Actually, Ryou truly admired Madara. For his entire life, he never married, never had children, and never enjoyed comfort, all because he wanted to create a world without conflict.
He was a true saint, but unfortunately, it was all a deception by Black Zetsu.
Ryou wanted to find an opportunity to tell Madara the truth.
However, he also felt that even if Madara knew the truth, he would likely just eliminate Black Zetsu, destroy the technique meant for Kaguya's possession, and then continue with the Eye of the Moon Plan anyway.
Because Madara believed that a peaceful world only existed in dreams; it had already become his obsession.
Fried Rice was nearby preparing food for Madara. Fried Rice had heard from the senior Ninja Cats in Sora-ku that Madara loved inari sushi, so it was making inari sushi for him.
Ryou was feeding Tsunade. Tsunade tilted her head away and ignored him, so Ryou propped up Tsunade's chin to feed her.
Tsunade spat the rice onto Ryou's face.
"Enough, Ryou! What exactly do you want?"
Ryou picked the rice grains off his face one by one and swallowed them. He said, "Tsunade, even if I wanted to let you go, Uchiha Madara wouldn't."
"Hmph!"
Tsunade snorted, turning her head away in a sulk.
Ryou formed hand seals and released the vines on Tsunade, but the core Life Spore remained inside her body, absorbing her Chakra.
After breaking free from the restraints, Tsunade threw a punch at Ryou's face.
Ryou didn't dodge, letting Tsunade hit him in the face.
Tsunade's Chakra had been completely absorbed by Ryou's Life Spore; right now, she was just a weak woman.
"Damn it!"
Tsunade could feel that her fist had no power. She hated her own helplessness.
Once Tsunade had finished venting, Ryou brought her food in front of her.
This time, Tsunade didn't refuse, taking the chopsticks and swallowing large mouthfuls.
"Let's get one thing straight: I won't do anything for Uchiha Madara, and I'll escape the first chance I get."
Ryou lay on the bed watching the tsundere Tsunade and couldn't help but smile.
Ryou then noticed the diamond-shaped mark on Tsunade's forehead and stopped smiling. He stood up aggressively and snatched Tsunade's food away, saying, "You're still eating?"
"Hand over the Yin Seal and the Creation Rebirth Technique, or you won't get any food!"
"You bastard—"
Furious, Tsunade rushed forward to fight Ryou with everything she had.
Fried Rice shook its head at the man and woman tangled together, then headed toward the Gedo Statue's location with the exquisite meal prepared for Madara.
Katsuyu watched from the side and also shook its head. What a pair of enemies!
...The Yin Seal and Creation Rebirth Technique were secret techniques taught to Tsunade by her grandmother, Uzumaki Mito. These techniques were passed down through a single lineage and could only be taught to one's own disciples or relatives.
Tsunade refused to give them to Ryou no matter what.
Seeing no other way, Ryou asked for her Monster Strength.
Tsunade hesitated and acted awkward, not wanting to give it up, but when Ryou started taking off his pants, she helplessly had him bring paper and pen to write it down for him.
Ryou lay on the bed admiring Tsunade's profile as he watched her seriously write down the training method for Monster Strength.
The Yin Seal and Creation Rebirth Technique weren't a necessity for Ryou. In theory, as long as Ryou had the life spore, his Chakra was infinite.
The regenerative power of Chimera: Plunder Rebirth was even more advanced than the Creation Rebirth Technique.
The only thing from Tsunade that truly suited Ryou was her Monster Strength.
Ryou's combat style hadn't fully taken shape yet, but with his life spore, his future battles would inevitably involve trading injuries, making close-quarters combat very common.
At such times, he would need extreme explosive power.
Ryou had integrated White Zetsu cells, and his strength was already beyond normal people, but those were auxiliary Hashirama cells, not combat-oriented ones.
His strength could never compare to Hashirama's, which is why Ryou had his eye on Tsunade's Monster Strength.
Right, and then there was Wood Release.
Strictly speaking, Ryou could also practice Wood Release; he had used the Pitcher Plant Technique before, but Tsunade didn't know Wood Release.
There were currently only two ways for Ryou to obtain Wood Release secret techniques.
One was Madara. After integrating Hashirama cells, Madara could use Wood Release. He might have had White Zetsu steal the techniques, or he might have copied them with his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan during his battles with Hashirama.
The second way was Konoha's Scroll of Seals or the Senju Clan's Ninjutsu scrolls.
Ryou obviously couldn't break into Konoha to steal them. The best way was to show proper filial piety to Madara; if he made him happy, maybe he would teach Ryou Wood Release secret techniques.
However, since Ryou had integrated auxiliary Hashirama cells, he could perform Wood Release of B-rank and below, but he could forget about A-rank.
White Zetsu cells could not compare to pure Hashirama cells.
In the original story, Obito could also use Wood Release after integrating White Zetsu cells, performing the Cutting Technique and Hell of Thorns after witnessing Rin's death.
Obito usually didn't use Wood Release in battle, firstly because he had Kamui, and secondly because his White Zetsu cells couldn't perform high-level Wood Release, and no one had taught him.
Before long, Tsunade had finished writing the training method for Monster Strength.
"Here, consider this a reward for helping me refine the Creation Rebirth Technique."
Just as Ryou was about to take it, Tsunade demanded a guarantee first.
"But let's be clear: I absolutely will not allow you to use Monster Strength against Konoha Ninjas, nor will I allow you to use my Ninjutsu to take advantage of the weak."
"What's with all the chatter? Just give it here!"
Ryou directly snatched it, and once he had it, he used Body Flicker to slip out of the room.
Tsunade grit her teeth in anger: "Damn it!"
After Ryou left, Tsunade looked at Katsuyu: "Katsuyu, can you use Reverse Summoning to take me to Shikkotsu Forest?"
Katsuyu shook its head: "I cannot, Lady Tsunade. There are eyes here monitoring for Uchiha Madara, and there is a spore organism inside your body. I have no way to take you away."
"Damn it!"
...Ryou carefully studied the training method for Tsunade's Monster Strength. All of Tsunade's Ninjutsu were essentially imitations of Hashirama's passive traits.
Hashirama's strength came from the super-powered constitution inherent to Asura's reincarnations, whereas Tsunade's Monster Strength was just a Chakra application technique, a type of secret technique.
Monster Strength involves instantaneously concentrating refined Chakra into a single point, such as a fist, foot, or fingertip.
By releasing a powerful blast of air upon contact, the destructive power is determined by the amount of Chakra used and the precision of control.
This is a technique of extreme Chakra bursting; those who can learn it are Ninjas whose Chakra control has reached the pinnacle.
Only top-tier Medical Ninjas possess this level of Chakra control technique.
In the original story, even Shizune, who followed Tsunade for many years, couldn't learn it. It wasn't that Tsunade wouldn't teach her, but that Shizune's Chakra control wasn't sufficient.
However, for Ryou, it was not a difficult task.
He was already a Medical Ninja, and having developed a life-based forbidden jutsu like Plunder Rebirth, his Chakra control was already on the same level as Tsunade's.
Ryou committed the Monster Strength training method written by Tsunade to memory. Just as he was about to go outside the village to test it out, his High-Cloud Quintet found him.
Fish Ball was there too, bossing Ryou around: "Idiot Ryou, the Ancestor told you to go to the Land of Rain for a mission. Why are you still dawdling? Are you treating the Ancestor's words like they're just wind in your ears?"
Ryou looked at Fish Ball, who was practically riding over his head, and was instantly enraged: "Well, well! You went to serve Old Demon Madara and forgot your original partner? Now you're acting like you're above me."
Fish Ball shouted: "How dare you! Old Demon Madara? Is that any way to address the Ancestor? Come on, let's go report him."
Ryou quickly grabbed Fish Ball's leg and begged for mercy: "Brother, brother, I was wrong, brother!"
Seeing Ryou back down, all the cats laughed.
Fortune puffed on a cigar and blew a cloud of smoke at Ryou: "Idiot Ryou, the Ancestor already regards the five of us as his confidants. From now on, the tables have turned."
"Now we are the masters, and you are just our poop scooper."