Chapter 152 Don't Die, Don't Cry (4K)

Though Hanzo had been extremely cautious and concealed his identity well, he was ruthlessly exposed by Heiyan, who knew him all too well.

Therefore, Heiyan addressed this mysterious figure—who was none other than Hanzo—in an unwavering yet calm tone:

"You have two options. The first is to fight me. If you choose this path, better be certain you can kill me right now. Otherwise, one day, I, Uzumaki Heiyan, will surely destroy Amegakure.

A thunderous BOOM echoed as immense chakra surged from Heiyan's body once more. His long hair whipped wildly behind him as his aura soared to its peak once again.

He was willing to burn his cells again to fight Hanzo to the death.

"You..."

Upon hearing Heiyan threaten to destroy Amegakure, Hanzo realized his identity was already exposed. Oppressed by Heiyan's terrifying presence, his heart quivered and he instinctively stepped back several paces.

"The second option."

At this moment, Heiyan raised two fingers, offering Hanzo another choice.

"Surrender the antidote and leave with dignity. I can act as if today never happened, and Konoha and Amegakure won't develop any conflict over this."

This was what Heiyan said.

Hanzo remained silent for a moment before finally letting out a helpless chuckle.

Thinking back, when had he, a revered semi-god-like figure in the ninja world, ever been so openly threatened face-to-face by a mere fifteen-year-old?

And yet, that very situation had just unfolded.

Even more unexpectedly, the usually proud and arrogant Hanzo actually backed down this time.

Because he had no choice but to.

Earlier, though Hanzo had stayed hidden underwater, he had witnessed the entire battle firsthand and seen Heiyan's magnificent Immortal Sage Power.

Yes, he himself was a semi-god.

But today's Heiyan was a true god—an invincible immortal.

If he wanted to keep his pride, Heiyan would let him walk away with it. If not, Heiyan would make sure he did anyway.

Realizing this, Hanzo sighed deeply, took out two vials of antidote, fed them to Fugaku and Hiashi, then unlocked the iron chains binding them.

After finishing these actions, he looked at Heiyan and spoke in his usual deep tone:

"I hope this unpleasantness won't damage our former ties."

"Naturally," Heiyan replied firmly and concisely with a nod.

"And my offer still stands: You're always welcome to visit Amegakure anytime."

Having said that, Hanzo gave Heiyan one last profound glance, formed a single hand seal, and vanished in a "whoosh."

For Hanzo, although he gained nothing tangible from this encounter, his original objective had already been achieved.

Once news of today's great battle spreads across the entire ninja world, would Sunagakure and Iwagakure dare provoke another war against Konoha?

In this way, Amegakure, caught between three great nations, would temporarily gain peace.

Heiyan sensed Hanzo's chakra moving far westward and only stopped burning his cells and retracted his oppressive aura after confirming the opponent's complete departure.

At this moment, Fugaku and Hiashi rose from the ground.

Although they hadn't seen Hanzo's true face, judging from Heiyan's verbal exchange with him, it wasn't difficult to deduce his identity as the leader of Amegakure.

Thanks to Heiyan scaring off Hanzo, otherwise today everyone would've been completely wiped out.

"Have you both gotten rid of the poison in your bodies?"

Heiyan asked two people. After receiving affirmative answers, he felt relieved before turning his gaze toward the Uzumaki clan members.

His brow furrowed instinctively.

Heiyan discovered that among the five hundred Uzumaki ninja, aside from over a hundred outcasts who had already been eliminated, half of the remaining three hundred had fallen during the fierce battle, leaving fewer than two hundred survivors.

Moreover, most of these two hundred were severely injured. Without timely medical treatment, more would die.

Among them was Ashina Uzumaki – this elderly former clan head had continuously charged at the frontlines of battle and now lay unconscious from injuries and exhaustion, his condition critical.

Looking at his suffering clansmen with pained and sorrowful eyes, Heiyan resolutely raised both hands again. He formed the [Summoning Seal] without hesitation.

"Puff!"

A giant slug twenty meters tall appeared on the battlefield.

"My lord Heiyan, what's wrong with you?" 

As soon as Katsuyu appeared and saw Heiyan's emaciated face and white hair, she was instantly startled and voiced her concern.

"I'm fine."

Heiyan managed a faint smile, then pleaded with Katsuyu, "Katsuyu Sage, please help me transfer my chakra to heal their wounds."

"But my lord Heiyan, your body..."

Upon hearing this, Katsuyu's voice expressed great concern, hesitating.

"Please follow my orders, or it'll be too late." Heiyan said firmly, his tone suddenly becoming strict.

"...Very well, my lord Heiyan."

Ultimately, Katsuyu obeyed Heiyan's command. Her massive body instantly collapsed, splitting into hundreds of small slugs that crawled onto the wounded and dying Uzumaki members.

"Pah!"

Heiyan clasped his hands again and closed his eyes, maintaining this motionless posture as he transmitted his chakra through the slugs to every wounded person.

"Hiss... hiss... hiss..."

In an instant, a layer of blue chakra surged over all the Uzumaki clan members' bodies, their wounds visibly healing at a remarkable speed.

"Heiyan..."

Fugaku and Hiashi approached Heiyan's side, their faces etched with worry. However, they couldn't really help, so they could only stand guard beside him.

Finally, as time passed, all the Uzumaki clan members were healed, including Ashina Uzumaki who had been unconscious, now regaining awareness and reopening his eyes.

One individual healing over a hundred ninja simultaneously – once again, [Sage Transformation] fully manifested itself through Heiyan.

However, the cost was that during this process, Heiyan's figure became increasingly gaunt, his long hair completely whitened without a single trace of black remaining.

At this moment, Heiyan seemed to return once more to how he'd been over a year ago – transformed again into that frail, white-haired youth with protruding bones.

Time passed, and it seemed as though he had returned to the beginning of his life—nothing appeared to have changed.

Yet at the moment Heiyan could no longer support himself and began to fall backward, a faint, content smile curved at the corner of his lips.

Because he knew—he had reshaped everything.

"Heiyan!"

"Clan Head!"

Fugaku, Hiashi, and Ashina Uzumaki rushed forward upon seeing Heiyan collapse, shouting in alarm.

But none of them were the one who caught Heiyan as he fell.

A graceful figure had silently appeared on the battlefield. She was a young, beautiful kunoichi with long blonde hair tied into a ponytail, her curves eye-catching.

She had been summoned here through the Reverse Summoning used by Katsuyu from Shikkotsu Forest.

As a soft, alluring fragrance filled the air, Heiyan felt himself sinking into a warm, gentle embrace.

He forced his eyes open and immediately saw a familiar, beautiful face gazing down at him with deep concern. Her eyes were wide with fear, shimmering with unshed tears.

"Don't die."

Tsunade whispered as she held Heiyan, her voice trembling. At that moment, hot tears rolled down her cheeks and dripped onto Heiyan's face.

"I... I'm fine."

Even as he said that, his gaze remained gentle. He lifted the crystal necklace hanging from his neck and smiled slowly at Tsunade. "See? This necklace you gave me has been protecting me all along."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade shivered, and more tears helplessly spilled from her eyes.

"Please don't cry."

Heiyan tried to lift his right hand to wipe away Tsunade's tears but only managed to raise it halfway before it fell back down, powerless.

He closed his eyes.

"Heiyan!"

Panic surged through Tsunade. Immediately, she placed both hands against his chest and began pouring Yang Release chakra recklessly from her own body into his.

Beside her, Fugaku, Hiashi, and the others stood nervously watching, too afraid to utter even a sound or make any movement, lest they disturb Tsunade's healing.

Fortunately, color gradually returned to Heiyan's face, and his breathing stabilized. Although his eyes remained shut, he seemed to have moved past danger.

At that time, a small slug climbed onto Heiyan's body and carefully examined his internal condition. Then, waving its antennae joyfully, it announced to everyone:

"Rest assured, Lord Heiyan is merely unconscious. After some rest, his body will recover naturally and his consciousness will return."

Hearing this, the group finally relaxed.

If it were anyone else, exhausting their chakra like that would surely mean death. But Heiyan was someone who constantly defied odds—a person who forged miracles. His [Immortal Sage Body], tempered through brutal training, had long surpassed the limits of ordinary humanity.

Meanwhile,

Inside a temple atop Mount Myoboku, a group of toads stared silently at the scene unfolding within a crystal ball, their surroundings completely still.

For Gamabunta and his brothers, today had been an unprecedented battle. They had witnessed with their own eyes as Heiyan first annihilated multiple Tailed Beasts using the Six Paths stone tablet's Meteor Hammer, then unleashed the Sage Art: Three-headed, Six-armed Form — truly earth-shattering.

They were utterly overwhelmed by Heiyan's power, stunned into disbelief.

"How could this happen? Why... No, this shouldn't be..."

Gamamaru mumbled incoherently, shock written across his face, his mind blank.

The vision he'd foreseen in his dreams was nothing like this at all. Heiyan was fated to die, and yet somehow he cheated death.

For the very first time in his life,

Gamamaru's prophecy had deviated from reality.

Fukasaku and Shima exchanged glances again, both eyes sparkling with excitement and surprise — they couldn't believe what had just happened.

That child Heiyan really did it.

In a secret chamber inside the Mizukage building in the Hidden Mist Village,

"So he didn't die after all."

Madara Uchiha saw that Heiyan was merely unconscious and couldn't help but show disappointment on his face. However, soon he sneered coldly, "Heh heh."

Because he thought of his old friend Hashirama Senju.

After the legendary clash at the Valley of the End more than two decades ago, Hashirama appeared victorious but had exhausted all his chakra during that day-and-night battle, eventually dying from severe illness not long afterward.

Madara could tell Heiyan's situation was nearly identical. Though the young man survived, what remained was simply prolonging his final breaths.

"Therefore, once again… the winner is me."

Thinking thusly, Madara Uchiha inwardly mused, feeling an unprecedented sense of relief and happiness, as if all his previous frustrations had vanished.

Suddenly, intense emotional surges caused violent spasms in his eyelid. His left eye erupted with an overwhelming wave of ocular energy.

Trembling violently, Madara's face lit up in ecstatic delight.

More than two decades had passed. This moment had finally arrived...

Atop a tall tree outside Uzugakure Village,

"Finished."

Danzo muttered to himself, his expression dark beyond measure. He understood clearly that so long as Heiyan lived, he would forever remain a stray dog exiled from Konoha.

What if…

His gaze turned sinister. Steeling himself, he made a ruthless decision — all-in, and go kill Heiyan directly.

After all, Heiyan was unconscious now; Fugaku and Hiashi were nearly out of fighting capability, while Tsunade and other members of the Uzumaki clan weren't serious threats in Danzo's eyes.

This was arguably his best chance.

But just as Danzo narrowed his eyes and prepared to act, he suddenly sensed someone approaching the battlefield.

Moreover, these newcomers numbered not just one or two, but dozens — powerful chakra signatures, each rivaling Jonin-level strength.

Konoha reinforcements had arrived.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two ANBU squads led by Sakumo Hatake, elite Uchiha warriors, and Hyuga main house elders under Hiashi's command — over fifty strong — swiftly dashed through the woods beneath Danzo, rushing toward the center of the battlefield.

No chance anymore.

Seeing this, Danzo finally felt complete despair.

With nowhere else to turn, he could only conceal his presence and retreat in disgrace, burdened by deep resentment.

Danzo realized that at this point, he had no choice but to head eastward across the sea and seek refuge with Black Zetsu in Kirigakure.

Below,

Sakumo Hatake and others arrived late. Upon reaching the battlefield, they were struck speechless by the horrific sight before them, their faces frozen with shock and disbelief.

They saw a hundred-meter-wide crater, deep canyon-like fissures tearing through the earth, and entire forests turned to ash—it looked like the end of the world.

As they approached the center of the battlefield, they encountered thousands of corpses scattered across the ground, along with the unconscious Six-Tails Saiken, Three-Tails Isobu, and Two-Tails Matatabi, each lying like a small mountain.

"..."

Nothing about what they were seeing made any sense anymore. None of them could even begin to imagine what kind of earth-shattering battle had taken place here.

"Fugaku!" "Hiashi!"

At this moment, members from the Uchiha and Hyuga clans saw their respective geniuses unharmed, instantly exhaling in relief as they hurried toward them.

Meanwhile, Sakumo Hatake rushed toward Tsunade, leading two Anbu squads. Upon learning that Heiyan had only fallen into unconsciousness, the weight on his chest finally lifted.

After that, Sakumo Hatake and the others heard the full account of Uzugakure's defense from Ashina Uzumaki.

After hearing Ashina Uzumaki's account, they were once again deeply shaken. Everyone stood there in stunned silence, still trying to wrap their heads around it all.

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