Chapter 259: Chapter 259: When Are You Going To Have Children?
Chapter 259: When Are You Going To Have Children?
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Threats have always been a very effective negotiating tool.
As long as you find the other person's weakness, you can soon control the situation to go in your desired direction.
This was the case at this moment.
Looking at the meteorite in the sky, the Kage of each village weighed it heavily in their hearts.
If their village were hit by the meteorite... it would be disastrous at the very least to say.
Colt really thinks highly of them to use such an overwhelming force against them.
Even a small part of their village wouldn't remain after that!
The only sensible option... was to compromise.
This also proves the point Colt made earlier: Wars would only persist when the different sides were evenly matched.
Once one side holds crushing strength, the conflict soon ends.
In this current situation, unless they want their country destroyed and their people wiped out, no one will dare to provoke Konoha from this moment on.
"Times have really changed..." Onoki finally accepted the reality, and his entire demeanor seemed to grow older.
The Fourth Raikage clenched his fists, wanting to rush out and fight Colt for several rounds. Despite knowing he would lose overwhelmingly, his blood itched for it.
But the small bit of reason he still had made him hold back.
It didn't matter if he died, but the Cloud Shinobi Village had only one high-level combatant left.
He couldn't let his anger get the better of him.
Gaara and Terumi Mei couldn't do anything either.
All they could do was acknowledge the situation.
Seeing this, Colt understood that they had accepted his "invitation."
The war was over.
"Then It's decided!"
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Three days flew by.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Out of the 80,000 ninjas who participated in the war, less than 60,000 survived.
But even so, this was a much better outcome compared to what happened in the original timeline.
Before the major shinobi villages departed, Colt made a point of healing everyone's injuries. This act left many people confused.
On one hand, Colt used his immense power to threaten everyone and appeared to want to dominate the ninja world.
On the other hand, he became the savior of the ninja alliance.
In this war, the alliance had mostly stayed on the sidelines, while Colt handled everything alone.
Now, no one knew how to feel about him.
For all their confusion, Colt didn't care.
He was simply taking the last chance to milk the system for points.
According to his plan, it would be difficult for any large-scale war to occur in the ninja world in the future.
Might as well earn as much as possible now.
Before everyone left, the meeting location was also decided to be the Land of Demons.
As everyone returned to their homes and villages, Konan, Sasori, and Deidara-the last survivors of the Akatsuki-followed Colt back to Konoha.
Even Yugito Nii, the jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, had become an unusual "guest."
Colt originally planned for her to return to her home village, but she chose to stay in Konoha for a while.
So, he let her.
"You're the Sixth Hokage now, so it's all on you~," Tsunade said, pointing happily to the mountain of paperwork and intelligence reports piling up on the floor.
After serving for three years as the Hokage, she was ready to hand it all over.
As soon as she returned to the village, she was eager to complete the transfer.
Looking at the documents that seemed to reach the ceiling, the weight of responsibility hit Colt hard.
"Tsk, I'll be dead before I can finish this..."
Ten minutes later.
Senju Tobirama, Namikaze Minato, Nara Shikamaru, and Nara Shikaku appeared in the Hokage's office.
"Uncle Shikaku, Shikamaru, you two are responsible for getting the Second Hokage and Fourth Hokage up to speed with current times. These documents will be your tools to do so."
On his first day in office, Colt decided to delegate tasks to the others.
Konoha was full of capable people, and there was no shortage of talent to handle government affairs.
Senju Tobirama and Namikaze Minato were perfect for the job.
With the help of Shikamaru and Shikaku, running the village would be easy.
Senju Tobirama gave Colt a long look.
As far as generations go, Colt could be considered his grandson.
Yet, here was this kid ordering him around...
But what could he do? Colt was the Hokage now.
Namikaze Minato also smiled wryly.
He'd only been back for a few days and hadn't even spent enough time with Kushina.
Now she would definitely call him a workaholic again.
"Kushina, forgive me..."
Aside from Tsunade, who had just retired, Konoha had two more Hokages they could use.
However, Colt wasn't about to put them to work.
Senju Hashirama, for one, was more of a mascot, having been helped by Tobirama during his own time in office. To put it simply, he was an idiot, and unsuitable for the job.
The other was Sarutobi Hiruzen, whom Colt resurrected only to repay the old man's favor.
In fact, after the questionable decisions Sarutobi made in the past, he'd had a rough time
lately.
He was regularly beaten up by Tobirama and also faced the wrath of Kushina.
With so much guilt weighing on him, he didn't even dare to fight back.
"Work hard, don't let your village down," Colt said, patting Shikamaru on the shoulder before
heading home, looking refreshed.
Being the Hokage was too easy.
He couldn't understand how Naruto made it seem so exhausting in the future.
When Colt arrived at his home, a black rift appeared out of thin air.
Kaguya stepped out of it.
"I've told you, can't you just knock like a normal person?"
Colt, with a calm expression, sighed.
This kind of thing had happened so many times now that he had lost count.
No one else dared to get angry, even though Kaguya always interrupted at the most inconvenient times.
Even when he was cuddling with Hinata, Kaguya would poke her head through the rift to
check in on him.
That time was the last straw, and Colt took her outside and gave her a good 'Talking'.
Since then, Kaguya had toned it down, though she still did it when no one else was around.
"Also, can't you walk like normal people?"
"Why walk, when I can fly?" Kaguya said softly, ignoring his complaints. Her question even seemed genuine as if she couldn't understand the reason she would have to walk.
Over the past few days, she had figured out Colt's temperament.
He would only fuss about these small things, and wouldn't really do anything;
"Whatever makes you happy," Colt said with a wave, walking inside.
In the living room, Mieko sat with Hinata on her left and Ino on her right, the three of them
chatting cheerfully.
Their attention turned to Colt as soon as he entered.
"Mom, where's Dad?" Colt asked, looking around and noticing his father wasn't there.
"Oh, he was invited over for tea by the Hyuga and Yamanaka clan heads."
"Also, you came at the right time," Mieko said with a smile.
"I was just talking to Hinata about something important."
She gestured for Colt to come closer.
"You're not getting any younger. When do you plan on having children?"