From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 420 The Collapse of Order

Near the Kannabi Bridge, at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.
A Sand Village squad cautiously conducted stealth reconnaissance.

Although the ninja world has begun to move towards peace, as the weaker party, Sunagakure still harbors deep suspicions towards Konoha. While they lack the courage to conduct cross-border reconnaissance, they have increased the frequency of defensive reconnaissance within their own territory.

Boom boom boom...

Suddenly, the ground began to tremble.

earthquake?
The Sand Village captain's expression changed, and with a wave of his hand, the team members quickly gathered together.

"Captain, it's over at Kannabi Bridge!"

"Captain, there's a powerful chakra reaction over there, very... very strong...!" The sensory ninja in the squad turned deathly pale, his eyes filled with terror.

"Very strong, how strong?!" The squad leader's expression was serious. This was the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, a sensitive area. If something really happened, it might trigger another war. And the balance of power between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire...

Just thinking about it makes me despair!!
Didn't you see that even when these reconnaissance teams are patrolling the border, they don't dare to cross the line?

I thought everything would be fine, but I never expected to encounter something like this.

The sensory ninja stammered, "Much stronger than...much stronger than the Kazekage-sama...!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, the captain turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the Kannabi Bridge. His pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints. A giant nearly a hundred meters tall burst out from the ground, letting out a huge roar. A terrifying aura swept over like a whirlwind.

"Uh……!"

The ninja's body stiffened, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, completely silent.

The rest of the squad trembled under the terrifying chakra. Even the captain, a Jonin, was unable to move, only able to stare in horror at the roaring, hundred-meter-tall giant as nearly a hundred beams of lightning continuously bombarded, penetrated, and destroyed it...

The next moment, their pupils suddenly dilated as three beams of light pierced through Susanoo's body and headed straight for them.

boom! !

With a loud bang, the group of Sand Village ninjas were blown to pieces.

"Ban, are you getting senile? You're still trying to dance like that?! Can you even manage it?!"

At the Kannabi Bridge, Asuma looked at Madara Uchiha lying on the ground, his hair white, his skin withered, and his breath faint, and said, "This is no longer your era. You remnants of the old era can go in peace. Don't worry, if you are still of use, I will take good care of you in the afterlife."

"You, you..." Madara's eyes were filled with confusion and despair. He tried hard to say something, but all the words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't make a sound. Finally, he let his hands fall limply and his breath died.

Asuma stepped forward, removed his eyes, and handed them to Black Zetsu, saying, "These eyes are quite powerful. Give them to Nagato; he needs them to stir up trouble."

"Who exactly are you!?" Black Zetsu didn't immediately take the glasses, but stared at Asuma instead.

“As I said, our goals are the same: to free Kaguya from her seal. The pursuers are coming soon, and I'm struggling on my own.” As he said this, Asuma’s appearance changed.

With pale skin, gray hair, and heterochromatic eyes—one pair being white eyes and the other golden—and a Rinnegan between his brows, his clothing has also changed. He now wears a white robe adorned with comma patterns on his chest, back, and lapels, a symbol of the Otsutsuki clan's heritage.

Most importantly, the aura emanating from him stirred up distant memories. This aura, this appearance, was exactly like his mother's from back then!

These really are... my mother's people!!
Black Zetsu's heart trembled at this moment, and he felt completely overwhelmed.

He knew perfectly well that his mother had given birth to three sons and so many White Zetsu because she was afraid of being hunted down by her own people. But now, before he could even rescue his mother, the pursuers had already arrived.

Faced with his mother's clansmen, he felt no desire to resist, trembling and unable to utter a word.

"Don't be afraid. If I had any ill intentions towards you, I would destroy you now, and your mother would finally be free. Isn't that right?!" Asma smiled as he looked at this pure and filial son who had planned for a thousand years to save his mother and ultimately sacrificed himself.

"You chose the wrong vessel from the start. Madara Uchiha's Sage Body wasn't pure enough; it wasn't the best vessel. Nagato Uzumaki was. Unfortunately, he's been using it as a vessel for the Rinnegan for years, and he's suffered too much damage. He needs time to recover. Your mother and I are both defectors from the Otsutsuki clan, so our interests align. However, in the end, she's just a short-sighted branch family woman who took the wrong path. The White Zetsu she raised are meaningless against the true main family. We've made some preparations over the years. If you have any questions, you can go to the Land of Valleys to take a look..."

Having said that, he placed the pair of eyes in his hand into Black Zetsu's hand. "I need allies, and your mother needs them too. This ninja world is not our true safe haven. In the end, we still need to fight against the main clan." As he spoke, a deep purple vortex-shaped portal appeared behind him, and Asuma's figure disappeared into the portal, leaving Black Zetsu staring at the Mangekyou Sharingan in his hand, speechless for a long time.

In the 48th year of Konoha's reign, a mysterious figure launched a surprise attack on the village, thus beginning a new chapter in the history of the ninja world.

Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, also displayed Wood Release in this battle, which was already astonishing enough. But what was even more astonishing was what followed: Sarutobi Asuma, the young powerhouse who single-handedly extinguished the flames of the Third Shinobi World War, actually possessed the legendary Sage's Eye, the Rinnegan.

With a single strike, the mysterious figure who had launched a surprise attack on Konoha was dealt with.

Sage's Eyes, Wood Release, Battlefield Sealing Technique...

Oh, and the Uchiha clan also got a Mangekyou Sharingan.

What's the point of even doing this?!
Whether it has already started moving, is about to move, or hasn't moved at all...

They all stopped moving.

In the same year, ten-year-old Sarutobi Asuma became the Jonin class leader of Konoha, while Orochimaru became the head of the Anbu.

The ninja world thus entered a period of peace, just like when the First Hokage was alive.

In Konoha Year 52, the situation in the ninja world suddenly changed. The Akatsuki, a mercenary organization from the Land of Rain, suddenly appeared and attacked the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Water simultaneously, seizing the tailed beasts of the four countries and killing the Fourth Kazekage, Raikage, and Mizukage. The ninja world was thrown into chaos.

In just half a year, eight of the nine tailed beasts, except for the Nine-Tails, have been captured. The entire ninja world's focus has been on Konoha, and Konoha is now at peace.

In Konoha 53, the four nations assembled their ninja armies to jointly attack the Land of Rain, but suffered a crushing defeat. During the battle, the Akatsuki organization not only produced several S-rank rogue ninjas, but its leader Pain also possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha clan. With his complete Susanoo, he inflicted a crushing defeat on the four-nation allied forces.

In the same year, the Fourth Hokage, Tsunade, stepped down, and the Fifth Hokage, Sarutobi Asuma, took office.

After their defeat, the four nations accused Konoha of being behind it all and sent envoys to hold Konoha accountable.

"You're afraid of Akatsuki, but not Konoha?!"

These were Asuma Sarutobi's first words upon meeting the envoys, after which he expelled the envoys from the four countries.

Frustrated by the setback in their accountability efforts, the four nations contacted the daimyo of each country to demand answers from the daimyo of the Land of Fire. Unable to withstand the pressure from the four nations, the daimyo of the Land of Fire summoned the Hokage, Asuma Sarutobi, to the capital to explain. Asuma ignored him, and the Land of Fire stopped allocating funds to Konoha and issuing missions. Thus, the one-village-one-nation system established by the First Hokage began to collapse.

(End of this chapter)