NARUTO: SECOND GOD OF SHINOBI

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Soon, two figures arrived, one of them carrying a bruised and bloody man on his shoulder.

Jiraiya and other ninjas gathered at the scene, watching as Kagami, who was carrying the Kazekage, gently laid him down.

Two Konoha ninjas quickly stepped forward to take the Kazekage away. Kagami, observing everyone, smiled and spoke,

"Good work, everyone. The new tactics we applied in this battle have given us a huge advantage. Now, let's move back and regroup at the camp."

"Yes, Captain Commander," they replied in unison. Soon, all of them began clearing the battlefield and making their way back to the camp.

Kagami approached Jiraiya and said, "You did well, Jiraiya, pushing Chiyo back. I'm sure if you were given more time, you could have gained the upper hand."

Jiraiya scratched his head with a sheepish grin. "Hahaha... Uncle Kagami, you surely jest. I still have a long way to go. Now that you're here, I have some materials to collect. I must go. See you later!"

Hearing this, Kagami and the others twitched and cursed inwardly. Materials? What materials? This is just an excuse to sneak into bathhouses.

As Jiraiya turned to leave, Kagami's voice sounded cold and sharp, like a grim reaper's.

"Come back here, Jiraiya, or I'll surely complain to Hiruzen about your little escapades. And if not that, I'll declare you a rogue and the pervert ninja of Konoha."

The cold aura radiating from Kagami froze Jiraiya in his tracks. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead as he chuckled nervously.

"Hehehe... Uncle Kagami, there's no need to involve Master. I'll stay right here."

Watching the interaction, Shuzaku, Setsuna, Torifu, and Inosuke Yamanaka all smirked, their lips curving slightly.

Their thoughts wandered, Ah, it seems Jiraiya fears Lord Third. Next time, I must mention this to Lord Third about him sneaking around.

Jiraiya, feeling a chill, muttered to himself, "Ah! The night is too cold. I must go take a hot bath."

Kagami, ignoring him, said, "Let's send a shadow clone to negotiate with Suna about the Kazekage. We must make them surrender."

All of them nodded, the message was clear, you must surrender or Konoha will not let it go.

Soon Shuzaku Nara's sent a shadow clone to negotiate with Sunagakure retreating camp, according to Konoha demands.

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Meanwhile, in the Suna camp, Chiyo led the remaining ninjas who had survived the assault by Konoha.

Her thoughts were chaotic. Soon, a jonin arrived and spoke,

"Lady Chiyo, the Third Kazekage... h-he was captured by Kagami Uchiha and Torifu Akimichi."

Chiyo, lost in thought, suddenly froze, shock spreading across her face.

"What?! What were you doing?! How can you come here without the Kazekage-sama?"

The elite jonin stammered, "W-we were intercepted by Konoha ninjas. My team... all of them died. The Kazekage... he was defeated and captured by Kagami Uchiha."

Chiyo's mind raced. It seems we will lose this war with Konoha. Not even three weeks have passed since the first battle initiated, and we are already being pushed back.

I must negotiate with Konoha and agree to their demands, or the Third Kazekage will not survive just like other village kage.

She spoke with determination, "Go and gather the remaining jonins, and send a message to elder Ebizo at the Iwa front, we must deal with the situation immediately."

The ninja nodded. "Yes, Lady Chiyo," and disappeared.

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A day passed,

The ninja world plunged into even greater turmoil.

News reached almost every ninja village and far and wide, That Konoha Hokage's wife faced an assassination and died, even Hiruzen Sarutobi the Third Hokage was injured.

But the next day, as Sunagakure thought to attack the Leaf forces and the Land of Rivers captured by Konoha, they were thoroughly thrashed.

Even the Third Kazekage was captured by Kagami Uchiha and Torifu Akimichi the disciples of second hokage.

The message was clear: Even if the Hokage was down and out, not any Tom Dick or Harry carrying ill intentions towards Konoha can remain intact.

Konoha was once again recognized as the strongest village in the ninja world.

In the streets, rumors ran wild.

"Hey, did you hear? The Kazekage was captured."

"Heh, that's old news. I heard he surrendered to Kagami Uchiha and Torifu Akimichi so the Suna ninjas could escape."

"That's nothing! I heard Chiyo of the Ten Puppets was taken down by the Hokage's disciple, Jiraiya."

On a distant mountain, a black figure with a half-black, half-white body emerged from the cliff. It was Black Zetsu.

"Konoha is more powerful than I thought," he muttered.

"Hokage's five disciples are all Kage-level ninjas: Kagami Uchiha, Torifu Akimichi, Nine-Tails' Mito Uzumaki, Ashina Uzumaki, and Kazuki Uzumaki.

Even the Anbu Vice Commander is Kage-level. The Hokage's wife, another Kage-level, and his ten clones—each one Kage-level.

Surely, they can't sustain this power for more than a month. Even so, I must act. Konoha's growing strength will hinder the Moon Plan."

He commanded, and a white Zetsu sprouted from the ground. "You called, Black?"

Black Zetsu sneered. "Gather information on the Four Great Villages. We must weaken Konoha thoroughly in the upcoming Third Shinobi World War."

White Zetsu hesitated. "Third war? But this is the Second War. How can the Third War be upcoming?"

Black Zetsu's eyes twitched with irritation. "Fool! This war is already in Konoha's hands. We must prepare for the next war. Focus on Rain Village and ensure no errors occur with Nagato."

White Zetsu nodded and vanished.

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Meanwhile, in Konoha,

Hiruzen sat in the middle of the training ground, with four clones seated in front of him.

He spoke, "Let's begin. Today, I will create Yin-Yang Release and the Kekkai Mora Truth-Seeking Balls. I was too complacent. This should have been done years ago."

He soon settled down and activated his Creation skill.

A cold chakra enveloped his right hand, in Yin release nature transformation, while a warm chakra enveloped his left hand radiated Yang release nature transformation.

As he began to combined the two opposite nature, they began to repel each other violently.

Seeing this Hiruzen didn't back down.

With extreme mastery over both chakra nature transformation hone through years of practice, he managed to bring the forces into harmony.

Small amount of both nature chakra began to merge finding the right ratio.

He then activated his Comprehension skill, the process gradually began to speed up, the small amount of chakra that merge at the beginning, triggered a chain reaction, gradually stabilizing both nature.

The chakra repulsing at the beginning, changed to attracting each other.

Fifteen minutes later, the process was complete. A new form of chakra hovered in Hiruzen's palm.

"It's a success," he muttered.

Suddenly, changes began happening inside his body. Realizing what was occurring, he activated his Assimilation skill.

His entire body began to transform as Yin-Yang Chakra rewrote everything down to the cellular level.

Cells containing physical energy and Yang release chakra were soon converted into Yin-Yang release chakra.

Same thing was happening to every energy inside his body, his mental energy also began to sublimate as the Yin chakra gradually became Yin-Yang chakra.

His chakra, which he needed to extract, now he didn't have to extract chakra actively at all, his whole body was transforming into Yin-Yang nature chakra.

The chakra was gradually converting passively at his thoughts. The sublimation didn't stop for hours.

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