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Chapter 51: Shockwaves in the Ninja World
Chapter 51: Shockwaves in the Ninja World
"Yui Xuan Yue... He's truly resurrected!"
In the Hokage's office, in addition to Tsunade and Jiraiya, there was also Shizune, who now served as the Hokage's secretary.
Upon hearing Jiraiya's revelation, the office fell into a solemn silence.
In the current ninja world, very few could force the renowned Abi team to flee with severe injuries.
And then there was the Ice Release.
The Yuki clan had long been eradicated by Kirigakure, and their only surviving descendant had perished in the Land of Waves.
Combining this with the intelligence that Yui Xuan Yue possessed Ice Release...
The truth was laid bare before them.
"How could someone who has been dead for over fifty years come back to life? Even with the Impure World Reincarnation technique, such a feat should be impossible! How did he manage it?"
Tsunade, renowned as the world's greatest medical ninja, whose understanding of life and death far surpassed that of ordinary people, was shocked and baffled.
While she had healed countless people and brought back many who were claimed by death, those claims were often exaggerated, and most of them had merely hovered between life and death.
When it came to the true boundary between life and death, even her unparalleled medical ninjutsu could not transcend it.
"Lady Tsunade!"
Shizune, sitting beside her, suddenly paled as a thought occurred to her. "Could it have something to do with the Spirit Transformation Technique?"
"The Spirit Transformation Technique!" Tsunade's volatile temper stirred at the mention of this.
But her anger wasn't directed at Shizune; it was aimed at Yui Xuan Yue.
It was a disgrace that someone who was once renowned alongside her grandfather, Uchiha Madara, would resort to such despicable means to steal another's technique.
If she had been there at the time, she would have given him a good punch.
But the deed was done.
Tsunade quickly suppressed her anger, furrowed her brows, and contemplated, "The Spirit Transformation Technique allows one's soul to leave the body and kill from a distance. However, it's still vastly different from resurrecting the dead."
Jiraiya stroked his chin thoughtfully.
At that moment, he suddenly thought of Orochimaru.
"Perhaps... Yui Xuan Yue, like Orochimaru, has developed a forbidden technique similar to the Imperfect Reincarnation technique, which allowed him to resurrect. And the reason he wanted the Spirit Transformation Technique was most likely to complete the final piece of the soul-related puzzle."
Without knowing how Yui Xuan Yue's body had been preserved all this time, this was the best explanation Jiraiya could surmise.
"Similar to the Imperfect Reincarnation technique?" Tsunade nodded in understanding.
For an old rogue like Yui Xuan Yue, who had fought his way through the Warring States era, resorting to any means for resurrection was only natural.
"Yet another Orochimaru-like character! No, compared to Orochimaru, Yui Xuan Yue is even more dangerous!"
Tsunade's brows furrowed deeper. "Jiraiya, what do you think such an old man would do after meticulously planning his resurrection?"
Having transitioned from a gambler to the Hokage, the weight on her shoulders was immense, and she had to consider all possibilities.
Hearing this, Jiraiya shook his head with a bitter smile. "How could I possibly know what's on that man's mind? I just hope that the ninja world, which has finally achieved peace, won't be plunged into chaos again because of him."
"With just him alone?" Tsunade crossed her arms, her towering figure exuding confidence as she coldly huffed.
How could a single person's power conquer the entire ninja world?
Not even her grandfather could achieve that.
Much less his defeated rival, Yui Xuan Yue.
"The Cloud ninjas obviously don't think so," Jiraiya said gravely, his expression solemn as he handed Tsunade a document that had just arrived from the Cloud ninjas. "They have sent a formal request for a Five Kage Summit."
Having just been shaken by the news of Yuyi Xuan Yue's resurrection, Mei Terumi couldn't help but shake her head at the Cloud ninjas' request for a Five Kage Summit.
While the Kirigakure ninjas had developed a deep grudge against Yuyi Xuan Yue, she had never considered convening a Five Kage Summit to target a single individual.
What exactly is a Five Kage Summit?
It is the highest-level power conference in the ninja world.
In the past few decades, it has only been convened once.
During that meeting, the new order of the ninja world following the Warring States period was established, and it has persisted to this day.
And the reason for convening the summit now, ultimately, is to ensure the continuation and improvement of this new order.
However, convening another Five Kage Summit solely to deal with one person would make the five great ninja villages a laughingstock.
After all, even after three Great Ninja Wars, the collective strength of the five great ninja villages was still far superior to when the First Hokage had just established Konoha.
The young and ambitious Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, chose to set the Five Kage Summit aside for the moment and instructed, "Now, we can focus all our efforts on investigating Yuyi Xuan Yue, right?"
Her subordinates had no further objections.
While Yuyi Xuan Yue was extremely powerful, with the resources of the ninja villages, they could attempt to probe him countless times.
No matter how strong someone was, they would inevitably have weaknesses.
Weaknesses could be exploited, and disadvantages could be magnified.
When that happened, even a god could be killed.
The modern-day ninjas, who had not experienced the chaotic Warring States era, firmly believed in this.
Iwagakure:
Unlike Konoha's astonishment upon receiving the proposal for a Five Kage Summit and Kirigakure's aggressive response, the reaction of Sunagakure, which had just found the body of the Fourth Kazekage and was busy with the funeral arrangements and concerned about choosing the Fifth Kazekage, was more subdued. They had their hands full and no time to spare to worry about external affairs.
Upon receiving the intelligence from Kumogakure, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, fell into a long silence.
His subordinates did not urge him, but waited patiently like boulders as the elderly leader, who had ruled for decades and led Iwagakure to prosperity, pondered.
Regardless of his decision, they would carry it out without argument.
While this might be a desirable situation for most leaders, Onoki gazed upon this scene and heaved a silent sigh.
He would have preferred if someone had voiced their opinion instead of being obedient yes-men.
"A dearth of successors!" Onoki shook his head, knowing that he would have to continue shouldering the burden and pinning his hopes on the younger generation.
Kurotsuchi was quite promising.
There was also Deidara... No, that disloyal, rebellious brat who defected in pursuit of his so-called artistic aspirations annoyed him just by being mentioned.
How could someone as talented as his personal disciple, a potential Fourth Tsuchikage, choose to abandon his village for art?
In Onoki's seventy-plus years of life, he had never encountered such an oddball.
"Tsuchikage-sama," Kurotsuchi said, seeing her father's prolonged silence. After much thought, she finally cautiously brought up the question of their next course of action.
"Next course of action?" Onoki's eyes suddenly gleamed, and he asked a question that none of them had considered: "Do we have any leads on the whereabouts of the Yuyi Clan?"
(End of Chapter)
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