Naruto: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 304: I, Hagoromo Gengetsu, Am the Strongest in a Thousand Years!

With preparations complete, Hagoromo Gengetsu looked at the bodies of the many Hagoromo ancestors connected by the summoning technique. Without hesitation, he clapped his hands together and declared, "Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation!"

The sound of paper scraps fluttering filled the air.

In an instant, the dark underground hall was bathed in a dazzling white light.

When the light dissipated, over a hundred men and women, young and old, stood silently. Each wore silver armor, some styled from the Warring States period, others more ancient, but all with the Hagoromo clan's triple crescent moon emblem on their arm guards.

An overwhelming aura naturally emanated from these individuals, making the atmosphere in the hall stifling and tense.

In this suffocating environment, all of them simultaneously opened their eyes.

In that moment, Hagoromo Gengetsu felt countless piercing gazes targeting his entire body.

Previously calm, his expression shifted slightly as he suppressed the autonomously surging chakra within him, both surprised and impressed by the unexpected strength of these ancestors.

"Where is this?" asked a burly middle-aged man with long black hair, wearing armor styled from 500 years ago, as he looked around in surprise. He remembered he was supposed to be dead.

Before Hagoromo Gengetsu could explain, a cold-looking woman, displeased by the cracks on her otherwise beautiful hands, coldly remarked, "This is a forbidden technique that summons the dead from the underworld to the living world. It's surprising that someone has developed such a forbidden jutsu in this era."

After speaking, the woman raised her head, her cold gaze fixating on Hagoromo Gengetsu.

He recognized her.

Hagoromo Mio, one of the few female clan leaders recorded in the history of the Hagoromo clan.

Hagoromo Ruri was her direct descendant.

Soon, not just Hagoromo Mio, but all the ancestors turned their gazes toward the only living person there, Hagoromo Gengetsu.

"Gengetsu." An elderly man stepped forward and familiarly asked, "It seems a lot has happened in the ninja world since I left. Is the situation very dire? You've even summoned us, the dead."

The elder was the previous clan leader, Hagoromo Mu.

He had personally passed the position to Hagoromo Gengetsu on his deathbed.

Hagoromo Mu knew very well about Gengetsu's talent and wasn't surprised that he developed a technique to temporarily revive the dead.

What truly shocked him was that Gengetsu had actually used this technique to summon them, indicating that the Hagoromo clan must be in grave danger.

Upon hearing this, Gengetsu looked at his former clan leader and nodded, "The situation is indeed urgent. I must rely on the strength of you all, the ancestors."

"Mu, who is this young man?" asked another elder who seemed to be from Mu's generation.

With pride, Mu announced, "This is the current clan leader of the Hagoromo clan, my successor. He is the most talented and strongest Hagoromo in a thousand years!"

Hearing that Gengetsu was the current clan leader filled the ancestors with goodwill. However, their expressions quickly changed to disbelief and challenge upon hearing that he was the strongest in a thousand years.

Those present were the elite of their eras.

They couldn't easily accept that a junior had surpassed them all.

Gengetsu soon felt a barrage of skeptical, curious, and challenging gazes.

He did not step forward to humbly deny it but remained calm.

It was the truth, so why refute it?

"Mu, you need to stop exaggerating," a senior next to Mu interjected to ease the situation. "Look, now you've put so much pressure on the young man!"

Mu, believing he was stating facts, was about to explain when Gengetsu spoke up, "This senior, what Mu said is indeed the truth."

"I, Hagoromo Gengetsu, am the strongest in a thousand years!"

Gengetsu's calm declaration, echoing through the underground hall, caused a stir among the ancestors.

"What an arrogant junior!"

"Bold, I like it!"

"Are all the current Hagoromo this confident?"

"Interesting."

Amidst the discussions of the ancestors, the burly middle-aged man who had first spoken stepped forward with an imposing aura. After scrutinizing Gengetsu, he questioned, "If you're the strongest in a thousand years, why summon us?"

Gengetsu, unfazed, replied, "Because my enemies are numerous."

The man snorted, "Numerous? How many? With the Hagoromo clan, you shouldn't fear even if the Senju and Uchiha clans unite."

Gengetsu smiled lightly, "The Senju and Uchiha clans? If they were my only enemies, that would be good."

"Then who?" the man asked, puzzled.

The true formidable enemies of the Hagoromo clan had historically been the Senju and Uchiha clans.

Could it be that now the Uzumaki, Hyuga, or Taketori clans had risen to prominence?

The man, curious about the current situation, looked at Gengetsu, awaiting his answer.

Not just him, but all the ancestors turned their attention to Gengetsu.

As the center of attention, Gengetsu calmly stated, "Everyone."

"Almost all the ninja in the current world are my enemies."

Instantly, the hall fell silent.

All the ancestors, including Mu, looked at Gengetsu in shock.

After observing his expression, they quickly concluded that he wasn't lying.

So... the Hagoromo clan was now against the entire ninja world?

The ancestors gasped.

Proud as they were, they had never considered defying the entire ninja world.

Mu understood why Gengetsu had summoned them.

With a trembling finger, he couldn't help but ask, "Is the Hagoromo clan... still there?"

"Though we've faced some setbacks, the Hagoromo clan still exists," Gengetsu replied honestly.

"That's good... that's good..." Mu sighed in relief.

Immediately, Hagoromo Mio's cold voice echoed, asking the question on everyone's mind, "Why oppose the ninja world?"

"Why?"

Gengetsu smiled.

At that moment, he stopped suppressing his aura.

Instantly, a heavy pressure fell upon everyone.

Gengetsu surveyed the room, his gaze domineering, and declared, "Because I am not only the strongest in a thousand years of the Hagoromo clan, but also the strongest in a thousand years of the ninja world!"

"Would you like to witness it, ancestors?"