You'll Just Die, That's All

By advancing through the coastal passage, the Land of Lightning could use the shortest time to cross into the mainland, not only avoiding an excessively long battle line but also directly threatening the plains nations of the mainland.

However, the Land of Frost is mostly mountainous terrain, making it no easy task to create a passage through it.

During the Warring States period, ninjas dominated the battlefield. Faced with these humanoid artillery emplacements that could walk without turning, the city-building techniques of various states developed rapidly.

In order to develop this fast route connecting the continent, the Land of Lightning simply spent resources to support the Land of Frost in building a city and settling its people there. With the support of a large population, this narrow passage developed at a rocket-like speed.

At the end of the Warring States period, facing the immense pressure of the Senju of the Forest allying with the Uchiha Clan, the Land of Lightning once again funded and assisted the Land of Frost in building three fortified castles at both ends and in the middle of this passage as military strongholds. The fortified castles were integrated with the bay and mountains, effectively sealing off the passage.

Although the Senju of the Forest and the Uchiha Clan did not join forces to attack later, the coastal passage became a complete military defense system thanks to these three strongholds. Until the outbreak of the First Shinobi World War, the Leaf Village Ninja Army became the first military force to directly attack this defense system.

The original plan of the Senju Muzoku Demon was to use 371 tireless and Infinite regenerating Impure World Reincarnation as vanguards to break through barriers, completely destroy the coastal area, and disable its transportation capabilities.

However, Senju Mutsu only managed to summon sixty-three Edo Tensei before being surrounded by the entire force of the Hidden Cloud Village's Jonin under the walls of Nankan Castle.

Faced with the Lightning Release Chakra Mode pioneered by the Second Raikage, Senju Muzoku, unable to escape, chose to fight to the death. Before dying, he sent sixty-three Impure World Reincarnation northward, killing Cloud Ninja they encountered and burning any cities they came across.

Two and a half of the three fortresses collapsed, and Kakkō soared into the sky over the coastal passage. In this battle, more than forty Jonin from Kumogakure died, and not a single Jonin the Raikage survived.

The rebuilt South Gate City is exactly the same as the one in Uchiha Shingen's memory.

Under the cover of night, the South Gate City is brightly lit, with its tall city walls leaning against the mountains and connecting to the sea, forming a unified city and gate.

This type of wall was designed to defend against Explosive Tag. This weapon, which is widely used by Genin and Chunin as a primary means of destruction, actually has limited explosive power, with a diameter ranging from one to three meters, depending on the manufacturer's quality.

Therefore, it was a fortified castle used to block Genin and Chunin.

The designers never even dreamed of stopping Jonin that.

While both are Explosive Tag, the Second Hokage's Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags were a map-wide attack.

There's no way to block this.

It is a consensus that only Jonin can stop Jonin.

As night fell, a group of "people" arrived in the woods west of the pass.

Uchiha Shingen and Pakura walked at the front.

"What a magnificent city!" Pakura exclaimed.

In the Land of Wind, due to the environment, it would be impossible to have such a military fortress that is nestled against the mountains and connected to the sea.

"Where is the grandeur?" Uchiha Shingen said with dissatisfaction. "It's all show and no substance. As a Jonin, I have the right to speak on this."

Pakura was speechless.

You are Jonin, that's true, but you're actually not much weaker than the Five Kage, are you? Which country could build a city you can't enter?

After saying that, Uchiha Shingen Sharingan, and memories of the past surfaced.

He didn't know how those sixty-three Impure World Reincarnation fared in the end; after his rebirth, he couldn't find any information about them.

But after that, Cloud Village and Leaf Village made peace.

Both the wealthy dog and the simple-minded old man died because of that peace talks, Sarutobi Hiruzen ruled Leaf Village as Hokage for decades afterward.

Thinking about this, he felt inexplicably irritated.

Let's put into practice the plan that we couldn't do on our first playthrough!

"Who goes first?" He turned to look at the 308 Jonin Impure World Reincarnation behind him.

"I'll do it." The burly, white-haired man stepped forward, a gleam of excitement on his face. "I've been controlled all this time; I finally want to fight for myself."

Uchiha Shingen stepped aside and gestured for the audience to begin their performance.

The white-haired, burly man glanced at Uchiha Shingen and walked out.

This time, Uchiha Shingen did not impose any restrictions on their activities. Their only restriction was that they must Senju Muzoku associate Uchiha Shingen with the Senju Muzoku in any way.

Everyone had only one thought about this.

That old schemer hasn't changed a bit; he's definitely up to no good and is plotting against the Uchiha Clan.

Apart from Uchiha Kei, everyone else was indifferent to this; they had no objection to Senju Muzoku's Senju Muzoku to scheme against the Uchiha Clan.

Which ninja clan hasn't been beaten by the Uchiha Clan and the Senju of the Forest? The enemies of the Senju of the Forest are also enemies of the Uchiha Clan. The only difference is whether you were beaten by the Uchiha because you sided with the Senju Clan Uchiha Clan, or you were beaten by the Senju Clan because you sided with the Uchiha Clan.

These days, when dogs fight each other, they'd be happy to celebrate if circumstances allowed.

Emerging from the forest, the white-haired, burly man quickened his pace, rushing towards the fortress.

As Impure World Reincarnation body, his current strength is not as great as it was in life, but the difference is not huge. At least in terms of Taijutsu, he has actually become stronger because of this.

As he got closer to the city wall, he was spotted by the Cloud Ninja on the wall.

Shouts came from the city wall, but the white-haired, burly man ignored them and continued on his way.

A sharp whistling sound came from the air, and a Kunai) with Explosive Tag attached was shot down from the city wall.

The white-haired, burly man's eyesight was better than when he was alive; he spotted the pattern of the Explosive Tag at a glance and grinned.

The design is so simple; it's a low-quality product.

With a hissing sound, bone spikes emerged from his body. He grabbed one of the protruding bones from his shoulder, pulled out a bone knife, and casually knocked several Kunai aimed at him to the ground before leaping up.

Boom!

The blast wave propelled the white-haired, burly man like a cannonball towards the city wall.

In the woods, Uchiha Shingen watched as the white-haired, muscular man made his move, his hands Hand Seals.

Ninja Art: Mutual Impure World Reincarnation Technique.

The Impure World Reincarnation bodies behind him began to disappear one by one.

Chapter Twenty-Two: You're Just Going to Die

As the first line of defense along the coastal passage, the Cloud Ninja maintained a force in this city even though the main force needed to move south. Although mainly composed of new recruits, there were still over a thousand Cloud Ninja, including more than thirty Jonin Special Jōnin and five Jonin.

Among the Jonin, one was quite special.

Hidden Leaf Village's intelligence this time completely failed. Since Kumogakure was certain that Konoha, having just experienced the Third Shinobi World War and suffered the Nine-Tails' rampage and the collapse of the Hidden Leaf Village, Legendary Sannin have limited military resources to mobilize, in order to gain battlefield advantage and pacify the Land of Hot Water as soon as possible, they had sent not one, but two Jinchūriki accompanying the Fourth Raikage on his southern invasion.

Originally, after the death of the Third Raikage, the Fourth Raikage, unwilling to lose his loved ones again, issued the order that no one could leave the village without his permission, as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B.

However, such an opportunity was too rare, and Killer B kept insisting on going along, so the Fourth Raikage weighed the pros and cons and agreed to his clansman's request, taking him along.

However, considering that the commander of Leaf Village was Jiraiya, the teacher of the Yellow Flash and one of the Legendary Sannin Jiraiya, the Fourth Raikage, out of caution, ordered Killer B to garrison the South Gate City and did not enter the Land of Hot Water with the main force of the army.

Killer B got bored.

Although he was nominally stationed there, his position as commander was merely symbolic. It wasn't that he was sidelined, but rather that he simply didn't know how to do anything...

As a Jinchūriki who underwent a complete training process, Killer B's training never included legion command.

Instead, he served as a spearhead and partner of the Fourth Raikage, using the power of the Eight-Tails to conquer cities and clear obstacles for the army.

On this day, Killer B like any other day.

Then I heard the sound of the Explosive Tag exploding.

South Gate City is connected to the supply lines to the front lines, and it holds a large stockpile of military supplies. Killer B's first thought was that someone had accidentally triggered Explosive Tag.

He genuinely hadn't considered that it was an enemy attack.

The Cloud Ninja army has an absolute advantage in numbers and can form more scout teams. While it is possible for only elite enemy squads to reach the South Gate City, it is impossible for them to march there on a large scale.

Those few dared not attack the city.

So, Killer B singing practice had been interrupted, decided to stop practicing and go find that unlucky guy to chat with.

But when he pushed open the door, he saw Kakkō shooting into the sky from the south.

Killer B, who just turned 20 this year, was stunned.

Then a series of explosions reminded him.

"Damn it! Idiot!" Without even thinking about why there was an enemy attacking the city, Killer B quickly ran back to his room, grabbed his weapon, and rushed out the door.

He leaped over rooftop after rooftop and approached the southern city wall, where he witnessed a horrific scene.

Hundreds of agile and perfectly coordinated enemies are slaughtering every Cloud Ninja in their sight with terrifying efficiency.

A burly, white-haired man clad in bone armor charged into the crowd with a maniacal laugh. As soon as he entered, his bone armor split open, transforming into blades that shot out in all directions, slicing down dozens of people as easily as cutting grass.

But he was just one of them.

Killer B saw a dozen or so enemies advancing and retreating in unison, unleashing various elemental escape techniques without pause, causing the Cloud Ninja were blocking their path to fall one by one.

Many more enemies, ignoring the Cloud Ninja's attempts to stop them, were setting fire to the city. Thick smoke was billowing from most of the warehouses in the south, and the fires were growing stronger with the help of the wind, accompanied by frequent loud bangs.

Those who hoarded Explosive Tag had their roofs blown off.

Killer B was shocked and furious. Having become Perfect Jinchuriki, he immediately began to communicate with the Eight-Tails.

He thought he might be under Genjutsu; these enemies... all seemed to be Jonin- level! Although they looked like ordinary Jonin, but...

At first glance, there are at least two hundred of them! That's about the same number you'd get if you emptied out the Kumogakure!

Thankfully, there were no elites.

"Yoru of the Yotsuki?" A voice suddenly came from beside him.

The gleaming blade sliced towards Killer B's neck with impeccable angle and speed.

Their ability to seize opportunities is nothing short of ruthless.

Throughout the Cloud Village, in Killer B's memory, no one could have unleashed such a strike.

He's a veteran! An elite Jonin!

With a clang, Killer B's blade sprang up, blocking the attack.

Reflected by the blade, Killer B Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

[Not good!]

Killer B had barely entertained this thought when he was pulled into an illusion, but in an instant, the Eight-Tails, which was in harmony with his will, helped him break the Genjutsu.

Without hesitation, he channeled his Lightning Release Chakra into the blade, slicing through the enemy's weapon. Relying on his reflexes and swordsmanship honed through countless hours of practice, he cut his opponent in two with a single stroke.

But that was just a phantom.

"Not bad," the enemy glanced at the broken sword in his hand. "To use Lightning Release to this extent, impressive."

"A ninja of the Uchiha Clan, you..." Killer B's gaze froze.

This is not a living person!

Those cracked, dark gray skin, those black eye sockets—a single word popped into Killer B's mind.

"Impure World Reincarnation..."

In this timeline, no village has a more vivid memory of the Impure World Reincarnation than the Kumogakure.

Everything related to this was classified as top secret, and only a limited number of high-ranking officials and a very small elite group were able to know about it.

And that name that must not be mentioned.

The Kumogakure still seals away those sixty-three Impure World Reincarnation bodies!

Leaf Village, which initially agreed to peace talks, had no idea the extent of the losses suffered by Kumogakure!

Boom--!!!

A deafening roar shook the earth.

Killer B's gaze passed over the dead bodies ahead; the southern city wall had collapsed.

It softened like tofu, and then collapsed.

The tremors quickly spread to the ground, the earth lurched, houses were overturned in large numbers, and the Cloud Ninja were buried under the collapsing buildings amidst screams, then rolled away with the mud.

Killer B saw another Cloud Village Jonin embraced by a dead body, followed by a series of explosions that engulfed entire buildings.

These enemies are all dead!

The Konoha Ninja have once again used the Impure World Reincarnation!

"It seems this city won't last much longer," said the Uchiha Clan corpse in front. "Your people will all die too. It's not a good idea for one person to escape alone, is it?"

"Who summoned you?" Killer B asked seriously; he had no time for singing right now.

"You can't say that, that damned guy put restrictions on us." The Uchiha Clan ghost looked at Killer B with a half-smile. "Besides, I also hate the Yotsuki Clan. My name is Uchiha Kei, and you might become that guy's puppet too."