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  Gojo Kaigetsu, feeling like a modern-day Indiana Jones, was eager for his adventure.

  The reason he'd dismissed the possibility of the Ryūmyaku's chakra inating from Kaguya ōtsutsuki oromo and Hamura was simple: they wouldn't have left such a powerful forchecked.

  Naruto's trip had been brief. But what if a less scrupulous individual traveled further? To the age of the Sage of Six Paths, perhaps?

  So, Gojo Kaigetsu theorized that Ryūmyaku's power emerged after Kaguya's sealing. The question of who or what created it—well, that was a mystery for him to solve.

  This time-travel power was unique, a power he had to trol.

  The ninja world had been turned upside down because of him, but Gojo Kaigetsu was always cautious. He liked having—options.

  Just in case Kaguya's revival wasn't simply a matter of verging timelines, he'd use the Ryūmyaku to escape, to eliminate any ce of her return.

  "This time—I'm going time-traveling!" He decred it out of the blue, raising a single fiowards Minato, his expression deadly serious. "Minato, this is the only way to save the ninja world."

  Minato, pletely baffled, scratched his head. "Should I have Kushina apany you to the Land of Wind, like st time?"

  "...."

  Gojo Kaigetsu lowered his finger and shook his head. "I'll go alooo many people just plicate things. Have the Raikage's staff prepare the treaty. Send it throughout the ninja world as soon as it's signed. We 't let Baki think we're pnning to invade Rōran. That would oe things."

  "But Kaigetsu-kun—what's your pn? Without guards, how will you ensure your safety? Rōran is sedary to your well-being!" Minato, though he trusted Gojo Kaigetsu without reservation, was curious about the specifics of the exge.

  Rōran was, after all, not Konoha. And Gojo Kaigetsu—he was invaluable. Minato wouldn't risk his safety for Rōran.

  "Promise them Rōran!" Gojo Kaigetsu decred without hesitation. "But—not without a fight. I'll—drag it out, make them work for it."

  If his intel was correct, Hiruko was already at the Ryūmyaku's seal, trying to break it. He would follow Hirukh time. What happened afterward was—beyond his trol.

  He'd have done his part. The seal would be broken, the treaty signed and broadcast. Baki couldn't back out then.

  "And my safety? Don't worry. To be ho, I'm pretty strong now." He puffed out his chest, sounding like some—overfident enter on a ninja app, saying things Minato would never say. "If the Kazekage tries anything funny, I'll personally wipe Sunagakure off the map!"

  With his [System] activated and [Limitless] ready to be unleashed, Gojo Kaigetsu was at the peak of his power.

  He was eager to—test his limits.

  "This is just—the first step. They still o formally request your assistance." Minato, unrolling a map of Konoha, frowned. "If we give Rōran to Sunagakure, its people will be dispced. Where will we relocate them?"

  Konoha, under Minato's leadership, had grown expoially. But space was being an issue.

  Hashirama Senju, in his idealistic vision, had simply drawn a circle on a map, and Konoha had sprung forth. To him, it was a military instaltion.

  But under Gojo Kaigetsu's guidance, Konoha had bee a political, eid military powerhouse.

  Hashirama had likely envisioned a vilge with a stable popution, births, ahs roughly bang each other. The infrastructure—water, sanitation, power—had been designed with that in mind.

  But he hadn't ated for the ninja's—enthusiasm for procreation. A rger meant more power and more influence.

  Children were—inexpensive assets. Hand-me-down kunai and shuriken were perfectly acceptable. The more children, the more ninja, the strohe .

  And in times of war, the drive to have children was even stronger.

  Konoha might be peaceful now, but the world beyond its walls—was not.

  This mi, bined with Konoha's open immigration policies, fueled a popution boom.

  The vilge was being overcrowded. The existing infrastructure was straining uhe pressure.

  Land, unfortunately, was a finite resource.

  Even with careful pnning and resource ma, they were running out of space.

  The new ercial district, the Uzumaki pound—both were built on nd "borrowed" from Tsunade, from the Senju 's holdings. This couldn't tinue.

  A elder had once suggested building upwards.

  But that idea had been swiftly rejected by Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane. "Buildings ot surpass the Hokage Rock! It's a matter of principle!"

  Surprisingly, Gojo Kaigetsu had agreed. The Hokage Rock, the symbol of the Will of Fire, was sacred. Every m, as the vilgers emerged from their homes, the first thing they saw was the Hokage Rock, bathed in the rising sun's light. To overshadow it would be—disrespectful.

  At least, for now. Konoha s symbols.

  Ohe ninja world eace, perhaps then he'd resider.

  "It seems we have no choice—we o expand." Gojo Kaigetsu drew a rge cirorth of Konoha on the map.

  "Yūkaku-jō to the north, the Daimyo's capital beyond. Plenty of wealthy ts in that dire. We expand—north."

  "But the forest—clearing it would be a moal task."

  "lenty of Genin eager for work. A few stru tracts and the problem is—solved."

  Gojo Kaigetsu, a seasoned city p heart, began ying out his vision. A new police station, a hospital branch, a ninja academy annex, apartments for Jonin, traditional barbecue restaurants, bookstores—The s, unknowingly, were already part of his grand design.

  Minato stared at the map, stunned by the scale of the proposed expansion. "Kaigetsu-kun, this is—massive. the vilge afford this? Even just the initial stru costs would deplete our funds."

  "The Hokage Tower has several profitable vehe new ercial district, the publishing house, the Konoha-Suna trade route, the Green Card program…"

  But Konoha also had signifit expehe hospital, the Ninja Academy, the ons factory, the orphaogakure—they were all costly endeavors.

  And to keep the lower-ranking Shinobi employed, they had to issue missions, even low-paying ones. A stable ey relies on—er fidehe vilgers o feel secure to spend their money.

  Konoha rofitable, but its expenses were high.

  "True—our funds are limited." Minato breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that perhaps Gojo Kaigetsu's ambitious pns would be put on hold. Then…

  "Which means—it's time for another one of your money-making schemes?"

  Minato's stomach dropped. "Kaigetsu-kun—what do you have in mind?"

  Gojo Kaigetsu held up four fingers. "I have four pns! An excellent pn, a good pn, a det pn, and—a mediocre pn. Which would you like to hear first?"

  "…The mediocre one?"

  "Overhaul the Land of Fire's banking system."

  The various tries did have banking systems. Ryō could be exged for bank the Daimyo's capital. But—trust in these institutions was low. People preferred to carry small amounts of cash and ster sums in sealing scrolls.

  "And the det pn?"

  "A lottery, backed by the Hokage Tower."

  "A lottery?"

  "Think of it as—a public service. Privately run, it's gambling. But with the vilge's bag, it's—a fundraiser."

  Minato uood. Either legalize it or exploit the loopholes.

  "The good pn?"

  "Vilge bonds. Development bonds, war bonds—all kinds."

  "Meaning…?"

  "Legalized fundraising."

  "And the excellent pn?"

  "A stock market. A futures market. Perhaps start small, build the framework, prepare for the future."

  Gojo Kaigetsu, having learned his lesson, quickly added, "Think of it as—legally redistributih. The vilge gets rich. Some people get a little rich. And some people—get a lot poorer."

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