Naruto: Starting with the Two Kamui

“Shadow, didn’t I say that before entering the house we should… What?!?” Kakuzu’s eyes widened.

Chapter 229 Enemies are destined to meet! (2/5)

Clang! The pen holder fell to the ground, and Kakuzu jumped up with a thud.

Instinctive fear made him back away...

In the cramped room, the bed and table were very close together, and on the bed, Hidan was fast asleep...

Thud! Kakuzu stumbled backward and bumped into the edge of the bed, then plopped down on Hidan: "Hey! You bastard..."

"Shut up!!" Kakuzu's large hand covered Hidan's face, his dark green pupils fixed on Hashirama before him: "First Hokage, what are you doing here!"

"Hmm?" Hashirama rubbed his chin, staring at the familiar face before him. "I feel like I've seen you somewhere before. What's your name again? Kakugoro? Yasha Toru? It doesn't seem to be either of those..."

"I am Kakuzu, the former captain of Takigakure's Dark Guard!"

*Thud!* Hashirama's fist landed in his palm, and he exclaimed in realization, "Oh!! Kakuzu, I remember now, he's the one who infiltrated the village back then, trying to blow up the Hokage Rock and bury me with falling rocks as I passed by!!"

Kakuzu said, "It's a pity we couldn't blow it up; the Second Hokage beside you discovered it..."

What happened next is clear: after Kakuzu's operation failed, Hashirama subdued Kakuzu with Wood Release. Tobirama wanted to kill him as a warning to others, but Hashirama said that the village had just been established and it was not appropriate to kill anyone.

After weighing the options, Kakuzu endured some physical suffering and was sent back to Takigakure. Of course, Takigakure didn't dare admit that they had ordered it, so they imprisoned Kakuzu in Hozuki Castle as a rogue ninja...

Hashirama said, "Kakuzu, were you also resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique?"

"Impure World Reincarnation??" Kakuzu was taken aback, looked at Lin Yu and Orochimaru, and finally calmed down. He composed himself.

"Waaaaah!" Hidan's mouth had been sewn shut.

“I was not resurrected by Edo Tensei…” Kakuzu stood up.

"You're saying you weren't resurrected by Edo Tensei?! You, you're still alive!!" The First Hokage was so shocked he couldn't close his mouth.

"if not……"

clang!!

Hashirama instantly became dejected: "The assassin who tried to kill me back then is still alive and well... while I died so young!"

Tobirama said, "Hey, brother, there's no need to take this so seriously. Besides, historically speaking, ordinary people tend to live longer..."

Kakuzu said, "Oh, Second Hokage, go ahead and spout your nonsense. I won't argue with a dead man..."

Kakuzu seems to fear no one except the First Hokage, Hashirama, and he even dares to confront Tobirama Senju.

Tobirama was displeased: "Oh? The prisoner of yesteryear dares to call himself 'this old man' now? Shall I send you to your final resting place...?"

"No need for you to bother, my life is too precious..." Kakuzu thought to himself: Do you think I'd be stupid enough to fight you? It's just a waste of my life if there's no profit to be made!

Hashirama also said, "Tobirama, you're at it again! You were the one who spoke rudely first! You should be happy to see an old friend from back then, even if he's just a nobody!"

"..." Kakuzu: Fine, I give up.

Hashirama truly meant no harm.

After leaving Kakuzu's office, the group passed by an ecological park, which was full of all kinds of birds and animals.

Unlike zoos, ecological parks do not forcibly restrain animals, but instead create an environment suitable for their survival.

An orange-haired boy was lying comfortably on a tree, surrounded by birds.

Hearing the footsteps passing by, he turned around and smiled at Lin Yu.

As many people probably guessed, it's Libra Jugo.

After Lin Yu removed the curse mark that had been troubling him, he promised that if he had nowhere else to go, he could go to Dark Hidden Village.

Three years ago, Jugo really came. Lin Yu kept his promise and built this ecological park so that Jugo could be with the animals he loved.

I passed by a field that had been sown.

There is a wooden house by the field, and flowers and plants are planted in front of the house.

Behind the house, a handsome middle-aged man was fishing at the fishpond.

The first Kazekage fought fiercely.

The footsteps stopped behind him, but Lie Dou remained focused on fishing. It turned out that he had used his spatial escape technique to isolate himself from the sound.

Hashirama: "Even Retsuto is here. Could all the First Kage be here too?!"

Lin Yu: "No, it's just you and him."

Hashirama wanted to go up and say hello, but Tobirama held his shoulder.

The swim bladder moved, and Lie Dou's spirits lifted; he was about to pull the hook.

But then the Second Hokage leaped up, formed hand seals in mid-air, and hung upside down.

Water Release: Torpedo!

Biu! He spat out a highly compressed water bullet, which shot into the fishpond... Boom!!!

The entire fishpond exploded!!

Then the fish fell onto the shore one by one.

Lin Yu thought to himself: Is this something a human would do...?

Sure enough, Liedou threw down his fishing rod, turned around, and glared at him angrily: "Are you crazy?!"

After landing, Tobirama crossed his arms in front of his chest and said, "I just think this is more efficient..."

Lie Dou: "Superficial!! Don't you even know what romance is?!"

Tobirama: "Oh? So the cunning Kazekage Retsuto, who once seized territory from the three great nations with nothing, has become romantic even in death?"

Lie Dou: "When it comes to getting something for nothing, I can't compare to you, Second Hokage!! You proposed that my Land of Wind cede a desert area four times the size of my territory to other countries, and then have the First Hokage use Wood Release to turn that desert into an oasis for Konoha. How could you even come up with that idea?!"

Tobirama: "Who told you you couldn't use Wood Release..."

Hashirama: "Well, well, those are all old stories, let's not bring them up again. Now that everyone is dead, it's a rare opportunity to reunite like this, we should forget the past! Speaking of which, Mr. Retsuto, are you also staying in this Hidden Shadow Village as a guest?"

Retsuto: "Guest? No, no, in my life I dedicated myself to Sunagakure, and in death I wholeheartedly pledge my loyalty to Uchiha Yu-sensei..."

As Tobirama was leaving, he glanced back and saw Retsuto give him the middle finger before throwing the fish back into the pond and sitting down to continue fishing.

"Did you tamper with him?" Hashirama asked Lin Yu. Otherwise, it would be impossible to believe that the First Kazekage, Retsuto, who once dominated the Warring States period, would say such a thing.

Lin Yu readily admitted, "Yes, his Void Escape technique worked on me, and this guy's personality is quite interesting..."

Tobirama's eyes flashed: "The Impure World Reincarnation technique I developed is immune to mind control. How did you manage to do that?"

Lin Yu smiled meaningfully, "It's my eye technique, Kotoamatsukami. It can control someone without them even realizing it. Even if I openly tell them that I'm controlling them, they'll still think that I'm acting on their own volition. That's the eye technique..."

Hashirama: "There's even that kind of eye technique, it's truly unbelievable."

Tobirama: Let's not talk about my brother yet. Retsuto's strength is roughly equal to mine. If he could be subjected to this technique, theoretically I could too, without even realizing it. Does that mean I'm already being controlled by him?! This Uchiha Yu dares to openly reveal the details of his eye technique in front of my brother and me. He seems to have nothing to fear. Is this a veiled warning to me not to act recklessly…?

Hey.

Lin Yu stopped and formed a hand seal.

Boom! A stone inscribed with a sealing technique rose up, revealing steps leading underground.

"This is the last place I want to show you two..."

Chapter 230 The Strongest Alliance is Formed! (3/5)

Go down the steps to the underground facilities of Dark Village.

Looking through the locked windows on both sides of the corridor, all I could see were unfamiliar devices, displaying numbers that seemed to have no meaning.

Hashirama and Tobirama, these two brothers, may have seen most of the ninjutsu in the world, but what they saw before them was something they had never seen before. After all, the era they lived in limited them.

—The Hidden Village Scientific Ninja Tool Development Research Institute!

Lin Yu pushed open the door of the research institute.

Behind the table, a short man with a shiny bald head was looking at research materials, with thick glasses perched on his nose.

“Heaven helps you, sir,” Lin Yu said.

"Lord Shadow, you've arrived..." Tianzhu put down the documents in his hand, his gaze fixed on the strangers beside Lin Yu: "May I ask, who are these three?"

Lin Yu first introduced Orochimaru: "Tenju, this is Orochimaru. He was out when you arrived at the Hidden Shadows Village, and I've been wanting to introduce you to him..."

Orochimaru stepped forward and politely extended his hand: "Hello, Mr. Tensuke, I've long admired your name. My name is Orochimaru..."

"Oh? You must be Orochimaru! I've heard so much about you!" Tensuke shook hands with him.

Lin Yu continued, "As for these two, they are the founder and restorer of Konoha, the First Hokage Hashirama Senju and the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju!"

Tianzhu looked suspicious: "I've heard of these two people, but aren't they already dead?"

Lin Yu laughed and said, "It was I who had Orochimaru use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon them back to the mortal world..."

Tensuke's small eyes behind his glasses shone: "So this is the Impure World Reincarnation technique! It can actually bring the dead back to life, unbelievable!"

Looking at the two people in front of him who were clearly dead but were practically indistinguishable from the living, Tensuke gave Orochimaru a second look.

Hashirama said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Tensuke-san! You don't look like a ninja!"

Tensuke said, "Well, I don't have the talent to use chakra, so I can't become a ninja. But I'm very interested in combining chakra with the principles of nature and applying it to practical production and daily life. For many years, I've been dedicated to related research..."

Tobirama raised an eyebrow: "Combining chakra with the principles of nature?"

Tianzhu adjusted his glasses: "The natural principles I'm referring to..."

Tobirama interrupted, "Let's see your results first."

Tianzhu looked at Lin Yu for instructions, and seeing the latter nod in agreement, he said, "Then please follow me."

Tianzhu led everyone to the deepest room in the research institute.

There's a large piece of equipment on display there!

Over the past five years, Tianzhu has successfully developed a large-scale ninja tool that converts chakra into power—the 'High-Level Nest'—using the 50 billion ryo research funding allocated by Lin Yu!

"Can you really do what you say with this thing?" Tobirama frowned, looking rather skeptical.

Lin Yu decided to demonstrate it to them.