The Name Uchiha

"Can I ask you what you've remembered this time?" Nagato indicated that he wouldn't fall for it; this was always how the rudeness started, so this time he was going to counterattack.

He has now realized that Uchiha Madara is actually quite boastful and likes to show off his past glory.

"Nothing worth remembering," Uchiha Madara said impatiently. "It was just beating someone much stronger than you half to death."

Nagato: "... Is there anything else you can recall besides hitting people?"

"You have a problem with that?" Uchiha Madara asked.

Nagato suppressed her resentment.

Orochimaru's decision to Impure World Reincarnation this person was completely unnecessary.

Once he's free, I'll definitely go and beat Orochimaru up, otherwise it'll be a waste of all the beatings he's taken these past few days.

The two continued on their journey.

Suddenly, Nagato stopped in her tracks, and a paper crane descended from the sky.

Nagato caught it and opened it, his face darkening.

Uchiha Madara also darkened.

"Spit it out," Uchiha Madara said. "Where do you get all those expressions?"

"... The Seven-Tails' Jinchūriki has gone to Leaf Village," Nagato said expressionlessly.

If he weren't outmatched, he would have fought Uchiha Madara long ago.

Not a single kind word was said.

"Hmm, you were pretty quick." Uchiha Madara, his tone quite approving. "Not bad, that's how Uchiha Clan should be."

Nagato stated that he vowed to kill all hypocrites in the world.

He can't even make a face here, but the Uchiha Clan Leaf Village went against him all got praise.

Don't be Uchiha Madara!

"Then let's make our move. Takigakure no longer has Jinchūriki." Nagato maintained his expressionless demeanor.

"No, it doesn't matter if there's no Jinchūriki, but Takigakure must pay the price," Uchiha Madara said. "After assassinating the First Hokage, Takigakure secretly promoted itself to demonstrate its strength, which helped them avoid some trouble."

Nagato: "???"

You're saying you have nothing to do with Leaf Village anymore? That happened so many years ago, why do you still remember it?

With your abilities, I'd rather believe that Kakuzu would donate all his wealth to Rain Village than that you would believe you could attack Leaf Village.

"That idiot Hashirama has no idea how to be a leader." Uchiha Madara snorted heavily. "Unfortunately, I'm just as famous as that idiot. Takigakure is using my name against us, so they'll have to pay the price."

Nagato: "... Whatever, I don't care."

He was really tired of listening to Uchiha Madara, so he decided to find Takigakure, go in, unleash his ultimate attack, and get it over with as soon as possible before leaving.

Takigakure is one of the few ninja villages that is not built on the surface of the earth. The entrance to the village is hidden inside a waterfall and is not open to the public. Only Takigakure ninja can enter and exit.

Conquering an underground city using normal methods is not easy, but destroying it is another matter entirely.

Nagato didn't care about the fate of Takigakure. What mattered to him was using Uchiha Madara's power to collect the Tailed Beasts, master the power provided by the monk as soon as possible, and get rid of Uchiha Madara's Ninjutsu that could control him.

At that time, he could then take the opportunity to rally other ninja organizations to fight against Leaf Village and carry out his peace campaign.

Once Uchiha Shingen is dealt with, no one can stop him.

As for Uchiha Madara, isn't Orochimaru there? Just have him undo the Ninjutsu and send him back quickly.

Nagato had long realized that all his obstacles actually came from the Uchiha Clan.

Tobi, who cooperated with Uchiha Obito in the name of Uchiha Madara, did one thing right: to achieve peace, the Uchiha Clan should be eliminated.

This race is utterly mortal with peace!

Nagato casually crumpled the paper in his hand into powder and Nagato up with Uchiha Madara.

Knowing that Takigakure no longer Jinchūriki, the two stopped pretending and headed straight for Takigakure.

Others may not know where Takigakure hidden, Uchiha Madara does. He spent so many years in hiding, not only developing the Rinnegan but also leaving the Ninja World with few secrets about him.

As for the people he was chasing, they were unsurprisingly intercepted by the Takigakure.

"Please go back, gentlemen."

Beside a waterfall, a group of ninja from Takigawa blocked their way, their tone less than friendly.

The two people who were stopped were both wearing armor and did not appear to be from the Ninja World.

One person had red hair, wore purple clothes and a breastplate, while the other was completely covered in red armor, obscuring their face except for their eyes, and wore a bamboo hat.

But both of them were wearing ninja Forehead Protector.

"Takigakure is renowned in the Ninja World, and we have come here because of its reputation," the red-haired man said. "I am but a wandering monk, and this is my old friend. My attire is merely a matter of samurai style. I have not committed any evil deeds since entering Land of Waterfalls. Your village is also famous in the Ninja World, so why bully two old people like us?"

The ninja from Taki resisted the urge to curse.

Who gave you the audacity to call yourselves old men, like the dead Ōnoki?

You haven't taken your Forehead Protector off yet!

"Lord Zi, Lord Han, please don't joke around." The leader of the Takigakure ninja took a deep breath. "We of Takigakure are utterly incapable of helping you. We beg you to show mercy and leave our country. The Takigakure will be eternally grateful."

Chapter Sixty: The Name of the Uchiha Clan

Team leader Taki Shinobu stated that he had no choice but to call out the two people's names.

Although this seems rather unskilled, it's still better than having Takigakure destroyed.

It is said in the Ninja World that among the five great ninja villages, Iwagakure is known for its lack of skilled ninjas, and its Jonin level is the lowest among the five villages. However, because the others have more people and their Earth Release techniques are extremely powerful, it is still listed among the five great ninja villages.

But anyone with a modicum of intelligence knows that only a fool would believe that.

None of the five great ninja villages truly became so based on sheer numbers.

They were originally established by some of the most skilled ninjas in the Ninja World.

As the Ōnoki who served the longest Tsuchikage in the history of Iwagakure, like Hidden Leaf Village, experienced serious internal strife during his reign.

The result of this internal strife was that the Tsuchikage's personal prestige and power were further strengthened, but the strength of the Jonin was reduced as a result. At the same time, two Jinchūriki from Iwagakure left one after another due to their differences with the Tsuchikage's ideals.

The reason these two weren't declared missing-nin was because Ōnoki hadn't gone mad from fighting.

The Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Yukari, and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, were not only Jinchūriki but also the mainstays of the Iwagakure Jonin. After rigorous training, they were able to skillfully control the power of the Tailed Beasts within them, making countless contributions to Iwagakure.

They are to Iwagakure what the Legendary Sannin are to Leaf Village.

Purple's Lava Release Ninjutsu and Han's Steam Release Ninjutsu are both renowned skills in the Ninja World.

The armor Han wore was also known as Steam Armor. It was his weapon, but more importantly, it was a ninja tool designed to facilitate his use of Ninjutsu.

"Since we know each other, that makes things easier." Instead of being angry, Zi was delighted that her name had been called. "Aren't Han and I qualified to join Takigakure?"

"Of course not, it's that Takigakure is unworthy," the Takigakure leader honestly admitted. "If you two enter the village, the village is doomed."

"Boy, although you are a ninja from Takigakure, you know nothing about your own village," Zi Tan said. "Do you know that Takigakure has been able to remain neutral for so many years because of its strength? Back then First Hokage was known as the God of Shinobi, but he was assassinated by ninjas from your village, and the assassins were able to escape unscathed."

Team Leader Taki: "..."

When he was still Genin, he first heard this story and, like many other young people in the village, he foolishly took it seriously, thinking that the reason his village wasn't one of the five great villages was simply because they were modest and didn't care about empty fame.

They can't compare to Leaf Village, but they're more than enough to compare to Sand Village, right?

Later he learned that the assassination of the First Hokage in this story was true, but nothing else was true. Moreover, Takigakure made a foolish move afterward, causing the village to suffer heavy, structural losses that could not be recovered.

This isn't modesty; it's clearly fear of being swarmed and killed.

Especially after the Third Shinobi World War, various ninja organizations sprang up like chickens laying eggs, and without exception, these organizations liked to seek out ninja villages outside the Five Great Shinobi Villages to build up their reputation.

For example, the ruthless Akatsuki from the Land of Rain specifically used Rain Village to build up their reputation, and later simply took over the territory.

Poor Takigakure, they don't even dare to build a village on the ground.

Takigakure naturally knew what those two beasts were up to, otherwise they wouldn't have come to stop them.

Whether or not they can be stopped is not important.

"Please leave, you two." The leader of the Takigakure team repeated the sentence mechanically with a stern face.

"Takigakure is so unreasonable, there's nothing we can do," Murasaki said. "We can only forcefully visit your village's leader to explain our purpose. So, please forgive us."

Before he finished speaking, steam suddenly billowed from the armor of the man standing to the side.

The billowing steam immediately obscured Taki Shinobu's view.

But this is steam.

The steam Ninjutsu of the Han dynasty can actually be called Boil Release.

Kirigakure, the Fifth Mizukage of Terumi Mei, used Boil Release to kill through acid mist, primarily manifesting as dissolution.

However, Han's Boil Release is more often used for Taijutsu and superhuman power, but it also possesses high temperature.

A scream rose from the mist.

As a small ninja Takigakure in a broad sense, Takigakure's overall strength is far inferior to Rain Village if Tailed Beasts are excluded, but it is superior to other small ninja villages, otherwise it would not be able to remain neutral.

But they were no match for the infamous Steam Ninja.

Boil Release: Unparalleled Strength is on par with Tsunade of Leaf Village in terms of power level.

But what caused the first wave of damage to the Takigakure ninja was not Han's superhuman strength, but the spreading steam.

The Takigakure ninja, engulfed by the steam, had their faces covered in extremely hot steam, and several of them went blind on the spot.

Chakra's protective abilities are limited; for example, it cannot protect internal organs.

The same applies to delicate organs like the eyes.

The leader of the Takigakure team managed to close his eyes in time, but at the same time he was punched away by Han, losing half of his life on the spot.

"Han, don't kill them all," Zi said.

Steam couldn't harm him; the Tailed Beast Cloak protected him well.

"Then you can do it yourself next time," Han said.

He has defeated all the Taki ninja.

Under the power of steam Ninjutsu, his speed and strength are exceptionally astonishing. In the original timeline, even with Sage Mode and Nine-Tails Golden Body activated, Naruto Uzumaki was still kicked away by him.

"Why be so irritable?" Zi smiled.

He left because he felt that Ōnoki too domineering and that they were incompatible.

Although he is Jinchūriki, he opposes the leader's personal will being placed above everyone else.

Han withdrew his steam Ninjutsu, and visibility returned. The Takigakure ninja collapsed to the ground, groaning.

It is clear that Han showed mercy from the very beginning.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be just groans on the ground, but a mess of mangled limbs.

The two disappeared without lingering.

Shortly afterward, Uchiha Madara and Nagato appeared.

After hastily clearing away the debris from the Takigakure area, Nagato continued his pursuit. Uchiha Madara, on the Nagato, was in no hurry; he first approached a Takigakure.

Upon seeing a pair of feet appear before him, Taki Shinobu struggled to open his severely burned eyes.

Uchiha Madara ended his life with a single, gentle kick.

This guy's eyes are ruined, he's useless, just kick him to death.

Next!

Finally, after kicking down only one person, Uchiha Madara was pleased to find that the guy's eyeballs weren't destroyed.

"You're very good." It was rare for him to praise someone outside the Uchiha Clan.

Then, with a single glance, he controlled the hypnotic and obtained the information he wanted.

The new intelligence, however, found him very interesting.

That was the Hidden Leaf Village's ANBU, led by Uchiha Itachi, nicknamed the Killer Ghost, searching for Murasaki and Han.

Takigakure, having also learned that he and Nagato were doing the same thing, wanted to show him their firm rejection of the two.