Orochimaru, his soul wounded, was deathly pale, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. Seeing the smile on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face as he fell, he was instantly filled with rage, and couldn't help but grit his teeth and curse.
"You old fool! What are you laughing at?!"
Although Orochimaru knew in his heart that this matter was most likely related to Uya, he could not possibly cause trouble for Uya. If Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't used the Reaper Death Seal at the last minute, this situation would not have occurred!
The damage to the soul is extremely serious, which directly means that Orochimaru may not be able to exert even a trace of power in the short term, and even his Living Corpse Reincarnation is also unusable. In other words, he is now suddenly in a very awkward situation.
This was something Orochimaru hadn't anticipated at all.
Orochimaru glanced around Konoha; almost everyone was unconscious and collapsed, except for Kimimaro, Kakashi, and the others. Although they were lying there, they hadn't completely lost consciousness and managed to stand up again.
Looking into the distance again, Uya remained standing there, seemingly unwilling to speak. Orochimaru's eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything either. Instead, he turned around and, after a few leaps, left Konoha.
Konoha was in ruins, with rubble and flames everywhere.
Kakashi, Might Guy, and the others, who had stood up, couldn't help but show a hint of shock as they looked at this scene, as could Kimimaro and the others.
In an instant, almost all of the tens of thousands of people in Konoha were rendered unconscious; such power was nothing short of a miracle.
Even now, they still don't understand what exactly happened!
"Another force has vanished..."
Karin possesses the strongest spiritual power because her powerful perception is actually a manifestation of her strong spiritual strength, which is why she is the one who recovers the fastest.
After recovering, she sensed that the power that had seemed to be gathering had completely disappeared.
However, that power did not seem to have disappeared; it had simply dispersed throughout this world.
What exactly is that?
Karin gazed at Uya in the distance, a hint of surprise and uncertainty on her face. Moreover, this was the first time she had ever seen Uya in this state.
The black sphere beside Uya gave her an extremely terrifying feeling, as if she absolutely could not touch it under any circumstances.
" Lord Uya, what... what just happened?!"
Kakashi gazed at the silent Konoha, took a deep breath, and cautiously looked at Uya in the distance, unable to resist asking a question.
At the same time, seeing the black sphere floating behind Uya, and the black scepter that had appeared in Uya's hand at some unknown time, Kakashi felt a strange sense of unease.
Even without Karin's sensory abilities, he still had a feeling that the black thing was extremely dangerous!
Moreover, Uya in this state felt extremely unfamiliar to him; his aura seemed to far surpass that of ordinary ninjas, as if he had transcended to another level.
"Nothing."
Uya completely shattered a portion of Princess Kaguya's will. Although he failed to destroy it, he sensed that her will showed no signs of reviving. He shook his head, turned to Kakashi, and without explaining, simply said something casually before flashing into Konoha.
Hinata, Anko, and the others were awakened as Uya's figure flashed past them, gently touching their foreheads.
However, Uya did not linger or wait for them to fully wake up. Instead, after a few flashes within Konoha, he arrived beside Kimimaro and the others.
"Let's go back to Amegakure."
After nodding slightly to Kimimaro and the others, Uya did not join them. Instead, he flashed again and appeared on the distant horizon before disappearing completely.
Kimimaro and the others were strong enough that they didn't need Uya's escort.
"Yes, Lord Uya."
Upon hearing Uya's instructions, Kimimaro and the other two bowed to Uya, glanced at Konoha, and then left.
In the Shinobi World, within a strange ruin.
The place is filled with strange patterns and symbols. Many of the ruins bear the shape of Tomoe. It is similar to Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave, a secret realm that is generally inaccessible and imperceptible.
Black Zetsu's figure stood there, gazing in a distant direction, before finally shaking his head.
"It still doesn't work."
"Mother couldn't revive without enough power Chakra, but that guy Uya actually managed to make Mother's will feel threatened and actively want to revive..." Black Zetsu said hoarsely, a deep sense of fear flashing in his eyes as he spoke.
"I never expected that his threat would be more serious than I thought. Therefore, the plan must begin now, the sooner the better!"
The body that Black Zetsu was attached to revealed half of its face after saying those words. It wasn't White Zetsu, but Kabuto Yakushi!
Around the Black Zetsu, there were strange coffins, standing upright in a circle!
Meanwhile, in a small country in the Shinobi World, in a town destroyed by war and left only as ruins, two figures meet.
Before I knew it, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and rain began to fall in a light drizzle.
Neither of them moved, letting the rain soak them and stream down their faces.
"Just how far can your Sharingan see?"
Uchiha Itachi looked at Sasuke Uchiha in front of him, a complex look flashing in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by calm.
Sasuke Uchiha Itachi, his face expressionless. His eyes had already transformed into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and he said in a chilling voice, "I see it, your death!"
In the distance, White Zetsu stood atop a ruined wall, gazing at this scene from afar.
After Konoha suffered heavy losses in a joint attack by Orochimaru's Otogakure and Sunagakure, a sense of undercurrents began to stir throughout the Shinobi World.
While major powers are not in conflict and are exercising restraint, small countries and ninja villages have descended into chaos.
After the death of Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi of Konoha, Jiraiya was unwilling to become Hokage, so Kakashi Hatake succeeded him as the Fifth Hokage.
Both in terms of strength and background, Kakashi was qualified to become Hokage. After becoming Hokage, Kakashi quickly stabilized the situation and began to deal with some things that he couldn't handle before, such as searching for the missing Sasuke.
The entire Shinobi World was filled with a sense of impending doom, but there was one country that remained peaceful, showing no signs of chaos.
That is the Land of Rain. (To be continued.)