Ninja Pot Shadow

Ino originally intended to seal away the resurrected Fourth Kazekage, because she remembered that during the Fourth Shinobi World War, those powerful figures resurrected by Kabuto Yakushi using the Impure World Reincarnation technique could be sealed. However, the Sand Village ninjas were fearless and relentlessly attacked. The Third Kage's clones had limited chakra, so most of the pressure was on her side. She fought very hard, and when she finished, she found that the Fourth Kazekage had already fled.

The Third Hokage's shadow clones continued their pursuit. Ino sighed heavily, while Sakura was in the worst state, sitting down in a duck-like position and then starting to cry.

"It's all my fault! It's all my fault!"

Ino: "???"

She couldn't understand how Sakura had arrived at this conclusion.

Sakura cried her eyes out: "If it weren't for me... if it weren't for me, the First Hokage wouldn't have been able to be resurrected..."

She wouldn't say anything more. Ino's mind raced for a while before she suddenly realized that she probably, maybe, or perhaps understood.

Seeing that Shikamaru and Shino were looking over, she couldn't let these two smart kids know the reason behind it. She said decisively, "Are you stupid? Orochimaru did it. What does it have to do with you? I think you're just too idle! Go help over there! Go now!"

A scolding distracted Sakura, who secretly wiped away a cold sweat.

She assigned Xiaoying a whole bunch of tasks, such as applying medicine to the wounded, bandaging wounds, and preparing food for the villagers, just to keep her from having any free time to think about anything else.

More and more villagers gathered around Ino's side, and Shikamaru and the others were left to take care of rescuing the people. She mainly observed the enemy, especially the three Kage who had been resurrected through Edo Tensei.

The Fourth Kazekage has a wide attack range and is said to have the power to suppress the One-Tailed Beast in the desert. However, this is not a desert, and he is far from his strength in life, so he is not difficult to deal with.

The Second Hokage's performance was far worse than she had expected. The Second Hokage resurrected by Orochimaru probably didn't even display one-tenth of his original strength.

The First Hokage's Wood Release technique was incredibly powerful, but that was all it was—power. Its destructive force was far from the legendary ability to directly withstand the powerful Susanoo.

They are all scaled-down versions.

Faced with the siege of the Third Hokage and many other ninjas, Orochimaru also felt the pressure. He released some of his control over the Impure World Reincarnation and summoned the First and Second Hokage back to his side.

Relaxing control frees up more combat capabilities. Another obvious feature is that the three Shadows' eyes have become more lively, and they can speak, no longer in a robotic state.

After the First Hokage, who was using Wood Release to carry out reforestation work in the village, partially released his control, he sensed something and turned his head to look in Ino's direction.

Orochimaru, who was controlling the Impure World Reincarnation, quickly formed hand seals and discovered that the First Hokage had not escaped control; it seemed to be just an unconscious action.

Ino was startled. In that instant, she felt a connection between the Ashura chakra within her and the First Hokage, a connection far exceeding that of the Impure World Reincarnation.

The second generation noticed the first generation's unusual behavior. He glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong, big brother?"

The first generation laughed heartily: "It seems to be one of my juniors? How embarrassing, to let a junior see me in such a sorry state."

The second generation snorted and then scolded the third generation: "Monkey, put in some effort! Why are your attacks so weak and powerless? You can't even beat a dead man like me?"

The third generation was panting heavily, and wanted to argue, "He's seventy years old! Not thirty! It's already quite remarkable that he's managed to hold on this long."

When the First and Second Hokage returned to Orochimaru's side, he immediately put away his shadow clones and focused all his energy on the battle at hand.

On the other side, Ino discovered that by using Ashura's chakra and her own sensory transmission ability, she could ignore the Impure World Reincarnation and have a long-distance conversation with the First Hokage in her inner world.

"Are you my descendant?" the First Generation asked, using the ability of sensory transmission.

"...Well, I'm not sure, but I am Tsunade-sensei's student," Ino replied vaguely.

"Tsunade, how is she doing these days?"

"Great! Just three days ago I was drinking with Tsunade-sensei. We each drank half a barrel of that huge sake barrel!"

"Hahahaha—" The first generation laughed heartily.

Like Ashura and Naruto, the First Hokage was carefree and didn't realize that Ino was just a "messenger" and that part of Ashura's chakra didn't belong to her.

He didn't realize it, and Ino didn't explain. Instead, she talked at length about her relationship with Tsunade.

The Senju clan had long been integrated with Konoha, and it was perfectly normal for the descendants of the Yamanaka clan to possess the bloodline of the Senju clan! At least, that was normal to the First Hokage.

Ino considers it normal for her to have a low Yang Release level and a high Yin Release level. Not all Senju clan members are so cheerful. Her younger brother, Tobirama Senju, is an example. He's just a little bit gloomy. What's the big deal?

"Hahahaha—she's Tsunade's disciple! Then we're really not outsiders." Hearing Ino talk about his granddaughter and her disciple being chased by a group of debt collectors, the First Hokage was extremely pleased. He'd been in that situation back then; this was definitely his granddaughter…

The First Hokage was unaware of Ashura's chakra. Now, Naruto and Gaara are chatting in the distant forest. In his current perception, Ino is the clan member closest to him by blood, without exception.

In the transmission of perception, he said to Ino, "This young man's Impure World Reincarnation technique is very powerful. It greatly restricts me and Tobirama. I can resist his control for a short time, but I'm worried that he will change the control formula in my head. Once he completely strips away my consciousness, I won't be able to do anything. Little girl, I will resist the Impure World Reincarnation formula. You help me control my body. If you can hold off Tobirama, the pressure on the monkey will be greatly reduced."

Chapter 168 Division of Labor and Cooperation

Hashirama Senju was the reincarnation of Ashura's chakra, but that's all in the past. With Hashirama's death, Ashura's chakra fell into silence.

The chakra of Ashura and Indra is passed down through bloodlines, and their reincarnations are related in some way.

For decades after Hashirama Senju's death, there was no sign of Ashura chakra awakening. It was only after Madara Uchiha passed away that Sasuke was reincarnated from Indra chakra, and Naruto was reincarnated from Ashura chakra.

Sasuke's birthday is July 23, while Naruto's birthday is October 10, showing a clear relationship between them.

Basically, Madara died here, and not long after, Sasuke was born there, along with Ashura's chakra, which had been idle for decades, finding a host in the process.

Geese leave traces as they fly by, and the wind leaves its sound as it passes. Ashura chakra goes to find its next home, but this does not mean that Hashirama Senju, or the Great Pillar, does not have Ashura chakra on his side.

This spiritual influence has always existed; his soul still contains Ashura chakra, just not much.

Upon seeing Ino, he felt a natural affinity, which he attributed to a blood connection, but it wasn't actually one.

Ino hesitated at Dazhu's plea for help.

Making friends with Ashura is actually more practical than "making friends" with the ethereal Grim Reaper. Those Grim Reapers are just barely clinging to life, captured by ninjas and used as tools. But who is Ashura? He's the son of the Six Paths! The Sage of Six Paths is currently stuck at the intersection of Yin and Yang, observing the ninja world.

Ashura did indeed reincarnate into Naruto, but Sasuke isn't a wandering ghost in the usual sense. If I help him, there's a high chance I'll come into the Sage of Six Paths' sights.

I am already considered a capable person among acquaintances and a familiar person among capable people in the eyes of the village's leaders. Should I take a new step and become a familiar and capable person in the eyes of the Six Paths Immortal?

Ino weighed the pros and cons repeatedly. She was determined to see the Third Hokage's Shiki Fujutsu. She had come all this way just to see this move. She also wanted to maintain good relations with the First Hokage. She quickly made up her mind, but she still needed to keep it a secret.

She said to Shikamaru, "I want to go help the Third Hokage, if..."

Shikamaru was taken aback at first, then immediately said seriously, "Go ahead. If... they start to blame you, just say it was my idea. It's fine, they'll just scold me a bit at most."

He sensed that his family wasn't enthusiastic about rescuing the Third Hokage, and that his father was the one making the decisions. From Shikamaru's perspective, he wanted to rescue the Third Hokage; if he could, he would definitely do so.

He supports Ino's decision to rescue the third generation against the family's wishes, and he even made a straightforward promise that if the family blames him later, Ino can shift the blame onto him.

Choji didn't know what they were talking about, but seeing how serious they both were, he nodded emphatically. What was there to be afraid of? The Ino-Shika-Cho trio would stand together through thick and thin!

"Go ahead, we'll take care of things here." Seemingly relieved to be entrusted with such an important task, Shino's spirits lifted considerably.

Sakura didn't know what they were going to do, she just nodded along with the others.

"Spirit Spell!"

Ino summoned the Slug Sage, but this time she controlled her chakra output and only summoned a slug the size of a person.

The sudden appearance of this strange creature startled Sakura.

"Lord Slug, my body may be injured in a moment. Please treat me promptly," Ino said.

The slug looked around, then spoke in a gentle, older-sister-like tone: "Ino, I understand. I must add that your Konoha village has truly suffered many misfortunes."

This was a bit of a difficult response, so Ino could only laugh awkwardly. "This is nothing! Just you wait and see! There's a long road ahead."

In the original timeline, Ino could remotely control Obito with the help of Hinata's Byakugan. Now, with the higher-level Ashura chakra for positioning, the effect is naturally even better.

She got into position and told the first generation that she was ready.

The First Hokage was known as the God of Shinobi. In terms of understanding ninjutsu and chakra, Orochimaru was no match for him.

With a single thought, he forcefully broke free from the control of the Impure World Reincarnation.

Orochimaru reacted extremely quickly, immediately forming hand seals in an attempt to regain control of the Impure World Reincarnation. He had very limited power over the First Hokage, and had always been very cautious. Given just two seconds, he could regain control.

However, he was too late. Using the Mind Transfer Technique, Ino used Ashura's chakra to locate herself and transfer her consciousness into the body of the First Hokage, which was resurrected through Edo Tensei.

"Child, my strength is limited right now. I need to do everything I can to resist the control of the spell. I entrust my body to you." The First Hokage and Ino quickly divided the tasks, one focusing on internal affairs and the other on external affairs.

Orochimaru acted decisively after discovering that the First Hokage had broken free of his control.

Like a snake, he forcefully emerged from the shadow of the Third Hokage's staff, then leaped into the air, a specially made kunai appearing in his hand. He was going to change the formula in the First Hokage's brain, and he wouldn't play any mental battles with him anymore; he would just restart it directly.

The distance between the two sides closed rapidly, and when the gap was only five meters, the First Hokage reopened his eyes.

The foundation of the Steam-Explosive Technique is the Water Cloak Technique, while the essence of the Impure World Reincarnation is the Summoning Technique.

The First Hokage's reawakening is essentially due to his soul being summoned back using a summoning jutsu.

The Impure World Reincarnation technique requires a living person as a vessel for the soul. In Ino's investigation, the quality of this body itself is very poor. She can't tell who the host is, nor does she care.

The original host's consciousness, Dazhu's consciousness, and Jingye's consciousness were like nesting dolls, one inside the other.

After absorbing the soul of the Great Pillar, this body possesses six chakra natures: fire, wind, lightning, earth, water, and yang. It lacks yin nature, which she suspects is because the First Hokage's yang release was too powerful.

This body also possesses Wood Release chakra. Theoretically, it should be similar to Orochimaru taking over Sasuke's body. After taking over, the original body's bloodline limit can be used. However, Wood Release relies on Ashura's chakra, so they are currently in a nested doll-like state, and this thing is quite complicated.

Ino is basically in a state of "body understands, but mind doesn't understand." No matter how strong her aptitude for ninjutsu is, it's impossible for her to learn Wood Release in a second.

Faced with Orochimaru's menacing charge, she had no choice but to use her ninjutsu first.

Yamato can use Water Release and Earth Release, so the First Hokage can naturally do the same.

"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!" Ino took a deep breath, and then a silver stream of water, like a high-pressure water gun, shot towards Orochimaru.

The Second Hokage: "???"

The Third Hokage: "???"

Orochimaru was still thinking about how to change the formula in the First Hokage's head when, caught off guard, the Water Severing Wave came right in front of him and he didn't even have time to dodge. The water line punched a huge hole through his eyebrow, and then Ino slashed him away, and a third of his head was gone.

Chapter 169 The Second Hokage's On-Site Instruction

"First Hokage, you have so much chakra!" Ino herself was surprised. If her own Water Cutting Wave was like a water gun used by a fire brigade, the Water Cutting Wave released by the First Hokage's chakra was comparable to industrial water cutting.

Even though this wasn't his body, but merely a nobody from the Hidden Sound Village, it immediately unleashed a massive amount of chakra after the First Hokage possessed him.

His chakra is abundant, and the pressure provided by the Water Severing Wave is sufficient.

The First Hokage laughed loudly: "This is nothing. This amount of chakra is far inferior to what I had in my lifetime, hahahaha—"

Ino estimates that the First Hokage's current state as a resurrected being is at the "refined" level of 10, equivalent to the chakra reserves of 4 Inos, 12 Tsunades, 24 Asumas, or 4-50 Kakashis...

For Ino, "essence" 10 might be the upper limit of chakra, but for the First Hokage, it was merely the lower limit.

No wonder this powerful figure said, "This kid's chakra is on par with mine," after seeing Naruto share the Nine-Tails' chakra with the Allied Shinobi Forces!

How can a living human being compare chakra to a tailed beast, especially one whose chakra was partially taken by the Sage of Six Paths? Is that even human language?

Orochimaru used the Orochimaru-ryu Substitution Technique, and his new body, covered in slime, emerged from the mouth of his original body.