The Three Reanimated Hokage and the Imperial Trial

"You three old fools, still causing me trouble at a time like this?"

Ninja World Tsunade was even angrier, veins bulging on her forehead as she roared. Her right fist clenched tightly, creaking. If not for the crowd around, she might've charged and punched the three elders.

"Outrageous! Tsunade, you've gone too far! How dare you insult us like this! Even when Hiruzen was Hokage, you weren't this arrogant!" Koharu shouted furiously.

"Everyone's seen it, haven't they? Konoha's Hokage, Senju Tsunade, lacks talent and morals, lost the Kyuubi, and is even deluded! Is such a person still fit to be Hokage? Tell me, is she still fit?"

Homura shouted simultaneously.

The Konoha Council looked at the ninja with satisfied expressions.

The ninja exchanged glances, their expressions complex.

"Enough! You three idiots! Shikaku, Chōza, Inoichi, please escort the advisors back to rest. Stop embarrassing yourselves before our honored guests! Besides, I'm very busy now; there's much to handle."

Tsunade roared angrily.

"The three elders… you'd better return and rest well, as Hokage-sama said… we're very busy now." Shikaku stepped forward, his tone helpless, like coaxing elderly relatives.

This made Danzō and his two allies flush with rage.

"Shikaku! You're still stubborn, siding with the lost and foolish Tsunade?"

"We've always known exactly what we're doing. It's you three who seem to misunderstand Konoha's current situation and the world's changes." Shikaku said helplessly.

"Ridiculous!"

Danzō snapped, turning to the other ninja.

"All you Konoha ninja see it, don't you? It's not just the Hokage who's lost; even the Ino-Shika-Chō trio close to her is problematic! We must drive Tsunade and these fools out of Konoha to restore its past glory!"

The other Konoha ninja remained silent.

"Tsunade from the other world, this Danzō—has he always been like this?" the Third Raikage of the Empire couldn't help asking.

"What a noisy guy. If someone like him were in our Lightning District, daring to talk like that to Big Sis, I'd have smashed his head already. Princess Tsunade of this world, is her temper too mild?" Imperial Killer B, hands behind his head, grinned oddly.

Notably, under his two arms were four more, juggling four swords in the air, like performing a magic trick.

"This old man's face just begs for a beating. Want me to teach him a lesson? I love hitting people!" Imperial Kisame said.

"This is Konoha's internal affair. For now, no need to trouble you. We have more pressing matters. Please give me a moment to deal with them." Ninja World Tsunade sighed, pausing as if to say more.

"Deal with us? You still think you can deal with us? Who do you think you are?" Danzō's expression darkened.

The other two Council members shouted angrily too, but no one paid them heed.

"Princess Tsunade of this world, can you tell me how you plan to handle Danzō?" Imperial Setsuna stepped forward, glaring at Danzō grimly.

"Take them to Konoha's prison to cool off." Ninja World Tsunade said.

"Then? Release them?"

"Though they're foolish and keep causing me trouble, they're still Konoha's advisors…" Ninja World Tsunade frowned, her face showing slight helplessness.

"Advisors? I don't think so, do you? Their identity, more than advisors, is better called sinners steeped in guilt!" Imperial Setsuna smiled oddly.

"What do you mean?" Ninja World Tsunade looked shocked.

Others frowned too.

"It seems Princess Tsunade still doesn't know the sins Danzō committed. No, not just Danzō—Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and even Sarutobi Hiruzen in the past! These four pieces of trash committed grave sins!"

"Sins like these would warrant execution in the Empire! That such people held high positions in Konoha for years? Utterly absurd!"

Imperial Setsuna roared, pointing at the three advisors and shouting.

The other Konoha ninja were stunned, unsure how to react.

Danzō, Homura, and Koharu's aged faces flushed red.

"Insolent! Where did this fraud come from, daring to insult us like this? Quick! Silence this man!" Koharu shouted, face crimson.

"Yes, Elder."

A Konoha ninja protecting Koharu responded, his figure flashing toward Imperial Setsuna.

Seeing this, the Imperial group, Ninja World Tsunade, and Kakashi didn't move.

Some Konoha ninja tried to intervene, but the attack was too sudden. Another reason was that this ninja wasn't weak, with Jonin-level strength, so they couldn't react in time, only watching as he charged Imperial Setsuna.

"Fool. No martial arts, no Uchiha bloodline—just an ordinary person like you dares face me? Sarutahiko no Mikoto!"

Imperial Setsuna raised his right hand.

Blood-red light glowed in his eyes, three tomoe appearing, connecting into one.

The next moment, something shocking happened. The ninja approaching Imperial Setsuna moved his legs back and forth on the ground, but his position didn't change at all.

This sparked fear in him. Then the ground spun, turning into an invisible pair of hands dragging him forcibly underground, leaving only half his head above.

"How can this be!"

The ninja struggled, trying to escape, but the earth didn't budge.

In the distance, Danzō saw Imperial Setsuna's eyes and shouted in horror:

"Mangekyou Sharingan? How can a fraud like you have such power?"

His heart raced involuntarily—could his opponent's identity be real?

No! Impossible. No one could be stronger than the First Hokage! He was the god of ninja, wielding true divine power!

"Mangekyou Sharingan? How… Danzō, didn't you say they were all frauds? You…" Koharu shouted in fear but stopped mid-sentence, her expression shifting.

In contrast, the native Konoha ninja, seeing this, sighed in relief.

They smiled involuntarily, realizing they'd been too worried.

The Empire's experts were so powerful; how could an ordinary ninja threaten them?

"Fool, before the Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan, you're just an ant. My Sarutahiko no Mikoto controls the earth. As long as you stand on it, I'm invincible." Imperial Setsuna sneered.

Ninja World Sasuke nodded in agreement beside him.

Indeed, before the Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan, ordinary people were mere ants!

"As Konoha ninja, will you just watch these foreigners act recklessly?" Danzō, fearful inside, shouted coldly.

The Konoha ninja remained still.

Danzō, controlling only Root, had far less authority than the true Hokage.

"Danzō, you'll soon face your reckoning! Don't rush… it's coming…" Imperial Setsuna sneered, then shouted:

"Obito! Have you brought everything?"

A vortex swirled in the air.

Imperial Obito handed three pieces of dried, rotting flesh to Imperial Setsuna.

The vortex swirled again, and three men with calm faces were brought out.

"Those three look like death-row inmates from Konoha's prison… how did they end up with Obito-kun?" a Konoha ninja recognized them and said involuntarily.

"To perform a jutsu and judge a sinner." Imperial Obito said.

Imperial Setsuna grinned, pulling out a scroll, slicing the death-row inmates' bodies, and taking some blood.

"The trial begins now! Edo Tensei!"

Imperial Setsuna formed hand seals.

Three coffins slowly rose from the ground.

Everyone watching showed shock, recalling Orochimaru's invasion of Konoha over three years ago.

"Edo Tensei? What exactly does Elder Setsuna plan to do with it?" some Konoha ninja shouted in fear.

"A trial. As I said, I'll judge the guilty bastards, letting those who died as heroes and the vile, filthy ones receive their due punishment!" Imperial Setsuna replied.

The coffins slowly opened, revealing the faces of the First, Second, and Third Hokage.

"Look at what you've done! Supporting this foolish Tsunade, then letting these people summon the past Hokage! If Konoha falls, you're the greatest sinners!" Danzō yelled furiously.

The Konoha ninja showed embarrassment, anger, and confusion.

"Three Elder Hokage, Elder Setsuna, summoning the dead is outrageous! Even if your Empire is strong, you shouldn't do this!" a Konoha ninja, heart burning with anger, clenched his fists tightly.

Even Ninja World Tsunade frowned.

"Elder Setsuna, I need an explanation."

"You'll understand." Imperial Setsuna replied.

The three Hokage slowly opened their eyes.

Seeing the gathered Konoha crowd, they were all shocked.

"You're all from Konoha? Orochimaru, is that you?" Hiruzen looked angry, turning back.

"Here… Konoha? Why am I out again?" Hashirama said, looking downcast first.

"Something seems off…" Tobirama, the second, observed keenly, frowning.

The First and Third Hokage froze, staring at the group behind them.

"Tsunade, is that you, Tsunade?" Hashirama, recognizing the grown-up Tsunade, shouted loudly.

"Great-granduncle, it's me."

Ninja World Tsunade answered with a complex expression.

"Wow! It's really Tsunade! Though you've changed a lot, you're still as beautiful as when you were a child! Worthy of my granddaughter! Hahaha!"

Hashirama laughed happily.

"No Orochimaru? Then why are we here? Wait… you're Uchiha Setsuna? Weren't you dead? And Itachi, the Fourth Raikage… two Kakashis? What's going on, Tsunade?"

Hiruzen's aged face looked bewildered.