Ninja Ice House

Chapter 591 Fork

As acquaintances who were somewhat familiar but not particularly well-acquainted, neither Minato Namikaze nor Kushina Uzumaki were particularly familiar with Furuyuki Fukumizu.

As for how many secrets the young head of the Gushan family in this dream space knows, it's impossible to extract information through interrogation, and even the information obtained through mental secret arts soul searching is unreliable.

To a large extent, the people here are like what Jiraiya subconsciously perceives. Information that Jiraiya has never encountered or is completely unaware of in the real world certainly cannot be reflected in the dream space.

After reviewing the events, figures including Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Danzo Shimura, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shikaku Nara had to regretfully come to a conclusion.

All information obtained from the dream space is unreliable. Its credibility largely depends on Jiraiya's understanding of the matter and his common sense about the real ninja world.

In other words, what everyone is certain of may not be the truth, and may even be a huge error due to Jiraiya's own misunderstanding.

"Memory is unreliable, history is untrustworthy, and geography and people are not necessarily what we think they are. So what is real, or rather... what will we become in the future? What... are we, really?"

"Yes, your concerns are perfectly normal..."

Gu Shanbu Shui nodded slightly and said,

"As a subspace derived from a dream that rises and falls in a whirlwind, its foundation is ephemeral, its matter is unstable, the characters are not necessarily real, and the memories are not certain. But one thing is certain: the bonds and emotions between people are real. What the real world is like does not mean that this place will become like it. Let's just say that..."

Next, Kosugi Bokusui explained what the real Konoha Village had experienced, what arrangements and setups had been made within the dream space, and what the core mission, "The Great Dream Realm," was all about.

"Since the Fourth Generation already knows that time and space are essentially the same thing, or rather, that time... strictly speaking, doesn't exist, but is merely an extension of space in another dimension, then it's easy to understand why the multidimensional universe isn't as 'uniform' as we understand it. Essentially, it's a super system engineering project that 'grows' in all directions... in all dimensions. Every split in time or space will give birth to a branch of space or time. In principle, they don't interfere with each other, but occasionally, due to some strange reasons, they will become entangled, intertwined, interfere, or even merge together..."

"This statement... is not difficult to understand."

After listening to Kosugi Bokusui's lengthy explanation, Minato Namikaze, with his intelligence, found it relatively easy to accept.

"The dream space is like a small bud that is forcibly grown from a healthy flower using horticultural germination hormones. Whether it can grow into a truly independent space, or completely merge with the ninja world and become an existence like the three great summoning beast holy lands, remains to be seen."

"It's somewhat similar, but not that simple."

Are there similar examples in the real world?

"Yes, yes, senior!"

Gu Shanbu Shui replied with a smile.

"The Fourth Hokage most likely knows about things like the Dragon Vein, the demons and monsters of the Land of Demons, and the Lost Tower. As for things he doesn't know..."

The young commander patiently explained.

"The Dragon Palace, the Realm of Immortality, and the Illusionary Realm on the Moon, and many more, even..."

After thinking it over, and deciding that revealing a little wouldn't have much of an impact, Gu Shanbu Shui asked seriously in return:

"If the three great sacred sites of summoning beasts are also similar evolved versions of subspaces, then... what do you think the Pure Land is? What are the Six Paths? Where did the spatial folds that the Fourth Hokage used to teleport and take shortcuts come from? Which world does the Shinigami mask in the Uzumaki clan's Namendou hold as a key? Where is the Shinigami Sealed Space?"

"You...you actually knew?"

Kushina Uzumaki stared wide-eyed in disbelief into Furusugi Tokusui's eyes.

"I only confirmed this after Grandma Mito told me herself and after verifying it many times. If Minato and I had died suddenly in the real world, no one would have known about this."

Gu Shanbu Shui smiled and shook his head, not answering directly, but casually changing the subject:

"My wife is also a survivor of the Uzumaki clan, and my daughter has mastered the extremely rare physical healing ability of the Sage Body. She is now a Jonin in Konoha and is in the same class as Naruto Uzumaki. Furthermore, the Land of Whirlpools is being rebuilt in an orderly manner, and many survivors of the Land of Whirlpools have been resettled."

"They...they can actually restore their kingdom? And it's not the village's support, but the Gusugi family's?"

"After all, the Furusugi family is the second-in-command of the country. I'm currently the second, no, the third in line to become the daimyo. Playing a 'nation-building game' won't be difficult for me!"

"All right!"

Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze exchanged a glance and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Because Kosugi Bokusui's early experience of studying in Konoha and wanting to become a ninja but failing to do so was so deeply ingrained in people's minds, everyone forgot that he was a true winner in life, born with a "silver spoon" in his mouth. In terms of status, he was similar to Tsunade, or even a little higher.

Tsunade's path to becoming Hokage involves competing with many powerful opponents and racing against time. Kosugi Bokusui's path is much easier. He only needs to express his desire to be the Daimyo and have some fun. His younger cousin, who's already halfway to the top, might be so happy that he'd issue a statement voluntarily becoming a monk and handing over the Daimyo position to his older cousin, Kosugi Bokusui.

It's not that my uncle's family is particularly noble; it's just that the two families are too close. Whoever holds the title won't affect their enjoyment of wealth and power. In fact, because they don't have to show their faces in public, it's easier for them to do certain things.

"I have another great advantage. I am an extremely powerful ninja myself, and I also have some armed forces under my command, a group of wandering ninjas, and small ninja villages under my command. I can spend some money and invest some manpower and resources to make my child a daimyo. That can be considered as making arrangements."

Minato Namikaze, who had not yet officially become the Fourth Hokage, couldn't quite understand the mentality of Fukusugi Bokusui, who held immense power and could do almost anything.

"Then... will we really exist? Will that affect the real ninja world...?"

"Of course it will, and... it could have a big impact, but not in the way you think."

Gu Shanbu explained leisurely,

"In fact, even the Fifth Hokage Tsunade and Jiraiya-sama didn't figure out what the so-called 'Great Dream Realm' was, or what it created by combining with the space formed after the 'Snake Shedding Technique's' spiritual transformation..."