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Chapter 213 It is only natural to revive the four previous Hokage for the sake of Konoha!

Outside Konoha Village, there is a spacious open space.

A group of Root ninjas scattered in all directions, wary of anyone who might appear nearby.

Kagura Akihara and the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, stood in the open space, watching Orochimaru silently form the hand seals for the Summoning Jutsu, preparing to summon Manda.

"What do you want to do?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Orochimaru, then at Kagura Akihara: "You should have already mastered Sage Mode, right? What do you still need to do with Manda?"

"I need to give Kagura-kun a heads-up."

Orochimaru also turned to look at Akihara Kagura and proactively reminded her, "No matter what you make Manda do, it will demand one hundred people as sacrifices..."

"I see."

Akihara Kagura nodded.

"That's good."

Seeing that Akihara Kagura had agreed, Orochimaru bit his finger, raised his hand, formed a hand seal, and pressed it to the ground: "Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu!"

Huge black psychic runes immediately appeared on the ground!

From within a cloud of smoke, an enormous purple serpent appeared before them, looking down at Orochimaru who had summoned it, and said in a sinister voice, "Orochimaru, if you want me to do something for you, first prepare a hundred people as sacrifices..."

"This time it's not me."

Orochimaru smiled and shook his head, pointing to Akihara Kagura behind him: "Someone needs your help and specifically asked me to summon you... If you want offerings, you can ask him directly, even if you want more offerings."

"Um?"

Manda couldn't help but tilt his head slightly, looking in the direction of Akihara Kagura: "What do you want me to do, you little brat? Whatever you want me to do, you have to prepare a hundred people as sacrifices for me."

"..."

Akihara Kagura slowly walked towards Manda, a vial of Hashirama cells appearing in his hand. He spoke softly, "I have only one favor to ask of you..."

"What kind of help?"

The Thousand Snakes' murmur rang out in inquiry.

"I'll ask you to help me... become a sacrifice."

Akihara Kagura spoke slowly, but when she got to the last half of her sentence, her expression suddenly became serious, and she quickly finished forming the hand seals for the spell!

"Ninja Art: Impure World Reincarnation Technique!"

A huge black incantation suddenly appeared on the ground!

This was an experiment that Akihara Kagura had thought about long ago. Even if Manda escaped, it didn't matter; she could find a way to go to Ryuchi Cave and capture Manda!

"What?"

Manda was still somewhat confused and didn't quite understand.

However, Orochimaru instantly understood Akihara Kagura's thoughts, and he looked at her in disbelief: "Kagura-kun, you want to use Manda as a sacrifice..."

Kagura Akihara watched silently as Hashirama's cells turned to ash in the incantation and adhered to Manda's body. She calmly continued, "This is just an experiment. The stronger the life force, the stronger the user resurrected through Edo Tensei. I want to test how much strength the First Hokage can recover by sacrificing a summoning beast of Manda's caliber..."

"interesting…"

Orochimaru's lips curled into a smile.

For Orochimaru, Manda has great uses, but also great drawbacks. It will run away when faced with danger. It could also be used to conduct a useful experiment...

When I use the Impure World Reincarnation technique in the future, I will be able to summon other snake-like creatures with equally powerful life force from Dragon Cave. I can even find ways to make those snake-like creatures even stronger and use them as offerings for the summoning.

wrong!

Orochimaru suddenly realized something!

That bastard Kagura Akihara actually wants to resurrect the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, using the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Once the First Hokage, known as the God of Shinobi, becomes a puppet controlled by Kagura Akihara, how can I possibly fight against him?

"Kid! What is this?!"

The monstrous snake stared in terror at the flying ashes. Its scales were quickly covered by the ashes as it sensed its life force draining away!

Its purple body is constantly turning gray!

"You little rascal..."

Manda glared at Akihara Kagura with uncontrollable rage, then opened its mouth and bit down at her: "You actually want to use me as a sacrifice to cast an evil spell?!"

"Isn't this great?"

Kagura Akihara raised her finger, and a thick vine instantly bound Manda's head. She explained softly, "Manda, you were originally an evil summoning beast, which is perfect for me to use in my evil jutsu experiments..."

"You brat... just you wait!"

Manda stared intently at Akihara Kagura, its snake eyes filled with a chilling killing intent. Clearly, it desperately wanted to kill this guy who dared to use it as a sacrifice!

next moment!

A cloud of smoke rose!

The body of the ten thousand serpents suddenly vanished from its spot!

As a summoned beast, Manda could leave at any time and return to Ryuchi Cave to recuperate, but this time it clearly miscalculated…

Inside Longdi Cave.

The monstrous snake watched in horror as the gray color continued to spread across its body, completely engulfing it, and its pupils turned gray in an instant!

"No…"

The monstrous creatures still tried to struggle!

As a creature with immense life force and vast Sage Chakra, Manda's response after becoming a sacrifice was particularly significant. Its body slowly coalesced into a human form, from which emerged a figure clad in red armor.

When the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, stood inside Ryuchi Cave, he immediately sensed the immense natural energy hidden within the cave and that the power within his body was almost identical to that of his previous life, which made him feel vaguely strange.

but.

Hashirama Senju didn't have time to think it through.

A psychic command instantly summoned him away from Ryuchi Cave.

Outside Konoha Village.

Orochimaru, with a mixture of regret and relief, chuckled and said, "It seems the experiment failed. If Manda returns to Ryuchi Cave, this technique..."

"No, it worked."

Kagura Akihara interrupted Orochimaru.

After saying that, Akihara Kagura immediately clasped her hands together to form the hand seals for the summoning jutsu and slammed her palm on the ground: "Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu!"

next moment!

A figure clad in red armor appeared before them—the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, successfully resurrected using Edo Tensei, his chakra reserves were terrifying!

"What...what's going on?!"

When Hashirama Senju saw Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been resurrected by Edo Tensei, and Kagura Akihara, who had summoned him, and the moment he saw Orochimaru, his chakra surged violently!

A tangible chakra appeared on his body!

"Calm down."

Akihara Kagura raised her finger, instantly calming the First Hokage down: "First Hokage, it was I who resurrected you using the Impure World Reincarnation technique..."

"Huh? It's you?"

Hashirama Senju looked at Kagura Akihara with a puzzled expression.

"We'll explain everything in a little while."

Akihara Kagura, controlling Senju Hashirama, turned to Orochimaru and said, "Orochimaru-sama, you should have materials on the Second and Fourth Hokage, right? Could I borrow them for a moment?"

"..."

Orochimaru's hand suddenly clenched!

That bastard knows he has a lot of treasures, but does he think he'd just hand them over like that? This would just be giving Akihara Kagura's power a free boost!

"You're not really using them, are you?"

Kagura Akihara gently reassured Orochimaru, continuing, "Lord Orochimaru, if they are too strong, you won't be able to control them. In any case, they can't possibly pose any threat to me..."

"We can make an agreement."

Akihara Kagura looked at Orochimaru and said proactively, "Apart from the four Hokage, I won't touch the other village Kage; you can use Edo Tensei to resurrect them as you please..."

"You should understand too..."

"As the assistant to the Hokage of Konoha, I cannot allow you to revive the Hokage of Konoha, lest it pose any threat to the stability of the village..."

"..."

Orochimaru immediately gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "With a Hokage like you to assist us, Konoha is truly fortunate..."

"That's only natural."

Kagura Akihara's resurrection of the four Hokage was clearly not just for the sake of gaining more power. He continued, "The two advisors and elders in the village have always opposed my succession as Hokage, but if I have four former Hokage under my command, even if I am not the current Hokage, I can still use the other four former Hokage to influence the village's political situation..."

"Kagura-kun, that's just too unbelievable..."

Orochimaru shook his head, disbelieving Akihara Kagura's explanation: "The Konoha higher-ups wouldn't accept you toying with the dead, would they?"

"but…"

Kagura Akihara stared into Orochimaru's eyes and continued, "If I claimed that we wouldn't resurrect the four previous Hokage, Lord Orochimaru would continue to use them to harm Konoha. And coincidentally, the theft of the Hokage's body happened during the Third Hokage's funeral..."

"Even if we take a step back and say..."

"I could even keep it from them and resurrect the four former Hokage without their knowledge. Even if they find out, what can they do? Didn't the previous leader of Root, Lord Danzo, also do a lot of things that he kept from the higher-ups?"

"Me too..."

"Everything I've done... is for Konoha!"

"..."

You really dare to say that!

Orochimaru couldn't believe his ears.

This guy is actually serious!

This guy's actions were so intricate, he actually managed to find a reason!

If Akihara Kagura were to actually use this reason to request the Konoha higher-ups to resurrect the past Hokage through the Impure World Reincarnation technique, it might actually be approved…

The impact of resurrecting four Hokage by a rogue ninja is quite different from resurrecting them with the assistance of another Hokage. If the four Hokage were resurrected by a rogue ninja and used to attack Konoha, the morale of the Konoha ninjas would definitely be affected if they fought against them…

In that case...

To mitigate the risks, it wouldn't be unacceptable for Akihara Kagura to revive him using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

However, there is still a risk involved…

Orochimaru's gaze shifted slightly, landing on Hashirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Kagura-kun, I don't believe they'll obey your orders. If they reveal your true nature to Konoha, how will you face them then?"

This is the biggest risk.

If the four Hokage were to defect...

"Then I have no choice but to control the four Hokage to destroy Konoha."

Akihara Kagura's gaze was calm and peaceful, as if her words were nothing out of the ordinary: "For the sake of Konoha, I believe the four Hokage will make a rational choice."

"..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi fell into an eerie silence.

As Akihara Kagura said, it is indeed very risky, but the danger to Konoha is even greater. For the sake of Konoha, they may have no choice but to stand on Akihara Kagura's side.

This is the best way.

As the Hokage of Konoha, sacrifice is inevitable.

If everything is in Konoha's best interest, their future relationship with Akihara Kagura might become a game of strategy. They could be used by Akihara Kagura, but Akihara Kagura would be using them to gain benefits for Konoha...

"..."

Hashirama Senju frowned, still pondering the exchange between Akihara Kagura and Orochimaru. He seemed to suddenly realize the truth: "Wait, this kid named Akihara Kagura, you actually want to destroy Konoha? You're in cahoots with this guy named Orochimaru?"

"no…"

Akihara Kagura took a deep breath.

"What I mean is..."

Akihara Kagura slowly raised her fingers again, controlling Senju Hashirama to stand still, and said in a deep voice, "If the previous Hokage do not obey my orders, I will control you to destroy Konoha, to destroy the Konoha that the Hokage of all generations have worked so hard to build..."

"you!"

Hashirama Senju tried his best to twist his arm!

This brat…

He's such a dangerous guy!

The scariest thing is that this kid's strength may have already surpassed his!

However, no matter what he did, he could not contend with Akihara Kagura's will. He could hardly believe that his strength was almost the same as in his prime, so how could he still be unable to break free!

"The First Hokage."

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Hashirama Senju and softly advised, "If it's for the sake of Konoha, then a little sacrifice is necessary, at least some temporary forbearance is acceptable..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi also had a little ulterior motive.

If Akihara Kagura were truly willing to resurrect the Hokage of all generations and have them by his side, perhaps they could slowly influence him, allowing him to gradually understand the Hokage and ignite the Will of Fire within him…

From the current perspective…

Akihara Kagura doesn't seem to want to become a rogue ninja.

"Lord Orochimaru, your teacher has given his consent."

Kagura Akihara extended her hand towards Orochimaru: "Give me the resurrection materials for the Second and Fourth Hokage first, okay?"

"Then our agreement..."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and looked at Akihara Kagura.

Besides the Kage from other villages, Orochimaru also thought of one other person: Madara Uchiha, who had once fought against the First Hokage. Perhaps he should go to the trouble of finding Madara Uchiha's body...

"Of course it counts."

Akihara Kagura nodded, intending to have Yakushi Kabuto dig up the grave later.

There are currently three ninjas in this ninja world who have mastered the Impure World Reincarnation technique. It seems like there are very few people digging up graves, but the competition for grave robbing is actually quite fierce. Even Orochimaru has already started scheming against them.

"Then..."

Orochimaru extended his palm, and a cloud of smoke appeared in his hand. He then tossed a sealing scroll to Akihara Kagura.

"I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

Third update!

Today's goal of 10,000 units has been achieved!

We need to start making arrangements for Lord Orochimaru tomorrow, since he doesn't know anything about the Akatsuki yet...

(End of this chapter)