[Meanwhile, in the place where New Konoha shut down its numerous laboratories, a magnificent butterfly looked entirely out of place in such a heavily guarded location.
However, the people guarding this place had long since evacuated, leaving behind only these abandoned test subjects.
And the target of this butterfly was exactly them!
Facing the Death Butterfly, these imprisoned test subjects had no power to resist.
They merely inhaled the scale powder produced by the butterfly, and their bodies fell into irreversible Honkai, turning into piles of ash bit by bit.
Although its speed was much slower than the black mist of the Herrscher of Death, the process was much more painful!
After completing its mission, the scale powder produced by the butterfly as it fluttered its wings increased, and tiny cracks appeared on its wings, as if its entire body would shatter in the next second.
Right at this moment, a crow appeared out of nowhere and swallowed this dispersing Death Butterfly in one gulp!
Old Konoha, inside Uchiha Hoshi's underground laboratory.
"Even here, the vast scope of this Honkai can still be felt. It's truly unimaginable how many areas will be affected after the next Honkai Eruption, and whether the one after that will destroy the entire Ninja World."
On Uchiha Hoshi's shoulder, a crow gazed towards the Land of Grass through multiple walls and thick soil, sighing with emotion.
"That will depend on what the people of the Ninja World can come up with." Uchiha Hoshi reached out her hand, and another crow landed on it.
This was exactly the crow that had returned from New Konoha.
"Regardless, the harvest this time is bountiful."
Uchiha Hoshi opened her palm, placed it in front of the crow, and caught a blue crystal spat out from the crow's mouth.
"It's hard to imagine that a Honkai Beast born in this form would appear."
Pinching this peculiar crystal between her thumb and index finger, Uchiha Hoshi marveled.
"Can it be used?" On the table, a White Cat looked at the crystal and asked curiously.
"Of course it can. After all, I am the First Herrscher - Herrscher of Reason!" Uchiha Hoshi tapped the tip of the cat's nose. "Not only did I analyze a portion of the Third Herrscher's Authority, but I also obtained a sample of her Companion Honkai Beast. Therefore, this time is a bumper harvest."
Uchiha Hoshi's face was full of smiles.
"No respect for your elders." The White Cat gently patted the back of Uchiha Hoshi's hand with her paw and said in an exasperated tone.
"Who told Mother to be so cute?" Uchiha Hoshi smiled.
"You were the one who chose this body."
"But Mother didn't refuse either, did you?"
"Hmph~"
The White Cat, Uchiha Tsukika, gave a soft hmph.
The crow on Uchiha Hoshi's shoulder, Uchiha Suzuri, watched the playful banter between mother and daughter, his eyes also filled with amusement.]
Killer Bee: "???"
A: "Bee, this is not strange. If she could pull off the Resurrection of Uzumaki Karin's Mother, then being able to resurrect her own parents is also a very normal thing."
Gaara: "Resurrecting family..."
Gaara looked at the Sky Screen and thought of his mother, whom he had never met.
Although they had never met, his mother still accompanied him. But if possible, he wanted to see his mother with his own eyes.
[An unknown amount of time passed before Senju Hashirama finally regrouped with Tsunade and the others.
At this time, they realized that out of the tens of thousands of people who had escaped from New Konoha, only a few thousand had ultimately survived.
And the vast majority of these survivors were ninjas, along with a small number of people who possessed resistance to Honkai Energy.
"Are... these the only ones left?"
Even though they were already Edo Tensei Bodies without any sense of touch, Senju Hashirama and the others still wore bitter expressions upon seeing this situation.
Rumble~
The dark clouds gathered due to the Honkai Energy, having gestated for a long time, finally dropped their water.
However, unlike ordinary rain, every drop of the rain falling now contained an excessive amount of Honkai Energy. It was the kind where an ordinary person would contract Honkai Sickness upon contact with a single drop, and if rained upon for less than a minute, would turn into a Zombie on the spot.
"Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique!"
Seeing this, Senju Hashirama clapped his hands together, and rows of massive houses rose from the ground, protecting everyone from the rain.
"Grandfather, everyone... is dead. We could only watch."
Looking at the continuously falling rain outside, Tsunade's voice was full of bewilderment.
Although she had learned from others after the fact that Old Konoha had been destroyed and all the civilians had died, hearing about it was nowhere near as impactful as witnessing it with her own eyes.
This time, she had personally watched as almost all the civilians she had brought out of New Konoha transformed into zombies right in front of them, and whom they were then forced to kill.
Why are zombie movies so enduringly popular?
One of the reasons is the reflection of human nature when uncertain whether the people around you are infected, and the struggle of facing infected family members, friends, and lovers—a reflection that people will never dare to face directly.
Facing the zombified remains of loved ones, some evade, some choose to end their suffering, and some generously go to their deaths.
There are all kinds of choices.
And this is merely the tip of the iceberg of the disaster brought about by the Honkai.
By the time Senju Hashirama and the others found these people, they had already made their choices.
As ninjas, their temperaments were sufficiently cold and ruthless; therefore, they had come to the most optimal solution without much hesitation.
Thus, the ninjas basically all survived, unless they were particularly unlucky or emotionally fragile.
But even so, this could not change their current depressed moods.
Twice. Twice!
Their homeland had been taken away by the Honkai twice!
"We must unite. If we continue fighting alone like this, the various villages of the Ninja World will be destroyed one after another, just like Konoha. By then, it will be too late for everything!"
Senju Hashirama turned around and looked at everyone around him.
At this moment, everyone looked at Senju Hashirama, waiting for his orders.
"It is time to establish an organization, an organization that unites the Five Great Ninja Villages and the other smaller Ninja Villages. Only then can we survive this disaster!"
Senju Hashirama's eyes were resolute; he had made up his mind.
This was no longer a disaster that a single family or country could face alone; it had to be taken with absolute seriousness.
At this moment, only he, the God of Shinobi, could make the Ninja World unite once again.]
Onoki: "The First Hokage is right. We must unite."
A: "Exactly. If we continue to disperse our forces, we will only be defeated one by one."
Rasa: "If it is the First Hokage, we will naturally believe him."
Terumi Mei: "This little lady naturally has no other opinions. So... when will the Five Kage Summit be convened?"
The appearance of three Herrschers in succession caused any flukes in everyone's hearts to vanish without a trace.
Especially the outrageous area of effect of the Third Honkai Impact, which made everyone feel terrified.
Although the scenes on the Sky Screen were not many, the small countries around the Land of Grass, while not yet completely annihilated, were practically there. They were essentially dead, just that the corpses hadn't gone cold yet, leaving only a few twitching reflexes.