...Asura of the Ninja World, I see. Are you that kid, Madara Uchiha? Tajima Uchiha's son... I never thought that brat from back then would actually become the head of the Uchiha. Truly, each generation of the Uchiha clan is worse than the last.
Woman! Who on earth are you?
I am the monster you call the ultimate weapon, a vengeful ghost destined to exact revenge on the Uchiha clan! You stripped me of my name and called me Nameless. But in the future, I will stand upon the ruins of the Uchiha clan and reclaim the name Uchiha Hikari!
Chapter 80: Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Ultimate weapon.
Nameless?
The Asura of the Ninja World within the underground cave pondered for a brief moment before belatedly recalling records that might pertain to this matter. In the era when his grandfather was still alive, the Uchiha clan had once briefly possessed an undefeated, all-conquering ultimate weapon.
Only later, that ultimate weapon seemed to have been sealed by people from other ninja clans for some reason, and his father had also attempted to unseal the weapon, but ultimately failed to achieve his goal.
As for himself,
he had no interest in such things.
He himself was already capable of facing other ninja clans and emerging undefeated in every battle; what need did he have to rely on a so-called ultimate weapon?
So the ultimate weapon they spoke of refers to you?
Though I have heard of your existence... I see, you are a wielder of the Mangekyō.
Madara Uchiha gazed at the girl with extremely delicate facial features and a lingering trace of childishness, his brows involuntarily locking together. With his arrogance, to be honest, he somewhat looked down on those ancestors who had forcibly treated this young girl as an ultimate weapon.
Actually, her Mangekyō Sharingan ability fits your plan quite well, Mr. Madara.
Who are you?
Madara Uchiha furrowed his brows, turning his gaze toward the orange-haired young man. On him, he could faintly perceive the pupil power belonging to the Uchiha.
Shirou Emiya.
You know of my plan?
The Eye of the Moon, the Infinite Tsukuyomi, am I right?
Hearing Emiya directly call out those words, Madara Uchiha almost instinctively began to leak a murderous intent. At that exact same moment, Uchiha Hikari's pupils began to reveal a sinister, scarlet hue.
Brat, if you dare to make a move, I will kill you at all costs!
The expression of the Warring States-period Uchiha grand-grandmother was laced with a hint of pathological madness. Her pupil power locked onto Minazuki Ren, who was close at hand; the moment he showed the slightest sign of moving, she would unhesitatingly unleash Amaterasu and burn him to ashes.
Trivial. Someone who hasn't even possessed straight-tomoe Mangekyō is nothing more than a mediocre individual.
Facing that pair of Mangekyō eyes, Madara's attitude remained calm, composed, and arrogantly self-satisfied.
Brat, how do you know my secret?
Somewhere in this world, there is a massive source of energy capable of even supporting people in traveling to the past and future, arbitrarily altering space and time.
Oh? Kid... what is that energy?
A flash of light appeared in Madara Uchiha's eyes. If he could return to the past, as long as he crushed that fellow Hashirama and protected Izuna... no, as long as he returned to the past, he could keep all his younger brothers safe, conquer the Senju clan, and thoroughly subjugate everything in the world under the Uchiha.
There is no need to be in such a rush, Mr. Madara. Let's talk about this topic after your true body and we meet in person.
Kid, what do you want?
Although he was accustomed to obtaining everything he wanted through force, he was not a completely brainless fool in the true sense. The person before him knew his plan and remained this composed even when standing right in front of him; clearly, he had the confidence to deal with him.
He was already old and frail now; even if he forcibly activated his life force to possess peak combat capability for a single time, after that, all his remaining life force would be thoroughly burned away. However, many aspects of his plan had yet to be arranged, and currently was not the time to clash with the man before him.
Therefore,
if he could achieve his goal through negotiation, he didn't mind making a transaction with the other party.
The Power of All Creation.
Kid, you are being too greedy.
The other party had directly targeted what was currently his most precious possession, and a cold glint appeared in Madara's eyes. Yet Shirou merely smiled.
Mr. Madara, the Rinnegan may be an invaluable treasure in your hands, but once you truly grasp its genetic code and operational principles, I can easily manufacture thousands of pairs of these Rinnegan.
Byakugan, Tenseigan, Sharingan, Rinnegan, Jōgan, Black Eye... If we merely restrict ourselves to one kind of Dōjutsu Kekkei Genkai originating from the Ōtsutsuki Clan, we are merely sitting in a well and viewing the sky.
What on earth are you talking about? Black Eye? Tenseigan? Jōgan? These are all Dōjutsu I have never heard of... And what do you mean by originating from the Ōtsutsuki Clan?
Indra Ōtsutsuki, the eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, and the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, naturally possessed the perfect Immortal's Eye, the Sharingan. His Sharingan was actually a weakened derivation from the bloodline of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, while the Sage of Six Paths' bloodline originated from a clan beyond the heavens. His mother was Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who is currently sealed within the moon in the sky... Mr. Madara, do you know what scene will occur when you use the Infinite Tsukuyomi on the entire ninja world through the moon?
Shirou stared smilingly at this Asura of the Ninja World, completely unconcerned about anyone as he wantonly delivered massive spoilers.
The spiritual will that you believe split off from yourself, a fellow named Black Zetsu—the third son of the Rabbit Goddess, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki—will smoothly treat you as a sacrifice to resurrect his mother. When the time comes, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki will logically inherit everything you planned: the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Rinnegan, the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki... and the chakra of the entire ninja world.
... ... ...
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Old Madara within the underground cave violently clenched his fists. He could not believe that he had actually been deceived by the clone of his own spiritual will—that thing was clearly a part he had actively wanted to split off... to act as the agent of his future will.
Emotional value from Madara Uchiha +35
Don't be so quick to deny me, Mr. Madara. I come with sincerity to cooperate. If you are willing to cooperate with us, whether it is restoring youth or resurrecting Hashirama Senju, Izuna Uchiha, and the others, those are all extremely simple matters.
You and our side, combined with the Ōtsutsuki branch family guarding Kaguya Ōtsutsuki on the moon... this ninja world is merely a drop in the ocean within this vast universe.
This narrow ninja world has probably long since become a small fishpond restricting you from playing to your heart's content, Mr. Madara.
Who are you?
People of "Trailblazing," following the ideals of the Aeon of Preservation, Aevium, Nameless wanderers who continually launch explorations into the unknown and the unknowable. If you leave this tiny ninja world, you will find that the outer cosmic starry sky holds far too much excitement. Enemies comparable to your arch-rival Hashirama Senju are everywhere, powerhouses capable of easily destroying the ninja world are as numerous as crossing carp, and monsters that can crush planets with a single blow are not a minority either.
A brand-new world, wouldn't you... feel your heart stir?
Chapter 81: The Asura of the Ninja World preparing to face reality.
Beneath the Land of Earth,
within a subterranean cave that never saw the sun,
Madara Uchiha closed his eyes and released the Transcription Seal jutsu controlling the Third Mizukage. Everything the man had said echoed continuously in his mind.
Indeed, just as he had said, ever since he lost his arch-rival Hashirama Senju, it had been far too long since he had found a skilled opponent whom he could look squarely in the eye and cross blows with.
Old age and frailty were not actually the reasons why he had sunk underground.
Though the Rinnegan was immensely useful to him,
his straight-tomoe Mangekyō was also enough to let him easily trample the current ninja world.
However...
It was meaningless.
Even if he forcibly unified the world, after his death, the Uchiha's rule would still collapse.
He simply was not willing to let the era established by Hashirama Senju—963—easily fall apart before a better alternative existed.
If he had a better plan to completely crush the ninja village era that Hashirama Senju took pride in, he would unhesitatingly...
Unfortunately, after much deliberation, the Infinite Tsukuyomi had crystallized into his ultimate plan.
And now, that person had pointed out right to his face that behind the Infinite Tsukuyomi, there was actually a mastermind guiding him to take that step?
Would I, Madara Uchiha, really be toyed with like a clown?
Instinctively, his heart wanted to deny it, but after a long, heavy silence, he decided to test that fellow...
If he truly was the so-called third son of the Rabbit Goddess,
a fierce glint appeared in Madara Uchiha's pupils. He wouldn't care whether that fellow was the so-called son of a goddess; he would only care that he had actually been utilized, toyed with, and wantonly manipulated like a chess piece by such a petty person.
Resurrecting Izuna and Hashirama—such matters are not urgently needed right this moment. If he can truly help me regain my youth and bring me into a broader world... perhaps I can try trusting him once.
Precious though the Rinnegan was,
Madara Uchiha did not care about it excessively.
As a strong person, he never believed that Kekkei Genkai achieved him; rather, he achieved his Kekkei Genkai.
Even against an enemy who also possessed the Rinnegan, he still had sufficient confidence to personally crush them.
The strong remain strong; he possessed the conviction and confidence forged from wading through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Even if he lost a pair of Rinnegan, as long as he temporarily acquired a pair of Sharingan, he would still be that same Asura of the Ninja World from back then.
Ōtsutsuki, Byakugan, Black Eye, Sharingan, Jōgan... How many secrets remain in this world that I, Madara Uchiha, have yet to know?
If such a race truly exists, by seizing their power, I might also be able to develop a Dōjutsu Kekkei Genkai unique to Madara Uchiha.
The Sharingan was handed down by his ancestors.
And now they were telling him the Rinnegan was also handed down by his ancestors.
That being the case, he, Madara Uchiha, would break away from the framework of the Sharingan and the Rinnegan and give birth to a "Dōjutsu" belonging solely to himself.
Let's deal with that fellow Black Zetsu first. If there really is a problem on his end, then everything that brat said will truly have value worth believing.
The overturning of the Land of Whirlpools really did have this old thing behind the scenes.
Released from the genjutsu, the Third Mizukage failed to last even a single round under Uchiha Hikari's nose before once again being honorably captured a second time by Sharingan genjutsu.
As spoils of war, Shirou dragged this Mizukage into the Land of Whirlpools. Ice Release Kekkei Genkai was a good thing; when the time came, it could be handed over to Mei as an experimental subject.
The remaining ninjas on the battlefield were also completely swept away by the two Creation Engine units, and the few scattered survivors were reduced to prisoners. Post-battle summary... the Uzumaki clan had fewer than twenty injured and zero dead. The two Creation Engine units combined had annihilated at least twenty-eight hundred enemy soldiers, leaving only about two hundred ninjas from the Three Great Ninja Villages locked away in the dungeons.
With this, the fallen-country incident of the Land of Whirlpools was completely rewritten.
When the fate of this nation was rewritten, many things were actually invisibly altered to a massive degree. For instance, Konoha would never again be able to obtain a stable consumable source of Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Furthermore, now that Konoha had completely lost the Land of Whirlpools as an ally, in the future, it would no longer receive any grants or returns in the field of sealing jutsu. After losing a massive amount of ninja personnel sources, the other three ninja villages would enter a phase of being forced to rest and recuperate.
If the Second Great Ninja War could not arrive in time...
That group of old fogies among Konoha's F4 should be able to thoroughly squander Konoha's foundations clean.
If Minato Namikaze lost the opportunity to make his debut in the Second Great Ninja War, becoming the Fourth Hokage would be practically impossible.
Did I crush the little blondie's catalyst for rise to prominence?
Actually, he quite liked a character like Minato Namikaze; it was just a pity that this person's personality was a bit too soft. Even if lifted up to the cosmic starry sky, one would always feel this person was the very standard, conventional type...
Forget it, he's still just a little brat right now; there's no need to waste time on him.
The Uchiha clan doesn't have any outstanding talents right now either; Mirror Uchiha also died on the battlefield...
The Hyuga Family is even more heavyweight...
Speaking of which, Sakumo Hatake is probably still alive right now. Konoha's White Hatake who lives forever in memories, a chopping king who relies not on ninjutsu but solely on swordsmanship—I'll have a chance to contact him later.
After rapidly reviewing the valuable personnel within the ninja world in his mind, Mr. Emiya instead felt somewhat lacking in interest. His youth was spent together with the Konoha 12; right now, it was the stage where the parents of the Konoha 12 were still working hard to grow, hardly any better than the unburnable plot of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
The ninja sample collection plan can also officially begin. I wonder if there are any members of the Kaguya clan among the ninjas of Kirigakure who attacked.
As for Konoha over there...
Mr. Emiya rubbed his head slightly. Those war criminals could be dismissed, but making him capture innocent people as experimental subjects really felt somewhat inappropriate.
I'll openly invite volunteers later on.
With the incident of the Land of Whirlpools completely concluded, Emiya began considering whether there were any other suitable items on the ninja side worth getting his hands on. The Six Paths Divine Artifacts didn't hold much significance; if he really had to mention something, that turtle left behind on Earth by the Ōtsutsuki clan was actually quite useful.
However, that turtle seemed to be an anime-only original? Who knows if this world actually has it...
If I get that turtle, it seems I could use it to travel to other worlds whenever I have the chance. If I can travel to the Xianzhou eight hundred years ago and directly snatch Bai Heng back... Hiss, and Cangcheng, Yuque... But since it involves the time domain of Honkai: Star Rail, who knows how much effect it would have? I'll get my hands on it first and talk later.
There's also Teyvat five hundred years ago. If I can snatch Makoto Raiden back, Ei Raiden can be settled directly...
Chapter 82: Help me, Hertaemon. (4/5)
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