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Chapter 171 The clash of the three ninjas, Tsunade's Shikai!
The next day.

As usual, Uchiha Fugaku gave a passionate speech, which not only inspired all the Konoha ninjas, but also expanded his own prestige.

No longer concealing his strength, Uchiha Fugaku's combat power after completely exposing his Mangekyō Sharingan is beyond imagination. Even though the number and quality of ninjas on Konoha's side are not as good as those on Kumogakure's side, when Fugaku appeared on the battlefield and his Susanoo was activated, it was as if he had an army of one man with terrifying power.

Once or twice.

As the war continued, Uchiha Fugaku became more and more popular.

High-end ninjas such as the jonin recognized Fugaku's strength, and the mid-level and low-level ninjas were not only convinced of Uchiha Fugaku's strength, but their views on the Uchiha clan were also constantly changing.

These people who seem cold, have bad personalities, and are arrogant and red-eyed like mental patients are sometimes very reliable.

"Clan... Lord Fugaku, the Kumogakure side has begun to shrink its forces, and even a small group of troops has retreated."

Uchiha Fugaku stood on the trunk of a huge tree, listening to the intelligence report from Uchiha Inahiri beside him: "The other party is very likely to have some conspiracy, perhaps they want to accumulate strength to defeat us!"

Fugaku did not comment, and said in a deep voice: "Have you found out the whereabouts of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?"

"not yet."

The war has been going on until now. Uchiha Fugaku has been pretending with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and his Susanoo's chakra sword is almost dyed red. However, the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, the strongest combat force on the front line of Kumogakure, has been missing since the collision with Princess Tsunade. This has to make Fugaku think more.

The blood-red three-magatama Sharingan looked into the distance. Although the Sharingan's insight was not as good as the Byakugan, it could still see the trees and lush grass ahead.

Behind this jungle is a vast plain, and Yunyin’s base camp is on the other side of the plain.

In this environment, the various special fighting methods of the ninja, such as walking on water and climbing trees, will lose their advantages. Once a large-scale collision occurs between the two sides, it will inevitably be a head-on confrontation.

The Hidden Cloud Village began to gather its troops, so Konoha became the attacking party.

Not to mention the countless traps and barriers, if the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki were to explode in such an environment, it would be fatal for the ninjas of Konoha.

"It seems that the next battle will still depend on me."

Uchiha Fugaku murmured, his eyes full of confidence.

As the war progressed, he could clearly feel the changes in himself and the Uchiha clan in the eyes of Konoha's civilian ninjas.

In the past, the way people looked at them was full of fear and terror.

But it’s different now, it’s more of admiration!

Fugaku had never felt this kind of look before, and neither had the Uchiha clan. It was like a bonfire in the cold winter, making his heart warm.

It was also these looks and this feeling that made Fugaku feel the need to take responsibility and shoulder the burden.

"This is what a leader should feel like! This is what a leader should feel like!"

"Rice fire!"

Fugaku took a deep breath, the red light in his eyes shining brighter: "My life is like walking on thin ice. Do you think I can make it to the other side?"

Uchiha Inahiro was stunned and nodded heavily.

"Chief, you can do it! You have opened the same eyes as our ancestors!"

"You are right. With the Mangekyō Sharingan, success is inevitable!" Fugaku clenched his fists: "After this battle, I, Uchiha Fugaku, will be the Fifth Hokage of Konoha!"

"Send a message to the rear team, speed up and move forward. I will be the vanguard!"

"Yes!"

Uchiha Fugaku leaped forward and rushed towards the vast plain, with countless ninjas watching him from behind.

The other end.

Princess Tsunade, who was wearing the uniform of the captain of the Fourth Division, and all the Soul Reincarnation Gods, were also looking at that figure with puzzled expressions.

"After this battle, Uchiha Fugaku's reputation will reach its peak, and he will be the fifth Hokage."

Biwa Juzo grinned, "What do you think, Princess Tsunade?"

Tsunade glanced at Biwa Juzo and said nothing. Instead, Kurisan Kushimaru said calmly, "For Konoha now, letting Uchiha take power is indeed a good choice. It can not only ease the fighting between the various factions in the village, but also maximize the current combat effectiveness of Konoha."

"And the Uchiha deserves the position of Hokage. After all, they are the family that founded Konoha. But none of the four Hokages are Uchiha. Tsk tsk tsk."

"By the way, Kurisan Kushimaru, what price did your captain pay that the Fourth Hokage allowed us to support Konoha?" Biwa Juzo asked curiously.

If they had not appeared on the front battlefield in time and stopped the Hidden Cloud Village, Danzo would have been wiped out long ago, not to mention using space to buy time to wait for Fugaku's rescue.

In addition, Tsunade defeated the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, forcing the other party not to appear on the front battlefield. Even if Konoha had Fugaku's pair of Mangekyō, it would have been defeated in this war long ago.

"How could I possibly know those things?"

Kurisan Kushimaru shrugged: "We are the second division, a covert mobile team. We are only responsible for doing this. The rest has nothing to do with us."

"But you, Biwa Juuzou, your position as captain of the 11th Division is still vacant. Don't you want to show your ability and make a breakthrough?"

"Come on, even if I can perform Bankai now, I can't become a squad leader at all."

"All right."

Tsunade interrupted their chat and said calmly: "Confirm the situation on the battlefield. If Kumogakure is determined to retreat and poses no threat to Konoha, there is no need for us to waste time here."

The captain spoke, and the two vice-captains looked at each other and immediately shut up.

They don't want to experience Tsunade's iron fist. Even the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki can't withstand that power, let alone them!
The two vice-captains took action and left in a flash, while Tsunade quietly watched the battlefield in front of her.

Konoha was co-founded by the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan, but the Uchiha clan's position in Konoha has always been awkward. Although they are the foundation of the village, their current status in Konoha is even lower than that of the Ino-Shika-Chou clan.

The biggest reason for this is her second grandfather, Senju Tobirama.

"The Uchiha clan is indeed worthy of a Hokage..."

Tsunade murmured, a myriad of emotions running through her mind.

But suddenly, her eyes caught sight of a figure at the edge of the battlefield, and her expression suddenly became extremely strange...

……

"Mangekyo Sharingan..."

Looking at Uchiha Fugaku, who was driving Susanoo and rushing straight into the Hidden Cloud Camp on his own, Orochimaru, who was wearing a black robe with a red cloud background, licked his lips, his eyes full of greed.

The power of the Senju and Uchiha truly fascinated him. He had already felt the power of the Wood Release of the former Ninja God, Hashirama Senju. Not only was it powerful, but Hashirama Senju's cells were extremely special.

And the power of Uchiha Madara, the Shura of the Ninja World who is as famous as him, is right before our eyes.

"I didn't expect you to be able to unlock this power, Fugaku. I really underestimated you."

Orochimaru murmured as he released some white snakes to collect the flesh and blood of those who had died on the battlefield.

Many ninjas died in the war between Konoha and Kumogakure, including bloodline ninjas such as Swift Release and Storm Release, and even deceased members of the Hyuga and Uchiha clans.

These fresh flesh and blood can be of great help to Orochimaru's research, and can also be used as materials for Impure World Reincarnation.

Well, although their souls have been plundered by the God of Death of the Soul Society, Orochimaru does not seem to know this. The battle between Kumogakure and Konoha is still going on, and Orochimaru is controlling the snakes, digging out some flesh and blood on the left and some eyeballs on the right.

"There's actually a three-magatama Sharingan here?!"

Orochimaru, who was controlling the white snake, suddenly felt happy and wanted to dig out the three-magatama Sharingan. But after thinking for a moment and taking a look at the situation on the field, he made sure that no one noticed him. Then the white snake opened its mouth and swallowed the bodies of the entire Uchiha clan.

Hehe, I made money again!
The white snake retreated quickly, but suddenly, Orochimaru's view of the white snake went black, and when he came to his senses again, a figure wearing a white feather robe appeared in front of him holding a white snake.

Looking at the face that he was so familiar with and the white haori draped over his body, Orochimaru was obviously stunned for a moment, and then an inexplicable smile appeared on his face, and he licked the corner of his mouth with his long tongue.

"I never thought you would join the Soul Society and become a Shinigami... This is a betrayal of Konoha, Tsunade."

"Didn't you also leave that place and join Akatsuki?"

Tsunade Senju, wearing a white haori, stands against Orochimaru, wearing a black robe with red clouds.

It's ironic that two of Konoha's former top warriors, two of the three ninjas, have now left Konoha and joined other forces. Only Konoha would do such a thing.

The two men's eyes met in mid-air. After a moment, Orochimaru smiled calmly: "It has been several years since we last met. You are not here to have a class reunion with an old friend like me."

"Although we're old friends, I really don't want to see you. But that guy has always been interested in you."

Tsunade paused for a moment, "He originally thought you would go to Kirigakure, after all, you sent your disciples there in advance, but he didn't expect you to join Akatsuki. If he knew about this, maybe something bad would happen."

"I was also forced to do so."

Orochimaru shrugged and said, "Yejun is indeed very attractive to me. After all, in my research, the soul is something that cannot be ignored. But there is no way. Plans cannot keep up with changes. If I had not joined the Akatsuki organization at that time, I would probably be in great trouble."

"Plus, Akatsuki has some very tempting things, so I have no choice but to join Akatsuki first."

"temporary?"

Tsunade snorted, "You really have no loyalty at all, Orochimaru."

"Since we have left Konoha, our core should have long since detached itself from our village and clan. The one we are truly loyal to is always ourselves, right?"

"Don't lump me in with someone like you!"

A strong wind suddenly blew up in the forest!
That was the aftermath caused by Tsunade stomping on the ground and bursting into speed.

"Latent Shadow Snake Hands!"

As an old friend of Tsunade who had fought together for many years, Orochimaru naturally understood the strength of this old friend, not to mention that the other party had also joined the Soul Society and became a god of death.

Almost at the moment Tsunade launched the attack, he raised his hand and summoned countless huge poisonous snakes, completely blocking Tsunade's forward direction!

But in just a blink of an eye, the giant snake that flew out was crushed into countless pieces of meat under the unparalleled force.

Tsunade appeared in front of Orochimaru in an instant and punched Orochimaru who was forming a seal!
boom! !

One punch.

Orochimaru's body was smashed hard to the ground by this punch. His entire limbs were like a puddle of mud, with flesh, blood, bones, broken sand, and dust mixed together, looking extremely miserable.

But it was not unexpected by Tsunade.

The next moment, Orochimaru, intact and covered in mucus, emerged from the mouth of a giant snake not far away. At the same time, the hand-sealing ninjutsu had been prepared and released in an instant.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

"Fire Style: Great Flame Bullet!"

Fire takes advantage of the wind, and the wind helps the fire!
The two ninjutsu merged together under Orochimaru's huge chakra, forming a terrifying fire tornado that swallowed Tsunade in an instant.

At the same time, Orochimaru quickly formed seals with his hands, opened his mouth wide, and countless snakes rushed out of his mouth, rushing towards the fire tornado.

In just a short moment, Orochimaru launched an absolute counterattack against his old teammate.

but.

"It's the same old routine, Orochimaru."

A fierce gale whistled out along with Tsunade's snort, directly destroying the sweeping fire tornado and the swarm of snakes.

Tsunade walked through it unharmed, her white haori fluttering in the wind, the word 'four' on her back standing out in the residual firelight.

"This is surprisingly tricky... After becoming a god of death, has your physical strength and combat power been greatly enhanced by the so-called 'soul power'?"

Orochimaru looked at the word "four" on Tsunade's back and understood the status of his old teammate in Soul Society.

The captain of the fourth squad is on the same level as the captain of the sixth squad, Hozuki Gengetsu, whom we encountered before.

In that case...

Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth and then bit his finger.

Seeing Orochimaru's actions, Tsunade's eyes showed a hint of nostalgia, but she did not bite her fingers. Instead, she placed her hand on the Zanpakuto at her waist.

"Is it because you have become a Death God that you can no longer use chakra channeling?"

Orochimaru quickly formed a seal and slammed his palm towards the ground: "Well, let me see your power after becoming a god of death, Tsunade."

"Psychic magic! Come out, Ten Thousand Snakes!"

"boom!!"

White smoke filled the air, and the next moment, a giant snake with a huge body covered with purple stripes suddenly appeared.

But when she saw the Ten Thousand Snakes, Tsunade's brows slightly frowned.

Under normal circumstances, with the arrogant and domineering character of the snake, it would definitely say a few words to Orochimaru as soon as it came out, but this snake was surprisingly well-behaved, and it even had four limbs on its body, just like a four-clawed dragon snake.

"To be precise, it should be considered a second-generation Mandarin snake. I used drugs to activate Mandarin snake's cells and reconstructed it." Orochimaru obviously noticed the doubt in Tsunade's eyes and smiled faintly: "This second-generation Mandarin snake is more powerful than Mandarin snake. Whether it is strength, speed, or perception ability, it is far superior to Mandarin snake!"

"Of course, all this is thanks to the captain of the Sixth Division of the Soul Society, the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu!"

"So that's why we fought with that guy."

Although she didn't have much contact with Hozuki Gengetsu, Tsunade could imagine what it would be like when Orochimaru fought with that guy.

Under the infinite explosions, the fate of the thousands of snakes can be imagined.

"Okay, Tsunade, show your strength!" Orochimaru stood on the head of the second generation snake, licking the corner of his mouth with his long tongue, his vertical pupils full of heat: "The power of the god of death!"

"…Since you want to see it so much, then feel it."

Tsunade took a deep breath and gripped the hilt of the Zanpakuto at her waist.

"My liberation."

"Shikai…"

(End of this chapter)