Flying Thunder God!
A sudden flash—someone used the Flying Thunder God Technique to save Sarutobi Hiruzen from Chiyu's grasp. That person was…
The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama!
Seeing this figure, everyone on the battlefield in front of the Hokage Building could not help but gasp in shock.
"Th-That's…"
"The Second Hokage?!"
"What's going on…?"
Meanwhile, the Uchiha clan members felt a different kind of excitement and fury.
"Senju Tobirama!"
"That bastard is the main culprit—the one who's always suppressed and persecuted the Uchiha clan!"
"Exactly! He's the true source of all evil!"
Even Jiraiya was taken aback, but he quickly realized the truth.
"So that's how it is... Whether it's Uchiha Itachi, that so-called Uchiha Madara, or even me—it still wasn't enough to put you at ease, was it? Your genuine final trump card is the Edo Tensei–revived Second Hokage, huh..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen, having narrowly escaped death, did not answer Jiraiya's question.
With Tobirama now before him, Hiruzen took a deep breath, still trembling slightly.
"You all right, 'Monkey'?"
Tobirama glanced at him.
Hiruzen gave a slight nod, breathing heavily:
"I'm fine… Guess I really have grown old…"
Tobirama's gaze turned cold as he looked across the battlefield at Chiyu and his Susanoo.
"Stand ready. An explosion is coming…"
"Huh?"
Hiruzen started, but quickly realized what his teacher meant.
"So… the moment you saved me, you'd already set your move in place?!
Teacher… indeed you never waver…"
Next instant—
"Detonation of the tags—"
Tobirama's face was composed and expressionless.
BOOM—
Rumble-rumble-rumble!
A chain of explosive tags, attached along Chiyu's Binding Chains, ignited in succession, fire blazing skyward in a series of thunderous blasts.
The shockwave rocked the entire area.
And yet…
As the flames subsided and the dust settled, Chiyu and Susanoo stood there utterly unharmed.
Tobirama could not help frowning.
"Those eyes… I see. So it's the same as Madara's, the 'Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?'
Even stronger than Izuna's power…"
"Monkey," he said grimly, "I suppose in your generation, a terrifying figure like this can still appear among the Uchiha…"
"Although being summoned via Edo Tensei by that Orochimaru scum is unpleasant, I suppose this is indeed my time to step in."
Chiyu gazed silently at the man before him. To the Uchiha clan, Senju Tobirama was—the fountainhead of all evil.
"Senju Tobirama, you've finally shown yourself."
Tobirama said flatly:
"You expected me to appear?"
Chiyu replied:
"When Danzo made that secret deal with Orochimaru, he learned Edo Tensei, intending to use it against me, but never summoned you or Hashirama.
With Danzo's standing in the village, plus his ties to you brothers—without your genetic samples, no summoning was possible.
The only possibility was that Orochimaru secretly kept both of your souls sealed, intending to give them to Danzo, using you two as his hidden trump card.
Now it seems Sarutobi Hiruzen has likewise allied with Orochimaru.
I just wonder what village secrets you sold to that S-rank missing-nin this time."
Chiyu's pointed words caused the crowd to realize the situation.
Kakashi, though exhausted and unable to fight further, still felt outraged by Hiruzen's repeated underhanded pacts with Orochimaru—
His late father, Hatake Sakumo, had died a tragic death and could not find peace, all thanks to these same twisted politics…
Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a cold snort:
"Uchiha Chiyu, you think I'd face you unprepared?!
Teacher… or rather, Second Hokage-sama!
Indeed, they've rebelled at last—Uchiha plotting to raze the entire village, overturn the peace and order Lord First strove to build! They must be eradicated!"
Tobirama's voice was icy:
"As I always warned my elder brother, the Uchiha clan is naturally malevolent. Leaving them around sooner or later would spawn a cancer threatening the village—and indeed the entire ninja world!
My elder brother was too naive and merciful; he refused to heed my counsel.
That's why I had to take other measures against the Uchiha.
Whether establishing the Konoha Police Force or pushing them to the outskirts of the village, all of it was a slow strategy to distance them from the center and turn the villagers against them.
Looks like it worked fine—but far too slow. Once a monster like you emerges, we're left with a catastrophic crisis…
Frankly, I should've destroyed the Uchiha clan back in my day!"
Sarutobi sighed:
"Second Hokage-sama still had some sympathy for them… But these people truly are irredeemable!"
Tobirama gave a nod:
"Yes, my greatest regret. But… Right now, I can remedy that."
Chiyu merely smiled faintly—rare for him.
For a moment, both Tobirama's side and the Uchiha side were caught off guard.
Tobirama frowned:
"What's so amusing?"
Chiyu retorted:
"Senju Tobirama, let me ask: where is your Senju clan now?"
That single question froze Sarutobi Hiruzen in place.
His face went pale, eyes shifting.
"The Senju clan?"
Tobirama glanced over.
"What became of them, 'Monkey?'"
Hiruzen broke out in cold sweat:
"I… well… The First wanted a village without clan divides, so the Senju all gave up their surname, integrated among the ranks. So—"
"Stop lying to me," Tobirama said coldly.
"If that were true, Then why has the Senju clan vanished, while the Sarutobi clan thrives?"
Hiruzen was left stammering, sweat pouring down his brow:
"I… I was planning… the timing wasn't right…
I—"
Tobirama took a deep breath:
"Monkey, you are indeed callous and pragmatic—no wonder you've stumbled against this man. But I'll want a proper explanation after this. For now…"
He cast a piercing look at Chiyu:
"We settle things with you and destroy the Uchiha once and for all!"
Chiyu also had no more to say.
He quietly tensed as Hiruzen and Tobirama, sensei-and-student, flanked by Jiraiya as well, all prepared for a final assault.
Instantly—
Water Release: Water Severing Wave! (Tobirama)
Combined Ninjutsu—Earth Dragon Bullet + Fire Dragon Bullet! (Hiruzen)
Sage Art—Fire Dragon Flame Bullet! (Jiraiya)
Their combined ferocity forced Susanoo to budge back half a step.
Yet as soon as Chiyu stabilized, Tobirama flickered with Flying Thunder God, flashing right to Susanoo's perimeter.
Evidently, when he'd saved Hiruzen moments ago, he'd placed a special formula as well.
"Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags!"
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