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The world of Under One Person.
NANKU Express Company, North China Branch.
"Holy crap! Is this guy even human?!"
Zhang Chulan stared at the screen, the cigarette in his hand slipping from his fingers as his worldview shattered. "That old man Ōnoki can fly, fine, I can accept that. But this Uchiha Madara guy… he's using meteors like marbles? Immortal? Even if you sent the Old Celestial Master up there, he'd probably get smashed into ground beef!"
"Heh, you don't get it." Mason puffed on his cigarette, wearing a crooked grin. "Power on this level isn't just 'otherworldly' anymore. If this were ancient times, he'd be a living god walking the land. That said… I'm way more interested in that woman called Mei Terumi. Damn, that figure…"
Mason djusted his glasses and cut in flatly, "Shut up. The real problem is that 'Impure World Reincarnation.' If that technique spreads, the whole world's going to spiral into chaos."
Dragon Tiger Mountain, Celestial Masters' Manor.
The Old Celestial Master, Zhang Zhiwei, squinted at the screen.
"Yin Five Thunder… Yang Five Thunder…" he muttered. "Compared to thunderstorms and falling meteors like that, they really do feel a bit small."
He glanced sideways at Zhang Lingyu and chuckled. "Lingyu, look at that black-haired kid. His hunger to grow stronger is written all over his face. Then look at you, still hung up on that 'first time' nonsense. You're thinking too small."
Zhang Lingyu's face went dark. "Master… do you really have to bring that up?"
The All-Encompassing Sect.
"Oh my, what a fascinating man." Xia He licked her lips, her eyes shimmering. "Power that domineering… if I could make him fall in love, just imagining it is delicious."
"Amitabha." Gao Ning narrowed his eyes, smiling like a benevolent Buddha. "The killing karma and despair clinging to that benefactor… if converted into fuel for the Twelve Toils Emotion Formation, it'd probably max out Shen Chong's 'loan shark' in an instant."
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Onscreen, despair continued to spread.
The collision of the two meteors had crushed most of the Allied Shinobi Forces' will to fight, yet survivors still wailed amid the ruins.
Uchiha Madara stood high above them, gazing down at the struggling figures like ants. His expression was utterly indifferent.
"Since you're still alive," he said calmly, "I suppose I'll give you another gift."
He clapped his hands together.
Chakra surged wildly through his body, the power of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.
Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!
Rumble—!!!
The ground shook violently once more. Massive roots and vines burst from the earth like raging giant serpents, growing at insane speed. In just moments, a terrifying forest swallowed the entire battlefield.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Before they could even react, countless surviving shinobi were smashed aside, bound, and crushed by the rampaging sea of trees.
Despair leveled up again.
Just as everyone believed the shinobi alliance was about to be wiped out—
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Five overwhelming bursts of chakra erupted from the rubble, forcibly halting the onslaught of the forest.
The dust cleared.
Five figures in ceremonial Kage robes stood shoulder to shoulder at the very front of the allied forces.
Hokage — Tsunade! Raikage — A! Mizukage — Mei Terumi!Tsuchikage — Ōnoki!Kazekage — Gaara!
The Five Kage had assembled.
The ninja world exploded into uproar.
Hidden Leaf Village.
"That's… Lady Tsunade?!"Shizune covered her mouth in shock. "She really became Hokage? And that's… the Fifth Hokage's robe?!"
In a casino somewhere, the real Tsunade, currently losing badly, stared at the screen in disbelief.
"Huh? I became Hokage?"
She slammed one foot onto the gambling table, clearly pissed. "You've gotta be kidding me! I hate being Hokage! That position's nothing but misery and sacrifice. Did future me get water in her brain? I have hemophobia, damn it!"
Hidden Cloud Village.
"That's… the boss?"Darui squinted at the screen, then his pupils shrank. "Wait. Lord Raikage's left arm… it's gone?"
The Fourth Raikage, A, looked at the empty left sleeve in the video, brows furrowed. "So I lost an arm in a future battle? Hmph. That's a warrior's badge of honor."
The One Piece world.
"Whoa! Beauties!"On the Thousand Sunny, Sanji's eyes instantly turned into hearts, his body twisting like noodles. "That blonde Hokage lady! And that red-haired Mizukage lady! So mature, so charming! Now that is the real treasure of the sea!"
"Idiot cook." Zoro snorted, though his eyes stayed fixed on the five figures. "No swordsmen among them, but that pressure… they're definitely the peak of that world."
The Ben 10 world.
"Hey, Gwen, look!"Ben pointed at the screen. "That Uchiha Madara guy… if I used Four Arms, could I beat him?"
Gwen rolled her eyes. "In your dreams, knucklehead. Four Arms couldn't tank a meteor. Maybe Diamondhead could try, or Alien X."
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Back in the video, battle was about to erupt.
Facing the assembled Five Kage, Madara remained with arms crossed, a disdainful smirk on his lips.
"So these are the Five Kage of this era?"
"As whetstones, you're passable. But in the end, you're still ants. How could ants ever shake a lion?"
"No need to hold back anymore!"
Mei Terumi stepped forward, hands flying through seals. Her seductive face was now filled with killing intent.
Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!
Whoooosh!
A massive torrent of highly corrosive acid blasted from her mouth like a yellow mudslide, surging straight toward Madara.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
The supposedly indestructible Wood Release trees let out harsh screeches as they touched the acid, rapidly corroding and melting away.
The world of Under One Person.
"Holy hell!" Zhang Chulan slapped a hand over his mouth, horrified. "If you kissed her, your tongue would melt right off! That's insanely toxic!"
Onscreen, Madara frowned slightly, preparing to evade.
"Don't even think about running!"
The Raikage, A, cloaked in violent lightning chakra, activated his Body Flicker.
His speed hit the extreme. Like a blue flash of lightning, he appeared instantly above Madara.
"Lightning Abuse Horizontal Chop!"
Boom!
A hand strike heavy as a mountain slammed down, smashing Madara straight into Mei Terumi's acid.
"Did it work?!" Eyes lit up across countless worlds.
The next second—
Gurgle…
The acid churned, blue light shining up from beneath the surface.
A gigantic blue skeletal frame slowly rose, completely shielding Madara within.
Susanoo!
"That level of attack," Madara said calmly from within the acid, "can't even break my defense?"
"Not done yet!!!"
The Raikage roared, lightning chakra exploding once more. His hair stood on end like a raging lion's mane.
Instead of retreating, he accelerated again, transforming into an even more brilliant bolt of lightning as he chopped down at the seemingly invincible skeletal Susanoo.
"Lightning Abuse Horizontal Chop: Thousand Generations Dance!"
Crack!
A crisp shattering sound rang across the battlefield.
Under Madara's shocked gaze, the ribs of his proud Susanoo—
snapped.
The overwhelming force blasted straight through, sending Madara and his Susanoo flying, slamming hard into the ground.
"He hit him!""The defense broke!!!"
The ninja world erupted in cheers.
"Well done, Lord Raikage!""This is the power of the Five Kage!"
Tears streamed down the faces of countless shinobi. After the despair of falling meteors, this sudden counterattack was like a ray of light piercing the darkness.
Hidden Leaf Village, Hokage's Office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Tsunade's commanding figure on the screen, along with the perfectly coordinated Five Kage. His expression grew complicated.
"Tsunade… you truly inherited the First Hokage's Will of Fire."
"It seems I really am old."
He touched his weathered face, the resolve to cling to the Hokage's seat wavering for the first time. He lacked a bloodline technique like Dust Release. Against battles on this scale, he would probably already be overwhelmed.
"Maybe… entrusting the village to the younger generation is the right choice."
But would the battlefield really turn out the way they hoped?
Amid the ruins, Uchiha Madara slowly stood up, brushing dust from his clothes.
The playful light in his Rinnegan grew even stronger.
"You managed to break my Susanoo…"
"As a reward, I'll let you witness…"
"…what true hell looks like."
"....."