I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 124 Konoha Year 64, The Peeping Sister-in-Law, Akatsuki Gathering

"Gentle Fist Technique: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"

"Two palm strikes, four palm strikes, eight palm strikes, sixteen palm strikes..."

This is an abandoned training ground.

The earth, flowers, trees, and even the sky and clouds all became images with severely dropped frames.

In this painted world, a little girl in a kimono is launching a fierce attack on a boy who is more than 30 centimeters taller than her.

Small hands, slender fingers, striking out afterimages, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound, and the air filled with blue chakra gas.

With such power, it's no exaggeration to say that even a wooden dummy would shatter instantly if struck.

If the human body is touched by it, it may cause anything from vomiting blood to internal organ rupture.

However, the little girl's attack, which left afterimages and a whooshing sound, was easily neutralized by the boy, who did it with just two fingers.

Every finger strike Hanabi made was caught by Yagyu using two fingers.

Not only was her strength instantly neutralized, but if Yagyu hadn't gone easy on her, she wouldn't have even been able to pull her fingers back.

The "byakugan" technique, which supposedly reveals an opening and renders the enemy immobile, was not applied to Yagyu at all.

It's as if Yagyu had no flaws.

This overwhelming strength was something that neither her father, cousin, nor even her sister had ever brought to Hanabi.

But Hanabi was not discouraged at all; on the contrary, she preferred training with Yagyu.

The weaker and more powerless you are, the greater your potential for growth.

Bang!

After Hanabi finished her combo, Yagyu changed his previous stance and, with a speed that his Byakugan could see but his body couldn't react to, kicked his sister-in-law in the chest, which was starting to develop but was still very flat, sending her flying.

The flying fireworks looked pained, but remained silent.

A green vine burst forth from the ground, like an octopus's tentacle, catching the flying fireworks, but it wasn't Yagyu who did it.

Not far away, Kurama Yakumo was sitting in a chair, holding a shovel-like paintbrush and quickly sketching on the canvas.

Yagyu took out a kunai and symbolically threw it, but it passed right through Kurama Yakumo's body.

Clearly, this is not Yakumo Kurama's true form.

Rumble...

After Hanabi's turn ends, it's Kurama Yakumo's turn next.

Vines, flames, and even floods and thunder appeared out of nowhere, ravaging the severely fragmented illusion space and sweeping towards Yagyu.

However, none of these great forces of nature could harm Yagyu in the slightest.

Looking at the two who created the natural disaster and ignored it, even though it wasn't the first time she had seen them, Hanabi was still filled with admiration and longing.

When did she become so powerful?

Natural disasters are not endless, their scope is not exaggerated, and their power is getting weaker and weaker.

These natural disasters were all blocked by Yagyu using the Five Elements Escape Technique or his Super Strength Fist.

He didn't move an inch from beginning to end.

Before long, the world around us, which was experiencing severe frame drops, began to distort.

The scene shifts from the training field to a courtyard, which is clearly the backyard of Yakumo Kurama's family.

"Ha ha……"

The sound of the girl's rapid breathing reached my ears.

Kurama Yakumo was sitting in a chair, panting heavily with sweat dripping down his face, clearly exhausted from excessive chakra consumption.

Instead of immediately treating her, Yagyu took out a Grell Stone and waved it at Hanabi.

"Onii-chan..."

Hanabi came running over with a bright smile, gave a sweet call, and then skillfully opened her mouth and bit Yagyu's outstretched forearm, absorbing the chakra and life force transmitted from Yagyu's body with just the right amount of force.

Not only did the physical injuries heal instantly, but the vitality was also enhanced.

Once this life force is integrated into the cells, the physical and mental energy extracted from the cells by Hanabi, who has just experienced actual combat, will be even greater than before.

Although it will be more than three months before she enters sixth grade, Hanabi's current chakra reserves are already larger than those of adult genin.

"Thank you, Onii-chan."

After absorbing the life force, Hanabi thanked Yagyu sweetly again.

"Go back now, I'll train with you again next holiday."

Yagyu smiled and patted Hanabi's head, then went to Kurama Yakumo's side, picked up the blushing girl, and walked into the house.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Hanabi seemed to remember something, her face flushed slightly, and then she turned her eyes and quietly left Kurama Yakumo's house. Then, a wall bulged slightly, moving slowly from the outside in towards the mansion.

Time: 3:28 PM, January 3, Konoha Year 64.

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"roar……"

In a certain place in the ninja world, in a lake connected to the sea, a huge turtle with a body covered in thorns and three tails suddenly appeared, raising its head and letting out a deafening roar that soared into the sky.

The primeval forest surrounding the lake, and the birds and beasts living there, were suddenly startled, and chickens and dogs scattered in panic.

"Wow, that's really loud!"

Black and White Zetsu watched this scene from the treetop. White Zetsu teased, "How pitiful. It's been locked inside a Jinchuriki for so many years and has only just been revived. It won't be long before it's sealed away again."

"Returning to its origin, it will never have to suffer again," Black Zetsu said coldly. "The most important piece has been put in its place; we can begin the plan."

"Then let's tell 'Lord Madara' and Payne the good news."

After saying that, Black and White Zetsu's figure sank into the treetops, and moved at high speed towards Amegakure Village through the roots of plants and underground water.

A few hours later.

Swah——

In the pitch-black space, nine colorful lights suddenly shone.

These nine beams of colored light quickly condensed into nine human figures.

"The Three-Tails has been revived!"

After two years, the entire group reunited. Pain didn't give Sasori and the others a chance to complain or bicker before he spoke.

Upon hearing this, the gazes of the several thought entities all changed.

"After waiting for so many years, has it finally been resurrected?!"

"So, can the plan begin? Which team will capture which tailed beast and its jinchūriki among the nine tailed beasts?"

"I've heard that the Nine-Tails is the strongest tailed beast, so I'll leave it to Sasori and me to take care of it... Hmm!"

"As expected of Deidara-senpai, he's amazing!"

"Hahaha... Ah Fei, long time no see, you still have such good taste!"

"..."

Ignoring their words, Pain calmly said, "The order of sealing the tailed beasts must be from the One-Tailed Beast to the Nine-Tailed Beast, so the first one must be the One-Tailed Beast."

"The One-Tail is currently sealed within the Fifth Kazekage. Sasori, you were once a member of Sunagakure, so the responsibility of the One-Tail Jinchuriki will be entrusted to you and Deidara."

"Can."

Sasori of the Red Sand, whose figure was hidden inside the puppet, responded in a low voice.

"The Two-Tails and the Eight-Tails also have Jinchuriki; they are all ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village."

Pain's gaze shifted to Hyakkoa and Obito Uchiha, and he said calmly, "Hyakkoa, Tobi, you two are in charge of them."

"Okay." Bai Mao nodded.

"Yes, Chief!"

Obito Uchiha gave a comical salute and shouted, "Mission accomplished!"

Pain then looked at Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki and said, "The Four-Tails Jinchuriki and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki are both ninjas from Iwagakure. You will be in charge of them."

Itachi Uchiha nodded without saying a word.

Kisame Hoshigaki grinned and said, "I know them. One is a Lava Release user and the other is a Boil Release user. They're exactly the kind of opponents I want to face. Leave them to us."

"Um."

Pain nodded in satisfaction: "You all complete your respective tasks first. I will have Zetsu monitor the other tailed beasts and jinchūriki, and then we will assign them according to your positions."

"Dismissed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the nine strands of longing disappeared one after another.

Soon, the contents of this all-staff meeting came to mind.

"Finally resurrected?"

Receiving the real-time information transmitted by Hyakko, Yagyu's lips curled up slightly as he murmured, "It's been almost ten years. I'm getting impatient."

It's been almost ten years since the system awakened and I obtained Ashura's chakra.

(End of this chapter)