Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 234 Hiruzen Sarutobi, you're just trash.

Standing atop the Tianning Gate tower, looking down at the cheering crowd, Ning Yuan could truly empathize with their feelings.

Ning Yuan let out a long sigh of relief and slowly pressed his hands together. Then he saw that someone in the crowd actually knelt down.

Ning Yuan was immediately taken aback.

Moreover, perhaps due to the bandwagon effect, once this person knelt down, the people next to him followed suit, and so on, until soon a large number of people were kneeling.

Moreover, this situation wasn't limited to this one formation; it occurred in other formations as well!

Ning Yuan shouted decisively, "Stand up! No kneeling!"

"You've lost your reputation, no one's worth kneeling to!"

Those who had already knelt stood up in confusion, while those who hadn't knelt realized that someone had just knelt.

Then they were filled with regret, "Why didn't I think of that? We should have knelt down too!"

"The secretariat wrote a script for this ceremony for me to read, but seeing how you all look, I think this script might not be suitable!" Ning Yuan crumpled the script into a ball and shouted into the microphone, "I just want to tell everyone that from today onwards, the era of knowledge blockade is gone forever!"

"From this day forward, the life of oppression by the nobility is gone forever!"

"From this day forward, the life of being bullied by mountain bandits, river pirates, and outlaws is gone forever!"

"From this day forward, the life of worrying about the possibility of war is gone forever!"

"You are no longer people of the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, the Land of Thunder, the Land of Earth, the Land of Water, nor are you people of the Land of Snow, the Land of Demons, the Land of Rain, the Land of Rivers, the Land of Fields, the Land of Birds, the Land of Bears, the Land of Rainbows, the Land of Iron, the Land of Hot Water, or the Land of Frost!"

"From today onwards, we share a common name: Guining people!"

"A nation where people no longer need to kneel before anyone has been established from this day forward!"

"I hereby declare the Guining Immortal Dynasty established at this very moment!"

After Ning Yuan adapted some of the lyrics, the Internationale, which was later adopted as the national anthem, was played, and a flag with a huge star in the center and eighteen stars around it was slowly raised.

Watching the 18-star flag slowly rise, even the strongest person would feel tears welling up in their eyes.

As Ning Yuan said, a brand new era has arrived.

From then on, a new chapter in the history of the ninja world began.

From now on, the term "ninja world" will only exist in history textbooks and teaching materials.

In its place will be Ning Realm, the Guining Continent.

The term "ninja" will disappear into the dustbin of history, replaced by terms like "cultivator," "immortal cultivator," "shadow," and "sage."

The writing, language, and culture of the ninja world will gradually be abandoned and replaced by Chinese characters, Chinese language, new culture, new ideas, new etiquette, and new clothing.

Even new history can replace old history.

There's no other reason than that Ning Yuan wrote the new history.

Even if he only wrote it as a novel, his work was destined to be valued by countless people because of his status as the founder of the Guining Immortal Dynasty.

Moreover, once they start researching, they will find that because the local daimyo do not have the habit of recording history, and the histories of various families are too fragmented, it would be better to study the history of China written by Ning Yuan than to study the local history.

This entire process could take decades, or even centuries.

A hundred years from now, if another time traveler were to arrive, they might think they had traveled to a parallel world of China.

Even if he deliberately tries to find the truth in history, he may not be able to find it.

But that's all for the future. Ning Yuan has already stepped down from the city wall to participate in the military parade.

Although the Guining Immortal Dynasty has unified the country, military preparedness is something that cannot be relaxed at any time, so an army is still necessary.

The entire Guining Continent was divided into five major regions by Ningyuan: the Western Region, the Northern Region, the Southern Region, the Central Region, and the East Sea Region, which was established by the Water Kingdom and included the entire eastern ocean.

However, because some military regions had only just established their folders and had nothing yet, only the troops from the Western Region, Northern Region, and East China Sea Region actually participated in the parade.

Seeing that the founding ceremony had finally ended and the military parade had begun, the shadows of the various villages in the room could no longer help but ask questions.

"What's going on? Did he just say that the Land of Earth is gone?"

The speaker was the Tsuchikage Mu, who was covered in bandages. Logically, he should have been able to be resurrected in his unbandaged state. Perhaps the Second Mizukage, Mizukage, had left such a deep impression on him that even after being resurrected using Edo Tensei, he was still covered in bandages.

"You heard me right!" The Second Raikage beside him exclaimed, his face ashen. "The Land of Lightning is gone too!"

"And our Land of Wind!"

"The Land of Water!"

The First and Second Hokage from several ninja villages looked at Hashirama Senju together: "First Hokage, aren't you going to explain yourself?"

Even if they all joined forces, they might not be able to defeat Hashirama Senju, but that didn't stop them from questioning him, because Hashirama Senju was a good person and would never lay a hand on them.

Moreover, since everyone is out of chakra now, if it comes down to taijutsu, the First Hokage might not necessarily win!

Only Madara Uchiha didn't join their discussion, but muttered to himself, "I didn't expect him to actually pull it off?"

Although Ning Yuan convinced him with his own theory of unification, he did not believe that Ning Yuan could really achieve unification.

It doesn't matter, Ning Yuan has Black Zetsu, 100,000 White Zetsu, and the Rinnegan he left behind, which contains a technique that can revive him.

Ban is still waiting for Ning Yuan to encounter difficulties so he can revive him and sweep through the enemy lines!

I never expected that when I closed my eyes and opened them again, they had already finished.

He turned his head and saw Hiruzen Sarutobi sitting in the corner again, then cursed irritably, "Useless!"

"Uchiha Madara!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyebrows shot up immediately. "What did you say?"

"How dare you call me by my name!" Madara was stunned for a moment, then immediately raised his hand to punch him.

He doesn't have much chakra, but he has the Sharingan!

When everyone else is out of chakra, his Sharingan can directly enhance taijutsu to another dimension.

Crushing them on the spot is completely effortless.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth and turned his head away. A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle!

However, the hatred remains.

The reason he died was because that old pervert from the Uchiha clan awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan at a crucial moment.

If it weren't for that indestructible Susanoo, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt he could have escaped.

"Hmph!" Seeing his attitude, Madara Uchiha looked down on him even more: "The Second Hokage was an idiot, and his disciples were idiots too. They've even been resurrected with Edo Tensei, yet they still don't dare to muster the courage to fight me? The worst of the worst!"

"Uchiha Madara!!" Tobirama Senju, surrounded and being berated by several other villages, was wondering how to escape when he noticed someone in a corner cursing his disciple. His eyes lit up, and he immediately squeezed through the crowd: "You, a loser, what right do you have to curse my disciple?"

"I failed?" Madara scoffed. "You watched the entire ceremony from beginning to end, and now you still refuse to admit it?"

"Admit what?" Tobirama Senju frowned.

"Admit what?" Madara laughed heartily. "I'm right, you're all wrong. The way to achieve peace in the ninja world is through unification! Not some bullshit distribution of tailed beasts!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback, then suddenly realized: "So that Hyuga Ningen is actually your successor!?"

He absolutely refused to admit that he had lost to a five-year-old child!

It wasn't until Madara Uchiha self-destructed that he suddenly understood.

This is no child at all; there's clearly a ninja demon standing behind him!

If that's the case, then I have no reason to lose!

Madara Uchiha was such a genius that he knew what Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to say the moment he opened his mouth.

Although he was not clear about the process, that did not prevent him from piecing together the truth using his own experience and the limited information he had.

"It seems your relationship with him wasn't very pleasant!?" Madara Uchiha sneered. "And I remember when I died, you were still in good spirits. Now, only two or three years later, you're dead. What happened in between?"

"You didn't lose to Ning Yuan and get killed by him, did you?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face immediately darkened.

Upon seeing this, Tobirama Senju immediately realized that there was more to the story.

He turned his head and asked, "Orochimaru, tell me quickly what happened? What did Hiruzen Sarutobi do? What did Hyuga Neon do? By the way, who is Hyuga Neon?"

Orochimaru licked his lips and said politely, "Regarding this matter, let the person involved answer it themselves!"

"The person involved?" Tobirama Senju looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, only to see that he looked troubled and showed no intention of speaking!

The fact that the person involved is unwilling to speak means that...

Tobirama Senju turned his head and saw Ning Yuan raise his hand to form a hand seal, and then actually created a wooden stool!

"Wood Release?" Several exclamations rang out simultaneously, including from Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi!

"It is indeed Wood Release!" Ning Yuan nodded and said, "I am Hyuga Ning Yuan, and also another protagonist in the Konoha incident!"

"The logic behind the whole thing is simple: Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted his son to become Hokage, so that the position would be passed down through his family for generations. However, the Sarutobi clan isn't exactly known for its strong bloodline. Just because he could subdue other clans doesn't mean his son could!"

"His proposed solution wasn't like the Second Tsuchikage's, leaving his clan with a bloodline limit or bloodline elimination technique, but rather suppression, even creating trouble to kill the village's geniuses!"

"After succeeding to the throne, he first exploited the Senju clan's loyalty to the village, causing the deaths of some of the remaining pillars of the Senju clan. Then, when Kumogakure and Kirigakure invaded Uzushiogakure, he refused to provide support, leading to the destruction of Uzushiogakure!"

"Later, because Tsunade's lover and younger brother threatened her position as Hokage, he decisively eliminated both of them!"

"He discovered that geniuses often emerged from the ninja clans, so he conspired with Danzo to establish Root. Then, taking advantage of the ninja clan leaders' love for Konoha and their lack of understanding of Root, they recruited all these geniuses into Root. They then branded them with the 'Tongue Curse' seal and used various brainwashing methods to turn a large number of geniuses into mindless, brainwashed tools!"

"Hiss!" After only a few sentences were mentioned, several villages' shadows began to gasp in shock.

The look in their eyes as they stared at Hiruzen Sarutobi was one of utter astonishment.

As expected of the number one ninja village, they actually have this kind of trick up their sleeve?

Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju also glared angrily at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Monkey, is he framing you?" Tobirama Senju asked sharply.

He still believed in his disciple; otherwise, how could he have taken him in for twenty years and not know what kind of person he was?

Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth, but in the end he only sighed.

He knew that making excuses was useless.

Because they have evidence.

If you try to deny it now, you'll only make yourself more ashamed once others produce witnesses and physical evidence!

"I was just a genius who was oppressed by Hiruzen Sarutobi. In order to survive, I had to pretend that I was not interested in training, and then I spent my days indulging in beautiful women, novels, and music."

Yes, that's right, I was forced into it!

"Is that so!" Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi no longer spoke, Tobirama Senju subconsciously began to believe Ning Yuan's words.

During the ceremony just now, Ning Yuan walked in the first place, followed by Tsunade.

This means that his granddaughter and Ning Yuan have a very close relationship.

My granddaughter's friends are naturally my family.

"So it wasn't you who betrayed Konoha, but Hiruzen Sarutobi who betrayed Konoha?" Hashirama Senju was somewhat taken aback. If he hadn't misheard, Hiruzen Sarutobi was the Hokage!

Can a village's shadow betray the village?

He wasn't particularly sad, because Mito Uzumaki had just forgiven him and was now immersed in the joy of reuniting with his lover.

"That's it!" Ning Yuan nodded. "The foundation of Konoha is the Will of Fire, and Hiruzen Sarutobi betrayed the Will of Fire!"

There's no need to say more; it's clear that a fight broke out between the two sides, and the child ultimately won.

To be honest, for someone to be defeated by a five-year-old and betrayed by his own apprentice, Hiruzen Sarutobi is really something else!

"Why even bother resurrecting that bastard with Edo Tensei!" Tobirama Senju said irritably. "And he even witnessed a nation-building ceremony! This kind of person should be trapped in the Pure Land for eternity until his soul dissipates!"

Ning Yuan was speechless, but still explained his reasoning: "I just wanted to use facts to show Hiruzen Sarutobi how unsuccessful he was as Hokage!"

As he spoke, Ning Yuan turned to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi: "My process of unifying the ninja world was actually quite simple. First, I subdued the Akatsuki organization in the Land of Rain, and then, in conjunction with the Akatsuki, I defeated Hanzo and took over the Land of Rain! After that, I led the Konoha frontline troops to defeat the Sand Village, and then merged the Sand Village ninjas with the Konoha troops to form an allied force, led by Minato Namikaze, and defeated the Iwagakure village!!"

"On the Kumogakure side, the Akatsuki organization from the Land of Rain is leading the team!"

"Once we take over Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure, the entire ninja world will naturally be unified!"

Ning Yuan spread his hands: "So, did you notice? The whole process is actually quite simple."

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent.

"Throughout the entire process, I utilized all of Konoha's resources. Even the Akatsuki organization from the Land of Rain—the three leaders' teacher was Jiraiya!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent.

"The same village, in your hands, will only gather dust, grow mold, and decay day by day!" Ning Yuan shook his head. "In my hands, however, it can shine brightly, becoming a blazing sun, illuminating all directions!"

"A single spark can start a prairie fire; this is the true will of fire!"

"So, you did this just to prove that you were righteous for defeating me?" Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly chuckled. "So, you want my approval?"

"I need your approval?" Ning Yuan chuckled. "I just have something I've always wanted to tell you, but I haven't accomplished anything significant before, so I haven't had the confidence to say it!"

"Now that I've even unified the ninja world, I can finally shout those words out loud!!"

"What did you say?" Hiruzen Sarutobi already sensed something was wrong, but he still asked instinctively.

He saw Ning Yuan take a deep breath and then shout:

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you're trash!"

(End of this chapter)