"Huh?"
"What is this?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's cloudy eyes cleared up. He looked at the pile of debris on the ground, as well as the jonin previously used as a sacrifice for the summoning, and froze for a moment. Then, he lowered his head to look at the sealing pattern on his chest and abdomen.
"I..."
"I've sealed Madara Uchiha again?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression turned extremely ugly.
A wave of despair rose in his heart. He really had tried his absolute best, yet he was completely unable to deal even a fraction of a hint of damage to Wang Ming.
"No!"
"I cannot lose!"
"Konoha must never fall into the hands of those Uchiha madmen."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's decadent mindset instantly firmed up once more. If you tell a lie long enough, even you will deceive yourself; he was precisely like that.
Hiruzen Sarutobi swept his gaze across the scene, seeing the figures of the Kumogakure brothers A and B that were about to vanish from sight. He then looked at Homura Mitokado, who had retreated behind him to shield him, before turning to look at Tobirama Senju. The fighting spirit that had just risen within him instantly withered away once again.
"This..."
"How on earth can I expect to defeat Old Man Setsuna?" Hiruzen Sarutobi thought powerlessly in his heart.
While Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind wandered with all sorts of thoughts, the voice of his teacher, Tobirama Senju, rang loudly in his ear.
"Stop letting your mind run wild, Monkey!"
Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Tobirama Senju's resolute gaze: "Teacher!"
Tobirama Senju said: "Don't use that forbidden art of yours anymore, lest you end up sealing me away again."
Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's old face flushed red. He had launched the Forbidden Art: Reaper Death Seal with the resolve to die,