Naruto: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Otsutsuki

Chapter 104 The person in front of me... is not Uchiha Madara!

boom!

A foot stepped out of the darkness, shattering the broken rocks in front of the cave entrance.

Red armor, long black hair.

Three jet-black magatama slowly rotated in his eyes, as if bearing the blood of Mount Toyama.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared intently at that familiar yet unfamiliar face, the last shred of hope in his heart completely vanishing.

Madara Uchiha...

"So Konoha arrived first."

"It seems—" He seemed somewhat disappointed, a faint mockery playing on his lips, "that I placed too much expectation on Qing."

So that's how it is.

Just as Shikaku predicted.

Ao handed over Madara's information to Konoha not simply out of goodwill, but because he wanted to use Konoha to get rid of this "Uchiha Madara" who was connected to him.

That's quite a scheme.

But problems also arise.

What exactly is this man plotting in the shadows that makes Qing so wary, even going so far as to leak information to Konoha?

Hiruzen Sarutobi gripped his Vajra staff tightly, his weathered face showing an unprecedented solemnity.

He gazed at the figure atop the rock face and said in a deep voice, "Ban, what exactly are you planning? You've gone so far as to fake your death and hide until now?"

"Could it be—" His gaze sharpened, "that you're planning something against Konoha again?"

"Targeting Konoha?"

On the rock wall, Madara Uchiha seemed to have heard an utterly absurd joke. A hint of mockery finally appeared on his originally indifferent face as he said, "Konoha was founded by Hashirama and me."

"The village's original wish was to end the endless war."

"It's so that children won't have to go to the battlefield anymore, and won't have to hold kunai and learn to kill at an age when they should be laughing and playing."

"However, Hashirama got it backwards."

"The Konoha of today is no longer the Konoha of the past."

His gaze slowly swept over the crowd below, first settling on Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Let the village children go to the battlefield."

His gaze then shifted to the silent Minato Namikaze standing to the side.

"Taking students who haven't graduated from the Ninja Academy for too long to fight on the battlefield."

Finally, it stopped on Uchiha Fugaku.

"Even my four-year-old son was dragged into the battle."

"Hashirama's ideas are wrong. Since that's the case, I will correct his mistakes."

"What I want to change is not just Konoha."

"But this—the ninja world."

The moment the words left his mouth.

"sieve!!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's black giant club suddenly grew longer and shot straight at Madara Uchiha on the rock wall!

"Madara!" Hiruzen Sarutobi roared, unleashing an astonishing aura. "Perhaps I haven't done a good enough job as Hokage. Perhaps Konoha isn't perfect either."

"But the village established by the First and Second Generation Lords is definitely not as wretched as you describe!"

His voice grew increasingly heavy, carrying the unyielding will of a Hokage.

"This village is a home that countless people protected with their lives!"

"It is the undying will passed down in the hearts of all Konoha ninja!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi pressed down hard with both hands, and the black giant rod increased its speed again, crashing into the location where Madara Uchiha was.

"Since you want to deny the ideals of the First Hokage and want to revise his will—" Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes were resolute, and his voice was like a booming bell.

"Then you'll have to get past me, the Hokage, first!"

"Don't underestimate our shared Will of Fire!"

boom! !

The immense impact instantly shattered the entire rock wall into pieces, but Madara Uchiha had already leaped up in that instant.

His movements were so light that he didn't look like someone wearing heavy armor at all. He darted and leaped between the broken rock walls like a ghost wandering the battlefield.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"

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The giant black rod pierced the rock wall again and again, each time blasting huge cracks in the hard rock.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi's attacks continued relentlessly, giving Madara no chance to catch his breath.

"The Will of Fire?"

"Power is not will, but the interaction between matter."

"So-called willpower is nothing but a vague illusion, an excuse used by the weak to deceive themselves and continue to struggle."

Before he could finish speaking...

Madara Uchiha's voice suddenly paused, and a golden light flashed before his eyes.

Almost at the same instant the golden light appeared, two figures had already closed in on him.

A seemingly slender fist struck Uchiha Madara's chest without warning.

Before the punch even landed, the violent gust of wind had already forced the long hair on Ban's forehead to dance wildly backward, and even the armor on his body was humming under the strain.

That punch seemed to be both a response and a rebuttal.

He refuted his contempt for the Will of Fire.

Tsunade's clear, firm voice rang out suddenly, accompanied by the force of her punch: "Since he is already dead..."

"Then stop interfering with the present world!"

Boom!!!

This punch landed squarely on Madara Uchiha's chest armor.

A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, spread wildly between the two, causing the rock wall beneath their feet to crumble inch by inch, with cracks spreading in all directions like a spider web.

Even Madara Uchiha couldn't completely avoid this sudden combination attack.

His body jolted violently, and he was sent flying backward as if struck by a meteorite.

The crimson armor that had accompanied him in battle for many years cracked with a piercing sound under this punch, the plates on his chest cracking inch by inch, as if it would shatter completely at any moment.

The figure that flew backwards tumbled several times in mid-air before finally landing heavily on the distant rock wall.

Click!

The rock wall couldn't withstand the impact and instantly caved in and cracked.

However, it's not over yet.

Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi almost simultaneously closed in, cutting off Madara Uchiha's retreat from the left and right.

Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique caused the battle to change in an instant.

Originally, Madara was high above and looked down on everyone with ease, but now he was forced to fall into the rhythm of being surrounded and attacked.

The tide of battle turned at this moment!

Bang bang bang!

Amidst the smoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his golden cudgel and attacked Madara Uchiha with it, blow after blow.

Each strike carried immense force and undisguised killing intent.

In Hiruzen Sarutobi's hands, the Vajra Staff moved with the ease of an extension of his arm, sometimes expanding rapidly, sometimes shrinking, sometimes sweeping horizontally, and sometimes thrusting straight forward.

Jiraiya, standing nearby, was also looking for an opening, ready to strike at the opportune moment.

Even for him, it would be difficult to intervene rashly in close combat at this level.

Although Jiraiya did not know exactly how strong the "legendary Uchiha Madara" was at his peak.

But as Hiruzen Sarutobi's disciple, he knew very well just how terrifying his teacher was when he used physical techniques in conjunction with the Monkey King.

If we say that the First Hokage was skilled in Wood Release.

The Second Hokage was skilled in Water Release, Flying Thunder God Technique, and many forbidden techniques.

Then the Third Hokage was proficient in all five elemental jutsu.

The most powerful of them all is Sarutobi Staff Technique: Sarutobi Demon King!

boom! !

Hiruzen Sarutobi's Vajra Staff struck Madara Uchiha's armor hard.

The powerful force sent Madara's body flying again.

"Jiraiya!" Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted suddenly, his hands forming hand seals.

The tacit understanding between master and disciple over the years allowed Jiraiya to understand his intentions almost simultaneously. He rapidly formed hand seals and his cheeks puffed out.

Hiruzen Sarutobi spewed out blazing flames.

Jiraiya simultaneously sprayed out a large amount of oil.

One fire, one oil.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Oil Flame Bullet!!"

Wherever it passed, the air was scorched and distorted, and the rubble on the rock face even crackled and popped under the high temperature.

In the distance, Madara Uchiha, flying backwards, turned cold.

He steadied himself abruptly, forming hand seals as well, his chest bulging.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

A towering wall of fire erupted from his mouth, sweeping towards the fire dragon like a tidal wave.

The two fire-style techniques collided head-on in mid-air.

"boom!!!"

The intense heat swept across the surrounding area, forcing the leaders of the various clans in the vicinity to retreat and avoid it.

But, for some reason...

The "Extinguishing Fire" was impressive in scale, but it was all show and no substance.

After only an initial pause, the Fire Dragon Oil Flame Bullet completely overwhelmed the opponent's Fire Release.

"Hiss..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi maintained his Fire Release attacks, but the expression on his face became increasingly strange.

The suspicion that had been vaguely surfacing in his mind was finally confirmed after this clash of fire-style energy blasts.

The person in front of me —

It's definitely not Madara Uchiha!