Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 294 Otsutsuki Isshiki Makes His Move

Neji would always remember that it was an ordinary night. After dinner, he, Naruto, and Sasuke went to Uchiha Touko's house to begin their weekly lesson.

“You three must remember this: it doesn’t matter as ordinary ninjas, but if you want to rise to the top, you must always place yourselves on the moral high ground.” Inside the Uchiha clan head’s residence, Uchiha Touko smiled as he spoke to the three children, all under the age of 12, in front of him.

Uchiha Touko looked at the three disciples in front of him with different expressions. Sasuke was listening intently, while Neji looked a little confused. As for Naruto, he was quite cute pretending to listen.

"Only by placing yourself on the moral high ground can you point fingers at others," Uchiha Touko laughed.

"So, is that why the Third Hokage always came to the Ninja Academy to preach the Will of Fire?" Sasuke said at this moment.

“That makes sense, but don’t use that example again next time.” Uchiha Touko nodded.

"Neji, you should understand this principle by now." At this moment, Uchiha Touko looked at Neji and said.

"Me?" Neji looked confused.

“Yes, your father was once pointed at and judged by people who stood on the moral high ground, and in the end, he couldn’t hold on and ended up on this path,” Uchiha Touko said. When he was teaching his three disciples, he could often only use examples from his own village, since the ninja world was not like Uchiha Touko’s previous life, where there were many historical anecdotes to draw upon.

"Then, teacher, if you were in my father's shoes, what would you do?" Neji didn't have any objection to Uchiha Touko using his own father as a teaching material, but instead asked further.

"How much do you know about that incident back then?" Uchiha Touko asked.

“My uncle has told me almost everything,” Neji said.

“That’s good. It seems I don’t need to explain the cause and effect to you again.” Uchiha Touko nodded. “If it were me, after killing the kidnapper from Kumogakure, I would have deliberately made a big fuss about it and let the whole village know that Kumogakure coveted your Hyuga’s Byakugan and thus kidnapped the child.”

"And then...?" Neji was a little dumbfounded, and then asked.

"Then raise the banner of the Will of Fire high, put the Third Hokage on a pedestal, and make him lose face. Ultimately, characterize this as a heroic act of protecting the village's young talents. Of course, most importantly, make the other ninja clans in the village realize that today it is the Hyuga, but tomorrow it could be them, and thus stand with you, the Hyuga."

"I...I understand." Neji was a little dumbfounded, but the lesson that day still left a very deep impression on him.

Therefore, faced with the continuous appearance of the Impure World Reincarnation technique on the battlefield, Neji seized the initiative without hesitation, occupied the moral high ground, and at the same time threw mud at Iwagakure.

Perhaps because Hashirama Senju's appearance was too shocking, Onoki was a beat slow to react. By the time he realized what was happening, Neji was already standing on the moral high ground, pointing fingers at him with righteous indignation.

Furthermore, the Second Raikage and the Second Tsuchikage were the first to appear on the battlefield and helped Iwagakure kill many Allied Shinobi, which Onoki could hardly explain.

In fact, it wasn't just him; even Hashirama Senju, who had returned to the Allied Forces after dealing with the reanimated Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu, now showed a blank expression on his face.

[Wasn't I brought here by Douguang to guard against enemies lurking in the shadows? How did I become the one created by Iwagakure's scheme, and then thwarted by the Will of Fire?]

"First Hokage, please don't speak. Just stand here so that every ninja in the village can see you." Fortunately, at this moment, Hiashi Hyuga came to Hashirama Senju's side and reminded him.

“Alright.” Hashirama Senju nodded, and then, the Allied Shinobi Forces could see the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, standing tall whenever they turned around.

With their morale boosted, the allied ninjas advanced with unstoppable momentum, and the defensive line built near the Kannabi Bridge was instantly on the verge of collapse.

However, the coalition's momentum had only just begun to rise when it was suddenly and forcefully suppressed by a cold, viscous, and tangible malice.

The malice did not come from the fleeing defeated army, but from the center of the battlefield, beside the two lonely, filthy coffins.

The air rippled like the surface of water after a pebble has been thrown in, spreading out in eerie circles. A tall, slender figure, dressed in an ancient-style white robe, silently emerged from it. His face was etched with peculiar markings, and his eyes were so cold and devoid of any human emotion that they seemed to be looking down upon ants in the dust.

Jigen, or rather, Otsutsuki Isshiki.

“Ten-Seigan…Rinnegan…” Jigen’s voice was calm and even. “Such treasures have fallen into the hands of inferior beings. It is a desecration.”

After saying that, he slowly raised his right hand, his palm facing the two impure bodies below that were tightly bound by Wood Release.

The next instant, a terrifying burst of chakra erupted, and after suppressing the two reanimated bodies, the Wood Release prison that had been binding them instantly collapsed.

"Go," Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's voice was like a final pronouncement, "clear away the obstacles."

Hozuki Gengetsu rapidly formed hand seals, his chakra surging wildly, unleashing the "Steam Explosion - Infinite Explosion!"

This time, it wasn't a single giant oil clone, but dozens of oil clones of different shapes and sizes that instantly split off from his body, like a cluster of out-of-control oil bombs, laughing wickedly as they charged wildly towards Neji, Hashirama Senju, and the densest area of ​​the Allied Forces at extremely tricky angles! Each oil clone emitted a terrifying wave of extremely unstable energy that could explode at any moment.

Wu Ze floated into the air, his hands clasped together in front of his chest, and the Dust Release cube, condensed to its ultimate form, emitted a blinding white light, its target pointing directly at Hashirama Senju, who stood in a conspicuous place on the battlefield: "Dust Release: Particle Style!"

This time, the Dust Release crystal in Wu's hand was like several beams of white light that annihilated everything, like the spear of death's judgment, tearing through the air and arriving in an instant!

Hashirama Senju frowned slightly. He could sense the terrifying aura emanating from Isshiki, a aura distinct from that of the ninja world and originating from a higher level.

"Wood Release: Ranking Technique!" A massive wooden shield of a demon instantly rose before him, clashing head-on with several pillars of Dust Release light. The intense annihilation energy and the tenacious life force clashed fiercely, sending wood chips flying like snow. Neji's Tenseigan shone brightly with blue light, discerning the trajectories of the oil clones flying through the air.

"Ten-Shengan! Repulsion!" An invisible force field instantly enveloped an area, and the trajectories of several oil clones rushing towards the Allied forces were suddenly distorted and forcibly pulled away.

"Shinra Tensei!" The Pain puppet also arrived at another direction of the allied forces at this moment, using repulsive force to block these fearless oil clones.

The dozen or so oil clones at the forefront seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall of sighs, instantly detonating! A blazing white sphere of light and a destructive high-temperature steam shockwave exploded in succession, the violent blasts plowing a huge crater into the ground, with debris and steam obscuring a large area of ​​vision.

However, although the two's repulsive force manipulation technique had a wide range, it could not cover all directions. Some of their clones still broke through the repulsive force field and rushed towards the allied forces on the flank!
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!" Neji shouted, his Reincarnation Eye power surging, and several tornadoes composed of rapidly spinning green chakra orbs roared out, precisely striking the escaped oil clone, engulfing, tearing, and annihilating it in the violent vortex.

"He's much stronger than before." After blocking the opponent's attack, Neji glanced solemnly at Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu, who had broken free from Senju Hashirama's seal, before his gaze settled on the figure flying in mid-air. "Is he the one who stole the Impure World Reincarnation?"

Yishi watched indifferently as his first wave of attacks was neutralized, his face expressionless. "Interesting."

The moment he finished speaking, he vanished from his spot as if by teleportation, and the next moment, he had mysteriously appeared less than ten meters behind Neji! His speed was beyond the limits of visual perception!

"Watch out!" Nagato's main body warned through Pain's vision. The Asura Path Pain's arm instantly transformed, shooting out a high-energy laser. The Animal Path summoned a giant chameleon, its long tongue curling towards the first move.

Faced with this offensive, Yi Shi didn't even turn around.

"His childhood name was Biguna."

A bizarre scene unfolded! The laser beams fired from the Asura Path, the chameleon-like giant tongue, and even the light within a small area around Isshiki himself were instantly compressed and shrunk dozens of times! The laser beams became thin red lines, and the giant tongue shrank to the size of a small earthworm, easily deflected by Isshiki's flick of his sleeve. He himself shrunk to the size of a microparticle, easily avoiding Neji's hastily thrown Gentle Fist Palm strike imbued with azure chakra!

"What?!" Neji's pupils shrank sharply, and even the Tenseigan's perception almost caused him to miss his target!
"Universal Pull!" Pain reacted extremely quickly, his powerful gravity instantly locking onto the almost invisible particle!
The particles were forcibly pulled, but Yishi's voice carried a hint of mockery: "Daikokuten."

He vanished from his spot, and space seemed to be torn open. A huge black cube, compressed to its limit and the size of a house, appeared out of thin air, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, and slammed into Pain like a cannonball!

Boom! Pain was slammed into the giant rock and fell to the ground like a meteor, sending dust billowing into the sky!

"How could you possibly fathom the power of a god?" The form returned to its normal size, hovering in the air, looking down at the slightly disheveled Neji and Pain, who had been smashed into the ground below. He raised his hand again, palm facing Neji: "It's over. The Tenseigan is mine."

An irresistible and terrifying suction force suddenly erupted from Isshiki's palm! This suction force was not directed at the body, but directly at the Tenseigan essence deep within Neji's eyes! Neji felt as if his soul was being forcibly ripped out by those eyes, and excruciating pain instantly swept through his brain. The azure halo flickered violently and erratically, and his body was uncontrollably pulled toward Isshiki!
Witnessing this scene, Hashirama Senju was filled with rage. He then clasped his hands together, and the earth beneath his feet rumbled. Countless thick giant trees burst forth from the ground like raging pythons, wrapped in emerald green Sage Chakra, and surged towards Ichishiki, attempting to interrupt his technique: "Wood Release: Advent of the World of Trees!"

"It's in the way." Itsuki didn't even bother to look at Hashirama.

"Mahakala - Divine Punishment!" He casually waved his other hand.

Om-!
Space cracked open once more! This time, what poured out were countless black cubes, compressed dozens of times, burning with raging flames! Each one contained destructive power, raining down like divine punishment upon the World of Trees summoned by Hashirama, and the vast area of ​​the Allied Forces below, indiscriminately and relentlessly crashing down!
"Damn it!" Hashirama's expression changed. The attack range was too wide and the power too strong! He could only activate the Advent of the Tree World with all his might, causing countless giant trees to grow wildly and twist and turn, trying to form a huge barrier to block the meteor shower.

Boom! Boom boom boom boom—!!!
The black cube that fell from the sky collided violently with the resilient Sage Art: Wood Release! The explosion sent flames soaring into the sky, and the flames instantly engulfed a large area of ​​forest. The shockwave, carrying burning wood chips and rubble, swept in all directions! The allied forces' position was instantly transformed into a sea of ​​fire and inferno, with screams echoing everywhere.

"Although I don't know who you are, I thank you for your help." In the Iwagakure camp, Ōnoki, seeing that the allied forces' attack had been thwarted and that they had held the Kannabi Bridge, looked at Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in the air and said.

However, in response to Onoki's seemingly friendly gesture, Otsutsuki Isshiki merely raised his other hand indifferently, pointing it directly at the Four-Tails Jinchuriki beside Onoki.

Old Zi's body struggled uncontrollably as it flew into the air.

"You!" Upon seeing this, Onoki realized that the newcomer was an enemy, not a friend. He gathered a Dust Release crystal and prepared to try to save Rōshi.

Neji, still in agony as the source of his Tenseigan was forcibly extracted, was pulled close to Isshiki! Those black and white eyes were inches away, coldly staring at him, as if looking at a collectible he was about to acquire.

"Immortal Method Mingshen Gate!"

A deep shout, like a thunderclap, rang out! Several enormous red torii gates, entwined with powerful sealing techniques, descended from the sky!

Hashirama Senju's eyes already revealed the eyeshadow representing Sage Mode. The instincts honed during the Warring States period told him that this was not an opponent that could be easily defeated. Therefore, Hashirama Senju also brought out his strongest form at present.

"Can even an ant's body achieve such a level?" Ōtsutsuki Isshiki looked up at the torii gate that had descended from the sky and let out a contemptuous sneer: "But, that's all."

"His childhood name was Biguna."

Just as the Myojinmon was about to strike Otsutsuki Hajime, a strange light flashed, and the Myojinmon that was falling from the sky seemed to disappear into thin air, turning into particles.

"Universal Pull!" Nagato also took this opportunity to bring Neji back using gravity.

"Are you alright?" Pain asked as he caught Neji who had flown in.

"It's alright, but this guy..." Neji wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said with some difficulty.

(End of this chapter)