I am Jinshan Youxia

"Yes." Chiyo's attitude was very humble. She didn't care about the surprised and indignant looks of her juniors. Now that Sunagakure was groveling at the feet of Konoha, what dignity did they have left? It was not shameful to beg from a stronger person.

No matter how dissatisfied the Sand Village Jonin were, they were, after all, the elite of the ninja profession, and obedience to their superiors was ingrained in their bones.

Zhang Chengyi had thought a fight was coming and was even prepared to use his "All Things Under Heaven" power to toy with the Sand Village ninja in front of him. However, the conversation ended so peacefully that he couldn't help but feel bored. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned back and asked, "Where is the nearest post station?"

"Ten kilometers to the southwest," Chiyo provided the information.

Zhang Chengyi spat out a Tsukuyomi Eye and tossed it over, saying, "Thanks, it's a gift for you, you're welcome." After saying that, he left with his men.

Using the improved Illusionary Body Technique and absolute control over the illusory world, he completed the envisioned major transformation of the illusory world. Currently, he no longer needs to use Tsukuyomi to enter the illusory world. As long as he uses the improved Illusionary Body Technique or switches to the Tsukuyomi Eye, he can directly emit the corresponding thought waves to connect to the illusory world.

If he weren't worried that randomly giving it out would make others wary and hesitant to use or switch to it, he would want to give away the improved version of the Illusionary Body Technique or even the Tsukuyomi Eye to everyone he met.

The virtual world is too deserted now. Apart from Kisame Hoshigaki, who goes there every day to check in and watch him die of exhaustion, Itachi Uchiha and Might Guy, who also mastered the modified version of the Illusion Body, have never used it. They are quite cautious.

The Tsukuyomi eye's abilities are very useful in battles between ordinary ninjas, but they are completely useless to him.

Let alone an ordinary person using the Mangekyou Sharingan to cast Tsukuyomi, even if Kaguya herself cast it, he didn't think his mind would be pulled away.

Zhang Chengyi left with a flourish. Chiyo, clutching the Mangekyou Sharingan in her hand, remained silent for a while before turning back to the village.

She was going to redeploy all the village's intelligence networks and find Gaara as soon as possible. In any case, she had to get Gaara to 'agree' to transfer his wish.

Having witnessed firsthand the 'perfect version' of the Reanimation Jutsu, capable of reviving a person without any cost, and having roughly analyzed the personality of this rogue ninja 'Rokkaku' through intelligence gathering, she knew that perhaps the declining Sunagakure still held some hope…

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Orochimaru base.

Before the incantation seal bearing the two Chinese characters for "filth" and "earth," the naked White Zetsu lay in the center of the ceremony.

"It's coming."

After forming the hand seals, Yakushi Kabuto pressed his hands onto the densely packed incantations on the ground and infused them with chakra.

Countless pieces of paper appeared out of thin air, carrying incantations, and were affixed to White Zetsu's body.

"Ahhhh!"

White Zetsu howled in agony as its body contorted in pain, its face and body constantly shifting, with blue and white chakra rising from its body.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!" The paper burrowed into its body, and soon, Uchiha Madara, whose body and armor were covered in cracks, stood on the floor, with paper scraps flying all around him.

"pocket."

Orochimaru, who was unable to form hand seals, offered a reminder.

Kabuto Yakushi pulled out a talisman kunai he had prepared beforehand, and was about to stab it at the back of Madara Uchiha's head.

"Snapped!"

Madara Uchiha grasped Kabuto Yakushi's wrist. "A truly unexpected return." He turned his head slightly, looking expressionlessly at the half-black, half-white Zetsu, and asked, "Obito or Nagato?"

In his view, the fact that the plan could be disrupted to the point of having to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to awaken him meant that two important pieces must have gone wrong.

Black Zetsu said respectfully, "Obito and Nagato both failed..."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes as he stared at Madara Uchiha, who, even in an incomplete state, could forcibly control his impure body after being resurrected. Sensing the terrifying chakra and the Rinnegan that was exactly the same as that of the leader of Akatsuki, he began to consider retreating.

It seems like things have gone too far this time.

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The next morning, in Konoha Village, at the Hokage's office.

"...The rogue ninja Rokkaku is approaching the village; we must find a way to stop him quickly!"

Koharu Utatane's tone was very firm, "We can't have a conflict with him near the village, otherwise, with his destructive power, he will definitely cause even more damage than during the Chunin Exams."

After he finished speaking, no one responded.

The Jonin aren't idiots. The intelligence clearly states Zhang Chengyi's strength. Neither Sunagakure nor Kumogakure could stop him. He can come and go as he pleases. Konoha is already extremely weak because of the Konoha Collapse Plan, so they have absolutely no chance of winning a fight.

Courage is courage, but reason is reason. Zhang Chengyi didn't openly declare that he was coming to destroy Konoha, so why rush in and throw your life away?

Moreover, he recently helped Konoha eliminate many giant snakes and save many innocent villagers. Even if he defected, he might still have a strong attachment to the village.

As for the robbery within the Land of Fire and the infiltration of the village to attack Kakashi and Sasuke...

The parties involved haven't said anything yet, so why are others making a fuss?

In the silence, people gradually turned their gazes to the composed Tsunade, before returning their attention to the two advisors.

Koharu Utatane confidently met anyone's gaze, acting as a staunch hawk, refusing to yield to the rogue ninja.

Even the Hidden Cloud Village didn't yield. Although they were defeated, no one died. If they have the guts, let them test the resolve of the Leaf Village ninja. If they dare to challenge for one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, they can convene the Five Kage Summit and sit down together to figure out how to deal with this outlier.

Chapter 471 Danzo: It's a sure thing

"Send someone to talk to him."

Mitokado finally spoke up. Of the two advisors, it was usually Utatane Koharu who took on the radical role, while he provided room for de-escalation. But in reality, they both knew what was going on and what to do.

The ninjas in the village are not all on good terms; everyone has different needs and they must play different roles. Otherwise, if they are dissatisfied and cannot find a leader to speak to, they will definitely push for a third party.

Each ninja village has a different structure, and even the selection of Kage involves different statuses.

For example, the Raikage of Kumogakure is the sole leader, leading the village forward with the structure of a mafia-like organization, while the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure relies more on prestige. The longer the Tsuchikage lives and the higher his prestige, the more absolute his authority in the village becomes, even to the point of sending his subordinates to exchange their lives with the Raikage.

Most of the Kazekage of Sunagakure are technical personnel. Starting with the First Kazekage, they have all shouldered the responsibility of leading the village to survive in the desolate and barren desert. The First Kazekage went around scavenging resources and money. The Second Kazekage began to research the military application of Shukaku and developed puppet techniques. The Third Kazekage created Magnet Release and refined iron sand. The Fourth Kazekage even directly sold gold dust and self-developed ninjutsu. The Kazekage has a very high status in the village, but in most cases, they have neither the time nor the energy to deal with political affairs.

Kirigakure is even more extreme. The elders are in charge of all government affairs, and the Mizukage is simply the strongest person. No other factors are considered; as long as someone is the strongest, they are the Mizukage.

Konoha Village's high-level structure is the most complex in comparison. In addition to being strong, the Hokage must also possess the Will of Fire. The presence of two advisors and a complex and powerful ninja clan adds many political considerations.

Therefore, the Hokage, while possessing considerable power, is also subject to checks and balances, making them more primitive than those of other villages.

The earliest Kage were actually chosen from among the elders of each village. Mutual checks and balances were the normal situation. The situation in other villages, where either the Kage held great power or the Kage did not care about anything, was too extreme.

Getting back to the main point, Koharu Utatane still appeared excited after hearing Homura Mitokado speak, but she was actually completely emotionless inside.

Having worked together for so many years, they are now capable of making absolutely calm judgments without being emotional; any so-called emotional outbursts are just for show.

The two of them, working together, made everyone's thoughts clear. Now it was time for the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, to make the right judgment.

In reality, Tsunade had been away from the village for too long and had not made many contributions to it. Many of the new generation did not know that Tsunade was one of the Legendary Sannin. Even the Jonin who had experienced the war did not know that she left because of hemophobia. When she was announced as the Fifth Hokage, very few people came to attend.

It's important to know that becoming Hokage involves a "Jonin vote," and even if Danzo forcibly became Hokage, he still had to consider the Jonin vote.

At the time, no one came to participate, and not many people knew that, in essence, Tsunade and Danzo became Hokage in essentially the same way—both were not recognized by all the Jonin and became Kage through other means.

If Danzo supported himself, then Tsunade was supported by two advisors. Even the promotion of her becoming Hokage was ordered by Koharu Utatane.

The two advisors naturally had to help Tsunade establish her authority among the Jonin.

If Tsunade were to send Kakashi, a direct descendant of the Hokage whom she had healed, to talk to the rogue ninja Rokkaku, she would immediately gain the approval of many Jonin.

"Click~"

Just before Tsunade could speak, the door opened, and an old man covered in bandages walked in with a somewhat gloomy smile on his face.

"Danzo, what are you doing here?" Mitokado Homura spoke first, contrary to his usual behavior, and his tone was not very friendly.

Danzo Shimura's Roots disbanded a long time ago. After the Third Hokage died, his two advisors helped Danzo make a comeback, but not to make him the Hokage.

A notorious dark figure in the ninja world, a despised expert in dirty work, who was encouraged to make a comeback just to be a toilet, brazenly barged into the Hokage's office high-level meeting. What kind of behavior is this?

"I've heard that you're all troubled by the matter of the rogue ninja Rokkaku?"

Shimura Danzo sounded very humble, but then he said confidently, "Please leave it to me, Fifth Hokage."

Should they step forward when the village faces a crisis?

Is there a powerful expert who can defeat the main force of the Hidden Cloud Village?

Possesses the invincible illusion technique Kotoamatsukami, capable of controlling enemies?

Stable.

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The Land of Fire, Tanabata Street.

"Hmm~"

Zhang Chengyi walked along the empty street, leading the way out, stretching his body which had been reshaped through Yin-Yang Escape, feeling incredibly content.

Even without Hashirama cells, the Uchiha bloodline is still good. He obtained some Itachi Uchiha cells and used them as a foundation to rebuild his body. Not only did his chakra reserves and physical attributes increase significantly, but the effects, chakra consumption, and usage time of the Sharingan were also greatly optimized.

Especially Izanagi, one eye can be used for ten minutes, the battery life has increased tenfold, it's incredibly awesome.

The Yin-Yang Release technique is incredibly useful. No wonder it's a ninjutsu capable of creating everything. He felt that if he collected enough samples, he could recreate an entire ninja world.

Even Kaguya Otsutsuki was reminded by Black Zetsu during the Fourth Shinobi World War that she needed to find a place to refine her chakra, which shows that even at the Six Paths level, this energy is still refined by natives when needed.

Creating something out of thin air doesn't consume much, but creating someone with the powerful chakra threshold of the Six Paths level requires an astronomical amount of chakra.

Even the Sage of Six Paths probably couldn't create it easily. If it were easy, he wouldn't have stayed in the Pure Land for so many years, watching from the outside the whole time during the battle with Kaguya.

It could even be exaggerated to say that no one is more skilled than Zhang Chengyi in the art of Yin-Yang Escape.

If I get my hands on Hashirama's cells in the future, I'll try to find Madara Uchiha's corpse to examine it. I'll mix the two types of cells together to create a body, learn Sage Mode, and who knows, I might not even need the Ten-Tails to obtain Six Paths Sage Mode and become a genuine Otsutsuki.

"The surname Zhang doesn't sound as good as the surname Otsutsuki at all."

Zhang Chengyi has thought too far ahead.

He walked in front, followed by three others. Everyone who saw him hid. After the last disturbance in the short street, the people here had adopted a four-word attitude towards him: avoid him at all costs.

He should stay inside the house as much as possible and avoid seeing even his people.

Not far from Tanabata Street, Zhang Chengyi was still imagining how he would show off in Konoha and what kind of compensation he would give Kakashi, the source of his initial funding (Kamui), when three men dressed familiarly blocked his way.

Immediately afterwards, a scarlet Mangekyou Sharingan met his gaze.

Chapter 472 You only get one chance!

"Gaba!"

Old Deng, his body wrapped in bandages, collapsed to the ground, his whole body convulsing as if he were having an epileptic seizure. Blood flowed from his Mangekyou Sharingan, and his arm swelled up rapidly, just like when A-san's arm changed in Prototype.

The difference was that the changes in Old Deng's arm were even more shocking. On his pale, deformed, and constantly swelling and twisting arm, blood flowed from one scarlet eyeball at a time.

They look like they came from the Cthulhu movie set for a cameo appearance.