"Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
"Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson!"
Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!
"..."
One after another, exquisite Fire Release Ninjutsu were unleashed, instantly reducing the Hokage Building to ashes.
It wasn't just the Hokage Building and the Uchiha members were also engulfed in Hokage.
In order to prevent the Hokage Building from disappearing instantly, they didn't even bother to use a composite Ninjutsu to enhance the power of the Fire Style.
Looking at the raging Hokage Building, the ashes- Hiruzen Sarutobi had just extinguished the flames on his body, and the ninjas who were gathering around but hesitant to put out the fire, Uchiha Makoto and then waved his hand.
"Let's go home!"
Uchiha Makoto wasn't interested in what happened afterward at the Hokage Building, but he was certainly interested in the gift boxes that filled the entire courtyard!
"A letter of state from the daimyo of the Land of Fire, along with land deeds for shops within the Land of Land of Fire, as compensation..."
"A letter of state from the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, along with some rare treasures and secret Ninjutsu..."
"The Land of Lightning... the Land of Earth... the Land of Rivers..."
Seeing the almost identical "letter of state + gift" configuration, Uchiha Makoto's initial enthusiasm for opening blind boxes dissipated considerably.
But it's not like there's no way!
"Nonō, do you have anything that wasn't sent by daimyo from various countries?"
Uchiha Makoto looked at Nonō, who was holding a gift and making notes, and asked directly.
"Some!"
Nonō nodded affirmatively, then pointed to the few on the far side.
"Those are gifts from the Land of Iron's general, Hanzo of Amegakure, and Lord Orochimaru."
Nonō spoke, she brought over the three gifts.
"Orochimaru's?"
Upon seeing the two gift boxes tied with purple ribbons in Nonō's hands, Uchiha Makoto's eyes lit up instantly.
He hadn't forgotten the task he'd given Orochimaru!
Uchiha Makoto first took the small box, which was about the size of a dictionary, and after eagerly opening it, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
The box does indeed contain a modified version of the Impure World Reincarnation!
Starting today, Uchiha Makoto can begin his tomb raiding career!
"Whose ancestral grave should we try first?"
Uchiha Makoto thought excitedly, and even imitated Orochimaru by licking the corner of his mouth.
"Should it be the Uchiha Fugaku? Or the Uchiha Obito? Or the Uchiha Xuan clan? The Grand Elder's clan isn't out of the question either..."
Uchiha Makoto meticulously counted the families connected to the Mangekyō Sharingan in recent decades, as if counting rolls by the King of Hell.
For a moment, I didn't know who to choose.
"Sigh, I'll choose Kagami Uchiha then! It's because you're so close to me, you're really in a prime position!"
In the end, Uchiha Makoto slapped his thigh and chose the easiest "persimmon".
There's no way around it; his family has neither the manpower nor the strength, and they also have plenty of ties to him.
After deciding on the grave-digging person for tonight, Uchiha Makoto looked at the second gift box that Orochimaru had brought.
This is a long, narrow gift box, and it's quite heavy!
Uchiha Makoto weighed the options for a moment before opening the blind box again. The contents were both expected and unexpected.
"Kusanagi Sword!"
Uchiha Makoto took it out and examined it closely.
The Kusanagi Sword doesn't refer to a specific sword, but rather a sword style.
Speaking of which, the Sword of Totsuka in his hand also belongs to the Kusanagi Sword series, and could even be considered the number one Kusanagi Sword!
Bass!
Uchiha Makoto drew it, the slightly exposed blade reflecting a sharp glint of light that sent chills down one's spine!
"It's the one with the sharpness attribute!"
Uchiha Makoto recognized the sword. Although Orochimaru showed six or seven Orochimaru in the original work, he actually only had two Kusanagi Sword Orochimaru!
One is the one currently in Uchiha Makoto's hands, which possesses the attribute of sharpness; the other is the Kusanagi Sword, which can be extended at will using Nen.
In the original work, the multiple Kusanagi Sword that Orochimaru wielded were simply cut from the extendable Kusanagi Sword!
Uchiha Makoto held the Kusanagi Sword and tentatively channeled Chakra into it, making the already sharp Kusanagi Sword even sharper!
"Even when you get close, you can feel its unparalleled sharpness!"
Uchiha Makoto examined the Kusanagi Sword in his hand, liking it more and more. As his physical abilities improved, his once-handy katana was now becoming a hindrance.
"I was originally planning to forge a sword entirely made of Chakra Metal, but now I don't have to bother with that anymore."
"Orochimaru is quite willing to spend money."
Only after Uchiha Makoto reluctantly put away Kusanagi Sword Orochimaru had placed at the bottom of the box.
Uchiha Makoto opened it, glanced at it briefly, and then put it down.
"Nonō."
"Exist."
Nonō answered respectfully.
"You replied to Orochimaru with your choice of words, stating directly that I would no longer hold Jiraiya the Sand Ninja Village, but Hiruzen Sarutobi..."
Speaking of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Uchiha Makoto recalled the scene from just a while when this guy was digging a hole for the Uchiha. After a moment of silence, he continued.
"As for Hiruzen Sarutobi, I won't deliberately target him."
After finishing speaking, Uchiha Makoto watched Nonō leave, silently adding another sentence to his mind.
'I just wanted to kill him, not target him!'
Furthermore, if the Fourth Shinobi World War weren't still ongoing, Hiruzen Sarutobi would probably already be plotting some underhanded scheme.
"They're still too leisurely; they even have time to scheme..."
Thinking of the Konoha High Command who were jumping up and down in the intelligence reports, Uchiha Makoto narrowed his eyes, determined to put even more pressure on them!
He still has a Wood Release ninja card in his hand that he hasn't used yet!
"No, no rush. It's the end of the year, a time when they're most relaxed and fatigued. They need to rest well so they'll have the energy and hope to start a new round of fighting!"
"A Wood Release ninja, created through human experimentation, coupled with the pressure I exerted, yet I tacitly allowed them to intercept and kill Wood Release..."
"Tsk tsk tsk, yet another guy who's had a relationship with Shimura Danzō!"
After considering his Uchiha Makoto ultimately decided to temporarily abandon the idea of directly putting pressure on Konoha.
On the contrary, he has more important things to do now!
"New Year's Eve is the perfect day to dig up graves!"
"How can a family reunion be complete without the elders!"
Looking at the sunset on the horizon, Uchiha Makoto casually picked up a pickaxe and excitedly headed towards the ancestral graves of the Uchiha Xuan clan.
Today he's going to show Uchiha Xuan what a "real, living ghost" truly means!
How will Uchiha Xuan react when his father, who has been dead for many years, reappears before him?
'Father, you're not dead yet?'
As he added sound to the images in his mind, Uchiha Makoto laughed even harder.
"Just thinking about this scene is exciting!"