"Interesting."
Looking at the Rinnegan with its innate space-time ability, Madara Uchiha only felt it was slightly troublesome. At this moment, the Six-Tails, Saiken, and the Seven-Tails, Chōmei, had already been swallowed by the Outer Path Golem. Only the Nine-Tails remained… as for the Eight-Tails…
The Outer Path Golem only needed to swallow the chakra of the Eight-Tails to complete its goal. It wasn't too strict—otherwise, finding the remaining beasts would be quite troublesome.
As for that Nine-Tails, it's better not to move. That clever little ghost must have some backup plans. We're already at the final moment; there's no rush. But… where did that Obito guy run off to?
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"Really surprising~"
At the edge of the battlefield, a patch of black mud spoke with a human voice, observing everything happening on the battlefield: "When did that kid with the Rinnegan, who summoned another Nine-Tails, appear? The situation… has completely exceeded my plan. I need to find a way to deal with this unexpected development…"
"Time to go… Madara is still waiting for us."
White Zetsu, made from Hashirama's cells, drilled out from underground. His yellow pupils looked at the black Zetsu on the ground.
"Understood."
The black Zetsu wriggled, covering half of White Zetsu's body. It stared coldly at the battlefield, slowly sinking down, and said: "We can't let Mom wait too long…"
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"Why are you doing this?"
On an endless plain, the sky was bright all day—no wind, no sun, unaffected by natural laws. This… was inside the[Realm]of Yuuki.
Now, as Yuuki stepped in, a meteorite falling from the sky, big enough to destroy everything, was heading toward Naruto Uzumaki.
Seeing the meteorite with a diameter of at least twenty kilometers, Naruto instantly turned into a streak of golden light and fled, questioning why Yuuki was involved in this battlefield!!
"Why? Although we have no grudges or enmity, I need this Ten-Tails. If you don't stop me, I'll take half of the chakra from your Nine-Tails and leave—you can still survive."
Yuuki didn't slow down the falling meteorite. If one couldn't hit him, then two, then three—until he accepted his conditions or fainted.
"No way! The Ten-Tails must not revive!!"
With the second meteorite falling, Naruto immediately sped in another direction.
But this was Yuuki's world… no matter where he ran, he could never escape his master's control.
As Yuuki clenched his right hand, the ground crack apart, and a deep pit appeared out of nowhere. A giant hand gripped him inside, and the sky was torn apart by the meteorites, threatening to bury him completely.
"Buzz!!"
In an instant of being buried, Naruto directly entered Tailed Beast Mode. His mouth gathered a Tailed Beast Ball, which forcibly blasted open the encroaching debris. His massive form burst out from the rubble, and while fleeing, he didn't forget to attack the sky with a Tailed Beast Ball at Yuuki.
The meteorite fell, causing the earth to collapse, and a terrifying gale blew the Nine-Tails away. The land within a radius of hundreds of kilometers sank.
Such a catastrophic disaster was unbearable for the Nine-Tails, but in Yuuki's eyes, it was just a breeze. And… this was only the first meteorite.
The second one was approaching!!
"Damn it, what a monster! This guy might be able to destroy the entire ninja world!!"
The Nine-Tails inside Naruto was shocked. In the face of this catastrophe, the huge Nine-Tails looked like an ant, struggling to crawl over the steep terrain, staring at the second meteorite descending!!
"Thud!!!!"
The ground collapsed, and the Nine-Tails was buried under a mound of earth. This was just the aftermath of the shockwave. If Yuuki decided to strike now, a meteorite hitting directly could kill both of them.
"I won't let you succeed."
The Nine-Tails crawled out of the thick dirt. Naruto shouted: "It's because of you guys, the war-provokers, that the ninja world has been in chaos for so long!!"
"Laughable. Only absolute strength can maintain order. Without absolute power to intimidate, any peace is just empty talk. Hand over the Nine-Tails!!"
After saying that, Yuuki suddenly slapped his hands together, and the earth crack apart, trapping the Nine-Tails in the center.
"Thud!!"
The Nine-Tails spread its arms to block the incoming earth, and a Tailed Beast Ball gathered in its mouth, roaring with helplessness.
"Die!!"
[Countdown: 19:05:44]
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"This is the place. The Uchiha Clan's Nanga Shrine has already been ravaged like this."
In the deserted Konoha, Sasuke Uchiha and others, along with Orochimaru, who had just been revived, arrived at the Uchiha's forbidden ground, preparing to revive the Hokage.
Shortly after Itachi left, Suigetsu Hozuki and Tenbin no Jūgo found him, explaining that after the[Edo Tensei]was lifted, Madara still existed, and they also found a scroll from Orochimaru's base.
The secret scroll about[Edo Tensei]…
He didn't understand why his brother would protect Konoha even if it meant killing the entire clan. What exactly was his worldview?
But now he understood his brother's experiences and wanted to try to understand what Itachi was—what his clan was—what the village was. After understanding these, he planned to walk his own path.
He sought out the revived Madara, to find the souls of the Hokage sealed within the Death God, and then[Edo Tensei]them to understand everything…
Before arriving at the Uchiha's forbidden ground, they took the mask of the Death God that stored the sealed soul of the Uchiha's dead, and now… it was time to learn everything.
The four of them entered the forbidden ground and arrived before the monument left by the Sage of Six Paths, which recorded his past. Only the Uchiha with awakening Sharingan could understand its contents.
The readings increased in complexity, from Sharingan to Mangekyō Sharingan to Rinnegan.
But Sasuke, who had already seen the monument, paid no attention to its contents now.
In a space of darkness, Sasuke squatted down and ignited a fire pit. He looked at Orochimaru and said: "Let's begin."
"Mm."
Orochimaru nodded, taking the mask of the Death God and said: "Stay back a little."
Having seen everything after his revival, Orochimaru no longer cherished the Sharingan, perhaps because of experiencing death once. He poured part of his soul into the cursed seal, then bestowed the seal on the person he chose—to ensure he wouldn't die. After Itachi "killed" him, he saw everything inside the seal and learned many things.
Now… he wanted to see the growth of this person he valued—Sasuke.
As the Death God's mask was put on his head, Orochimaru began to summon the corpse-immortal of the[Shinigami], to possess himself, reclaiming the Hokage sealed inside the Death God's stomach, and his own hands.
But the premise was that he would become a sacrifice for the Death God. As long as he took his own hands, he could use[Edo Tensei]to revive the Hokage.
"Grrr, ooooh!!"
In the next second, the chakra inside Orochimaru uncontrollably surged outward. His body was now controlled by the Death God.
As the overflowing chakra spread, the shadow of the Death God appeared before the three. He bit a short blade in his mouth, dressed in a white robe, with visible ribs on his chest.
The Death God took the short blade in his mouth, using Orochimaru as a sacrifice, and cut open his own abdomen, releasing the sealed souls of the Hokage and his own hands.
Immediately, the souls he had swallowed flew out, and a wound appeared on Orochimaru's stomach, mirroring the Death God's abdomen. A mouthful of blood was spat out, and his severed hands returned.
Looking at the four floating souls before him, Orochimaru, knowing he wouldn't live long, took off his Death God mask and shouted: "Jūgo, Sasuke, Hozuki, get ready!!"
"Got it."
[Edo Tensei]requires a sacrifice, and the perfect vessel to carry these souls was naturally the White Zetsu made from Hashirama's cells. But reviving them also required their bodies.
On Sasuke's body, there was a White Zetsu set by A, the surveillance clone. They were both sacrifices and containers for himself…
As Jūgo injected the cursed seal into Sasuke, all those things would reveal their true forms.
There were six in total: four to revive the Hokage of the past, one as his own vessel, and the last… to sacrifice to the Death God as a death puppet.
"Damn… I've been discovered…"
Six White Zetsu crawled out of Sasuke's clothes. Just as they were about to escape, Sasuke and the others knocked them out.
Seeing everything prepared, Orochimaru began his task: revive the Hokage of the past, then use other death puppets to trick the Death God and escape this calamity.
"Hozuki, Jūgo, the remaining two are yours. I have the DNA of the four of them, and I also like to store samples…"
Orochimaru squatted down, slapping the ground with his right hand to activate forbidden techniques. Black markings appeared, instantly encircling the four White Zetsu that served as the Hokage's vessels, and the souls of the Hokage appeared above his body.
"Alright, Lord Orochimaru."
Suigetsu Hozuki split open the White Zetsu used as Orochimaru's vessel.
Meanwhile, Tenbin no Jūgo's White Zetsu body began to shrink, producing a "hiss" sound.
[Edo Tensei]—everything was ready, and Orochimaru summoned the Hokage of the past!!
Please take a day off.
Yeah, just as the title says.
"Waaah!!"
Pain. The White Zetsu, as the vessels of the Hokage of the past, screamed miserably. Orochimaru shed his skin, and a white-scaled giant snake burst out from his mouth, slithering toward the White Zetsu inside the opened mouth of Hozuki.
As the white-scaled giant snake entered, the appearance of the White Zetsu changed. Orochimaru looked at the formed Hokage and said: "Knowing everything about the people… the Hokage of the past."
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"Done."
Looking at Naruto Uzumaki, exhausted below, Yuuki raised his right hand and used gravity to lift him. He said: "I've won. This Ten-Tails war is no longer your concern. Sleep here."
"...And after I get the Ten-Tails?"
The exhausted Naruto panted heavily, watching himself gradually fly toward Yuuki. He simply couldn't withstand this person. The entire world was under his control. He was exhausted from dodging, and the Tailed Beast Balls couldn't even hit him. He truly didn't know how to deal with him.
"Then leave. I won't cause innocent casualties, you can rest assured."
Yuuki used[Preta Path Path]to directly extract the Nine-Tails chakra inside Naruto and store it in[Yin Seal].
"Old Hokage…"
"He… that, Dust Release is indeed formidable. If he ambushed me, I'd probably get a headache. I'll do my best to minimize innocent casualties, but he's already involved in the battlefield. Death is inevitable."
Having drained all the chakra of the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, Yuuki sliced open space with his right hand, carrying the unconscious Naruto out of this world and into the ninja battlefield.
"Naruto?!"
On the empty ground, no one dared approach the top of the Nine-Tails' head. As the space expanded, the scene that unfolded was Naruto, motionless like a corpse, and the intact Yuuki.
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