Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

As the afterglow of Dust Release dissipated, the face hidden in the shadows was finally revealed to the world. It was none other than the former Second Hokage of Iwagakure, the true creator of the Bloodline Limit, and Onoki's mentor.

People call him "Rotten Fart No One Who Plays With Him Will Get a Rotten Ass!"
"It's Nidaime-sama!!!"

"No great man has come to save us!"

The Iwagakure soldiers, caught in the chaos of battle, froze for a moment, then erupted in cheers.

Great! It's just a piece of junk food. We're saved!

"Teacher? How is that possible? How can a dead person come back to life?"

Onoki stared, trembling, at his teacher who had seemingly come back from the dead, his eyes wide with astonishment.
He personally collected the second-generation leader's body, and he was absolutely certain that his teacher was dead beyond any doubt; even his internal organs had been cooked by the high-temperature toxins.

"An illusion! This must be an illusion! Break it! Break it for me!"

Unable to believe the reality before him, Onoki immediately thought of genjutsu (illusionary magic). He clasped his hands together and frantically channeled his chakra to break free of the illusion he had unknowingly fallen into.
"Onoki, you're still the same suspicious guy you always were. Oh well, being short is fine, as long as you live a long life."

Just moments before, Mu was in the Pure Land, hosting a welcome party for the newcomer Katsura with his old nemesis, Hozuki Gengetsu.

Before Gui could even explain the current state of affairs, he was pulled out of the Pure Land by an inexplicable force. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Dust Escape rushing straight towards his face.
Completely bewildered, before he could even process what was happening, he felt as if his body was out of his control, not only actively generating chakra but also automatically forming hand seals and unleashing his signature technique.

Looking at his slightly disheveled eldest disciple, the meticulous man, after only a few seconds of thought, roughly guessed what had happened.
Good news: I have most likely been resurrected by someone through some means.

Bad news: It was done by the enemy.

"Teacher, is it really you?"

The familiar face, the unforgettable tone—though Onoki found it absurd, the reality before him forced him to believe it.

"You have a mole on your right buttock, the kind that grows hair."

"Dust Release: Particle Style - Detachment Technique!!!"

Rumble!
"Don't be fooled, everyone! Lord Wu has already sacrificed himself. This is just a trick by the enemy!"

With a serious expression, Onoki floated back into the air, looked around, and then announced loudly,

"Hmph! What despicable people of Konoha, to come up with such a vile scheme."

"Fortunately, the Third Hokage had the foresight to recognize our talent, otherwise we would have fallen into Konoha's trap."

"Long live Lord Ōnoki!"

"Lord Ōnoki definitely doesn't have any moles on his buttocks!"

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"Onoki, it seems you've done a good job. I knew I hadn't misjudged you."

The voice of Wu sounded again, but this time it was above him. Onoki looked up sharply and saw that the figure that should have been annihilated by Dust Release was floating above him.
"Tsk!"

Onoki clicked his tongue, his face darkening with rage.
He had actually recognized the person before him as his teacher from the very beginning, but in order to stabilize the already somewhat demoralized morale of the troops, he could only loudly proclaim that it was all a conspiracy by Konoha.

"It's not even the Obon Festival yet."

Muttering something in annoyance, Onoki rose to a height where there was no parallel, and the two master and disciple, forever separated by life and death, met again, their eyes filled with sorrow.

"How is the village?"

After a moment's hesitation, he asked in a hoarse voice,

"It's still the same old story; everyone's just trying to survive."

After hesitating for a moment, Onoki nodded. Looking at his teacher's face full of relief, he suddenly noticed that the other person's eyes were actually black, and the exposed skin outside the bandages was covered with cracks.
"Teacher, who exactly are you now?"

"Oh! I don't know either. I was just bragging to Little Mustache in the Pure Land, and in the blink of an eye, I'm back here."

Wu had no idea what was going on with him, and could only guess that he had been resurrected using some kind of evil magic.
"By the way, is the enemy from Kumogakure or Konoha?"

However, he was more concerned about the current battle situation than his own problems. There were three groups of people in chaos below, and their identities could be clearly distinguished by their colors.

"Kumakuya is an ally."

Onoki answered truthfully, only to be met with a look of no surprise. He immediately changed his story.
"It's temporary, just playing along."

"Wait, you're really brave? You dare to attack Konoha?"

The point that wasn't surprising wasn't the cooperation with Kumogakure, but rather that Onoki dared to wage war against Konoha.
This was something he wouldn't have dared to even dream of when he was in power.

"Why not? The ninja world has long suffered from this!"

"Idiot, do you have a death wish? Don't drag Iwagakure down with you!"

He now wished he could crack open Onoki's head to see if Shit was really inside.
"Teacher, what do you mean by that? Oh! You've been dead for so long, it's normal that you don't know some things. Konoha is no longer as powerful as it used to be, it's just a broken-backed dog now."

Onoki looked at his overly anxious teacher with a puzzled expression. After a brief moment of thought, he immediately realized the reason.

The teacher probably still thinks that Konoha is now the invincible, speed-paced Konoha, with the Senju brothers inside and Madara Uchiha outside.

"Idiot! Stupid idiot!"

It trembled listlessly, lifeless, and bits of bandage kept falling from the gaps in its bandages.

Having spent so many years in the Pure Land, he knew better than anyone which ninja village had died.
Among the many familiar figures, the Senju brothers and Madara Uchiha were nowhere to be seen, which meant that these three terrifying individuals were still alive and well.
"How exactly do you conduct intelligence work?"

How dare you say that Konoha is now a spineless dog? Did you ask the Great Buddha wearing Susanoo before you fought?
"what?"

"Alright, alright, that's enough catching up. You should get down to business."

Just as the master and disciple were deep in conversation, an impatient, cold female voice suddenly rang out. Wu's excited figure paused, and a hint of struggle flashed in his eyes.
Suddenly, Senju Hisama appeared beneath their feet, forming a hand seal. As she looked up, dense blue chakra emanated from her fingers.
She struggled a few times, trembling all over, before finally falling into a deathly silence. When she raised her head again, her eyes were devoid of any life, like a delicate puppet.
Seeing this, Senju Hisana nodded slightly.

I didn't expect that curly-haired guy to actually be quite knowledgeable. In just one night, he was able to improve the Impure World Reincarnation technique he had developed to such an excellent level.
Not only can it awaken the consciousness of reanimated beings, but it can also manipulate them to serve its purposes.
I don't know if it's due to the quality of the offerings or because my training wasn't sufficient, but the summoned impure body was only half the strength of the original body at its peak.
"Teacher? Teacher!"

Upon noticing that Wu, who had been chattering away just moments before, had become somewhat silent, Onoki immediately sensed something was wrong.

"boom!"

Sure enough, he was greeted by a terrifying white beam of light.

"asshole!"

Onoki cursed angrily, accelerating to increase the distance between himself and Mu. His short figure swiftly flipped and leaped, narrowly dodging the Dust Release attack. "Don't stop! Shoot him dead!"

Upon seeing this, Senju Hisama immediately increased the output power, and beams of light from Dust Release shone forth, almost turning the dim sky into daylight.
"Whew. I didn't expect this to be so difficult."

After ejaculating, Senju Hishima, slightly panting, felt a rare emptiness within her body and raised an eyebrow in surprise.
It must be resolved quickly!

Having narrowly escaped death, Onoki landed breathlessly, his eyes filled with resentment as he looked at Senju Hisami.

"You evil scoundrel who so wantonly toyed with the dead, I, Onoki, will never let you get away with this!"

"Humph!"

Senju Hisama snorted coldly upon hearing this, and once again manipulated Mu to launch an attack. However, this time his target was not the nimble Onoki, but the Iwagakure soldiers fighting on the ground.

"what are you up to!!!?"

"Are you an idiot? This is war, and any underhanded tactic can be called a scheme."

With an impatient glance at the noisy Onoki, Senju Hisako focused her attack on the area with the highest concentration of Iwagakure.

Wu's figure flashed, stepping onto a giant skateboard made of rocks, and charged straight ahead.

Seeing this, Onoki stopped talking and bent down to chase after them, raising his hands to unleash countless earthen spears.
"Stop it!"

"Boom!"

Unfortunately, he was a step too slow. A torrent of earth erupted around him, catching the unsuspecting Iwagakure members off guard and sending them sprawling, coughing up blood as they collapsed.

Seeing this, Onoki's eyes widened in fury. He disregarded any teacher-student relationship and clasped his hands together...
[Earth Release: Rigid Form Technique]

The massive stone giant rose from the ground, raised its mountain-sized fist, and brought it crashing down.

"Bang!!!"

At this critical moment, another rock giant rose from the ground, and its two enormous fists, of vastly different sizes, collided, producing a deafening roar.

"Teacher, the dead should go where the dead should go. I'll take you back now."

Standing atop the rock giant's shoulder, Onoki stared intently at the void atop the giant's head, his hands methodically forming hand seals.
He's starting to tire; if he continues using Dust Release, defeat is inevitable. He has to find other ways to win.

"Earth Release·Rock Fist Technique!"

Onoki conjured massive rock fists with both hands and lunged forward.

As Wu's only disciple, Onoki knew his teacher's weaknesses best.
Due to a fatal injury sustained in his early years, over 60% of his muscles were necrotic, rendering him unable to continue practicing his signature martial arts techniques.
Physical skills are the biggest weakness.

Seeing the menacing Onoki, Senju Hisami frowned slightly. Although the Edo Tensei form was immune to physical attacks, it required a large amount of chakra to heal from injuries.
We can't let him succeed.

With this in mind, Senju Hisana immediately manipulated her ability to retreat, creating distance between herself and Onoki, and began using ranged skills to fight. In an instant, countless clods of earth fell like raindrops, and the dust raised filled most of the battlefield.

Feeling his chakra draining away, Senju Hisama gradually became anxious.

This forbidden technique, which was thought to be a decisive blow, actually failed to deliver the desired results.
She couldn't help but think to herself that she needed to have that curly-haired guy continue to refine her Impure World Reincarnation technique when she got back, striving to perfect it to a version that would satisfy her.
Senju Hisana was right; Uchiha Gin's improved Edo Tensei 2.0 ultimately couldn't match the perfection of Cobra Kabuto's version.

Not only does releasing ninjutsu with an Edo Tensei body consume some of the user's chakra, but repairing damage also requires a significant amount.
According to Uchiha Gin's conjecture, the reason for this outcome is not simply the difference in the number of offerings, but more likely that the authority over the Pure Land may not yet be fully open.
The Six Paths Brothers, who oversee all chakra in the world, would most likely not allow an impure body with infinite chakra to appear in the mortal realm.

"what!"

Unable to get close, Onoki gritted his teeth, finally steeling himself, and charged straight at Mu, braving the falling rocks.
"Earth Escape."

Without a straight face, Wu quickly raised his head, and a huge clod of earth appeared out of thin air.
Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique!

However, Onoki, who already had a battle plan, cast spells much faster than the AI ​​that was substituting for him. Without feeling a sudden weight on his body, his raised hands quickly fell to his sides, and his straight back involuntarily bent over.
"This is."

Senju Hisama, who was manipulating things below, narrowed her eyes. She hadn't expected Onoki to have a hidden control technique, so she hurriedly increased the supply of chakra, but it was too late.

"Earth Release·Super Heavy Rock Technique!"

In ninja battles, victory or defeat hinges on the slightest difference. Onoki seized the fleeting moment, leaping high into the air, his rock fist crashing down.
"Teacher! Please take care!"

Unable to move, Wu could only watch helplessly as the rock fist gradually enlarged in his pupils, crushing his withered body with unstoppable force.
"boom!"

A massive explosion reverberated through the sky. Onoki looked down at his teacher, who had turned to gray dust, his expression complex.
"Crack~"

As soon as he stood up, Onoki's face suddenly changed, his rugged face turning bright red.

"hiss"

Feeling the sharp pain in his lower back, Onoki couldn't help but gasp several times.

"This Super Heavy Rock Technique should be classified as a forbidden technique from now on."

The Weighted Rock Technique and the Super Weighted Rock Technique are both new secret techniques that Onoki deduced from the Light and Heavy Rock Technique after his teacher's death. It's no wonder that everyone who tried them was caught off guard and fell victim to them.

"Clap clap~"

"Nani?"

Having finally caught his breath and stood up, Onoki was about to return to the battlefield when he heard applause suddenly erupt behind him. Startled, he turned around quickly, only to see that the object he had just smashed to pieces was now perfectly intact in front of him.

"Onoki, not bad technique."

"Teacher, you?"

Seeing the renewed sparkle in Wu's eyes, and fearing that he was falling into another trap, Onoki cautiously took a few steps back.
"That's impossible! Your consciousness should have been erased by me!"

On the other side, a bewildered Senju Hisami frantically formed hand seals, unleashing the control techniques taught to her by Uchiha Gin, but after a long while, there was no reaction whatsoever.

"I have to thank him for that punch. It not only woke me up, but also activated the power that remained in my soul."

Using the extra power within him, he temporarily broke free from Senju Hisama's restraints. As he spoke, his slender body suddenly emitted blazing crimson chakra.
"This is."

Senju Hisana was all too familiar with this chakra. The absurdity of the situation was no less than when she transformed into the white-haired, red-eyed Daira.

"Oonoki, do you still have my belongings?"

"Teacher, what do you mean?"

Swallowing hard, Onoki asked cautiously,
"King Mu, run one more lap with me." (End of Chapter)