Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

However, thanks to Black Zetsu's reminder, Madara Uchiha's mind finally shifted away from maximizing the use of Hashirama Senju's Edo Tensei and instead began to control Hiruko.

But just as he was about to go and deal with Biluhu, an unexpected thing happened.

That is, Danzo actually broke free from his illusionary control.

"I didn't expect your Yin Release ability to be so good; you were actually able to break free from my illusion."

Madara Uchiha spoke with great interest to Danzo Shimura, who was still under the illusion of being genjutsu.

His perception was incredibly sharp, and in his Sharingan eyes, Danzo Shimura couldn't hide his secrets at all. As soon as Danzo broke free from his genjutsu, he immediately discovered it.

Who exactly are you?

Seeing that his disguise had been exposed, Danzo immediately spoke up, and at the same time quickly used the Dark Travel Technique to devour all the light in the room, so that he would not fall into Madara Uchiha's genjutsu again.

"Who am I? Hehe, why don't you guess?"

Upon seeing this, Madara Uchiha sneered.

As soon as he finished speaking, a large blue chakra hand instantly appeared from Madara Uchiha's body and precisely grabbed Danzo, who had secretly moved behind Madara Uchiha.

Susanoo - Initial Stage!

"This is indeed the Susanoo of the Uchiha clan, blue. Impossible, you should be dead. The First Hokage killed you with his own hands."

Danzo was once again captured by Madara Uchiha using the same trick. He was terrified. He stared intently at the large blue chakra hand in front of him and finally thought of a terrifying name. He said in disbelief.

In his mind, there was only one ninja who could use Susanoo, and that was Uchiha Madara.

He had the privilege of seeing Madara Uchiha's Susanoo.

Therefore, the answer is obvious.

"Kill me? Hmph, no one can truly defeat me."

Madara Uchiha saw that Danzo had guessed his identity and said that Hashirama Senju had defeated him, and said coldly.

The next moment, Danzo's body was once again crushed into powder by the chakra hand, turning into a large number of gray paper scraps.

This time, Madara Uchiha didn't wait for Danzo to use the immortality of the Impure World Puppets to repair his body. Instead, he used a simple and effective sealing technique to temporarily seal Danzo away.

"Black Zetsu, you stay here and keep a close eye on him, and try to get some useful information out of him."

After dealing with Danzo, Madara Uchiha gave an order to Black Zetsu.

"Yes, Madam Madara."

Black Zetsu complied.

Meanwhile, in a huge room deep within the old Roots headquarters, the remains of various creatures, both human and wild, were scattered everywhere.

Strangely, many of the remains on the ground were made of human remains and wild animal remains intertwined.

For example, a giant tiger might have three human heads on its head, or a human head might be on a bear that only has half a body left, or a giant beast might have a human leg growing from its arm, and so on.

Numerous examples of humans and wild beasts intertwined here present a truly horrifying visual shock to anyone.

However, inside the room, a pale-faced man was studying the creatures that were a combination of humans and wild animals without changing his expression. He even took out a notebook and wrote some strange, unfathomable symbols on it.

"Ordinary humans are indeed too weak to withstand the power of summoned beasts. However, the destruction took much longer this time, which should be due to the enhancement drug I recently developed. This is good news."

Hiruko wrote the last self-created character in the notebook and smiled slightly.

"Lord Hiruko, your experiment should be considered finished, right? You should complete Lord Danzo's orders as soon as possible."

As soon as Hiruko stopped writing, a cold voice immediately appeared.

Then, a ninja wearing a horse mask appeared in front of Hiruko.

"I know, I know, what's the rush? My experiment won't be over so quickly. If you want me to do it, wait until I use up the remaining materials here. My research inspiration is pretty good today, so don't bother me again, or I won't be so polite to you."

Hiryu, urged on by the masked man, said impatiently.

Danzo's orders?

Pooh!

How naive of him to think he could command Hiruko when he's just a dead guy, a guy who slunk away from Konoha.

Yes, Danzo was his former superior. He had joined Danzo's Root organization to gain power, but after his defection, he was relentlessly hunted down by Danzo and his Root faction.

As for being found by Danzo recently and obtaining a large amount of experimental materials and funding from him, which has allowed him to make good progress in his research on the Oni-Garra Technique, that is what he deserves.

Therefore, Hiruko felt only hatred towards Danzo; feelings of gratitude were simply out of the question.

Furthermore, his relationship with Danzo is no longer one of superior and subordinate; it is merely a cooperative one.

Strictly speaking, he is now the true owner of the entire old root system.

Because it was he who improved the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Just as Madara Uchiha had thought, he added something of his own to the synthetic beast offerings used in the Impure World Reincarnation technique, thus creating a loophole in the control of the summoned Impure World puppets. If he wanted, he could make those puppets his loyal subordinates at any time.

The masked man was a ninja loyal to Danzo. Hearing Hiruko's disrespect for Danzo again, he was immediately enraged. He also noticed Hiruko's enemy, so he instinctively pulled out a kunai from his body.

"Foolish fellow, I'll show you the power of a bloodline limit."

Seeing the masked man draw his kunai and prepare to attack, Hiruko sneered.

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes changed instantly, transforming into a pair of Sharingan with three tomoe.

The masked man was shocked. He never expected that Hiruko would possess the Sharingan. By the time he tried to close his eyes and avoid looking at Hiruko's Sharingan, it was already too late.

The scene before his eyes changed drastically in an instant, and he was unable to move his body.

"As expected of the Sharingan's power, it's really useful. It was worth all the effort and risk I recently took to use the Oni-Garaku Technique to fuse an Uchiha Jonin into my body."

Hiruko easily subdued the masked man using Sharingan genjutsu and smiled smugly.

The masked man in front of him was no ordinary ninja, but an elite Jonin with considerable strength. If he didn't use his Sharingan to catch the man off guard, it would take him quite a bit of effort to deal with him.

Hiruko did not kill the masked man, after all, he still planned to continue to enjoy the benefits that the Root brought him, so he only planned to trap the man in the illusion until he completely finished today's experiment.

He then prepared to start a new chimera experiment.

His Ghost Sprout Technique still has many drawbacks, and he still needs to collect data through a large number of synthetic beast experiments in order to make continuous improvements.

Soon, Hiruko pulled a blank-faced man from one of the cells in the room, and then, as if lifting a chick, carried a five-meter-tall black bear out of another cell by himself.

Hiruko's body had already been modified multiple times using the Oni-Garuru Technique. At this moment, in addition to being infused with an Uchiha Jonin, his body was also infused with a powerful, large-scale summoning beast.

Because of this, he can not only use the power of the Sharingan, but also unleash the astonishing power of a large, powerful summoning beast.

Anyone who thinks he's short and frail because he's wrapped in so many bandages will be in for a bad time.

Hiruko, who used the Oni-Garaku technique to plunder the Sharingan's bloodline limit and the power of a large, powerful summoning beast, has already firmly entered the realm of Kage-level strength.

The materials are ready; all that remains is to use the Oni-Garuda Technique on the two materials.

Just as he unleashed the Demon Sprout Technique, a voice filled with chilling killing intent suddenly appeared behind him: "You're clearly not from the Uchiha clan, so why doesn't the Sharingan show any rejection towards you?"

Chapter 254: Submission and Annihilation

Upon hearing the sound, Hiruko turned around instantly without saying a word, activated his Sharingan, and concentrated a large amount of Yang Release chakra in his right hand, throwing a punch at the person who suddenly appeared behind him.

But as soon as he turned around and saw the person's appearance and those familiar eyes, his body immediately went out of control. His fist froze in front of the other person's chest, and no matter how hard he tried to push his body forward, he couldn't move forward an inch.

"How is this possible? I've actually fallen under an illusion."

Upon seeing this, Beiliuhu was horrified and said in disbelief.

Putting aside the fact that he already possesses the Sharingan, the powerful large-scale summoning beast he fused with is itself a summoning beast with a huge amount of chakra and super resistance to genjutsu. Logically speaking, it would be impossible for him to cast genjutsu.

Unless the enemy's illusionary abilities have surpassed his own understanding and imagination of illusion.

Madara Uchiha merely sneered upon hearing Hiruko's words, offering no further explanation.

Compared to his Fire Release and other signature techniques, his genjutsu is merely the weakest of his methods, not worth mentioning. However, in this ninja world, there are no more than a handful of people who can withstand his genjutsu.

Clearly, the guy named Hiruko in front of us is not among them.

"Tell me, what was the answer to my question?"

Madara Uchiha used his fingers to pry open Hiruko's right eyelid, carefully examining the Sharingan in Hiruko's right eye socket, and asked a question.

Hiruko remained silent, displaying remarkable defiance in front of Uchiha Madara.

Of course, he wasn't exactly a hard-hearted person who would rather die than submit. On the contrary, he wasn't particularly tough, and he was also very adaptable and pragmatic. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to achieve what he has today as a ninja with low talent and a commoner background.

He has bowed to others countless times along the way, but he always manages to have the last laugh.

The reason he acted tough in front of Madara Uchiha this time was because Madara himself was a ninja of the Uchiha clan. Based on his understanding of Uchiha ninjas, people like him who dared to covet the Sharingan usually only had one fate: death.

The person in front of him gave him the feeling of a pure Uchiha ninja, and the Sharingan eyes of the other party were filled with the familiar arrogance.

Rather than dying in contempt, it's better to act tough; there might be a chance for things to turn around. Given the Uchiha clan's ninja mindset, they generally appreciate tough ninjas.

Moreover, his Ghost Sprout Technique is the culmination of his many years of research; how could he easily hand it over to someone of unknown origin?

Finally, he bet that the people at the base had already realized what was happening and that someone would come to rescue him soon.

"It seems you have no intention of speaking. Fine, I'll kill you and then use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to bring you back to life, which will also make you speak."

Madara Uchiha said impatiently.

He had no patience to play mind games with a bug like Hiruko, who could be crushed at will. He had mastered the Rinnegan and understood its ability to extract souls and read memories from the human realm. He could easily spend some time replicating it using the power of Uchiha Homura's Mangekyou Sharingan.

"What?! This guy knows the Impure World Reincarnation technique!"

Upon hearing Madara Uchiha's words, Hiruko began to feel uneasy and uncertain.

He wasn't sure if Madara Uchiha was telling the truth, but if Madara Uchiha really mastered the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Madara might actually be able to use it to revive him and force him to reveal the Demon Sparrow Technique.

Of course, the most likely outcome is still failure.

Because ninjas resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique retain their own will, the summoner needs to erase their will and control them personally to do so. This makes it very difficult for the summoner to obtain information from the summoned ninjas.

However, it cannot be ruled out that the other party possesses some special methods for stealing intelligence.

Just as Hiruko was filled with doubt and uncertainty, Madara Uchiha began to deal with Hiruko. His methods were extremely brutal. The first thing he did was to forcibly remove the two three-tomoe Sharingan from Hiruko's eye sockets.

Just like the Uchiha ninjas in Hiruko's mind, Madara Uchiha also hated non-Uchiha people using the Sharingan, as it made him feel disgusted.

"what!!!"

His eyes were forcibly gouged out, and Hiruko let out a pitiful scream of pain.