Valley of the End 2.0

"Majestic Attire: Susanoo!"

Uchiha Hikari gripped the Nine-Tails' furry head with both hands, and Dōjutsu Power flared in her eyes.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others watched tensely.

The Nine-Tails, taller than a mountain, became covered in black armor. It looked like a demon that had walked out of hell.

"That technique?!" Hiruzen's expression shifted again and again.

Years ago, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had agreed to settle their conflict in the Valley of the End.

Both had possessed such terrifying strength, and their techniques had caused such devastation, that Hiruzen Sarutobi and many others had never witnessed that ultimate battle.

But Konoha's histories contained a rough account of it.

That account included the technique Madara Uchiha had used: Majestic Attire: Susanoo.

To defeat the First Hokage, Madara Uchiha had captured the mighty Nine-Tails with Genjutsu and enlisted its aid, pushing Susanoo's power to its limit.

Hiruzen had never imagined he would see a technique he knew only from history books appear before him decades later.

"Roar!"

The Nine-Tails reared up and roared at the sky, a weapon clutched in each paw.

They were no longer scythes, but two long blades wreathed in fierce Black Flames.

"World peace?"

"Your idea of world peace is dragging everyone into a Genjutsu to live out a false life?"

The Nine-Tails loomed before Kazan with overwhelming force, but he was not afraid.

"Stop reading my mind!"

Standing atop the Nine-Tails' head, Uchiha Hikari drove it forward.

One blade fell, sending a wave of sword energy sweeping across an untold distance.

Cold sweat broke out all over Hiruzen Sarutobi.

What had he just seen?

That strike had nearly cleaved Konoha in two, leaving a massive scar across the village.

Countless houses had been reduced to dust.

Fortunately, they had had the foresight to evacuate the