The Return of Yama Sword

Kitsuchi knew that he was on the cusp of the times.

He had to make a choice.

But no matter what choice he made, he was bound to pay an incomparably painful price.

Only one is now, while the other is the future.

He didn't want to choose, but he had to choose.

How to choose, really makes him suffer a lot.

A ninja was someone who could endure suffering, and the ninja of ninjas was the Shadow.

He knew that his time was running out, so... he had to figure everything out.

Just like that, Kitsuchi raised the Iwagakure's alert level to the highest level. He, on the other hand, locked himself in his room, listing all the possibilities and figuring out the rights and wrongs one by one.

One misjudgment on his part might tear a thousand families apart, and he had to be careful.

But soon enough, a strange message was delivered to Kitsuchi's desk.

"...Hmm? A patrol has disappeared?"

"Who is so bold in this era? Could it be the Akatsuki Organization? Are they coming towards us again since they were sniped by us in the Land of Demons?... It's not quite like that. This isn't the style of the Akatsuki Organization that struts around and hates to let everyone know no matter what they do..."

"Can't be careless, come to two brigades, must check it out for me!"

In this period of time, there might be endless malice hidden behind some small anomalies. Huang Tu didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly mobilized his elites to go forward to check out the territory where the patrols had disappeared.

After all, it was his own territory, and Kitsuchi felt that such a force was enough.

However, what he didn't expect was that in less than two hours, he received the news that the two investigation brigades were completely wiped out.

"What's going on? Two brigades were wiped out en masse? Didn't even run out? Could it be that Suo guy himself?"

Iwa ninjas were familiar with the terrain of their country, and the fact that they could call for help from the headquarters at any time was a huge advantage. Even if they encountered a battle force far stronger than their own, they could still completely hold out and wait for help.

Unless they were surrounded by forces several times their own and the commander chose an adventurous strategy, thus being completely wiped out in a short period of time... there's no reason for that.

This is the Land of Earth!

It's not true that the Iwa was bullied by Konoha outside, but this is the Iwa's old home! It really wasn't so bad to be invaded by several times the force and not know a thing about it.

Kitsuchi immediately associated it with a master from a different village.

"But if it's an expert from another village, in order to achieve such a battle result, it must be a famous character... who would do such a thing at such a sensitive time?"

Kitsuchi couldn't think of anything, but it was also because of the unknown details of the other party, and on the contrary, in this eventful time, he still felt that he had to take it seriously.

"Gather the village elders and go with me to take a look!"

... ...

Nagato raised his head and gazed at the sky dome.

However, there was no silence in the dome of the sky, as one crystal snowflake after another raged everywhere under the power of the cold wind, spreading a faint despair.

"This year, food production will be reduced."

"There's going to be a big mess all over the world."

Nagato knew about farming, and knew even more about the damage such disastrous weather could do to agriculture.

Especially after becoming the leader of a party, he could see more.

"If you want to protect those civilians, you have to kill all the nobles."

Makoto and Nagato had conflicting claims in many ways, but fortunately, when it came to treating the nobles, the two actually had the same attitude.

It's just that Makoto felt that it should be done slowly, not to mention the question of whether or not there are any good people in it, at the very least, there is no way for the current ninjas to build a complete ruling system.

And Nagato... is more extreme.

"Killing people can solve part of the problem, but not the whole problem."

Konan certainly didn't care about the deaths of the nobles, but she raised a rare objection.

"Perhaps... that guy's arrangement in Land of Rice is waiting for today."

The Land of Rice was in a very special situation, it didn't have a ninja village and was controlled by several surrounding powers. Countless forces raged in it, stirring the original breadbasket of the world into a quagmire.

However, two years ago, Makoto had infiltrated his power into the Land of Rice and had practically given it to Aunt Snake to play with as a gift.

Akatsuki organization wasn't aware of many of the inner workings of the situation, but again, as ninjas, the Akatsuki organization wasn't bad at messing with intelligence. After so much time had passed, they had half-explained and half-guessed, and had perceived many things.

At the very least, the Akatsuki organization has discovered the five great ninja villages that are as dense as a spider's web, cross-shareholding each other's food companies.

Neither Nagato nor Konan think that the guy is making such a big deal out of just earning a little bit of a spread - it's not at all Makoto for all of Konoha's companies to be cash cows, except for the grain company, which never makes any money.

Considering how someone's bad reputation almost affected Konoha after the Miso War, he shouldn't have made the same mistake. So what exactly are these companies used for...

It's not really hard to guess.

Nagato wants to be a god.

And he wanted to be a king.

"Really... that guy, always has a way... maybe, he's right..."

"Right about what? The capital he controls in his hands is too dangerous. Do you remember the Miso War? One misstep and he'd have messed up the world! Do you remember why you came out early? It's because we were made by that guy to the point where we couldn't even eat miso!"

Nagato looked a bit strange as he listened to Konan's tirade.

He seemed to have something he wanted to say, but in the end, he didn't say it.

"Let's not talk about that... Konan, I don't know why, but I've always had bad vibes lately."

"If I end up... then you go to Konoha. For my sake, he'll protect you."

Konan: ?????

... ...

After witnessing Dance-chan run away, Makoto didn't stay idle. The first thing he did when he returned to Konoha was to write a letter to Nagato, telling him to be careful.

Uchiha Madara was a very proud man, and he would not tremble or even give up just because his enemies were too powerful.

This time, Makoto had made him suffer such a big hold, he definitely wanted to get his revenge.

But Uchiha Madara is not an idiot, after the previous encounter, he should be very clear about the gap between himself and Makoto. So after temporarily settling down, the first thing he wants to do is definitely to get back his Rinnegan.

Makoto had fought both Uchiha Madara and Nagato, and based on his personal sense of fitness, Nagato was a bit stronger than Uchiha Madara right now.

But there was a problem here - Uchiha Madara was the true owner of those chakra eyes.

As a great hero of his time, would he make certain backhanded moves before he lived to the end of his life?

The answer is yes.

Just because a lot of things weren't reflected in the original work doesn't mean they weren't there.

If it was Makoto instead, it would be strange if he didn't set hundreds of traps on his eye and thousands more ways to retrieve it.

Nagato shouldn't have been able to stop Uchiha Madara.

Of course, since Uchiha Madara is now resurrected and he doesn't need to reincarnate innately, he may not actually have to kill Nagato.

He might even recruit Nagato.

After all, Uchiha Madara is in a bit of a bad situation right now, and all of his plans have been ruined by Makoto. With the loss of his great power, he also needs others to assist him.

Even if it was just revenge.

Nagato was a good choice.

The Akatsuki Organization was at least the darkness of the ninja world now, with money and people, and its power was unparalleled for a while. It might be close to Konoha at the peak of the Shodaime, but it's still just enough to get by.

As long as Nagato is willing to hand over the eye of reincarnation and bow down to him, then it's not impossible for Madara to... However, Nagato won't do that.

This power is the very possibility of changing this world.

If you want to change the world, then you must have this power.

If you don't have the power and only have the heart, you will be an Outer Hero at best.

The reason why Makoto's plan had always gone well was that, in addition to his insights that transcended the times, it was the Konoha behind him, as well as his own invincible power.

Many of the people who were his enemies could never do anything about him, not because they were stupid, but because they didn't dare to turn the table on him.

If he flips the table and stops playing, the fish is sure to die, it's hard to say whether the net will break or not.

Fighting him in his comfort zone, it would be strange for the other side to win.

Nagato wasn't afraid to die, after Yahiko's death, all that was left to sustain him was that belief. And if he wanted to follow through with his beliefs, the power of Rinnegan was indispensable.

This was a trial.

Even if... he knew that he might die.

Men were such a naive species.

Makoto could slightly understand Nagato's feelings, and all he could do was to write a letter and tell him in advance, as a way to do their part for each other.

Everyone has their own path.

The head of the Akatsuki Organization has his own path to take.

Naruto also has his own path to take.

Since they had chosen it, they should not regret it.

Putting Nagato's matter aside, Makoto continued to be busy.

He now had to pull the biju out of Naruto's body.

-With Uchiha Madara's character, whether he wanted to continue with the Eye of the Moon program or simply wanted to become stronger and take revenge, the Kyuubi in Naruto's body was indispensable. Only by drawing out the Kyuubi first could Naruto's safety be ensured.

It is true that once the biju leave the jinchuuriki, the jinchuuriki will 100% be finished. However, One's Own Life Reincarnation is very good to overcome this defect, in the original work, after Gaara was resurrected by Chiyo, I have been alive and kicking, strength has not been affected in any way, and later even gave birth to a child...

That being said, Chiyo's life force is not too strong, obviously it is already in its twilight years, but after giving it to Gaara, you still managed to let him live for so many years...

Naruto's life force is so vigorous that an ordinary person's life force is definitely not comparable to his.

But, no matter.

Anyway, those guys who were considered to have been lightly sentenced to death by a thousand cuts didn't have human rights, so if one wasn't enough, it would be better to get a hundred or so.

Because of the previous experience of resurrecting Uchiha Madara, it was still relatively easy when designing all of this.

Little Naruto at this time also trusted him, Makoto told him to lie on the bed engraved with seals, he really lay on it, and did not even ask his godfather what in the world this is doing.

The little guy was thieving, a little afraid to look at Makoto's face.

"What's wrong, looking at me with such eyes?"

"No, it's nothing..."

"I already know about your 59 points in the ideology and morality class."

"-Woo!"

Little Naruto let out a sad cry, like a brat that had its toes stepped on.

But Makoto could clearly sense that this guy was acting.

He was using guilt and panic to cover up another fact.

-As the honorary principal of the Konoha school, how could he not know that this guy Naruto had his teacher ask his parents to sign for him because he was failing language, and as a result, this guy tricked Temari into signing for him...

Why do you think a guy who can get 100 points in math, history, language, English, physics and chemistry is the one who flunked ethics and morality class?

Minato, is there something wrong with your genes.

... ...

Just like that, Makoto drew out the Yang Kyuubi in Naruto's body and combined the Yin Kyuubi that he had already found before, forming the true Kyuubi.

The clueless Naruto didn't even realize that he had gone back and forth on the death line once, he just felt a little sleepy and then quickly regained his spirit.

At Makoto's urging, the little bastard ran his ass off to play a game with Sarana.

The yin and yang merged, and the power of the Kyuubi that became the full version of the Kyuubi soared. But before Kurama could get violent, Makoto forcibly took control of him with his genjutsu and shoved him into a pot of seals.

-These two years, with the continuous birth of the three bungee and its subsequent models, other dare not say, the development speed of the sealing art is really soaring, far beyond the other ninjutsu.

Even if it's the full version of the Kyuubi, after being stuffed into such a thing, you won't be able to escape within a few months.

...The war between him and Madara wouldn't take that long.

Uchiha Madara's movements were much faster than Makoto had imagined, and at the same time, much more pantheric.

After gaining freedom, Uchiha Madara first spent a few days healing his wounds, and then began to frantically commit crimes within the Land of Earth.

This born from the warring states era, personally experienced endless wars guy, obviously subconsciously regarded the Land of Earth as the enemy, really do not give the other people a bit of face...

In one day, dozens of banks were robbed in Land of Earth, and these unlucky bastards who had their vaults robbed banded together and issued the highest bonuses Land of Earth had ever seen.

But it wasn't much use.

After all, Uchiha Madara's fighting prowess had long been beyond the reach of ordinary ninja.

And the ninja who could beat him...

That one is still in Pure Land.

And the one not in Pure Land is the one who released him.

A guy as proud as Uchiha Madara, naturally he didn't care to bully ordinary people. Makoto actually knew that this guy robbed a bank and was definitely preparing to do something.

This would have been within his expectation, Makoto naturally would not stop it.

The nakedly equipped Uchiha Madara was just too weak to even force him into Stage 2, let alone fight that Upside Down guy from Good Soul.

It was also good to let him develop his equipment a bit, or strengthen himself with the supplies he had prepared earlier.

Everything was progressing steadily according to Makoto's plan.

However, Uchiha Madara's efficiency was obviously much higher than Makoto had imagined, and before Makoto's schedule was even halfway through, Makoto received two pieces of news.

Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki Organization, had been killed in a sneak attack.

Secondly, Tsuchikage Kitsuchi was captured alive, and the other party demanded that Iwagakure trade bijus in exchange.

Makoto: "That's really tricky..."

Kakuza: "Yeah. Although we've blocked the information for now, it's impossible to keep this kind of thing hidden forever, we must think of something quickly!"

Orochimaru: "That's right... Now we must throw away our former suspicions..."

Konan: "You guys wait! Why is it that you, Makoto, know the location of our temporary camp!"