Tobirama stood in front of Hashirama, facing Shin'yu from a distance.
He quickly surveyed the battlefield, his gaze sweeping over the dispirited Uchiha Kagami, Hiruzen in a pool of blood, Akimichi Torifu whose life or death was unknown, and others. When he saw Bochi, a hint of gravity appeared on his face.
"It seems that in these years, your progress has been great." He said in a deep voice.
Shin'yu spread his hands. "I must also thank you for showing mercy back then."
"Are you trying to anger me?" Tobirama narrowed his eyes, his sharp gaze radiating killing intent. "Indeed, I should have insisted on killing you back then, or I wouldn't have caused today's disaster."
"Lord Tobirama, are you regretting it? Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world."
"No," Tobirama reached into his pouch and drew out eight Kunai with both hands. "Killing you today will suffice!"
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The Kunai pierced through the rain, shooting towards him. One Flying Thunder God Technique mark after another clearly fell into Shin'yu's eyes. They were all Flying Thunder God Kunai. His eyes shifted slightly, instantly locking onto the position and landing point of all the Kunai.
No matter where Tobirama appeared, he would launch a surprise attack at the first moment!
"Come on, let me try, who is the fastest Ninja in the world..." Shin'yu licked his lips, his muscles tensed, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword.
Suddenly, his ankle tightened, and a large hand suddenly protruded from the water, pulling him into the ground!
"Your attention was all on the Kunai?"
A cold voice was like a ghostly wind from a grave.
Tobirama appeared silently behind Shin'yu, demonstrating the skills a swift Ninja should have. In just a moment, a Kunai pierced through Shin'yu's right eye, directly piercing into his head!
"Puchi!"
Shin'yu's stunned expression froze on his face, and the Tobirama in front of him disappeared with a "poof" into white smoke.
"This trick is called Shadow Clone Technique. It's strange, you've clearly seen it before." Tobirama's real body appeared behind him, saying coldly.
Shin'yu was stunned. This sentence was very familiar, clearly what he had just said to mock Sarutobi Sasuke. "So... you've been watching from the sidelines..."
Shin'yu opened his mouth intermittently, his face pale, his delicate face twisted and ferocious, a Kunai stuck in his eye socket, fresh blood gushing like a spring, and even his left eye was empty, the whites of his eyes completely dyed blood red.
"Don't think about using that eye technique to recover, I've already destroyed your optic nerve." Tobirama squatted down, picked up the long sword with one hand, and grabbed Shin'yu's hair with the other.
"Actually..." Shin'yu's body twitched, his voice getting weaker and weaker, and he was still muttering something, "It was... me..."
"Swish!"
The blade reflected the moonlight, flashed past, and Tobirama neatly cut off Shin'yu's head, blood splattering on the water, as red as fine grape wine.
"...Won."
Tobirama frowned, and at the last moment he understood the lip language of that head.
Suddenly, Tobirama realized something, raised the head in his hand, and only then did he notice the imperceptible mockery at the corner of Shin'yu's mouth.
Tobirama's heart shook violently.
The next second, the head melted with the raindrops, the flesh and blood turned transparent, and in an instant it turned into a large puddle of clear water, leaking out from between Tobirama's fingers.
Tobirama looked down and saw that the headless corpse had liquefied into water and merged into the earth, and the previous blood stains had also disappeared without a trace, completely dissolved in the puddle.
"Water... Water Clone Technique!" His face was livid, his fists clenched until they cracked.
He had actually been observing for a while before showing himself, but he couldn't figure out Shin'yu's purpose, so he quietly lurked around.
Therefore, there was no way Shin'yu could have used the Water Clone Technique in front of him!
This guy... had been just a Water Clone all along!
Similar to the Shadow Clone, but with only 10% of the main body's power, and unable to stray too far from the main body, but the Water Clone's abilities are enhanced in water.
This means, his real body is at...
"Not good!"
Tobirama belatedly realized something, his face filled with shock and anger. He didn't even bother with his surrounding subordinates, directly activating the Flying Thunder God Technique, disappearing from the spot.
...
Another part of the battlefield.
This was a ruined land. Although the heavy rain had washed away the scorched smoke, the scene that met the eye was still a complete mess.
Giant trees grew haphazardly everywhere, the ground was uneven, and ravines were everywhere, as if a giant had plowed through it roughly, leaving no intact spot. This stemmed from the roots' disorderly crushing and destruction of the ground.
A giant wooden Buddha, hundreds of feet tall, stood here, and opposite it, giant trees intertwined, constructing several empty wooden dragons upwards, as if sealing something.
However, the bodies of these wooden dragons had long been broken, and the palms of the wooden Buddha had also been shattered. The thing that had been sealed was long gone.
On top of the wooden figure's head, a black-clothed youth stood with his hands behind his back, gracefully.
The moonlight was as clear and cold as water, outlining his deep features. Strands of hair dripped with water droplets, falling along his fair face. A pair of beautiful Mangekyo eyes flowed with a faint light, adding a touch of dreamlike haze.
Rain had been falling until now, and the night had a bit of chill. The thin water vapor intensified this cold feeling.
"Swish."
Tobirama Senju's figure appeared on the giant tree. His first glance fell upon the empty wooden dragon cage, and the nonchalant youth. Instantly, thunderous rage brewed in his eyes.
The Nine-Tails was gone.
Even the technique formula he had left on the Nine-Tails was gone with it.
"From the beginning, you were aiming for the Nine-Tails?" He stared fixedly at Shin'yu's back. If looks could kill, Shin'yu would have died a thousand times over.
Shin'yu turned around leisurely, smiling as he asked, "Didn't you guess that too?"
Tobirama's face was livid, squeezing out a cold "Hmph."
Shin'yu was right. When Hashirama fought Uchiha Madara, he, as the Hidden Leaf Village's second-in-command, had already arranged strategic countermeasures.
To avoid being drawn into the battle, he had deliberately only dispatched Sarutobi Sasuke and a few Jonin this time, to participate in the work of clearing the battlefield.
In his heart, his elder brother was invincible, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the strongest under the heavens.
He, on the other hand, led his trusted subordinates, guarding the Nine-Tails, keeping watch on the target while also wanting to broaden their horizons.
This target was naturally Uchiha Shin'yu!
Tobirama had never forgotten him. Ever since that night five years ago, Tobirama had regarded him as the Hidden Leaf Village's greatest threat besides Madara.
As old rivals who had been playing games for many years, he had long anticipated that Madara would send Shin'yu to retrieve the Nine-Tails.
But even though he had been lying in wait near the Nine-Tails for a long time, he never saw Shin'yu arrive, but this didn't throw him into a panic.
He decisively ordered his subordinates to rush to another battlefield to gather information.
He just didn't expect that Sarutobi Hiruzen, after seeing his father trapped, would get a rush of blood to the head and rush out headlong;
The always cautious Danzo first let Uchiha Kagami make a move, and then took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, ultimately dragging his companions into danger.
Tobirama, not seeing his subordinates return for a long time, immediately thought "This is bad," and teleported over using the Flying Thunder God Technique mark on Hashirama.
Immediately afterwards, he continued to be misled by Shin'yu, believing that Shin'yu's target was Hashirama, and coupled with Shin'yu's provocation, his killing intent had been accumulating for a long time, which is why he couldn't help but take action, until he realized he had fallen into a trap.
"A slip-up despite careful planning, Lord Tobirama." Shin'yu winked at him.
"What I really didn't expect was that you could break the seal in such a short time and easily release the Nine-Tails, but..."
Tobirama's eyes twitched, the future Second Hokage took a deep breath, suppressing his anger into a gloomy and cold voice:
"You will die today."
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