The Tale That Ended in Light [Part 2]

Yuya, Senju Hashirama, and everyone else lingering at the boundary between life and death silently watched Jiraiya's body, shattered beyond recognition.

"Damn! That's so cool! I should've gone out like that too!" Senju Hashirama said with a look of deep regret.

Uzumaki Mito's face immediately darkened. She reached over and grabbed Senju Hashirama by the ear.

Jiraiya became smug.

His corpse had been burned to ashes, freeing him from the physical constraints of the boundary between life and death. He could turn directly into ashes or assume the form of a complete soul. It was incredibly convenient.

Of course, if one asked what use it had, the answer was really none.

After all, everyone here was already dead.

Once someone was dead, attacks and forms and all that crap were utterly useless.

Still, being able to turn into ashes did make for quite a powerful visual impact.

Senju Hashirama thought it looked extremely cool.

Then again, it was Senju Hashirama, so they could just ignore him.

That man's taste had always been pretty bizarre.

Oh, except when it came to women. Uzumaki Mito had indeed been a stunning beauty when she was young.

The matter concerning Jiraiya sparked a heated discussion among many people here.

After all, they had no idea whether it was better to be cremated into ashes after death or laid to rest in the earth.

Mostly, this damn place was just too boring and they had too much time, so these idiots had nothing better to do than discuss pointless nonsense.

In truth, they themselves did not care that much about such things.

They merely needed an excuse to argue with someone, so they would not feel quite so alone.

That kind of tactic was simply far too outdated.

Only children used methods like that to