Teaser of The Conqueror of The Shinobi World Chapter 92

Chapter 92 (Hashirama Vs Naruto: The Fight of Heirs)

As he gracefully leaped down from the rooftop, Hashirama's eyes scanned the vast square clearing before him. In its center stood a once beautiful fountain adorned with a lively statue of children frolicking and splashing in its waters. But now, the statue was missing, leaving behind only fragments of its former glory. As his gaze followed the trail of destruction, he noticed the head of the child statue lying at Naruto's feet. And just a few feet away, the older girl statue lay on the ground near Hashirama, her outstretched arm and broken hand still reaching for the missing child.

Silence spread over the place; all they could hear was the water coming out of the broken fountain, spreading across the ground, and mixing with the blood.

"War, it's an ugly thing, all it does is destroy everything, and thousands of people pay for what few old man decide to do. But I figure you know about it more than I do."

Hashirama didn't say anything for a moment as he strode forward. The blonde seemed to be keeping his guard down as if he weren't concerned, but the Hokage knew Naruto would never allow himself to make such a mistake. He watched as the wound on his chest slowly healed, but it wasn't Kyuubi's Chakra that was healing him.

His green eyes roamed around the place; he could see a man holding his daughter close, both dead. He could see a little boy who was still clutching a kunai between his hands, but his head was all but a pile of blood, bones, and brains. As a reanimated one, Hashirama couldn't sense smell, and he was glad. The smell of blood was something he had never liked, despite tasting it so often in his life as he looked back at Naruto.

"I do. I got my first taste when I was four years old," he said with a grave look on his face. He could still remember the way he screamed.

"What happened?" Naruto asked with a hint of sympathy, his eyes hidden by the shadow of the house behind him. The sun illuminated the battlefield behind Naruto. The blonde was covered in shadows while Hashirama's armor glittered red, and his dead eyes didn't look so dead for a moment. For a brief moment, he looked as alive as one could be.

"Madara's uncle attacked us. They said that he loved drinking the blood of his enemies. Father never explained why, but this man hated my mother, and one night, when the others were away and fighting, he sneaked into our bedrooms. I still remember waking up with my mother's screams in my ears. When I entered her room. I don't remember much, but I remember the way he screamed. The way he begged for mercy. That night, I learned I could grow trees. My mother died shortly because of her wounds. From that day. I swore that I would put an end to War. Peace, that's what I wanted my entire life." Hashirama said with a look of shame and guilt seeping into his voice. His head slumped down, and he looked at his feet.

"And look where your ideology has led all of us," Naruto said bitterly, pointing at the carnage around them; a gust of wind passed through the square clearing, and the clothes of the dead people danced with the wind but still clinched into the dead bodies. Hashiarma pinned the blonde a stern glare, but the latter wasn't bothered. He was a child no more.

"It's obvious that your plan didn't work; the Three Ninja Wars are more than enough proof of that; instead of taking control from them, you allowed them to still control the land, thinking it would work for your benefit. They have all the money, but look where it leads us. You allowed the Daimyo to stay in power, and because of their greed, suffering has not ended, and it will never end. You imprisoned the Bijuus, and all it led to was destroying more lives. Hashiaram Senju. Your plan failed, and you know why--" Hashirama fell silent, waiting for the blonde to answer his question; he looked a little intrigued.

"Because all the good in you blinds you to see the bad in everyone else. People are as greedy as they always have been. It will never change. Even before Chakra, people still used swords to kill each other and destroy lives. The Circle of Violence will never end. The wheel has been spining for thousands of years, and it has never stopped. Not Once."

"Is that your dream? Stopping the Wheel?" Hashirama questioned with a calculating look.

"I'm not going to stop the wheel. I will break the wheel."

"And if people refuse your way of living."

His eyes darkened, and for a moment, Hashirama felt like he was staring back at the God of Death.

"People will live in my new world, or they will die in their old one," Naruto answered with a hard look. There wasn't a second of doubt; Hashirama knew the blonde meant every word he said.

"I'm afraid I have to stop you, Naruto. I have to protect my village." Hashirama narrowed his gaze as the blonde seemed unbothered and instead sheathed his sword.

"Would you have tried to stop me even if you weren't under Orochimaru's control?"

"Yes." His answer was swift and without a moment of hesitation.

Both raced forward, their kunai clashing. Naruto quickly had three Kunai on his other hand before throwing them pricelessly at Hashiarma, who quickly grew tree veins out of his body to block them, each one holding a blind paper bomb.

A loud noise echoed through the place, followed by a blinding light. Their Kunai clashed once again, clash after clash, until Naruto used his truth-seeking orb, which grew in size before coming down towards Hashiama, who jumped back before it could crush him.

Five Naruto appeared on the sides of the giant orb that shrank in its original size and quickly joined the other five orbs. Hashirama knew that one was the real Naruto as he slammed his hands on the ground. The ground cracked before bursting open as giant trees formed a massive golem-like creature with a Dragon on its shoulder.

"It almost feels like fighting with Madara again," Hashirama said with a smile of longing as a Susanoo formed before him, with Naruto standing on his forehead.

"Naruto. Let me help you." Kurama's voice echoed in his ears as the blonde breathed a little heavily. He knew using the jutsu to talk to everyone would cost him a lot of Chakra, but he hadn't anticipated that he would have to fight so many people before he fought Hashirama, and right now, the blonde knew he was a little tired. He needed to finish this fight soon; otherwise, he would need to use his Sage Mode, and he would rather not use that right now and save it as a last resort.

"I appreciate it, Kurama, but No. I will win this by myself." Naruto answered determinedly. He heard the fox saying he was foolish, and perhaps he was, but he wanted to win this fight by himself and not put Kurama at risk. If Hashirama had captured the fox once, then he would do it again.

"Wood Clone!" Hashirama was suddenly in the company of three other Hashirama who quickly used their own Jutsu.

"Wood Style: Wood Dragon Jutsu."

"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence."

"Wood Style: Deep Forest Bloom."

The Wooden Dragons quickly wrapped around Susanno, and the trees quickly wrapped around his leg, and the rest of his body, and the flowers opened up, letting out poison in the air. The Susanoo cracked and cracked until it broke apart like glass, and Hashirama jumped from the top of the golem, stretching out his hand with a sign forming on his palm,

"刑務所(Prison)"

But the moment his palm touched Naruto's chest, he puffed out of his existence instead of absorbing his Chakra, leaving behind the truth-seeking orbs still floating in the air...

Wait! He wasn't the real one!! Hashirama didn't have to process as he was punctured in the stomach by a wooden branch that quickly grew inside his body like a parasite, bursting out from different places of his body. His Chakra was all messed up, and he could hardly move.

"Wood Style: Growing Parasites." Hashirma grinned in delight as Naruto kicked him in the face. The wooden clones quickly rushed after the blonde, but his Rinnegan activated once again, this time switching places with one of the clones while holding a Truth Seeking Orb. He then stabbed through one of the clones with it. The clone quickly turned into wood, but so did the other two wood clones, with the same wound on their bodies.

Hashirama tried to move when a massive hand made of wood grabbed him, followed by three black rods on his stomach. He felt his body growing weaker and weaker; his Chakra was running out, and despite producing ten times faster, he didn't have enough as the giant wooden hand rose high in the air, and from deep within the ground rose a wooden type enemy similar to Hashirama's golem, but this one seemed like a soldier.

"Guardian of the Gate. Seal his Body." Hashirama knew he had lost as the other giant hand started leaning closer and closer...

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Naruto didn't see it coming until the last second, and when he did, he only had time to form his Susanno Rib Cage before a giant fist punched him. He screamed in pain as the rib cage was obliterated, and he smashed against a house.

The taste of blood and dirt on his mouth as he felt the entire ceiling fall on him; Naruto breathed heavily, but as the dust cloud cleared away. Hashirama stood on top of a house across the street, the black rods no longer on his body, the wooden parasite had burned away, and his guardian of the gate was in pieces a few streets away.

Naruto swallowed thickly as he stood up, knowing things just got complicated, and right now, he knew he needed to use his Sage Mode to survive.

The blackness in his eyes made it clear he was also an Edo Tensei.

Beside Hashirama stood a fairly tall man. His hair grew to waist-length, with shoulder-length bangs framing the sides of his face and covering most of his right eye. He wore crimson armor with numerous metal plates forming protective guards along his chest, waist, shoulders, and thighs. He was carrying an orange-brown, which had a long black chain running up it. His visible Sharingan made it clear who he was.

"It's good to finally meet you in the real world, Naruto Uzumaki."

He grimaced as he walked out of the debris of the building before looking up at them.

"...Uchiha...Madara..."

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