[Chronicles of the Ninja Calendar]
[In the 21st year of the Ninja Calendar, Uchiha Izumichi, clan leader of the Uchiha clan, fought a fierce battle with Senju Shuichi, clan leader of the Senju clan, in the wilderness. In the end, Uchiha Izumichi was slain by Shuichi!]
[The Uchiha and Senju clans had long-standing hatred and endless conflict. With the death of a clan leader in this battle, the contradictions between the two clans completely escalated.]
[Their enmity deepened further, and the situation in the ninja world became even more turbulent and unstable— Recorded by the historian: Black Zetsu.]
Deep within Mount Myoboku, inside the historical archives, bamboo scrolls were piled up like mountains.
The scent of ink mingled with the spiritual mist drifting through the mountains, creating a quiet atmosphere where the only sound was the soft scratching of a brush across scrolls.
Black Zetsu lowered his eyes and held the brush, steadily engraving this major event that had just occurred in the ninja world onto the historical scroll, word by word, completing the latest record.
"It has been recorded, Sage.", Black Zetsu handed over the copied scroll with a respectful tone.
Arisu reached out and took it. His fingertips lightly touched the rough surface of the scroll as he simply nodded.
"Good."
Over the past few years, in order to give the history of the ninja world a clear and traceable timeline, Arisu had specially created a calendar dedicated to the ninja world.
He took the year the Ninja Sect collapsed as the beginning of the era and designated it as Year One of the Ninja Calendar. All the years that followed would be counted based on this system.
When Uchiha Izumichi died in battle, it was the twenty-first year after the fall of the Ninja Sect. Therefore, the historical record listed it as the 21st year of the Ninja Calendar.
Previously, Arisu had considered using the Gregorian calendar he was familiar with before transmigrating.
However, the history of the ninja world before Kaguya's arrival was chaotic and messy. As a transmigrator, he simply had no way to piece together the complete timeline from before he arrived.
As for the history during Kaguya's era, it was intertwined with the strange and forbidden Infinite Tsukuyomi, making it unsuitable as a foundation for a calendar.
After thinking it over repeatedly, Arisu simply chose the fall of the Ninja Sect as a symbolic turning point and established the Ninja Calendar system.
"Hehe… for someone who lives forever, recording history is what makes things interesting and meaningful…", Arisu slowly took a sip of water and said calmly.
For someone with an immortal lifespan, recording history was the best choice.
"Next, it's time to record this as well."
Arisu's figure flashed as he arrived before a stone monument.
He slowly walked toward it.
In this world, Uchiha Izumichi was the reincarnation of Indra, and Senju Shuichi was the reincarnation of Asura.
Their destined duel had already reached its conclusion, and the reincarnation of Asura's lineage had taken the victory.
Arisu raised his eyes and glanced calmly at the markings on the monument representing Indra and Asura.
"What a pity, Indra… your eyes are the greatest advantage, but before reaching their limit, they can actually become a burden…"
Arisu felt that Uchiha Izumichi's defeat this time came from the side effects of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Uchiha Izumichi had no choice.
The Mangekyo Sharingan had already been used too many times, and their ancestor Indra had never left behind a method for obtaining the Eternal Mangekyo.
At that time, Uchiha Izumichi only had two choices.
Choice one: endure the Mangekyo's side effects and fight Shuichi.
Choice two: don't fight, but later go blind from the Mangekyo and lose his greatest advantage against Shuichi.
Uchiha Izumichi was clearly the more aggressive type. He wanted to gamble while his Mangekyo had not yet gone blind.
But things did not go as he wished.
"In this round of reincarnation, Asura wins!"
Arisu slowly gathered a strand of pure Sage Art chakra at his fingertip. A faint pale-green glow of chakra circled around it.
His finger lightly pressed against the stone monument. Behind the totem symbol belonging to Asura, he slowly carved a new deep mark into the stone.
This mark was the ironclad proof that Asura's reincarnation had won in this era.
"The first confrontation has ended just like that."
Arisu withdrew his fingertip and spoke softly, his tone calm and without joy or sorrow.
"It seems that the reincarnations of Indra and Asura aren't always at the level of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara…"
At first, Arisu had assumed that every generation of these destined rivals would possess peak power capable of shaking the ninja world, just like the First Hokage of Konoha and Uchiha Madara.
But the outcome of this generation's duel made him realize that within the cycle of destiny, not every reincarnation would possess earth-shaking strength.
Arisu looked at the monument and sighed slightly in his heart.
He had been in this world for so long.
Arisu couldn't help recalling the time when he had just arrived.
That period of time, although short, was deeply memorable.
After all, it was one of the few times when Arisu had been weak…
Back then, Arisu had still been an ordinary mortal.
"Teacher! Teacher! Big discovery!!"
A crisp and excited frog voice suddenly rang out, breaking the silence around them.
Arisu slightly raised his eyes and looked calmly in the direction of the voice.
A rather large frog with a somewhat aged appearance, Gamamaru, came hopping over toward Arisu.
Over the years, Gamamaru's appearances had been a bit rare.
If he hadn't jumped out on his own, people might have forgotten that Mount Myoboku even had such a figure.
Arisu really hadn't seen Gamamaru for quite some time. As for what Gamamaru had been doing at Mount Myoboku during this period, Arisu hadn't paid much attention.
These years had really been hard on Gamamaru.
After all, Gamamaru had already been the crown prince of Mount Myoboku for hundreds of years.
From the day Arisu took control of Mount Myoboku, Gamamaru had been designated as the "heir apparent" of Mount Myoboku, the future Sage of Mount Myoboku.
But Arisu had continued sitting firmly as the Sage of Mount Myoboku.
And so Gamamaru had remained the crown prince for hundreds of years.
People often say there's no such thing as a crown prince who waits for decades.
Yet Gamamaru had served as the heir for centuries without ever uttering a single complaint.
"Gamamaru, what is it?", Arisu slowly asked.
"Teacher, teacher! I discovered something good. You have to come see it!", Gamamaru hopped closer, his tone full of excitement he could barely contain.
Arisu felt a slight stir in his heart.
Gamamaru possessed the ability to see prophetic dreams, and his perspective far exceeded that of ordinary beings. If something could make him this curious and excited, it certainly wasn't ordinary.
"Alright. Take me to see it."
Without saying more, Arisu followed the enthusiastic Gamamaru and slowly walked toward the mountain peak where Gamamaru lived.
When they entered the house, Arisu looked around and found that there was almost nothing inside, just a kettle for boiling water and a fire.
Gamamaru leaned closer to Arisu with a mysterious expression and said, "Teacher, I discovered that the steam from this water seems like it can push certain things."
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