Naruto: Starting with the Two Kamui

—Nadeshi-ryu: A Beauty of the Nation!

call out!

The aroma, so enticing it could make even anorexic patients salivate, wafted outwards.

The setting sun of the month of Mao (卯月) that accompanied them formed a seal.

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With the help of the Void Release technique, the fragrance spread to even more distant places, until it permeated the entire ninja world.

The aroma was hard for ordinary people to understand, but it was very noticeable to these hungry little ones.

The wandering clones stopped in their tracks the moment they smelled the fragrance, looked in a certain direction, and then spontaneously began to act.

For two whole days and two nights, the clones scattered in various places gradually arrived at the territory of the Ninja Kingdom.

Yu ordered the people to serve them food that had been prepared beforehand and laced with sleeping pills. After eating the food, the clones all fell asleep.

When they awoke... they were already in a resettlement camp outside the city, where Yakushi Kabuto had unified them and brought them into submission.

The incorporation process is now complete.

However, the location of the external brain-device remains a mystery.

Large-scale population disappearances have occurred in various places.

It's obvious that the external brain is searching for living sacrifices for the Impure World Reincarnation. Even without the Exchange Center, it has other means to do the work.

We can't delay any longer; we must eradicate this malignant tumor of the external brain.

That night, Yu came before the White Snake Immortal.

The immortal asked, "Would you like to use divination?"

Yu said, "That's right, the external brain has been causing trouble for too long; it's time to let it rest in peace..."

The immortal said, "A divination done every six months? I never thought it would be wasted on a nobody. But I must say, it's easier to deal with the King of Hell than with his underlings... Alright, I'll use my divination skills to find out who this little devil is for you."

The White Snake Immortal prepared the ritual and was about to activate the unique divination technique of Ryuchi Cave.

"Your Excellency!" Just then, Yamanaka Inoichi's exhilarating voice rang in Yu's mind: "Your Excellency... please listen to me!"

Yu slammed his hand on the table and stood up: "What?! We found it!"

Chapter 647 Three Inches of the Human World, The Death of the Substitute Brain

C3·Panshan Dragon King!

Deidara's newly developed Explosion Release art transforms explosive clay into a dragon king capable of drilling through mountains and breaking through the earth, used to destroy enemies hiding underground!

After successfully developing it, Deidara was eager to test his art.

He originally intended to carry out an explosion outside the Feather Emperor City, but the rational Kurotsuchi was worried about disturbing the people and said that if Deidara insisted on going his own way, he would report him to the Feather Emperor.

Helpless, Deidara rode his giant bird through the night to find a suitable location for the explosion.

Because it was early spring and the weather had not yet warmed up, Deidara's lumbar spine, which he had injured in the Forest of Death in Konoha, flared up again in the cold wind. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he decided to take revenge on Konoha.

Therefore, he chose a small valley just a few miles outside Yegu Castle, the main city of the Konoha Affiliated State, as the location for the explosion.

With a deafening explosion, the mountain collapsed and the ground caved in.

Startled by the explosion, the Konoha ninja rushed to the scene and arrested Deidara on charges of "being caught in the act of bombing."

When the offender was apprehended, he was still cheering for art and showed no remorse whatsoever.

Because of Deidara's special status and the special circumstances, Konoha planned to give him some ideological education before sending him back to Yuhuang City.

But I never expected this!

Below the small valley where Deidara carried out the explosion was the very spot where Kabuto Yakushi originally set up his external brain!

He took a risky step by not choosing the safest option, the outer islands. Instead, he placed his most important deployments on the mainland of the Ninja Kingdom, based on the idea that the most dangerous place is the safest place.

That valley is only a thousand miles away from the central Yuhuang City! It can be said that the darkest place under the lamp has been played to the extreme!

Because the substitute brain was placed deep inside and had a device to shield its senses, neither the White Zetsu nor the ninjas noticed it!

If it weren't for Deidara's mountain-slaying dragon, the White Snake Sage's biannual divination would probably have been wasted on something unpleasant!

As an aside, the Dragon of the Mountain destroyed not the external brain itself, but the shielding equipment!

Within ten minutes, the Konoha Sensory Unit detected the anomaly.

With Kakashi's order, Konoha dispatched a reconnaissance team, and the location of the external brain that had plagued the ninja nation for three months was thus revealed to the world!

At this moment, the ruins of the valley are surrounded by a barrier, with Konoha elites, led by Hokage Kakashi, stationed here.

call out!

A vortex appeared, Yu landed on his feet, and the Six Paths Staff slammed into the ground with a 'bang'. Kabuto Yakushi emerged from the subsequent vortex and knelt behind Yu!

Wow!

All the Konoha ninja present bowed and greeted the Emperor Yu!

Hokage Kakashi stepped forward: "He's right here down here. I haven't dealt with him yet, so I'm waiting for you to come over."

"Hmm." Yu nodded lightly, and with a tap of his staff, a door opened in the barrier.

Yu stepped inside, with Dou following closely behind.

In the dark room, which now has a skylight, there are scattered stones that fell from the explosion, but you can still see that the room was originally spacious.

At the very center of the darkroom stood a large glass column, its golden solution almost entirely filled with a deeply grooved artificial brain.

Three meters away, the image of Dou was projected onto the CRT, where he was curled up in a ball, hugging his knees and burying his head deep in his chest.

Only when Yu and Kabuto landed in front did the image slowly raise its head and say fiercely, "Uchiha, Yu!!!"

Yu Leng said, "What, don't you hate me? I'm right here in front of you, kill me then."

Boom! !

Kabuto's holographic image was practically glued to the screen, staring intently as he declared, "If that brat with the Explosion Release technique hadn't ruined my plans, given a few more hours, I could have completed the Impure World Reincarnation of those 900,000 people!!!"

"You can't do it... Ten minutes ago, the White Snake Immortal's divination technique was about to be activated. No matter what, you have no chance."

A calm and refined voice sounded from behind Yu.

Holographic eyes fixed on his childhood self: "Oh... this is your true form. Uchiha Yu has transformed you, turning you into a completely loyal dog. Kotoamatsukami, what a terrifying technique."

Kabuto shook his head: "No, I was not subjected to Kotoamatsukami."

"What did you say!? Oh!!" Holographic Kabuto suddenly looked suspicious, then realized what he meant and pressed the frame of his virtual glasses on the bridge of his nose: "Being under the influence of Kotoamatsukami without even realizing it, I can understand that."

“Really not.” Kabuto Yakushi adjusted his glasses. “What made me turn back wasn’t Yuu-sama’s Kotoamatsukami, but Itachi Uchiha’s Izanami.”

Holographic Kabuto's expression twisted into a ferocious grin once more: "Izanami!? What a joke!! You traitor!! You don't deserve to be the original body!! You're not even as good as my clone!! Quickly remember your ambitions, your aspirations!!"

Kabuto chuckled self-deprecatingly: "I no longer need this kind of spiritual nourishment to fill the emptiness in my heart. I have found the true home of my soul..."

Holographic Kabuto: "You have regained Lord Orochimaru's favor!!"

Kabuto Yakushi: "No, our true home is not Lord Orochimaru... but our former home!"

He reached into his pocket, pulled out the group photo from the orphanage years ago, and displayed it in front of the holographic pocket.

"..." Holographic dollies lay on the inner wall of the cathode ray tube, their eyes glazed over, seemingly lost in thought.

Kabuto put the photo away: "Tell me where those 90 human sacrifices are hiding... This may be your last chance to redeem yourself."

Glug glug glug!

The solution in the external brain-suppository was suddenly heated to boiling point, causing the grooves of the cerebral cortex to disappear and the brain to disintegrate.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

The image in the cathode ray tube began to become blurry...

"I could never do something like a prodigal son returning home... Don't even think about it. My final order is to eliminate them all. Uchiha Yu, you will live on, bearing the hatred of these 90 vengeful souls who died because of you!!"

As these final words fell, the external brain-computer interface melted away completely, and the holographic projection vanished entirely.

Kabuto lowered his head in deep sorrow: "Emperor Yu, I'm sorry..."

After a moment of deep thought, Yu said meaningfully, "Perhaps, you don't need to apologize..."

The next day, news came back that the 90 missing people had returned.

Good and evil are often separated by a single thought.

Human nature cannot be fully explained in a single sentence.

But Kabuto's backup plan... came to an end at this point.

Late at night, snow falls in the courtyard.

Hashirama sat on a stone bench, peeling an apple: "In this catastrophe, the cities of the ninja kingdom were almost completely destroyed. Rebuilding them is not difficult, but healing the wounds in people's hearts is far more difficult than rebuilding the cities themselves..."

"Born in hardship, die in comfort. If this lesson can strengthen the living's sense of crisis, then the deaths will not have been in vain." Madara, with his back to Hashirama, looked up at the sky: "After all, those prophesied figures are coming soon..."

"Speaking of the prophecy, Yu will be absent because of something. What could it be? We still have no clue..." Hashirama said, throwing the peeled apple at Madara's back.

*Snap!* Ban caught the apple behind him and took a bite.

Hashirama smiled slightly, picked up another apple, and prepared to peel it for himself.

Madara chewed on the apple that Hashirama had peeled for him: "Who knows... but as long as you and I are here, even a thousand armies..."

blah blah blah!

Suddenly, a soft thud came from the snow behind them, and a round apple rolled down to Ban's feet...

Ban's words abruptly stopped as he looked back...

The stone bench was empty, the snowflakes continued to fall, and the figure between the pillars was nowhere to be seen in the courtyard!

"Hashirama...?"

Chapter 648 A Three-Inch World, Karma Hard to Eradicate

"Hashirama...?"