Ninja World: I've already fought the Five Kage head-on, and the system is only now showing up.

Chapter 15 Reunion of Old Friends

What happens after a person dies?

As someone who's been through it all, Yu Yi Xuan Yue honestly doesn't know how to describe it.

Perhaps, it's like the world as seen through the eyes of a blind person.

It is not darkness, but nothingness.

To describe it specifically, when you open one eye and close the other, the scene you see with the closed eye is a similar kind of nothingness.

Time, having no reference point after death, flows by rapidly.

Yu Yixuanyue had just closed her eyes a second ago, but it felt like she opened them again the next second.

Only when the familiar scene of Konoha Village and the aged face of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, came into view did Hagoromo Gengetsu realize that he had truly arrived more than fifty years in the future.

Time flies!

As expected, he was resurrected by Orochimaru using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Yu Yi Xuan Yue looked at her cracked hands with some emotion, feeling the physical body that didn't actually belong to her.

"The offering I've possessed is of such poor quality."

After looking him over, he shook his head inwardly.

The reason why Madara Uchiha, who was resurrected through Edo Tensei during the Fourth Shinobi World War, was so arrogant and powerful was because Orochimaru specially prepared an extremely high-quality sacrificial offering for him, allowing him to unleash his strength from his previous life.

The quality of the offering on his body was far inferior to that of an ordinary White Zetsu, which showed just how weak it was.

Needless to say, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who were standing beside him, were the same kind of people.

No wonder the Third Hokage, whose strength had long since declined, was able to fight two opponents at once and leave behind a rather dazzling record before his death.

At this moment, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who were standing next to Yui Gengetsu, also realized what was happening.

Hashirama Senju looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi in front of him, his eyes filled with memories, and said, "Long time no see, monkey."

"You're getting on in years, Sarutobi," Tobirama Senju said calmly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was still very young at the time, having personally appointed the Third Hokage of Konoha before his death.

Looking back now, the other person is quite old.

"Has it been thirty or forty years already?"

As he mentally assessed the situation, Tobirama Senju glanced at Hagoromo Gengetsu, whose expression seemed a bit off, and his brows furrowed unconsciously.

Why is this guy out here too?

Facing the two generations of leaders of Konoha Village, his respected predecessors, Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a mixture of nostalgia and guilt:

"I never expected to meet you both again in this situation. I am very sorry to have disturbed your peaceful rest."

"Impure World Reincarnation?"

Tobirama Senju already knew the truth. He turned to look at Orochimaru behind him and said coldly:

"This young man summoned us using forbidden magic? Impressive, he's actually perfected the technique I left behind. It's a pity he's gone astray."

"Tobirama, I told you long ago not to develop those extremely dangerous forbidden techniques. It seems you still didn't listen."

After sighing and finishing speaking, Hashirama Senju was about to turn around when he noticed Hagoromo Gengetsu, who was quietly watching everything. His eyes lit up as he greeted her:

"Long time no see, Xuan Yue."

"Hashirama".

Yu Yi Xuan Yue turned her gaze to Senju Hashirama.

Compared to myself, this guy lived for several more years afterward.

Yu Yi Xuan Yue smiled and greeted him with a cheerful smile, "It's been a long time for you, Hashirama, but for me, it's just a blink of an eye. By the way, I once said that Uchiha Madara was more radical than me. So, what do you think? Has anything interesting happened after I died?"

Hashirama Senju's expression crumbled as he recalled the battle at the Valley of the End, and he said in a low voice, "Madara."

"It seems to be just as I expected."

Seeing Hashirama Senju's expression, and realizing that the development of the ninja world would proceed as originally planned, Hagoromo Gengetsu felt a weight lifted from his heart.

In a good mood, he reopened old wounds:

"Not only Madara, but the peace that you Five Kage keep pursuing is the same."

"Hashirama, if the ninja world had remained peaceful since my death, would Konoha have needed to change its Hokage so frequently in just a few decades?"

Yu Yi Xuan Yue pointed to the Fire Shadow Rock Wall not far away.

If the ninja world had truly always been at peace, Konoha would never have had so many new Hokage.

Hashirama Senju looked in the direction pointed by Hagoromo Gengetsu and saw the four giant heads on the Hokage Rock, his expression hardening.

He may be somewhat naive, but he is not stupid.

"Tobirama, is that so?"

Hashirama Senju asked his younger brother, who had also descended to the Underworld.

The ninja world during his lifetime was indeed peaceful.

However, he was unaware of the ninja world after his death.

Tobirama Senju glanced at the gloating Hagoromo Gengetsu beside him and was about to reply.

Orochimaru, who had been playing a background role, walked over and said calmly, "Enough of the old folks' chatter. Let's get down to business."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yi Xuan Yue's lips curled into a vicious smirk.

"An old man?"

He, who has always been called a young talent, is not used to being addressed as such by modern people.

Seeing Orochimaru approach from behind, Hashirama Senju could only put aside his question and sigh, "So, it seems that fighting is inevitable in every era?"

Orochimaru responded politely to the legendary God of Shinobi:

"You like it, don't you?"

Upon seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi was enraged and shouted, "How dare you fool the dead, Orochimaru! Those who toy with time will not have a good end!"

Orochimaru smiled contemptuously, took out a control talisman, and made his attitude clear through his actions.

Sometimes, it's not a bad thing that the offerings for the Impure World Reincarnation are of poor quality.

For example, now.

Hashirama Senju, who could only exert a small portion of his power, could not exert immense pressure on Orochimaru, the caster, without much effort, as he could in the future after being resurrected through the body of a White Zetsu using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

The same goes for Tobirama Senju.

As the developer of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, he can break free from the jutsu's constraints like Madara Uchiha, but currently he can only unleash too little power to break free from Orochimaru's control.

So, they could only watch helplessly as Orochimaru inserted the talismans into their brains, his eyes darkening, and their souls were thus blocked.

Seeing his two old friends, whom he had only just met, unconscious, Hagoromo Gengetsu curled his lip and casually suggested to Orochimaru, who was walking towards him:

"Your name is Orochimaru, right? Since you know who I am, you should understand that I'm different from these two guys beside you."

"There's no need to control me. I'd be happy to destroy Konoha."

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were both unable to break free from the Edo Tensei at this moment, as was Hagoromo Gengetsu.

Although he had a backup plan, he wouldn't mind discussing a collaboration with Orochimaru.

After all, the power of the Edo Tensei body, whose consciousness has been erased, is still significantly weaker than that of the original Edo Tensei body.

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and examined the man in front of him with great interest. This man was someone who had taken a lot of effort to find a flesh and blood sample, and who was said to be on par with the gods and had the highest talent.

This renowned figure, unlike the souls he had summoned from the underworld in the past who had angrily denounced him as "blasphemy" and constantly resisted, actually wanted to join his side.

Really

Interesting old man!

(End of this chapter)