"Tsk tsk tsk, what a tragedy, Black Zetsu, why do you think the Hidden Sand Ninja would think of attacking proactively?"
"Who knows, maybe it's because of their confidence."
Black Zetsu watched from the side, seeing the war within the Hidden Sand Village was completely one-sided, and this was with Konoha having only dispatched less than two thousand ninjas. With the Hidden Sand's one thousand, there were barely three thousand in total.
"It seems like Senju Hashirama's strength has almost fully recovered, I just don't know if he can use Immortal Techniques. Lord Madara would surely be thrilled to know."
"Now this is a bother; how exactly did Senju Hashirama get revived? According to logic, aside from Reincarnation, there are almost no other revival jutsus in the Ninja World."
Black Zetsu thought of this matter and felt it was troublesome, mainly because the revival time of the Four-tailed and Five-tailed beasts was too long. If they could revive immediately, then Madara would still have a chance to gather the Ten-tails.
The longer this drags on, the stronger Konoha becomes, and now it doesn't dare to easily send White Zetsu clones to Konoha to gather intelligence, especially knowing the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki can control the Tailed Beast Power, with abilities akin to those of Uzumaki Mito back then.
Even Sage Mode's perception might not be able to detect White Zetsu clones, but the golden Chakra Mode after mastering the Nine-tails Power can sense its presence through malice.
At that time outside Konoha, Black Zetsu thought it couldn't escape, luckily Uchiha Fugaku and Tobi helped it by drawing a lot of attention.
"It looks like the war is about to end. Senju Hashirama's strength is too powerful. Just one Scorch Release, and the Fourth Generation Kazekage can't handle it... Quick, look, Rasa is about to die!"
"There's nothing left to see, let's go back and report to Lord Madara. We now have a rough understanding of Senju Hashirama's condition."
After saying this, Black Zetsu urged White Zetsu to hurry and leave.
Although they didn't see Senju Hashirama use Immortal Techniques, the fact that he could create multiple Wood Clones during a war and set up two barriers to protect the civilians in the Hidden Sand Village suggests it is still the Senju Hashirama in terms of both strength and character.
Now, Konoha's power has to be noted.
After Black Zetsu left, the war within the Hidden Sand Village was also drawing to a close.
In such a small village, with four to five thousand ninjas plunged into war, it was extremely fierce. However, in the end, Konoha, who had long been prepared, emerged victorious.
Speaking of scouting ninjas, Konoha's secret techniques and bloodline clans are the most numerous. The Hyuga, Inuzuka, Aburame, and Yamanaka can all be considered scouting type ninjas; the movements of the Hidden Sand were already known to Senju Tobirama.
Thus planning an enemy lure trap for tonight was easy.
At daybreak, the war was nearing its end. Most high-ranking Hidden Sand officials were dead. Ebizo died under Senju Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Slash while saving Chiyo.
Although Chiyo was heartbroken, she still organized a group of Hidden Sand Ninjas to retreat, leaving the Hidden Sand Village.
Rasa was watched over by Pakura, unable to escape at all. Since their last encounter, Pakura's strength under the modification of the Sage Curse Seal had increased, while Rasa remained stagnant.
He was thus defeated miserably by Pakura.
However, Pakura was not in great shape either. She was almost out of Chakra and could barely maintain the Sage Curse Seal after finally defeating Rasa.
Pakura approached Rasa, who was lying on the ground almost immobile, and formed a Scorch Release fireball in her hand, saying to Rasa: "Rasa, do you have anything else to say?"
"It's, it's nothing to do with Temari and them..."
"Do you think I'm like you!"
Boom!
The fireball dropped, and Rasa turned directly into a dry corpse. Senju Hashirama, seeing this from afar, remembered Tobirama's words, but he had forgotten while controlling the barrier.
With Rasa dead and Chiyo escaped with some die-hard 'Hidden Sand Village' ninjas, the rest of the high-ranking Hidden Sand Ninjas were either dead or surrendered. Finally, without a Jonin leader, along with the persistent surrender calls from Pakura's group during the attack.
The war ended before dawn. Fortunately, Senju Hashirama's barrier almost protected all civilians.
Furthermore, the surrender of the Hidden Sand was partly because of Senju Hashirama's barrier. For the Hidden Sand to retreat, they could almost only run to the sides of the village. The back was completely blocked by the barrier, and outside the Hidden Sand Village, there were still more than two thousand Konoha Ninjas.
Now the Hidden Sand Village has no resistance. The next step is to organize and incorporate the surrendered Hidden Sand Ninjas, manage them separately, and completely occupy the Hidden Sand Village.
After dealing with the Hidden Sand, it's time to handle the Land of Wind; however, according to Uchiha Yoichi's plan, the Land of Wind definitely won't be handed over to the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Fire. Though the Land of Wind has a lot of deserts, there are also many rich resources underground that can be mined.
The Land of Wind, the Land of Rivers, and the Land of Rain are Konoha's first steps towards becoming a military-political united entity.
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Hidden Cloud Village, Heroic Garden.
This is the place where the Hidden Cloud Ninjas commemorate their comrades who died on the battlefield. Essentially, it is the Hidden Cloud's cemetery.
Space suddenly twisted, and a figure appeared abruptly in the Heroic Garden of the Hidden Cloud Village.
This is Uchiha Yoichi's Kamui Clone, collecting intel on the former Two-tailed Jinchuriki after infiltrating the Hidden Cloud, and then arriving at the Heroic Garden.
"Besides the Two-tailed Jinchuriki, the Second and First Generation Raikage can also be brought back through Reanimation. Just need to see how well their bodies have been preserved..."
If it's completely weathered into crumbs, then it can't be used. The reason the Senju brothers could be reanimated was due to their well-preserved corpses.
However, after Senju Tobirama returned to Konoha, he had already preserved his body separately.
"Timui, Timui... found it, it's this one."
The Kamui clone found the gravestone of the previous Two-tailed Jinchuriki and used the Inorganic Reincarnation Jutsu to lift the coffin directly, revealing the decayed corpse inside.
"Tsk, this really isn't a pleasant task. Fortunately, the corpse is still usable."
The Kamui clone shook his head, then removed a piece of flesh, preparing to leave.
However, before leaving, the Kamui clone suddenly noticed two unnamed tombstones behind Timui's gravestone. He looked around and saw another tombstone, which was Blu B, the former Eight-tailed Jinchuriki.
"Could these two be Golden Horn and Silver Horn? Because they could use the Nine-tails Chakra, their bodies were also buried with the Jinchuriki after death?"
Guesses are better than seeing for oneself. The Kamui clone used the Inorganic Reincarnation Jutsu again to lift three coffins, including Blu B's.
Opening the coffins revealed foreheads similar to the Otsutsuki's, which were clearly not human, confirming the Kamui clone's guess.
"Good luck, even managed to acquire the reanimation bodies of Nine-tails Jinchuriki."
The Kamui clone took some flesh from each body, then replaced the coffins, planning to find more powerful reanimation bodies and summon them to do construction for the Land of Fire.
But just as the Kamui clone was selecting materials one by one, several shuriken suddenly flew swiftly toward him, accompanied by a shout: "Who goes there!?"
The shuriken seemed to hit air, passing right through the Kamui clone and striking the tombstones behind.
Soon, several Hidden Cloud Ninja appeared, surrounding the Kamui clone. One of them launched a signal flare into the sky.
The Kamui clone, slightly displeased, said, "You've been alerted so quickly? I didn't make a big commotion..."
One Hidden Cloud Ninja recognized the Kamui clone's appearance, his face suddenly filled with terror as he pointed and stammered, "Ko, Konoha Lightning Fang?"
The appearance was not exactly alike, but at least ninety percent similar. With Uchiha Yoichi and his clone together, only height and minor facial details differed.
"No, no, that's wrong. It's not him, it's a kid, much younger!"
Another Hidden Cloud Jonin suddenly noticed the Kamui clone's age and realized he was a young ninja. Relieved, he then shouted cautiously, "Be careful, even if he's not Konoha Lightning Fang, he has a Mangekyo Sharingan. Wait for support!"
"You can take your time waiting for support."
The Kamui clone finished speaking and transported himself to the Divine Power Space, as he had achieved his goal. Without obtaining more reanimation bodies, there was no need to clash with these Hidden Cloud Ninja.
Besides, the clone only had the Chakra of a Kage-level ninja, unlike his true self, which was invincible in the Ninja World.
Once he returned, he could reanimate the previous Two-tailed Jinchuriki and Golden Horn and Silver Horn, attach the Nine-tails and Two-tails Chakra to their reanimation bodies, and purposefully parade them in front of Uchiha Madara.
At that point, Madara would surely evolve the Ten-tails into a Ten-tailed Jinchuriki, then come to Konoha to reclaim the Nine-tails and Two-tails, though by then, Madara might no longer be Uchiha Madara.
Previously, Uchiha Yoichi regarded Ten-tailed Jinchuriki Madara seriously and with caution, but with the Potara Earrings, even the Ten-tailed Jinchuriki couldn't intimidate him.
The enhancement brought by the Potara Earrings to Uchiha Yoichi was no less than consuming a whole Nine-tails.
Moreover, Uchiha Yoichi discovered changes in his body related to genetic primordial energy and Godzilla within.
Breaking through to planet-level in genetic primordial energy, Godzilla was crucial.
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Konoha Village
The space twisted, Uchiha Yoichi directly had his Kamui clone bring him over. This time he came to borrow Nine-tails Chakra from Kushina and pay a visit to the village's beautiful widow.
This Hokage really cares about the people's livelihood, taking time from his busy schedule to do such good deeds.
However, currently Uzumaki Kushina was not present, but in Uchiha Yoichi's perception, she would be home soon.
"The last batch of vitamin pills should be almost finished... why is there an extra box?"
Uchiha Yoichi opened the bedside drawer and saw two bottles of pills. Could it be Kushina found them?
"Probably not, this seems like the previous ones... sigh, eating too much is bad for health, better switch to vitamin pills."
After rearranging them, Uchiha Yoichi put the pills back into the drawer. Once he completed this task, he heard the sound of the door opening downstairs.
Lately, this mother and son of the Uzumaki family have been visiting his house every day. Now it seemed they were back for a nap after lunch.