Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Then, the white beam of light from high above collided with the giant cube.

Both are clearly the same force, and when they collide, they immediately create a state of mutual compression, complementing and yielding to each other.

"Bang!!!"

After this state lasted for a few seconds, a huge energy explosion suddenly occurred.

The explosive energy was extremely powerful; the clouds in the sky were instantly dispersed by the strong wind generated by the explosion, and a small figure was also blown out of the blast, with a large number of rock fragments falling from his body.

It was Onoki who promptly used Earth Release: Rock Armor Technique to defend himself.

At this moment, Onoki's face was ashen. He stared intently at a familiar figure wrapped in bandages in the distant sky, his eyes flashing with nostalgia, grief, and rage.

"Damn Uchiha Madara, how dare you actually attack the teacher."

"Ohnoki said through gritted teeth."

Meanwhile, although Mu, who was under control, looked at Onoki with a blank expression, she felt somewhat relieved.

His disciple finally discovered his existence.

In this way, Iwagakure can finally understand who the enemy really is.

"Hmm~, I really miscalculated. This Iwagakure kid has become smarter. Your mission is over, come back."

Suddenly, Madara Uchiha's voice echoed in Mu's mind.

After being discovered by Onoki, he followed Madara Uchiha's orders and immediately relayed the sighting of the enemy to Madara.

When Madara Uchiha, who was far away in the Land of Waterfall, learned of this news, he immediately ordered the valuable Edo Tensei puppet to retreat.

Anyway, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki has already been captured, and the main objective has been achieved. Even if this 'spy' is discovered, it doesn't matter.

Without receiving orders from Madara Uchiha, he immediately turned and left.

"Wait, no one."

Upon seeing this, Onoki wanted to give chase.

But the next moment, a coffin appeared out of thin air, put Wu inside, and then mysteriously disappeared.

Onoki could only watch helplessly as his teacher was taken away by Madara Uchiha, which intensified his pain and anger.

Then, he felt a wave of fear wash over him.

Fortunately, he was reminded by Kurotsuchi and successfully found Master Mu. Otherwise, if he had left Iwagakure, Iwagakure might have been destroyed by Master Mu himself.

After all, Lao Zi has already been captured, so Master Wu no longer needs to keep an eye on him to prevent him from causing trouble.

"What exactly did Madara Uchiha want to do by kidnapping Roshi?"

Ohnoki thought to himself, full of doubt.

Meanwhile, in the Land of Waterfalls, in a huge underground cavern, a giant golem with its hands imprisoned is gulping down a stream of red chakra, the source of which is a middle-aged ninja floating in mid-air.

Madara Uchiha was atop the giant golem. He glanced at the middle-aged ninja in mid-air, then at the golem's head below, which now had two open eyes. He thought to himself with satisfaction, "So what if I've been discovered? It doesn't matter anymore. Including the Four-Tails, the Gedo Mazo has already swallowed two tailed beasts. Its power has begun to recover, enough for me to sweep across the ninja world."

After Black Zetsu brought back the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi, he immediately gathered his forces and used the Nine Seals of the Illusionary Dragon to forcibly extract the Four-Tails from the Jinchuriki's body.

Unfortunately, since the Gedo Mazo had only absorbed the Seven-Tails from Takigakure, the extraction of the Tailed Beasts was not very fast. It seems that it will take at least two more days to complete the extraction.

During this time, he himself must remain here with full concentration to oversee the sealing.

That's why he was negligent and forgot to retrieve the hidden 'spy', Wu.

Of course, this is also because he didn't take Iwagakure seriously.

Madara Uchiha quickly closed his eyes again and continued to devote himself wholeheartedly to sealing the Four-Tails.

On the other side, the ten illusory figures on the fingers of the Outer Path Demon Statue breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

All ten of them were core members of the Demon Organization. Most of them were previously notorious rogue ninjas in the ninja world, each possessing at least the strength of a Jonin and mastering unique ninjutsu and secret techniques.

Now, thanks to Hiruko's Oni-Garara Technique, they have become Kekkei Genkai ninjas, greatly increasing their strength. Some of them have even successfully obtained two Kekkei Genkai and withstood the side effects, thus gaining Kage-level strength.

As their strength grows, so does their ambition.

However, when they learned that the true mastermind behind the Demon Organization was a mysterious and powerful figure who possessed both the Rinnegan and the Mangekyou Sharingan, and that they had personally experienced the process of the Gedo Mazo sealing and absorbing the Tailed Beasts, they all became obedient and dared not harbor any disloyal thoughts for the time being.

Although they didn't know what the giant golem that could absorb tailed beasts was, they were acutely aware of how terrifying it was.

Even though they were dragged here to work as laborers by Madara Uchiha using some kind of ninjutsu in the form of illusions, they could still feel the terrifying pressure emanating from the Gedo Mazo and Madara Uchiha.

The pressure from the Gedo Mazo was the seemingly endless chakra within its body, like a vast ocean.

The pressure from Madara Uchiha was the powerful mental pressure emanating from his Rinnegan. Even without directly confronting him, simply being looked at by him gave them a feeling of their souls being frozen, making them unable to muster any resistance.

"Damn it, that guy actually has Nagato's Rinnegan. Who is he? Could he be Kirito Tohsaka? Impossible. If he were Kirito Tohsaka, why would he help me become stronger? Knowing that guy's personality, he would have killed me long ago."

Yahiko, who possessed the jade ring, mingled among the ten people. He saw Uchiha Madara close his eyes and return to calm, and he thought with grief and indignation.

Regardless, the owner of that mysterious voice is most likely this mysterious person who possesses both the Rinnegan and the Mangekyou Sharingan.

And he could most likely guess who this person was.

In the ninja world, ninjas with the Mangekyou Sharingan are extremely rare. The only known ninjas with the Mangekyou Sharingan are Uchiha Chizuru of Konoha and Uchiha Madara.

In fact, he has now recognized the Mangekyou Sharingan in Madara Uchiha's right eye.

This eye appeared when Nagato's Rinnegan was stolen.

He never imagined that he would become an accomplice of his enemy. He wanted to take the Rinnegan back from Kirito Tohsaka, but little did he know that one of the Rinnegans was not in Kirito Tohsaka's hands at all, but in Madara Uchiha's hands.

He was undoubtedly manipulated by Madara Uchiha, who used him to reclaim the last Rinnegan.

In other words, it is almost impossible for him to truly take back the Rinnegan and return it to Nagato.

Upon realizing this, he became extremely angry, and his manipulation of chakra became chaotic.

"Think more about your two companions. If you don't want them to get hurt, then behave yourself. Also, my promise to you is valid. I will help you take the Rinnegan back from Kirito Tohsaka. However, whether you can keep the Rinnegan is another matter. We'll see how it goes then."

Madara Uchiha's voice suddenly rang in Yahiko's mind and echoed for a long time.

When Yahiko heard Madara Uchiha threaten him with Konan and Nagato, he wanted to turn against Madara on the spot, but reason ultimately prevailed.

It's not time to turn against each other yet.

Now that things have come to this point, he has no way out and can only go all the way down the dark path.

……

Konoha, the location of the giant Tenseigan in the basement of the Sealing Team building.

Kirito was talking to Tsunade.

Kirito had just learned from Tsunade that the Four-Tails Jinchuriki of Iwagakure had been captured. The source of the information was Onoki, the Third Tsuchikage. After learning that Iwagakure had been tricked by Madara Uchiha, he finally put aside his pride and took the initiative to contact Konoha, and even revealed the news that Rōshi had been captured.

Clearly, Onoki wanted to use Konoha's power to reclaim the Four-Tails. After all, if Madara Uchiha's goal was to collect the Tailed Beasts, then Konoha's One-Tail and Nine-Tails would certainly not be spared.

Kirito now even suspects that Onoki contacted not only Konoha, but also other ninja villages that possess tailed beasts.

"Kirito, what are your thoughts now?"

Tsunade crossed her arms, supporting her ample breasts, and said to Kirito, who was dressed in a white lab coat and looked like a scholar.

The capture of the Four-Tails Jinchuriki is no small matter.

If Madara Uchiha uses this to control the Four-Tails, it will definitely not be good news for Konoha.

Given that the other party once controlled the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha, it is quite possible that the other party will control the Four-Tails to deal with Konoha.

No, it's something that was bound to happen.

Kirito knew very well why Madara Uchiha had captured the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. Before, Madara Uchiha had hesitated to directly attack the Jinchuriki, so even if he wanted to spread the rumor that Madara Uchiha had captured the Tailed Beast to launch some kind of world-destroying conspiracy, he couldn't find a suitable reason.

Now that Madara Uchiha has finally made his move and has been caught red-handed by Iwagakure, he certainly won't hesitate to annoy Madara Uchiha. He immediately said, "I think we need to let the ninja world know about this. The tailed beasts are an important force in maintaining the peace and stability of the five great nations. Now that Madara Uchiha is trying to break this balance, we must punish him severely."

"A very good suggestion. It is indeed necessary to have other ninja villages cooperate to eliminate Madara Uchiha. However, Sunagakure no longer has the One-Tailed Beast. I think Amegakure can take Sunagakure's place."

Tsunade instantly understood Kirito's meaning and added with a smile.

"Big sister is so smart. Sunagakure has been jumping around quite a bit lately, and the timing of their jumps is also quite clever. It's time to let them rediscover the terror of Konoha. Now is also a good time for us to win over Iwagakure."

Kirito exclaimed in admiration.

The conflict between Sunagakure and Iwagakure had just erupted when the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, died, and then war broke out. Kirito didn't believe there was anything fishy going on. He thought that some people in Sunagakure were probably already in cahoots with Madara Uchiha.

Therefore, he believed it was necessary to take this opportunity to severely suppress Sunagakure once again, so that it would be weakened and unable to become a stumbling block for Konoha in defeating Uchiha Madara.

Although Tsunade is still beautiful and kind-hearted, she is now the Hokage, and subconsciously considers issues from the perspective of the village's interests. She asked with concern, "However, I've heard that the latest puppet army that has appeared in Sunagakure is very troublesome. Is it necessary for us to assist Iwagakure in defeating Sunagakure?"

Since the end of World War II, Konoha's reputation has almost returned to what it was during the reign of the First Hokage. Every day, the village receives a large number of missions from various countries and regions, and it has become prosperous due to the influx of merchants and travelers.

Therefore, Konoha has been living quite comfortably lately, and its financial pressure has been greatly reduced.

However, with the restart of the Wood Release research project, the start of the Cursed Seal strengthening project, and the launch of Kirito's recent Tenseigan research project using the giant Tenseigan, Konoha's hard-won economic improvement is under tremendous pressure again.

If Konoha sends troops to help Iwagakure defeat Sunagakure, the military expenditure will be a huge sum of money.

"Big sister, you can't just help others without asking for anything in return. We helped Iwagakure defeat Sunagakure, so of course Iwagakure will pay for the military expenses, and we'll also share the spoils of war. We can't fight a war that loses us money."

Furthermore, it's time to test the results of our Wood Release research project.

Upon hearing this, Kirito decisively corrected Tsunade's outdated idea of ​​sending troops to aid Iwagakure.

Upon hearing Kirito's words, Tsunade's face immediately showed a look of realization. She sighed and said, "You're always so full of clever ideas. Let's do it your way. But we can't be too greedy. The most important thing is to win over Iwagakure so that it won't become our enemy when we deal with Uchiha Madara."

Kirito didn't object to Tsunade's suggestion and said with satisfaction, "Sister is becoming more and more like a Hokage. I trust you to handle things."

"You brat, what do you mean you can trust me to do things? I'm the Hokage, okay?"

When Tsunade saw Kirito speaking to her in such an old-fashioned manner, she punched him on the head and said irritably.

Then, she looked at the giant Tenseigan in front of her and asked, "Can this thing be used in our final battle against Madara Uchiha?"

Chapter 344: The Perfect Jinchuriki Training

"I can't say for sure either. There are many seals inside this giant Tenseigan, laid down by the Otsutsuki clan on the moon. These seals are layered on top of each other, making the massive chakra inside extremely stable, but also making the unsealing work incredibly difficult. Without a specific unsealing technique, forcibly unsealing it will only destroy it instantly."

Furthermore, it harbors a powerful collective consciousness of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon, which would reject anyone not of the main Otsutsuki clan lineage from inheriting the power of the giant Tenseigan. This is the most difficult thing to deal with.

Upon hearing Tsunade's question, Kirito's face immediately showed a hint of worry, and he sighed.

Compared to the giant purple Tenseigan created by a branch family of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon, this giant yellow Tenseigan created by the main family of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon has far greater limitations in its use.

At the same time, its power is also superior.