So fast! Rosen couldn't comprehend it.
The strike was too swift and fierce to block.
Whoosh—
Rosen swapped with Lust, vanishing.
Madara's mind raced. Flying Thunder God Technique?
No, he'd swapped with the shadow.
Madara attacked again, but Lust connected to his shadow.
Madara shifted slightly as Greed, Gluttony, and Jealousy struck.
He clasped his hands. Susanoo!
Blue chakra enveloped him, nearly solid.
A hand swept from the chakra.
Rosen's pupils contracted as a giant hand approached. Golden light flared in his eyes, forming a golden shield.
The hand struck, unmoving the shield, but shattered itself.
Madara looked surprised, his pupils shifting to a more obscure pattern.
Eternal Mangekyo, activate!
Rosen's calm broke.
Madara's Mangekyo pressured him, but not overwhelmingly.
He'd thought the Eternal Mangekyo would boost Madara's strength a few times, allowing Rosen to escape if not win.
But the pressure was twenty times greater!
Rosen unleashed 5% of his Tenseigan chakra, glowing gold.
Still, the gap to Madara was stark.
Madara summoned the fourth form of Susanoo, a hundred-meter blue giant rising.
Rosen gasped. How could he fight this?
The gap was glaring.
A heroic voice rang out, heavenly to Rosen.
"Haha… Madara, you tricked me away… What's this called?"
"Luring the tiger from the mountain," Tobirama said, appearing behind Hashirama.
"Hashirama! Perfect timing. Let's settle this!" Madara shouted, excited.
Freshly empowered by the Eternal Mangekyo, he felt invincible, even against Hashirama.
Rosen exhaled, stepping aside.
The battlefield belonged to Hashirama and Madara.
"Hey, Sen, why are you here?"
Rosen's face darkened. He'd been standing there, unnoticed?
How insignificant was he?
In Hashirama's eyes, only the Dance King mattered.
"Work hard, and I'll give you a promotion and raise," Rosen said, waving, heading to Tobirama.
Hashirama tilted his head, confused. Promotion? Raise?
Tobirama, seeing Rosen with his injured brothers, pieced it together.
"Welcome back," Tobirama said sincerely.
"You disappoint me. I expected peace."
Tobirama looked embarrassed. "The Uchiha are lunatics. Cornered, they still won't surrender."
Bang bang bang—
Hashirama and Madara's battle began.
Rosen and Tobirama glanced away, unconcerned.
"Your strength's improved," Tobirama noted.
"Got any physical training methods?"
"The Eight Gates?"
"No, pure physical cultivation, not explosive."
"The Senju's extraordinary strength method, but you'll need to trade."
"Throw in sword techniques."
Rosen planned to offer greer stones.
"It depends if your trade's worth it."
Hashirama and Madara's battle ended without a victor.
Madara's plan failed with Hashirama's arrival.
He glared at Rosen before leaving, holding a grudge.
Rosen winced. Why him?
Tobirama was pleased; Madara's interest tied Rosen to the Senju.
"That was refreshing. Madara's strength grew so much, I almost couldn't win," Hashirama said.
Rosen scoffed. Hashirama had dominated.
"Sen, let's spar."
"Get lost! I don't fight fools who'd beat me to death," Rosen snapped.
"You called me a fool?" Hashirama looked hurt.
"Yes."
"Brother, you lack self-awareness," Tobirama said, patting Hashirama.
Back at Senju territory, Hashirama sulked, soulless.
Rosen and Tobirama went to a grove.
Tobirama's strength had grown; Rosen felt he could match Mangekyo-level Madara.
Tobirama noted Rosen's progress.
Rosen's strength had risen six or seven times, but combat power wasn't just numbers.
Sparring with Hashirama would be a crushing defeat.
At a lake, Tobirama teleported to the center, forming seals.
Water Release: Beast and Great Waterfall Technique!
Waves rose ten feet, transforming into hundreds of beasts rushing at Rosen.
"Enough chakra for such a large-scale Ninjutsu?" Rosen teased.
He and the Shadow Demons formed seals.
Fire Release: Fire Dragon Technique!
Rosen knew few B-rank+ Five Elements Ninjutsu, none ideal against Tobirama's.
He countered quantity with quality.
Five fire dragons spewed hot breath.
Water and fire clashed, shrouding the lake in steam.
Tobirama's figures moved through the fog.
Rosen and the Shadow Demons split, coordinating.
The Shadow Demons' Sharingan and Byakugan were too sensitive to reveal, risking conflict with the Uchiha and Hyuga.
In the fog, neither had a vision advantage.
Rosen's four Shadow Demons gave him an edge.
Tobirama used Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to match.
Their clones clashed.
"Your moves are still crude," Tobirama said, vanishing into the fog.
"Why do you think I asked for swordsmanship?" Rosen replied.
His lack of systematic moves—swordsmanship or close combat—relied on brute force.
Tobirama feared Rosen's Shadow Instant Technique, akin to Flying Thunder God but easier to activate.
Tobirama used Great Cold Energy, his kunai coated in white mist, speed surging.
Rosen sensed the boost, recognizing Tobirama's title as the God of Speed.
With Great Cold Energy, his speed tripled.
Rosen activated Jingzhe Qi.
Before moving, Tobirama appeared behind him, stabbing with a frost-covered kunai.
Rosen swapped with Jealousy, but a wound opened on his back, cold seeping in, slowing him.
Jingzhe Qi expelled the cold, healing the wound visibly.
It reminded Rosen of Hashirama's seal-less self-healing.
Another whoosh—Flying Thunder God Technique.
Tobirama had left a mark during his attack.
Rosen punched the ground, releasing Ten Rings: Energy Impact.
The shockwave sent Tobirama flying.
Rosen fired five rings, hitting Tobirama's chest.
Tobirama's body vanished in smoke.
Shadow clone!
Tobirama rushed from the fog, kunai striking.
Rosen struggled; Tobirama's swift, tricky attacks overwhelmed him in close combat.
When speeds matched, technique decided victory.
Rosen sent three Shadow Demons to pressure Tobirama, pulling one to the battlefield's edge for a swap if needed.
Tobirama felt pressure too; Shadow Demons were untouchable, their attacks only dodgeable.
Rosen's swapping ability and their near-equal strength gave Tobirama only a slight technical edge.
His Flying Thunder God marks threatened Rosen, who stayed vigilant.
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