Why was Uchiha Madara's body taken over by Kaguya?
Was it merely because of Black Zetsu?
Stop joking around.
Even if the sneak attack was successful, Black Zetsu's power was far less than a ten-thousandth of Madara's, and he could have paralyzed him using just the visual prowess of the Rinnegan.
The reason Madara's body was taken over lay in Kaguya herself.
There are some differences between the Naruto manga and anime in certain places.
In the anime, Kaguya is more like a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but in the manga, Kaguya is the incarnation of the Divine Tree and the true form of the Ten-Tails.
Even though her consciousness was sealed.
But by absorbing the Ten-Tails into his body, Madara effectively absorbed the entirety of Kaguya into his body, and releasing the Infinite Tsukuyomi further awakened Kaguya's consciousness within him.
Jokichi possessed the Ring of Kurama and could use the Nine-Tails' chakra.
In the future, there is a huge possibility—no, an absolute certainty—that he will forge corresponding Tailed Beast Rings through the other Tailed Beasts. By then, possessing the Ten-Tails' chakra will not be a joke.
If he plants the power related to the Divine Tree in his body now, wouldn't that be equivalent to helping Kaguya forge another incarnation within his own body?
By then, if Madara uses the Infinite Tsukuyomi, will Kaguya seize Madara's body or his own?
After all, he possesses a perfect Sage Body and the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, has the power of the Six Paths, and could awaken the Rinnegan at any time.
This has a fundamental difference from Madara, who relied on snatching and transplanting power.
Setting aside whether there is a gap in power, even in terms of physical completeness, Jokichi completely crushes Madara.
Who Kaguya would choose as her vessel is clear at a glance, right!
Although this is just a conjecture, and whether Uchiha Madara will be resurrected in the future is another matter, taking precautions is necessary. Planting the power of the Divine Tree in his body is like planting the seeds of his own ruin.
Seemingly seeing through Jokichi's worries, the system's prompt sounded in his mind.
[System's friendly reminder: The items forged by the system extract the existing characteristics of the original materials for forging. Any similarities or resemblances will not create a connection with the original source.]
Jokichi froze for a moment and asked in his mind, "In other words, this faint Divine Tree Crystal is just something that possesses the same power as Kaguya but is completely unrelated to her?"
[Ding! Correct. In addition, reminding the host that even in this world, the Divine Tree is not the only one. In the universe far in outer space, the Otsutsuki clan also possesses other Divine Trees.]
This point seems to have been mentioned in the manga.
Jokichi set his mind at ease and swallowed the crystal in one gulp.
Inside his body, the crystal transformed into a weak yet overbearing and highly corrosive energy that roamed everywhere.
This power was extremely compatible with Jokichi's body and quickly integrated into it. The slowly rotating gene chains emitted a faint green fluorescence.
This slight change was hard to detect, but Jokichi could feel a trace of life aura added to his chakra.
Jokichi performed earth-attribute chakra nature transformation with his left hand and water-attribute chakra nature transformation with his right hand, then clasped his hands together to fuse the two attributes of chakra.
"Wood Release: Sapling Technique."
A tender sprout visibly grew on the tatami mat in front of him, and with the infusion of chakra, the sprout grew larger and larger, quickly growing into a two-meter-tall small tree.
Jokichi stopped the chakra infusion in time.
Otherwise, this small tree would pierce through the roof in an instant and grow into a towering tree, with a growth speed similar to Yamato's Wood Release.
However, after using Wood Release, Jokichi felt the life aura of his chakra grow slightly stronger.
Although very slight and almost imperceptible, he still noticed it.
"My vitality is nourishing the power of the Divine Tree. The compatibility between the perfect Sage Body and the Divine Tree's power is too high. My Wood Release will also become stronger and stronger, perhaps even surpassing the First Hokage in the future."
However, despite this, Jokichi did not hold much expectation for it.
He possesses too many powerful methods now; Wood Release is not the only one.
Or rather, compared to Wood Release, he is looking forward more to the soon-to-awaken Rinnegan.
Reining in his mood, Jokichi turned his gaze to the model house. It was a luxurious ancient Japanese-style courtyard, complete with a pond, rockery, cherry blossom trees, and various decorations, fully displaying the beauty of the ancient style.
"Portable Small House: A courtyard that is easy to carry. It can be enlarged or shrunk at will and possesses automatic cleaning and repair functions. A must-have for home and travel."
"This thing is not bad."
Jokichi planned to leave Konoha after the Konoha Crush plan to search for materials to forge items, so he liked this thing very much.
He played with it in his hands for quite a while before storing it in the system space and looking at the next item.
"Super Jin Ke La: Fertilizer that allows plants to grow rapidly. One bag can make a plant grow a hundred years' worth. The fertilizer bag comes with an auto-generation function. After the fertilizer is used, it will regenerate in one year. (Note: Jin Ke La fertilizer, one bag equals two, everyone who uses it says it's good.)"
Seeing the function of this thing, Jokichi fell into deep thought.
This was obviously forged from the meme of Yamato using Wood Release for greening. At first, he also thought it was just an item without much practicality.
But, thinking deeper about it.
If this thing was used on the Divine Tree, wouldn't it bear a Chakra Fruit in just ten years?
"Hiss!"
Jokichi couldn't help but gasp.
This thing was too powerful. It must be hidden well and cannot be taken out and used recklessly until his strength reached the Six Paths level.
If this was discovered by the main branch of the Otsutsuki clan in the universe, they would definitely exhaust the entire clan's power to snatch it.
Throwing the thing into the system space, Jokichi continued to check the remaining two dolls.
"Architecture Expert: Inject chakra into the doll, and it will become as large as an adult and possess super architectural skills. As long as materials are sufficient, it is a tool doll that can build a two-story house in one minute. (Note: Building a house once requires re-injecting chakra.)"
"Tool Person: Inject chakra into the doll, and it will become as large as an adult and work tirelessly for its master without complaint. (Note: The Tool Person's performance is no different from an ordinary adult male. Please do not make it do things beyond its capabilities, or it will break.)"
No need to think much about the Architecture Expert; it must be a meme about the real estate tycoon, and the Tool Person...
Jokichi could only think of Kakashi, who used Yamato as a tool person.
In a way, Yamato's personality is really cute!
...
Hokage Office.
Hiruzen and Yamato were discussing Jokichi.
Hiruzen asked while packing up the things on his desk, "After the first day of contact, what are your thoughts on Jokichi?"
"Very strong, I don't mean hard power, but experience." Yamato said somewhat puzzledly, "Although he had a Jonin give him actual combat guidance, there is still a difference between actual combat training and real combat. I can't understand where he got this experience that makes him seem like a veteran of a hundred battles."
Hiruzen stopped what he was doing, took a puff from his pipe, and smiled, "Anyone who has suffered hundreds of injuries fatal to ordinary people in actual combat training would be just like him."