[Fan] Chapter 13-15

### Chapter 13: Tobirama’s Wrath! One Punch to Prevent a Hundred!

[Naruto World.]

Hatake Residence.

In the dead of night, a single eye suddenly opened.

After making sure again and again that no one was watching him, Kakashi tapped on the “Reward” that only he could see.

【Choose any character from this world to converse with. Duration: 30 minutes. (Note: Characters from past, present, and future are all valid.)】

The night was unnervingly quiet. Even the great curtain of images that covered the sky had faded away, leaving no trace.

Kakashi fell silent. Despite lingering on the thought, he still didn’t choose his father.

The curtain seemed to carry some kind of restriction—certain words spoken in the group chat would automatically be blocked. Perhaps this was the reason such a reward existed in the first place.

Otherwise, if one could freely converse at any time… the multiverse would descend into chaos.

“I choose… the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.”

He wanted to ask.

To ask what it meant to truly exist.

To ask whether the village mattered more, or his comrades.

To ask the Second Hokage whether his own father had been… a worthless man who only brought loss to the village.

In an instant, the entire space was sealed off, invisible to the outside world.

Golden light swirled, and from within it emerged the tall, commanding figure of a white-haired man. His brows furrowed for a moment before he received the necessary information.

“Hatake Kakashi. You are a child of the Hatake clan. Not bad. But what is this innate aura of evil I sense from you?”

Senju Tobirama’s sharp gaze cut straight into him. In that instant, Kakashi forgot every question he had wanted to ask.

The living Second Hokage…

No matter how many times he had stared at the Hokage Rock, it couldn’t compare to even a fraction of the awe he felt now, standing face to face.

Kakashi immediately dropped to one knee and confessed everything about the Sharingan.

“…Those eyes bring you more harm than good.”

After hearing him out, Tobirama folded his arms. He didn’t say much more, but his expression clearly showed some displeasure.

Kakashi nodded silently. He was famed because of this eye, but also shackled by it. And yet… this eye was—

“Speak. What is it you want to ask?” Tobirama waved his hand, urging him back to the point.

“Yes, sir!”

“Whew…” Kakashi took a deep breath, forcing down the turmoil in his chest. He spoke as objectively as he could, even as if he were a mere villager, and recounted the story of his father.

“Second Hokage-sama… my father—no, Hatake Sakumo—was he truly a man who harmed the village?” Kakashi’s voice trembled, low and unsteady.

Tobirama listened without answering. His brows knit tighter and tighter, his aura growing more turbulent by the second.

“Konoha’s White Fang… a pillar of the village. He failed a mission, chose his comrades, the rumors spread… then suicide…”

“Boy! Tell me—was the Monkey the Hokage at the time, and still after?!” Tobirama suddenly roared.

“Yes!” Kakashi froze for a moment before realizing who the “Monkey” referred to.

“…Heh. And wasn’t that right in the middle of the Hokage selection?” Tobirama’s face was expressionless as he asked.

“…Yes.”

“…I understand now, child.” Tobirama’s tone grew heavy, solemn. “Your father may have damaged the interests of the village. But he upheld the Will of Fire without wavering. He was a hero!”

Hatake Sakumo did not die because of weakness.

He died to politics.

He died under the cold indifference of the Monkey.

He died at the hands of those unclean in the shadows.

Why did news of a failed top-secret mission reach the ears of ordinary villagers? Why, of all times, did it happen during the Hokage election?

And why did the Monkey just stand by without interfering?!

“Tell me roughly what happened in the shinobi world after my death,” Senju Tobirama forced down the rage boiling in his chest and asked in a low voice.

“Yes… ever since you passed away…”

Kakashi explained: the Great Ninja War, Konoha caught in enemies’ crossfire, the Monkey fearing conflict and compromising again and again…

Each word made veins bulge across Tobirama’s forehead, fury flooding through him.

From the strongest village in the world… to falling this low after his death?!!

What the hell was the Monkey doing?!

There are enemies, so you cower? Why fear?! Why shrink before war?!!

“Monkey… I left behind so many forbidden jutsu, why didn’t you use them?! If the other hidden villages want war, then give them war! Your weakness only fuels their arrogance—don’t you even understand that?!”

“Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu! Flying Thunder God! Tandem Paper Bombs! Edo Tensei!”

“Even if you had to summon every Hokage from history, you must not fear war!”

“To let villagers be harmed, to allow hearts to be swayed… Ha! Fine! Excellent, truly excellent! Monkey, you are such a disappointment!!! You fool! Has power already clouded your mind?!”

Kakashi was completely dumbstruck, his dead-fish eyes blank.

He only wanted to ask one question… Was he even supposed to hear all this?!

If someone insulted the Third Hokage, what would Kakashi do?

—Fight with his life!

But if that someone was the Second Hokage?

…Stay silent?

“Boy! Tell the Monkey this! Does that fool really think he’s the strongest Hokage?!”

“Tell him exactly that!”

Kakashi: “…”

At that moment, the allotted conversation time ended. The golden light faded, leaving Kakashi feeling as though he’d awoken from another world.

…Good news: his father’s humiliation had finally been washed away.

Bad news: how in the world was he supposed to tell the Third Hokage that the Second called him a fool…?

Kakashi collapsed onto his bed, his heart a tangle of emotions.

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Meanwhile, across the multiverse, as a new video appeared, wails and exclamations erupted everywhere.

【Yoriichi Tsugikuni Marries Muzan!】

【“You… what do you take life for?!”】

【Aqua: “Who is this Yoriichi guy again?! Why—why not me?! I’m a goddess, you know! Waaaah!!”】

【Kazuma Satou: “You let an idiot in? Do you actually want people to watch an idiot show?! Outrageous!”】

【Jibril: “A god? Hah. As if others here aren’t gods. Is being a god supposed to mean much?”】

【Natsuki Subaru: “Seems kind of impressive. At least in my world right now, there aren’t any gods around.”】

【Kumoko: “I hope I get featured too, so I can escape this weird mess I’m stuck in!”】

【Goetia: “Chosen again… and it’s a human? Hmph, what pampered darlings of fate.”】

【Kamazotz: “Didn’t like the last video at all. Change it!”】

【Smokescreen: “Yo~ old friends, huh? How’s everyone doing?”】

【Kukulkan: “Been a while, Smokey~”】

【Makoto Itou: “This one looks like it’s about romance? A sweet love story, maybe?”】

【Tomoya Aki: “If so, I could totally turn it into a world-famous galgame! Eriri, Utaha-senpai, Kato—help me out here!”】

【Megumi Kato: “…No.”】

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### Chapter 14: A God Walking Among Men! A Worthless Existence?!

[Demon Slayer World]

Infinity Castle.

“…”

The atmosphere was suffocating, as though a giant hand were gripping everyone’s throat. The Upper Moons, the Lower Moons, every being that could be called a demon had gathered here.

And at the center of these fiends stood a breathtakingly beautiful woman.

Her figure was radiant, her skin like white jade, her long legs shapely and alluring, her face blooming like a peach blossom, eyes carrying a seductive charm, like a ripe peach ready to burst.

Most striking of all was her thick, ink-black hair cascading down like a veil of silk.

Dressed in a jade-green smoke robe, pleated skirt flowing like mist over grass, shoulders slender as if carved, waist delicate as if bound by silk, skin smooth as congealed cream, her presence faint like hidden orchids.

A beauty beyond bones, captivating beyond measure.

And yet—the ruthlessness and crimson burning in her gaze shattered that perfection completely.

“…Wh-what kind of sick joke is this?!!”

The woman—Muzan—stared at the glowing words on the screen.

“Yoriichi Tsugikuni Marries Muzan!”

Short sentences, and Muzan nearly broke apart. She wanted to claw her eyes out!

In fact, she did just that—but her grotesque regeneration forced her to see again.

Fine. Look again!

“Yoriichi Tsugikuni Marries Muzan!”

“AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!” Tentacles behind her thrashed madly, crushing countless lesser demons into pulp without a single sound escaping.

“Impossible! What kind of cruel joke is this?! It has to be fake! It must be fake!!”

Her tangled bond of hatred and obsession with Yoriichi—was this mocking her with such words?

“Maybe… maybe there’s just some woman also named Muzan,” Doma muttered under his breath.

“Yes! That’s it! You’re right!!” Muzan clutched onto Doma’s scalp like a lifeline, her blood-red eyes drilling into him. “If not—then you’re finished!!”

Doma: “…?”

What does this have to do with me?!

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【Countdown ended. Quick-answer segment begins.】

【Question: Who is Yoriichi Tsugikuni?】

On the screen appeared a red-haired man, crimson markings across his brow, holding a deep scarlet blade.

【Only three contestants will secure answering slots.】

【Buzz! Contestants selected: Chaotic Evil Gudako, Doma, Nunnally】

【Buzz! Tutorial period over—no more hints. The answer will be revealed after submissions. Answer now.】

The audience froze. Wait—this time, there was no video hint?!

Too late to think further, time was up. The three answers appeared.

【Chaotic Evil Gudako: “He’s a… %#$%”】

【Doma: “Definitely a man who loves his wife~”】

【Nunnally: “A kindhearted person.”】

Across the multiverse, gazes shifted between the three answers.

The first one… had she overdosed? Mental breakdown?

As for Doma’s “loves his wife,” well, maybe. After all, the current video literally said he married Muzan. Maybe it really was some twisted love story.

Nunnally’s “kindhearted person”… plausible, but far too plain. Surely the overseer wouldn’t acknowledge something so shallow.

【Buzz! All answers incorrect. Correct answer: A God Walking Among Men—A Worthless Existence】

A god… yet worthless?

The multiverse went still. What kind of description was that? A god among mortals, yet declared worthless?

It made no sense—and precisely because of that, curiosity flared hotter than ever.

[Demon Slayer World]

Muzan’s crimson eyes lit up suddenly. Yes, yes!! That was it!

If that man was called a god… then everything made sense!!!

Next… the beautiful Muzan fixed her gaze on the screen. Now she would learn the reason for Yoriichi’s overwhelming strength—and why he had to kill her, no matter what!

【Next video: judge for yourselves whether it is true or false.】

The screen brightened, and the sounds of laughter and merriment echoed within.

【

“Congratulations, congratulations!”

“Best wishes to the newlyweds, may you be happy forever~”

“Waaah, is Lord Muzan finally getting married?!”

Inside a lively bridal chamber, several Upper Moons watched the couple before them with teary eyes, filled with emotion.

Truly, it wasn’t easy.

“Into the bridal chamber! Into the bridal chamber!” Doma shouted joyfully, scattering petals into the air.

Time flashed by—years later, the cry of a newborn rang out!

Yoriichi Tsugikuni and Muzan Kibutsuji’s first child was born.

“This little one really looks like his mother,” Doma said cheerfully, cradling the baby with delight.

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【Doma: “I feel like… something just broke…”】

【Akaza: “Yeah, your head. The boss is about to chop it off.”】

【Zenitsu Agatsuma: “Wait wait wait, if I didn’t misread… the legendary founder of Sun Breathing just married the Demon King Kibutsuji Muzan?!”】

【Yoriichi Tsugikuni: “That never happened… nor could it ever happen!”】

【Muzan Kibutsuji: “I swear on the sun itself! Such a thing is absolutely impossible!”】

【Kuu: “So it’s like… a hypothetical spun from reality? What do you think, Shiro?”】

【Shiro: “I agree with Kuu’s theory.”】

【Homura Akemi: “Perhaps it’s nothing more than one possibility out of countless timelines. In the endless multiverse, sometimes you are enemies, and in others… you may be lovers.”】

【Garp: “Wahahahahaha! This is way more entertaining than eating senbei!”】

【Riddler: “Real or fake, illusion or truth—that’s what makes it interesting.”】

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[Demon Slayer World]

The nine Hashira sat together before their lord, exchanging looks, but no one spoke.

The legend said: when the Sun Breathing user first encountered the Demon King Muzan, he gravely wounded her, but in the end, she escaped.

And yet, this video suggested… another possibility.

Could it be that back then…?

No. Impossible. It had to be false!

A human and a demon… how could that ever…

Seated at the head, Ubuyashiki Kagaya said nothing. He only smiled gently. Real or fake—time would reveal all, wouldn’t it?

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Rengoku Household.

“Father, please stop drinking.”

“Shut up! You dare tell me what to do?!” With a crash, the bottle smashed as Shinjuro Rengoku roared.

Drunk and unsteady, he glared at Yoriichi’s image on the screen, hatred flickering in his eyes, then gulped down more liquor.

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The screen shifted—time twisted.

【

Tsugikuni Family.

“Waaah—waaah—” The cries of two newborns shattered the quiet of the household. Two babies lay in the midwife’s arms.

Yet instead of joy, her face darkened the moment she saw there were two.

Even more disturbing—one infant had ominous red markings across his forehead!

At first sight, the Tsugikuni father moved immediately to kill the child!

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【Natsu: “Why would a father want to kill his own child?!”】

【Gilgamesh (Chuunibyou Flash): “Heh. Why else? The pitiful ignorance of mongrels, of course.”】

【Red Enma: “Perhaps back then, twins meant future strife over inheritance. And more importantly, Yoriichi’s forehead mark must have been seen as an ill omen.”】

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### Chapter 15: The Delightful Duo, The Beginning of Despair

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The father moved immediately to strangle the swaddled Yoriichi, but at that very moment, a figure threw herself over him, shielding him with all her might!

She roared, no longer the gentle woman she usually was, but a frenzied lioness!

Exhausted from childbirth, face pale as paper, hair damp and clinging to her forehead—this frail-looking woman held back dozens of people, none daring to approach.

Faced with his wife’s desperate resistance, the father ultimately decided that when Yoriichi turned seventeen, he would be sent away to a temple to become a monk.

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【Artoria: “A mother’s strength…”】

【King Gilgamesh: “Hmph—hahahaha! A disgraceful display, yet dazzling in its own way!”】

【Chisato Nishino: “Mother… so this is what it means?”】

【Tokiomi Tohsaka: “To call yourself a father and yet shirk every responsibility… unworthy! A man from a samurai household, yet neither a husband nor a father—what kind of general could he ever be? Ignorant fool.”】

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[Demon Slayer World]

“Yoriichi… why didn’t you simply die back then?” Kokushibo whispered, staring at the infant cradled beneath his mother’s protection, his six eyes lowered.

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[Fate World – Fourth War Timeline]

Matou Residence.

“…Father.”

A purple-haired daughter stood surrounded by golden motes of light, her eyes empty as she murmured.

Below, the endless swarm of worms writhed and churned.

Perhaps, for the girl, the real torment had been when her father used fine words but never truly cared for her at all.

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From then on, the brothers were treated completely differently.

Because Yoriichi often clung to their mother’s side, his older brother, Michikatsu, pitied him deeply.

He would risk being beaten just to sneak into the wood shed and play with him.

Once, he even carved Yoriichi a wooden flute with his own hands.

His little brother was simply too pitiful.

Yoriichi had never smiled once since birth. Even by the age of seven, he had never spoken a single word.

Yoriichi stared at the flute in his hands without reaction, only cradling it in his palms, gazing at it blankly and silently.

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【Aqua: “Eh? Is he an idiot? Treating a broken flute like treasure? No wonder he’s called worthless! Switch him out already—it’s my turn on stage!”】

【Ruiko Saten: “I don’t think so… His eyes don’t look empty at all. Yoriichi-san’s gaze… it’s very gentle.”】

【Mash: “Does that birthmark really mean misfortune? Yoriichi-san looks so pitiful…”】

【Hades: “A man’s life will not be bound by some ridiculous birthmark.”】

【Hyakkimaru: “Yoriichi Tsugikuni… I don’t know him, yet he feels so familiar.”】

【Dracule Mihawk: “This man called Yoriichi Tsugikuni… could it be… No. I must observe a little longer.”】

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But… what no one knew was that this pure-hearted child remembered every trace of kindness shown to him.

He remembered every bit of warmth he received.

His mother was a deeply devout woman. She prayed daily for a world without conflict. She prayed to the god of the sun to shine warmly upon her deaf son, even making him a pair of earring-shaped charms for protection.

When Yoriichi saw the worry in his mother’s eyes, guilt welled up inside him.

He also remembered how his gentle older brother was beaten for playing with him. Yet the next day, that same brother quietly placed a small wooden flute in his hands, and told him:

“If you want to find me, just blow on it. I’ll appear right in front of you, so don’t worry about anything.”

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【Kukulkan: “Ayaya As expected, this boy isn’t stupid at all—he’s simply too pure. And strangely enough, I feel quite a bond with him”】

【Ritsuka Fujimaru: “Yoriichi-san’s brother, Michikatsu, was so gentle too. Maybe it was because of moments like this…”】

【Gilgamesh (Edgy): “Hmphahahaha! Interesting! I can hardly wait to see the ugliness to come!”】

【Kirei Kotomine: “The ugliness to come?”】

[Fate World – Fourth War Timeline]

Matou Residence.

“Why does it delight you, my King?” Kotomine Kirei asked, his hollow gaze fixed on the oldest tiger of pleasure.

“Hmphahahaha! Kirei, Kirei! If you wish to chase after pleasure, mongrel, seek it yourself! You won’t find it in the Bible!”

The Oldest Tiger of Pleasure laughed madly, snapping his fingers. Red wine filled the Holy Grail, and he reveled in his own delight.

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[Demon Slayer World – Pure Land]

Yoriichi, appearing as a youth, gazed softly at the unfolding images on the screen.

His voice quivered with both tenderness and grief: “Mother… Brother… it’s truly… truly been so long.”

He reached out to touch them, but grasped only an illusion. Yet even that was enough to fill him with peace.

Not only the video, but countless scrolling comments floated past his eyes:

‘Such a warm older brother.’

‘Human conflict… sigh, too cruel.’

‘He didn’t love him—just pitied a weakling.’

‘Bullshit! He loved Yoriichi most of all!’

‘Michikatsu’s love for Yoriichi was complicated. Don’t speak carelessly. He kept that flute for hundreds of years!’

Yoriichi stayed silent, only stirred when his eyes caught those last words.

“…Brother…”

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【

Because of his extraordinary talent, Yoriichi had been destined from birth to step beyond “human.”

Under the care of his brother and mother, he could only clumsily search for his “value of existence.”

Time passed amidst warmth and noise, and everything should have continued that way—until one day, everything changed.

A boy stood beneath a great tree, watching his brother practice with the sword. For the first time, he spoke.

“Brother, is your dream to become the strongest samurai in this country?”

“Then… I’ll be the second strongest samurai in this country!”

That day, he showed his very first genuine smile.

Michikatsu’s wooden practice sword slipped from his hands and hit the ground. He looked at Yoriichi with shock, with turmoil… with something far darker.

The boy didn’t understand the disgust hidden in his brother’s eyes.

Pure and innocent, he couldn’t comprehend: a child fated to be sent to a temple at seventeen could never become a samurai. Samurai fought with their lives, and a boy who only clung to his mother could never be a warrior.

Blood ties meant nothing in a world where hierarchy ruled.

The seed of arrogance had already been sown deep within Michikatsu’s heart.

This weakling… saying such revolting things.

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【Gilgamesh (Edgy): “Hmphahahaha! Yes, yes!! Delightful! Utterly delightful! A mongrel is a mongrel after all!”】

【Lev Lainur: “So even blood cannot preserve the bonds of humanity? Filthy. Disgusting.”】

【Uchiha Sasuke: “…Why? Why treat your own little brother like that?!”】

【Ernesti: “And yet, isn’t it disgusting when a weakling always babbles about slaying gods?”】

【Merlin: “And this… this is the beginning of despair.”】

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