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Before they left, they had arranged for Might Guy to come over.
Might Guy's normal combat strength was already outstanding, and when opening the Eight Gates, even Uchiha Madara had been kicked flying.
Hmm.
That was how the system evaluated him, so Kitahara Kaede suggested leaving Might Guy to guard the village, and Tobirama had no objections.
Just then, Tobirama pushed open the door.
"Guy…"
"The one you said accepted the mission…"
"…What the—"
Tobirama had always thought Guy was a bit of a simpleton. But as soon as he returned to the office, he saw a member of Akatsuki sitting inside.
Wearing a forehead protector marked as a rogue ninja, with dark green eyes, tanned skin, and even visible stitching on his body as if sewn together.
This man... wasn't he the Akatsuki member sent to retrieve Sasori from the Sand Village—Kakuzu?
And he had even been acknowledged by his elder brother Senju Hashirama as someone who once attempted to assassinate him.
And now… he had come all the way here from the Sand Village…
To deliver his brother's corpse.
"…"
Tobirama was speechless.
"I'm here to complete the mission."
"Or does Konoha not intend to pay?" Kakuzu asked coldly.
He had spent 80 million ryo redeeming Sasori under Pain's orders, and now with Konoha offering a 100 million reward, of course he had rushed over.
"I know you're here to complete the mission," Tobirama said, his expression slightly complicated.
But…
Akatsuki and Konoha were supposed to be enemies, weren't they?
And according to Kitahara Kaede, that idiot Danzo had offended Akatsuki's current leader.
So it must be either Yahiko or Nagato.
Meaning—Danzo was definitely an idiot.
That should have meant bad relations between Konoha and Akatsuki.
And yet now, an Akatsuki member had come directly to accept a mission?
"We're willing to pay."
"And I want the body," Tobirama added.
"No problem," Kakuzu agreed immediately. "All I want is the money."
"…Where did you get my brother's corpse?" Tobirama asked.
"To be honest, I once attempted to assassinate Senju Hashirama. Although I failed, I managed to get a strand of his hair," Kakuzu said.
"I've kept it all these years, reminding myself: if I can't become stronger, then I might as well make money."
"…" Tobirama.
So it wasn't a body captured from Orochimaru.
But...
According to Edo Tensei's requirements, a complete corpse wasn't necessary.
Even a hair strand... though extreme, could work.
"Very well," Tobirama said.
After all, Uchiha Madara was still out there.
"Guy, pay him."
Tobirama took the box handed over by Kakuzu, turned, and vanished using the Flying Thunder God technique.
Target: Hidden Cloud Village.
Boom!
Tobirama's figure reappeared beside Kitahara Kaede and Kakashi.
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Oh, Tobirama, you're back so fast!
［Minato Namikaze］: That speed… even faster than me.
［Tobirama Senju］: ???
Something felt weird about what Minato said, but Tobirama quickly reported the situation.
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Uh…
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: So it really was Kakuzu.
［Tobirama Senju］: But he really got my brother's hair?
［Tobirama Senju］: Didn't you use Deep Forest Emergence back then?
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: I did. He surrendered and said if he went back empty-handed, he'd be in trouble.
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: So I gave him a strand of my hair.
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Hahaha…
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Never thought that would actually come in handy today.
［Minato Namikaze］: …
［Tobirama Senju］: …
［Tobirama Senju］: Damn it!
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Uh… why are you so angry, Tobirama?
［Tobirama Senju］: Because that single strand of hair cost us 100 million ryo!
［Tobirama Senju］: Do you know how much food that could buy?
［Tobirama Senju］: How many milkshakes?!
［Tobirama Senju］: And you just gave it away for free!
［Tobirama Senju］: Now we're paying big money to buy back what you gave!
［Tobirama Senju］: I'm furious!
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Uh… calm down, Tobirama.
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Getting angry won't help anything.
［Minato Namikaze］: Uh… Second Hokage, First Hokage, maybe it's time to begin the Edo Tensei.
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: …
［Tobirama Senju］: Right.
Outside the chat.
"We've brought it back."
"And…"
"Also grabbed a sacrifice along the way."
A sacrifice?
Tobirama handed the box from Kakuzu to Kitahara Kaede, and casually threw a nearby unlucky Cloud ninja onto the ground.
It wasn't that he refused to use Edo Tensei—it was just that Kitahara Kaede's version worked far better than his own.
He had experienced that firsthand.
So even the same jutsu, performed by different people, could yield different results?
［Fourth Raikage - A］: Wait a second! How can you do this!?
［Tobirama Senju］: What now?
［Fourth Raikage - A］: Can you at least choose someone else?
［Fourth Raikage - A］: That's my disciple. The next Raikage.
［Fourth Raikage - A］: Just pick someone else. Anyone else.
［Tobirama Senju］: …
［Tobirama Senju］: Raikage, your village has truly fallen.
［Tobirama Senju］: During the First Great Ninja War, I allied with the Second Raikage. He was at least acceptable.
［Tobirama Senju］: But ever since the Kinkaku and Ginkaku rebellion, your village has been nothing but kidnappers and thieves.
［Tobirama Senju］: Absolutely disgusting.
［Tobirama Senju］: Now you're upset because we caught your disciple?
［Tobirama Senju］: So it's fine to sacrifice others, just not your people?
［Tobirama Senju］: As a Kage, are you saying others can die as long as your own are spared?
［Tobirama Senju］: Truly... garbage.
［Fourth Raikage - A］: …
［Fourth Raikage - A］: …
［Fourth Raikage - A］: But…
［Minato Namikaze］: It's too late for regrets now, Raikage.
Only now did the Raikage realize—Darui had already been thrown to the ground, and Kitahara Kaede was forming hand seals.
"Forbidden Jutsu: Edo Tensei—"
"No!"
The surrounding Cloud ninjas noticed.
But Darui's body had already begun to be wrapped in white paper-like layers, and a human face was starting to form at the top.
This was the sign of becoming a sacrifice.
And also… the point of no return.
Darui was done for.
［Fourth Raikage - A］: How… how could this happen…
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: …
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: I sort of understand how the Raikage feels.
［Future Mizukage - Mei Terumi］: Oh, Ōnoki, you finally logged on.
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: Uh…
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: About that…
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: I was scared off by old trauma, honestly.
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: But…
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: I suppose I have to stand strong and face it now.
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