Heart of Steel Half-Morph Sword Saint, Madara is willing to call me the strongest

"Rumble--"

The entire cliff was directly broken by the Tailed Beast Ball.

The rocks and the ground all turned into dust and fell into the sea along with the shock wave of the explosion.

"Roar--"

After completing the task, Sanwei's figure pressed down and disappeared into the sea.

The dust slowly dissipated, and the cliff where Uchiha Yi was originally located completely disappeared, leaving only broken rock fragments and half of the cliff.

The ninjas of Konoha stood there stiffly. No one spoke, only the sound of the sea breeze and waves echoed in the air.

In a shadow that no one noticed, Uchiha Madara witnessed all this happening.

In his left hand he held a long black sword, and his face did not show much expression.

Uchiha Madara looked up at the blue sky. He couldn't remember the last time he walked out of the cave.

It could have been ten years ago, or it could have been decades ago.

He sighed softly, a hint of bitterness appearing on his face.

The road I have chosen is destined to be a lonely road.

"Cough cough..."

Uchiha Madara coughed twice, glanced at Black Zetsu, and said slowly: "I have overdrawn a lot of vitality. I need to return to the base as soon as possible and use the Outer Path Demon Statue to prolong my life."

In order to get rid of Uchiha Yi, he absorbed energy from the Outer Path Statue that exceeded his body's limit in advance, which caused great damage to his already weak body.

He couldn't hold out for two months.

Next, planned actions must be accelerated.

"Let's go back now."

Black Zetsu turned sideways and glanced at Uchiha Madara.

As a product of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's will, he has always regarded himself as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's son, and everything he has done is to resurrect his mother.

In his opinion, Uchiha Yi's strength was actually nothing, but he saw the unknown that was difficult to control in Yi.

It can be said that he can see everyone in this world very clearly, including Uchiha Madara, but only Uchiha Yi makes him feel a little inexplicably fearful.

"We have finally gotten rid of Uchiha Yi. Now we just need to control Obito and let him collect the tailed beasts. As long as the Ten-Tails reappears in the world, Mother will be resurrected..."

Black Zetsu lowered his head, a gloomy look flashing in his eyes.

"Let's go back to base."

Before he finished his words, Madara and Black Zetsu had disappeared onto the ground.

……

The beginning of Konoha 50.

The Konoha troops who attended the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron were attacked by unknown persons on their way back, including the Three-Tails who had disappeared for a long time.

Uchiha Yi, the silver flash that was famous in the ninja world, died in battle.

When the news came out, almost everyone was in disbelief.

The other four major nations expressed doubts about the authenticity of the matter, and several major hidden villages even sent diplomats to Konoha to confirm the news.

It was not until the Third Hokage personally announced the news that the rest of the ninja villages believed it.

Suddenly, the ninja world was shaken.

Everyone was shocked.

The Silver Flash, who was so famous during the entire Third Ninja War, died just like that?

Some people feel regretful, some people are puzzled.

Some were even ecstatic.

Such a young genius passed away. In addition to feeling regretful, the Third Hokage held a meeting and unanimously decided to set up a separate monument for Uchiha Yi.

After a Konoha ninja dies in battle, his name is usually engraved on a stone tablet. Apart from the Hokage of each generation, there are almost no other people who can have a separate monument.

At the meeting, even Danzo did not object and agreed to the construction of the monument.

Although Danzo and Uchiha Yi have a huge grudge, and his roots have not yet recovered, he also recognizes Uchiha Yi's achievements.

After all, Uchiha Yi is dead, so there is no need to worry about his threat to Konoha anymore.

Two days later.

Konoha Village, the back mountain of the Stone Sculpture Mountains where successive Hokages have served.

Uchiha Yi's monument stands there quietly.

Behind the monument is a large area of ​​tombstones where countless Konoha heroes who died in battle are buried.

The atmosphere at the scene was solemn.

All the famous people in Konoha Village attended today's memorial ceremony.

Obito stood in the crowd in a daze, looking at the people gathering together, and then looking at the tombstone with Yi's name written on it. His eyes became red.

He recalled the scenes with Yi, going home together after school, practicing together, carrying out missions together, and Yi's constant support for him.

"easy……"

Obito finally couldn't help it and cried in a low voice.

Kakashi patted Obito's right shoulder.

His heart also felt empty. The feeling of sadness and loss was very uncomfortable, as if the whole world had become dark.

Except for those who had died in the battle, all the classmates came. The homeroom teacher Nara Hiroyuki was also in the crowd. They were all sad and unable to hide their grief.

All the elites of the Uchiha clan are here.

The clan leader Fugaku, several elders, the entire Seventh Team, and even Uchiha Itachi, who had just turned four years old, stood beside his father Fugaku with serious expressions on their little faces.

After the Third Hokage finished reading his eulogy for Uchiha Yi, everyone came forward one by one and presented white flowers.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen, Namikaze Minato, and the patriarchs of the major families, it was the turn of the younger generation.

Mao Yue Xi Yan's eyes were slightly red, and she placed the white flowers in her hand on the ground in front of the monument.

In the battle with Kirigakure half a year ago, it was Yi who saved her.

When he was in Ninja School, Yi was the most outstanding one in the class. Not only was he handsome, but he also had outstanding talents and abilities. He was the object of admiration of all the girls in the class.

After graduation, he became a hero as famous as Minato Namikaze.

But I didn't expect that he would leave so suddenly.

I haven't even thanked him properly yet.

Mao Yue Xi Yan lowered her head, tears slowly falling from her eyes.

Inuzukagawa stood in the crowd, his fists clenched tightly, his body trembling, and his expression filled with grief.

At the front of the crowd, Hinata Shiori's face was pale, her eyes were red, and she was biting her lower lip tightly.

Seeing Shiori's grief, Namikaze Minato sighed, held her hand, and said with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, I didn't protect Yi well."

Until now, Minato still deeply regrets that he should have caught up with Yi that day, so that Yi would not fall into the enemy's trap.

Unfortunately, time cannot be turned back.

Shiori remained silent, placed the bouquet of white flowers in her hand in front of the stone tablet, wiped the corners of her eyes with her hand, and then left quietly.

All day long, people continued to come to the monument to mourn the hero of Konoha. Groups of villagers came spontaneously, and the area around the garden was filled with flowers.

……

By night, the monument was empty.

At this time, another figure walked up to the monument.

"Yi, are you really dead? Haha, I don't believe it... How could a guy like you die like this?"

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced casually at the monument, and finally shook his head and turned away.

He made a major discovery from Uchiha Yi's cells.

It was an indescribable vitality. Next, as long as he could successfully integrate into Yi's cells, he would be able to overcome the side effects of the immortal reincarnation technique and become a true immortal.

Orochimaru simply didn't believe that Yi was dead.

Even though many Konoha ninjas witnessed Yi's death.

But in the ninja world, there are ways to be reborn after death.

Orochimaru himself also has many ways to fake his death and revive.

A guy like Yi definitely has a hidden card.

However, Orochimaru didn't know who attacked Yi.

Maybe it really is some terrifying existence, and Yi can only blame himself for his bad luck.

But these things have nothing to do with him anymore.

He doesn't care about the position of Hokage anymore.

Next, he will complete the corpse reincarnation technique with his own hands.

Is there anything more worth pursuing than eternal life?