Naruto: Starting with the Two Kamui

After getting up, he took out a somewhat worn black cloak... and looked at it with a complicated expression.

That was something that Xiaoxue had stored in the black scroll she gave him to celebrate him becoming Hokage.

The scroll states that the cloak was made by Sakura.

In addition, there is one more sentence...

—'A gentleman does not take what others love, and neither does a great woman. Respectfully yours, Uchiha Yuki!'

"A strong woman..." Sasuke smiled wryly. "Indeed, you deserve the title of a strong woman!"

Wow!

Sasuke wrapped his cloak around his shoulders, his spirit soaring, and with the Yomotsu Hirasaka gates open, he strode back to the battlefield…

"I will be the Hokage of Konoha, and your friend, to protect you and the world you live in!"

Chapter 759 Kaguya the Violent God, the entire army assembles!

On an open space outside Yuhuang City.

Kaguya hovered in mid-air, shrinking to a tiny figure. Ichishiki, perched on her shoulder, said, "This is the command center the Ninja Kingdom set up for this war. The Yamanaka clan's Mind Transfer Jutsu, a reverse chakra sensing technique, points here, but it's hidden by a mysterious barrier..."

"..." Kaguya stretched out her hand, intending to raze this area to the ground.

"Wait, Kaguya... I need to talk to that person," said Isshiki.

"..." Kaguya lowered her hand.

call out!

The form returned to its original size, and the right eye looked down at the empty space below.

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

Four black rods embedded in the ground... The barrier materializes and shatters!

A moment later... Edo Shikaku, with a look of resignation to his fate, walked out of the fortress.

Many years ago, Shikaku did not choose to be resurrected with Hashirama and the others, but instead remained in the Impure World Reincarnation form, becoming an immortal strategist.

Shikaku raised his cracked face, his dark eyes, characteristic of Edo Tensei, and looked up at the sky, saying calmly, "You must be Isshiki-sensei."

Isshiki calmly countered, "Excuse me, where did Uchiha Yu go?"

Shikaku said calmly, "He will be back soon. If you want to find him, you can wait a little while."

Isshiki shook his head: "If this ninja country were still the same useless thing as before, its existence or non-existence would make no difference, I might consider it. But with its development over the years, it has clearly become a powerful force. Your suggestion is rather foolish for me..."

*Zzz!* The Rinne Sharingan on his forehead opened, and he reached out in a single gesture.

—The Heavenly Guidance of All Things!

call out!

Shikaku was pulled into Isshiki's hand by gravity from a distance.

"Shikaku!!!" Yamanaka Inoichi rushed to the door, making his signature hand gesture, about to use Mind Turn on Ichishiki, even though he knew it would probably be useless!

"Wait, Inoichi!!" Shikaku shouted to Inoichi below, then turned to Isshiki in front of him and said, "Isshiki-san, I have a suggestion that would be good for both of us!"

Yi Shi said indifferently, "Could it be that they're spouting nonsense about both sides ceasing hostilities and making peace?"

Shikaku said, "Of course not, I hope you won't harm the civilians here..."

Yi Shi asked, "What benefit would this bring me?"

Shikaku said, "As far as I know, Mr. Isshiki has also broken away from the control of the Otsutsuki clan. So, for you, this land can be considered half a homeland. Now, all the humans on earth are trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, only this ninja country has been spared!"

Shikaku glanced at Kaguya behind Isshiki, who seemed detached from worldly affairs, and said, "Furthermore, you plan to use Infinite Tsukuyomi to reclaim the chakra of humans on Earth, and then turn those humans into a 'White Zetsu' army to deal with the threat from your own people."

Shikaku's eyes flickered: "Well, it's similar to a 'pigsty'... Raising pigs, and also keeping 'breeding pigs' for now. In the long run, someone has to be responsible for reproducing humans so that the White Zetsu can multiply indefinitely."

Shikaku's words made Kaguya's eyes flicker.

Riku pressed his advantage, saying, "In this way, we can fulfill our 'benevolence and righteousness' in protecting our own civilians, and it won't do you any harm either! It's a win-win situation, and that's my proposal!"

Ichishiki turned to look at Kaguya, who nodded slightly.

Isshiki withdrew his gaze and looked at Shikaku, saying, "I'm just eliminating dissidents. As long as they don't get in my way, I can spare their lives. However, those civilians cannot become the ninja's protector..."

Shikaku said, "Of course, I will have all the ninjas assembled. Please give us some time!"

Yishi asked, "How long?"

Lu Jiu said, "One... no, half an hour will be enough!"

call out!

In his idle hand, an hourglass appeared. He turned the hourglass upside down, and the sand began to fall.

Isshiki said, "Shikaku, I know you have the smartest mind among ninjas. You've certainly given me a pleasant surprise. To prevent you from playing any tricks..."

The Way of Humanity!

Whoosh! With a flick of his hand, Shikaku's soul... began to leave his body.

Yishi said, "If you have any last words, say them now!"

On his deathbed, Shikaku suddenly turned around and said, "Inoichi! Convey my instructions to the entire Ninja Country!"

“Shikaku…” Haiichi clenched his fists tightly; his heart was bleeding!

"Also, tell Shikamaru that from now on, it's their era. Konoha will establish an 'Advisory Council,' with him serving as the chief advisor, to assist the two Hokage..."

The final smile froze in time... Shikaku's soul completely left his body.

Whoosh! Dust swirled around the living sacrifice, and the nameless Konoha civilian who plotted to kill Shikaku fell to the ground with a thud.

No living matter remains in Shikaku... not even a cloned body is possible.

This means that neither Impure World Reincarnation nor Pure Land Summoning can allow Shikaku to survive in his present form!

Holding up the hourglass, Isshiki looked at Inoichi's sorrowful face and said in a low voice, "Go. We'll wait at the usual place. All ninjas, including you, must step forward. Otherwise, the negotiation results that Shikaku obtained with his life will be meaningless..."

call out!

As soon as she finished speaking... Kaguya and Isshiki disappeared into Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Thanks to Shikaku's maneuvering, a glimmer of hope was won for the civilians of the Ninja Kingdom... and precious time was also bought for the ninjas.

In the sandstorms of the old land of the Land of Fire.

Kaguya sat on the ground, her wide robes spread out on the earth behind her.

She closed her eyes tightly, lost in her own world.

Even Black Zetsu, who was always familiar with his mother's thoughts, couldn't see through Kaguya's mind at this moment. He leaned forward and asked cautiously, "Mother, is something on your mind?"

Kaguya said sadly, "This place, this land, these people, can never go back..."

Black Zetsu said with heartache, "Ah, Mother, you're thinking of those two unfilial descendants, Hagoromo and Hamura, again! They don't understand your good intentions at all. Their descendants deserve to die!"

Two lines of clear tears... flowed down Kaguya's cheeks.

At this moment, Yishi asked in a low voice, "Third Princess, do you regret eating the fruit of the divine tree?"

"Do you regret it...?"

Kaguya opened her tear-filled eyes, her mind a jumble of emotions she couldn't quite make sense of.

That was a... sad memory.

Kaguya's birth mother, 'Otsutsuki Nayatake', was imprisoned by Otsutsuki Sugune-ou for committing a transgression.

King Chuigen's condition for pardoning Naoya Take was that Princess Kaguya bring back a divine tree chakra fruit for the clan, and Kaguya agreed.

Accompanied by Ichishi, she arrived in the Land of Seeing the Moon, which is Earth.

For thousands of years, she has faithfully fulfilled her mission, witnessing the life and death separations on this land. She has developed an inappropriate pity for the weak and vulnerable...

Unable to bear watching the endless war, she conceived the idea of ​​ending the conflict.

However, despite her strength, she was unable to do this because she had been physically weak since childhood.

In the end, she painfully broke her promise to her clan. For the sake of the humans she had never met, she ate the Chakra Fruit, ending the war, which also meant... she went from being a princess to a traitor in her own clan!

Some women, even with limited strength, are great women; others, no matter how strong they are, cannot change their nature as little women.

Kaguya was born a little woman.

When their long-cherished wish was fulfilled and the people of the Moon Kingdom were redeemed, they were surrounded by stars and worshipped, but this did not bring Kaguya a sense of security.

Her inherent vulnerability awakened.

Especially after receiving the blessings of the people and giving birth to Hagoromo and Hamura, the loss of power... made her increasingly fearful of the clan's punishment.

As her two children grow up day by day, Kaguya worries about losing everything she has.

Left with no other choice, she used drastic measures to tamper with the space where the Land of the Moon was located, blocking Takamagahara's perception of this land. On the other hand, she began to reclaim the chakra scattered in the human body.

Of course, she didn't kill all of humanity... but preserved the majority, slowly recycling them without affecting the continuation of humanity.

As we all know, the two children she wanted to protect, Hagoromo and Hamura, joined forces to seal Kaguya away for their own sense of justice.

……

Her tears dried, her vulnerability subsided, and Kaguya's eyes regained their coldness: "Regret is useless now. Weakness is the only sin. I can't save anyone—not my mother, not humanity, not my son. But this time, I will save myself! I will reclaim... all the chakra that belongs to me!!!"

With a somber look in his eyes, Yishi said, "Yes... it's no use regretting it now. Being born into that race is our original sin. We either carry this original sin forward, or... we will sink into hell with it!"

rustling...

The hourglass has run out of sand.

Yishi stood up, looked at the two people walking towards him from the sandstorm ahead, and calmly said, "Is it just the two of you who came?"

Hey!

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha walked side by side through the sandstorm.

Hashirama said, "A ninja is one who keeps his word."

Madara said, "Everything is prepared for you!"

The two of them raised two fingers together.