Boom—
A piercing roar echoed through the forest, and the ground trembled without pause.
Even the town in the distant Land of Hot Water could faintly feel the tremors.
They even seemed to vaguely see a massive mushroom cloud rising into the sky.
"Seriously, why are they fighting in the Land of Hot Water again?"
"Isn't Yugakure going to do anything about it?"
"Forget it. It's not like this is the first time. We'll get used to it..."
The town residents discussed it among themselves, but they soon calmed down and returned to their own business.
After all, they had already experienced this sort of thing several times over the past few short months.
They had gotten used to it themselves!
"Damn it..."
At the center of the explosion, Hyuga Makoto looked at the ruins around him and recalled what had just happened. He finally snapped.
"You old bastard, if you had the guts to attack, then have the guts not to run!"
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Shisui shook his head and looked around in confusion.
"What happened here?"
"What else could it be? These are clearly traces of Dust Release."
Hyuga Makoto's fists clenched tightly. He would never mistake that voice or that technique!
"We were probably ambushed by that bastard Ōnoki."
1
"The Third Tsuchikage? Why is he here?"
Shisui looked utterly baffled, while Hyuga Makoto wore a grim expression.
"Who knows? He probably came to assassinate the Fourth Raikage too, just like us."
"Huh? Why?"
"Because the Fourth Raikage being dead would contribute more than him being alive!"
"I see, but..."
"What is it?"
"What did he mean by 'Uchiha Madara pretending to be Senju Hashirama'?"
That question stumped Hyuga Makoto, and his expression became somewhat awkward.
Because he roughly understood what had happened.
After all, the person