XX-level Hokage

"You've changed so much, and Izumi isn't the same person I remember anymore." Itachi looked at the two of them and said softly, "I know, brother." Sasuke's eyes were filled with complex emotions.

"Perhaps, as you all say, Shisui and I were both too arrogant, which is probably why you chose her," Itachi said with a sense of relief.

After that dream, Itachi pondered many times how he could have lost so completely to another person. Now, the answer is clear.

It's not really Itachi's fault. Almost all the strong members of the Uchiha clan are incredibly arrogant, whether it's Madara, Itachi, Shisui, or Sasuke, including Mashiro. This arrogance is almost ingrained in the blood of the Uchiha clan.

Because of the influence of Uchiha Zero, Mashiro has always had an arrogant side to her personality. However, because Mashiro was reborn, her arrogance is hidden in a deeper layer of caution.

“Give up, Itachi. You’ve done enough. Leave the rest to others,” Izumi said softly. Itachi was silent for a moment, and then a black raven appeared out of thin air and entered Sasuke’s body.

Under Sasuke's slightly alarmed gaze, Itachi walked up to him and whispered in his ear, "Use it as your last resort to forge your own path."

Upon hearing Itachi's words, Sasuke understood what the crow was.

Then Itachi laughed, and his body began to emit white light. Orochimaru handed the talisman that controlled Itachi's Reincarnation to Itachi himself, letting him choose when to release the Reincarnation.

"Now, I have nothing to hide. I always lied to you, which led to your tragic life. I didn't want to involve you, but in the end, you bore the brunt of everything. But now, thinking back, perhaps you once possessed the power to change your parents, to change the Uchiha clan. If I had been able to face you honestly from the beginning, to discuss the truth with you on equal footing... Now, it's meaningless for me, the loser, to say anything more to you. But no matter what, I will always love you." Itachi said softly, touching his forehead to Sasuke's, and then vanished in a beam of light.

After Itachi disappeared, Sasuke's expression was somewhat confused, but mostly sad.

"What do you plan to do next?" Izumi asked, looking at Sasuke. "Do what I should do." With that, Sasuke disappeared from the spot.

Meanwhile, on another battlefield, with the combined efforts of Naruto, Kushina, Kakashi, and Guy, Obito's mask shattered, revealing his face hidden beneath.

Kakashi, supported by Itachi, looked at the person in front of him with a sorrowful and puzzled expression, and said, "There's no mistake, he is Uchiha Obito."

"You can call me by that name if you want; it means nothing to me," Obito said, glancing at Kakashi with complete indifference.

Looking at Obito's Sharingan, Kakashi's eyes sharpened, and memories of Obito flooded back into his mind.

"So, you're still alive," Kakashi said in a low voice. "Who is he?" Naruto asked, puzzled.

“He was a ninja from our generation, also from the Uchiha clan. We thought he died in the war, but…” Guy explained. “If you didn’t die, why haven’t you…” Kakashi still couldn’t quite believe it.

Whether I'm alive or not is completely irrelevant. But then again, if I had to pinpoint a reason, it's because you stood by and watched Rin die, that's why I'm like this," Obito said calmly.

Upon hearing this, painful memories flooded Kakashi's mind, and his expression became extremely panicked and fearful.

"Don't make that face, Kakashi," Obito said softly, looking at Kakashi. "Aren't you going to yell at me?" Kakashi asked in a low voice.

"What's the point of cursing such a boring reality? I have no interest in this world that is about to disappear," Obito said calmly.

“Kakashi-sensei, I don’t care what happened between you and him before, but now is not the time to be discouraged. I’ll ask you for details later. Right now, the priority is to stop his actions,” Naruto said, noticing the strange atmosphere between Kakashi and Obito.

"Kakashi, Naruto is right. The whole world depends on us now," Guy reminded him.

"I have nothing to say to you. Die, bound by reality! Fire Release: Storm Dance!" Obito instantly formed hand seals and launched his attack. A vortex of flames rushed straight towards the four of them.

Naruto instantly extended the Nine-Tails' tail to eliminate the attack.

"The Nine-Tails' tails, huh?" Obito muttered to himself, looking at the nine tails waving in front of him.

Just then, a loud "bang!" was heard, followed by smoke. When the smoke cleared, Madara's figure appeared, standing side by side with Obito.

Rewinding time to an hour earlier, Mashiro defeated Madara and left. Madara, meanwhile, remained in the same spot, slowly recovering.

He was feeling incredibly conflicted. He never imagined that a little girl would possess the Rinnegan, which he had worked so hard to obtain his entire life, and that she had even defeated him.

What he found even more unacceptable was that her existence would completely ruin his plan; he didn't believe Obito could defeat her. Just then, a figure appeared in front of Madara.

"Are you the legendary Uchiha God, Uchiha Madara?" the figure asked with a light laugh. Madara stared coldly at the figure before him, ignoring him.

"It's painful, isn't it? Decades of planning ruined because of someone who suddenly appeared," the figure said with a sigh. "What are you trying to say?" Ban asked.

He saw the Sharingan in the eyes of the person in front of him.

“I can help you defeat her,” the figure whispered. “You?” Ban said with a hint of sarcasm.

"If you can hold her off for a while, you can capture the Nine-Tails with Obito to achieve your plan. Once you've achieved your plan, why worry about her?" The figure continued, unperturbed.

"What do you plan to do?" Madara asked softly, looking directly at the figure. Madara's expression also turned serious.

"Your name?" Madara asked after the figure in front of him finished explaining his plan. "Kaguya Shinso," the figure replied with a smile.

After fully recovering, Madara quickly arrived at Obito's place. "You seem to be having a lot of fun, Obito," Madara said coldly.

"That is...?" Kai looked puzzled as he looked at the person who had suddenly appeared in front of him.

"That guy is Madara!" Naruto said somewhat seriously. He had seen Madara's figure through the sensory machine in the headquarters and knew that he was fighting the other four Kage.

The battle was still undecided until the sensing machine could no longer perceive it.

"To actually resist the Reincarnation Technique, that's certainly like you," Obito said softly, looking at Madara. "Enough of that. Why did you take so long?" Madara said, somewhat annoyed.

"Why, why is Madara, who was fighting Gaara and the others, here?" Naruto asked, puzzled.

"Madara? The legendary Madara?" Kakashi frowned as he looked at the person who had suddenly appeared before him. "This is also a shadow clone. Where is the real body, Obito?" Madara glanced at Naruto and then said.

"How are the others over there?" Naruto asked anxiously. "Over there... Madara thought of Mashiro again and didn't continue."

"I'm asking you how they are!" Naruto instantly flew into a rage, his nine tails grabbing a rock on the ground and hurling it at Madara.

"Even faster than before." Obito thought to himself, watching Naruto's sudden burst of power, then tossed the Uchiha fan to Madara. "Here you go, this is yours."

Madara, holding a fan, instantly stopped the stone Naruto was throwing.

"We don't have much time left. We must find the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's body quickly and capture him," Madara said solemnly, looking at Obito.

Chapter 207: The Hokage

"Obito, you started your plan before even getting the Nine-Tails? You're too hasty, Obito. Is this why you revived me in this state? Never mind, it's always been like this. You must have your own reasons. What were you doing before? What happened to Nagato? You timed it perfectly and used the Rinne Rebirth Technique to revive me. That was the original plan." Madara said, looking at Obito's Rinnegan.

According to Madara's original plan, after the Akatsuki had collected all the Tailed Beasts, Nagato would use the Rinne Rebirth Technique to revive him, and then he would control the power of the Tailed Beasts and awaken the Eye of the Moon.

However, for unknown reasons, he was resurrected prematurely using the Reanimation Jutsu and was even beaten up by the new Hokage. He didn't collect all the Tailed Beasts, and judging from Obito's current eyes, Nagato is probably already dead.

Ban's plan took a completely unexpected turn.

“That guy betrayed us; he used that technique to revive all the dead people of Kumogakure,” Obito said.

“They’re all so unreliable, it doesn’t matter. It’s still not too late to start now. I will capture the Nine-Tails,” Madara said calmly.

Just then, Naruto suddenly formed a Tailed Beast Ball and rushed in front of Madara. "Don't let a dead man cause trouble!"

Naruto attacked Madara directly, but Madara raised his Uchiha fan to block the attack. "It didn't explode?!" Naruto asked, puzzled, as he watched the Tailed Beast Ball disappear after colliding with the fan.

At that moment, Madara raised his fan and pointed it at Naruto. "Uchiha Reflection!"

Instantly, a tremendous force struck Naruto, followed by a huge explosion that blasted him away, eventually turning him into a cloud of smoke and disappearing.

"Capture them all; the Nine-Tails' true form should be nearby," Madara said, then instantly charged forward. Madara faced Kushina and Guy alone, leaving Kakashi to Obito.

Kakashi looked at Obito, his voice trembling slightly, and asked, "How did you become like this?!" Hearing Kakashi's words, Obito fell into memories.

On the verge of death, he entrusted his Sharingan and Rin to Kakashi, was saved by Madara, witnessed Rin being killed by Kakashi, and inherited Madara's consciousness... Everything that happened was like a bizarre dream.

Obito snapped out of his daze and looked at Kakashi. He activated Kamui, and three giant shuriken flew out of the Kamui dimension and toward Kakashi.

Seeing this, Kakashi instantly formed hand seals. "Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall"

An earthen wall appeared out of thin air in front of Kakashi, blocking Obito's giant shuriken.

Seeing this, Obito charged towards Kakashi, using his Hollowfication to break through the stone wall, and then stabbed Kakashi in the knee with a giant shuriken. "Why?" Kakashi looked at Obito in front of him and continued to ask.

"Shut your mouth, you trash who only knows how to talk." Obito said coldly, then used Kamui to pull Kakashi into the Kamui dimension. But Kakashi quickly activated Kamui and left the Kamui dimension.

"Same eyes, you really are something." Obito said, looking at Kakashi's Sharingan.

Madara swiftly captured Kushina and Guy. Naruto's true form then revealed itself.

However, Naruto brought the entire Allied Shinobi Forces with him.

Seeing this, Obito, after obtaining Madara's consent, summoned the Gedo Mazo in its Ten-Tails form.

Meanwhile, in the forest near Kumogakure, Mashiro and Shinga were locked in a standoff, Shinga holding Izumi hostage with a kunai. "Who are you? A new member of Akatsuki?" Mashiro asked softly.

"My name is Kaguya Mashiro. I'm quite nervous facing the Hokage right now," Mashiro said with a smile.

"Really? You suddenly broke into the Allied Forces headquarters and even kidnapped someone, but I didn't see you showing the slightest bit of nervousness," Mashiro said.

"There's no other way. I really can't think of any other way to lure the Hokage here," Zhenwo said softly.

"So, what do you want to say to me?" Mashiro looked at Shinji, already prepared to attack. After all, thanks to Omikami, Izumi wouldn't die. "The Hokage doesn't seem inclined to have a proper conversation with me. Is it because of Izumi-sama's eye technique that you're so sure I can't kill her?" Shinji asked with a smile. Hearing this, Mashiro narrowed her eyes, while Izumi was utterly shocked. Regarding Omikami, besides herself and Mashiro, she was absolutely certain that...

Maybe someone else will know.

“You’re very mysterious. Even I can’t see through you. I’m considering whether to kill you here and nip this in the bud,” Mashiro said softly.

"You wouldn't do that, would you? After all, you don't know if I can kill Lord Izumi, and besides, you can't kill me now," True Self said softly.

“You won,” Mashiro said softly.

The surrounding air returned to calm, and the shadow behind Shinji returned to normal. "What do you want to tell me?" Mashiro asked softly.

“You must have heard of the Otsutsuki clan,” Shingo said.

Mashiro nodded. In a sense, she was now considered a member of the Otsutsuki clan.

"The Otsutsuki clan comes from a distant alien planet and has a lifespan of thousands of years. They are beings that transcend biological life."

Their sole purpose has always been to devour the life on a planet. Once they achieve their goal, they will leave for the next one.

To achieve this goal, they will plant "divine trees" on the earth, whose roots will penetrate deep into every part of the planet, absorbing the essence of all life on it.

With the chakra depleted, all life will eventually perish.

After the divine tree absorbs everything, it will grow "fruits". The fruits contain enormous energy and genetic information. Eating the fruits will allow the Otsutsuki clan to evolve.

The Otsutsuki clan possesses the powerful creature "Ten-Tails," which they use as a tool to invade planets. First, they plant the Ten-Tails on the earth, and then it transforms into a divine tree that devours the planet.

For the Ten-Tails to become the Divine Tree, a special condition must be met: it must consume a living Otsutsuki. When attacking a planet, the Otsutsuki clan would always come in pairs. One person would be consumed to give birth to the Divine Tree, while the other would guard the Divine Tree as it grew until it bore a chakra fruit.

Furthermore, chakra fruits also vary in quality, with young and healthy Otsutsuki being more suitable as bait for the Ten-Tails.

For thousands of years, the Ōtsutsuki clan has continuously devoured the life of numerous planets in the universe, relentlessly evolving until they became unparalleled and unique beings, until they became "gods"—this is "the will of Ōtsutsuki."

The true self speaks slowly.

"What do you mean by what you're saying?" Mashiro asked calmly.

Mashiro didn't know much about the information Shinji had given her regarding the Otsutsuki clan. But she didn't believe him completely; she felt that Shinji hadn't revealed some important information.

"Two Otsutsuki came to this planet a thousand years ago to plant the Divine Tree. One was Otsutsuki Isshiki of the Kaguya clan, but at a certain moment, Isshiki was betrayed by Kaguya and was killed by her sneak attack."

Thus, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki ate the fruit of the Divine Tree. The fruit born from this planet was exceptionally powerful, granting her unparalleled strength. However, for certain reasons, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki gave birth to two children, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki. Due to ideological differences, Kaguya was...

The two children were sealed away.