Naruto: Inheriting the Legacy of a Person Who Traveled Through Time

What a shame!

What a disgrace!

Although everyone's attention was focused on the light screen, Maki still felt a burning sensation on his face, as if he had been slapped several times.

Putting aside the question of how much merit the Third Kazekage, the strongest Kazekage in history, actually possessed, the fact that his body was turned into a human puppet after his death and his soul was resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation to become a fighting tool has already torn away the last fig leaf of Sunagakure, the last of the five great ninja villages. Even "utterly disgraced" is not enough to describe how Maki feels at this moment.

If Tetsuya knew how Maki was feeling at that moment, he probably wouldn't be able to resist adding insult to injury.

This is merely an appetizer before the Sand Village slides into an abyss.

Compared to the Hokage of Konoha, who mostly fought against powerful enemies and died protecting their comrades and village, the Kazekage of Sunagakure died in increasingly ignominious ways.

The Fourth Kazekage, who betrayed his ally Konoha, died in an ambush by Orochimaru and Kimimaro, and his body was already rotting when it was found. The Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, was captured by the Akatsuki's art duo in full view of everyone. Thousands of ninjas on the ground were helpless, and the village was no longer as powerful as the five great ninja villages.

"Personal grudges end here..."

Orochimaru took out a shuriken bound with talismans and placed it inside the back of the head of the reanimated Kazekage, stripping him of his will. Wisps of white smoke rose from the surface of the reanimated body, emitting chakra fluctuations no less powerful than those of a Kage-level shinobi.

"Orochimaru, how dare you toy with the dead! I truly regret not killing him back then."

Witnessing this scene, Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes, unable to bear to look, and at the same time, some of the questions in his heart were answered.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi was old and frail, how could Orochimaru alone have forced him to use the Reaper Death Seal? It must have been Orochimaru who used the forbidden technique Impure World Reincarnation, leaving him with no other choice.

"Magnetic Release: Iron Sand Rain".

The Impure World Kazekage formed hand seals, and a large amount of black iron sand continuously emerged from his body, forming long, sharp needles that shot towards Sasori.

Not to be outdone, Sasori used his index finger to manipulate chakra threads, controlling a puppet Kazekage to stand in front of him. His gaping maw spewed forth a torrent of iron sand, forming a solid wall of iron sand. Despite the relentless barrage of black needles, the iron wall remained unbroken.

Magnetic Escape·Sand Iron Wall.

Whether it's a human puppet or an impure body, it can unleash the bloodline limit of the deceased in life.

Both sides watching the light screen exchanged glances, taking note of this information.

In the desert environment, the power of Magnet Release was amplified to a certain extent. After exchanging a few simple blows, Sasori keenly noticed that the Edo Tensei Kazekage's behavior was extremely rigid and immediately sensed an opportunity.

Sasori's fingers, hidden within the Akatsuki's robe, twitched rapidly, and the puppet Kazekage burst forth at astonishing speed, charging towards the reanimated Kazekage. A massive black gear popped out from the puppet's mechanical device, attempting to slice the reanimated Kazekage into pieces.

The Edo Tensei Kazekage unleashed a massive burst of chakra beneath his feet, leaping high into the air to evade the attack with the slightest margin of error. However, Sasori, in the distance, let out a cold laugh. A row of talismans lit up on the left arm beneath the robe of the puppet Kazekage, and thousands of mechanical arms were summoned, clenching into fists and relentlessly hammering at the unavoidable Edo Tensei Kazekage.

Puppet Technique: Thousand Hands Manipulation.

The attack came extremely suddenly. The Impure Earth Body Kazekage, trapped by thousands of arms, had no way to avoid it. Under the attack, it turned into countless pieces of paper and fell down, seemingly indicating that the outcome was already decided.

Just as Sasori was about to manipulate the puppet Kazekage to pursue and kill Orochimaru, an astonishing scene unfolded.

The tattered scraps of paper did not scatter in the desert winds; instead, they were brought back together by an invisible force. In just two or three breaths, the intact Edo Tensei Kazekage stood on the yellow sand, the chakra fluctuations emanating from him showing no signs of weakening.

"Anyone summoned by the Impure World Reincarnation cannot be killed no matter how many times they are killed; the only solution is to seal them away."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had a gloomy face as he spoke in a low voice to Jiraiya beside him.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi had never practiced the Impure World Reincarnation, he had still seen this forbidden technique recorded in the Scroll of Seals. At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly rejoiced that he hadn't forcefully stopped the Sand Village, which allowed him to obtain such important information from the light screen.

Having learned of Orochimaru's methods in advance, Hiruzen Sarutobi, combining the records in the Forbidden Techniques Scroll, understood that the Impure World Reincarnation was not without its counter. With proper preparation, he could completely interrupt Orochimaru's summoning jutsu before the coffin rose.

"What happened?"

When Sasori in the light screen encountered the Impure World Reincarnation for the first time and saw the Impure World Kazekage restored to his original state, his voice became somewhat surprised and uncertain.

"This is eternal life, immortal and indestructible!"

Orochimaru's smug voice came from afar, extremely satisfied with the regenerative abilities of the Impure World Body.

"How could he not die?"

Sasori clearly did not believe Orochimaru's words, and seven or eight spears made of iron sand shot out, piercing through the body of the reanimated Kazekage.

However, such attacks had no effect on the Impure Earth Body. The seven or eight sand iron spears were instantly taken over and used against the puppet Wind Shadow, almost piercing through the sand iron wall's solid defense.

Just as Orochimaru, confident of victory, began to smile, he immediately sensed a large number of small white spheres falling from the sky, hovering around the body of the reanimated Kazekage. Each sphere had long, slender legs that vaguely resembled grasshoppers.

Exploding Clay - Grasshopper

"drink!"

High in the sky, Deidara formed hand seals and detonated the explosive clay below.

boom!

Thick black smoke rose up, faintly revealing a blazing red light, enveloping an area of ​​several feet around the Impure Earth Body Wind Shadow.

"What do you think of Lao Tzu's art?"

Deidara, standing on the back of the giant bird, was smug and very satisfied with the power of the explosion.

"It was him?"

Jiraiya, who had been gathering intelligence in the Land of Earth for a long time, immediately connected Deidara, a member of Akatsuki, with the headband of a rogue Iwagakure ninja under Deidara's long golden hair and the iconic Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai, as a disciple of the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.

"He is Deidara. He was expelled from Iwagakure at the age of nine for testing the power of explosives. He was the most outstanding Jonin among the younger generation of Iwagakure. I never expected him to defect and join Akatsuki."

Jiraiya spoke with a worried expression, clearly shocked by the strength of the Akatsuki organization.

The unexpected discovery of information about two Akatsuki members via the light screen was a welcome bonus, but the fact that both members of the artistic duo were formidable S-rank rogue ninjas raised the Akatsuki's threat level even further.

As the black smoke dissipated, the shattered earth-body wind shadow returned to its original state, once again spewing out a large amount of iron sand from its mouth, forming a huge iron sand triangular cone, the tip of which locked onto Sasori of the Red Sand.

Iron sand possesses magnetic properties, making it impossible for enemies to avoid. The only way for enemies to defend against it is by using ninjutsu.

Not to be outdone, Sasori manipulated his puppet Kazekage to condense a giant iron sand cylinder. Just as a Magnet Release duel was about to take place, an unexpected event occurred.

Suddenly, the body of the reanimated Kazekage began to tremble uncontrollably. Ignoring Orochimaru's manipulation, he turned his head and stared intently at Orochimaru.

"What a joke! I am the Third Kazekage, not a tool you can manipulate at will!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the corrupted body Feng Ying collapsed to the ground, turning into countless scraps of paper that scattered in all directions.

"Oh dear, it seems the technique still has flaws..."

Orochimaru shook his head and sighed in disappointment.

"Take this!"

Sasori swung Hiruko's arm, sending the iron sand cylinder crashing down on Orochimaru, engulfing him in a torrent of iron sand.

However, Orochimaru emerged unharmed from the iron sand, his legs somehow transforming into a smooth snake tail. He burst into the cave at astonishing speed, so fast that even Sasori couldn't activate the iron sand to stop him.

Deidara, who had been standing on the giant white bird, leaped down, followed closely by dozens of clay birds, each about a foot in size, flapping their wings and entering the cave.

This is one of Orochimaru's strongholds, and no one knows what traps he has set inside. It would be better to destroy it completely and bury Orochimaru there.

"drink!"

With Deidara's loud shout, towering flames erupted from the cave, and countless cracks appeared on the hill standing in the desert, followed by a huge explosion that sounded like muffled thunder.

"Art is...an explosion!"

As Deidara raised his arms with a joyful expression, the hill in front of him disappeared in the explosion, and the resulting flames shot into the sky like a volcanic eruption, reaching a height of tens of meters.

The image freezes in that instant.