The creepy, repulsive creature turned out to be none other than their Master the Third. The news of the return of the Third Hokage has already spread around Konoha. However, he returned in the form of only a head, in order to lead the village back to greatness as an adviser.
However, even during his lifetime, he was not very successful in restoring Konoha to its former greatness.
Moreover, rumors began to spread that with the removal of Uchiha Yue, changes were coming to Konoha's political system — the so-called "posthumous employment." The successors will be able to summon the souls of deceased Hokages using their wisdom and experience.
But what the hell is going on now?
"Is Mr. Third really a foot fetishist? Why is he eating my leg?! I'm a man!"
Were... were the rumors true?
"Is Mr. Three really... a homosexual? And Shimura Danzo did what he wanted in Konoha just because he knew how to... please him? So he got away with it because there was a Third Person standing behind him? Were their quarrels just a game —"cute swearing is just fun"?"
And even... no, it can't be.…
It suddenly dawned on him: he seemed to have realized the truth about the night of the Nine-Tails' attack. That mysterious masked man could indeed be from the Uchiha clan. But the idea of controlling the Kyubi and causing a massacre did not belong to him, but to Shimura Danzo.
The masked man was Danzo's pawn. Or maybe Danzo was blackmailing him.
And the reason?
The reason is that the Fourth Hokage was not a homosexual. He had a normal sexual orientation and had a wife. Danzo, fearing to lose his influence after losing the patronage of Sarutobi Hiruzen, forced the powerful Shinobi from the Uchiha clan to do this.
Yes, that explains everything! Explains why the Uchiha clan was inactive during such a large-scale attack. Danzo stopped them out of fear that upon arriving at the scene, the Uchiha would reveal the true identity of the masked man, and then the fire would spread to himself.
This explains the destruction of the clan! Over time, Mr. Third grew old, and sooner or later a new Hokage was bound to appear. Danzo was afraid that the Uchiha would use the events of that night to blackmail him.
Therefore, he launched a preemptive strike. But the appearance of Uchiha Yue confused all his cards!
Yes, that's the truth!
— No, no, NO, NO! Mr. Third, let me go! I'm not like that! I'm normal! Oh, how disgusting that is!
"Get the fuck off me!" I don't want to be groped by that disgusting old bastard!
Indescribable horror was reflected on the face of the Shinobi's soul. He kicked his leg, desperately trying to shake off Sarutobi Hiruzen's head. Damn it, he'd rather die than let a lustful old man abuse him!
At that moment, he, a disembodied soul, began to cry in horror.
However, it was not possible to lift the leg. The soul was powerless against the head resurrected by Edo Tensei. His face turned deathly pale.
"Hungry... I'll eat you... I'll eat you... satiation... hunger."…
Soon, the Shinobi realized his mistake. The hunger that Sarutobi Hiruzen was muttering about had nothing to do with lust. It was a primal, unquenchable hunger.
His shin had already completely disappeared into Hiruzen's mouth. A strange weakness, numbness, and burning pain spread through his leg, as if it had been immersed in acid, and the flesh of his soul began to melt rapidly.
— No, not that... the third... no, Sarutobi Hiruzen, are you going to eat me?! You... you're a monster!
His gaze filled with panic. It was no longer the fear of violence, but the horror of final death, the fear of absorption. Realizing Hiruzen's intentions, he dropped all deference and grabbed his head, desperately pushing it.
But fate was sealed the moment Sarutobi Hiruzen grabbed his leg.
— no! No! Let go! Let go, I said! You're a monster! THE MONSTER!
— Ah-ah-ah-ah!!!
He struggled wildly, cursing and howling in pain. He was being pulled by an unknown force, dragging him into some special dimension. Normally, his soul would have gone to the Pure Lands long ago, but Edo Tensei's body was holding him.
Although it looked like he just put his foot in Hiruzen's mouth, it was different. The body, resurrected by a forbidden technique, fueled by insane will and senjutsu chakra, has undergone monstrous changes. Swallowing the leg, it pulled a part of his soul inside, where it began to mix with the soul of Sarutobi himself. The Pure Lands could no longer save him!
When half of his body disappeared into Hiruzen's mouth…
—N-no… Mr. Third, let me go, please, let me go! I don't want you to eat me!
"Help!" Somebody help me! Save me! Buddha, gods, Sage of the Six Paths, anyone, save me!
— A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A!!!
With one last heart-rending scream, his soul was finally consumed.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was blissful, as if he had taken a dose of a drug. A stomach-like sac bulged under the severed neck. It was contracting convulsively, and from time to time the distorted features of the absorbed Shinobi appeared on its surface. This creepy organ was invisible to those who are unable to see souls.
A brief satiation drove away the insane hunger, and Sarutobi Hiruzen regained his sanity for a moment. He felt his newfound stomach throbbing, remembered what he had just done, and a wave of disgust flooded him. He... he absorbed the soul again. Back then, in the past, he sacrificed Danzo and Itachi for the sake of survival. But now…