"First Generation Master!!!"
"Sandaime-sama!!!"
"Second Generation Master?!!"
"There are still four more generations of masters!!!"
After everything returns to calm.
The sight of all four Hokage standing together left the entire Konoha completely stunned.
Even more stunned than the Konoha people were the Sand Ninja present...
Originally, because he couldn't repay his excessive loans, he decided to take strong action against his major creditors to alleviate his financial pressure and divert attention from social conflicts.
This attack seems to have inadvertently unleashed a nuclear weapon that the creditor had been hiding for a long time!
The other people's kage are either dead or gone, and even the Fourth Kazekage, who is still in power, is suspected to have been killed by Orochimaru, an unreliable ally.
What about Konoha?
The more you fight, the fewer shadows others have left.
The shadows in your house keep multiplying the more you shoot, right???
Damn, I've almost collected five!!!
The Chūnin Exams had to be suspended due to an attack by Sand Orochimaru.
The Sand Ninja were imprisoned by Gawain.
Unlike Koharu and Homura Mitokado, he didn't consider the opinions of other villages before doing anything.
He was not as kind as Tsunade; even when he found a weakness in his enemy, he couldn't bring himself to strike hard.
Since the Sand Village has decided to cause trouble, those who cause trouble should at least be imprisoned for a while, even if they aren't executed, and then join the Konoha Suicide Squad to make some further contributions to Konoha.
Thus, poor future Fifth Kazekage Gaara, this time he won't have the chance to return to the village and inherit the position of Kazekage.
He and his older brother and sister settled down happily in a small, private room that had been set up for them in Konoha Prison.
This happiness is no joke; he is truly happy now because ever since Shukaku was slapped, Shukaku has stopped disturbing his sleep.
In the past, he hadn't had a proper night's sleep for over a decade. The Sand Village's technique for sealing the Tailed Beast was poor, unable to completely lock down Tailed Beast consciousness. This meant that whenever Shukaku's Jinchūriki relaxed his guard, Shukaku would seize the opportunity to take over his body and cause trouble.
But now...
Shukaku was afraid.
Although Shukaku had never met Gawain, seniority was actually meaningless in the face of power.
With a single slap, he was sent flying off the border of the Land of Fire and back to the Land of Wind. Then, he reappeared right in front of him and grabbed him.
After experiencing all of the above, Shukaku only wanted to live out the rest of his life in peace and quiet.
Combat or destruction.
Sir, please don't scratch my neck next time. It's so fleshy there, it hurts when you scratch it...
You can grab its tail...
In short, Gaara doesn't have any good feelings towards the Sand Village these days.
The plan failed?
If we fail, we fail.
Was the father murdered?
That's really good news.
The siblings were locked up together?
Let him stay locked up; he doesn't seem to care anyway.
Shukaku is being obedient now, can she finally get a good night's sleep?
Wow, this grass is so good!
This is a true reflection of Gaara's current state of mind.
Meanwhile, after Gawain repelled Shukaku with a single palm strike, captured Orochimaru with one hand, and defeated the True Several Thousand Hands head-on.
Just the day after the attack, the Third Hokage abdicated in front of everyone.
The Fifth Hokage's ascension to the position was completely uneventful. The ninja clans, who had originally wanted to cause some trouble, now only wanted to beg Gawain to resurrect their deceased ancestors.
Every family has a couple of important figures. If those big shots aren't resurrected, the ninja clans will feel uneasy sitting there when they look at the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage, and they'd almost want to kneel down on the spot.
Everyone's legs are weak!
Also, coincidentally, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire is currently in Konoha Village, and originally planned to watch the Chūnin Exams.
What a coincidence! The Daimyo sheepishly agreed to Gawain's order to become the Fifth Hokage, and then went to wash his pants.
The impact of the collision between two True Several Thousand Hands was no less than that of an atomic bomb explosion, and perhaps even greater.
Being hit by such a scene at close range, it's already quite an achievement that the emperor was so frightened he wet himself. Keep in mind, he had scared two of his courtiers to death!
After the Hokage succession ceremony ended, the Daimyo returned home in disgrace.
The five Hokage sat in the office, looking at each other.
After a long pause, the Hashirama Dawu what was going on and said.
"So Gawain isn't a descendant of the village, but a great figure from a thousand years ago?"
"The Sage of Six Paths was Gawain's eldest son, and I am the reincarnation of the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' second son. Madara Uchiha is my older brother."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!!!"
Beside him, Tobirama shook his head frantically, trying to clear the thought from his mind.
"That's the Uchiha, born evil! How could he possibly be his brother's brother? Absolutely impossible!!!"
While shouting, Tobirama glared at Gawain with displeasure.
Since he wasn't a promising junior, given Tobirama's personality, he was naturally wary of Gawain.
What exactly did this ancient person want to achieve by spreading these rumors?
What is his conspiracy? Does he intend to destroy the world, or start a war?
Wait a minute, it seems that no matter what the other side does, given their strength, we have absolutely no way to stop them, right?
That was the strength to easily defeat his brother, and he himself... was he really going to try every means to seek death again after just being resurrected?
For a moment, Tobirama fell silent, feeling depressed. Although he still didn't want to admit that Madara Uchiha was Hashirama's brother, he could at least accept his own and Konoha's fate.
As long as Gawain doesn't want to destroy the world, with the current strength of Konoha Village, his brother, himself, and the help brought by the return of the Fourth Hokage, he can succeed.
Although the Fourth Hokage was somewhat weak, actually dying at the hands of a creature like the Nine-Tails, he was still a Hokage after all.
Since the older brother can join the battle, given the current level of the Shinobi World, wouldn't Konoha truly be able to unify the world?
Thinking about it this way, Tobirama felt much better. Even if Konoha and he were actually just tools of that mysterious ancient person, at least he and Konoha could really gain a lot.
After figuring things out, Tobirama adjusted his mindset and then nodded to Gawain.
It indicates that one can accept all realities.
Hashirama, Hashirama to the side, paid no attention to his brother's words; he was still struggling to recover from the reality of his resurrection.
"So Madara is the reincarnation of my older brother. No wonder I felt a sense of familiarity with him the first time I saw him. His cool demeanor made him seem especially endearing."
No wonder, now I understand. But what about my wife?
I survived, but what about my wife?
Grandpa, I'm used to calling you that, right...?
I'm still a little unaccustomed to it, but Grandpa, my wife, your granddaughter-in-law, she..."
"Cough cough!"
Gawain couldn't help but cough twice, then nodded and said.
"Now that I have broken the so-called boundary between life and death, I certainly don't care about resurrecting a few more people. However, before resurrecting them, I must first use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon those who need to be resurrected back from the Pure Land."
My good-for-nothing son should also be in the Pure Land.
Honestly, these two unfilial sons have sealed away their mother; now they probably don't dare face their father!
In short, you should first go and collect the remains of your loved ones. After that, use the prisoners in the jail as materials for the Impure World Reincarnation. Once you have enough people, I will use the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive them all."
At this point, Gawain waved his hand, signaling everyone to get to work.
Result...
Faced with Gawain's urging gesture, Hashirama habitually glanced at Tobirama, Tobirama quickly looked at his disciple Hiruzen, Hiruzen in turn turned to glance at his grand-disciple Minato Namikaze.
And what about the Minato Namikaze...?
He didn't look at the crowd, but instead leaned against the window and looked towards Naruto, who was eating ramen on the street in the distance.
"Ahem, Minato Namikaze, don't you want to revive Kushina Uzumaki?"
"Hiruzen, you don't want to revive Biwako either?"
"Tobirama, you wouldn't want your sister-in-law to be lonely in the Pure Land, would you?"
"I really don't want to revive Madara Uchiha!"
Tobirama added with a mournful face, then went with the Third Hokage to dig up graves.
Whether it's a sister-in-law or an apprentice's wife, these are people who need to be resurrected.
Besides these, Hiruzen did a quick calculation and realized that there were probably more corpses to dig up than he had imagined.
After all, there are many Jonin in the village who would like to be resurrected.
For example, Kakashi Hatake must really want to revive his father, Konoha's White Fang, as well as his classmates Obito and Rin.
And then there's Guy, who must also really want to revive his father Dai, and Dai's fighting prowess certainly warrants his revival.
Besides these, there are many others, especially Tsunade. The Anbu reported that Tsunade is rushing towards Asaki and should arrive soon.
She must also really want to bring her younger brother and her former love back to life.
Of course, Jiraiya might not be happy about this news.
As for Jiraiya... he really didn't have any relatives he absolutely needed to resurrect.
In the past few days, the entire Konoha Village has been thrown into complete chaos, with countless people setting their sights on the graves of heroes.
In an instant, countless former heroes had their graves dug up by the villagers, including many businessmen who had spent a lot of money and ordinary people who had contributed to Konoha for many years.
Now that the Hokage and others have been confirmed to have been resurrected, if the power to resurrect them were truly held by the upper echelons, Konoha itself might descend into chaos.
In short, this chaos continued for three days.
Now, those who need to be resurrected can finally gather together and use the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
In front of the square, Gawain stood in the center with a smile, while the people surrounding Gawain nervously restrained their excitement.
Looking at the several Hokage standing respectfully beside Gawain, Asuma carefully turned to Kakashi Hatake beside him and asked.
"Something just doesn't feel right. I can understand how my old man treats Gawain, but why are the First and Second Hokage so respectful to him?"
"How come he, the Fifth Hokage, looks more like the First Hokage?"
"Stop talking. Can't you see that even Tsunade and Jiraiya are quiet?"
This is not a place for us to speak; the times have changed in Konoha Village.
Kakashi Hatake reminded Asuma, then stepped forward and gently raised the ashes in his hand.
"Ahem, Fifth Hokage, before using the Impure World Reincarnation technique on a large scale, could we first test its safety on people who might not be so important?"
These are the ashes of my classmate Rin. She was just a Chunin, not that important compared to other adults.
Although I don't know why my classmate Obito's grave is empty, perhaps we can try using Rin's remains first..."
Well, Kakashi Hatake couldn't hold back any longer; for the past few days, he'd been fantasizing about his classmates and his Pops being resurrected.
Now that things have come to this, Kakashi Hatake no longer wants to wait. Even if the Hokage sees him as lacking in cunning, he wants to be one step ahead on the road to resurrection!
Then, a moment later...
Lin stood up, looking bewildered, and stared blankly at her hands.
"I'm dead, aren't I? Where's Kakashi Hatake?"
Hey, sir, are you Kakashi Hatake grown up? You're still wearing a mask, and you're not married yet?
"Lin!!!"
Kakashi Hatake blushed at Rin's words. He gently rubbed his mask, then went to Rin's side and told her about the current situation.
Meanwhile, the Impure World Resurrection project continued, Hashirama, without hesitation, retrieved his wife's remains and placed them in the place where she needed to be resurrected.
He instinctively wanted to be the first to revive Madara Uchiha, but Tobirama stopped him.
Tobirama told him that if his sister-in-law woke up and found that she had been resurrected later than Madara Uchiha, then his older brother wouldn't be able to sleep that night.
Hashirama agreed with Tobirama.
And so, a moment later.
A young Mito Uzumaki appeared in the air.
Seeing the surrounding Hashirama and Tobirama, Mito Uzumaki narrowed her eyes in disbelief.
"So this is the Pure Land? I was always wondering why I couldn't see you again even though I was already dead."
"Now it's all right, my soul has finally found you, Hashirama."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mito Uzumaki took small steps toward Hashirama, but she stopped abruptly after only two steps.
"No, something's not right... You... this is the real world!"
This feeling of abundant chakra must be from the Impure World Reincarnation technique!
But you... you don't have the cracks on me!
What on earth is going on?!
"Ahem, honey, let's talk about that later. We have more important things to do right now."
Come on, let Tobirama explain it to you. Let's continue, Grandpa!
Looking at his young wife, Hashirama excitedly decided to revive Madara, and his words caused Mito Uzumaki to explode with rage.
What could be more important than me?
You, Madara Uchiha!
More important than me, huh?
You two bastards should live together!!!
So, after a long while, Hashirama, his Hashirama full of bruises, looked at the plaza with a bitter expression.
In Hashirama's eyes, Madara Uchiha appearance appeared in the air.
Madara Uchiha clenched his fist slightly, glanced around with a cold smile, and then froze in shock.
"This... I was not..."
Strangeness!
Hashirama, Tobirama, Mito Uzumaki, and...
Hashirama, you're not Impure World Reincarnation form?!
What on earth is going on?!
Having just woken up, Madara was about to excitedly give Obito and the others a lecture when he was completely terrified by Hashirama and the others!
Damn it, does this mean that after all these years of planning, my plans still can't compare to Hashirama's?
Could it be that Hashirama has a similar plan to Hashirama behind the scenes?
Otherwise, why would I be Impure World Reincarnation by Hashirama and Tobirama using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, while those two bastards Hashirama and Tobirama were actually resurrected!
This...
Damn it!
I've only been dead for a few short years, and the Shinobi World has already become unrecognizable to me?!