Just as the two brothers were arguing incessantly, a voice came from the sky.
"If you ask me, neither of you brothers is going anywhere!"
In an instant! Dozens of white chains flew out from nowhere, firmly binding the two brothers and slowly lifting them off the ground!
"Sage Art! Cloud Release - Myriad Cloud Pecking Heart!"
As the words fell! Two ethereal crane phantoms flew out from Torifu's body, leaving behind a vast amount of cloud vapor in their wake! The cloud vapor then gathered and condensed into various cloud birds of all shapes and sizes. All the cloud birds followed the two crane phantoms, flying towards the Kin-Gin brothers, who were being dragged into mid-air!
"Damn it! This damned Ninjutsu, Ginkaku, are you alright!"
"Kinkaku! Are you okay!"
While the two brothers were still worrying about each other, the two crane phantoms pierced through their bodies respectively! Kinkaku and Ginkaku only felt their body temperature plummet! It was so cold they could no longer control their bodies; their limbs seemed to have separated from their bodies entirely, feeling nothing at all.
The crane phantoms dissipated in the air after piercing the two brothers, while the cloud birds behind them repeatedly stabbed and tore through the brothers' bodies like blades! Each cloud bird moved incredibly fast, causing Kinkaku and Ginkaku to suffer dozens of blows every second! And the next second was the same!
Thus, countless cloud birds repeatedly pierced the Kin-Gin brothers. No matter how strong their bodies or how noble their bloodline, they couldn't endure such damage. With a reluctant roar from the two brothers, they slowly closed their eyes.
"Ginkaku! Let's be brothers again in the next life!"
"Kinkaku! You'll still be my brother in the next life!"
As the brothers' voices faded, all the cloud birds disintegrated, transforming into streams of clouds that enveloped them! At the same time, the chains dragging Kinkaku and Ginkaku suddenly broke, and the two brothers began to fall uncontrollably.
Moments later, Kinkaku and Ginkaku heavily crashed onto the ground! Simultaneously, a huge cloud waterfall surged skyward! Within the cloud waterfall, countless cloud birds continuously pierced Kinkaku and Ginkaku, dissolving their bodies.
Ten minutes later, the cloud waterfall gradually disappeared, revealing a crater in the ground, but there was nothing left inside. Kinkaku and Ginkaku had long since vanished, leaving no corpses behind.
Torifu slowly descended to the ground, flapping his wings, and wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead. "Phew, these two brothers were really hard to kill. Their strength wasn't much, but they were tough as nails." They managed to last this long against Torifu thanks to the Nine-Tails' chakra; otherwise, they would have died much earlier.
Torifu still wanted to thank them. They allowed him to test out his new Jutsu so thoroughly. Ordinary ninjas would die with a slight touch, making this level of Ninjutsu unusable. Opponents who could take a beating were truly the best. Torifu had wanted to try out this Sage Mode for a long time, but unfortunately, he never had the chance. This time, it was like a dream come true.
However, the price of fulfilling that dream was being discovered by his teachers. As soon as he activated Sage Mode, Torifu sensed two strong chakras not far away. Torifu knew without a doubt that it had to be his teacher and Tobirama. He knew they would be fast, but he didn't expect them to be this fast. It had only been about ten minutes; had they already dealt with the main forces? Killing so quickly, are you trying to lose your lives?!
But at that point, the arrow was already on the string and had to be loosed. Since he was already exposed, exposing a bit more didn't matter! He might as well go all out and enjoy the fight!
Torifu waved his hands, deactivating Sage Mode. The pair of wings on his back detached from him, transforming into Aokumo and Ryūfū in the air. This was what had been mentioned earlier in the [Sage Art one-stop service]. Torifu was trying it for the first time, and he felt the effect was quite good. The accumulated Sage Chakra within Aokumo and Ryūfū could be directly used by Torifu, which was very convenient. Moreover, in this state, Torifu's strength would be greatly enhanced, thanks to borrowing Aokumo and Ryūfū's power.
[T/N: I forgot what the system named this in shop. Let it be.]
The two slacking cranes finally proved useful, which made Torifu feel somewhat gratified. Ever since they hatched so many years ago, they had been like mascots, rarely fighting, and incredibly good at eating. Their food expenses alone would be considerable year-round. But there was nothing he could do; he had raised them this big, it wasn't like he could roast them and eat them, right? He'd just have to keep raising them.
Aokumo and Ryūfū flew in the sky. Torifu clapped his hands, pretending to ride them away from here. Hashirama and Tobirama, seeing this, couldn't sit still. They stopped hiding and immediately revealed themselves.
Upon seeing the two, Torifu immediately feigned great shock, then stammered, "Sen...Sensei, Hokage-sama...hello, haha..."
Seeing Torifu's awkwardness, Hashirama couldn't help but want to laugh, but his dignity as a teacher reminded him that he couldn't laugh now.
"Didn't I repeatedly warn you! This is no place for you to be! Why are you so disobedient!"
"Hehe, Sensei, don't mind these details. Just pretend I'm still in the village, alright? Pretend I'm a Shadow Clone, okay?"
Hashirama originally had no intention of blaming Torifu, but hearing Torifu's words made him smile wryly. He directly smacked Torifu's head. "You brat! So mischievous! What if you encountered a strong enemy and got hurt? How old are you, sneaking off to the battlefield?"
Torifu mumbled softly, "But nothing happened..."
"Still talking back! You brat are going to infuriate your Sensei!" Hashirama wasn't truly angry at first, but this kid's constant retorts made Hashirama genuinely upset.
Seeing that his teacher seemed truly angry, Torifu immediately apologized, thus averting a disaster.
"Your Sensei and I saw everything just now. Your strength is quite good; you're almost on par with me." Tobirama looked at the twelve-year-old boy in front of him and couldn't help but marvel, are all people from the Kumotsuru Clan such prodigious talents? A Kage-level at twelve? Simply unprecedented.
But his father seemed to be just an ordinary ninja, not even having learned Cloud Release. How could he have such a good son? Tobirama only asked himself these questions inwardly. He didn't ask at all how Torifu's strength had progressed so quickly. After all, if he had used some forbidden secret art to cultivate, it would likely be impossible to achieve Sage Mode. Moreover, everyone has their own fortuitous encounters, just like his Nii-sama also had Sage Mode, but he had never taught him, and Tobirama didn't even know where he had learned it from. Since this child had such good fortune, there was no need to pry.
Sneaking out to participate in the war, he must have done so for the village, so there was no need to punish him either. "I didn't realize before, but you brat are quite disobedient, agreeing so nicely but then turning around and sneaking out."
At this moment, Torifu just wanted to say, if the System hadn't issued a mission, I wouldn't have come!