"Two people…."
Hanzō cast a quick, startled glance, but he didn't panic at all.
He was the ninja who stood at the summit of the shinobi world in that era, called a "Demigod" by other ninja.
Do you think the title "Demigod" is a joke?
Madara, Hashirama: Isn't it?
"?!"
When Hanzō was preparing to use Body Flicker to evade, launch a furious counterattack on the two intruders, and show the intruders what a Demigod truly was,
Hanzō realized something terrifying.
Just as he was about to form seals for Body Flicker, he found his hands moving out of his control.
And his hands began to twist.
"Sorry, you were too close to the summoning beast earlier…."
From a distance, Mikoto met his gaze calmly.
Ability transmissibility: poison gas touches poison gas—controlled; poison gas touches a summoned beast—controlled.
But earlier, on the summoned beast, it could only be controlled.
Mikoto extended her nerve control outward onto Hanzō; not only his movement trajectory was manipulated, even the shape of his body.
"Die!"
Mikoto forcibly altered the shape of Hanzō's body.
As if an invisible giant hand began to contort Hanzō's body.
At that instant, Kushina's explosive orb struck.
"Ahhh! I haven't even married a wife!"
Hanzō of the Salamander let out a roar, full of unwillingness.
A Demigod, yet before he could display his power, he was beaten to death by two little girls.
After all, battles in the shinobi world are battles of intelligence.
If you don't understand the enemy's abilities, anyone can be instantly killed.
"Boom!!"
The spirit-particle bomb fell upon the head of the contorted Hanzō, blasting his skull to pieces.
The Demigod died with his eyes unclosed!
"Lo… Lord Hanzō…!"
"Could it be genjutsu…."
"I don't believe it. Lord Hanzō can't be dead…."
The Amegakure ninja avoiding the poison mist in the distance had been ready to admire the Demigod's prowess.
But the moment Hanzō died, everyone's minds went blank.
Know that Amegakure was built by Hanzō of the Salamander.
In the hearts of Amegakure, Hanzō's status was akin to Konoha's Senju Hashirama; he led the shinobi of the Land of Rain to rise and gain a breathing space among the great nations.
At his peak, even Sarutobi Hiruzen and Ōnoki had to treat him cautiously.
In that era, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru together couldn't beat him and were bestowed a title that seemed glorious but was actually humiliating—the "Three Sannin"!
Such a Hanzō was slain by Kushina and Mikoto.
They had only just faced off for a single exchange; who would dare believe it if word got out?
"Salamander Hanzō, let's have our decisive battle!"
Just then, Jiraiya's loud shout came from afar, accompanied by the sound of a large unit advancing.
But Amegakure paid the Konoha shinobi no mind at all; every ninja glared at Kushina and Mikoto with extreme fury and charged together.
"Kill! Kill them!"
"Aaah! Avenge Lord Hanzō!"
The collapse of their faith drove Amegakure's shinobi mad, rushing at the two girls in a frenzy.
Seeing this, Uchiha Mikoto said calmly: "Mission accomplished. Don't get entangled. Go!"
"Mm!"
Kushina instinctively glanced toward the distant Konoha main force, clenched her fist, and then left together with Mikoto.
"Sister Tsunade, sor—"
"..."
What's the situation?
The Konoha shinobi stared blankly as the Amegakure ninja went mad and charged into the distance.
We were ready to die in battle—this is what we get to see?
Jiraiya scratched his head first, then burst out laughing: "Hahaha, as expected, they were scared of me, the Sage Jiraiya, early on…."
"Shut up, idiot!"
Tsunade was rather solemn.
She stared intently in the direction where Kushina had left; that flowing red hair felt strangely familiar.
No, Kushina had changed too much.
From a cute little tomato-faced loli to a refined red-haired beauty.
At one meter seventy with long legs, she was noticeably taller than Tsunade.
Orochimaru observed the battlefield; his eyes suddenly narrowed: "There… Hanzō's corpse."
"?! Sss!"
Jiraiya and Tsunade looked and instantly sucked in a breath of cold air.
There was no mistake. Though headless, the attire… and the furious shouts of Amegakure just now… confirmed it.
Who did this?!
"Gulp…."
The Konoha shinobi did not feel joy; instead, a chill rose in their hearts.
That was a Demigod.
Who killed him with so many Rain-nin present? Could it have been those two stunning girls who just left?
...
On a small hill not far from the battlefield.
The scene just now entered Lucian's eyes as well as those of the three kids.
Their eyes were wide at the moment, full of shock.
Did we just see that?
Two explosions in a row, then Hanzō of the Salamander began releasing poison.
And then—
No, there was no "then."
That gentle big sister Mikoto raised a hand and suppressed the giant summoned beast; they couldn't even see the technique.
Kushina casually tossed an energy sphere and blew up the dazed, motionless Hanzō.
The whole process took less than half a minute.
"…A Demigod? Wouldn't that mean… invincible, gulp!"
Yahiko's exclamation drew nods from Konan and Nagato.
In their minds, Hanzō was the strongest existence.
Then the two women who so easily killed Hanzō—didn't they rival the legendary God of Shinobi?
Lucian spoke flatly: "It's just an intelligence mismatch. Still far off…."
"Is that so… Lord Lucian is amazing."
Listening to Lucian, the three kids were both astonished and full of admiration.
The two big sisters had trained only three months and were already that strong. As expected of Lord Lucian—truly godlike.
"Children, children…."
Lucian finally understood why Orochimaru liked to "abduct" children.
Because children are so pure—a blank sheet on which you can write at will.