Chapter 429: The Reanimated Tsunade Isn't Cold
The members of the Senju clan looked up nervously at Li Yao's Obito clone in the sky, uncertain of what he would do next.
"Heh heh."
The corner of Li Yao's Obito clone's mouth curled up, a playful look in his eyes that immediately made Hashirama and the others tense up, thinking he was about to go back on his word. But then they heard him say with a laugh, "Relax. I'm a man of my word. I'll stop here."
Phew… Upon hearing this, the four surrounding Hashirama let out a huge sigh of relief—everyone except for Hiruzen Sarutobi. The one who had annihilated his clan was right there, and they were all now relieved thanks to their enemy's mercy. What a humiliating position.
If he had a choice, he would rather die in battle than go through this.
But he had no choice. He was just the Third Hokage.
Boom!
Just as the five believed the war was over, Li Yao's Obito clone suddenly created a shadow clone, while his original body teleported back into the Kamui space, leaving the clone outside.
"You…"
Minato suddenly had a bad feeling, his entire body beginning to tremble. Hashirama and the others also sensed danger, their expressions darkening.
"So you figured it out already!"
"Not bad at all."
Li Yao's shadow clone chuckled. As expected of Hokage, their reactions were fast.
"What… are you trying to do?" Hashirama stood up, and the others followed suit.
The shadow clone snickered. "The original promised not to take action. But I—his shadow clone—never agreed to anything."
"You… despicable!!" Hashirama roared. "What's the difference between a shadow clone and the original!?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi, however, was secretly thrilled. This demon continuing his slaughter might finally force the Sage of Six Paths to step in himself. Then, this monster would surely die!
"Despicable? So be it!"
The shadow clone laughed, not bothering to explain. With a thought, he teleported away—then reappeared a moment later.
"Let me go!"
In his hand, he held a stunning woman—Samui, the icy beauty from the Hidden Cloud Village.
Why did he bring her back?
Hashirama and the others looked on, puzzled.
The shadow clone formed a seal, and a black chakra mass emerged from a storage space—Tsunade's warm, severed head.
"You… Stop!!"
Hashirama instantly realized what Li Yao's shadow clone was planning and roared furiously, launching a Wood Style attack toward the shadow clone.
Whoosh!
A black hole sphere wrapped around the shadow clone, swallowing all of Hashirama's wood-style jutsu.
"Edo Tensei!"
Black ritual markings spread through the air, enveloping the Hidden Cloud beauty and Tsunade's head.
The jutsu activated. Tsunade's head turned to powder and merged with the struggling Samui—ultimately transforming into Tsunade.
Whoosh!
The shadow clone flew into the sky with the newly reanimated Tsunade, dispersing the black hole barrier and looking down at the five below.
Seeing his granddaughter now revived through Edo Tensei with a body just like theirs, Hashirama's fury exploded like a volcano, unstoppable.
He launched furious Wood Style attacks, but no matter how much he raged, his jutsu couldn't touch the shadow clone in the sky.
"Come now, Tsunade—show your grandpas that lovely voice of yours."
The shadow clone grinned. Tsunade, just regaining awareness from the reanimation, immediately looked horrified.
Even with her heart full of rage, Tsunade had no words. She fell silent, clenching her teeth.
Below, Hashirama's eyes glazed over. The scene was so explosive, even his anger seemed to freeze.
Tobirama and the others widened their eyes—then quickly looked away. But they soon realized they couldn't let the clone continue tormenting Tsunade like this.
Whoosh whoosh!
Minato and Tobirama simultaneously threw their Flying Thunder God kunai and teleported toward the shadow clone.
"Demon…"
"This is a demon!!"
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen, felt his mind shatter. Suddenly, he felt thankful—thankful that his clan was gone, that his daughter, wife, and daughter-in-law were all dead, their bodies reduced to nothing.
Otherwise, he couldn't imagine the horror of seeing his daughter or daughter-in-law reanimated and used like this.
And… what kind of demon even comes up with this kind of twisted torment!?
Terror.
This was the first time Hiruzen Sarutobi felt such overwhelming fear toward a person. His Edo Tensei-revived body trembled uncontrollably.
Uchiha Itachi… though he had turned his head, was deeply shaken inside. He now fully understood what kind of enemy they were facing.
That thing couldn't even be called human. He was a madman.
"I'm going to kill you…!"
Tsunade's eyes gleamed with icy murderous intent.
Thankfully, he was just a shadow clone—still controllable.
Rip!
Suddenly, gaping holes appeared in the chests of both Minato and Tobirama—two Truth-Seeking Orbs had pierced them.
The shadow clone looked at their shocked expressions and mocked, "You really thought I wouldn't notice the obvious flaw in the Flying Thunder God technique—you move based on marked locations. All I had to do was attack the spot first."
As long as he targeted the kunai's location, he could attack Minato and Tobirama before they even arrived.
Maybe the two of them were overconfident in their reflexes.
But now that the Obito clone had become the Ten-Tails jinchūriki, his reaction speed and control over the Truth-Seeking Orbs were far superior.
Minato and Tobirama had assumed he couldn't deal with them—how foolish.
Whoosh whoosh!
Wounded in the chest, the two quickly teleported away using Flying Thunder God.
Li Yao didn't chase them. He still needed them alive—to witness what happens to those who go against him.
In his past life, people always speculated whether Edo Tensei-revived women could be "used," and how they compared to the real thing.
Well, no need to guess anymore—Li Yao had run the experiment for everyone.
Experiment complete. Now that he had confirmed he could bring together different-aged versions of Tsunade from three Hokage timelines, he no longer needed her for the moment.
With a thought, the shadow clone pulled Tsunade into the Kamui space—to serve the original body.
As for himself, he took off toward the next town.
(END CHAPTER)
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