[NARUTO] Night of the Full Moon

Seeing Sasuke lose his composure, Neji turned to comfort him: "But judging from what he means, you will definitely be safe in the past few years. You still have time to grow."

Sasuke hummed in confusion, paused for a moment to calm down, and then asked: "Orochimaru has really broken through life and death. Not only has he found a way to adapt his spirit to the bodies of others, but he can also summon the dead?"

"There have always been ninjutsu that transfer minds." Sakura said, trying to explain Orochimaru's ability to be less mysterious. "The Ino family's body-turning-shin jutsu is to transfer one's own spirit to the body of the user and There is only a certain time limit for manipulating the opponent's body."

"As for the so-called summoning... I didn't see what happened when the ninjutsu was activated, but there were real people in those two puppets. I'm afraid it was also a ninjutsu that briefly covered their spirits." Neji added.

But even so, there is still a problem - why the spirit of the dead can still be summoned.

"Is the spirit something real and eternal?" Sasuke murmured, "As long as the decaying body is replaced, 'immortality' can be achieved?"

No one could answer.

"Does the spirit without medium still exist in the world?"

Upon hearing this, Naruto shrank closer to Sasuke and grabbed his sleeves: "You mean...there are really ghosts in this world?"

"Perhaps it is the spirit wandering in the world that can briefly appear in front of the world in a certain way, so there are so-called ghosts."

"Sasuke, don't scare me..." Naruto pressed almost his whole body against Sasuke.His voice was trembling slightly, and he was obviously really frightened.

Such a pitiful appearance was impossible to ignore. Sasuke stopped thinking deeply and patted Naruto on the back: "What's so scary about this? Gaara's appearance didn't scare you before."

"That's different!" Naruto retorted loudly, and after speaking, he pursed his lips in embarrassment.

Although Neji looked like he couldn't bear to look at him, he had already recognized Naruto's strength after the previous battle, and he was closer than before, so he comforted him: "It's also possible that Orochimaru is just bluffing and has recovered. After those forbidden operations, the subordinates will be disguised as the deceased to shake the enemy's mind."

"Didn't he deceive so many Sunagakure ninjas before when he disguised himself as Kazekage?"

The battle here could end so quickly because Orochimaru's deeds disguised as Kazekage were exposed, and the Suna Ninja discovered the abnormality and lost the will to resist.

"Orochimaru is indeed good at psychological warfare." Sasuke nodded.

With Naruto's interruption, the atmosphere was no longer as tense as before.

After a few breaths, the darkness on the roof gradually dissipated, revealing the appearance of the Third Hokage facing off against the enemy surrounded by wooden branches.

The third generation seemed to have used the shadow clone technique. The two entities, together with the original body, stood in front of Orochimaru and the first and second generations he summoned.I don’t know what method he used, but it seemed that he just pressed the opponent’s shoulders with both hands to completely restrain their movements, making them unable to move.

The two people who had been under Orochimaru's control also regained their consciousness this time and looked at the Sandaime with relief.

"Sarutobi, you have grown up." The second generation smiled softly.

"We really caused a lot of trouble..." The first generation sighed as his eyes swept across the roof full of traces of battle, but his moving vision was frozen for a moment, looking fixedly in a certain direction.

The second generation was also keenly aware of his brother's strangeness and turned his face: "Izumi..."

There was no chance for the rest of the voice to come out.

The Sandaime's ninjutsu was activated, and their spirits were instantly pulled out of their bodies, disappearing together with the two shadow clones.

After the darkness dissipated, Sasuke quickly turned his Sharingan to observe the battlefield, and his heart sank. These two puppets that seemed to be made of clay obviously knew him.The last name the Nidaime blurted out was probably "Izuna". He and Izuna did look alike, but in this era, who else would know what Izuna looked like as a child?

The consciousness in these two clay statues is obviously not as simple as what Neji said was disguised by Orochimaru's men. They... are probably the real "Senju Hashirama" and "Senju Tobirama".

"Ahhh!" Naruto screamed and hid behind Sasuke, "Ghost!"

Sasuke suddenly came back to his senses, and subconsciously took Naruto into his arms to comfort him gently, wanting to say that everything before was just his guess. He saw that Naruto's face was pale, and his restless pupils were obviously looking at something seriously.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..." Sasuke helped him take a breath, "What did you see?"

"Ghost, ghost..." Naruto pointed tremblingly at the midair behind the Sandaime, "There was a green-faced evil ghost with fangs... who ate the souls of Grandpa Sandaime and two other people..."

Everyone looked in the direction of Naruto's finger, but saw nothing.

"There's nothing there." Neji frowned, his Byakugan not even detecting a trace of chakra fluctuations.

Sasuke's Sharingan also failed to capture any valid information.

But the Sandaime did seem to be in a lot of pain.Orochimaru was held firmly by his shoulders and froze in place. A lot of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his face that was originally at ease. He also looked at the location pointed out by Naruto with a panic look on his face.

There really is something there!

"What do the souls of the other two people you saw look like?" Sasuke asked.

"And, just like those two clay faces..."

If what Naruto saw was really the souls of the two, it would further prove what Sasuke was thinking.The spirits of Hashirama and Tobirama were literally summoned and placed in these two "containers".

In addition, the two earthen statues quickly weathered and peeled off, revealing the two people inside - the two people who had been ordered to surround Sasuke before.They did not have such ability at that time.

It's almost certain.

"Damn it...is that...the God of Death?" Neji analyzed Orochimaru's lips word by word, and was shocked by the answer.

"The God of Death, that's the God of Death... He is standing behind the Third Grandpa..." Naruto, realizing what this meant, stopped trembling, and his face turned paler, "The Third Grandpa, the Third Grandpa, he..."

"Damn old man! Why don't you hide!" Orochimaru tried to force Sandai's sword back, but he was stabbed by the opponent, piercing his heart from the back. "Do you really want to die that much?"

"Since the ninjutsu of Ghoul Seal was activated, I handed over my soul to the God of Death. I was destined to die." Blood flowed from the corner of Sandai's mouth, but he was still holding on to take Orochimaru away with him, "Before It was because I was too soft-hearted towards you that I made such a big mistake in the end, and now I have to make up for my mistake... I want to take away all your ninjutsu!"

"Hurry up and die!" Orochimaru went completely crazy, guiding the long knife to cut out the wound deeper.And his arms soon hung limply, like dead flesh.

"The god of death cut off Orochimaru's hands and ate them into his stomach together with the third generation's grandfather's soul..." Naruto's eyes were red. After the third generation's body fell softly, he finally couldn't suppress his grief and tears burst out of his eyes.

The Third Hokage died, and his spirit was even swallowed by the God of Death, depriving him of the possibility of reincarnation.

Orochimaru, who had saved his life, quickly issued an order to retreat, and the four people who originally supported the barrier immediately turned around to cover Orochimaru's departure.

The ANBU, who had been isolated outside the barrier for a long time, swarmed forward and tried to kill Orochimaru completely. However, on the way, they were blocked by the spider webs spit out by Orochimaru's men.The spider web as tough as steel wire restrained several people, and other Konoha ninjas who were further away would eventually fall behind a few steps even if they caught up.

Orochimaru clearly had such arrogant self-confidence before launching the attack, but he did not neglect the layout of the retreat route.Such a difficult enemy, with only a few people left after the war, may not be able to do anything to the opponent.

In the end, they really escaped.

During the chase, Konoha's ninjas also discovered the bones of the Fourth Kazekage.

Orochimaru became the target of public criticism for a while, but the Sand Ninja used this to find an excuse to resolve the conflict, blaming all their changes on Orochimaru, easing the tense atmosphere between the two countries.

Konoha accepted their argument.

The top leaders and strongest combatants of the two ninja villages died at the same time. If they continue to fight each other, it is very likely that other countries will take advantage of them.No one dares to challenge such consequences.

As a result, the chunin exams ended in a hurry, and the ninjas in each village were asked to leave the country within a time limit.The people of Konoha could only endure their grief and clean up after the war, and two days later they finally held a farewell ceremony for the ninjas who died in this battle.

It was raining in Konoha that day, everyone was wearing black clothes, and the whole world was dimmed into gray.Some people in the farewell team couldn't help but let out low sobs, while more ninjas had long been accustomed to deathly silence in the rain.

Sasuke stood in the crowd, his mind filled with the last words he saw the Third Hokage say before.

"The true power of this world is not discovered after learning all the ninjas... Only when he wants to protect the people he cherishes most will a ninja unleash his true power!"

"I am already old, but my pile of dead leaves can still ignite the last fire. Wherever the wooden leaves are flying, the fire will continue to grow...The fire will illuminate the village and make new green leaves sprout..."

The Third Hokage faced death with a smile.

Just as the Uchiha of the Warring States Period fought for the glory of their clan with their lives, the glory of the Third Hokage is this village.He passed on his beliefs to everyone he protected, and many ninjas in Konoha were also willing to risk their lives to maintain this hard-won peace.

Sasuke closed his eyes. He had never respected this old man so sincerely as he did now.The "power of love" he always talks about is not a hypocritical cover-up for his weak foreign policy as everyone misunderstood. In the end, he also proved it with actions.

People who have never faced the darkness of the world will not understand how much strength it takes to have such goodwill and expectations for the world after experiencing many setbacks.

"Let's go and give a bouquet of flowers to the Third Generation." Sasuke turned sideways and said to Naruto.

Naruto held the white chrysanthemum in his hand and nodded gently.