Undercurrents beneath the Divine Kingdom's Iron Curtain! A Cry of Revenge from the Desert!

"Should we start with his two newborn ' Divine Offspring,' who are showered with love and affection, and let him taste the despair of losing his beloved?"

Orochimaru's words, filled with extreme malice and madness, were like a poisoned dagger, precisely piercing Danzo's darkest and most desired heart!

Let Uchiha Gen'yō taste the bitterness of despair?

Once this thought arose, it spread like wildfire, instantly burning away the last shred of reason and fear in Danzo's heart!

His wrinkled old face flushed red with extreme excitement and twisted pleasure, and his single eye blazed with an unprecedented, demonic light!

That's right! That's exactly it!

Simply killing Uchiha Gen'yō isn't enough! That would be too easy on him!

He must watch helplessly as the empire he built crumbles!

He must watch helplessly as his most cherished bloodline is ruthlessly wiped out!

He must fall from that high throne of God, be smashed to pieces, and die in endless pain and regret!

This is the most perfect revenge against the Uchiha Clan, against the demon who destroyed Konoha!

"Heh heh heh heh, hahahaha!" Danzo let out a burst of suppressed, hoarse, owl-like laughter. " Orochimaru! You truly are the only true confidant in my life Shimura Danzō!"

"Well done! Absolutely brilliant!" He slammed his cane heavily on the ground, his frenzied state surpassing even Orochimaru's.

"That's it!" Danzo's eyes gleamed with a venomous calculation. "That brat must think he's safe now! All his attention is definitely on that so-called ' Yin Moon ' crisis! This is our best opportunity!"

"When he thought he was the hunter on the chessboard, he didn't realize he had already become the prey on our chessboard!"

" Orochimaru, begin preparing the ceremony immediately! I want to see this invincible ' Hokage Legion ' appear before me as quickly as possible!" Danzo said in an authoritative tone.

However, Orochimaru merely looked at him with amusement, a hint of mockery flashing in his golden snake eyes.

" Danzo, you seem to have misunderstood something." Orochimaru's voice was languid, yet carried a chilling undertone. "Right now, I'm in control of this game. It's you who's asking me for a favor."

"These 'sacrifices' aren't enough to get my full cooperation." Orochimaru licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with undisguised greed. "I need more resources, more interesting experimental subjects."

Danzo's face froze instantly.

He knew the venomous snake had started to bargain.

"What do you want?" Danzo suppressed his anger and asked coldly.

"It's very simple." Orochimaru's face revealed an innocent smile. "I heard that in order to promote that ' Divine Offspring ' plan, the Divine Kingdom has gathered a large number of Kekkei Genkai users from all over the Shinobi World. Especially Kirigakure, Mei Terumi took a thousand of the best female 'gifts' to the moon."

"I'm not interested in those women's bodies," Orochimaru's voice was filled with a pure thirst for research. "I only want their genes! Boil Release, Lava Release, Shikotsumyaku, Ice Release. Just imagine, Danzo, if I could 'graft' these interesting Kekkei Genkai onto our Hokage Legion..."

"A Second Hokage who can use Ice Release, and a Fourth Hokage who can unleash Lava Release. What a magnificent work of art that would be!"

madman!

A complete madman!

Danzo cursed inwardly, but his face remained impassive.

He knew that he was now completely bound to this venomous snake, with no way to turn back.

"Fine," Danzo out through gritted teeth, "I'll have the Root people find a way to get you the gene sample you want. But my patience is limited, Orochimaru! I'm giving you one month! After one month, I must see your ' God-Slaying Legion '!"

"Heh, deal." Orochimaru chuckled with satisfaction. "Then, while we wait for the 'materials' to arrive, it's time to have your men invite some 'audience' for this grand 'drama'."

"After all, the few of us alone cannot shake that vast Divine Kingdom."

A glint flashed in Danzo's eyes, and he sneered, "You don't need to remind me of that."

at the same time.

Thousands of kilometers away from the Land of Rice Fields, in the heart of what was once the Land of Wind, now known as the " Divine Kingdom, Capital of Wind."

The scene of endless yellow sand is long gone.

Under the terrifying infrastructure capabilities of the Divine Kingdom and the "sand prevention and forest stabilization" project personally supervised by the Minister of Kurotsuchi, wide windbreak forest belts, like green dragons, block the raging desert. Huge pumping towers and water vapor condensation devices have sprung up, bringing moist air into this arid land.

On the city's main thoroughfares, camels and horse-drawn carriages no longer crisscross the streets; instead, smooth and quiet railcars, powered by Chakra, whiz by.

The buildings lining both sides of the street were uniformly planned, neat and clean. The shops were filled with a dazzling array of goods from the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth. Everyone's face was filled with a peaceful and contented smile.

Everything here is completely different from the barren, backward, and lifeless Sunagakure of a month ago.

However, beneath this seemingly prosperous and harmonious scene, undercurrents are still surging.

In the Puppet Master's Workshop District of the Capital of Wind, in the underground secret chamber of the oldest workshop, which bears the plaque "Jin Song".

Under the dim light of an oil lamp, an old man with white hair and beard, and a face full of wrinkles, but whose hands were still steady and nimble like those of a twenty-year-old, was carefully wiping a long-forgotten, grotesque black puppet.

The old man's name was Ebizo, one of the few remaining elders of Sunagakure, and the Chiyo brother of Chiyo, the grandmother of the former hero " Sasori of the Red Sands ".

" Lord Ebizo."

A deep voice came from the shadows of the secret room.

Ebizo continued wiping the puppet, then asked calmly, "Any news?"

A middle-aged ninja, dressed in the uniform of the Sunagakure, but with a hint of resentment and humiliation on his face, emerged from the shadows. He was a former member of the Kazekage's guard, and one of the few remaining "stubborn" who still harbored illusions about the old days.

" Rasa, no, that traitor Rasa!" the middle-aged ninja said through gritted teeth, "He issued a new ' Divine Kingdom Decree' today, requiring all registered puppeteers to provide their core technologies to the Divine Kingdom's ' Ministry of Science and Technology ' free of charge in exchange for so-called 'contribution points' and 'citizenship levels'!"

"This is going to wipe out the last roots of our Sunagakure!"

Ebizo finally stopped moving.

He slowly raised his head, a cold glint flashing in his cloudy old eyes.

" Rasa was just doing what he had to do," Ebizo's voice was incredibly hoarse. "Before a god who can wipe out a great nation with a flick of his wrist, any resistance is foolish. He chose this method to buy Sunagakure space to survive in the new era. From a 'Kage's' perspective, he wasn't wrong."

"But!" the middle-aged ninja exclaimed, "Are we just going to stand by and watch the legacy passed down from our ancestors be taken away by the Uchiha?! Are we going to forget the hatred for our compatriots who were killed by Konoha and the Uchiha, and for the Third Kazekage?!"

"I'm not reconciled! None of us are reconciled!"

From a corner of the secret room, more ninjas emerged. They were all elites of Sunagakure, warriors who had once fought valiantly against Konoha Ninja on the battlefield. Now, however, they could only hide in this dark corner like rats in a sewer, barely clinging to life.

Looking at the flames of resentment in their eyes, Ebizo remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a long sigh.

"I'm unwilling to accept it, but what can I do?"

"You've all witnessed that man's power. His empire is now impregnable; our strength is barely enough to tickle him."

The entire secret room fell into a deathly silence and despair.

Yes, they all know.

The rule of the Divine Kingdom had long been deeply ingrained in people's hearts. Those liberated civilians, and those lower-ranking ninjas who gained a better life and higher status, had long regarded Uchiha Gen'yō as a god.

These "beneficiaries" of the old era are the ones who have been abandoned.

Just then, a figure wearing a raccoon mask and exuding an ominous aura appeared silently in the center of the secret room like a ghost.

"What if there was a way to kill that 'god'?"

The figure made a sound like sandpaper being rubbed together.

Who goes there?!

The Sunagakure in the secret room were instantly alarmed, instinctively assuming fighting stances, and countless poisoned Senbon and puppet threads were aimed at the uninvited guest.

However, the man in the raccoon mask seemed oblivious to the murderous aura surrounding him.

He simply took a scroll from his pocket and tossed it in front of Ebizo.

"A token of Konoha's 'Root'," the tanuki-masked man said hoarsely. "Our lord, Lord Shimura Danzō, wishes to discuss a deal with you all regarding 'god-slaying'."

" Shimura Danzō?" Ebizo's pupils constricted sharply. "That darkness of Konoha? He's not dead yet?"

"Our lord will join forces with Orochimaru to summon the three Hokage back to the mortal realm through the forbidden technique ' Impure World Reincarnation,' forming an ' Avengers' Allied Forces ' capable of overthrowing the Divine Kingdom."

The words of the man in the raccoon mask were like a bombshell, exploding in the deathly silent chamber!

Resurrecting the three Hokage?!

To confront the God of Uchiha?!

At this moment, the breathing of all the Sunagakure became extremely heavy, and their eyes blazed with an unbelievable, fanatical light!

Ebizo stared intently at the scroll, then glanced at the spotless black puppet beside him—the " Human Puppet " that sealed the Third Kazekage's strongest power.

His hands began to tremble violently and uncontrollably.

The raccoon masked man watched Ebizo's reaction and let out a satisfied, hoarse laugh.

He slowly approached Ebizo and, in a voice only the two of them could hear, uttered a devilish phrase that Ebizo could not refuse.

" Lord Ebizo, Lord Danzo also asked me to pass on a message to you."

"He said that if you could join, he could ask Lord Orochimaru Lord Orochimaru also bring your revered 'hero'..."

"Were they also pulled back from the Pure Land?"