The Purpose of It All

The complete Susanoo had already taken shape before that.

Suddenly, a gale arose in the swaying forest, and in a very short time, the gale had evolved into a hurricane.

Countless trees were cut down and blown into the sky.

In the wind, Uchiha Shingen's Perfect Susanoo revealed its form, with the unique patterns of Sage Mode appearing on its body.

With the amplification of the Wind Release, the Great Flame Sword burned even more intensely, and the bright flames were already turning white.

Uchiha Shingen swept his sword across the Tree World that surged forward once more.

It felt as if we had been bombarded by countless heavy bombs.

Amidst the deafening roar, a blank area was swept away from the tree boundary, revealing the floating ice below, which was then melted into water by the intense heat.

Before the tree barrier behind them could surge forward again, the second and third sword strikes followed.

Holding a sword in one hand, Susanoo's other hand had already formed a hand seal.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation Arrow!

The jubilant, arrow-shaped flames sliced through everything in their path, burning everything in their wake. With the force to evaporate the lake, they headed straight for the other Susanoo who controlled this tree world.

Then it was blocked.

Uchiha Madara's Susanoo reached its complete form much earlier, although it wasn't at its maximum power, it could still use Ninjutsu.

The technique of the Yata Mirror.

Both are clan heads; Uchiha Fugaku knew it, Uchiha Madara certainly would too.

Within Susanoo, Uchiha Shingen's eyes had transformed into the Rinnegan.

Across the raging flames, Uchiha Shingen's Susanoo slapped out at the opponent.

Ninigi-no-Mikoto in chaos!

Chapter Forty-Two: The Purpose of Everything

When Uchiha Shingen unleashed his Susanoo with a single slap, Uchiha Madara sensed the unusual power of his eye.

In the Ninja World, the ability to sense Chakra is considered extremely rare and highly sought after by any organization.

But the ability to perceive others through the pupils isn't rare; it's simply not a category at all, and nobody pays special attention to it.

After all, apart from the Uchiha Clan, even the Hyuga Clan doesn't have the concept of "eye power" for ordinary people.

The target group is so small that it's difficult for outsiders to judge whether the person claiming to be able to sense eye power is lying.

Having personally experienced the entire evolutionary process from the Sharingan to the Rinnegan, and with a profound understanding of Dōjutsu, Uchiha Madara was indeed able to sense the ocular power of others.

Therefore, he sensed it the moment Uchiha Shingen made his move.

Furthermore, it was determined that, based on the amount of power in this eye, it was at the level of the Rinnegan, and not a basic function.

That is indeed the case.

Uchiha Shingen's slap had a completely different style from his previous ones.

Positioned in front of Susanoo, anything touched by its hand "scattered".

It's as if what's in front of me is just a jigsaw puzzle, now knocked down and scattered into a pile of "blocks".

Uchiha Shingen looked up.

Uchiha Madara's Susanoo had already taken to the sky, avoiding his attack.

It seems it has been detected.

Meanwhile, Susanoo in the sky made a gesture of drawing his sword.

With a thought, Uchiha Shingen Susanoo, then turned and moved to the other side halfway.

The next moment, dense Chakra mixed with a slash descended from the sky.

Although it wasn't the kind of strike that could extend and cleave the mountain in one go, it was still quite powerful.

With the center of the lake as the focal point, long cracks extend outwards, causing trees to fall as if releasing a flood.

Having skillfully dodged the attack, Uchiha Shingen thought for a moment and then simply Susanoo flying into the sky as well.

However, looking at the Susanoo, which remained unchanged in size, Uchiha Shingen knew that Uchiha Madara did not really intend to kill him.

Uchiha Madara is a legend in the Ninja World, a hero in a chaotic era, the pinnacle of his time, the leader of the Uchiha Clan, the beginning of Leaf Village, and the ultimate in eye power.

But Uchiha Madara never truly hated anyone. Even as a child, he believed that the deaths of his loved ones should be attributed to the cruelty of war itself, rather than blindly hating a particular clan. Even towards Senju Tobirama, he resented his own powerlessness more.

This person is very strong, but he doesn't actually have any ambitions. If he had to say, he just wants to beat Hashirama. His younger brother is very important, but he can put aside his grudges for the sake of his clan. His clan is very important. When most of his clan members chose Leaf Village, he wandered alone.

In that past battle, Uchiha Madara thought he had finally won; rather than being happy, he felt a great sense of relief.

But Senju Hashirama was not Naruto Uzumaki; what he valued most was the village, and he would personally kill even his closest relatives who threatened the village.

That one strike severed Uchiha Madara's hesitation.

Uchiha Shingen Susanoo into the air, where he faced Uchiha Madara across the distance.

"Kid, your Space-Time Ninjutsu is pretty good," Uchiha Madara's voice echoed from afar. "You've even mastered Senjutsu. Of this generation of the Uchiha Clan, you're the strongest."

"You flatter me, Chief Ban."

"But it's like the moon reflected in a well; everything you grasp will be lost, and friends will turn against you because of differences," Uchiha Madara said. "The greater your power, the closer you are to that point."

"I disagree," Uchiha Shingen said with a smile.

He activated the Cursed Seal once more, and this time, he truly unleashed the power of this Ninjutsu.

Orochimaru developed the Cursed Seal to perfect his immortality technique and to find another way to utilize the Senjutsu power of Ryūchi Cave.

The collaboration between Uchiha Shingen and Orochimaru to create the Cursed Seal was initially driven by their desire for Chakra.

Through years of unremitting efforts, he has now collected most of the Tailed Beast Chakra. Except for the Three-Tails, which was unlucky and just died and is waiting to be revived, the Tailed Beast Chakra that Uchiha Shingen has collected are all his "beacons".

Forcibly controlling the Chakra of Tailed Beasts —it's not unusual for an Uchiha Clan to do something like that.

"Smack!"

With a crisp sound, Uchiha Shingen formed hand seals.

He had never used this function, only maintaining friendly Matatabi with Two-Tails.

In the past, even if he wanted to use it, he wouldn't have used it in the village.

But now that Senju Hashirama has been Impure World Reincarnation using Edo Tensei, he can use it without worry.

Today, we have to make an exception.

[Matatabi, I need to use all my Chakra. Help me pull.]

The thought was transmitted.

Soon, a positive reply was sent back to the Matatabi agency.

Even from a great distance, Matatabi could sense the extremely dangerous aura emanating from this Impure World Reincarnation Uchiha Clan.

This is not the time to talk about the bonds Tailed Beasts.

Its Chakra first began to connect with the Tailed Beast Chakra.

At this moment, the first person in Hidden Leaf Village to sense this was Uzumaki Kushina.

With the intervention of a certain deity, the war in Hidden Leaf Village has essentially come to an end.

Apart from the Third Hokage, whose whereabouts are still unknown, everyone else is in a non-combat state.

However, Namikaze Minato wasn't the focus of everyone's attention.

Because...

"First Master, we still haven't found any trace of the Third Master."

An ANBU respectfully reported to Senju Hashirama.

Even though he knew it was Impure World Reincarnation).

This is also the thinking of most people nowadays—who cares about whether it's Impure World Reincarnation or Impure World Reincarnation, as long as there's a powerful figure to rely on, just follow them.

The portrayal of the First's power has been widely perceived as propaganda over the years, but upon closer inspection today, it turns out to be a realistic depiction.

The ANBU who was giving the report felt that his report was excellent, and the Lord Hokage's eyes lit up as he listened!

He's completely overthinking it.

Hmm... I don't quite understand what this young man is saying...

Senju Hashirama maintained a friendly smile. Even though Impure World Reincarnation Tensei's face was clearly not that of a living person, it was still not eerie on his face; on the contrary, it was quite warm.

However, the warmer the smile on her face, the more confused she was inside.

To be honest, Senju Hashirama never really managed any organizational affairs in his entire life.

And this ANBU's report, which was full of pointless and irrelevant language, was completely outside of Senju Hashirama's comprehension.

But he couldn't understand it; others could.

"Too verbose," Senju Tobirama said coldly. "Get to the point."

As the founder and pioneer of the ANBU, Senju Tobirama was also revered by the Anbu Ninja.

"Yes, several hundred Cloud Ninja escaped..." the ANBU replied crisply.

"Why did you let the enemy escape?" Senju Tobirama frowned. "Are the village's ninjas now unable to even surround the enemy?"

He's extremely unhappy right now.

The main reason is the ANBU.

Senju Tobirama was quite surprised to find that the current Leaf Village ANBU was almost completely different from the ANBU he remembered.

They do have one thing in common – they all wear masks.

But what's the point?

"Second, please don't be angry," Namikaze Minato comforted him. "Cloud Village rely on speed, so it's normal for some to escape. We just need to chase after them and capture them."

"..." Senju Tobirama glanced at Namikaze Minato.

He decided to say something.

But before he could speak, Namikaze Minato's Uzumaki Kushina suddenly staggered.

In an instant, everyone present, regardless of their status, focused their attention on this woman from the Uzumaki Clan.

"Kushina! What's wrong!?" Namikaze Minato quickly helped his wife up.

Uzumaki Kushina had regained her footing and did not immediately answer Namikaze Minato's question, but instead focused on sensing the changes within her body.

Just now, she felt that Kurama's Chakra was stirring and that a portion of it had been silently drawn away.

This phenomenon also angered the Kurama.

As the proud and arrogant One-Tail beast, how could it accept having its Chakra stolen so easily?

It immediately began chasing after the direction in which its Chakra had disappeared, and then it finally saw the thief's appearance clearly.

That was an Uchiha Clan.

Kurama also knows this Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Shingen, a powerful human.

Kurama decided to swallow its anger; after all, it couldn't win.

Moreover, this man had it completely under his control in every sense of the word. So what if his Chakra was stolen? He could tolerate that little bit of Chakra.

It had just thought that when, in the next moment, an even stronger suction came.

This time, it's no small matter; Chakra is pouring out like a flood!

Feeling his body being brazenly and shamelessly taken advantage of by a thief, Kurama was truly enraged.

A dog can tolerate this, but a fox cannot.

Using the connection between Chakra, Nine-Tails's consciousness boldly burrowed through.

Then it saw it, the man.