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Chapter 161 The attack from the Sage of Six Paths!
A majestic atmosphere permeated the sky, as if a mysterious and sacred singing voice was ringing, as if praising the existence of a supreme immortal.

The vast and sacred chakra rose into the sky from the body of the Six Paths Sage. Since the beginning of time, the Yellow Spring Pure Land, which had only been gray and dead silent, was suddenly illuminated at this moment!

Under the shining light, souls and spirits emerged from the dark world. Their bodies looked no different from humans, but their bodies were covered by an invisible film of soul power.

The magnificent chakra illuminates the world and also illuminates the faces of these souls.

Confused, godless, immersed...

In the gray world, their minds also fell into eternal sleep.

A vast amount of chakra emerged from the sky. The Six Paths Sage clasped his hands together, and a hole suddenly appeared in the sky. The chakra also followed the crack in the space and rushed towards some unknown space.

After the attack, the immortal fell silent, the brilliant light slowly faded, and the whole world returned to dead silence again.

"Brother, you are being too reckless. Once our mother's tribe notices this, it will be a disaster for us." Otsutsuki Hamura said softly after watching the Six Paths Sage do all this.

"It is because my mother's people have not yet paid attention to the Ninja World that I must take this opportunity to stabilize the situation in the Ninja World." The Six Paths Sage said calmly: "I have separated Yin and Yang and spread the Five Elements Chakra until now, just to create enough 'Soul Wedges' before being discovered by my mother's people."

"Only when we have enough soul wedges can our consciousness be spread infinitely, and we can become true gods in the universe like our mother's clan!"

The so-called Soul Wedge is a special secret technique created by the Six Paths Sage based on the special 'wedge' of his mother's clan.

The 'Wedge' can copy the members of the Otsutsuki clan and digitize them, then insert them into other people's bodies, and ultimately reincarnate and revive through the wedge, thus making itself a being that transcends death.

The function of the 'Soul Wedge' is to copy itself into digital form and inject it into another person's body. However, compared to the 'resurrection' of the original wedge, the Soul Wedge is more like a way of dispersing power and eventually converging it.

Anyone who possesses the chakra of the Six Paths Sage will have a 'soul wedge' seed planted in his body. This soul wedge seed will expand little by little until death and return to the netherworld. Then the soul wedge will return all the power of the living to the Six Paths Sage.

After hearing the words of the Six Paths Sage, Otsutsuki Hamura fell into silence. After a long time, his voice slowly sounded in the temple.

"...I hope nothing goes wrong."

No one can know the conversation in the Pure Land of the Underworld.

In Konoha Village, in the Forest of Death.

The aftermath of Ghost Path No. 91, which was chanted by Gui Deng Huan Yue with all his strength, slowly dissipated, and in the huge pit, a gray-white shadow was blasted into pieces.

The spiritual power floating between heaven and earth continued to gather on his body at this moment, as if trying to repair his broken soul, but Gui Deng Huan Yue's figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

"So the soul power of this world can only be directly used by a guy like you, right?" After noticing the situation of the God of Death, Gui Deng Huan Yue sneered, and the mirage had already covered his palm: "If I completely kill you, can the distorted Yellow Spring Pure Land return to normal?"

A beam of spiritual power burst out in the palm of Gui Deng Huan Yue, but at this moment, a tremendous energy that even surpassed the previous explosion of Ghost Dao No. 91 suddenly appeared. The space of Gui Deng Huan Yue suddenly cracked, and the terrifying white energy poured out.

With a loud bang, everything around Gui Lantern Huan Yue was suddenly annihilated and collapsed!
The attack came too suddenly and was too terrifying, completely beyond Gui Deng Huan Yue's expectations. Even Ye had no time to react before the attack came.

Under the solemn look of Ye, the horrified look of Zhishui, and the confused look of Gui Deng Huan Yue, the entire space collapsed, and most of the Death Forest turned into nothingness.

"Swastika!"

At this time, there was no other thought in Guideng Huanyue's mind. He could only burst out with all his strength and release all the spiritual power in his body in the most powerful manner.

At this moment, vast spiritual power burst out from his body. The entire Death Forest seemed to have gained ten times the gravity. Countless giant trees collapsed, the earth shattered, and even the ground of the entire Death Forest sank several centimeters!

Mizuno Yueye, who was standing by, instantly grabbed Uchiha Shisui's shoulders and disappeared on the spot.

The tremendous spiritual power collided with the magnificent sacred chakra, and the whole world seemed to stand still at this moment.

"Illusionary mirage!"

The pure white mist expanded and spread out in an instant, completely merging into the body of Ghost Lantern Huanyue, and the next moment, the tremendous spiritual power that he burst out was defeated by the sacred chakra. Then, that power, like a space-based weapon, dealt a fatal blow to Ghost Lantern Huanyue.

The terrifying energy swept out, and the entire Death Forest was completely shattered in an instant. With a loud bang, it turned into a bottomless crack. Violent chakra remained in it, and the remaining power was still shocking.

The earth cracked, and when you look down, you can even see the rolling magma.

The figures of Ye and Uchiha Shisui slowly emerged.

Looking at the sky without any traces and the crack below that almost reached the center of the earth, Shisui swallowed with horror. In addition to the horror, there was actually a slight hint of... doubt?
He actually felt a familiar feeling from the chakra attack that came from the sky!

"That attack just now was..."

"Your ancestors."

"Wha, what?"

Looking at the confused and dazed Shisui, Ye's gaze turned towards the sky, as if he could see through the layers of space and see the existence in the Pure Land of the Underworld.

"The source of that attack just now was the founder of the Ninja Clan, the spreader of chakra in the Ninja World, the immortal who pacified the troubled times, and also your ancestor, Uchiha Shisui, Otsutsuki Hagoromo!"

"Or……"

"Six Paths Immortal!"

The Sage of Six Paths?!
Uchiha Shisui swallowed, he knew that Mizunoe Yue's goal was to deal with those aliens, but he had never heard anything about the Six Paths Sage.

This ancestor... is still alive?

"If we define him by his body and soul, he would have died thousands of years ago. But if we define him by ideology and so on...he is indeed still alive and well."

Ye's eyes were dim and his expression was indifferent. He could clearly see that the god of death who was destroyed by the attack of Hanazuki Hozuki was also pulled away by the impact of this sacred and magnificent chakra, and the soul of Minato Namikaze was also taken away at the same time.

"The reason why there is no spiritual power in the ninja world is because of that old guy..."

"In other words, I was attacked by the Sage of Six Paths?!"

There was a hint of weirdness in the angry voice. Some mist condensed in the air beside Ye, and Gui Deng Huan Yue's figure slowly solidified.

Although at this moment, Hozuki Huanyue's breath was weak and his spiritual power was lacking, it still surprised Uchiha Shisui on the side.

The power of the attack just now was incomparable. If he was hit, there would be no other outcome except death.

But Gui Deng Huan Yue actually...

"The Sage of Six Paths... is really strong." Hozuki Gengetsu snorted and looked at Mizunoe Tsukiyomi unhappily: "If I had known earlier, I would have stayed in the Land of Rice. Not only did I not get anything after coming here, but I was also beaten up by the Sage of Six Paths."

Ye chuckled, and even Shisui couldn't help but laugh.

As if thinking of something, Hozuki Huanyue's eyes suddenly lit up: "By the way, Yongdai-sister, have you captured the soul of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

"Well, although Namikaze Minato's soul was taken away, Uzumaki Kushina's soul is indeed in my hands." Ye nodded and said, "But it is unlikely that she will be your vice-captain. Not to mention her strength, she is not the type to help you deal with things all day long."

"Ahhhh why am I so unlucky..."

Mizuno Yueye ignored the ghostly howls of Ghostly Ghost, but slowly raised his head and looked towards the sky.

The attack from the Six Paths Sage was indeed beyond his expectations, but he also understood several things from it.

For example, the original speculation about the Six Paths Sage's intentions, the estimation of his strength, and his current location in space, etc.
After this battle, Ye had answers to many questions in his heart.

Ye glanced at Naruto, who was still in the cradle not far away and was being protected by him, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Then let's see who can come out on top in this game of chess."

"Let's go, it's time to go back."

"Hey, Yongdaimei, aren't you going to take this kid back with you?" "No need. Our Kirigakure is not suitable for this reincarnation of Ashura. Besides, whether it's the old guy in the netherworld or his parents, they all want him to stay in Konoha, right?"

The three of them left Konoha, and the darkness was torn apart by the morning light after a moment.

The gentle morning sun shone on the face of the newborn baby with fox whiskers, and his energetic crying echoed throughout the Death Forest, which was already full of ruins, until several figures appeared beside him.

But at this moment, Konoha Village does not have the usual vitality to welcome the arrival of a new day.

Today, the village is filled with grief. Countless villagers who have lost their homes opened their eyes numbly and looked around in confusion. They hoped that last night's experience was just a nightmare, but obviously, they were disappointed.

The village was razed to the ground, and countless ninjas, companions, relatives and friends were killed in the battle.

Sacrifice, death, and huge losses turned into flames of anger at this moment, filling their hearts.

It was that damn Nine-Tailed Fox that caused this tragedy!

For the villagers of Konoha Village, although the previous Ninja World Wars were brutal, the war never spread to the village. For the ninjas, the battlefield might be more tragic, but for these ordinary villagers, the Nine-Tails Rebellion had scratched a bloody mark on their hearts.

Although the top leaders understood that the Nine-Tails had indeed brought great trauma to Konoha, the truly serious ones were Mizunoe Tsukiyomi's group of Shinigami.

But given the current situation in Konoha and the situation in the ninja world, they couldn't involve Kirigakure in any way. In order to give the people a channel to vent their anger, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox became the perfect outlet for this disaster...

……

After a busy day, the losses were finally roughly counted, but Sarutobi Hiruzen's brows did not relax at all.

He picked up the pipe on the table, lit it, took a deep puff, and the smoke filled the air.

This time, the Nine-Tails disaster brought too much damage to Konoha. The entire Konoha was almost destroyed, a large number of ninjas were killed in battle, and civilians were injured and killed.

Next, he not only has to rebuild Konoha, comfort the people affected by the disaster, pay death pensions, etc., but he also has to be careful of the possible covetous eyes of external forces.

The accumulation of so many things is extremely troublesome.

But what really troubled Sarutobi Hiruzen was not these.

The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had been in office for just over a year from the time he succeeded as Hokage to now, and yet he was sacrificed in the sudden Nine-Tails incident. This kind of thing was unprecedented in the history of Konoha.

A country cannot be without a king for a day, Konoha cannot be without a Hokage for a day, and the vacancy of the Hokage position is the major issue that must be resolved immediately!

"Are we going to choose the Fifth Hokage?"

The third generation thought to himself.

At present, Konoha's elite are scarce, and there are only a few candidates with suitable strength, reputation and identity, including Danzo, Tofu, Fugaku, Hiashi... In addition, the entire Konoha is full of complaints now, and everyone knows that what needs to be done now is not to re-elect the Fifth Hokage, but to restore Konoha.

"It would be nice if Tsunade was here..."

Suddenly, the third generation sighed.

Jiraiya died in battle and Orochimaru defected. Under the current circumstances, if Tsunade can return to Konoha to succeed as the Fifth Hokage, she will definitely be able to restore the spirit of Konoha.

But unfortunately, since Tsunade left Konoha, she has completely lost contact with them. Sarutobi Hiruzen had hoped for Tsunade to come back many times during the Third Ninja World War, but in the end, all his requests fell on deaf ears.

and……

Tsunade also has hemophobia!
"At the moment, it seems that I am the only one who can take on the post of Hokage again. I can only consider the matter of the Godaime after the village is completely stabilized."

Sarutobi Hiruzen hypnotized himself, and seeing that the sky was getting darker, he changed into a black robe and walked outside.

The funeral is about to begin.

In the gloomy dusk, in front of the cemetery of Konoha Village, nearly a hundred Konoha ninjas lined up in an orderly manner and bowed to the photos of the victims of the Nine-Tails incident.

Leading the way are four high-ranking officials, including the Third Hokage, Danzo Shimura, Mito Kado En, and Utane Koharu.

Behind him are high-ranking ninja clan leaders such as Akimichi Tofu and Hyuga Hiashi. It is worth mentioning that Uchiha Fugaku is still in the Land of Iron and has not returned yet.

The funeral was held in silence, with everyone's hearts filled with grief.

It's not just the loss of the Yondaime, but also the loss of Konoha!
By the time the funeral was over, the sun had already set and darkness had once again enveloped Konoha.

But the people at the funeral did not go home to rest. A small group of high-level people gathered in the Hokage Building and began a high-level meeting to decide Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and four others sat at the top seat, and below them were clan leaders including Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi, Hyuga, and Inuzuka. Although Fugaku did not return, the Uchiha clan also sent an elder to participate in the meeting.

Because they had just experienced the Nine-Tails Rebellion and the situation was simple, they just sat cross-legged on the ground. There were no seats. Besides them, there were also some of Konoha's top jonin.

"Although the sacrifices we made were enormous, fortunately everything is over now. We the living need to work harder."

Sarutobi Hiruzen opened the topic, and Utatane Koharu beside him nodded and continued, "Hiruzen is right. We don't have time to indulge in sadness. The most urgent thing now is to select a suitable successor to fill the vacancy of Hokage."

"It's really hard to choose. Why don't we just look for the right person from the last Yondaime election?"

The representative of the Uchiha clan, the elderly Uchiha Mitsuka, spoke up.

He is one of the elders of the Uchiha clan and the brother of Shisui's father, Uchiha Mitsukaze. This time, Uchiha Fugaku is still deep in the Iron Kingdom, so he is the representative of the Uchiha clan.

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone around him frowned, but Shimura Danzo's eyes lit up.

In the election for the Fourth Hokage, besides Minato Namikaze, the one who received the most votes was Orochimaru. But now that Orochimaru has defected, if we were to choose from the top to the bottom, it would be Uchiha Fugaku and Shimura Danzo.

These two people...to be honest, no one present wanted them to be able to serve as the Fifth Hokage.

“The key is the current situation of the village.”

The new clan leader Nara Shikakichi glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said in a deep voice: "Now is definitely not a good time to select the fifth generation. With internal and external troubles, what we need to do is to stabilize the inside and outside first, rather than let the power be transferred."

"When the Fourth Hokage went to the Land of Iron, he asked the Third Hokage to temporarily manage Konoha, so I propose that the Third Hokage continue to serve as Hokage."

Nara Shikakichi is also one of the contemporary representatives of Ino-Shika-Cho and is the cousin of Nara Yoshino, the wife of the former Nara clan leader Nara Shikahisa.

Although his strength is just that of an ordinary jonin, his wisdom is not inferior to that of Nara Shikaku.

After Nara Shikaku's death, he became the head of the Nara clan and had considerable say in high-level meetings.

As soon as Nara Shikaji opened his mouth, he quickly gained the agreement of many people present.

Uchiha Hikaru, Shimura Danzo and the others wanted to say something, but Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed lightly and said directly: "Although Konoha has never had a person who resigned as Hokage and continued to serve as Hokage, extraordinary times call for extraordinary policies. I, Sarutobi Hiruzen, am willing to take on this important task!"

"Hiruzhan, you..."

"Are you willing to come back? That's great!"

Danzo's face darkened and he wanted to speak, but his words were interrupted by Mito Menen.

Utane Koharu beside him also echoed, "Huruzen, you are really helping the village a lot by stepping forward at this time."

After looking at the expressions of the former Hokage people around him, Danzo Shimura, who had no idea what was going on, immediately shut his mouth.

Seeing that the old friend stopped talking, the Uchiha clan also remained silent. Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a satisfied smile and continued: "Then, before the fifth Hokage is selected, I, an old man, will lead the village again. I hope everyone can cooperate."

"Besides that, there is the Yondaime's child..."

(End of this chapter)