An Army of Reanimated Corpses / Racing Myself for First Blood

Those Iwa Rock Ninja who couldn't escape were all killed on the spot.

After defeating the Rock Ninja, Senju Muzoku led the Konoha Ninja to clean up the battlefield, mustered the once-expanded Impure World Reincarnation army, and headed to the next castle.

The refugee crisis has begun, and the Rock Ninja Army has started to deploy large-scale forces. The first phase of the operation has been completed.

We can start playing with the amusement park rides now.

The Empty Zone needs to be created as soon as possible.

If there are too many Rock Ninja, run away; if there aren't many, kill them.

Burning down more cities further damages the Land of Earth's production capacity and accelerates the depletion of their limited food reserves.

The tide is coming in!

Chapter Thirteen: Forming an Army from Impure World Reincarnation

As Leaf Village's ANBU, mental adjustment is a very important basic quality.

However, this time, those who followed the Senju Muzoku ANBU genuinely felt that they might have joined a fake ANBU.

Remembering our ancestors is something that any organization does.

This trend began in the Leaf Village ANBU during the Third's reign.

At that time, the Leaf Village ANBU no longer had the ease and control that the previous Hokage had. Although the size of the team had increased, the work had become more and more difficult, and there were more and more things to pay attention to.

Meanwhile, the enemy established ANBU, rapidly narrowing the gap between them.

Literally speaking, the ANBU is not a place where things can be done openly and honestly. Not only are the identities of its members secrets within the village, but they also mostly cannot be seen in the light of day when carrying out missions. Moreover, if they die outside the village, their names cannot even be engraved on Memorial Stone.

People who don't genuinely want to contribute to the village won't join the ANBU.

You can't talk about salaries. Although the salaries of those in the ANBU are much higher than those of ordinary public officials, that's based on the standard of public officials.

The minimum requirement for joining the ANBU is to be a Chunin.

A ninja at this level would have a much more comfortable life and earn more money in a regular army.

Therefore, this is a typical thankless and arduous job.

People from the original Root can't really see the original ANBU, largely because for a long time in the past, the most arduous, ANBU, and dirty work was done by the Root.

But people still underestimated the Warring States period.

There are some things that everyone knows the consequences of, but no one can actually do them.

The moral standards of ninjas in this era are much higher than before.

Theoretically speaking, the ANBU are the ninjas with the most extreme tastes. However, in the original timeline, when the Leaf Village ANBU saw Orochimaru's Living Corpse Reincarnation, they would subconsciously call him a monster.

Seeing the Impure World Reincarnation makes me feel very uncomfortable.

I'm not comfortable with the technique itself.

Therefore, the statement "Even if they look the same, they are not the First and Second" is partly because the ANBU were worried that Sarutobi Hiruzen would be unable to deal with the Impure World Reincarnation First Hokage, and partly because they subconsciously resisted this technique.

But the Senju Muzoku did not resist, and its methods were even more extreme than rumored.

But compared to the war strategies he adopted, this is nothing.

Modern ninjas try to avoid directly involving civilians in battles.

Otherwise, if social order collapses, a large part of the market will be lost, as the former Land of Rain serves as a cautionary tale.

Clearly, this was not a priority during the Warring States period. While modern ninjas waged war to amass wealth and optimize resource circulation, the purpose of war for the Warring States ninjas, represented by Senju Muzoku, was destruction.

As the number of Impure World Reincarnation soldiers around them increased, the Leaf Village's ANBU began to feel the pressure.

Once upon a time, the surrounding area was filled with the ANBU, with only a few Impure World Reincarnation remnants of Edo Tensei.

However, when they first encountered the Rock Ninja search team, their numbers were already roughly equal.

When the Leaf Village ANBU followed Senju Muzoku from the southern border of the Land of Earth to the northern border, they were surrounded by Impure World Reincarnation.

The Impure World Reincarnation Legion is now a true legion.

With over two thousand Impure World Reincarnation soldiers, ranging from Genin to Chunin, from Chunin to so-called Special Jōnin, and then to Jonin, this army has almost gathered all ranks of Iwagakure.

The reason I say "almost" is that at least none of them had the title "Shadow" in their lifetime.

This Impure World Reincarnation army is far stronger than the Iwa Rock Ninja army that raided Leaf Village during the Third Shinobi World War.

Not only were there more people, but their orders were also strictly enforced, because they shared a single will.

They don't need to eat, drink, or rest; among them, nearly thirty reached the Jonin level in their lifetime, and hundreds Chunin.

Even if he was Genin in life, after becoming Impure World Reincarnation, considering his inexhaustible Chakra and indestructible nature, he obviously cannot be regarded as Genin- level fighter.

Upon reaching the eighteenth town, Senju Muzoku several hundred Impure World Reincarnation Tensei Genin lure a pursuing Rock Ninja force into a valley, then activated the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, blasting the valley to the ground.

Afterwards, they successfully recruited more than one hundred "new recruits".

Once the number of soldiers exceeds three thousand, it will be the size of a vanguard legion in the Ninja World War.

At this point, the "construction" of the Empty Zone is only one step away from completion.

The largest port in the northern part of the Land of Earth.

When the Iwagakure and the Cloud Village Land of Iron, the Rock Ninja Village army and its supplies departed from here.

This is also the largest fishing base in the Land of Earth.

At the same time, as one of the largest cities in the Land of Earth, it cannot exist independently; it is surrounded by a large number of farmlands, villages, and even satellite towns.

Of course, the satellite towns are gone, and the vast majority of the resulting refugees have poured into this port city.

The crops in the fields that were not yet ready for harvest and could not be harvested in time were burned, and the Senju Muzoku, Impure World Reincarnation soldiers even used Earth Release to help the farmers turn the land over again.

The opening was much wider than the irrigation ditch.

As for the villages, the Senju Muzoku were spared.

This port is guarded by a sizable Rock Ninja.

Before the Chunin Ninja Exams began, Rock Ninja had been gradually dispersing its forces to the eastern region, intending to prevent Leaf Village from noticing its true troop movements. Of course, this was a routine and ultimately ineffective measure. Due to an agreement between Leaf Village and Rock Ninja in the past, Leaf Village could roughly guess the extent of the situation through data feedback from the Bounty Exchange jointly monitored by both parties.

Even though Iwagakure had secretly transferred some of the mission transactions, the large sums were still there.

The Rock Ninja's practice of dispersing their forces and resources before regrouping doubled the damage Senju Muzoku inflicted on Iwagakure.

With so many ninjas and stockpiled war supplies, it's impossible for them to be deployed to the front lines in a short time. The Senju Muzoku move much faster than the Rock Ninja.

If he can capture this city, nearly half of Iwagakure's early-stage war preparations will be wasted.

But even Senju Muzoku must prepare well when facing such a large city.

The first strategy was to besiege the enemy stronghold and then attack their reinforcements.

This is the best battlefield for him to deplete the forces that the Rock Ninja can gather in a short period of time.

Everything went as he had predicted.

He only stayed outside the city for a day, and he encountered more than a dozen waves of Rock Ninja reinforcements, some numbering in the hundreds, others as few as a dozen. As soon as they saw him in the distance, they decided to run away.

But faced with over two thousand Impure World Reincarnation soldiers, this number was unavoidable.

The quality of the mid-level ninjas from Iwagakure is evident.

The ninja army's reliance on Chunin for on-the-spot reactions was also exposed, revealing their weakness: these Chunin were simply gathering spontaneously out of sheer enthusiasm.

If Senju Muzoku were still alive, he would have to worry, but since he was Impure World Reincarnation, he had no worries at all.

After thoroughly clearing out the remaining Iwagakure forces around the port, the nearly three thousand Impure World Reincarnation troops, under the command of Senju Muzoku, formed a large formation outside the port the next morning.

Under the awe-inspiring gazes of Anbu Ninja such as Aburame Torune and Yamanaka Fū, Senju Muzoku Ninjutsu to activate the Impure World Reincarnation Army Formation, launched his Ninjutsu.

A series of deafening roars shook the earth, the mountains began to roar, and huge rocks relentlessly smashed against the city walls, raising clouds of dust, and leaving shocking cracks in the ground that stretched towards the city.

The city wall collapsed, and the battlements crumbled.

It all lasted only a moment. When the tremors stopped, the earth split open, dust filled the sky, and the high walls that guarded the city were completely gone.

The Impure World Reincarnation soldiers, having completed their spell, trudged heavily across the ruins, killing any surviving enemies, and began their ascent into the city.

Chapter Fourteen: I Fighted for First Blood Against Myself

Standing outside the city, the Senju Muzoku watched as the tide of Impure World Reincarnation surged into the city, knowing that the battle was over.

Although there was no intelligence support from the village, the Impure World Reincarnation itself was an intelligence source, so Senju Muzoku was generally aware of the movements of the Rock Ninja army.

Before erasing the consciousness of the latest batch of Edo Impure World Reincarnation soldiers, Senju Muzoku already knew about Iwagakure's latest decision.

Since the Senju Muzoku Muju in the Land of Earth, he has destroyed cities and burned land, turning the most fertile eastern region of the Land of Earth into a complete mess. Not only has he utterly destroyed the original war strategy of Iwagakure, but he has also caused unrest throughout the Land of Earth.

In the Land of Earth, grain prices have skyrocketed, and the Earth Daimyo's mission has reached Iwagakure, demanding that the Senju Muzoku and the Impure World Reincarnation Army be dealt with as soon as possible.

The relationship between ninjas and nobles evolved to the point where, by the Fourth Shinobi World War, it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain the superficial harmony.

Humans have desires. While division of labor is good, adults want everything.

The Kunimura period was an era in which ninjas held power. Those who held power effectively controlled the country, hence the name "Ninja Era."

The First Shinobi World War was a chaotic free-for-all between villages, ignoring the nations from the outset. Many shinobi who survived from the late Warring States period did not care about the countries, and most of them perished in that war. After the war, the shinobi felt the gap between themselves and the nobles, and also because of the formation of the Five Kage system, they returned the right to initiate wars to the daimyo.

By the Second Ninja World War, it had become a purely national affair.

However, on the third occasion, Kumogakure broke this tacit agreement. It was obvious that Raikage wouldn't be interested in the Land of Wind, but Cloud Village's actions ignited the ambitions of various countries. Thus, it became a war initiated by ninjas, but still carried out under the guise of a national mission.

This war, like the First Shinobi World War, was a war completely independent of national control, purely an action by the ninja villages.

The Senju Muzoku once again ripped away the fig leaf that the nobles had painstakingly erected.

Senju Hashirama wanted to give ninjas their due status, but he also didn't want too much turmoil that would cause widespread suffering. His solution was the Kunimura era.

Senju Tobirama agreed with this or not, no one knows, but he certainly always tried to uphold what Senju Hashirama desired.

The Senju Muzoku Ninja simply didn't care. He didn't get any sense of accomplishment from trying to prove to the nobles that ninjas were superior. However, he would feel bad if the nobles helped his enemies.

Strictly speaking, Senju Muzoku was essentially the same as Uchiha Madara in that he didn't care about countries or nobles at all; he just acquiesced because Senju Hashirama liked it.

Now, the nobles of the Land of Earth have officially stood against him.

It's out in the open.

The nobles of the Land of Earth are supporting Iwagakure with the most unity the country has ever shown since its founding. Iwagakure has gathered tens of thousands of ninjas, intending to use the same method they used against the Third Raikage to annihilate Senju Muzoku —oh no, I mean, to seal him and his Edo Impure World Reincarnation army.

They even decided to kill everyone in the occupied territories.

Impure World Reincarnation requires offerings. If those who might be used as backup offerings are killed in advance, there will be a lack of sufficient sources for Impure World Reincarnation.

All the sins belong to Leaf Village.

Such a heartless plan is essentially no different from a plan with Senju Muzoku.

This was certainly not accepted by all ninjas; the "reinforcements" that Senju Muzoku encountered outside the port were just such people.

Thinking of this, the Senju Muzoku laughed.

It seems we can't just use Rock Ninja to fight Rock Ninja; we also need to let the Earth people fight the Land of Earth. After all, in the eyes of the Land of Earth's higher-ups, the Earth people in the occupied territories are all resources for the enemy, not people.

He no longer needs to destroy cities and burn land; these things will become his advantages.

The reincarnated body will probably have a good time in the Land of Lightning, while he can also experience the thrill of single-handedly destroying a country.

He'd been wanting to try this for a while.

That way, the eldest brother had no reason to stop him.

"Torune, Wind," said Senju Muzoku. "Call the brothers and follow me into the city."

"Yes, Lord Wu Zu." The two replied, turning back to signal to the ANBU behind them to follow.

The ANBU were filled with murderous intent; they were mentally prepared to massacre the city.

Having followed the Senju Muzoku, these people began to run wild.

It's not entirely their fault.

So what did they do along the way?

They followed the Senju Muzoku A.

They followed the Senju Muzoku A group back.