Naruto: I am Ninja World Ghost Story, who are you?

Chapter 21: The Game Ends, a Pyrrhic Victory (Please Read On and Vote!)

Forest area.

Inside the concave pit, Danzo gasped for breath, leaning against the soil behind him, feeling the intense heat of the earth. For a moment, Danzo believed this was reality.

But the countdown to that 'death game' still kept appearing before his eyes.

[Time: 1 minute 31 seconds]

"The last minute... it should be safe now." Danzo felt the discomfort in his right eye and realized that he had used up his most precious Mangekyou Sharingan.

Fortunately, he survived the explosion of the Nine-Tailed Beast Ball.

Before Danzo could even smile and congratulate himself on clearing the game, a series of sounds caused his expression to change drastically.

"Kai! We've found that Uchiha!"

"Kill him!"

"We absolutely cannot let him get away!"

Danzo turned around abruptly and found the area around the pit filled with village ninjas, including "himself" and a group of Root members.

"Uchiha Danzo".

"Your life ends here."

"Shimura Danzo," leaning on a single wooden crutch, dressed in clean clothes, and accompanied by Root ninjas, stood before a large group of Konoha ninjas and spoke.

"I, Shimura Danzo, will avenge the Third Hokage, avenge the village, and slaughter all these Uchiha rogue ninjas."

"Lord Danzo is wise!"

"The next Hokage will definitely be Lord Danzo!"

The Root ninjas also began cheering for Danzo.

The real Danzo was completely numb.

"I...I am Danzo, you...you can't kill me!" Danzo still tried to plead for something.

But Danzo ignored him and waved his hand. The next moment, countless Root ninjas rushed up, and their sharp blades pierced directly into Danzo's body.

"puff--"

"No...I...I...my Hokage position..." Danzo's voice grew weaker and weaker. Just when everyone thought the last Uchiha had been killed, a black sealing seal appeared, freezing the surrounding Root ninjas in place.

"Oh no! This is the Reverse Four Symbols Seal! How could he know my technique!" Danzo was shocked. Just as he was about to retreat, he tripped over a stone. The Root ninjas around him had all rushed forward just now, and the other ninjas scattered in all directions. He could only lie on the ground, feeling the suction force behind him getting stronger and stronger.

"No!! My position as Hokage!"

On his deathbed, the real Danzo realized that even his counterpart in another world had failed to become Hokage. Overwhelmed with rage, he coughed up blood once more.

The next moment, with a 'boom', an area of ​​tens of meters was absorbed by Danzo's sealing technique, forming a semi-circular earthen basin.

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone exchanged bewildered glances, their lips trembling, filled with lingering fear.

But soon, someone discovered that Danzo was missing, but he was taken away by someone else to take back to the village to handle the aftermath.

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Within the clan’s territory.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was filled with suicidal intent; he intended to use his final ninjutsu to completely eliminate the masked man.

“Hiruzen Jonin, I understand how you feel, but we must leave our clan territory as soon as possible and find a way to leave the Land of Fire.”

"No." Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head instinctively, but then he remembered something: "Isn't Sasuke at home? Are you just going to watch your brother die like this?"

Itachi Uchiha froze for a moment, then a strange sensation flooded his mind. The pain forced him to clutch his head, and he growled, "My brother... my brother..."

Seeing Itachi's condition, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but take a step back. The next second, a kunai slashed past his side. Although Hiruzen Sarutobi managed to dodge the fatal blow thanks to his body's instincts, his right arm flew off.

puff.

"Ahhh!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi clutched his bleeding right arm, using his remaining chakra to control his meridians and prevent further bleeding. He then tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes and applied it as a simple bandage to stop the bleeding.

At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi also saw the masked man and couldn't help but feel a pang of despair: "Is this the end...?"

At this moment, Itachi Uchiha, who was standing nearby, went mad, muttering, "No...no...little brother...little brother!"

Crimson eye power mixed with chakra formed a light shield around Itachi Uchiha, which quickly took human form and transformed into the third form of Susanoo, the half-human armor form.

Upon seeing this, the masked man immediately used 'Kamui' to leave, while Hiruzen Sarutobi was in a terrible predicament.

He had just been crippled by the masked man and was unable to form hand seals. Then, the crazed Uchiha Itachi, controlling Susanoo, swung out a giant hand and slammed it down on him.

"Damn it!" Hiruzen Sarutobi tried his best to dodge, but he was still hit. The next moment, he was sent flying and crashed into a broken wall on the street.

In the darkness of night, he lay among the ruins, his cloudy eyes gazing at the sky, his heart filled with complex emotions. He lay flat on a pile of broken bricks and tiles, and peacefully closed his eyes.

At the same time, the time was running out.

'3 seconds'

'2 seconds'

'1 seconds'

'0'

The next moment, the surrounding scenery was rapidly restored. Whether it was the ruined Konoha Village, the almost destroyed half of the Uchiha clan's territory, or the basin outside that had been blasted by the Tailed Beast Ball and absorbed by Danzo, the scenes were rapidly reversing.

In the real world, only a second passed before the protective shield of the Uchiha clan's territory disappeared, and the surrounding phantoms vanished.

Kakashi and the others who were guarding outside the clan's territory immediately rushed in to search for the Second Hokage and the Third Hokage.

But instead of finding the Hokage, they found Sasuke unconscious in the street first.

"Sasuke! Sasuke! Wake up!" Kakashi patted Sasuke's little face.

Sasuke rubbed his eyes groggily: "Who is it?! Ouch—it's so cold..."

He had been sleeping outside for quite some time, and now his hands and feet were cold. The cold air made him sneeze, and a long snot streamed down his face.

"You have a cold, let me take you to the hospital to get it checked out."

"Somebody come!"

Soon, Sasuke was taken to the hospital by an ANBU member. The other ANBU members did not search the various houses in the clan compound, but instead looked for him in the courtyards, streets, and corridors outside the mansions and shops.

Finally, in the open space of the Uchiha clan's training grounds, they found Tobirama Senju unconscious and Hiruzen Sarutobi missing his right arm.

a few days later.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was jolted awake from his hospital bed. Due to his prolonged coma, he was currently wearing medical equipment, including a strange transparent mask and a feeding tube through his nostrils, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.

"Where am I...?"

"Monkey...you're finally awake."

The familiar voice startled Hiruzen Sarutobi. He turned his head slightly and glanced to the side, only to find that his teacher was sitting in the next bed in the double room.

"Teacher...you're not dead..."

"I almost died." Tobirama Senju leaned against the headboard. His mind was still unstable, a result of the mental damage caused by the genjutsu.

If it weren't for the 'reward' of the 'death game,' he probably wouldn't have woken up so quickly.

"Monkey, Xiaochunmenyan and the others... they should be dead. The village has already held a funeral for them these past few days."

Tobirama Senju's every word caused Hiruzen Sarutobi's electrocardiogram machine to beat violently, and it took two or three minutes for it to gradually return to its original fluctuations.

"So...we didn't succeed..."

"No. We successfully completed the game and survived, but we also sacrificed Koharu and the others." At this moment, Tobirama Senju's expression was somewhat grim. "Even if we completed the game, we still couldn't defeat Uchiha Fumikazuchi."

"Why?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, puzzled.

“Because… he’s been hanging around the village these past few days…” Tobirama Senju couldn’t help but rub his forehead. “I sent a convict to talk to that kid, but he died after only a few words.”

"This means we haven't accomplished anything..."

"Just because I received a so-called 'reward' for this 'game'..."

How ironic!

Tobirama Senju never expected to be instantly killed by a junior member of the Uchiha clan. He survived only thanks to the perseverance of the others.

After hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's feelings became even more complicated. He had thought that the village would return to normal after this operation, but unexpectedly, everything was still different from before the mission... no! It was definitely different...

He couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. No matter what, they were his dearest friends of so many years.

He had not heard that Danzo was alive, and he knew that Danzo must also be dead.

"Were their bodies... intact?"

Tobirama Senju shook his head: "The villagers didn't find their bodies, so they were most likely left in that world."

"Well... alright." In an instant, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked as if he had aged more than ten years, sighing repeatedly. The deaths of all his close friends were even more unacceptable than abdicating the Hokage position.

"By the way, monkey, can you sense that chakra?" Tobirama Senju suddenly asked.

"What chakra, teacher?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's Uchiha chakra! Didn't you hear me just now? We 'participants' will receive a reward for clearing this game, just like those kids back then, we'll get extra chakra." Tobirama Senju felt that his physical abilities were much better than before, and his combat power had now recovered to about half of his peak.

At the same time, he also sensed that he possessed the Uchiha's chakra within his body.

This suggests that he may have acquired the Uchiha physique because of this incident.

"Well... I don't feel anything..." Hiruzen Sarutobi carefully examined his body, but didn't feel anything different.

"That must mean your body hasn't recovered yet."

"It is said that when the Dark Division found you, your right arm had already scabbed over. Although your internal organs were damaged, the problem was not serious... You should be able to get out of bed and start rehabilitation training after half a month of rest."

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately looked at his right arm and found it empty and numb. He couldn't help but shed tears again.

regret...

If the Uchiha clan hadn't been dealt with back then...

Why did it have to come to this...?

That damn Danzo!!!

......

On the rooftop of the Ninja Academy.

The three are playing shogi.

Uchiha Fufan was pondering where to go next when he suddenly yawned.

"Strange, who's thinking about me?" Bu Fan rubbed his nose.

"Don't make excuses, I won't let you win this time." After these few days of uneventful events, Shikamaru became a bit bolder and skipped class to play chess with Bufan.

“Bufan, if you can’t do it, let me do it,” Naruto said with a grin.

Naruto is in an extremely good mood because the village has announced his true identity in the past few days. He is actually the son of the Fourth Hokage and the 'hero' who saved the village.

Although some people are still traumatized by what happened that night and don't like him much, it's still much better than before.

Chapter 22 Obito, I Became (Please read on, please vote!)

Yunyin Village.

Based on information reported by the Cloud Ninja team some time ago, the Fourth Raikage A and the high-ranking members of the Cloud Village discovered that the ninja who appeared was most likely the Second Hokage of Konoha, the fastest ninja in the ninja world and a master who invented countless ninjutsu...

—Tobirama Senju.

"That's not good!"

"If it really is the Second Hokage of Konoha who has been resurrected, then what we did in Kumogakure will surely be met with their revenge."

"Lord Ai, why don't we start a war now!"

"I disagree."

The one who opposed it was one of the high-ranking members of Kumogakure, a ninja named Tsuchidai.