumi one last smile I headed in the direction of my classroom with Izumi doing the same moments later once she snapped out of her embarrassed state.

I reached it a moment later and without pause I opened the door and headed inside with the noise immediately dying as I did so. Not bothering to pay anyone any mind I quietly headed to my seat which to my slight amusement was at the back next to the window or in other words the Protagonist’s seat.

Reaching my seat, I quietly sat down and closed my eyes. A minute later conversation resumed in the classroom again and I waited patiently until class began. I could hear hushed whispers from all around me talking about me and contemplating whether they should talk to me or not.

They did not.

A few minutes later I heard the door open again and our teacher step in with the noise thankfully quieting down.

“Alright everyone before we start, I have an announcement to make. We have a new transfer student who will be joining us from today onwards. Please be nice, okay?” The teacher, who was a woman I didn’t recognize, announced with a smile.

Immediately afterwards whispers could be heard again around the classroom as everyone began wondering as to the identity of our new classmate.

Hearing that I curiously opened my eyes again with a curious look taking over my features as this seemed a little strange. This was the 3rd year class since the Academy starting age was 6 years old so either it was a late bloomer or possibly someone moving up a year from what I could guess.

When the teacher called for the student to come in, I felt my eyes widen a bit at who I saw.

Walking shily to the front of the classroom was a cute girl with long red hair and violet eyes in a yellow kimono, green sash, fishnet shirt and a black skirt.

‘No fucking way.’ I thought in shock looking at the girl more closely. ‘Is this Naruto perhaps but gender bent into a girl thanks to Universal Calibration? Has to be right??’

“Go ahead and introduce yourself.” The teacher encouraged the girl kindly receiving a shy nod in return.

“My name is Uzumaki Kushina. I… I will become this village’s first female Hokage!” The now named Kushina announced passionately making me freeze in place.

‘Holy shit, it’s actually her.’ I thought in mounting shock missing the way she was mocked by the other students when she said that and especially her hair.

“Alright settle down everyone. Class will now begin. Kushina-chan why don’t you take a seat at the back next to Akari-kun?” The teacher, who I found was named Suzume thanks to my Analyze skill, stepped in and brought order back into the classroom.

A moment later I felt someone take the empty seat next to me and slightly turned to meet the red-haired girl who currently had a frown on her face while slightly glaring at me.

“What!? Are you going to make fun of me too?” Kushina asked quietly with her frown turning deeper.

Blinking at the question I looked at her in confusion not knowing what she was talking about. “Make fun of you?”

I unconsciously leaned back when Kushina’s frown turned into a scowl with an angry blush growing on her face. “Calling me a tomato and making fun of my hair of course!”

I couldn’t help but blink again not quite understanding why I would make fun of her before blinking for a third time when it finally hit me. Kushina was bullied a lot when she was younger for her hair and because she came from outside Konoha. In response to that she took to beating up her bullies only making her situation worse and earning the nickname the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero.

Erasing those thoughts from my head, I turned in my seat to look at her more properly and offered her a friendly smile taking her by surprise seeing as she blinked and lost the scowl from her face.

“I would never make fun of someone just based on their appearance or call them mean names.” I finally said giving her a half truth, as while I would never do that to the people I liked or respected, everyone else was fair game in my mind.

“Besides,” I couldn’t help but curse silently as I felt my face grow hot at my next words. “I think your red hair is beautiful.”

Blinking slowly as what I said finally processed in her mind, Kushina suddenly turned a bright red much like a tomato and stuttered a low. “W-wha??”

Not being able to face her any longer as my literal biggest crush from when I was a kid was sitting right next to me, I turned my head away with a blush also growing on my face. “Y-your hair. I think it’s beautiful.”

“O-oh…Ooh! U-umm t-thank you.” Kushina completely lost her composure with all her earlier anger and hidden sadness disappearing from her face as she lowered her head in embarrassment with her long hair covering her red face.

“You’re welcome.” I said quietly before taking in a deep breath mentally punching myself at how I was currently acting and turned to face her again.

“Ahem. Anyways, nice to meet you Kushina. My name is Senju Akari. I hope we get along.” I finally introduced myself with a smile and offered Kushina a friendly handshake.

Looking up Kushina blinked for a final time looking at my hand curiously for a moment before widening her eyes and hurriedly shaking my hand with both of her own. “Y-yes! N-nice to meet you too ttebane~”

‘Looks like this year won’t be as boring as I first thought.’ I thought with my smile growing in size at the tattoo I spotted on Kushina’s palm when she pulled her hand away.