I, Uchiha: Split Konoha

Chapter 341 Both Sides Reincarnated

Impure World Reincarnation

The coffin lid burst open, and Obito Uchiha looked at the person inside and said in a deep voice, "Madara."

As Madara Uchiha stepped out of the coffin, he calmly sensed the power within his body and nodded, saying, "Not bad, this time I can finally unleash my full fighting strength."

"Where's Hashirama?"

Upon emerging, Madara Uchiha felt a sense of unease. Suddenly, he remembered that Hashirama was always with him during each Edo Tensei event, but this time, there was nothing.

Obito Uchiha, standing to the side, said in a deep voice, "Orochimaru of Konoha is also proficient in this forbidden Impure World Reincarnation technique. Last time in Konoha, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were sealed away by Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha."

Upon hearing this, Madara Uchiha's lips curled up slightly, and an excited smile appeared on his face.

"Obito, that means our enemy this time is Hashirama Senju!"

For some reason, Madara Uchiha had an inexplicable obsession with Hashirama Senju. When he heard that Hashirama Senju was on the opposing side, an unprecedented fighting spirit rose in his heart.

"You could say that, since Orochimaru of Konoha is proficient in the forbidden technique Impure World Reincarnation."

Obito calmly nodded and said something, while Madara Uchiha narrowed his eyes, "Not bad, I'm sure Konoha will unleash Hashirama's full power this time."

"So, these coffins!"

Madara Uchiha calmly gazed at the densely packed coffins beside him, while Obito wore a mocking smile.

"These ninja villages have dug up the remains of their ancestors, who were the strongest ninjas in the past hundred years. Of course, Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure are exceptions."

Upon learning who the people in the coffins belonged to, Madara Uchiha showed a hint of boredom and said indifferently, "Just a bunch of minor characters."

"Hehe, even though he's a minor character, he can still play a crucial role on the battlefield, at the very least making the fighting between the two sides even more brutal."

Obito's face revealed a wicked smile. He made hand seals, and in an instant, the coffin lids of the coffins fell to the ground with a loud thud.

One by one, figures slowly emerged from the darkness, countless of whom had been dead for many years, their expressions filled with confusion.

Konoha faction.

"Captain Kakashi, this is bad! Sensory ninjas have detected reanimated ninjas among the Allied Shinobi Forces on the battlefield, including the First, Second, and Third Tsuchikage and the Raikage..."

Upon hearing this news, Kakashi, inside the tent, frowned and said in a deep voice, "It seems the Allied Shinobi Forces are planning to give us no chance to breathe."

"Haha, it's just Edo Tensei, Kakashi. Don't worry, Orochimaru is here this time, everything will be fine."

Jiraiya, standing to the side, laughed heartily, showing no sign of the danger posed by the Impure World Reincarnation.

"Leave the Impure World Reincarnation to me."

Just then, a hooded figure slowly walked in, and the Jonin inside the tent frowned upon seeing it.

This person is truly secretive and unpredictable.

Upon seeing this, Kakashi couldn't help but smile. "So it was you. Now I don't need to worry anymore."

A glint of light flashed from beneath the hood, through round glasses, and no one knew who this person was.

On the open land, Kakashi arrived with many elite ninjas, while a mysterious ninja wearing a hood suddenly slammed his hands together on the ground.

Rumble~

One after another, coffins were summoned by spirits, and the sheer number of them was quite unsettling.

Even the usually composed Kakashi was somewhat astonished. "Impure World Reincarnation? Isn't this ninjutsu supposed to consume a lot of chakra?"

The mysterious ninja with the hood was none other than Kabuto Yakushi, as Kakashi certainly knew. However, Kabuto didn't want to reveal his identity, or rather, he preferred to be an ordinary ninja, peacefully guarding the orphanage.

The two were acquainted, but Kabuto Yakushi's chakra reserves could not possibly be that large.

In response to Kakashi's question, Kabuto, wearing a hood, gently pushed up his glasses and chuckled softly, "Kakashi-senpai, every ninjutsu has its flaws, and just as every ninjutsu has endless room for improvement."

"When the Third Hokage releases an ordinary Earth Release: Earth Wall, it is a solid wall of bluestone, while an ordinary ninja's wall is just an earthen wall. Kakashi-senpai, you are a sturdy city wall."

"Similarly, the Impure World Reincarnation technique has now been maximized thanks to our research with Lord Orochimaru."

Pointing to the coffins, Kabuto Yakushi chuckled and said, "Of course, this is quite troublesome and requires a series of preliminary preparations."

"For example, if you need to summon the person resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation in advance, and then seal them in a coffin after confirming that they are the right person, then the same person cannot be summoned. When you need to use them in battle, the chakra consumed is only what is needed for the summoning."

"The largest part of the chakra consumption in the Impure World Reincarnation is actually the moment when the soul of the dead is summoned from the world of the dead. Therefore, since this step is used in advance, there is naturally no large amount of chakra consumption."

Upon hearing Kabuto's explanation, Kakashi Hatake looked enlightened and nodded with admiration, saying, "Truly worthy of you and Lord Orochimaru."

"Actually, the chakra consumption of this forbidden Impure World Reincarnation technique has not been reduced. It's just that it was completed ahead of schedule. When needed, the coffin in a specific space can be summoned."

Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi have mastered the forbidden technique of Impure World Reincarnation to an extreme degree.

The hooded Yakushi Kabuto shook his head and smiled, "There are also drawbacks in this situation. Even with the forbidden technique of Impure World Reincarnation binding the soul of the dead, it can only last for a month at most."

"This forbidden technique is well-known in the ninja world, and its weakness is also obvious. Although the impure body will automatically repair itself after being injured, it will also exhibit the drawback of stiffness, and it is also countered by sealing techniques."

Sealing techniques are a relatively obscure ninjutsu in the ninja world, but they are also ninjutsu that various ninja villages are secretly researching.

The five great nations, in particular, have invested considerable effort in sealing techniques to combat the tailed beasts and to create even stronger Jinchūriki.

Rumble~

As the coffin lids fell to the ground, figures slowly emerged.

Many of the ninjas' eyes welled up with tears upon seeing this, and some even exclaimed in surprise.

"Look, isn't that Lord Cang?"

"That's the second-generation Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu."

"That's the Second Kazekage..."

This time, the people summoned by Edo Tensei were almost all the deceased ancestors of the three major ninja villages: Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure. After all, it was both reasonable and legal.

Digging up graves is inherently immoral, but given the powerful Allied Shinobi Forces, especially since the forbidden technique of Impure World Reincarnation had already spread throughout the ninja world.

Therefore, the clan leaders of Sunagakure, Mist Village, and even Konoha, as well as the descendants of these once-powerful and heroic ninjas, frowned and discussed the matter before finding almost no objections.

After all, it wasn't like they were controlling their ancestors, and they could even see their ancestors. Some down-on-their-luck ninjas were secretly harboring a strong desire for revenge.

After summoning the ancestors, wouldn't the great achievements they made belong to them? They could even have the ancestors teach them lost ninjutsu or give them guidance.

It achieves three goals at once, and there are almost no downsides.

Therefore, a grave-digging craze swept through the three major ninja villages, of course, all of them digging up their own graves. Moreover, there was a rule that only Jonin were qualified to resurrect them using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

However, the five great ninja villages in the ninja world have only been established for a hundred years, and countless families have perished in the storms of those decades.

Similarly, countless ninjas died on the battlefield, and many of them didn't even leave behind a single bone. After all, the corpses of ninjas were the most valuable, and countless ninjas would destroy their bodies before they died.

Therefore, there weren't as many as one might imagine. However, almost all the Kage from different generations were summoned, since the corpses of the Kage are considered the most precious treasures in the major ninja villages, and almost all of them are perfectly preserved.

Especially for the major clans, with the Uchiha clan setting this precedent, almost everything went smoothly.

When the strongest members of the Uchiha clan, preserved from generation to generation, appeared and opened their three-tomoe Sharingan, the Uchiha ninjas on the periphery laughed excitedly.

"These are all powerful figures from the past generations of our Uchiha clan."

With both pairs of three-tomoe jade activated, the Uchiha clan began to communicate using their unique genjutsu space.

The next moment, one by one, the aloof Uchiha ninjas who had been summoned showed excitement on their faces.

"What! Our Uchiha clan has actually achieved this!"

"Haha, that's great! Although our Uchiha clan didn't become Hokage, we've still managed to ride on the Hokage's head."

"Haha, who dares to say that my Uchiha clan is inferior to others?"

"We, the Uchiha clan, have finally taken this step."

Upon learning of the current situation, the Uchiha clan members who had died were immediately filled with excitement, shouting and yelling. In contrast, the Hyuga clan members were in a much more awkward position.

"Haha, you old bastard from the main family, our branch family has finally stood up!"

"Very well! My Hyuga branch family is no weaker than the main family!"

Meanwhile, the members of the Hyuga main family were so angry that veins bulged on their foreheads as they glared furiously at the branch family members.

The ninjas from both the Hyuga branch and main families of Konoha awkwardly tried to appease their ancestors.

"Our predecessors, regardless of right or wrong, all of this was caused by the rogue ninja Danzo..."

Good heavens, this time the Hyuga main family and branch family have almost unified their statements, pointing the finger at Shimura Danzo.

It’s just that!

More importantly, the rogue ninja Shimura Danzo was also summoned. Faced with countless cannibalistic faces, he was filled with resentment and anger.

The main reason is that Danzo's severed arm had many remaining cells, and there were also arm cells in the Root Base, which naturally became the remnants of Yakushi Kabuto's impure soil.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Kirigakure.

"Damn it, our Kirigakure bloodline clan was almost wiped out!"

"Sinners! How could the Third and Fourth Mizukage still be controlled?!"

In contrast, the Third and Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure were in a much worse situation, facing criticism from everyone but unable to express their grievances.

Obito Uchiha is currently the strongest person in the ninja world. Faced with a powerhouse of this level, how many people wouldn't be controlled?

The situation is a bit better for Sunagakure. After all, they were the losers in all three Shinobi World Wars. The once powerful ninja village has fallen to such a state under their rule, so it's already quite good that they've come to this point.

Konoha Village.

Inside the Hokage's office, Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon the First and Second Hokage.

"Hehehe, luckily Tsunade and Karin teamed up to seal the two of them last time, otherwise we would still be enemies this time."

When Hashirama Senju emerged from the coffin and saw the familiar surroundings and Tsunade's face, he burst into laughter.

"Tsunade is pretty good. She finally managed to get your grandfather back. Otherwise, he would have been used by someone else again."

"Idiot!" Tsunade roared in frustration as she looked at her unreliable grandfather, the First Hokage.

"Haha, Tsunade's temper isn't good. By the way, I heard you haven't had any children yet?"

At this moment, Hashirama Senju acted as if they were old friends, and looked at Tsunade with suspicion, saying, "That shouldn't be the case. Although you're not young, Tsunade, you should be able to have children without any problems, given our Senju clan's bloodline."

"How come you haven't had many children yet after all this time? Tsunade, you can't complain about the trouble. The hope for the revival of the Senju clan rests entirely on your shoulders."

Goodness, Tsunade, who has lived for so many years, has experienced being pressured to get married before, and now she is being pressured to have a baby by her deceased grandfather.

Tsunade immediately flew into a rage, her eyes widening. "Grandpa, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju, a cool and aloof man, had a rather unpleasant expression. Through the window, he naturally saw the Hokage Rock, especially the Third Hokage's face, which was almost completely shattered and had hardly been repaired. He couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

"Brother, there are outsiders here!"

Seeing his elder brother Hashirama Senju make such a fool of himself, Tobirama Senju would have already shut his thick-skinned older brother up if he weren't outmatched.

Meanwhile, Mizukage Mei Terumi and Kazekage Yoruichi were also in the office. The two of them acted as if they didn't see him. Hashirama Senju didn't feel embarrassed at all; instead, he laughed heartily.

"Tobirama, I can already sense that there are many children in the Uchiha clan, which is why I told Tsunade to hurry up."

For once, Tobirama Senju did not refute. Now that the Senju clan had fallen into decline, even the aloof Tobirama raised his head and looked directly at Tsunade.

Faced with this scene, Tsunade stared wide-eyed, "Second Grandfather, you wouldn't...!"

Tobirama Senju coldly said, "Tsunade, although you say that the ancestors of the Senju and Uchiha were brothers and came from the same source, it is precisely because of this that the bloodline of the children you give birth to will be even purer."

Good heavens, after sensing the Uchiha clan's prosperity and their dominance over the Senju clan, Tobirama Senju rarely showed a hint of resentment.

Just think how powerful the Senju clan was under the leadership of those two brothers, almost suffocating the Uchiha clan, and now look at their current predicament.

Seeing this, Tsunade's forehead veins bulged, and she shouted in dissatisfaction, "Whose fault is this? It's your fault for insisting on handing over the Third Hokage position to the old man."

"Back then, although our Senju clan didn't have any Kage-level experts, we had plenty of slightly less powerful ones. If we had just chosen the one with the greatest reputation, none of this would have happened."

Tsunade was extremely dissatisfied with this matter, and coldly snorted, "For what so-called fairness? When has the Hokage election in Konoha ever been fair?"

While Tobirama played a little trick in securing the position of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju was indeed the one and only person everyone wanted.

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, succeeded him without any election; he was directly appointed, even though he was indeed the strongest at the time.

But is there any fairness to speak of?

The Third Hokage was also appointed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, so there was no fairness involved.

Otherwise, if it were a truly fair election, at the very least the Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga clans would have been able to oust the so-called Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Given the strength of the Senju clan at that time, it was highly likely that the Senju clan would still fall into their hands.

Faced with Tsunade's mockery, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, fell silent, a rare occurrence. His decision was intended to give the village a good start, but it unexpectedly sowed the seeds of the Senju clan's decline.

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