Susanoo vs. Great Buddha, Two Men Destroy Four Nations

In the forest far from the battlefield where the Sannin and Madara were fighting.

Ryūsetsu carried Obito on her back and fled with all her might. Obito's expression was still a little vacant, and Lord Liao Wu's instructions were still echoing in his ears.

"Listen to me, Obito. Don't go back to Konoha. The Uchiha in the village are already lambs waiting for slaughter. In a few years, they'll be wiped out."

"Why?"

"Why? If you want to die, then go back! That's all I have to say. From now on, you decide for yourself what road you take!"

"Hey, Liao Wu, you're not really going to help Madara Uchiha restore his youth, are you? He'll destroy Konoha."

"You idiot. You were better off unconscious!"

Obito asked Ryūsetsu, "Hey! Ryūsetsu, what did Liao Wu say to you?"

Ryūsetsu said, "Lord Liao Wu told me to take you away from the Land of Grass as quickly as possible. The battle that comes next will affect the entire Land of Grass."

Obito was so furious his eye turned red. He activated his only Two Tomoe Sharingan. "Ryūsetsu, let me down, now! I'm going back to kill Liao Wu. I absolutely can't let him revive Madara Uchiha."

Ryūsetsu didn't know what to do. With Obito's broken body, he had only made it this far because she had carried him. If they really went back, it would be almost certain death.

Suddenly, one ninja after another appeared, their forehead protectors marked with the symbol of grass.

Ryūsetsu was overjoyed when she saw her teacher and Wu Gou's father. "Teacher, Lord Wu Wei! Leader!"

But the Grass Village ninja did not get misty-eyed at meeting a fellow countryman. The group of ninja faintly encircled Ryūsetsu and Obito.

The Grass Village Leader stared tightly at Obito's Sharingan, licked his lips, and said, "Well done, Ryūsetsu. Hurry and hand over the Uchiha on your back."

The moment those words came out, Ryūsetsu was stunned, and Obito's heart sank to the valley floor.

"Leader, he's my friend. We were both captured by someone."

Hagi Chiho wanted to say something, but one Sharingan, one Uchiha ninja, was far too important to a small hidden village like the Grass Village.

He might have been a bit ugly, but as long as he had the Sharingan, he was a hot commodity. They could bring him back and breed him hard.

Hagi Chiho said, "Ryūsetsu, you have to think of the village's interests. Hand over the friend on your back to us."

"He's already a cripple. We Grass Village will arrange the rest of his life properly."

"But... Teacher!"

At such a young age, Ryūsetsu witnessed just how unscrupulous adults could be for the sake of profit.

Obito jumped down from Ryūsetsu's back and roared, "Grass Village, Konoha is your ally! You dare lay hands on a Leaf Ninja?"

The Grass Village Leader gave a cold laugh. "Ally? Konoha has always been carving flesh off us small ninja villages. Besides, as long as this doesn't get out, no one will ever know."

"Go! Take this Uchiha back as a stud!"

This was bad!

Obito felt that he was already crippled, that the village would abandon him, and that Rin would despise him.

But in truth, in other ninja villages, Obito's Sharingan and his Uchiha bloodline had always been a hot commodity.

Even if he was as ugly as a ghost, plenty of people would fight over him.

Tobi's voice sounded inside Obito's body. "Obito, you really are far behind Liao Wu!"

Obito was startled. "Shit-eater, why are you inside my body?"

Tobi said, "Liao Wu parasitized spores inside you and Ryūsetsu. Zetsu was afraid he had some trick up his sleeve, so he had me stay in your body and clean up all of Liao Wu's backups."

"Obito, you're in quite a hurry right now!"

Obito did not want to be taken back to the Grass Village as breeding stock and defile his pure, sincere feelings for Rin.

"Tobi, hurry and lend me your power."

"Obito, I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry yet. I know you have a point, but let's not talk reason first. As far as I know, I still know nothing."

Obito clutched his head, close to breaking down. "Bastard Tobi, stop wasting time! Whatever you want, I'll give it to you, as long as you lend me your power."

Tobi replied, "Obito, you'd better think this through. If I lend you power, then from now on, you'll be Lord Madara's man."

Obito looked at the ferocious-looking Grass Village ninja charging at him and said anxiously, "Whatever you say! Just help me get through this crisis first!"

"Obito, don't go regretting it!"

Tobi slowly emerged from Obito's body, and Obito felt the strange feeling in the left half of his body disappear completely.

His condition was now unbelievably good.

"Perfect. After absorbing that great snake and Liao Wu's two spores, my chakra is very active. It's enough to deal with these people."

"Wood Style: Digging Insert Technique!"

Konoha, Hokage Building.

"Nani!!"

The Third Hokage shot to his feet and looked at the note Tsunade had Shizune deliver.

"Madara Uchiha... is not dead?!"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The Third Hokage stared blankly at the portraits of the two Previous Hokage hanging on the wall of the Hokage Building: the First Hokage and the Second Hokage.

In Leaf Year 2, Hashirama Senju completed the distribution of the Eight Tailed Beasts, with only the Nine-Tails missing.

At the end of the year, Madara Uchiha brought the Nine-Tails and fought his way back to Konoha.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha then waged an earth-shattering battle at the Valley of the End.

In that battle, Hashirama Senju killed Madara Uchiha, sealed the Nine-Tails, and after returning to the village, withdrew completely into seclusion.

By the time Tsunade was five or six, he, having enjoyed the happiness of family life, let go of all his attachments and passed from this world.

The Ninja Myth of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha ended there, marking the end of the Warring States Period as well.

The Third Hokage had not been present for that world-shaking battle, but he later visited the battlefield. The Destructive Power of the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha had already surpassed that of ordinary ninja.

But how was Madara Uchiha still alive?

The Second Hokage had stated with absolute certainty that Madara Uchiha was dead. Even the corpse had been brought back by him.

How could he possibly still be alive?!

But Orochimaru would not lie, and Tsunade would not lie either.

Madara Uchiha was still alive!

The Third Hokage took a deep drag from his old pipe and instantly calmed down. "Orochimaru, Tsunade, too hasty. You were too hasty."

"That is Madara Uchiha. You will never know how terrifying he is."

The closer one was to the Warring States Period, the more one understood how terrifying Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were.

All the villages outside Konoha were glad that Hashirama Senju was a merciful man, and that Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had never seen eye to eye.

Otherwise, with Susanoo wrapped around the Great Buddha, the two of them could have wiped out the Four Nations.

"Shinnosuke, withdraw all ninja squads from the Mist Village Frontline!"

"Father!"

"Also, have Minato abandon the frontline positions, and have Danzo give up the related operations in the Land of Rain. Return to the village as soon as possible."

"Liao Wu, I'm just an Orange Cat. Please don't make things hard for me, all right?"

Without another word, Fish Ball jumped down from Liao Wu's shoulder and fled far away.

Even his Summoning Beast had been scared off, which made Liao Wu look very bad.

He gave the Sannin an awkward smile. "I won't bother you. I'm leaving, okay?"

"Liao Wu, where do you think you're running?"

Orochimaru's body shot after him like a flying snake, forming Hand Seals as he flew.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

A gale erupted from Orochimaru's mouth, sweeping toward Liao Wu.

"Perfect timing!"

"Uchiha Counter!"

Liao Wu picked up the Flame Uchiha Gunbai and blocked steadily. In a blink of an eye, Orochimaru's Wind Release was reflected back.

Orochimaru could not dodge in midair and took his own Wind Release head-on.

Orochimaru stood again on Orochi's head, looking somewhat embarrassed. "What ninja tool is that?"

Sage Fukasaku recognized it. "Little Jiraiya, Little Orochimaru, that is the divine weapon passed down through the Uchiha Clan for generations—the Flame Uchiha Gunbai. It can reflect all ninjutsu attacks!"

Liao Wu burst into laughter. "Orochimaru, after three days apart, one must look at another with new eyes. I have already shed my Snake Skin and Ascend to Dragon!"

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and smiled dangerously.

He had to admit that Liao Wu had grown quickly. Even Edo Hiruko could not pin him down, and Hiruko had fused with Orochimaru's White Snake Cells, allowing him to transform into the White Scaled Serpent.

Ordinary Jonin could not deal with him at all.