Naruto: I am Ninja World Ghost Story, who are you?

Tread.

As Hanzo wished, not only did Konan come, but Pain also came.

"Hanzo." Pain, who had landed on a ceiling, looked down at the figure below, Hanzo, who appeared to be around forty years old. "It's been a long time. I never expected that the first Amegakure ninja to be resurrected by the Uchiha would be you."

"but."

"Why are you so angry about a building?"

Hanzo glared angrily upwards. The aloof Konan stood beside Pain, and seeing this, Hanzo's rage intensified, his entire body erupting with chakra: "I am not the old, frail me of the past. I now possess at least half the power of my peak! If you have the guts, then fight me to the death!!"

"Half the power, is that it?" Payne's tone was tinged with disdain. "Then bring it on."

"Hmph!" Hanzo snorted coldly, drew a short sword he had stolen from a genin, and with a slight push of his legs, he was about to jump up and finish off the two.

"However... your opponent is not me."

After Pain finished speaking mockingly, a figure with the same Rinnegan appeared the next moment and attacked from the side of Hanzo, who had jumped into the air. Hanzo noticed this and immediately swung his sword.

With a 'swoosh', the short sword struck a sturdy arm. Shura Path's Rinnegan eyes were fixed on Hanzo, who was being rained on in mid-air, and he swung his other arm, trying to throw a heavy punch.

boom!

Hanzo was sent flying by the Asura Path. At the same time, he collected a lot of items while searching for Pain. He used two kunai tied with ropes to wed the surrounding houses, which kept Hanzo suspended in mid-air just before he was about to crash into several houses and get injured.

"Another Rinnegan?"

"Indeed, I was right back then."

Hanzo, panting, had never underestimated Yahiko, who possessed the Rinnegan, but now he couldn't help feeling like he was about to die. He stood above the rope, his hands forming hand seals: "Your taijutsu is indeed very strong, but in the world of ninjas, ninjutsu is the real weapon of mass destruction!"

Chou-Shen-Mao-Zi-Hai-You-Chou-Wu-You-Zi...

Just as the forty-four seals were about to be completed, Hanzo roared in the direction of Pain:

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

The rain gradually stopped under Pain's control, but the surrounding mist and the flowing water on the ground increased Hanzo's water-style power. Instantly, a huge water dragon more than thirty meters long appeared, its head pointing at Pain's position. The friction of the water dragon destroyed many facilities in the surrounding houses. Just as it was about to hit the Asura Path, another figure appeared.

"Sealing Technique Absorption Seal." The figure of the Hungry Ghost Path blocked the path of the Asura Path and Pain and Konan, who were some distance behind. An invisible shield blocked the water dragon, and all the water was completely absorbed by the Hungry Ghost Path.

Upon seeing this, Hanzo almost lost his balance.

To maximize the power of the Water Dragon Bullet, he used complete hand seals, employing the best chakra circulation to make better use of every bit of chakra and create the most powerful attack.

But this blow.

In addition to cleaning some utility poles, windows, walls and other facilities on the two houses.

Not a single drop of water was splashed.

"How is this possible... my ninjutsu..." Hanzo's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

"Before these eyes, all your strength is useless." At this moment, a cold voice appeared behind Hanzo. Hanzo immediately turned around and saw another 'Rinnegan holder'.

"We are Payne, the rice carriers."

"So, is that all there is to your strength, Hanzo?"

Upon hearing Human Path's words, Hanzo gritted his teeth. He hadn't expected to die so soon after his resurrection. But before he died, he still wanted to know how Amegakure was doing now.

"May I ask?"

"How are my men?"

The Human Path said expressionlessly, "They're all dead."

"Damn it! Don't you have any tolerance at all?!" Hanzo roared.

Human Path remained expressionless: "A group of corrupt officials who refuse to relinquish their power and dare to criticize our rule over Amegakure. What's the point of keeping them alive if we don't kill them?"

Hanzo: ......

He suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Then, he couldn't help but sigh: "Then, can you tell me how Amegakure has changed under your leadership?"

He worried that the Human Realm would rush up and deal with him, so he added, "This is the last question."

After a moment of silence, Renjiandao replied, "It's fine."

He leaped toward Hanzo, intending to kill his former 'enemy' once again.

The next moment, a vortex appeared above the rope, and a rather comical-looking person almost lost his footing and nearly threw the dying Hanzo off.

Hanzo turned his head irritably to see which idiot was bothering him about 'sacrificing his life for Amegakure'.

"Oops~ How come there's a rope here?! I can't stand up anymore~~~"

Human Path stepped back, and Nagato, who was controlling Human Path, intended to see what this 'fake Madara' was going to do.

"Ah! Isn't this senpai?" Uchiha Obito seemed to have just discovered the 'Human Path', then turned around and pretended to have just discovered that there was a Hanzo who looked to be around forty years old standing next to him: "Wow, senpai, isn't this the demigod Hanzo who ruled Amegakure in the past?!"

"Is that so?" Renjiandao said coldly. "Then, what are you doing here, intern Afei?"

"I got lost, you know~" Obito Uchiha waved his hand, then said, "But our Akatsuki organization just happens to be short of people~ Now that a 'powerful' senior has returned, why don't we invite him!"

"You!" Nagato almost lost control of his emotions, but still couldn't help asking, "The Akatsuki has its own standards for hiring, and not just any nobody can get in."

Hanzo, who originally intended to 'sacrifice himself': ?

"You bastard!"

"Lord Hanzo, please don't be angry~" Obito Uchiha tried to soothe him, then said to 'Human Path', "There's been a lot of 'business' with the Uchiha clan in Konoha lately, so we need to use them a bit~"

Obito Uchiha emphasized the word "things," which made Nagato understand the meaning of "fake Madara."

After a moment, the Human Path said in a deep voice, "In that case, the two of you interns will temporarily team up to carry out the Akatsuki's mission."

Nagato ignored it, which was a good opportunity to use Hanzo to test the strength of the 'fake Madara'.

On the other side, in a valley forest in Kirigakure, an orange-haired girl with a bun hairstyle got up from the ground, felt the surrounding mist, and couldn't help but instinctively want to take out a kunai to deal with the enemy.

But the next second, she realized something was wrong. She should have been dead, killed by Luo Sha's scheme.

So she threw her headband on the ground and stomped on it twice, then disguised herself and sneaked into a nearby town to find out what had happened recently.

Coincidentally, the three Chunin Exams held in Konoha Village will be attended by the Five Kage, which makes Pakura's heart flutter. Moreover, the people in the town are talking about the recent resurrections, which may be related to Konoha Village. This makes Pakura decide to go to Konoha Village as soon as possible to find out the truth.

At the same time, she was determined to kill that bastard who tricked her into coming to Kirigakure!!

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Chapter 53 The Beauty Trap (Bonus Chapter)

With three days left until the third Chunin Exams, Sarutobi Asuma finally completed his final mission, handed over his duties to the guards of the Daimyo's residence, and returned to Konoha Village.

From the open village gate, one can see the bustling scene inside the village. He was already somewhat impatient to go to the land of the Sunset Tribe to look for Red's figure.

"Izumo, are you guarding the goal today?"

At the village gate, Izumo Kamizuki, who was in charge of guarding the gate for the day, yawned and noticed Asuma Sarutobi returning. He went up to him and patted him on the shoulder: "Asuma! Long time no see."

"Weren't you one of the Twelve Warriors in the capital of the Land of Fire? How are you doing now?"

Sarutobi Asuma scratched his head somewhat awkwardly: "Not so good... Speaking of which, how's Kurenai doing lately?"

He was looking forward to meeting Kurenai. He hadn't sent her a letter before returning, partly because he was dealing with the important matter of the 'Twelve Guardian Ninjas,' and partly because now that he had finished, he was going back to the village and decided to give Kurenai a surprise.

"..." Suddenly, Izumo Shingetsu felt embarrassed, wondering why it wasn't Tetsuo Kotetsu on duty today.

Seeing Izumo's appearance, Asuma Sarutobi's expression became slightly tense: "Could it be...could something have happened to Kurenai?"

Izumo rubbed his nose, his tone somewhat indistinct: "Uh... um... how about... you go ask Kurenai?"

Upon hearing this, a huge question mark appeared on Sarutobi Asuma's forehead.

But he still had to report to the current Fifth Generation on the situation of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire's capital before he could go see Kurenai.

In the Hokage's office, Kakashi Hatake was browsing recent documents, and the most eye-catching one was about the Daimyo's recent assassination attempt by the 'Twelve Guardian Ninja'.

The reason for the assassination was that Kazuma's faction, because the daimyo was unwilling to listen to their opinions, decided to stage a coup, assassinate the daimyo, and elect Kazuma as the new daimyo, so that he could be removed from his position as 'Hokage'.

"Isn't he brain-dead?!" Kakashi didn't even know how many times he had cursed. Even if Kazuma successfully assassinated the daimyo, most people in the daimyo's mansion would not be willing to listen to Kazuma, because the power of the 'Twelve Guardian Ninjas' was given by the daimyo.

The ninjas of Konoha Village wouldn't listen to Kazuma, so wasn't this just a pointless assassination attempt?!

"Kakashi, be more composed. The monkey still needs to check on the daimyo's situation..." When Tobirama Senju saw this information, he was somewhat speechless, but fortunately, the matter was resolved by Asuma Sarutobi and Jiraiya.

"Sigh, for the third Chunin Exam, the Daimyo said he would send an envoy, but I won't be participating."

"That doesn't matter. As long as we don't have any obvious conflicts with the Daimyo in front of other ninja villages, then there are no problems within our Konoha Village."

"Indeed." Kakashi nodded slightly.

Not long after, there was a knock at the door. Kakashi gestured for the other person to "come in." The door opened, revealing a tall figure and a young man with a small mustache around his face.

"The Fifth Generation, the Second Generation."

Kakashi saw that it was Sarutobi Asuma, who was wearing the Hokage robes. He stood up and asked, "Asuma, you're back. How is the Daimyo doing now?"

Sarutobi Asuma sighed, "The daimyo is fine, but he no longer trusts the Twelve Warriors, so he sent me back."

Tobirama Senju glanced at the files on the 'Twelve Guardian Ninja'. Of those still alive, only Chiriku and Asuma Sarutobi remained, along with Kazuma, who had escaped...

'It seems that the Great Name is still sensible.'

The purpose of the Twelve Guardian Ninja was to weaken the Hokage's influence, thereby attracting more powerful ninjas to serve the Daimyo.

Unfortunately, the plan failed, and he almost succeeded in turning the 'Twelve Guardian Ninjas' he had raised into a coup.

After the report was completed, Sarutobi Asuma coughed slightly. Before leaving the village, he was a Special Jonin. Although it was Kazuma, one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, who rebelled, Asuma, as one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, had successfully saved the Daimyo. So, the Jonin rank...

"How about this? The Jonin classes for this year have been mostly assigned. Asuma, just wait patiently a little longer. We'll promote you to Jonin next year when the sixth-year students graduate. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Asuma frowned slightly, but still smiled and said, "I'll leave it to the Fifth Hokage."

'Asuma, you bastard...' Kakashi could tell that Asuma was a little dissatisfied. After all, he had just 'made a contribution,' and under normal circumstances, as the Hokage, he should have given him the ninja title of Jonin. But now that there were a lot of Jonin returning to the village, there really wasn't a shortage of positions.

At that moment, Sarutobi Asuma suddenly remembered something and asked Kakashi, "By the way, have there been a lot of people coming back to life in the village lately?! When I came back from the capital, I encountered someone who had previously died..."

“That’s true.” Kakashi’s expression turned serious, and he began to explain, explaining and establishing a ‘Resurrection Department’, which Sarutobi Asuma could try to join if he was interested.

But soon, Sarutobi Asuma learned from Kakashi that his mother had been resurrected, and his eyes reddened.

"It seems that this 'death game' is dangerous, but it also gives us ninjas 'hope for life'. Even if we die, we have the chance to 'randomly resurrect' and reappear in the ninja world."

Tobirama Senju crossed his arms and nodded slightly: "That's true."

"Then I am quite curious about this Uchiha Bufan."

"By the way, how's Hong doing lately?"

Upon hearing this, Kakashi froze for a moment, then his eyes began to dart around, trying to find a suitable excuse to prevent Asuma from rushing over to his death later.

"What? Kurenai? Are you talking about that ninja named Kurenai Yuhi?" Tobirama Senju stroked his chin, his tone somewhat curious.

"You know the Second Hokage too?" Sarutobi Asuma couldn't help but marvel at how outstanding his future 'girlfriend' was, that even someone like the previous Hokage remembered her.

"Emmm...May I ask, what is she to you?" Seeing Kakashi sweating profusely and afraid to speak, Tobirama Senju cautiously inquired as well.

"I'm nothing to her right now, but in the future, I will definitely catch up with her and make her mine..."

A few minutes later.

A figure rushed out of the Hokage Building and ran wildly.

As he walked through the village streets, many of his fellow villagers and even passersby who knew Asma tried to greet him, but he was completely ignored.

Not long after, he arrived at the territory of the Thousand Hands Clan.

Sarutobi Asuma took a deep breath. No matter what, this was the Senju clan's territory, the home of the Second Hokage and Lady Tsunade, and Tsunade was still at home.

At this moment, Uchiha Fubuki was receiving 'instructional training' from Tsunade within the clan's territory.

"Not bad, kid. You've done over ninety already, and you're still doing it so easily."

"The main thing is that you're not very heavy, so I can still handle it."