Konoha: I have a clone in One Piece.

Chapter 187 Don't you want to try a different position?

A chilling light filled the sky and earth.

The fully-formed Susanoo, towering over 100 meters tall, was powerless to resist, its sword energy flying high into the sky at an angle.

A long trench was instantly cleaved through the clouds in the sky.

Dark clouds were rolling in.

A moment later, the gale subsided.

The wooden dragon landed in a lush forest that stretched for tens of kilometers.

The two Susanoo pieces, now split in two, fell to the ground, their pale blue chakra turning into specks of light and gradually dissipating.

"Cough cough..."

Madara Uchiha, now only having his upper body left, coughed up a mouthful of blood. His originally jet-black hair quickly turned white, and his body gradually returned to its wrinkled and withered state.

The sound of footsteps came from far to near.

Madara Uchiha, his aged arms trembling as he propped himself up, looked at Suzuki who was slowly approaching, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Cough... Come on!"

"It's just death, I've seen too much of it."

Even as he faced imminent death, Madara Uchiha showed no fear whatsoever.

Anyway, he has lived long enough. Besides, the life of a ninja, the life of a demon, is inherently accompanied by death.

At this moment, all he wanted was to take Suzuki with him!

Madara Uchiha kept his expression unchanged, but in his mind he began to silently calculate the distance between himself and the unprecedentedly powerful enemy opposite him.

800 meters...

500 meters...

Three hundred meters...

Good, closer, closer, almost there...

A resolute glint flashed in Madara Uchiha's eyes.

However, the footsteps suddenly stopped a hundred meters away!

"Mr. Madara, are you planning to use the same trick again?"

"A ninja of your caliber must have put on quite a counterattack before death, right?"

Suzuki stood there with a smile in his eyes, watching Uchiha Madara, who looked like a lamb to the slaughter.

"..." Madara Uchiha's expression froze, then he laughed self-deprecatingly, "Heh, I've been found out."

Then, all that could be seen in front of them was the upper body of the figure, supporting the ground with withered arms, which suddenly faded away eerily like a phantom.

Immediately afterwards, Madara Uchiha, who had lost one of his Sharingan eyes, stood in the same spot. He had now regained his full size, and the scene of being cut in two by a single slash seemed as if it had never happened.

However, his hair was still as white as snow.

"Of course."

Suzuki chuckled and glanced at Madara Uchiha:

"The Uchiha clan's forbidden technique—Izanagi—is a powerful eye technique that can change predetermined fate at the cost of consuming one Sharingan. Given Madara's status, he would definitely use it."

"Furthermore, your Yin-Yang Release technique seems quite proficient!"

Feeling his life force rapidly draining away, Madara Uchiha said helplessly, "Compared to that idiot Hashirama, you brat are far too cunning."

Having said that, he dispelled the Yin-Yang Release ninjutsu he had been preparing to unleash, sat cross-legged on the ground, and calmly looked at Suzuki:

"Given my current condition, I'm afraid I won't last much longer and will die soon."

"It was indeed my mistake not to discover your presence earlier."

The loss did not discourage Madara Uchiha, after all, he had lost many times before.

As for death? What's that!

He was somewhat worried about the potential failure of the Eye of the Moon Project, but he was helpless in the face of Suzuki, who was far more powerful than him.

Madara Uchiha plucked a strand of white hair, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes, then he violently crushed the hair and laughed loudly:

"But to be able to fight a strongman like you before I die, I guess I'll die a worthy death, hahahaha..."

Then, a look of regret and感慨 appeared on the face of this ninja world demon:

"It's a pity I couldn't take you with me. If someone like you stays in the ninja world, my plan probably won't have a chance to be completed."

"Those two kids are still too inexperienced..."

"Peace... Hashirama couldn't achieve it, and now I'm going to fail too? Heh, what have I done with my life...?"

The sighs gradually faded until they ceased completely.

Madara Uchiha never lowered his head until his death, maintaining a proud and domineering posture.

At this moment, the pride of the Uchiha clan was on full display in him!

however……

"Mr. Madara, I cannot accept death without farewell."

Suzuki's expression remained calm, but a silvery-white light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, he clearly saw the soul of Uchiha Madara emanating from the gradually cooling corpse.

Suzuki slightly raised his right hand and hooked his index finger.

"you???"

Madara Uchiha, whose soul state was drifting uncontrollably forward, was immediately filled with astonishment.

Why can someone control someone even though they're dead?

How did this guy do that?

Suzuki's bizarre methods immediately aroused strong vigilance in Madara Uchiha's heart, and he struggled fiercely, trying to break free from the invisible control.

But soon, four chains of silver-white lightning emerged from Suzuki's back.

Chains firmly bound the limbs of this ninja demon, spreading them out in a starfish shape, standing upright behind Suzuki like a substitute.

"..."

Feeling this unprecedentedly humiliating position, Madara Uchiha was stunned for a moment, then his face flushed with anger:

"Kill me or torture me, just give me a quick death!"

"What do you mean by this? Are you trying to humiliate me?!"

"Shh, don't make any noise."

Suzuki turned around and made a hushed gesture, then ignored the soul form of Madara Uchiha behind him and stared intently at the now-cold corpse in front of him.

After a while.

A surge of chakra, imbued with intense willpower, emerged from the corpse.

At the same time, a crack appeared in the surrounding space, invisible to the living. Then, as if summoned by something, the chakra hidden in Uchiha Madara rushed into the crack at high speed.

"The will of Indra..."

Suzuki's face was deep and his body was shrouded in a thundercloud.

Behind him, Madara Uchiha, who should have entered the underworld earlier, also saw the strange chakra emanating from his own corpse because he was forcibly left behind.

"That is..."

Ban's face instantly turned ugly.

Having learned many secrets from the stone tablet, a hard-to-accept answer began to surface in his mind.

The silvery-white light in Suzuki's eyes kept shifting.

His gaze pierced through the gap between life and death, and even though the rift had long since closed, it still followed Indra's chakra without any hindrance, moving forward at high speed.

……

The underworld, also known as the burial place of souls.

It is the resting place of countless ninja souls throughout the millennia.

Unlike the bustling and noisy world of the living, the underworld is completely silent.

A hazy mist filled the entire space. On the ground, countless souls stood motionless, seemingly devoid of consciousness.

A ball of chakra emitting a faint blue light flew rapidly through the viscous, watery gray mist, passing by wave after wave of souls.

Before long, it flew over many obstacles and arrived at the deepest part of the underworld!

In the simple thatched hut, a pale hand suddenly reached out and grasped the pale blue chakra ball.

"Indra is back..."

"So the child is finally dead?"

With two horns on his head, ripples in his pupils, and wearing a black robe adorned with magatama, the Sage of Six Paths—Otsutsuki Hagoromo—sat cross-legged on a futon, looking down at the ball of light in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh.

"In that case, the next reincarnation can continue."

He gently stroked the pale blue light with his left hand and beckoned to the side with his right.

Then, a ball of chakra emitting a faint yellow light flew into his hand.

Looking at his hands, where even with only chakra remaining, he could still sense the clashing wills of his two sons. The Sage of Six Paths sighed.

"Alas, Indra, Asura, I hope that in this life you can understand each other."

"After all, what kind of thousand-year-old hatred exists between brothers?"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look into the depths of the other side of the underworld:

"You agree, right, Hamura?"

However, the gray fog remained silent, and there was no response.

"Oh."

The Sage of Six Paths smiled wryly and helplessly tossed the two orbs of light into the Ninja World.

"Children follow their fathers' nature; the cycle of reincarnation repeats itself."

"A thousand years have passed, why bother..."

A sigh came from inside the thatched hut.

Then, the underworld, filled with a hazy gray mist, fell into complete silence.

……

The Ninja World, the Land of Grass.

Suzuki withdrew his gaze, a slight smile appearing on his face:

"So, it was hidden in that location."

"Now, there's only one move left."

Unlike the existing ninja world, the underworld was created by the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, a thousand years ago.

That space could easily be described as his internal space.

The underworld is vast, and its dangers are unknown.

After all, the Sage of Six Paths became the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki a long time ago, and in the millennia of time, he has reached an unknown level.

Therefore, Suzuki played it safe and chose to use Indra's chakra to find out the location of the Sage of Six Paths in advance.

"Who is Yishi?"

Behind him, Madara Uchiha, who was deep in thought with a furrowed brow, was interrupted and looked at Suzuki with a puzzled expression, asking him a question.

"Ichi-shi? He's kind of a relative of yours, you might have a chance to meet him later."

Suzuki chuckled, then glanced at the towering trees that blocked out the sky around him, and walked out of the forest.

"Relatives? Ha, kid, are you trying to fool me?"

"No, I'm telling the truth!"

As Suzuki walked, he talked to Madara Uchiha behind him:

"Speaking of which, your clan's ruthless treatment of family members truly is a direct result of your bloodline!"

"Heh, from those guys deep in the starry sky who mercilessly turned their own kind into pills, to that goddess being sealed by her own son, to the mutual slaughter between those two brothers, and the grudges between you and Hashirama Senju."

"There is also the hypocritical behavior of pretending to be aristocratic, having the money to hire servants, but insisting on treating one's own people as slaves, ordering them around and abusing them at will."

"Even in the future, it will still be common to see people slaughtering their own clansmen and killing their own brothers."

"Mr. Ban, don't you think your behavior is strange?"

"Even a normal human being with extreme emotions wouldn't go this far, would they?"

Madara Uchiha, who stood behind Suzuki like a ghost, couldn't help but frown:

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I don't know about the others, but the reason for my relationship with Hashirama was due to the long-standing hatred between the Uchiha and Senju clans. Of course, that idiot's naivety and stupidity were also part of the reason."

"It's nothing, come with me to see this chaotic ninja world."

Suzuki smiled and continued walking forward.

"A grand opening always needs a distinguished witness."

……

Not far from the forest created by Wood Release, lies the Grass Village.

The violent earthquake caused by the battle between Suzuki and Madara Uchiha caused many houses in Kusagakure to collapse and be damaged, injuring some villagers.

"Hirasawa, what are you still doing here? Didn't the captain send you to scout ahead?"

A grass ninja looked in surprise at his tall companion in front of him.

"Don't joke around, Mano." Hirasawa's face was full of refusal: "That terrifying commotion must have been caused by an incredibly powerful ninja. You want me to investigate? What's the difference between that and sending me to my death? I'm not going!"

"You..." Mano's words caught in his throat, then he sighed helplessly and said, "Fine, I won't go then."

"Oh, right, don't just sit around doing nothing. Someone in the village is injured. Go and bring that woman over here."

"Okay, no problem!"

A look of joy appeared on Hirazawa's face, and his tall figure immediately rushed towards a dilapidated house in Kusagakure.

Not long after.

The wounded were gathered at the Kusashino Village assembly point.

"Hey, hurry up, you woman, don't you want to eat?"

Hirazawa roared menacingly at a red-haired woman with a slightly protruding belly.

"M-Master..." Kana Uzumaki trembled, then pleaded, "I'm pregnant. Could you let me rest for a few months until the baby is born..."

"No!"

Hirasawa interrupted Kana Uzumaki's pleas, grabbed her arm, and forcibly dragged her to the wounded.

"You're finally here! You're so slow, hurry up!"

"Aren't you pregnant? Work hard now, and we won't neglect your child in the future."

The injured Shinobu, lying on the ground, urged on with a disgruntled expression.

"I...I understand..."

Thinking of the child in her belly, Kana Uzumaki gritted her teeth, rolled up her sleeves, and stretched her arm, covered in bite marks, toward the injured Shinobu.

Hirasawa pointed to Kana Uzumaki's arm and laughed at his Grass Ninja companion lying on the ground, "This woman has been bitten quite a few times, but she still has quite a few tender spots."

"Haha, yeah."

The injured Grass Ninja responded with a smile.

Karin...

The laughter was so jarring that Kana Uzumaki closed her eyes in fear, focusing all her attention on the child in her womb. Yet, tears had already unknowingly streamed down her face.

The next moment, just as the injured grass ninja was about to open his mouth and bite down.

A silvery-white wave of light, forming a circle, quickly enveloped the entire Kusagakure village, and everything instantly froze.

In that instant, time seemed to stand still!

Kana Uzumaki waited for a long time but did not feel any pain in her arm. She opened her eyes slightly with a puzzled expression.

"This is……"

Kana Uzumaki stared wide-eyed at the frozen scene around her, her face filled with shock.

rustling...

In the quiet environment, at the entrance of Kusagakure, a sudden sound of footsteps was extremely noticeable.

"Mr. Madara, what do you think caused this situation?"

Suzuki asked the question as he walked forward.

"Heh." Madara Uchiha sneered, replying with disdain, "What else could it be? Hasn't the ninja world always been like this?"

"There are plenty of people in the ninja world who are worse off than her!"

"It is precisely because I have witnessed so many scenes like this that I embarked on the path of pursuing peace!"

As he spoke, Madara Uchiha looked at Suzuki, a hint of regret in his eyes, and said:

"Kid, you are stronger than I and Hashirama were at our peak. With your strength, you are absolutely capable of clearing away all obstacles and completing my previous peace plan."

"Unfortunately, that's just a mirage. Let me tell you, true peace still requires..."

"Yeah?"

Suzuki interrupted Madara Uchiha's preaching:

"Sorry, I'm not interested in the peace you're talking about."

"For me..."

Suzuki calmly took a step forward.

The silvery-white light wave that enveloped the entire Grass Ninja Village trembled violently, and instantly, all the Grass Ninja stood up mechanically.

"Under normal circumstances, not harming innocent people is the bottom line."

Suzuki glanced at the many figures, then continued forward.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of Grass Ninjas, as if receiving some kind of order, quickly split into two teams and stood in rows like robots.

"When I see something disgusting, I subconsciously try to erase it; that's a preference."

Suzuki approached Kana Uzumaki and smiled politely at her.

At the same time, the thousands of grass ninjas standing on the right suddenly took large strides forward, and after walking more than a hundred meters away, the thousands of grass ninjas exploded instantly.

Blood splattered everywhere, covering the ground of the Grass Ninja Village.

Suzuki looked at Kana Uzumaki, whose face was filled with terror but whose eyes flashed with a hint of pity, and calmly said:

"Excessive kindness becomes weakness, and too much weakness makes one powerless."

"This is how your tragedy came about."

"Since you're pregnant, I'll give you some pointers. The Land of Waves, the Land of Iron, and Loulan—these three countries should be the most stable regions in the ninja world in the future."

As soon as he finished speaking, Suzuki turned around and walked out of Kusagakure.

Watching the figure gradually disappear into the distance, the fear on Kana Uzumaki's face slowly faded. She touched her stomach, then mustered her courage and whispered:

"Thanks……"

But the sound was so faint that even she herself found it hard to hear.

So, Kana Uzumaki mustered her courage again and shouted:

"Thanks--"

Suzuki paused for a moment, then smiled wryly:

"Hehe, you're welcome."

After saying that, he continued walking forward.

Until they left the village of Kusagakure.

After a long silence, Madara Uchiha finally spoke slowly, his expression complex:

"Kid, your name is Suzuki, right?"

"Since you have no interest in peace, then what is your purpose?"

"The purpose? You'll understand in a while."

Suzuki stopped, turned around, and looked at Uchiha Madara with pity in his eyes:

"Mr. Ban, you must understand, peace is the biggest lie!"

Feeling the mocking gaze, Madara Uchiha's face instantly darkened:

"Hmph, as expected, it's pointless to say more when you don't see eye to eye."

"This trashy ninja world is better left unseen. Put me down!"

"Heh, I won't let go."

Suzuki smiled.

When he walked again, a strange seven-colored light inexplicably flashed under his feet. The light pierced through the soil and flew towards the surrounding plants.

"Mr. Madara, how about we take a hiking trip around the ninja world?"

"Not very good!"

"Don't you want to change positions?"

"...You wretched brat!"

(End of this chapter)