Chapter 444: Natural Born Uchiha

Zzz...

The ear-splitting clang of steel on steel shattered the silence.

Suddenly, barring Sasuke's path stood the Fourth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, Minato Namikaze!

The legendary Golden Flash of the shinobi world.

He might have been the weakest in raw strength among the Kage, but his mastery of the Flying Thunder God technique was unmatched.

A truly fearsome technique.

Tobirama Senju, witnessing this, was visibly stunned. "When did he... tag him?"

His Flying Thunder God was even more skilled than Tobirama himself!

And though the Fourth Raikage was young, his power... wasn't to be underestimated either!

However! When it came to sheer force... he was utterly outclassed.

Clearly, he had underestimated the power behind Sasuke's blade.

Crack!

With a single slash, Sasuke blasted Minato away.

Black lightning crackled, almost instantly paralyzing Minato!

Even as he was hurled backwards, Minato's gaze remained fixed on Sasuke.

His eyes still flickered with disbelief.

'Such raw power... such terrifying Lightning Release!'

Before he even landed, Minato vanished.

Reappearing a distance away, feet firmly planted, in a new stance.

He was forced into a rapid retreat!

Skidding backwards for a considerable distance.

He slid for over ten meters before finally regaining his footing.

Minato stared at his hands. If this were his real body, his hands would likely be shaking uncontrollably!

Thankfully, this was an Edo Tensei body, so pain was irrelevant.

"Sage Mode!"

Then, Hashirama activated Sage Mode. Infusing himself with senjutsu chakra, Hashirama's aura erupted.

Logically, Sage Mode shouldn't even be possible under Edo Tensei.

But Hashirama's competitive spirit blazed. Driven by his desire to gauge the true extent of Uchiha Sasuke's power,

and to understand what had driven him to become a rogue ninja of the Leaf.

With Sage Mode activated, his combat power skyrocketed once more.

In that moment, Hashirama's gaze hardened, and he let out a fierce battle cry.

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

A colossal wooden figure erupted from the earth beneath him, its speed dwarfing that of the Wood Dragon Technique.

Not to be outdone, Sasuke simply clapped his hands, and a wooden figure materialized instantly.

The moment these two massive wooden titans loomed over the battlefield, the shinobi's eyes went wide with disbelief.

Then, with earth-shattering force, the wooden giants' fists collided.

Crack!

A devastating shockwave blasted outwards!

The ground around them buckled and cracked, visible shockwaves rippling through the air.

In that brief instant.

The very earth beneath their feet began to tremble violently.

Shinobi, struggling to stay upright, stared in utter disbelief.

That was the First Hokage!

The First Hokage of the Hidden Leaf!

The God of Shinobi!

And Uchiha Sasuke was actually wielding Wood Release, trading blows equally with the God of Shinobi!

First the Wood Release vines, then the Wood Dragon, and now the Wood Human!

It was as if any technique they threw at him, he could not only replicate it but somehow improve upon it.

Sasuke's wooden giant staggered Hashirama's, then pressed forward, unleashing a relentless barrage of attacks.

Like a relentless boxer on the offensive, giving Hashirama no chance to counter.

Just as his Wood Dragons had rolled and crashed before, it pressed forward, delivering punch after thunderous punch.

The thunderous impacts echoed across the battlefield.

Sasuke looked at Hashirama's stunned face and smirked.

But just as he was about to speak, a golden blur reappeared.

It was Minato Namikaze, reappearing in a flash, kunai in one hand, Rasengan swirling in the other, a golden whirlwind in motion.

While his raw power might not have matched Hashirama's, Minato's techniques were undeniably stylish, captivating countless shinobi.

After all, brute strength wasn't everything; style certainly counted for something.

The Rasengan hurtled straight for Sasuke.

Minato's timing was perfect, seizing the moment Sasuke's attention was fixed on Hashirama.

However! Sasuke's reaction speed was unmatched, even by Minato's standards!

And as the Rasengan closed in, a smirk played on Sasuke's lips.

As the Rasengan hurtled towards his chest, closing within mere centimeters, Sasuke flicked his kunai upwards.

The unexpected move caught Minato completely off guard, and before he could react, Sasuke vanished.

Vanishing without a trace, Minato was left in stunned silence.

This was...

"Flying Thunder God?" ×5!

In perfect unison, Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, Hiruzen, and even Nagato exclaimed.

Even Sasuke knew the Flying Thunder God?

Crack!

A split second later, the crackle of Sasuke's Chidori ripped through Minato's form.

The air crackled with the incessant chirping of a thousand birds.

"You thought you were the only one who could use Flying Thunder God?"

"Lord Fourth?"

With a swift kick, Sasuke sent Minato's limp form hurtling away...

It wasn't that Sasuke couldn't have finished Minato then and there, but Tobirama, the other master of the Flying Thunder God, was still present.

The Second Hokage, Tobirama. Instantly using Flying Thunder God, Tobirama snatched Minato away and turned his gaze towards Sasuke in mid-air.

He immediately detonated an explosive tag.

Sasuke glanced at the explosive tag at his feet. The chakra snakes coiling around him tightened instantly, forming a protective barrier.

Boom!

The explosion engulfed Sasuke in flames.

"What was that just now?"

"That was the Fourth Hokage!"

"No, that's not what I meant. I was asking about that Sasuke guy. How did he suddenly disappear?"

"The technique he used seemed... similar to the Fourth Hokage's!"

Shinobi from other villages were baffled, while amongst the Leaf shinobi, Might Guy's face paled.

"It's not just similar. That was the Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Even as they spoke, the battle raged on below.

"Fire Release!"

"Lightning Release!"

"Water Release!"

"Earth Release!"

"Wind Release!"

The "Professor," Hiruzen, unleashed all five nature transformations simultaneously – Edo Tensei granting him limitless chakra.

Five blasts of elemental chakra, each a different color, hurtled towards Sasuke from all sides.

Sasuke sneered.

From his back, multiple heads erupted – Wood Release clones!

Instead of fully detaching, they morphed him into a grotesque, three-headed, six-armed monstrosity.

Mimicking Hiruzen, Sasuke unleashed his own barrage of five nature transformations!

The elemental blasts collided mid-air in a blinding explosion. The resulting shockwaves were devastating.

Now! All four Hokage of the Leaf had joined the fight, and their common enemy, Uchiha Sasuke, was holding his own in a way no one could have predicted.

He was mirroring their very techniques! The only exceptions were the Chidori, his signature move, and while Sasuke could also use the Rasengan, he clearly favored the crackling blade of lightning.

But even so, as countless shinobi gazed at Sasuke's figure, they couldn't shake a growing sense of unease.

A natural-born Uchiha! A prodigy. Whether it was forbidden techniques, kekkei genkai, secret techniques, or any and every technique, it seemed there was nothing this guy couldn't master.

The Wood Release that brought peace to the warring era!

The Flying Thunder God, bearer of the Flash's name!

The five nature transformations!

The devastating Water Release!

Uchiha Sasuke... He truly seemed capable of anything. And his reserves of power appeared bottomless...

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