"Ugh!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, already engaged in battle with Orochimaru and Rasa, was brutally punched by the suddenly appearing Senju Hashirama.
A single punch slammed his face to the side, and the force sent him flying.
"As expected of the First Hokage. Even in this incomplete Impure World Reincarnation body, he can unleash strength comparable to Tsunade's," Orochimaru remarked with interest, holding the Sword of Kusanagi as he watched Sarutobi Hiruzen crash through the air. "However, he can't even use Shadow Clones. My teacher has really become old and useless."
"Cough..."
Spitting out the dirt in his mouth, Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to stand, but Senju Hashirama attacked again, disrupting his movements.
"Sarutobi" Enma's face appeared on the Adamantine Staff lying nearby.
Noticing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly rolled away from Senju Hashirama's pursuit and grabbed his weapon. With the Adamantine Staff, transformed by Enma, he barely managed to withstand Senju Hashirama's Divine Power.
"Kurenai, I need to get Kakashi to Konoha Hospital. I'm counting on you to support the Third Hokage over there." Carrying the barely conscious Kakashi over his shoulder, Might Guy hurried towards Konoha Hospital.
"Me? I'm supposed to fight Senju Hashirama?" Yuhi Kurenai thought. She might be a Jōnin, but fighting the likes of the First Hokage was too much for her. Could her meager Illusionary Techniques even affect them?
"Kurenai-senpai, let me assist the Hokage-sama." Uchiha Itachi, his face bruised and swollen from earlier, was also significantly weakened, but compared to Kakashi, he still had some fight left in him.
Thinking it was for her own good, Uchiha Itachi stopped her.
"Hmph!"
Is this guy mocking my weakness? She didn't trust the murderer who destroyed the Uchiha clan to have any good intentions.
"However... something has indeed happened in the Village. I need to return and provide support." After receiving information from the Shadow Clone she had sent out earlier, Yuhi Kurenai frowned slightly and then disappeared from the spot in a flash.
Uchiha Kage seemed to be fighting a giant Summoning Beast that had invaded the Village. She needed to go and help.
As for the Hokage...
She could only trust in the Hokage.
"Kotoamatsukami didn't work?" After using his staff to knock away Senju Hashirama, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally found an opportunity to reach Uchiha Itachi's side.
"He has mastered the Uchiha's forbidden Ninjutsu. I was powerless." He had even stolen Shisui's eyes, and his Sword of Totsuka...
Fortunately, Shisui's Eye Technique was already used up, and it wouldn't recover in a short time. But Uchiha Itachi couldn't think of any way to defeat him. Even if he used Izanami to counter Izanagi, he would have to touch the opponent's body first, but it was basically impossible to touch their constantly Intangible body.
"Perhaps you deliberately held back, Itachi." Orochimaru looked at the two bruised and battered enemies in front of him. While amused, he also grew increasingly wary of the Masked Man from before. To be able to evade even Kotoamatsukami, and...
Judging from the strange Eye Technique Kakashi used at the end, and his confident assertion that the Masked Man was Uchiha Obito, this Masked Man might really be that Deadlast.
Even Orochimaru's initial confidence began to waver.
"How could I..."
Uchiha Itachi was about to retort when he noticed the complex expression that flashed across Sarutobi Hiruzen's face.
Damn it, now the Third Hokage will suspect me even more. Especially since he had lost Shisui's eyes... After all, both he and 'Uchiha Obito' were from the Akatsuki. Letting him get away at this time made it hard to explain.
"Orochimaru, your arrogance never changes. You dare to lower your guard before the battle is over." Taking advantage of Orochimaru's unguarded moment during their conversation, the experienced Sarutobi Hiruzen threw the Adamantine Staff in his hand.
"Good opportunity, Sarutobi!"
The flying Adamantine Staff transformed into a sturdy iron cage, completely trapping Orochimaru inside.
"You... you sneaky old bastard, resorting to sneak attacks!" Trapped inside, Orochimaru frantically slashed at the iron cage with the Sword of Kusanagi, but unsurprisingly, apart from a few sparks, the entire cage remained unscathed.
"Fire Release: Great Flame Technique!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity. After capturing Orochimaru, he unleashed his strongest Fire Release Ninjutsu on him.
Grabbing the cage's bars, Orochimaru quickly transformed into a white Snake, trying to escape through a hole, but the suddenly appearing bars blocked him again.
Boom--
"Agh!!"
Orochimaru could only watch helplessly as the boundless fire consumed his body, slowly turning into a puddle of melted sludge in the flames.
"He used a Substitution Technique at the last moment to block the attack?" Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed heavily as he watched Orochimaru slowly crawl out of the sludge. Then, Orochimaru opened his mouth wide, his outer appearance withered instantly, and a new, intact Orochimaru, still covered in Snake slime, crawled out.
"Teacher, let's end the entertainment here." Orochimaru pulled out his Sword of Kusanagi from his mouth again.
Although Uchiha Itachi was helping Sarutobi Hiruzen, looking at Uchiha Itachi's weakened state, he wasn't worried. As long as he didn't look directly at the Sharingan, Orochimaru believed he still had a good chance of winning.
Getting on all fours, Orochimaru began preparing one of his strongest Ninjutsu.
"Ninjutsu: Eight Branches Technique!"
"Wait, Orochimaru!" Sensing the unusual Chakra on Orochimaru's body, Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly stopped him. "Do you really want to die together with your teacher? Are you planning to give up your Ninjutsu? Your dream of Eternal Life?"
"Oh? Is Teacher afraid?" Orochimaru was also a little worried. Even if he used the Eight Branches Technique, his trump card Ninjutsu, to eliminate Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Itachi, it would be difficult for him to escape if the Anbu ninja nearby surrounded him. Because after using this Ninjutsu, he would be weakened for a period of time.
"This old man has fought for many years and has long since stopped caring about life and death. It's just a pity that Konoha is losing so much fighting strength in a single day. Not only will Konoha be plunged into war, but your dream of Eternal Life will also be impossible to achieve."
Seeing Orochimaru stop his movements, Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Eternal Life bait he had mentioned earlier had finally tempted him a little.
"Teacher, what exactly do you want to say?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who could say such words, made Orochimaru feel a little strange. His teacher, who had always been upright, wouldn't normally use such wording.
But today... What exactly was this guy thinking? He actually brought up Eternal Life in front of him? Orochimaru was indeed quite curious. First, about the perfect Eternal Life Sarutobi Hiruzen mentioned, and second, about his unusual behavior.
"How about we two teachers and disciples go to a quiet place to talk alone, Orochimaru?"
"Alright." Taking Rasa and Senju Hashirama, two dead people whose wills he had erased, Orochimaru put away the Sword of Kusanagi and followed his teacher. He wanted to see what tricks this teacher of his was playing.
"Hokage-sama!"
Uchiha Itachi also felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen was acting strangely. But being alone with Orochimaru... Uchiha Itachi was worried that Orochimaru would harm Sarutobi Hiruzen. Sarutobi Hiruzen was probably the only Hokage who would tolerate a rogue ninja like him returning to the Village. He didn't want anything to happen to him.
"Don't worry. You guys go and support the Village in resisting the invading enemies."
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Anbu ninja nearby who were waiting for his orders, and then at Uchiha Itachi.
"Itachi, escort Kirigakure's Esteemed Guest back to the Post Station. I apologize that they were frightened today as well. Treat them well."
"Yes..." Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen so insistent, Uchiha Itachi couldn't persuade him any further.
"Hmph, no need for Konoha to worry!"
Watching the teacher and disciple who had been fighting to the death just now suddenly act like they had shaken hands and made peace, and then thinking about Sunagakure's attack on Konoha, Terumi Mei couldn't help but imagine a shocking conspiracy.
Could these two be deliberately setting up a trap for Sunagakure? And most likely, to avoid any accidents, they had allied with Kirigakure... What treacherous and cunning Konoha, and what an extremely sinister Hokage! No wonder Lord Genshi told me to be extra careful of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Damn it! Not only had she failed to take revenge on the Masked Man, but she had also discovered that Kirigakure seemed to have been used as a pawn by Sarutobi Hiruzen. Terumi Mei felt both angry and uneasy.
No, if Konoha planned to start a war against Sunagakure, or even conquer Sunagakure, wouldn't Kirigakure be in an extremely awkward position in the Ninja World? Not only would they not be able to profit from Konoha's annexation of Sunagakure, but they would also be suspected and antagonized by other Shinobi Villages...
She had to return to Kirigakure as soon as possible!
And she couldn't let Konoha's Hokage notice, otherwise, if their group was detained by Konoha, it would be even worse! Thinking of this, Terumi Mei had no choice but to temporarily abandon Uchiha Kage. She needed to leave Konoha immediately!
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"Senju Tobirama, you never thought you would fall into my hands one day, did you?"
After listening to Yuhi Kurenai's vivid account of what he already knew, Uchiha Kage finally had time to return to his Dream Space. And the first thing he did upon entering the Dream Space was to revive the Soul of Senju Tobirama, whom he had captured.
"You... you really are Kage. Why aren't you dead?"
Looking at the familiar face revealed after the other party took off his mask, Senju Tobirama, who had just been revived and didn't even have time to be surprised by his regained body, was stunned by the scene before him.
"And this space, how has it become so... Your Eye Technique space wasn't this realistic before!"
What exactly had happened? These flowers and trees, and the buildings in the distance, and the sky, where was the barren place from before?
Senju Tobirama, who knew Uchiha Kage's Mangekyō Eye Technique very well, couldn't believe his eyes.
"Didn't you say that? When the Uchiha clan is stimulated, their Eye Technique will increase, and the greater the stimulation, the stronger the Eye Technique will become. So, this is all thanks to you."
Uchiha Kage enjoyed Senju Tobirama's shocked expression while making up a story. However, it was indeed thanks to the other party's actions that he had inexplicably traveled through time and gained the Dream Space cheat.
"Now, I will become the most evil Uchiha, as you said... Destroy Konoha, destroy the title of Hokage, and Tsunade... I won't let her go either!"
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