In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 537 Unification of the Ninja World

If it can split even atoms, then it can certainly split a scaled-down version.

In fact, this sword cut through more than just atoms.

In a daze, a thin line, clearly distinguishable by black and white, appeared from nothingness.

Not only did it split the entire person into two halves, but it also annihilated the spatial portal behind him.

When absolute power reaches a certain level, even time and space can be shaken.

The figure, split in two, seemed to still be conscious, trying its best to piece itself back together with its hands.

But in the next instant, Yishi's body suddenly returned to its original size.

At that moment, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki realized that he was already dead.

Because the pupil technique has failed.

A destructive force erupted from Isshiki, eroding and destroying his body.

Shimizu reacted quickly and gouged out his two eyes before they could be destroyed.

By the way...

"To bind spirits and dispatch generals."

A soul belonging to Yishi appeared.

"This is... my spirit? I've been resurrected? No, this time it's different. I'm not a soul resurrected through the Wedge, this is..."

Yishi's soul opened its eyes, its gaze was dazed for a few seconds, then it raised its head, saw Shimizu, and instantly regained its senses.

Immediately afterwards, it desperately tried to break free from the water's restraints, even though it was already at its death's door.

"His soul is quite strong."

Shimizu sensed the intensity of the soul's struggle and silently increased his Six Paths Yin Power to enhance the effect of binding and commanding spirits.

"This wedge thing... is interesting. It seems to touch on something deeper than the soul. Perhaps it can be classified as information? Could it be that the information of these Otsutsuki has been recorded in this world?"
No, all the information that happens in the universe is itself recorded in the timeline. The wedge should be a key that the Otsutsuki god gave to his bloodline descendants.

Before dying, one inscribes their own information and energy into it. In essence, this involves searching for the corresponding individual information in the information database of the entire timeline, and then finding a suitable, high-quality hardware that can hold this information and energy, namely the wedge container. After 100% decompression, it is equivalent to deleting the original information of the hardware, and then copying the information of the Otsutsuki individual from the past timeline onto it.

The total amount of information and energy hasn't increased or decreased; it's simply a matter of copying, duplicating, and deleting, but it places high demands on the hardware.

Shimizu scrutinized Isshiki's soul, using his own realm to interpret the wedge carried on this soul—a wedge that had not yet been copied to other life forms in the outside world and had not yet been activated.

This move could only have been made by the Otsutsuki god, since only the Otsutsuki clan possesses the Karma.

In response, Shimizu said that he learned something, but it didn't seem to be of much use.

At least for now, it's not of much use.

This ability would likely be ineffective in other worlds; it was simply a room provided by the Otsutsuki god in his own house for his bloodline descendants to store things.

However, this room is essentially a server containing information about the entire universe. The Ōtsutsuki god, acting as a GM, granted his successor a privilege that requires prerequisites and commands to use, in order to save his life.

Even if Shimizu wants to learn, he'll have to wait until he truly masters his own world.

This ability is useless in the ninja world; even if you know it, you can't use it.

"The most troublesome ones are all dead now. Black Zetsu is sealed away, and Kaguya can only stay obediently on the moon. Even if Isshiki's aura spreads out, given the behavior of Momoshiki and the others, it would take the Otsutsuki clan at least ten years to send someone to investigate. That's more than enough time."

Shimizu collected Isshiki's soul, pondered for a moment, then flew into the sky and pushed the small moon that sealed the Ten-Tails, Black Zetsu, and Fugaku Uchiha into its orbit outside the planet to avoid causing unnecessary negative impacts on the Earth's gravity, ocean tides, etc.

A thousand years ago, the great battle in which the Hagoromo and Hamura brothers sealed Kaguya shattered almost half of the ninja world.

The islands of the Land of Water, the Land of Whirlpools, and the Land of Waves, as well as the coastal peninsulas of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Iron, were all formed at that time.

Fugaku Uchiha and his group weren't as strong as Kaguya, but with the addition of Isshiki later on, several battles affected most of the Land of Grass and the surrounding area.

The central region of the entire ninja world has been destroyed, and countless people will lose their lives in this great battle.

The aftershocks of a Six Paths level battle alone are something that ordinary ninjas cannot withstand.

If it's far away, it's fine, but if it's close by, you'd need at least the Kage-level strength of a Warring States Sakura Haruno to be unafraid of these aftershocks.

Fortunately, since everyone knows that a ninja world war is about to begin, no one will be so bored as to stay near this battlefield without fear of death.

The Sand Village army was protected by a barrier, so they could defend against the aftershocks. What could really cause damage was the massive earthquake brought about by this battle, which resembled a natural disaster.

If it were a ninja, it would be fine, but ordinary people would have little ability to protect themselves when faced with an earthquake of this magnitude.

A few minutes later, at the Sand Village camp.

"Make arrangements to send the village's ninjas out to provide disaster relief."

Shimizu appeared at the head of the camp and addressed the group of ninjas below.

"I'll make arrangements right away, but Fourth Hokage, with that huge commotion just now, and that extra moon in the sky..."

Luo Sha asked Qing Shui hesitantly.

Karuro, Yekura, and the other Sand Village ninja all focused their attention on Shimizu.

Although everyone had their own guesses, it was still incredibly unbelievable.

In front of several high-ranking members of Sunagakure and a group of Jonin, Shimizu slowly began to speak:

"It was just that Amegakure and Konoha were trying to lure me out, using all their trump cards to ambush and kill me. However, they were not strong enough and I killed them instead."

"Nagato, the candidate for Rain Shadow, is dead. The Ten-Tails, formed from the Gedo Mazo and other tailed beasts, and Fugaku Uchiha, a high-ranking official of Konoha, have been sealed to the Second Moon by me. Orochimaru, the Fourth Hokage... should be dead, but he may still have a backup plan for resurrection. However, he has already used all his trump cards and is not a threat."

Looking at the excited Sand Village ninja below, Shimizu continued:

"From this day forward, Konoha and Amegakure no longer possess the strength to resist Sunagakure. Ladies and gentlemen, it can be said that from this moment on, the ninja world belongs to us!" The cheers immediately shook the heavens and the earth.

Two days later.

News of the great battle in the central ninja world spread to every corner of the world.

Apart from a portion of the ninjas who were left behind for disaster relief, tens of thousands of Sunagakure ninjas, led by three of Sunagakure's top puppeteers, launched a three-pronged attack on Amegakure.

With all combatants at the Kage level or above killed and the number of Kage-level powerhouses insufficient, no one can stop the large-scale war puppet.

In less than a month, the former Land of Lightning and Land of Water, which had been occupied by Amegakure, were taken over by the army of Sunagakure.

Hanzo, who served as the First Amekage for less than two years, committed suicide when Amekakure was captured.

This man was a formidable figure of his time. Even though he was trapped in the Land of Rain, which was inherently weak, his achievements were enough to leave a significant mark on the history of the ninja world.

Hanzo wanted to die on the battlefield, but he also knew very well that Amegakure was no match for Sunagakure. Forcing a war would only lead to the deaths of his men and deepen the hatred between the two sides.

Within Amegakure, he held immense prestige due to his personal charisma. If Hanzo had died at the hands of Sunagakure, the remaining members of the village would not have survived alone.

Therefore, Hanzo chose to end his own life, leaving behind a will instructing Yahiko and Konan to lead the remaining Amegakure members to surrender to Sunagakure, giving them a way out.

However, before surrendering, some of Hanzo's old subordinates who had followed him for decades committed suicide, following in his footsteps.

Kakuzu, the former third-in-command of Amegakure, fled to an unknown location with a large amount of wealth before Amegakure was conquered, and is now wanted by the entire Sunagakure ninja world.

However, many people know that Kakuzu will definitely be found; he might just appear on his own at any time.

With the entire ninja world now unified, Kakuzu might be able to hide well in the short term, before Sunagakure establishes an effective, highly centralized management system.

However, if we wait a few more years, when the power of Sunagakure can penetrate every corner of the ninja world and everyone's life is inseparable from Sunagakure, Kakuzu will definitely reappear.

There's no way around it; Kakuzu's personal hobby is making money, and not being able to make money is more painful than killing him.

However, once the ninja world is unified, if Kakuzu wants to make money, he can't avoid Sunagakure.

As an antique ninja from the Warring States period, Kakuzu's other skills, besides killing, doing errands, and making money, were insufficient to allow him to earn a lot of money.

Unless Kakuzu can tolerate living off his savings forever, or settle down to earning just enough to support his family like a farmer or worker, or actively learn other skills and pursue other professions instead of being a ninja.

Otherwise, they would have no choice but to obediently run out and see if they could find work in Sunagakure.

From this day forward, all ninjas will be brought under the unified command of Sunagakure.

The ninja world has been unified and is about to enter a long period of peace.

With wars significantly reduced or even eliminated, ninjas can no longer survive as they did in the past.

Without a place for someone like Kakuzu, even the profession of ninja, which is born for killing, will gradually transform over a long period of time.

The various technologies brought by Shimizu, combined with the chakra system, have already sparked bright ideas in Sunagakure.

It can play a significant role in military applications, but it can also greatly improve productivity in civilian applications.

In fact, the ninjutsu of the chakra system alone can have good effects whether used in agriculture, infrastructure, or industry. This was one of the original intentions of the Sage of Six Paths in establishing ninja villages and spreading chakra.

After all, besides being used to connect minds and enable two people to understand each other, chakra can also be used to develop productivity.

If the ninjas could consistently use chakra to develop productivity, there would definitely be enough for everyone.

No matter how much you produce, if someone is stronger than you, they can still kill you and steal everything you've produced. Then the ninjas started fighting each other, and the role of ninjutsu shifted from assisting production to combat.

In this situation, a sufficiently powerful and capable force is needed to suppress it and stop it.

In this extraordinary world, to lead such a powerful force, one must be an exceptionally strong individual.

The Sage of Six Paths from a thousand years ago actually had this ability and established the Ninja Clan to try to make changes, but in the end, due to his son's disobedience and internal strife, Black Zetsu's rebellion, the immaturity of his system and ideology, and the limitations imposed by the times, he failed at the last hurdle.

In addition, with the threat of the Otsutsuki still on his mind, he went to renovate the Pure Land early on to prepare, and simply left the ninja world as a training ground to prepare for the fight against the Otsutsuki.

However, the establishment of the Ninja Clan was still of positive significance at the time. It wiped out those demons and monsters and created a world where humans could reproduce and survive on a large scale. In that era when population was productivity, it did indeed promote productivity and accelerate the progress of the ninja world.

While Sunagakure was busily building and managing the ninja world, on a small island outside the ninja continent...

In a wooden house on the edge of the island.

Orochimaru, his aura weakened, was revived once again by relying on the cursed seal he had inscribed on one of his subordinates.

Tsunade's face lit up with joy when she saw Orochimaru emerge from the wooden hut.

Dozens of Konoha ninjas in tattered clothes around him also shouted at Orochimaru.

Tobirama Senju crossed his arms, a hint of helplessness on his face, nodded at Orochimaru, then shook his head.

"Orochimaru, you've finally been resurrected. What should we do next?"

Tsunade strode up to Orochimaru, her gambling-themed coat looking somewhat dirty and disheveled, clearly indicating she hadn't had time to tidy it up.

During this time, they had been on the run from Sunagakure, and now they could only hide on this deserted island. If it weren't for Tobirama Senju's cleverness in leading them out of the encirclement, they would either be dead or captured alive.

For example, Shimura Danzo was captured alive along with dozens of Root subordinates in a secret base in the eastern border of the Land of Fire by Chiyo, Sasori, the Third Kazekage, and thousands of Sunagakure ninja. He was eventually dragged by the Sunagakure ninja to the former capital of the Land of Fire and beheaded in full view of everyone.

The order came from Shimizu, because that old bastard had sent Root ninjas to assassinate him when he was thirteen.

Now that the ninja world is unified and there are no more rivals like Konoha, there's no need to keep Danzo around to hinder the enemy. Let's just finish him off with a clean and decisive strike, and all will be over.

In the absence of complex and dangerous external environments, many of the core ninjas from these top five ninja villages must be killed.

Even if we don't kill them, we can't give them too much power just to make it easier to rule. We can't touch important powers like military, law, politics, and finance. We also can't let them get too involved in culture, propaganda, etc. Otherwise, these remnants will be quite disgusting in the future.

(End of this chapter)