Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 540 The New Prophecy on the Stone Tablet

"Staying stagnant will only make us fall further behind. If we want to grow, we must absorb energy from the outside world, receive more knowledge from the outside world, and carry out technological innovation."

Tsunade's voice was loud and clear, and all the villagers of Konoha present could hear her clearly.

"I hope everyone will not be afraid. The demons that rule the world are indeed terrifying, but they are not powerful enough to forcibly break into our world and track us down. As for this incident, it was just an accident."

"Kakashi, bring them all up here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kakashi tied up several ninjas and villagers and threw them in front of the crowd.

Tsunade pointed at the group and said sternly to everyone, "This whole incident started with them. These civilians and ninjas living in our village, because they accepted gifts from others, became spies for other organizations, and betrayed Konoha. What do you say we should do?"

The people of Konoha were enraged. Seeing the spy who had lost all power to resist, they raised their arms and shouted, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Very good, it seems that we people of Konoha have not lost our fighting spirit." Tsunade encouraged loudly, raising her hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

She turned to the spies: "Now I ask you, who is behind you? What are their motives?"

Faced with interrogation, the men showed no fear, only laughing loudly: "We're already homeless dogs. You think these brats can take back the ninja world? You may believe that, but we don't."

"To tell you the truth, the power behind us is unimaginable. They are the origin of humanity, our ancestors! Sooner or later, we will all submit to them and fight together against the insect demons. Long live the Otsutsuki!"

"Madmen, they're all madmen!" Tsunade's face suddenly turned ugly. She had never imagined that the originally peaceful villagers of Konoha would become so crazy in private.

"Hahaha! We are all descendants of the Otsutsuki clan. This is fate, destiny! Infinite Tsukuyomi... Why couldn't I live within the Infinite Tsukuyomi? It's all your fault, you Uchiha! Why didn't you obediently follow orders and carry out the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan!"

One of the ninjas was both crying and laughing, roaring and screaming wildly.

We cannot allow them to continue inciting public sentiment.

Tsunade immediately ordered, "Gag them right now, drag them to the stone pillars, tie them up, and execute them by burning at the stake!"

"Waaaaah—!"

After being dragged away, the men were unable to speak anymore, but their faces were still full of madness.

The firewood was lit, and flames roared up.

The long-suppressed anger of the Konoha people was finally unleashed. They grabbed salt and firewood and kept adding them to the fire.

As the saying goes, where leaves dance in the air, fire will never die out. Burn, burn to your heart's content, hahaha!

Under the blazing firelight, the expressions of the Konoha people were twisted and ferocious. What they were burning was never firewood, but the fear and anger that had been building up in their hearts.

Witnessing this scene, both Naruto and Sasuke felt a pang of unease. Gaara noticed Naruto's unusual expression and covered his eyes, saying, "If you don't want to see, then look. But think about it carefully, these people of Konoha aren't really worth saving. Naruto, I really miss the old days."

"Gaara, perhaps they aren't as bad as you think. They're just driven by fear. I will definitely defeat the demons and take back the world that rightfully belongs to them." Naruto smiled again, giving him a bright smile.

Several days later, Konoha returned to calm.

However, Sasuke Uchiha dug up the stone tablet at Nanwa Shrine again.

"Sasuke, why did you dig this thing out of the ground to scare people?" Naruto asked, watching him take out the stone tablet.

Sasuke stared intently at the stone tablet and said, "The contents of the stone tablet have indeed been altered, but I discovered that only the surface layer has been changed. There is another layer of records underneath, which should be the true history."

"Really? I never expected to find something like this." Naruto was astonished, his curiosity fully piqued. "Can you read what's written on it?"

"Of course. After dozens of days of burning, I have removed the surface layer of Yin-Yang Escape residue."

"However, the writing on it is so small that even a normal Mangekyou Sharingan wouldn't be able to see it. Fortunately, my eye power has recently increased dramatically, so I'm able to decipher it clearly."

Naruto immediately became excited: "Then tell me quickly, what does it say? No, wait a minute, I'll go call the others."

"Don't look at it yourself first!" Naruto warned as he turned back, then quickly ran away.

Not long after, the village's leaders gathered together again.

Tsunade sat in the main seat, with Shizune beside her; to her left stood, in order, Kakashi Hatake, the captain of the Anbu, and Genma Shiranui, the acting dean of the Chunin Academy.

Next are the heads of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza, as well as Might Guy, the only remaining unused Jonin in the village.

Behind Naruto stood a group of his close companions:

Gaara, Hinata Hyuga, Hanabi Hyuga, and Neji Hyuga of the Hyuga clan; Kiba Inuzuka, the last surviving member of the Inuzuka clan; Sai, a former orphan of the Root clan; Ino Yamanaka, the young master of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio; Shikamaru Nara; Choji Akimichi; and Lee, Tenten, and Sakura Haruno.

"Alright, everyone's here. Sasuke, tell me what's written on it!" Naruto urged hurriedly.

Sasuke Uchiha straightened the stone tablet, activated his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and slowly read it aloud word by word.

The first half of the inscription is largely the same as the version circulating outside, but the second half contains a completely different account.

The text above states: Chakra did not originate from the Sage of Six Paths, but was stolen from his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki.

The goddess of the Rabbit day, out of compassion for humanity, could not bear to see all living beings suffering so much. So she bestowed her power upon humankind, granting them the ability to control wind, earth, water, thunder, and fire.

Her original intention was not to start a war, but to enable people to live better lives: to control the earth to cultivate the soil, to control the water to irrigate the fields, to control the breeze to bring coolness, to control the fire to obtain warmth, and to use lightning to establish order and punish evil.

However, after the Ninja Sect created ninjutsu, everything was completely distorted. Driven by human greed, the power originally intended to improve lives was reduced to a tool for intimidating and dominating others, thus igniting war.

At the end of the inscription is a heartfelt warning: Only the goddess Kaguya Otsutsuki possessed a merciful heart; she was sealed on the moon by her rebellious son. If future generations face a crisis for the survival of the ninja world, only by resurrecting her can the ninja world achieve true salvation!