Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

Lightning struck heavily in the center of the valley, stirring up clouds of dust and rubble.

A burly figure burst out from within.

It was the Fourth Raikage, A.

His body was enveloped in violent lightning chakra, every hair stood on end, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Ai looked around and saw nothing but charred corpses and broken ninja tools.

Those were his most elite subordinates, the backbone of Kumogakure.

At this moment, however, it is carelessly discarded in this wilderness like trash.

hope, Tutai...

Familiar faces, now lifeless, still bear the traces of terror and despair from their final moments.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Ai let out a heart-wrenching roar, and the lightning on his body surged, instantly shattering the rocks beneath his feet.

He searched frantically across the battlefield, and finally, he spotted that familiar figure beside a pile of rubble.

"Compare!"

Ai rushed over, knelt on one knee, and with trembling hands, carefully helped Killer Bee up.

"Hey! Cheer up! Big brother's here!"

Ai's voice trembled as he desperately tried to channel chakra into Killer Bee's body, attempting to salvage the life force that had been lost.

No matter how much chakra he channeled into it, there was no response whatsoever.

"cough......"

Just as Ai was in despair, the person in her arms suddenly let out a weak cough.

Killer Bee struggled to open his eyes. He looked at the face in front of him, twisted with anger and sorrow, and managed to force a smile that was more like a grimace.

"B-Big Brother..." Killer Bee's voice was weak, "You've come..."

"Don't talk! Show me!"

Ai's eyes instantly reddened. He gripped Killer Bee's hand tightly and shouted, "Hang in there! The medical team is almost here! You'll be alright! You'll be alright!"

"Cough cough..."

Killer Bee shook his head slightly, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth.

"Brother, you're the Raikage, you should know that..."

He was panting, each word seeming to have exhausted all his strength.

"The Tailed Beast has been extracted... the Jinchūriki... is doomed to die..."

Ai's body stiffened abruptly, and the hand that was channeling chakra stopped in mid-air.

yes......

How could he not know?

As the Raikage, he understood the Jinchuriki's fate better than anyone else.

Once the Tailed Beast is extracted, the Jinchuriki will die due to the depletion of their life force.

However, he is still unwilling to accept this fact.

"No..." Ai's voice became hoarse, and he gritted his teeth. "No! There must be a way! There must be a way!"

"It's no use, brother..."

Killer Bee's voice grew softer and softer, his eyes becoming unfocused, "Hachi...it's been taken away..."

"That guy, that Uchiha brat..."

Killer Bee's fingers twitched slightly, as if he wanted to grab Ai's sleeve.

"Big brother, promise me..."

"What?" Ai quickly moved closer, putting her ear to his mouth.

"Don't go..." Killer Bee said, his last ounce of strength fading, "Don't go looking for him... for revenge..."

"Their power... is too great..."

"Neither that brat nor that man in white... are people we can handle..."

"For the sake of the village... don't go..."

"What a joke!!!"

Ai suddenly raised his head, interrupting Killer Bee, his anger almost burning away his reason.

"They killed you! They killed Yukito! They killed so many of our comrades!"

"You're telling me not to seek revenge?!"

Ai gripped Killer Bee's shoulders tightly, his voice hoarse.

"I absolutely will not agree! Absolutely not!"

"I'm going to kill them! I'm going to make them pay! No matter what the price, I'm going to tear those two bastards to pieces!"

"I will unite with other ninja villages! I will wage war! I will make the entire ninja world hunt them down!"

"Big brother..."

Killer Bee looked at A, who had gone mad, and a deep sadness and helplessness flashed in his eyes.

He raised his hand, wanting to pat his older brother on the shoulder again, to tell him not to let anger cloud his judgment.

That Uchiha Sasuke, and that guy named Aizen...

The power they displayed cannot be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

If the eldest brother insists on seeking revenge, he will only drag the entire Hidden Cloud Village, and even the entire ninja world, into the abyss.

"Don't......"

Kirabi opened his mouth, wanting to persuade him again.

But he still couldn't get that breath up.

His hand fell limply to his side, and the light in his eyes went out completely.

Killer Bee, who always spouts strange rap and remains optimistic, is hailed as the most perfect Jinchūriki...

At that moment, he closed his eyes forever.

"Compare?!"

Ai felt the person in her arms stop moving and was stunned for a moment.

He shook Killer Bee, "Hey! Bee! Don't sleep! Get up! Get up, I'll allow you to hold a concert in the village, okay?!"

"Get up!!!"

no respond.

Only the mournful sound of the wind blowing through the valley could be heard.

"..."

Ai lowered his head, pressing his forehead against Kirabi's cold chest, and his body began to tremble violently.

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

An extremely shrill roar erupted from his mouth.

That voice contained regret.

If he hadn't been blinded by the power of the Sharingan, his younger brother wouldn't have died.

But more than anything, he harbored an overwhelming killing intent towards Sasuke.

A surge of violent lightning chakra erupted uncontrollably from his body once more, shooting straight into the sky.

The surrounding rocks crumbled under this force.

The dark clouds in the sky were also stirred up by this force, with lightning and thunder.

"Uchiha Sasuke..."

Ai raised her head, tears of blood streaming from her bloodshot eyes. "I swear, I will kill you!!!"

.............

At the Nanga Shrine, space distorted, and two figures silently appeared in front of the main hall.

Aizen's gaze wandered around, and he spotted a particular pattern before focusing his attention on Sasuke's back.

There, on the fabric of the divine robe, the circular pattern surrounded by nine magatama beads faintly shimmered in the dim light.

"So this is Sasuke's family compound..." Aizen said knowingly. He paused, then changed the subject, asking, "But Sasuke-kun brought me here specifically for this purpose, not just so I could admire the architecture, right?"

“I remember you said before that you would take me to see that place called ‘Pure Land’.”

Aizen looked around but didn't see any entrance that seemed to lead to another dimension.

"Or is there a special node leading to the Pure Land hidden underground here?"

“No rush.” Sasuke strode towards the main hall of the shrine. “Before we go to the Pure Land, there’s one more thing I need to confirm.”

"Confirmed?" Aizen raised an eyebrow and followed.

Sasuke skillfully lifted the hidden entrance to the underground passage beneath the floorboards and stepped into the secret underground chamber along the narrow stairs.

The secret room was not large, and the walls were covered with complex incantations.

In the very center of the secret chamber, the enormous stone tablet still stood silently.

“This is…” Aizen looked at the stone tablet with surprise in his eyes.

"The stone tablet of the Uchiha clan."

Sasuke walked up to the stone tablet and gently touched it. "It is said to have been left by the Sage of Six Paths."

"The Sage of Six Paths?"