The God of Shinobi Takes the Stage

Rumble!

The ground shook violently as the earth churned and split apart.

Two majestic figures from a bygone era slowly rose from the soil.

The one on the left wore the Hokage's robes, carrying himself with calm authority.

A grim Wood Release chakra faintly swirled around him.

He was none other than Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage who had founded Konoha and brought peace to an age of chaos!

The man on the right had eyes as sharp as blades, his bearing cold and aloof.

He was proficient in Water Release and all manner of forbidden techniques, unmatched in intellect and ruthless in his methods.

He was Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage!

The two founding ancestors of Konoha had been forcibly summoned back from the Pure Land into the present world by the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Their bodies were shrouded in lifeless gray chakra, their eyes vacant and devoid of spirit.

Completely controlled by Orochimaru's chakra, the ancient pressure radiating from them—

—nearly suffocated everyone present, making even breathing difficult.

The entire venue instantly fell deathly silent.

Everyone looked horrified, their bodies turning cold.

Summoning the long-dead Hokage of past generations into battle—such a heaven-defying, bizarre forbidden technique—

—it utterly surpassed everyone's understanding, terrifying beyond measure.

Even well-traveled veterans like Might Guy and Asuma had their pupils shrink, disbelief written across their faces.

The Third Hokage's expression was even graver than ever.

In an instant, he had fallen into a desperate situation where he would have to fight three opponents alone.

Facing Orochimaru, along with the First and Second Hokage from ancient times—

—the situation was perilous to the extreme.

Just as battle was about to erupt, when everyone believed the Third Hokage was about to face this hopeless situation alone—

—a slender figure slowly stepped out from the crowd.

The power of spacetime continuously circulated around him.

The scarlet light of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan shot into the sky.

He walked straight before the First and Second Hokage, facing the two ancient powerhouses alone.

"Old man Third, at a time like this, Danzo still isn't coming out to help you. Looks like your relationship isn't all that good."

"Fine, leave this to me. Orochimaru is yours."

Uchiha Mu spoke calmly, yet his tone carried unshakable confidence.

"I alone will hold back the First and Second Hokage."

The entire crowd erupted into an uproar.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with shock.

One person, holding back Konoha's two founding Hokage alone?

This was simply unheard of, utterly unimaginable!

Even the strongest shinobi in the ninja world would not dare claim they could withstand two Hokage by themselves.

Yet Uchiha Mu was only fifteen or sixteen, and he possessed such courage and confidence.

Temari stood among the crowd, her heart suddenly tightening.

Her eyes were filled with worry and admiration.

She feared that Uchiha Mu would fall into danger while facing two ancient Hokage alone.

Yet she was also deeply moved by his courage and sense of responsibility.

He could have stayed out of it, yet he willingly stepped forward to share the Third Hokage's burden.

With the body of a youth, he shouldered Konoha's crisis.

That bearing completely swept her heart away.

She tightly gripped the folding fan in her hand, her gaze fixed without blinking on that proud, solitary figure.

Her heart was full of concern as she silently prayed for him.

The young girl's feelings had long since become a heart full of concern and admiration, impossible to conceal any longer.

Orochimaru frowned deeply, a trace of apprehension rising within him.

He immediately controlled the First and Second Hokage, intending to join forces and break free from Uchiha Mu's restraint.

They would first crush this troublesome boy together, then join forces to besiege the Third Hokage.

But the next moment—

Uchiha Mu's eyes narrowed slightly as the power of spacetime around him instantly spread, enveloping dozens of yards in every direction.

Spacetime: Stasis Prison!

Invisible laws of spacetime transformed into sturdy barriers, tightly binding the First and Second Hokage.

The entire space instantly froze.

The two ancient Hokage's movements abruptly became incomparably sluggish, as though they had sunk into a thick swamp.

Even as they circulated their chakra with all their strength and slammed against the spatial barriers, chakra surging wildly around them—

—they still could not break free from this bizarre spacetime confinement. Every movement was firmly restricted.

Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, stirred slightly in his vacant gaze.

It seemed that this strange power of spacetime had roused him. He slowly lifted his eyes and looked at the Uchiha youth before him, who was only fifteen or sixteen.

When he sensed the rich, condensed chakra within the youth's body and his extraordinary spacetime eye technique—

—and then saw that unmistakable Uchiha Clan Sharingan—

—a barely noticeable trace of surprise and gratification flashed through his eyes.

All his life, he had devoted himself to protecting Konoha's peace. His greatest wish had been for Konoha to produce talent after talent and prosper through the generations.

He had originally thought that the Uchiha Clan, having withered through years of war, would never again produce an unparalleled genius.

Yet he had never expected that such a young and powerful Uchiha descendant would emerge within Konoha today.

At such a young age, he had already mastered bizarre spacetime powers and could restrain both himself and Tobirama, two Hokage, with his own strength.

His talent and foundation far surpassed those of any shinobi of his generation.

Konoha had worthy successors. Its future was promising.

This filled the founding father of Konoha with heartfelt joy and comfort.

Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage beside him, grew increasingly cold-eyed.

His heart was filled with resentment and apprehension that he could not calm.

All his life, he had feared the Uchiha Clan's talent and eye techniques.

He had spent his life guarding against the Uchiha Clan's rise, establishing countless rules to keep them in check.

His entire life had been a struggle against the Uchiha Clan's power.

But now, he was personally witnessing the emergence of such a heaven-defying Uchiha youth.

At such a young age, he possessed the terrifying strength to restrain two Hokage.

He had mastered a spacetime eye technique that even Tobirama could not see through.

His heart was filled with unwillingness, apprehension, and helplessness.

Yet at this moment, he had long since died and returned to the earth, his body forcibly controlled by Impure World Reincarnation.

And he was firmly imprisoned within Uchiha Mu's spacetime cage, unable to break free anytime soon.

He could only remain trapped, helplessly watching this Uchiha descendant display peerless brilliance.

One was filled with gratification, while the other's heart was in turmoil.

The two Hokage had entirely different states of mind, yet both were firmly restrained by Uchiha Mu.

They could not break free to besiege the Third Hokage.

This completely ruined Orochimaru's scheme to attack from both sides.

The battlefield was instantly divided into two areas.

In one, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, wielded the Adamantine Staff as he fought a fated battle to the death against his former disciple, Orochimaru.

Ninjutsu, summoning techniques, and taijutsu collided wildly. Explosions shook the heavens as the flames of war swept through every direction.

In the other, Uchiha Mu stood alone in the air, using his spacetime eye technique to steadily imprison and restrain the First and Second Hokage.

But everyone understood.

The First and Second Hokage were peak Kage-class powerhouses, standing at the very pinnacle of the ninja world.

They had shaped the entire ninja world's landscape, and their secret techniques were unmatched in the world.

A mere spacetime confinement could never trap the two Hokage for long.

Sure enough.

After only a few breaths of stalemate—

Hashirama Senju let out a low roar, and his vast, endless senjutsu chakra erupted.

With his Sage Body, infinitely close to immortality, pushed to its limits—

—the frozen space around him began to crack and tremble without end.

Countless spatial cracks continuously appeared and vanished.

Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands! (Weakened Impure World Reincarnation version)

Hashirama Senju held nothing back.

Massive wooden Buddha arms filled the sky, densely packed and blotting out the sun.

Every Buddha hand possessed the terrifying power to easily crush a Kage-class powerhouse.

Thousands upon thousands of Buddha hands smashed down at once, forcibly collapsing space itself.

The Stasis Prison Uchiha Mu had created shattered with a deafening blast!

Terrifying shockwaves swept in every direction, instantly collapsing vast stretches of buildings in the distance.

Dust shot into the sky as the aftershock directly destroyed half of Konoha's outer district.

Everyone present turned deathly pale and retreated frantically.

This was the true power of the God of Shinobi!

A casual strike could destroy entire sections of a town!