XX-level Hokage

"Stop messing around!" Sasuke instantly activated his Square Flower Sharingan, staring intently at Terumi Mo. As for Mashiro, Sasuke didn't even glance at her once.

"Since the Hokage doesn't want to take responsibility, then leave it to me. They're all handsome guys, what a waste. So at least let me give you a melting kiss." Terumi Momo stood up, looked at Sasuke, and said softly.

"Lord Mizukage, things are getting serious. I have to protect the Hokage. But this guy seems to have defeated Zabuza. Am I really his match?" Chojuro saw Mei Terumi stand up and instantly assumed a fighting stance, but then glanced at Sasuke, feeling inexplicably unsure.

"What are you daydreaming about, Chojuro!" Seeing Chojuro still lost in thought, Ao sternly retorted. "Hearing Ao's words, Chojuro instantly tensed up.

"I can do it, I'll try my best, let's just leave it at that." Chojuro gripped his twin swords, Hiramekarei, and muttered to himself.

"Lord Tsuchikage, since you are not prepared to participate in the battle, please lower your head," Terumi said, her hands forming a hand seal.

Then Mei Terumi opened her mouth, and a large pool of lava was instantly spat out. "Whoa!"

Kurotsuchi looked at the lava not far above her head in surprise, and then Onoki pulled her onto the board.

Just as the lava was about to hit Sasuke, Sasuke instantly activated Susanoo, and a huge purple body enveloped him.

"What do you mean by bowing your head?" At this moment, Amanoki, Akatsuchi, and Kurotsuchi were all hanging upside down from the ceiling. Amanoki couldn't help but say that the place where Terumi Mei attacked was exactly the area where Onoki was sitting.

“Chojuro!” Terumi Momo stepped forward and said, “Yes!”

Chojuro leaped up instantly, and the twin swords Hiramekarei he was holding transformed into a giant hammer. "Himecho, release!"

Then it slammed into Susanoo in an instant, smashing Susanoo and Sasuke together into the wall, then passing through it, piercing through Susanoo and...

Sasuke and the others crashed into the outside of the wall.

"Old man, are we sure we shouldn't go?" Kurotsuchi asked softly, watching the fight below. "No rush, no rush," Onoki replied.

Sasuke fell off the wall, panting heavily. His Susanoo had shrunk even further; after such a long battle, his body was nearing its limit.

"Every cell in my body aches. This is a side effect of Susanoo. It will cause this after prolonged use. I'm not even in my complete form and I'm already in so much pain. What did Itachi go through?" Sasuke murmured, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Before he could react, Terumi Momo appeared in front of him, blocking the corridor with her magic. "It's just the two of us now," Terumi Momo said.

"The wall next to you is the one I blocked during my attack. This is now a completely sealed room with no exit. I can use fire, water, and earth attributes, so I have two bloodline limits: Boil Release: Skillful Mist Technique." As she finished speaking, Miki opened her mouth, and white mist billowed out.

The mist completely enveloped Sasuke, and his Susanoo gradually began to melt. "It's melting."

Sasuke watched in horror as his Susanoo began to melt, then instantly activated a more complete Susanoo, making it even larger. But the instant the Susanoo grew larger, Sasuke's body was overwhelmed with excruciating pain. The intense agony forced him to his knees, vomiting profusely.

"Looks like you've been tortured quite a bit by the Raikage down there, but sorry, I'm not going to let you off the hook," Mei Terumi said softly.

"Although it's a little hard to bear seeing such a good man melt away like this, please just die," Mei Terumi said regretfully, then extended her finger.

The fog became even thicker.

Even Sasuke's skin began to corrode.

Sasuke looked at his corroded skin and thought to himself, "Is this acid mist this time?" At this point, Sasuke was completely helpless.

This dense fog could even melt the Shadow Legion.

Just then, the white unidentified object appeared on Terumi Momo's body again.

"What is this?" Terumi asked in surprise, looking at the unidentified objects growing on her body.

Unbeknownst to Terumi, at this moment, everyone in the meeting room except for Shiro and Yukikaze had grown unidentified white objects on their bodies.

"This is... Akatsuki's from earlier?!" As the white object continued to grow, Terumi Mo finally realized the source of the white object. "This is... that man's..." Sasuke looked at the white unidentified object that kept growing on Terumi Mo's body and immediately understood.

"They actually failed to see through the Spore Technique. The Five Kage are surprisingly stupid. Wait, what happened to the Hokage? All the spores died instantly." On a snow-covered mountain in the Land of Iron, Black Zetsu muttered to himself.

The white, unidentified objects growing on Mei Terumi's body continued to converge, forming the shape of a White Zetsu.

She exhaled a puff of mist that melted the White Zetsu's head. Terumi Momo realized something was wrong and exclaimed in surprise, "This is... my chakra..."

"Growing by absorbing chakra? When?!" Mifune also noticed this phenomenon.

"It was a timed ninjutsu left over before the Raikage killed him, but I'm a little curious why the Hokage wasn't hit by it?" Onoki glanced at Mashiro and said in a deep voice.

Chapter 161: The Five Kage Summit (End)

Mashiro didn't know what was going on either. She wasn't familiar with the Spore Technique and hadn't taken any precautions beforehand, so she didn't know why.

The reason is actually quite simple: those scavengers were devoured by the Daikanki cells the moment they entered Shiro's body. This is because the scavengers of the White Zetsu are, in essence, part of the White Zetsu's body, and the White Zetsu is composed of Yang-attribute chakra. Whether it is Yang-attribute or Yin-attribute chakra, it will be absorbed by Shiro's Sage Body the moment it enters his body.

"Perhaps it's because of his better constitution," Mashiro said softly, roughly guessing that it was related to her Otsutsuki body. Mashiro turned around, reached out, and flames spread out, burning away all the White Zetsu cells that were constantly growing on Jiraiya and Kakashi's bodies.

Then he approached Mifune and the other two, rescuing them as well. "Thank you so much, Hokage," Mifune said gratefully.

"Do you need any help, Tsuchikage-sama?" After rescuing the group, Mashiro turned to Onoki and asked with a smile. "No, thank you," Onoki declined.

Upon hearing this, Akatsuchi opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of earth, forming a rock giant. "Earth Release: Steel Legion Technique"

The rock giant reached out, grabbed the white Zetsu cells from Akatsuchi's body, and stuffed them into its mouth, quickly devouring all of Akatsuchi's white Zetsu cells.

"Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique," Onoki said softly.

Then the White Zetsu cells attached to Onoki turned into rock, quickly detached from Onoki, and fell off. "Lava Release: Dust and Ash Technique," Kurotsuchi said softly.

Then Heitu opened her mouth, and black soil spurted out, landing on the White Zetsu cells. The White Zetsu cells quickly solidified, and with a forceful movement from Heitu, the solidified White Zetsu cells shattered instantly.

A great deal of yellow sand emerged from the gourd behind Gaara, enveloping Gaara, Kankuro, and Matsuri. Soon, the White Zetsu cells on the three of them withered and fell off rapidly.

The other half is in the secret room created by Mei Terumi.

Terumi's White Zetsu cells continued to melt, taking advantage of the melting process to rapidly grow and extend, attaching themselves to Sasuke's body.

"Coughing, what's this?!" Sasuke kept shaking off the White Zetsu cells that had attached themselves to him. But he quickly stopped.

“Chakra is being restored,” Sasuke muttered to himself, looking at the White Zetsu cells attached to his body.

Then Sasuke, controlling the enlarged Susanoo, broke through the wall and entered the conference room again.

Seeing Sasuke break through the wall, Mei Terumi, who had lost a large amount of chakra to the White Zetsu cells, gasped, "The acid will spread to everyone; we need to change the concentration."

After saying that, Mei Terumi quickly changed her breathing, and the mist instantly thinned out.

Seeing Sasuke walk back into the meeting room, Onoki said, "Looks like the Mizukage is in trouble. Akatsuchi, let's join the battle. Kurotsuchi, you stay there." Floating in the air, Onoki looked at Sasuke and asked, "Kid, do you know Deidara? Where is he?"

Sasuke didn't speak, but instead spat a fireball at Onoki. "Fire Path: Great Fireball Technique"

The rock giant, spewed from the red earth, swiftly moved forward to block the fireball.

"I see. Although we have no grudge against you, the ninjas all wish you dead. Well then, Gana." After Onoki finished speaking, a transparent cube appeared out of thin air between his hands, with a milky white sphere in the center of the cube.

The cube instantly enlarged, completely enveloping Sasuke. "Dust Release: Particle Style"

The milky-white sphere inside the cube instantly turned into a ball of white light, followed by smoke filling the cube. When the smoke dissipated, Sasuke's figure inside the cube disappeared.

"The chakra has completely disappeared?!" Qing said in disbelief, cold sweat dripping down his face.

"That's natural. If the body is shattered at an almost molecular level, it will naturally disappear completely," Onoki explained. Kakashi was completely stunned; ever since Sasuke's sudden appearance, his mind had been in a state of shock.

"Sasuke, dead?! Hokage-sama..." Kakashi was about to say something when Mashiro interrupted him. "Don't worry, Sasuke is fine."

Just then, Raikage rushed in with Darui and Shi. Terumi also walked in.

"Where's that guy?" Ai asked.

"I turned him to ashes," Onoki said, somewhat trembling. "Here we go again," Kurotsuchi said, rubbing her head.

"There's nothing we can do; this is the Tsuchikage's most prized ninjutsu," Akatsuchi said honestly. "What?!" A seemed quite shocked, then looked at Mashiro.

Mashiro gave Ai a reassuring look, indicating that everything was alright. Just then, a vortex suddenly appeared in the sky.

The vortex turned from black to orange, and then Obito appeared out of thin air, carrying the unconscious Sasuke. "My name is Uchiha Madara," Obito said.

Everyone stared at Obito, their gazes a mixture of doubt, surprise, disbelief, and interest. "I have something to tell you all, and after you understand, I have something to ask you," Obito continued. "What?" Ai asked, looking at the suddenly appearing Obito with an icy expression.

"My purpose concerns the Eye of the Moon Plan," Obito said, as one of the eyes revealed by his orange swirling mask transformed into a Sharingan.

Just as Obito finished speaking, A threw a punch, but strangely, it missed and passed right through him. Seeing this, Obito quickly pulled Sasuke into the Kamui dimension.

"Akatsuki's plans are definitely not good. I don't understand them. Tell me, where is your leader?" A asked. "If you want to know, listen carefully to my explanation and then decide based on your answer," Obito said, turning to look at A.

“Calm down a bit, Raikage. There’s no harm in listening,” Onoki said. Ai calmed down upon hearing this.

Obito glanced at Mashiro, who remained calm, then jumped onto the stands and said, "So, are you all ready to hear it? What exactly is your Akatsuki organization plotting? Why did you suddenly attack the Five Kage Summit?" Gaara asked.

"What they're plotting is the Eye of the Moon Plan I just mentioned. As for why they sent people to attack the Five Kage Summit, and how they were able to open their eyes to the Kaleidoscope..."

"Sharingan users are very rare. I wanted him to hone his eye power in actual combat against the Five Kage, so I sent Sasuke here. I originally intended for him to capture one of the Five Kage as a hostage, but it seems that was asking too much of him," Obito replied.

"Hostages? Why?" Terumi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Why? To ensure the smooth implementation of the Eye of the Moon project I just mentioned," Obito said.

"I didn't expect that Madara Uchiha was actually still alive. Someone as powerful as you doesn't need to resort to those roundabout methods. With your abilities, what..."

"As long as the plan can be executed, that's what will happen." Onoki looked at Obito and said with a serious expression.

“I was severely injured in the battle with the First Hokage. I have no power now. To put it bluntly, I’m just an empty shell, an empty shell that even this new Hokage can defeat,” Obito explained, also mentioning his previous battle with Mashiro.

Immediately, everyone else in the conference room glanced at Mashiro. Mashiro smiled but didn't say anything.

"Project Eye of the Moon, is that a plan to help you recover on your own?" hope suddenly asked.

"Well, you could say that, but it's not limited to that." Obito nodded in reply. "What are you plotting? What exactly is the Eye of the Moon Plan?" Mifune asked coldly.

Chapter 162: Declaration of War

“I want to speak slowly, so I’ll start now,” Obito said, sitting down in the stands. “I’m asking you a question!” Kankuro seemed quite annoyed by Obito’s attitude.

Obito ignored Kankuro's words, held up one finger, and said, "Everything merges with me, the perfect form that unifies everything." Obito's words shocked everyone except Mashiro.

"Unite the two into one, unify everything, what's going on?" Onoki asked, puzzled.

“The Uchiha clan has a stone tablet passed down through generations, which is still underground in Konoha. It contains secrets written by the Sage of Six Paths. Even members of the Uchiha clan, without sufficient ocular power, cannot decipher it. The Sharingan, Mangekyou Sharingan, Rinnegan, and so on, with each generation revealing more secrets,” Obito suddenly said.

"Your words are getting more and more outlandish, the Sage of Six Paths and all that," Onoki said coldly, looking at Obito. "It's a fact; he existed, and he left behind a stone tablet," Obito replied.

"We've gone off-topic. What does your plan have to do with the Sage of Six Paths?" Ai jumped in front of Obito and asked.

Do you know why he became a legend and was worshipped as a god among ninjas? That's my purpose and the connection to the Sage of Six Paths. "Daishi glanced at A and said.

"Uchiha Madara, you possess the Mangekyou Sharingan, and the Akatsuki leader also has the Rinnegan. You should know everything, right?" Terumi asked softly. "Tell me," Onoki said, landing on the ground.

“He once saved the world from a monster,” Obito said.

"A monster?" Gaara frowned in confusion. "Could it be the Ten-Tails?" Mashiro suddenly asked. Instantly, everyone's eyes turned to Mashiro.

Obito stared directly at Mashiro, a look of surprise and doubt in his crimson Sharingan eyes.

“That’s right, it’s the Ten-Tails, Gaara. You were only sealed away as a part of that monster before. That monster is the aggregate of all the tailed beasts, possessing the strongest chakra. The Ten-Tails. It seems the Hokage already knew.” Obito glanced at Gaara first, then turned his gaze to Mashiro, and said softly.

“Our Hyuga clan’s ancient texts record a story about the Sage of Six Paths subduing the Ten-Tails, but we’ve always considered it just a myth. I never imagined that the Ten-Tails actually exists,” Mashiro said with great surprise. Of course, she made these up.