Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

"So, you did run out of chakra, which led to the sneak attack, right, Shinzo?"

"Of course~"

Shinzo waved his hand.

"I'm just a commoner Chunin teacher. Although I was specially promoted to Jonin by the Sandaime, my strength is not that strong~"

Not strong...

The three of them couldn't help but chew on these two words.

"Shinzo, I heard you say that you can release even stronger ninjutsu?"

"Ah, there is indeed a stronger move~"

Shinzo nodded.

"But I couldn't release it when I was alive. It would have drained me dry. But now, even after I died, I can use even stronger ninjutsu. Isn't that amazing? Hahahaha~"

Shinzo's hearty laughter echoed underground at the roots, but other than that, the other three were rather withdrawn.

Orochimaru has given up the idea of ​​conspiracy theories. He can tell from Shinzo's personality that there is no possibility that this guy would fake his death on his own initiative.

Danzo felt a little jealous.

How come this guy is so strong? I train day and night, so why am I not as strong as him?

Hiruzen was still drowning in guilt.

"Xinzang, do you want to go see Sichuan and Tibet?"

Hiruzen asked.

But none of the three expected that Xinzang would actually shake his head.

"Third Daeme, Kawazo is not my child. He is the gift I left to Konoha. How can a gift-giver still think about the gift he gave away?"

"With that talent, that child's achievements must be very high, right?"

Faced with Shinzo's question, Hiruzen's old face turned bitter again.

The achievement is indeed not low, but...

"He's in Konoha Hospital."

Hiruzen confessed truthfully.

......

In the Land of Rain, somewhere in the Rain Village.

bang——

Payne dropped an unconscious man to the ground.

The man had long brown hair and a loose shirt. He looked handsome, but his face was sallow and he seemed to have suffered serious injuries.

This person is none other than the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugao (Bubble).

"Wow~ You have work to do so soon~ You are worthy of being the leader, you caught a Jinchūriki so quickly~"

Two ninjas wearing black robes with red clouds walked in from the darkness.

The man who spoke frivolously had a big silver backcombed hair and his purple pupils were full of evil. Although he looked very handsome, he inexplicably looked like a villain.

This person is Hidan, a traitor to Yugu Village and a remnant of the Evil God Cult.

The other one hid himself in a hood, his green pupils looking unusually cold.

It was Kakuzu who formed the immortal duo with Hidan.

After Hidan joined the Akatsuki organization and obtained the three rings, the two officially formed a team.

At Pain's request, Akatsuki members work in groups of two, allowing them to cooperate with each other and monitor each other to prevent the leakage of Akatsuki's intelligence.

"Stop nagging! When will it start? I can't wait! I'm so curious about the tailed beasts!"

On the other side, two young Akatsuki members came over.

Among them, the calm red-haired one is Sasori, and the arrogant boy with flowing blond hair is the most recent member to join the Akatsuki organization, the Blue Dragon of Akatsuki, Deidara.

With the arrival of Shisui and Kisame's group, and Sakumo and Konan's group, the members of Akatsuki were basically gathered.

Obito is not on the official list of Akatsuki members, but Zetsu is an intelligence officer.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Payne spoke.

"Stand in your position and prepare to perform the sealing technique."

"Okay~"

"clear."

The members of Akatsuki jumped up one after another.

Looking up, I saw a monster-like sculpture in this vast space. It looked like a wood carving, but also like some kind of living entity.

Nine large closed eyeballs protruded out, and its big teeth were bared, as if it was ready to choose someone to bite.

The members of Akatsuki jumped onto the monster's fingers and stood in the positions assigned by the rings.

"Sealing technique, nine seals of the phantom dragon!"

Roar! ! !

The sculpture seemed to be activated, and a powerful suction force burst out from its mouth.

Yu Gao, who was lying on the ground, was immediately attracted by the sculpture, and chakra was gradually drawn out of his body.

Soon, the image of the six-tailed rhino dog was revealed.

It would take several days to absorb the tailed beasts. While the members of Akatsuki were working diligently, Obito had already appeared on Tansho Street in the Land of Fire with Mizuki.

"You...you are..."

Shuimu was a little dazed.

He had clearly made up his mind to die, but when Orochimaru allowed him to see Tsubaki and Iruka again, he no longer had any concerns.

Shuimu never expected that a person would suddenly appear, pull him into a space, and then take him to the outside world.

Although his life was saved, the situation of surviving after having already prepared to die will make people feel extremely confused.

"I am from the old times, but you should have heard my name, Uchiha, Madara."

"Wha...what!? Uchiha Madara!!!"

The two were not on the street, so no one else heard Shuimu's exclamation.

"Yes, that's the Uchiha Madara you know."

"You...you are still alive. Then how old are you?"

Shuimu asked in a dazed manner.

This question made Obito a little confused. To be honest, he didn't know how old Uchiha Madara was.

Not wanting to answer this question, Obito immediately changed the subject.

"Mizuki, you still want to destroy Konoha, don't you."

"Destroy Konoha?"

Mizuki muttered something and shook his head.

"No, Uchiha Madara... sir, I don't want to destroy Konoha anymore."

With a wry smile, Shuimu finally faced up to his own strength.

"Although I dare to face the Fourth Hokage, in fact, I can't even beat a child - my student. How can I, like this, destroy Konoha?"

After thinking about it, Shuimu sighed.

"In fact, even you didn't succeed, did you?"

Obito was silent.

Madara didn't succeed because of the presence of the Ninja God, Hashirama Senju. Now Hashirama Senju is dead! Although Madara is also dead...

"So, do you want world peace?"

Seeing that the idea of ​​destroying Konoha was not working, Obito changed the subject.

"World peace? Ha, what does that have to do with me, Mr. Madara? What do you want to say?"

Although Shuimu has been crazy, he is not a fool. Especially after experiencing several ups and downs, Shuimu's thinking has become more open and realistic.

The man in front of him who called himself Uchiha Madara saved him, but on what basis? There must be a price, right?

"To live, one must have hope. Don't you have the courage to continue living, Shuimu?"

Obito's words took Mizuki's thoughts far away.

"The courage to live... Yes, facing the masters of Konoha, each one is more terrifying and stronger than the other, and my delusion has been shattered to nothing. How can I have any courage at all..."

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