NARUTO: SECOND GOD OF SHINOBI

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After Hiruzen started working on his Wood Jutsu, events in the Land of Tea and Land of Rivers began to unfold.

In the Land of Tea, Sakumo led his team and swiftly arrived at the ninja village of the Land of Tea.

It was nothing more than a banter to control military power by an elite Jonin and gain funding from the Daimyo of the Land of Tea to live in riches.

Sakumo and his squad disguised themselves as ordinary merchants and entered the village.

Soon, they started gathering details, while the Water Division of ANBU was clearing the coastlines of four more small nations bordering the Fire Nation, situated near the Mist Islands.

In a tavern within the village, Sakumo's squad obtained crucial information after placing everyone under a Genjutsu.

Without hesitation, they eliminated all of the enemy ninja present. Following this, they proceeded toward the Hokage-type residence of the elite Jonin leader of the Tea Village.

Hidden in the shadows, Sakumo remarked,

"The village ninja are quite lax compared to mainland ninja from major villages. Even the elite Jonin here can be dealt with easily.

I will handle him myself. You secure the perimeter and give the signal for ten more squads to dispatch the patrolling ninja. By nightfall, no traces of any ninja should remain in the village."

The team nodded in agreement. Hisashi Hyuga activated his Byakugan and sent a signal by writing with chakra.

Meanwhile, ten kilometers away from the Land of Tea, the main ninja forces waited. A Hyuga Jonin addressed the gathered forces,

"We've received the message. Prepare yourselves." Soon, the ninja began organizing into squads.

The Hyuga Jonin continued, "Ten squads of ten people each will be formed, with two Hyuga in each squad for sensing. Now, dispatch!"

The others nodded and quickly formed their teams. Meanwhile, the remaining Jonin prepared themselves to intercept any enemy who might slip through the net.

Inside the village, Sakumo led his team into the mansion of the elite Jonin.

As the guarding Chunin tried to slip past them, Hisashi, with precise mastery, struck the tenketsu point in the Chunin's neck and followed up with another blow that punctured his heart.

One after another, the guarding ninja started disappearing.

Meanwhile, from one of the rooms in the mansion, the sound of moaning could be heard.

Haa! Haa! Haa!

Inside, a ninja and a kunoichi were engaging in aggressive activities.

The kunoichi urged, "Harder, sir! Don't you have the stamina of an elite Jonin? Show it to me!"

Pah!

The elite Jonin, spanking her, barked,

"Shut up! How dare you order a village leader like me? Even if you're a Jonin, you'll always be beneath me, so act like it!"

The kunoichi, on all fours, merely mused and smirked, chuckling.

"Is that so? Should I tell everyone in the village that you couldn't even satisfy me with your... limp...?" she taunted.

"What would the result be then, Ochakage-sama?" (Tea Shadow, the leader of the Hidden Tea Village.)

The elite Jonin grew nervous under her threat and forced a chuckle.

"Ah, hahaha… You don't have to do that, hehehe!

It's beneath your stature as the princess of the Land of Tea and the Daimyo's only daughter," he said, attempting to placate her.

The kunoichi laughed disdainfully. "Hmph!"

"If you don't want me to, then move already!" she commanded impatiently.

The elite Jonin replied, "Yes, my lady!" but before he could act, he suddenly froze.

"What are you waiting for? Move already!"

The kunoichi grew impatient and turned her head back to see what had happened.

"Aaahhh!!"

A shrill scream escaped her mouth as she saw four figures standing behind the elite Jonin, whose throat had been slit and eyes had gone blank.

Panicking, she pulled herself away and demanded, "Wh-Who are you? D-Do you know... what you've done?

Yo-You killed the V-Village leader! Now a thousand ninja will hunt you down!"

None of the intruders responded. One of the Jonin disguised as a civilian stepped toward her.

She screamed, "N-No! Do-Don't! D-Do you know who I am?

I-I'm the Daimyo's daughter! If anything happens to me, he-he'll put a bounty of ten million on your head! You-You'll be hunted down by Konoha!"

The civilian Jonin merely replied, "Sure," before swiftly slitting her throat.

The kunoichi grasped at her throat in disbelief before collapsing, dying unwillingly.

Sakumo gave his orders: "Clean up. Burn the bodies, and take everything of value here."

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Meanwhile, in the Land of Rivers, Uchiha Setsuna led a group of Uchiha and Akimichi ninja to encircle the Village Hidden in the River.

Their objective was to eliminate any sensors or patrolling ninja to pave the way for an assassination operation within the village.

Simultaneously, Nara Shuzaku, leading the Nara, Ino-Shika, and elite Uchiha squads, prepared to carry out the assassination plan.

Each squad was accompanied by elite Uchiha to ensure the operation's success.

This strategy was devised by Nara Shuzaku using a newly developed jutsu created by the Hokage, known as Yin Release: Shadow Escaping Jutsu.

As Shuzaku contemplated the mission, he recalled a meeting from Hokage.

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Flashback

After a meeting with his clan's Jonin, Shuzaku decided to offer the Nara clan's secret techniques to the Hokage.

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen smiled and said,

"You've made a wise decision, Shuzaku. I know there's vast untapped potential in the Nara clan's shadow manipulation techniques that you haven't yet discovered.

Come back in two days, and I'll show you what shadows can truly do beyond binding and manipulating."

Two days later, Shuzaku arrived at a training field where Hiruzen awaited with a scroll in hand.

"You're here," Hiruzen said.

"After studying and mastering your clan's techniques, I realized their vast potential and modified several of your older jutsu.

For example, your shadow binding technique connects your shadow to the opponent's, but it's too slow.

Instead, I've devised a method where you can form chakra strings to connect to the opponent's shadow or channel your chakra through the ground to directly link with their shadow.

This method is more efficient but requires excellent chakra control."

Hiruzen continued, "There's another technique." He vanished and reappeared in Shuzaku's shadow, pulling Shuzaku underground using Head Hunter Jutsu.

"I call this Shadow Escaping Jutsu. It allows you to move through earth or other elemental terrains using shadows, similar to teleportation via shadow displacement.

There's another one," he added, forming a single hand seal. From his shadow, a dog like creature rose.

"This is the Yin Release: Shinigami Summoning Jutsu. You can manifest a being from your shadow, and its power depends on the chakra you provide.

Additionally, I developed a new version of the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Unlike traditional clones that require half your chakra, these clones only need one-tenth or less, making them ideal for combat and evasion.

They're also undetectable by the Sharingan or Byakugan due to same chakra pathways."

Hiruzen handed Shuzaku the scroll and concluded,

"There is also Mutiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, With enough chakra and control, you can create up to a hundred clones with minimal chakra.

There's also a storage technique for hiding objects within shadows called Yin Release: Mirror Shadow Dimension.

There are also attacking jutsu such as, Yin Release: Shadow Sealing Spikes and Yin Release: Shadow Cutting Jutsu, especially the last one.

If you cut the shadow or any part of the shadow, that person could loose the part of his body, but the requirement is very large amount of chakra is required for this jutsu.

(A/N: Based on Moria ability of shadow fruit.)

The first one is if you pierced any part of the body that part will not work anymore due to chakra flow being sealed in that part.

Moreover, with mastery over shadows, you could potentially achieve the Kekkei Genkai of Dark Release, also know as the Ninjutsu cancellor or the bane of Ninjutsu.

The scroll also contains auxiliary jutsu and an S-rank shadow sensing technique Yin Release: Eyes of Shadow.

Combined with the Second Hokage's Bringer of Darkness Genjutsu, you could rival the Sharingan and Byakugan."

Shuzaku, initially expecting one or two new jutsu, was overwhelmed by the sheer number of advanced techniques Hiruzen presented—more than ten A-rank and three S-rank jutsu.

He knelt and declared, "Hokage-sama, my clan is forever indebted to you. We are at your command."

Hiruzen smiled, activated his chakra, and implanted a seal in Shuzaku's body, which would eventually connect with the entire Nara clan and enhance their Yin Release capabilities.

Flashback End

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Now, back in the present, Shuzaku led his squads under the cover of shadow, infiltrating the village without detection.

He covered the squad of three in shadow coating and evaded every sentry bypassing the wall infiltrating inside the village.

The operation was flawless.

The Uchiha jonin seeing himself being bypassed by every chunin and genin guard was amazed at jutsu of Nara Clan.

After reaching inside he asked Nara Shuzaku, "Impressive jutsu their Nara patriarch." he praised Shuzaku without showing any disdain.

Yamanaka jonin also chimed in "Indeed patriarch Nara, is it the newly developed jutsu of your clan."

Nara Shuzaku was inflated hearing praise from someone of Uchiha clan he felt proud,

"HaHaHa! you jest, This was given to us by Hokage sama, especially developed for Nara clan."

He boasted the last part, but he maintained enough humility towards Hiruzen who developed the jutsu. 

Hearing this Uchiha jonin contemplated and soon decided to report it to Setsuna for further discussion.

While Yamanaka jonin smiled awkwardly as he also considered to report it to Inosuke Yamanaka.

Soon the operation started, Nara-controlled ninja were swiftly eliminated, while Yamanaka disturbed enemy minds, and Uchiha utilized their Genjutsu for silent kills.

A massacre started from all side of Hidden River Village as team after team of ninja entered via Nara clan help and swiftly dealt with ninja.

The massacre was so precise and covert that no one noticed anything amiss.

Soon, Shuzaku's forces rendezvoused with the ANBU division of Wind, sent to dealt with Village of River, who had dealt with the village's Jonin and elite Jonin leaders.

Thus, another nation had fallen into Konoha's grasp.

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