"Twenty years after the Ninja Sect was destroyed, ninja clans stood side by side, and many heroes rose up everywhere."
"The major ninja clans began fighting for land and resources for the sake of benefits. Among them, the strongest were the Senju and the Uchiha."
"Besides them, there were also several powerful ninja clans."
"Hyuga, Uzumaki, Sarutobi, Hagoromo, Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, Aburame, Shimura, Inuzuka, Kaguya, Yotsuki, Fuma, Kurama, Hozuki, Hatake..."
"Among them, both the Senju and the Uchiha gave birth to geniuses!"
"Uchiha Izumichi, Senju Shuichi!"
"These two are intelligent by nature, with extraordinary talent in ninjutsu!"
Black Zetsu and Fukasaku are recording the newest history.
Not many big events happened this year, but there were quite a lot of small events.
Mainly, conflicts began to appear between ninja clans. At the beginning, these clans might not have wanted to have conflicts with others, but sometimes the situation does not depend on people.
Wherever the situation pushes you, you are forced to do things you have no choice but to do.
On top of that, the ninja clans also started associating with the ordinary human class.
For example, ninja clans and samurai and ordinary armies began to wage campaigns together.
The killing in the world became more and more frequent. Before, because the Ninja Sect existed, ordinary people only dared to make small fights at most.
As for something like a world war level outbreak, because of the power of the Ninja Sect, they still did not dare to launch it easily.
Now it has completely turned into a pot of chaos.
Black Zetsu stared at the dense records of wars in the scroll.
Black Zetsu's body rose and fell slightly, letting out a low sigh, "Huh, this is what real chaos in the world looks like..."
Beside him, Sage Toad Fukasaku raised his cloudy toad eyes.
"The suffering of the human world, living beings in misery. You and I are only recorders of the world. We guard history and do not interfere. Even if we cannot bear it, we can only watch coldly.", A trace of pity flashed in Fukasaku's eyes.
The two both sighed lightly, then put away the emotions in their hearts and instead started chatting about the two people who were receiving the most attention in the ninja world right now.
"By the way, do you think Senju Shuichi and Uchiha Izumichi are the reincarnations of those two?"
Black Zetsu spoke with a somewhat certain guess in his tone.
When Fukasaku heard this, the toad claw holding the bamboo pen suddenly paused, then he slowly nodded, his voice becoming a little deeper, "I think it is very possible."
"The personalities, talents, and even the way they oppose each other are extremely similar to those two."
"Although the talent of a reincarnated body can never possibly compare with the original body, reincarnation was never meant to be a one-to-one copy."
"Hehe..."
Black Zetsu laughed softly. In his ink-colored eyes surged a teasing look of watching a show, "I'm afraid in a few more years, you and I will be able to personally see the result of the first round of reincarnation."
"Yes."
Fukasaku also nodded and sighed long, "I only hope the conflict between these two will involve fewer innocent lives, and not let this already overturned chaotic age add endless blood and flames."
"It doesn't matter. The Great Sage of Mount Myoboku will take action.", Black Zetsu said calmly.
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[Inside The Sage Hall]
Immortal energy filled the air.
At the center of the hall stood an ancient stone seat.
Arisu sat on it with his eyes closed. His Rinnegan moved slightly. Pale golden senjutsu chakra wrapped around his body as he calmly fused the sage power around him, little by little strengthening the power of his sage techniques.
"The first round of reincarnations of the two has already appeared. Before long, the winner of the first round will be born..."
Arisu slowly opened his eyes. His gaze passed through the drifting sage energy and landed on the stone monument at the side of the hall that was carved with the marks of Indra and Asura.
Arisu raised his hand and gently rubbed his forehead, his thoughts calm like still water.
Arisu never intended to interfere too much in this destined battle. He only wished to stay outside it and watch coldly, at most making small corrections when the situation deviated from the right path.
But he would absolutely not intervene too much.
After all, this is the destined contest between Indra and Asura. Once his balance tilts toward either side, that side would lock in victory without any suspense, and the contest would completely lose its meaning.
After all, Arisu is very strong. Right now he is strong at a level that clearly stands apart.
Once he adds his power to the reincarnation of Indra or the reincarnation of Asura, the result of this destined battle would no longer have even the slightest suspense.
The one who receives his blessing would definitely be the one who wins steadily.
The senjutsu chakra flowing around his body gradually returned to calm again.
Arisu continued sitting on the stone seat in the Sage Hall, willingly acting as the neutral arbiter of this reincarnation battle, acting as the guardian who maintains the foundation of the ninja world and prevents the order of heaven and earth from collapsing.
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in Arisu's eyes as he murmured softly, "A new power has appeared…"
In his palm, a mysterious special pattern slowly rose. The pattern was shaped like a neat diamond, flowing with brilliant spiritual light that blended and unified together.
This was a brand new power he created after combining the sage arts of the three great sacred lands, Mount Myoboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and Ryuchi Cave.
Arisu gently brushed the diamond-shaped mark with his fingertip and gave it a name in a low voice.
"The Power of Six Paths."
If this power were given to others, it could allow the receiver to reach the absolute peak in an instant.
A huge surge of senjutsu chakra.
The ability to directly use sage techniques without training.
Instantly releasing all kinds of ninjutsu without hand seals.
The ability to fly through the air.
Super perception that covers heaven and earth.
Techniques that cannot be absorbed… all kinds of mysterious abilities are included.
Just like in the original story where the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo, granted power to Naruto and Sasuke. But Arisu's version of the Power of Six Paths is several times stronger.
If during the Fourth Ninja World War it had been Arisu who gave this Power of Six Paths to Naruto, Naruto alone would have been able to seal Kaguya by himself, without needing anyone else's help.
"Now even if I face Kaguya directly, I can solo her."
Arisu slightly raised his eyebrows. He clearly understood his current strength, yet there was also a somewhat unclear limitation.
His true combat power is already enough to crush Six Paths level experts, but his own realm is firmly locked by the system at the limit of the Extreme Super Kage level, unable to step forward even one step.
"However, in order to research this technique that cannot be absorbed, it really consumed a hundred years of time. But it doesn't matter...", Arisu smiled slightly.
Everyone knows that the Rinnegan has a super bug-like ability, and that is absorbing techniques.
As long as it is chakra, it can be absorbed.
And most of Arisu's methods are attacks made with senjutsu chakra.
That means they are directly countered.
Arisu had always been thinking before that it would be great if his techniques could not be absorbed.
Previously Arisu did not have the Rinnegan, so he did not understand the principle of absorption. Now that he has the Rinnegan, Arisu has a clearer understanding of absorption.
By combining the principle of absorption from the Karma in the later Boruto story and his own understanding of the Rinnegan, Arisu successfully developed techniques that cannot be absorbed by the Rinnegan.
As everyone knows, the Rinnegan absorbs chakra.
The Water Dragon Bullet Technique can be absorbed.
But what if the Water Dragon Bullet Technique is not created from chakra?
The Rinnegan can absorb water created by chakra, but can it absorb water from nature?
The Rinnegan can only absorb chakra, but it cannot absorb naturally generated water.
As long as Arisu applies natural power to the technique and reaches a certain limit, the Rinnegan will not be able to absorb it.
For example, the Rinnegan can absorb a sea created from chakra, but it cannot absorb the sea that already exists.
The setting of the Rinnegan itself is to absorb chakra.
But the sea in nature only has water molecules and does not contain chakra.