Side Story: After the Eight Gates Sasuke Traveled to Shippuden 23
Ruins of Uzushiogakure.
In the gloomy, ghost-like ancestral hall, Orochimaru waved his hand to unseal a scroll and took out five corpses. One of them, naturally, was prepared for himself.
Orochimaru licked his lips and said in a low voice, "I thought Sasuke-kun would be generous enough to tell them the truth!"
"It was just to attract their attention, so they wouldn't always be staring at me." Sasuke Uchiha waved his hand. "Besides, with Teacher Kakashi's wisdom, he should have already guessed something by now, otherwise he wouldn't be staying at the Memorial Stone…"
Kakashi had guessed something…
Naruto couldn't guess, but he wanted to know something…
As for the intelligence that someone might attack Konoha, based on the current stormy situation in the ninja world, it was almost a certainty.
Naruto was the ninja world's only remaining Nine-Tails jinchuriki and could not be lost. They didn't have the strength to stop Sasuke, so they could only let him leave with Orochimaru.
Sasuke Uchiha casually tossed a mask to Orochimaru. "This mask should be what you're looking for. Begin!"
Orochimaru nodded and began to perform a ritual dance on the spot…
A towering phantom of the Shinigami responded to his call, appearing out of thin air in the secret chamber of the ancestral hall!
It followed Orochimaru's movements and sliced open its own abdomen. One by one, souls flew out from within. One of them landed on Orochimaru's body!
Immediately after, Orochimaru transformed into a white snake at an extremely fast speed, and his soul parasitized a corpse, reviving once more…
The Shinigami of the underworld floated in the air for a while, only then realizing that not only had it not reaped anything this time, but it had also lost four extremely high-quality souls. However, its time was up, and it could only curse as it dissipated into a cloud of air…
Sasuke Uchiha extended his hand and formed several Yin-Yang Release black rods, suspending them in mid-air. Only then did he say in a cold voice, "Now, you can perform the Edo Tensei."
Orochimaru was stunned. "This is…"
"The old men born in the Warring States Period all have rather bad tempers…" Sasuke explained without any reservation, "This is to wake them up."
Who knows if Tobirama would just pop out and use a Tandem Paper Bomb!
Orochimaru nodded, a lingering fear in his heart. He formed a hand seal, and one by one, souls fell onto the corpses under his control. "Edo Tensei!"
Just as the dust and paper scraps had cleared, revealing the true faces of the past Hokage, several Yin-Yang black rods were instantly pushed into their bodies by Sasuke, nailing them all to the spot!
Although they possessed a massive amount of chakra in their bodies, they were unable to move under the restraint of the black rods!
Sasuke looked at the past Hokage, especially Tobirama. His eyes were filled with hatred. "Izuna Uchiha!"
"…You have the wrong person."
Sasuke was stunned for a moment, then he realized and let out a low laugh. "I never thought, Lord Second Hokage, that we would one day meet under these circumstances…"
"Lord Second Hokage, if I'm not mistaken…" The reanimated body of Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke from the side, "He is the last remaining orphan of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke Uchiha…"
"You didn't wipe out the Uchiha clan to the last man?!"
"Tobirama, your malice is too strong!"
"Big brother, shut up!"
"What a pity!"
Sasuke Uchiha took a step forward, stood before Tobirama, squatted down, and looked down at him. "The opportunity to see you again is too rare, Lord Second…"
"If that old man in the sky weren't watching this place, I would let you see what the Uchiha clan is truly made of!"
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand gently, and a coffin suddenly appeared out of thin air from the ground, sealing Minato Namikaze within it!
Sasuke looked at the remaining Hokage, left a contemptuous glance, raised his head, and said loudly, "As for the rest of these people, they are of no use to me. Sage of Six Paths, I'll have to trouble you to clean this up!"
Just as Tobirama was about to launch into a furious tirade against the Uchiha clan, his soul quickly detached from the Edo Tensei body and ascended to the heavens.
Seeing this scene, Sasuke understood. The Sage of Six Paths' gaze had been on him the entire time… No one would feel particularly at ease with a big bomb in their house.
Orochimaru watched this scene, somewhat terrified. "Sasuke-kun, is the Sage of Six Paths really still alive in this world?"
"The kind that's half-dead, I guess…"
Sasuke thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Don't worry, you can just think of him as an old man who cleans up messes!"
Orochimaru: "…"
Sasuke patted the coffin containing Minato and said in a low voice, "The next thing to do is to wait for them to deliver the Gedo Statue to me!"
The reality was a bit unexpected.
He had the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails with him, but he had not received any news of the Akatsuki attacking Konoha. Instead, he had first heard the news of the rogue Sasuke going crazy…
Sasuke Uchiha was looking for a man named Sasuke Uchiha. Anyone who didn't know the inside story would think he had schizophrenia…
"Are you… doing these things here?"
When the rogue Sasuke found him, Sasuke Uchiha was cleaning the Uchiha clan grounds, tidying up the dilapidated rooms. The entire clan grounds, aside from being a bit empty, showed no signs of ruin.
"The Uchiha are, after all, the number one noble clan of Konoha."
Sasuke Uchiha casually put down the broom in his hand, looked at the crestfallen rogue, and patted the step beside him. "It seems my guess was not wrong. How does revenge taste?"
"You knew all along, didn't you…"
"Pretty much…"
Under the sun, Sasuke Uchiha's smile was somewhat warm. "I know very well the feelings between brothers. How could an older brother possibly harm his younger brother?"
The rogue Sasuke was stunned for a moment, then grabbed his arm. "Tell me… what should I do! You must know!"
"Hm?"
A smile suddenly appeared on Sasuke Uchiha's lips. He lowered his head and bewitched, "I think your brother also had a dream of becoming Hokage, right?"
"Do you want to inherit his will, become the new Hokage of Konoha, and revive the Uchiha clan in this world?"
"Or do you want to avenge your brother and family and overthrow the darkness of Konoha? Kill Danzo Shimura and take his head to the Naka Shrine to offer to their spirits in heaven!"
The rogue Sasuke was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded. "…Only a naive youth who doesn't know the ways of the world would make a choice… Taking control of Konoha must have also been Father's wish… Nii-san must have also wanted to become Hokage…"
"I have now awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and have also transplanted my brother's eyes… I will live on, carrying their last wishes!"
"That's right, just like that…"
Sasuke Uchiha ruffled his hair and continued in a low voice, "Follow the path you insist on. Don't listen to anyone else's words…"
Just as he was here, guiding the rogue Sasuke, a yellow-haired ninja appeared before them and shouted, "Sasuke!"
Naruto Uzumaki looked at the two Sasukes with an excited expression. In an instant, a crow was suddenly and uncontrollably spat out from his mouth…
And that crow was revealing a scarlet Sharingan!
That was the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo!
"What… a disgusting crow! Trying to use Kotoamatsukami on someone? As expected, all crows are so evil!"
Sasuke spat, and a bolt of lightning suddenly shot from his hand, instantly splitting the crow in two!
Naruto explained sheepishly, "…This crow was once given to me by Sasuke's brother. I didn't know he had put it inside my stomach…"
"It's very normal. My older brother also likes to raise some pets."
Sasuke looked at the stunned rogue youth beside him and continued to explain, "He also raised a crow. This kind of bird can't be kept; its bird-character is quite poor…"
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