Chapter 302: The Slap Heard Across the Shinobi World
The entire battlefield fell into silence.
The Great Toad Sage, a being revered for thousands of years, had just knelt down before the Fifth Hokage — Uchiha Yuta. The old sage, who had always cherished his pride, had actually kowtowed so respectfully that many still thought they were dreaming.
The only explanation was obvious: Uchiha Yuta's strength had reached a level that even the legendary sage of Mount Myōboku had no choice but to submit.
The reanimated Hokage and Kage couldn't help but smile at this.
The First Hokage, Senju Hashirama
The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama
The Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato
Hatake Sakumo, the White Fang
The First Kazekage and his successors
The Mizukage of all generations…
All of them, resurrected through Reanimation (Edo Tensei), were filled with joy.
The stronger the Fifth Hokage became, the safer and more invincible Konohagakure was.
"Come, have a drink!"
Hashirama, always the lively one, conjured a pair of wooden cups, filled them with sake, and clinked them together with Tobirama. The two brothers drank with hearty grins, laughter echoing as if they were alive once more.
For shinobi who had died long ago, this was a moment of rare happiness.
But suddenly, Hashirama's expression shifted. His eyes narrowed, his smile fading as he glanced toward the back.
There, trying to remain unnoticed, was the Third Hokage — Sarutobi Hiruzen.
A vein pulsed on Hashirama's forehead. "Hmph! If it weren't for you, Konoha might have become even stronger. Yuta wouldn't have had to suffer so many obstacles."
Tobirama's eyes turned cold. "After this war ends, Hiruzen, you'd better kneel and apologize to Konoha and to the Fifth Hokage. Otherwise… don't blame us for being ruthless."
"Eh…?" Hiruzen blinked, caught off guard. He had been quietly watching from the sidelines, yet somehow, he was suddenly being attacked.
Before he could even argue, Hashirama's figure blurred. In an instant, the God of Shinobi appeared in front of him and —
SMACK!
A resounding slap echoed across the battlefield.
The mighty Third Hokage staggered and fell flat on the ground, dirt smearing his face.
"You old fool!" Hashirama barked. "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear Tobirama and me?!"
The crowd erupted in laughter and whispers.
Even though Hiruzen was reanimated and couldn't feel pain, the humiliation was unbearable. Being slapped down in front of everyone by the legendary First Hokage… his pride as the "Professor of Ninjutsu" was shredded to pieces.
Quickly, he scrambled back up, bowing his head. "I… I understand. I dare not resist."
Seeing this, Hashirama nodded in satisfaction, brushing it off like nothing. He returned to his seat with a grin, muttering, "Ah, that was refreshing."
If Hiruzen had known that Hashirama slapped him just because he was bored, he would have coughed blood on the spot. What am I, a stress-relief toy?
But he could only swallow his resentment. Better to endure one slap than risk Tobirama adding a second.
The gathered shinobi weren't sympathetic. In fact, their disdain poured out like venom.
"This Third Hokage… finally getting what he deserves."
"The shame of Konoha. Everyone knows his sins."
"Didn't he try to destroy the Uchiha clan for his own ambition? But instead, Uchiha Yuta rose up and overturned everything!"
"Hahaha! The whole ninja world already knows his crimes — Konoha itself spread the news through newspapers. His reputation is as ruined as the Great Toad Sage's pride!"
The voices of mockery echoed from every corner.
At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen was no longer the once-revered Hokage. He was a fallen relic, despised and condemned, scorned even more than the Great Toad Sage himself.
If he weren't already bound by Reanimation, many shinobi might have rushed forward to end him then and there.
Above them all, the one who had brought this change stood silently.
Uchiha Yuta.
The Fifth Hokage, the man who even the Great Toad Sage had bowed to.
The man who had rewritten the very fate of the ninja world.
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