My Journey as Fourth Kazekage

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, instantly performed a Water Style jutsu, spitting out a high-pressure water stream aimed at the Kazekage, who was absorbing the First Hokage's chakra.

Although it was regrettable, Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, released the First Hokage's soul and quickly retreated. The First Hokage's soul then flew back into the Edo Tensei body.

Seeing this, Orochimaru immediately summoned the two Hokages' Reincarnations to his side. However, he still didn't let his guard down, warily watching the suddenly uncontrollable Reincarnation of the Kazekage.

"This is too strange!"

Orochimaru muttered to himself.

As the caster of the Edo Tensei, Orochimaru knew that as long as the correct hand signs were known, the summoner of the jutsu could undo the summoning contract and regain control. That was why he was so eager to control the First and Second Hokages.

But why did this Kazekage from Sunagakure know the hand sign?

Moreover, Orochimaru was sure that the ability to absorb chakra just displayed by this Kazekage was not something he originally possessed; otherwise, it should have appeared during the previous battle.

At this moment, everyone's hearts were filled with confusion. However, not far away, Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to see an opportunity and immediately shouted.

"Kazekage, I'm the Hokage! It seems that you too were killed by Orochimaru. Now, Sunagakure is under Orochimaru's control and is attacking Konoha. We must work together to defeat Orochimaru and save both our villages!"

The words from Hiruzen Sarutobi brightened the Anbu's faces around him.

Indeed, if the two Kage teamed up, even though Orochimaru controlled two Hokages, they would still be able to put up a fight.

However, Orochimaru said nothing, only frowning as he observed the Kazekage, who was still seemingly enjoying his new body.

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought that the Kazekage had just been summoned and had not yet fully regained his senses. He was about to call out again when the Kazekage finally lowered his hands, turned, and glanced outside the barrier before coldly saying.

"No… I refuse. This is a matter for your Konoha."

With that, Rasa calmly walked up to the barrier of the Four Purple Flames Formation.

To everyone's astonishment, he formed hand seals.

"Four Purple Flames Formation… Release!"

Suddenly, a small gate opened in the Four Purple Flames Formation, and Rasa, the Kazekage, walked out, causing the barrier to close again.

This scene left everyone, including Orochimaru, stunned and confused. Not only did he know how to break the Edo Tensei, but he also knew how to bypass the Four Purple Flames Formation.

At this moment, Rasa paid no mind to them.

Walking out of the barrier, Rasa looked around at the unfamiliar yet familiar arena, filled with figures that should have appeared only many years later. He couldn't help but sigh, glancing at the [Kāma] in his hand.

"I see… So this is the power of time and space? It brought me to the future. No…"

As he gazed at the scene before him, identical to the one from the story, Rasa understood.

This was not the future, but the second world of the Hokage!

"Interesting, so does this mean I can do whatever I want in this world? After all, if anything goes wrong, I can just undo the Edo Tensei and return to my own world. No matter how powerful, even the Sage of the Six Paths can't intervene in parallel worlds, right?"

However, before doing anything, there were two things he had to take care of.

He had sensed earlier that although he had arrived in a parallel world through the power of time and space, he could still sense the existence of the Hell world and the gourd seal space, both of which shared the same temporal and spatial powers. However, due to his current Edo Tensei body, which couldn't use Sage Mode energy, he was unable to open these two spaces.

At present, just like when he first arrived in this world, he could only use chakra. In other words, he needed to regain his Sage Mode energy. Fortunately, with the experience from his previous world, he knew exactly what to do this time.

All he had to do was plant a God Tree again and replace the chakra in his body, and it would be done.

The only issue was whether or not his Edo Tensei body could manage that.

But since the [Kāma] still existed, there shouldn't be any problem.

Originally, he planned to directly take action against his son in this world, Gaara, or the Nine-Tails chakra, but first, both seemed to have left Konoha, and second, even though he had just absorbed some of Hashirama's chakra, he hadn't fully regained his Wood Release powers due to his weakened state. However, he was able to sense something, and with the additional sensory abilities granted by the time-space power, he turned his gaze toward a direction in Konoha.

That immense chakra, even larger than a Tailed Beast's, should belong to Hashirama's body!

Using Hashirama's power as the seed for his new God Tree would be the perfect choice.

As for the other matter...

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In the arena for the finals.

After handing over Gaara to Temari and Kankuro, Baki, the head of the Anbu, remained behind to carry out the Kazekage's Konoha destruction plan and fought against the Jonin, Yugao, who had stayed behind.

He noticed the barrier that had appeared on the spectator's platform in the distance. However, not knowing the exact situation inside, he assumed that his Kazekage was fighting the Hokage.

Since the Kazekage was fighting against Konoha's Hokage, he, as the Anbu leader, couldn't back down either!

He immediately joined the battle with the Konoha Jonin, and the two engaged in a fierce fight.

At that moment, suddenly, a wave of golden sand surged in, separating the two.

Boom!

The force of the golden sand startled both of them, and they looked up to see a familiar figure standing at the center.

"Kazekage-sama!?"

Baki was surprised but quickly noticed the Kazekage's strange appearance.

Yugao was also startled when she saw the Kazekage from Sunagakure, the terrifying aura making her break into a cold sweat.

But if the Kazekage was here, then who was fighting against the Hokage on the spectator's platform?

Rasa, however, paid no attention to the Konoha ninja standing nearby. He immediately gave orders to Baki.

"Baki, immediately relay my orders. Our alliance with Orochimaru has ended. Sunagakure's ninja must leave Konoha and return to the village!"

Although this was a parallel world, since he had come here, he certainly wouldn't ignore Sunagakure.

!!!

Baki, though startled, immediately nodded in agreement and vanished from the spot.

Rasa, seeing this, ignored Yugao and dissolved into sand, vanishing from the scene.

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In Konoha, at the Root headquarters.

Although the outside world was in turmoil, the leader of Root, Danzo, remained seated, waiting calmly.

Even the Root ninjas hadn't been dispatched. Why had Orochimaru been able to invade Konoha so easily? Danzo's cooperation had played a significant role in that.

Once Hiruzen Sarutobi died, Konoha would be without leadership, and he would naturally be able to take the position of Hokage.

But just as everything seemed to be going according to plan, an alarm suddenly blared throughout the Root base.

"What's going on?"

Danzo furrowed his brows.

A Root ninja rushed up to report.

"Bad news, Danzo-sama, the Root base is under attack..."

"Who dares to be so reckless?!"

"It's... Sunagakure's Fourth Kazekage!!!"

"What!!!"