The Reanimated "Fifth Hokage"

The Fifth Hokage, who left the Meeting Hall, did not proceed to the end of the exam.

He quickly arrived at a secret laboratory, navigating it with practiced ease until he found a special culture tank.

The Fifth Hokage took off his clothes, skillfully connected the breathing tube and nutrient tube, and jumped into the culture tank, his eyes gradually losing focus.

At this moment, Shazo was heading towards the end of the exam hall, had a slight glint in his eyes. He received the memories of his clone and then said with a smile, "The Clone is really good; its reactions in all aspects are very realistic."

Orochimaru, who was beside him, also received the lab report and asked seriously, "Fifth, do you think there are any other problems?"

Shazo thought for a moment and said, "The biggest problem is that the Clone are still not strong enough."

Orochimaru sighed, "Fifth, that body was cloned in just two days; it's impossible for it to be stronger."

Shazo continued, "After my clone was attached to the Clone, it showed obvious signs of emotional loss and slower reactions."

Orochimaru carefully noted it down and said, "I will check the cause and see if any adjustments can be made."

Shazo Zuo said, "Once the cause is identified, there's no need for any special adjustments."

"After all, I'm just using this Clone to fake an attempted death; there's no need for all this trouble."

"The key is still the strength of the Clone. Improving their strength is the most important thing. This is for the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the Third Hokage."

"Especially the Clone sacrificed to the Third Hokage, it must be durable enough, and cannot be destroyed in a short time like last time by the Second Hokage."

Orochimaru pursed his lips. "I'll try my best."

"By the way, Fifth, you said you could extract the Fourth Hokage's soul from the Death God. When will you be able to do that?"

Shazo laughed, "Soon, very soon."

As they spoke, they arrived at the end of the second exam.

Inside the terminal hall, Darui's team, Deidara's team, Naruto Uzumaki's team, Haku's team, Kimimaro's team, Gaara's team, and Tenten's team faced off in the center.

Deidara's team and Tenten's team were clearly targeted and were relatively isolated.

Meanwhile, Shibi Aburame's squad, Shikamaru Nara's squad, Hoshigakure, Ryūzetsu's squad from Kusagakure hid in a corner of the hall, trembling with fear at the intimidating aura of the powerful teams.

As Shazo entered the hall, the confrontational aura of all the Genin vanished, as if their imposing presence had disappeared entirely.

The Special Jōnin Jonin responsible for security in the hall immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Orochimaru's eyes gleamed with a strange light; he was the only Ninja clearly saw what had happened.

The Fifth Hokage Shazo, used his own aura to suppress the auras of all the Genin back into their own bodies.

However, Shazo's aura erupted too quickly and spread too far, exceeding the perception range of the Genin and Special Jōnin.

He can also make corresponding fine-tuning for each Genin without causing them any harm or excessive burden, and even protect each of them simultaneously.

This created the illusion that all the Ninja' aura had vanished instantly.

Orochimaru was able to discover the truth because his strength was far greater than that of Jonin, and he had a keen and wide-ranging sense of Chakra. He deduced the truth after sensing the boundaries of Shazo's aura.

Even Kage-level Ninja like him, who knew what had happened, was deeply shocked. The other Genin and Special Jōnin were naturally even more shocked and felt a deep sense of awe.

Tenten and Naruto Uzumaki were very familiar with Shazo and had long been used to their Big Brother's various amazing abilities, so they reacted the fastest, taking the lead in bowing and saying, "Fifth Hokage!"

Inspired by them, the Genin of Konoha reacted quickly, lined up, bowed, and shouted in unison, "Lord Hokage!"

Apart from the Konoha Ninja, the Ninja from other villages also bowed their heads respectfully, bowing with heartfelt admiration.

Shazo smiled and nodded in return, "The second assessment is specially designed as a large-scale battle in a real environment, testing the combined strength of the Genin, including their skill, teamwork, diplomacy, luck, charisma, and many other factors."

He glanced at Deidara's team from Iwagakure and Kumogakure 'Darui team from Iwagakure, and continued, "Even if Genin team from a major ninja village is very strong, they can still fall halfway if they're unlucky."

"On the contrary, those of you who are standing here may not be strong enough—"

The Ninja squads from Hoshigakure and Kusagakure blushed and lowered their heads shyly.

Perhaps I'm not smart enough—

Rock Lee felt as if an arrow had struck his chest, and felt a tightness in his chest.

"Perhaps there are also various flaws that I am not aware of----"

Shazo raised his voice considerably, and said loudly and proudly, "But the fact that you were able to fight your way out of the examination hall and stand here unscathed proves that your overall strength has met the standard!"

"According to the rules I set for this Joint Chunin Ninja Exams, Genin have passed the Chunin Exams, which means you have all become true Chunin."

"Even if it's just luck, it's enough for me to be the captain of a squad."

"As for the third assessment, it's essentially an exhibition match, designed to showcase your individual abilities and make a name for yourselves and your village."

Therefore, you are free to choose whether or not to participate.

The Genin from the Shinobu villages, including Hai from Kirigakure, Shikamaru Nara from Konoha, Choji Akimichi, breathed a sigh of relief and decided to forgo the third assessment.

To everyone's surprise, Shazo glanced around and whispered, "Konoha Ninja!"

The Konoha Genin instinctively stood at attention. "Present!"

Shazo said, "In the name of the Fifth Hokage, I order that Konoha Ninja are not allowed to retreat before the battle begins; they must fight to the very end!"

Regardless of their original thoughts, the Konoha Genin responded loudly, "Yes! Konoha Ninja, we will answer the call of battle!"

Shazo nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the other Genin from various ninja villages and asked, "What's your decision?"

Facing the Fifth Hokage, the strongest Ninja in the Ninja World, the Ninja from other villages were extremely nervous, but they were also mature Ninja and quickly made a decision.

All the Genin from the Five Great Shinobi Villages participated, while only Ang and Ryūzetsu from Hoshigakure Kusagakure decided to participate.

Shazo Zuo clapped his hands, and a sapling sprouted from the wooden floor, blossomed at an extremely fast speed, and produced 29 bright red fruits.

He smiled and said, "Each of you choose a fruit. Eating it will grant you a good healing effect. The number on the pit corresponds to your competition number three days from now."

"By the way, number 29 is Luck bye number, and it will be skipped twice."

The Flame Ninja all turned their gazes to Tenten; everyone felt that she had already secured the Luck number 29.

Tenten smiled and waved her hand, saying, "I used up a lot of my luck today. Tenten 'm not Luck anymore. Let's compete fairly!"

Naruto Uzumaki was overjoyed. He walked to the fruit tree, picked a fruit, and said, "Great! I finally have a chance to draw a Luck number!"

Uchiha Sasuke's rigid expression thawed, and he also picked a fruit, saying arrogantly, "Naruto, Luck isn't always yours."

Ino Yamanaka walked forward with a grin, picked the fruit on the far left, and said, "Maybe this is number 29."

The Genin picked the fruit and ate it greedily.

The next second, he couldn't help but praise the fruit's delicious taste and its miraculous healing effects.

To the female ninjas' surprise, the fruit's healing effects also included removing blemishes and whitening the skin, which made the Star Ninja Genin who had chosen to give up deeply regretful.

In the end, number 29 fell into Sakura Haruno's hands. Sakura was overjoyed and laughed heartily while holding the fruit pit, which aroused the jealousy of Naruto and Sasuke.

Looking at the match schedule, Shazo was surprised to find that Rock Lee and Gaara were number 1 and number 2, respectively, in the first match of the first round.

He murmured, "The order of the matches has almost all changed, except for those two. Is this fate?"

"If it's all predestined, then what is it that's destined?"

"Will the Eight Gates Released Formation regain its fame? Gaara's hatred be reignited? Or... will Rock Lee temporarily withdraw from the scene?"

"Interesting----"

Will fate reveal some of its true nature to me in this battle?

"I can't wait for the match in three days!"

The next day, in Konoha's secret laboratory, Orochimaru prepared four modified Clone sacrifices and performed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

The sealing Runes opened the boundary between life and death, and the Impure World Reincarnation gushed out from the cracks, devouring the offerings. The flesh and blood guided their souls into the Impure World Reincarnation, taking form according to the soul's self-awareness.

The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, and the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, are all in armed poses, while the last one is Shimura Danzō dressed in the uniform of the Fifth Hokage.

It must be said that when the real Fifth Hokage Shazo, was present and saw Shimura Danzō in the same attire, his expression was quite interesting.

He unconsciously felt a sense of disgust towards the Fifth Hokage's clothes, a feeling of being defiled, like the feeling of Mount Tai being defiled by Emperor Zhenzong of Song of Song.

It's particularly disgusting.

The First Hokage, the strongest among them, was the first to regain consciousness. He opened his eyes, looked around, then at Orochimaru and Shazo, and asked with a smile, "Fifth, what is the purpose of waking us up this time?"

Shazo replied, "I am hosting a grand event in Konoha. The purpose of waking you and the Second is to allow you to enjoy the most exciting activities of the event together."

Hashirama Senju was overjoyed and exclaimed repeatedly, "Oh dear, oh dear, how embarrassing! Haha!"

Taking the opportunity, Shazo Zuo asked, "First Hokage, after you were awakened this time, you didn't seem surprised at all by Lord Orochimaru's existence. Could it be that you were able to communicate with the Second Hokage in the Pure Land?"

Hashirama Senju nodded. "Yes."

Shazo and Orochimaru's ears perked up, listening intently to the First Hokage's next answer.

The First Hokage recalled, "In the Pure Land, it seemed that only I could remain conscious for a long time. After Tobirama returned, he could only be conscious for a very short time before falling into Eternity slumber."

"Not only Tobirama, but First Tsuchikage Ishikawa, the First Raikage A, the First Kazekage Reto, and the First Mizukage Byakuren are all asleep in the Pure Land."

"Actually, there are some other Ninja, but I don't know them and can't confirm their identities."

Shazo nodded. "A wondrous, Pure Land land."

He and Orochimaru exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes, their conviction that the Pure Land was problematic, and their determination never to go Pure Land.

The Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, had definitely discovered the problem, but he was already dead and had no choice in the matter.

Just then, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, regained his senses and asked, "Fifth, how long has it been since I last returned to the Pure Land?"

Shazo scratched his head sheepishly. "Actually, it's only been less than two months."

"You really know how to exploit people." Tobirama Senju stretched his body, felt his own power, and said, "Orochimaru's improvements to the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] are quite good; my power has increased considerably."

He turned to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi beside him and smiled with satisfaction, "Very good, this Monkey should be more durable, right?"

Orochimaru raised an eyebrow. "At least it lasts longer than last time."

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"However, I've prepared another person. You can take turns fighting the Second Hokage; you can last longer."

Hashirama Senju asked curiously, "There's a fourth person? Who is it?"

He and Tobirama Senju curiously peeked at the fourth Reanimated Body on the far side, and then they both froze in surprise.

The First Hokage exclaimed in surprise, "Another Hokage? The Fifth Hokage? But isn't the Fifth Hokage still alive?"

Tobirama Senju frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "Big Brother, the appearance of someone Impure World Reincarnation is everyone's most fundamental perception of themselves, but it may not be the truth."

Hashirama Senju exclaimed in surprise, "You can do that?"

He looked at Shimura Danzō again, realizing he didn't recognize him at all, and asked curiously, "Who is this Ninja who thinks he's the Fifth Hokage?"

Tobirama Senju had some guesses, but dared not confirm them, as their appearances and demeanors were far too different.

Shazo replied, "He is Shimura Danzō, the main force behind Konoha's decline."

"Second, you can ask him about the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, the death of Nawaki, the death of Dan Katō, the rumors Hatake Sakumo, and the Uchiha Clan's plot to exterminate them."

Upon hearing these words, Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju's expressions and demeanor completely changed. They were no longer the gentle First Hokage and Second Hokage, but Ninja who had fought their way out of the most brutal Sengoku period.

The kind of Ninja who maintains the highest level of alert even while eating, using the toilet, or shivering, and is ready to strike and kill at any moment.

The Senju brothers possessed a sharp yet icy demeanor, devoid of excessive anger or sorrow, only unwavering dedication to their goals.

Just then, the Third Hokage regained consciousness and sensed the extremely dangerous aura. He was so frightened that he immediately assumed a fighting stance, only to realize that it was the First Hokage and his teacher, the Second Hokage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was instantly filled with guilt and fear.

He knew how much Tobirama Senju disliked him, and he also remembered the pain he suffered when he was Impure World Reincarnation using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.