Hokage: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 115: The God of the Shinobi’s Unfortunate Fate

Chapter 115: The God of the Shinobi's Unfortunate Fate

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Ranking Shield Technique!"

Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen's failed attempt and the imminent threat of the Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, Hashirama Senju clapped his hands once more.

Instantly, wooden shields shaped like fanged demon faces rose from the ground, enveloping him and the other three Hokage completely.

Blinding white light blossomed from the Four-Polar Forbidden Array.

Everything swiftly returned to calm.

After the light faded, Hagoromo Gengetsu looked forward again.

The four wooden demon-faced shields, though battered and split in half, still stood, and the four Hokage emerged quickly from within.

The Ranking Shield Technique, enhanced by Sage Art, successfully withstood the damage from the Dust Release, which had previously defended against the attacks of Susanoo.

However, the expressions of the four Hokage were far from relieved.

"It's over."

Noticing Hashirama Senju's body becoming significantly transparent, Hagoromo Gengetsu calmly clasped his hands once more. Under the radiant white light, the Dust Release reappeared.

Hashirama, seeing this, scratched his head with a wry smile.

The other three Hokage, with nowhere to escape, could only accept their fate in silence.

In the next moment, the light of the Dust Release burst forth again.

The figures of Hashirama and the others quickly vanished.

Hagoromo Gengetsu watched everything unfold calmly.

To be honest, Hashirama Senju's true strength was not inferior to Uchiha Madara, who was resurrected using the Reanimation Jutsu, infused with Hashirama's cells, and awakened the Rinnegan.

He was undoubtedly the strongest under the Six Paths.

However, aside from the battles at the Valley of the End and the Valley of the Fallen God, Hashirama had never been able to exert his full strength in any fight after his death, including the current one.

Even in the original series, when using a White Zetsu infused with Hashirama's cells as a vessel, he couldn't reach his peak strength.

It can be said that the God of the Shinobi has had some bad luck.

The same goes for Tobirama Senju, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Minato Namikaze.

If they were all alive, the outcome of this battle wouldn't be determined so quickly.

In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen's peak was likely during his time as an Reanimation, as he wasn't bound by an aging body and had almost limitless chakra, functioning as a true ninjutsu artillery.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was undoubtedly the only Hokage whose strength increased in the Reanimation state.

With the disappearance of the four shadow clones, the towering sealing barrier dissipated.

The howling wind blew away the smoke over the devastated battlefield.

"Did we still not succeed?" Tobirama Senju, in his soul state, frowned as he looked at Hagoromo Gengetsu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen could only sigh in response.

Minato Namikaze also felt some regret, not just because of Hagoromo Gengetsu, but also because he couldn't learn about Naruto's current situation.

Unfortunately, time seemed to be running out.

Finally having a moment to spare, Minato turned to Sarutobi Hiruzen to inquire about Naruto, only to realize that their souls were starting to glow with white light. He could only shake his head regretfully.

"Impressive! Gengetsu, you won this time!"

In the last moment, Hashirama Senju smiled and congratulated his old opponent.

"Still a bit lacking," Hagoromo Gengetsu, with the Yin Seal returning to his brow, smiled faintly, without arrogance.

Hashirama still wanted to say something, but the time had come.

In an instant, the souls of the four Hokage were completely enveloped in white light.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared, not returning to the Shinigami but completely returning to the underworld.

Thus, from the first to the fourth Hokage, in a battle of Kage level, Hagoromo Gengetsu had the last laugh.

The Shinigami's perfect plan had utterly failed.

Feeling his body and soul completely restored to peak condition, Hagoromo Gengetsu didn't perform the typical Uchiha mad laugh.

With everything meticulously planned, he just needed to proceed step by step to achieve the final result.

Though the unexpected appearance of the four Hokage was a surprise, the outcome remained unchanged.

"Let's try again and see if we can summon the Shinigami."

With great anticipation, Hagoromo Gengetsu formed seals once more.

While others would avoid the Shinigami, he saw it as a great supplement.

The benefits of a strong soul had already been deeply realized when he ignored Tobirama Senju's Darkness Technique.

Hagoromo Gengetsu wanted to take more from the Shinigami.

Unfortunately, this time, after performing the Reaper Death Seal, the Shinigami did not respond to the summons, and the connection with it was abruptly severed.

"Afraid of being beaten?"

It's understandable. The Shinigami had lost an arm, then four high-quality souls, along with life force beads, and still couldn't defeat Hagoromo Gengetsu.

Sensing the same caster again, it didn't respond despite its fury.

What a pity.

Shaking his head in regret, Hagoromo Gengetsu thought that milking the Shinigami was no longer possible.

Then he would proceed step by step on his own.

Having completed his first and second minor goals since his second life, it was now time to focus on his final, most important goal: achieving the Bloodline Limit!

He had almost mastered the five major chakra natures: fire, earth, water, wind, and lightning. His real shortcoming was the yin and yang attributes.

With significant progress in medical ninjutsu, his research on yang chakra was showing promise.

As for yin chakra, after considering the Mangekyo Sharingan he had taken from Uchiha Shisui, he had an idea.

"Just in time, there's another excellent experiment subject here."

Hagoromo Gengetsu suddenly looked at the ground and stomped his right foot forcefully.

Crack!

A massive crack formed and spread downward.

Quickly, amidst the earth splitting and trembling, a White Zetsu, who had been hiding tens of meters underground, raised its pale face in shock, looking up at the sunlit Hagoromo Gengetsu.

"Splitting the ground tens of meters deep with one stomp, this is too exaggerated!"

Swallowing hard, the White Zetsu attempted to flee using the Mayfly technique.

But as it turned, a hand instantly appeared behind it, grasping its head. With a squeeze, White Zetsu rolled its eyes and fell unconscious.

Hagoromo Gengetsu had captured White Zetsu before.

Though White Zetsu had excellent stealth, to someone with mastery over earth chakra, the ground was also his domain.

Any movement beneath the earth was as visible as if it were happening before his eyes.

Thanking the delivery, Hagoromo Gengetsu considered White Zetsu an ideal experimental subject in the Shinobi world.

After securing the White Zetsu, he headed back towards the village.