Konoha's Zhige

refuge.

Standing at a high place, Uchiha Fugaku inspected the current situation of the village with a solemn expression: "There are explosions in the east, west, south, and north. How many enemies are there?"

"I'm just worried about whether something unexpected will happen to Sasuke and Zhige."

Mikoto, standing next to Uchiha Fugaku, was worried. Ever since the Chuunin Qualifiers, when she learned that they were being targeted by dangerous people like Orochimaru, she had not stopped worrying for a day.

"They are already ninjas and must learn to stand alone."

Uchiha Fugaku said absently, his thoughts were very confused now.

Just now, some short-sighted tribesmen came to him and advised him to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a coup, but he severely stopped it. The village was facing a severe test, but at this time, everyone must unite as one.

Uchiha Fugaku also understands that he has been gradually marginalized and has now basically faded out of the central circle of power in the village. As one of the founders of Konoha, the Uchiha clan is naturally extremely dissatisfied with this status quo.

He knew that many clan members were planning a coup without telling him. As the clan leader, he had to stand on the side of the clan. For this reason, the genius of the clan, Uchiha Shisui, almost fell out with him, and even Itachi didn't understand him.

Uchiha Fugaku prayed silently: Sasuke, Zhige, you two must grow up as soon as possible. There is not much time left for me to protect you.

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Outside Konoha Forest, Naruto and Sakura caught up with Sasuke.

"what is that?"

Naruto pointed at Gaara, whose left half had turned into a monster, and said he was lying if he said he wasn't afraid.

Temari and Kankuro were hiding aside in fear. At this point, they were no longer able to intervene. If the usual Gaara could still make some sense, then the current Gaara could no longer stop it.

"Be careful, Naruto, he's going in your direction, he's going very fast."

Sasuke yelled.

"Get out of your way, anyone who's in the way!"

Gaara, who was partially transformed into a tailed beast, swung his claws, and his speed and attack power were unmatched before.

"Uh-oh!"

Naruto was knocked away, spat out a mouthful of acidic water, and clutched the pain in his abdomen: "This monster is Gaara!"

"Zizzi"

Now only Chidori can hurt this monster, Sasuke has no choice. After the two sides collided head-on, Gaara's "Shukaku Arm" transformed into sand was cut off.

"Ahhh!"

After screaming, Gaara's expression became crazy, and the sand continued to cover his body, and the other half of his body also 'sand-transformed', making him look like a living Shukaku in human form.

What's worse is that the chakra in Sasuke, who has already used Chidori twice, is almost exhausted. From the mok battle in the trial to the all-out pursuit, he has never stopped for a moment, and now he can barely maintain his Sharingan.

"Uchiha Sasuke, go to hell!"

His tail hooked on the branch, and using the momentum of the rebound, Gaara jumped towards Sasuke and prepared to strike down with his palm.

"I won't let you hurt Sasuke," Sakura bravely stood in front of Sasuke.

There was no suspense about the result. Sakura, who was knocked away, murmured as she passed out: "Sasuke, Naruto, you have to be careful."

"Sakura!"

"Damn it Sakura!"

Naruto punched the tree trunk.

"Why do you dare to stand up? You are obviously so weak."

Gaara, who lived alone and only for himself, could not understand Sakura's behavior. He was also stunned at that moment and restrained his strength slightly, otherwise Sakura would have to say goodbye to Sasuke and the others.

‘The art of multiple shadow clones! ’

The angry Naruto broke out again, and hundreds of shadow clones swarmed forward.

‘Wind Escape—Infinite Sand Bombs! ’

Gaara spit out a powerful wind release from his mouth.

"Bang bang bang-"

Naruto's shadow clones were all destroyed in an instant, no, there was still one left rubbing balls with the main body.

‘Rasengan! ’

"This is the final blow!"

With the violent explosion, 70 to 80% of the sand on Gaara's body fell away, leaving only his head and one arm still covered with sand.

"Blood, I'm bleeding again"

Gaara, who was getting more and more crazy, slapped Naruto away in front of him with one claw.

"Uzumaki Naruto, go to hell!"

Gaara's Shukaku face showed sharp fangs: "Wind Release - Infinite Sand Bullets!"

"Naruto, get out of the way!"

Sasuke placed one hand on the tree trunk and shouted anxiously.

"No," Naruto had not yet recovered from the previous attack.

‘Fire Escape – Phoenix Immortal Claw Red Technique! ’

Zhi Ge finally arrived with two pineapple heads.

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"Shuriken - Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

"Psychic Technique - One or Two Reincarnations from the Dirty Earth"

Hiruzen Sarutobi had a bad feeling when he saw Orochimaru's seal gesture and the coffin rising from the ground: "That guy Orochimaru actually used psychic skills to defend himself, and these two dead people are!"

Teacher Sarutobi, enjoy the forbidden techniques I prepared for you. Orochimaru was in a very happy mood.

"Trouble, I didn't expect to face your brothers, the first generation and the second generation, in this way again!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen had never had such a serious expression on his face before, and he shouted angrily: "Orochimaru, how dare you play with the souls of the dead."

"It's better to skip the preaching, Sarutobi-sensei, I'm a little tired of hearing it. You should think about how to save your life in front of the previous Hokage."

"Sandaime-sama, this is"

There was no mistaking the appearance of several ANBU standing in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen. The appearance of the previous Hokages was unmistakable when looking at the Hokage Rock statue every day.

Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand: "Back off, this is not a battle you can participate in!"

This is a mistake I made, and I will solve it myself today.

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"What's wrong, Sarutobi-sensei, have you become like this in your twilight years? If I don't work harder, I will feel very unfulfilled by killing you like this, haha!"

Orochimaru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was beaten by the first and second generation Hokage and was unable to fight back. There was sadness hidden under his smile. What was sad was not the miserable situation of Sarutobi teacher, but the ruthlessness of aging.

"What are you talking about? The only thing that is fair to everyone is time. Everyone who is alive will experience aging."

"Not always!"

Orochimaru took off his human skin mask, revealing the face of a young woman, and his voice changed into a female voice.

"who are you?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen opened his mouth in shock, could it be?

"Who am I, hahaha Sarutobi-sensei, people tend to get confused when they get old!"

Orochimaru laughed wildly. At this moment, he seemed to have returned from his studies. He was showing off and showing off his ninjutsu and research results. He was right.

"As expected, Orochimaru, you have researched human experiments and the art of immortal reincarnation. It was my fault that caused all this. It's up to me to make up for it today."

The Vajra Monkey Demon turned into the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, and Sarutobi Hiruzen shouted, he had made up his mind to keep Orochimaru here forever.

"If you can do it, try it!"