Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

"boom!"

The crimson giant raised its nearly 100-meter-long machete high and swung it fiercely towards the area where Uchiha Gin was being besieged. The scarlet blade energy traveled along the ground with such force that it tore a bottomless trench in the ground along its path.

"Tsk."

Seeing this, Jigen clicked his tongue inwardly. He was about to wear down Uchiha Gin when another native came to cause trouble.
"Block her."

Without further ado, Jigen telepathically ordered the X-Army to stop Uchiha Hikaru. Instantly, several clones broke free from the encirclement and charged headlong into the massive blade aura.

These were several degraded clones whose strength was comparable to that of the 0.5 Pillars who fought Tsunade. As they ran, they lined up in a row, their hands clasped together in perfect unison. A dense aura of life instantly emanated from their bodies, and the greenish-blue Wood Release power mixed with the crimson Tailed Beast chakra poured into the ground.

"That is."

Inside the Susanoo cockpit, where he had sheathed his sword, Uchiha Hikaru watched as massive wooden branches shot skyward from the ground behind the few small figures blocking his sword aura. A slight brow furrowed.
"Wood escape?"

"Boom~"

The expressionless, degraded clones knew no fear. Even when faced with deadly blade energy, they calmly completed their spells.

As the giant wooden figure formed from solidified branches revealed its true form, Uchiha Gin, who was leisurely devouring clones, paused, his dead fish eyes beneath the mask widening in shock.
"Holy crap, I thought I was the only one playing like this."

The reason is simple: the wooden figures summoned by the degraded clones, like his Ultraman wooden figures, are not the original wooden Arhats, but rather deformed, monstrous wooden figures.

The ferocious beast head bore the characteristics of the summoner's corresponding tailed beast, its bloated body exuding immense power, and the terrifying aura it emanated was almost tangible, far surpassing that of an ordinary wooden doll.
"Wood Release: Tailed Beast Wood Golem Technique".

The degraded clones, standing atop the nearly 100-meter-tall wooden figure, slowly lowered their clasped hands, their aura visibly weakening.

The Tailed Beast Potions used by these 0.5 Pillar clones were mass-produced versions distributed uniformly by the organization. The Tailed Beast Power contained within them was not pure and was in small quantities, requiring them to return to recharge after only a few transformations.
Summoning these Tailed Beast wooden golems would deplete their stored Tailed Beast power. If they were to deactivate their transformation now, they would not have the energy to sustain the transformation for a short period of time.

"Boom!"

In the blink of an eye, the blade's energy arrived, and the row of Tailed Beast Wood Men simultaneously raised their heads, black Tailed Beast Balls instantly solidifying before their gaping wooden maws filled with sharp teeth.
The next second, a black beam of energy, crackling with lightning, poured out and struck the crimson blade aura directly.
"boom!"

The deafening explosion that followed not only shook the island beneath their feet, causing towering waves to surge across the lake beside it.
Just as Jiraiya and his companion were about to reach the shore, they abruptly stopped. Their eyes, reflecting the towering, sun-obscuring waves, were filled with an overwhelming pallor.

"Blanch!" *2
The shockwave from the explosion also interrupted the battle of others on the battlefield. After the earthquake-like shaking subsided, Uchiha Izuna, who was focused on a head-on sniping match with clone number 001, belatedly noticed the Crimson Giant that had suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

"Ha! What's the boss doing here?"

"Whoosh~"

However, in that moment of distraction, 001 seized the opportunity and fired a green energy arrow straight at Uchiha Izuna's face.

"Bah!"

Just as his head was about to be split open, a ghostly blue energy blast, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, struck the speeding arrow, shattering it into green light particles.

"Bang! Bang!"

Izuna, instantly regaining his senses, fired two shots, forcing 001, who had ambushed him, out of range, and the sniper duel between the two temporarily came to an end.

"My silly little brother, don't get distracted during the battle."

Not far away, Madara Uchiha, who had moved to a safe distance from clone 009, put down the card-shaped gun in his hand and scolded him with a look of disappointment.

Their battle was abruptly interrupted by Uchiha Hikaru's attack; otherwise, Izuna would have truly tested the hardness of his brain in real combat.
"Sorry, I was just worried about my older cousin."

Having been rescued, Uchiha Izuna leaped to his older brother's side, then turned to look at the crimson giant flapping its wings in the distance, his voice filled with deep worry.
"Since the eldest sister is here, it means my eldest cousin must be nearby as well."

The two brothers knew better than anyone the bond between Uchiha Hikaru and Uchiha Gin. It was one thing when they were in the village, but once they left Konoha, the two of them could never act alone.

"Do I need you to remind me?"

Having anticipated this, Madara Uchiha scanned every inch of the surrounding land with his senses the moment he disengaged from the battle. There was indeed an unfamiliar chakra, but it was clearly not his cousin's.
"I just searched, thankfully, there's no trace of my cousin's chakra on this island."

Madara Uchiha turned his gaze away from the unfamiliar woman displaying colorful bullet comments not far away, and gently shook his head, looking as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.
Given my cousin's strength, it's best not to get involved in battles of this level, otherwise he might get maimed by a degraded clone on the roadside if he's not careful.

"That's good, but why is our boss here?"

Uchiha Izuna scratched his head in confusion, while Uchiha Madara, standing beside him, already had an answer in mind.
"It should be Tsunade."

"Oh!"

Uchiha Izuna agreed with this answer, after all, Tsunade had been pampered by her cousin's family since she was a child, and if she were in trouble, Uchiha Hikaru would definitely help.

"Let's go ask that girl if my older cousin is here too."

Of course, the absence of Uchiha Gin on the island doesn't mean he didn't come to the Land of Rain. Out of concern for his older cousin, Madara Uchiha gave 009 a deep look while he stood with 001, then turned and headed towards Tsunade's location with Izuna.

Watching the Uchiha brothers' departing figures, 001, who had just hung the green bow and arrow back on his back, had a glint in his eyes. After a few seconds, he turned his head and asked,
"009, aren't we going to chase after him? The master's orders are absolute."

“The master’s orders are, of course, absolute.”

Nodding as he sheathed his longsword, 009, a gentle smile playing on his lips, asked in return,

"But you didn't chase after them, did you?"

Upon hearing this, 001 shrugged, a glint of wisdom flashing in his indifferent eyes.
"But the order was just to stop these troublesome fellows and prevent them from disturbing the master."

"Wow! 001, you're so smart!"

A sincere compliment, however, sounded like a sarcastic remark to 001. Looking at 009 beside him, who radiated warmth and approachability, he coldly uttered two words.
"Shut up."

On the other side, as time passed, the smoke and dust billowing from the explosion's epicenter finally dissipated, revealing a bottomless, charred crater.

Scattered around the crater were broken pieces of dead wood. The Tailed Beast Wood Golems who had just unleashed their Tailed Beast Balls stood amidst the pile of dead wood, each missing limbs, their charred bodies pitted and mangled, large chunks of wood falling in the wind.

If it weren't for the faint chakra glow flowing over their bodies, anyone who saw them would have thought they were already dead.

It seems the Wood Men of the Tailed Beasts shattered the blade's energy just before it reached them; otherwise, how could the crater created by the explosion have appeared so close to them? "Thump!"

Compared to the pitiful state of the Tailed Beast Wood Golem, Uchiha Hikaru's Perfect Susanoo only had a slightly dirty hem. After landing with flapping wings, she looked at the enemy before her, whose mouth was open and eyes were closed, her pretty face full of disdain.

"That's it?"

She had hoped those seemingly ferocious tailed beast wooden golems would bring her some surprises, but even connecting with a single attack was proving difficult.

"Boom~"

As if to prove they weren't cowards, the battered and bruised Wood People shook their massive bodies, countless green shoots sprouting from their missing limbs, their charred forms visibly regenerating.

"Roar!"

A few breaths later, the Tailed Beast Wood Men, having completed their self-healing, let out a thunderous roar in unison, so loud that the entire island trembled slightly.

island edge,

Jiraiya had just taken off his wet clothes when he was startled by a sudden, terrifying roar. Before he could even pull up his underwear, he appeared in front of Orochimaru, who was hiding behind a rock changing clothes.
"You stinky snake, did you hear that?"

However, before Jiraiya, whose expression was filled with surprise and uncertainty, could finish speaking, his tightly furrowed eyes widened in shock at the scene before him, and his pale face began to heat up.

"Have you seen enough?"

"you you."

Orochimaru, dressed in a seductive black lace outfit, turned around, raising an eyebrow with a smile. Then, right in front of the red-faced Jiraiya, he very naturally and skillfully slipped black stockings onto his long, fair legs.

"This is the top-ranked paid viewpoint. Remember to send me ten Nine-Tailed Foxes when you get back."

Jiraiya, his expression complex as he pressed down on his gun, pursed his lips, his eyes hardening with unwavering resolve.
"I'm going to spend all my money!"

The tailed beast wood golem's targeted roar provoked strong dissatisfaction from Uchiha Hikaru, whose Susanoo cleaver grew larger and longer in response to the girl's mood.

Why are you yelling so loudly?

Her expression darkened, her eyes widened, and the bewitching pattern in her pupils shifted abruptly. The Susanoo Giant moved; the wings on its back whipped up a gale comparable to a Force 8 gale, and its seemingly clumsy form moved with lightning speed.
"Xinei!"

She first appeared in front of a wooden doll of a tailed beast carrying a tortoise shell, and swung her wood-chopping axe down. The degraded clone standing on top of her quickly controlled the wooden doll to turn around, attempting to use its strongest part to block the attack.
"Crack!"

However, things didn't go as planned. The thick wooden tortoise shell was no different from tofu in front of Uchiha Hikaru's wood-chopping knife. Even if the Three-Tails itself came, it couldn't escape the fate of being cut into half a tortoise.

"Boom!"

And so, the Tailed Beast Wood Golem, along with its emotionless, degraded clone, was cleaved in two by Uchiha Koichi's wood-chopping knife. Without the support of chakra, its massive body crumbled into withered wood in the blink of an eye.
Seeing their teammate split in two, the clones around them, devoid of any self-awareness, suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity. Their bodies, which knew no fear, began to tremble under the cold glint of the woodcutter's knife.
"First."

After easily defeating a Tailed Beast Golem, Uchiha Hikaru shifted his slightly morbid gaze to several other inexplicably trembling, degraded clones, and lightly licked his lips.
She hadn't had a proper fight in a long time, and she usually held back when sparring with others. This time, she could finally let loose.

"Anyone who stands in my way shall die!"

With a flap of its bone wings, the Susanoo giant, wielding a wood-chopping knife, charged into the pile of wooden dummies as if unleashing a devastating attack, sending splinters and limbs flying everywhere.

It's all about being a perfect match for your major. The machete is a powerful weapon against wooden dummies, providing a multiplier of damage.

"Ahahahaha!"

"hiss"

Seeing Uchiha Hikaru slicing through vegetables like vegetables in the distance, with Uchiha Gin standing on the Nine-Tails and holding the One-Tail and Four-Tails imposters in his hands, he couldn't help but gasp.
That's ruthless. Just how much pressure has Xiaoguang been accumulating all this time?

Fortunately, I haven't run into any trouble recently, otherwise I don't know what kind of mess I would have been made of.

"Bang bang~!"

Looking on with lingering fear, he shook his head, and with a slight exertion of force, the life force of the three degraded clones was extinguished.
After tossing their corpses into the dark nebula behind him, which connected to the stomach of Sonoko Sasaki, Uchiha Gin looked up at the still largely unchanged army of clones around him and scratched his head in frustration.

Won't Jeong-hee get indigestion from eating like this?
"Are you ready to give up the fight?"

Seeing Uchiha Gin's hesitation, Jigen smiled slightly. In his eyes, whether it was the Uchiha Madara brothers or Uchiha Hikaru who manipulated Susanoo to wreak havoc, they were all ants that could be easily crushed.
Only this strange native, who had repeatedly thwarted his plans, deserved to be called an enemy.
"Huh? This level of intensity doesn't even qualify as a warm-up, does it?"

Uchiha Gin turned to look at Jigen, whose eyes were gleaming, spread his hands, and said in a tone full of helplessness.
With the support of the system's equipment, his endurance is unmatched. In the original timeline, he could single-handedly fight four wars in place of his older cousin.
"Hmph! When I dissect you, I'll definitely keep this mouth to make a handheld item."

Seeing the stubborn Uchiha Gin, Jigen stood up with a displeased expression. 001 and 009, who had been slacking off nearby, seemed to be summoned by some force and instantly appeared behind him.
"what?"

Initially, Gin Uchiha hadn't paid much attention to these two special clones who had just been interacting amicably with his cousins, but after carefully examining them, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Why does it feel a little different?"

But when asked to pinpoint the specific differences, Uchiha Gin couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Your stamina should have been almost completely depleted by these degraded clones. I gave you a chance before, but you didn't take it. Now, all that's left for you is death."

Seeing Uchiha Gin suddenly fall silent, Jigen assumed the other was intimidated and immediately began to act arrogantly, perfectly embodying the phrase "a petty person who has achieved their goal."

"Boom!~"

Just as Cixian thought victory was assured, a violent roar sounded above them. Looking up, they saw a beautiful figure falling from the collapsing Cherry Blossom Demon God.

"A helper?"

Seeing Uchiha Hikaru descend from the sky and block his target, Jigen frowned. The mass-produced and heavily stockpiled Tailed Beast Knights were indeed not strong enough; they couldn't even stop a single human.
"But the two of you are no match for my legion."

"Crack~!"

However, before Jigen could finish his harsh words, Uchiha Hikaru, who had just landed, turned around, and a huge Susanoo arm appeared out of thin air, grabbing Uchiha Gin behind him.
"Huh? Hikaru, you've turned the joystick upside down! The enemy is over there!"

Seeing the girl use a combo attack to control him, Uchiha Gin gave her a bewildered reminder.
"I'm after you, Ah Yin. You'd better hand over the groceries you bought, or else... hehehehe." (End of Chapter)