[In addition to the Stigmata, Uchiha Hoshi also created a set of Armor capable of amplifying her power.
The performance of this Armor was exceptional, making it one of Uchiha Hoshi's proudest works.
Furthermore, on top of this Armor, Uchiha Hoshi had researched several other features.
However, they were currently just a framework and had not yet been truly produced.
While Uchiha Hoshi was testing her results at home, elsewhere, the people of the Hidden Sand Village finally found Gaara, whose Shukaku had been extracted.
They had arrived too late; Gaara was already dead, though his body had not yet turned cold.
Looking at Gaara's still-warm corpse, Granny Chiyo made a decision.
She was going to resurrect Gaara!
The Hidden Sand Village had fallen into a precarious situation: the Kazekage was poisoned and dying, and Shukaku had been extracted from Gaara.
Looking across the entire Hidden Sand Village, one could not find a single person capable of taking charge.
If there were truly no way, that would be one thing, but that was not the case for Granny Chiyo.
Once, she had seen the lonely Sasori being embraced by two puppets.
Unable to bear the thought of her grandson sinking into loneliness, she had developed a Forbidden Jutsu—one capable of bringing the dead back to life!]
Senju Hashirama: "??? You like developing Forbidden Jutsu too?"
Senju Tobirama: "What do you mean by 'too'? Brother, are you taking a jab at me?"
Sasori: "Forbidden Jutsu?"
Granny Chiyo: "Sigh~ I didn't expect things to actually reach this point."
[One's Own Life Resurrection!
A Forbidden Jutsu capable of resurrecting the dead by sacrificing all of one's own Chakra and Vitality!
However, this Forbidden Jutsu was imperfect; currently, it could only resurrect those who had recently died and whose corpses remained intact.
At this moment, Gaara perfectly met these requirements.
Subsequently, a piece of good news and a piece of bad news reached the Hidden Sand Village.
Gaara had returned alive.
However, to save Gaara, Granny Chiyo had sacrificed her own life!
As a highly respected elder, Granny Chiyo held great prestige in the Hidden Sand Village, and her death left the village's people with heavy hearts.
But Gaara's return also gave the Hidden Sand Village a pillar of support.
Afterward, Gaara took Rasa to the border of the Land of Grass to find Tsunade to neutralize Rasa's poison.
Under Gaara's protection, Rasa successfully reached the border and received treatment.
Although the time Tsunade could spare was limited, with her medical skills, she quickly stabilized Rasa's condition—at the very least, he was no longer in mortal danger.
The rest was just a matter of slowly neutralizing the toxins.
Later, Gaara did not immediately return to the Hidden Sand Village. Instead, he stayed behind to represent the Hidden Sand Village at the upcoming Five Kage Summit.
Normally, the Five Kage Summit should have been held in the Land of Iron, but since Senju Hashirama insisted the meeting be held at the border of the Land of Grass, they had no choice but to comply, did they?
Of course, holding the meeting at the border of the Land of Grass was not a decision he had made on a whim, but rather after careful consideration.
First of all, the current Konoha Ninjas were in no condition to travel long distances to the Land of Iron.
Moreover, they still required his protection.
Secondly, and most importantly, he needed the other Kage to see the true threat of the Honkai.
And what better way to personally experience the threat of the Honkai than to face those powerful Honkai Beasts in person?]
Senju Tobirama: "Brother, I didn't expect you to actually use your brain?"
Senju Hashirama: "What is that supposed to mean? Are you saying I'm really just a fool?"
[This meeting decided the future of the Ninja World.
During the summit, the Five Great Ninja Villages united with other smaller Ninja Villages to establish the Shinobi Alliance.
Its headquarters was eventually established in the Land of Water.
Although it was far from the mainland, the numerous islands meant that even if a Honkai Eruption occurred, the seawater would act as a barrier, preventing the entire headquarters from being instantly destroyed.
At the same time, three branches were established in the three other large countries that still existed.
These were the Hidden Sand Village branch, the Hidden Stone Village branch, and the Kumogakure branch.
The foundation of the Shinobi Alliance was thus established.
With the framework in place, the next step was to slowly fill it out.
In addition, due to the actions of the Akatsuki, the Shinobi Alliance also included the Akatsuki's threat in its scope.
After the attack on the Hidden Sand Village's jinchuriki, the other Ninja Villages quickly began to recall their jinchuriki from abroad.
However, the results were negligible; most jinchuriki capable of leaving were fundamentally disobedient.
Although the villages had begun searching for the tracks of those jinchuriki, they understood in their hearts that it might already be too late.
Therefore, all they could do was first protect the jinchuriki who were still in their villages.
While they were in the middle of their meeting, a report came from Kumogakure: the Two-Tails jinchuriki had disappeared after being attacked by a group of mysterious people!
Hearing the description from the subordinates, there was no doubt that the attackers were from the Akatsuki!
The Two-Tails jinchuriki was likely in a dire situation!
Meanwhile, in another mysterious cave.
It was the same familiar Gedo Mazo and the same familiar scene.
Only this time, the person whose Chakra was being extracted was not Gaara, but the Two-Tails jinchuriki—Yugito Nii.
At the same time, there were two fewer people standing on the fingers.
"What happened to those two, Deidara and Sasori? Why didn't they come? Could it be they fell at the hands of the Hidden Sand people?"
Seeing the empty spots, Kakuzu was somewhat curious.
"Hehehe~ Not quite. They were unlucky enough to run into the First Herrscher and were easily insta-killed," White Zetsu said with lingering fear.
It was fortunate that the First Herrscher hadn't paid attention to its spores—or perhaps they simply weren't discovered, but that didn't matter.
What mattered was that the First Herrscher was truly too terrifying!
"First Herrscher?"
Everyone subconsciously turned their gaze toward the phantom of Uchiha Itachi.
Regarding the origins of the First Herrscher, it was no longer a secret.
At the same time, the story of what the First Herrscher had endured had spread across the entire Ninja World.
However, the rumors about the First Herrscher's experiences could be described as varied and strange, but they could generally be divided into two types.
One was that Konoha made a move against the Uchiha, slaughtering the entire clan. Thus, the First Herrscher appeared out of nowhere, destroyed all of Konoha, and declared she would destroy the entire Ninja World and eliminate all Ninjas.
Of course, no one took those words seriously.
After all, for a thousand years, the existence of Ninjas had been deeply rooted in people's hearts; how could they be eliminated just because someone said so?
The second was that both the Uchiha and Konoha were destroyed by the First Herrscher.
She was a demon who took pleasure in slaughter, with her hands stained with the blood of innocents.
As for which of these two versions was true and which was false, there were many different opinions.
However, most believed the first version was more likely.
After all, no one was a fool; everyone knew about the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha. For Konoha to slaughter the Uchiha, while shocking, was not entirely unexpected.
But the second version was completely groundless.]