Senya's words struck straight at the depths of Ōnoki's soul.
In an instant, the helpless weakness he had felt in his youth, when he and his teacher, the Second Tsuchikage Mu, had stood before Madara, surged back into his mind.
This time, he felt even more powerless, unable to resist.
After all, the once-proud Uchiha Madara had already been defeated by Senya before the Five Kage.
The Senya before him was even more invincible.
And in the current Shinobi World, there was no second "Hashirama Senju," no fool filled with idealistic fantasies of peace who could stop Senya.
No one knew how long it took before Ōnoki finally woke from the Genjutsu.
When he looked around, Senya was already nowhere to be seen.
Yet those two sentences continued to echo in his ears like a nightmare.
"Damn Senya Uchiha..."
"Damn Uchiha!"
Ōnoki clenched his fists, his face twisted with fury and his heart filled with resentment. He had not even dared to retort in front of Senya, only venting the suppression in his heart after making sure no one was around.
Not long afterward, Ōnoki returned to the village dejectedly with the Hidden Stone Village ninja who had carried out this mission.
Quite a few ninja were confused.
Why had their Tsuchikage, who had led them to such a splendid victory, shown not the slightest joy on the way back, instead wearing a face full of sorrow?
"Master, after inspection, all the Rogue Ninja and wandering ninja here have been completely eliminated."
"But over a month of street fighting has still driven away many civilians. What should we do next?"
Nadeshiko Shizuka reported the intelligence and handed the civilian roster to her master, Tingxiang, unsure of what to do next.
Tingxiang quickly looked through the civilian statistics on the