Leaving the village
Fugaku caught the infant and stepped back, while everyone rushed to kill the snake. But with a bang, the snake reversed its summoning direction and ran away. The Uchiha's faces contorted in disbelief. Koizumi had two three-tomoe jade ornaments; they knew without a doubt… that girl wouldn't fare well with Orochimaru.
"Go find Orochimaru!" the Eighth Hokage shouted angrily. The clan leader was unable to make a decision due to the loss of his son, and they had to bring him back.
"Yes!" The Uchiha responded forcefully. Although the young girl had come through connections when she first arrived, she later proved to be capable, not only good at handling affairs but also at speaking well, and they all benefited greatly from her.
What a wonderful girl! We can't let her be taken away right in front of us!
Hazuki, who was behind, fainted upon hearing that her daughter had been captured by Orochimaru. She was taken to the hospital, where she listened to her daughter's gentle instructions. If all went well, she would leave Konoha here, gain some experience outside, and return to deliver a message after settling down.
Hazuki didn't speak, tears streaming down her face as she held her daughter's hand tightly. She simply said softly, "Don't worry about me." Having only known her for a year, she already knew her daughter's personality: independent, strong, and opinionated, she didn't want to become a subservient ninja.
—On the other side—
A purple flame barrier had been erected in this war zone, and Orochimaru hadn't come to Konoha alone. The Konoha ninja outside weren't skilled at breaking barriers, and they also had to prevent the hibernating venomous snakes from wreaking havoc on the village.
The Third Hokage fought fiercely with Orochimaru, but he was old and couldn't outlast Orochimaru. Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation technique, similar to that of the First and Second Hokage, and the Third Hokage realized that their souls had to be sealed. Otherwise, the previous generations might be used by others in the future, which would be disastrous.
Behind him stood a colossal, translucent phantom, invisible to others. Its face was狰狞 (zhengning, meaning ferocious/hideous), a short knife held in its mouth, its long purple hair moving without wind, radiating a chilling aura that sent shivers down one's spine. One of Death's arms had pierced through the Third Generation's chest, merging with him, mercilessly draining his life force.
The Third Hokage's face contorted for a moment as he endured the immense pain of his soul being torn apart, but his eyes remained exceptionally resolute, burning with the last embers of his will. He roared, using his own soul as the final gamble, and activated the spell with all his might.
Orochimaru's snake-like eyes narrowed, a sense of unease creeping in, replaced by an unprecedented fear. He could no longer maintain his signature chilling smile and composure. He felt something more essential, beyond death, being forcibly ripped from his body. He struggled and roared desperately, like a venomous snake cornered, but the power of death was irresistible.
"Your ambition... comes to an end!" The Third Hokage declared in his final statement.
"You old bastard, just die already!" Orochimaru roared, controlling the Kusanagi sword to pierce through the Third Hokage's chest.
"I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry to have troubled you."
The souls of the first and second generations were taken away, and they said goodbye to the third generation.
The Third Hokage, his heart pierced, smiled with relief and ease. He no longer had the strength to take this traitorous disciple away, but at least he had stripped him of his technique, stripped him of what was most important to him.
"Orochimaru, what a pity."
"What are you doing?" Orochimaru screamed in agony, his hands wracked with pain. He watched helplessly as a part of his soul was forcibly dragged out of his body.
Finally, the soul that represented the power of his hands was completely extracted and swallowed whole by Death. His hands fell naturally to his sides, then turned purple and became lifeless.
The Third Hokage lost all strength, and his grip on Orochimaru loosened. He fell backward, crashing heavily onto the broken pieces of wood. The cold snowflakes only fell on the barrier above, unable to reach his face.
Luna, in her conscious form, watched quietly, hoping that no one could expose her identity anytime soon. She had left Konoha, but Uchiha Hazuki still had a life to live.
"Let's think of something." Luna looked at Orochimaru's retreating figure, thoughtfully stroking her chin, and decided to follow him.
Perhaps he has something useful over there.
Upon first floating out of Konoha's gates, she almost cried tears of joy, immediately telling her true form that she could leave Konoha. Luna nearly jumped for joy, grabbing all her belongings and valuables and leaving Konoha.
She needed to find a safe place to rest and recuperate. She absorbed the Kaleidoscope power of Shisui, evolving into the Eternal Eye. Her eyes had absorbed the power of dozens of three-tomoe eye sockets, but she was always just one step away from achieving the final breakthrough.
These are eyes of illusion, eyes that suit her perfectly!
The sudden loss of a Hokage in Konoha did indeed cause some chaos for a while. Fortunately, the Jonin teams continued to function normally, and the Fire Country Daimyo still had two old veterans left to deal with the situation.
The Uchiha clan suffered the most. The highly anticipated genius Shisui had just died, reportedly at the hands of Danzo. Now, Itachi had perished in his attempt to save others, resulting in heavy losses for the Uchiha as well.
Sasuke listened in complete bewilderment, staring blankly at his brother's coffin. How could his living brother be dead? That evil Danzo was dead, and he even conspired with Orochimaru to kill the Hokage, and Izumi was kidnapped too?
Some of the clansmen said that Orochimaru also tried to capture him, but Izumi kicked him out.
How could this happen?
"Nissan, Nissan..."
Mikoto held her crying baby, closed her eyes, and shed a tear.
Sasuke wept in his mother's arms, his surging anger unable to subside. Now, Orochimaru was his only remaining enemy. That guy had captured Izumi; he was involved in his brother's murder, and he would never let him get away with it!
Fugaku silently presided over his son's funeral. The Mangekyou Sharingan had been removed but not placed in the clan's eye bank. Now, the eye bank only contained a few pairs of Sharingan with two tomoe; the others had lost their ocular power.
That guy… that guy with the mask!
[That bastard made the Uchiha clan take the blame for seven years!]
"Clan Chief, this is a planning document written by Koizumi. It seems to be unfinished, and I can't understand it either." Hazuki strolled over and handed over a document about the width of a finger.
"Really? Thank you, I'm sorry to have troubled her." Fugaku lowered his eyes, took the book, and saw the first page, which had a smiley face drawn on it and the words: Make money!
He smirked; that seemingly gentle child was actually quite shrewd. He carefully reviewed the document and confirmed it was indeed a money-making scheme that had been ongoing; the above was the follow-up section, which was indeed unfinished.
With her daughter not around, Hazuki was like a ghost, not wanting to open the shop or do anything at all. Fugaku thought for a moment and then offered a word of comfort.
"Koizumi is still alive."
Hazuki's body trembled slightly, her eyes brightening briefly before dimming again. She knew she was selfish; even though her daughter had given herself away, she still wanted her back. Now, without a goal, she felt listless and unmotivated.
"I'm going back."
>>>>
Two weeks later, after a week of consuming soldier pills, Luna finally awakened the Eternal Eye. With nothing else to do, she checked Orochimaru and Obito's bases and decided to head over to Obito's first.
Since we've come to the world of ninjas, it wouldn't be right not to recruit a few White Zetsu, would it?
This is a unique local specialty, so you absolutely have to experience it.
Stealing two White Zetsu was effortless. Luna tried absorbing their chakra, and felt her Eternal Eye being nourished, like applying eye drops.
She imitated Obito, channeling her chakra and ocular power in an attempt to break through the spatial barrier. With each breath, her chakra was rapidly depleted, and she only managed to enter a single thought form.
The world spun around her, as if she'd been tumbling through a washing machine. Luna's mental form felt like vomiting. She stared at her second incarnation's face, then looked around blankly at the same forest and rocks, as if she hadn't even left the ninja world yet.
wrong!
The taste is off!
Luna sniffed her surroundings; she smelled the sea. She drifted around and heard the clattering of stones. By a stream, she saw a child exercising.
The boy had short green hair and high-arched eyebrows, giving him a cocky look. Despite being a young boy, he had the bad boy vibe of a street fighter. He had a dumbbell in his mouth and was pulling on simple stone weights, working out his back and arm muscles with great effort.
Luna stared at the child for several seconds before finally recalling him from her memory: the three-sword style, the green-haired moss-headed one!
"Huh?" The green-haired girl, belatedly realizing what was happening, looked up and saw the purple-haired girl floating in the sky. She froze for a few seconds, then fell backward and landed in the stream behind her.
"Hahaha!" Luna couldn't help but laugh. Sure enough... this world is so interesting.
"Who, who are you?"
"I am not human now."
"Then what the hell are you?"
"My name is Yunxiu." Luna used this name and felt much more comfortable saying it; it had been a long, long time since she had introduced herself like this.
"My name is Zoro," the green-haired man blinked, introducing himself instinctively.
"By the way, what are you doing biting that dumbbell?"
"Practice," the boy said, getting up as well. He rearranged the makeshift equipment and prepared to continue his workout.
Luna floated lazily in the air, striking up a conversation, inquiring about him and confirming the timeline. "The green algae head is so big already," she thought, "I wonder if the Staircase Monster has devoured my life yet? How many more years will it take him to set sail before he meets the Straw Hat Pirates?"
"Speaking of which, gripping a knife requires strength. You're a three-sword style user, so how strong is your jaw?" Luna asked curiously, pointing to the crocodiles swimming downstream. "How does your bite force compare to theirs?"
"..."
Zoro looked up at the ghost speechlessly. It was bad enough that it appeared in broad daylight, but its thinking was so bizarre. Bite force was bite force, grip strength was grip strength—was it treating him like a crocodile?
He mumbled, a dumbbell dangling from his mouth, "Aren't you bored? Doesn't it hurt to be in the sun?"
"I'm not dead, my soul has just left my body."
"Isn't this a death sentence?"
"No, this is my ability."
Luna's eyes darted around, and she mischievously reached out, the cool sensation touching the back of the boy's neck: "Look."
Zoro shivered from the cold, his jaw slipped, and the dumbbell fell into the stream, splashing water high up. He was splattered with water, and when he saw the floating ghost, he was so angry he wanted to kick it into the water.
"Don't play games with me!"
"Hahaha! I'm a little bird~~" It's so much more fun not being in Konoha!
Zoro: "..."
(￣△￣；) If you're not dead, go back!
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