Second Hokage-sama, You're Not Dead?!

"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"

Danzo spat a sharp gust of air from his mouth, like a Kamaitachi, slicing the two Cloud Ninja in front of him in half.

Taking advantage of the opening, another Cloud Ninja charged in from the left, aiming for Danzo's left kidney.

"Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon Jutsu!"

With the last of his Chakra, Kagami unleashed a fire dragon that instantly engulfed the Cloud Ninja.

Then he used the Body Flicker Technique to move to Danzo's left.

"Danzo, your right eye..."

"A Kumogakure beast blinded me!" Danzo wiped the blood from his right cheek and continued fighting.

At that moment, all he wanted was to kill every Cloud Ninja there!

"Can you still keep going?"

"I'm fine. I can kill a few more! Watch out!..."

Seeing two Cloud Ninja appear behind Kagami, Danzo hurriedly shouted a warning.

Unfortunately, he was too late.

Kagami's Chakra was completely depleted, and he couldn't even use a Jutsu to fight back.

"Water Release: Water Wall!"

"Lightning Style: Grateful Lightning Jutsu!"

A great surge of water quickly enveloped Kagami. Lightning coursed through it, paralyzing and immobilizing him.

While Kagami was paralyzed and immobilized,

three Kunai attached to Explosive Tags flew in and pierced Kagami's chest.

"Boom—!"

A violent explosion erupted, blasting the surrounding water into a huge cloud of mist...

The force was more than enough to blow a ninja into mincemeat.

"Kagami!"

Danzo roared, his fury boiling over.

The Cloud Ninja, by contrast, were all overjoyed, cheering and clapping. After suffering such heavy casualties, they had finally taken one of their enemies down!

Konoha's Elite Jonin was truly powerful. Even in this state, he had killed so many of their ninja.

But today, they all had to die!

These men had dared to use an alliance meeting as cover to assassinate the Second Raikage. They couldn't be spared!

Clearly, the Cloud Ninja had been deceived by their village.

They believed these Konoha ninja were the ones who had killed the Raikage, so they were willing to pay any price to surround and kill them.

The next moment, just as the Cloud Ninja were celebrating,

a figure appeared to the left of the explosion's smoke, near Danzo. It gradually became solid.

At last, it took the form of Kagami Uchiha.

"Kagami, how did you...?!!"

Watching Kagami reappear, returning from death, Danzo was completely dumbfounded.

But Kagami's left eye had gone white and blind. Gasping for breath, he explained:

"Izanagi. It's a Forbidden Jutsu of the Uchiha Clan. It can erase unfavorable events that happen to you within a certain period and turn favorable events into reality."

"The Uchiha have such a powerful Forbidden Jutsu?"

Danzo was astonished. He had never imagined the Uchiha possessed a secret technique like this!

How enviable!

How he wanted it!

"Want to learn? I could teach you! Too bad you need a Sharingan to use it! And after you do, that Sharingan will be permanently blinded..."

Kagami gasped, jokingly.

He already knew he was doomed, so he didn't mind making a joke or two.

Of course, the main reason was that he had already decided to give Danzo his remaining right eye and have him take it back to the village.

That was better than leaving it to these Cloud Ninja.

After all, he had already exhausted all his visual prowess. He couldn't use Izanagi one more time.

"Hmph! It's just an inherited Kekkei Genkai. My Shimura Clan's Wind Style is just as unrivaled in the Ninja World. It won't lose to your Sharingan!"

Danzo waved his Kunai and stabbed another Cloud Ninja to death, retorting proudly.

Kagami shook his head without arguing.

He simply reached for his right eye, preparing to remove the Sharingan and give it to Danzo.

"Danzo, my right eye is yours..."

Before Kagami could finish speaking,

a few screams suddenly rang out nearby. A familiar figure turned into a streak of silver light, wildly cutting down the remaining Cloud Ninja.

In just a few seconds,

the seven or eight Cloud Ninja left were all dead.

The next moment,

the flash finally stopped in front of Kagami and Danzo.

"Danzo, Kagami. Sorry I'm late!"

Tobirama Senju sheathed his sword and reassured them with an imposing air.

He hadn't recovered much Chakra, but thanks to his elder brother's Medical Ninjutsu, his injuries had mostly healed. These Cloud Ninja underlings were naturally no match for him.

At last, the First God of Speed in the Ninja World had returned!

"Hokage-sama!" Kagami cried out joyfully, utterly elated.

"Second Hokage-sama, you're not dead?!" Danzo was just as shocked, his jaw nearly hitting the floor.

"What, were you hoping I'd died in battle?"

"N-no, of course not!"

Danzo hurriedly denied it. Once he was sure Tobirama-sama was still alive, his heart filled with joy.

Yes!

Tobirama-sama hadn't died!

That meant Monkey couldn't become the Third Hokage just yet!

He still had a chance!

At that moment, Danzo was overjoyed. It felt as if his whole life had brightened, and his future was full of promise!

Tobirama glanced over the two of them.

Both were badly injured, and their Chakra was depleted. If he had arrived even a moment later, Kagami would almost certainly have died!

This also confirmed that the intelligence he had heard about the future, 34 years from now, was basically true.

"Danzo, your right eye?"

"It's nothing. Just a minor injury."

Although Danzo was physically exhausted and weak, his spirits were higher than ever now that he had hope again.

It was only one right eye.

As long as he was alive, none of it mattered!

"Kagami, did you use Izanagi?"

Seeing Kagami's blinded left eye, Tobirama immediately guessed what had happened.

"Yes."

"This Forbidden Jutsu really shouldn't be used carelessly. But it looks like you were all on the brink of death. You had no choice."

Tobirama sighed, but didn't blame him.

If he had arrived sooner, things wouldn't have ended so tragically.

"Second Hokage-sama, what about the Kinkaku Force? Did they...?"

"Don't worry about them. I killed them all."

"What? Even Kinkaku and Ginkaku?"

"That's right. I killed them all!"

Tobirama admitted it calmly, even though he had only managed to kill Kinkaku thanks to his elder brother.

But the truth—that his elder brother had traveled here from the past and saved his life—was simply too unbelievable and difficult to explain.

For now, he'd keep it secret.

Of course, he wasn't boasting.

At full strength, Tobirama was confident he could take down Kinkaku and Ginkaku by himself!

"Incredible! As expected of the Hokage-sama. You wiped out the entire Kinkaku Force by yourself in that condition! You're amazing!" Kagami praised him sincerely.

His faith in Tobirama-sama's strength had once again become unshakable!

"Hahaha, those Cloud Ninja beasts deserved to die!"

Danzo also laughed heartily, feeling immensely satisfied. Right now, he wanted nothing more than to kill every Cloud Ninja.

Watching Danzo and Kagami regain their spirits, Tobirama couldn't help feeling quietly wistful.

Perhaps that Immortal Natsu Yuu had been right.

If he really had died in battle, the blow to Danzo, Monkey, and the others would have been unimaginable!

But now,

as long as he survived, he could greatly bolster their courage and faith.

In one respect alone, they would never fear Kumogakure again for the rest of their lives!

Compromise and cowardice weren't necessarily the best choices.

Courage and conviction were also part of the Will of Fire!

"What about Monkey and the others?"

"They should have crossed the Land of Lightning border by now. We were tasked with drawing the Cloud Ninja guarding the border away."

"A diversion, then? Not a bad strategy. All right, let's go too. We'll catch up with them as soon as possible, then return to the village. Kumogakure will soon pay tenfold for the crimes it committed today!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Understood!"

Danzo and Kagami answered forcefully, their fighting spirit blazing.

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