"Such strength... I wonder if it's enough to protect Konoha."
"I will protect everything that matters most to me."
Yamakimine's strength surged dramatically. A faint smile flashed through his eyes before he stepped into the black hole and vanished.
"It's up ahead. Let's go over there. That aura is incredibly powerful, but why does it feel somewhat familiar?"
"I don't know. I feel like I've seen it somewhere too. Who exactly is this person?"
"We'll know once we go take a look. No matter who it is, anyone who dares harm Konoha must die."
Tianxiang Uzumaki and the others soon arrived within the range of the God Tree. There, they saw a man standing beneath it—a man they all knew very well.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi? How is that possible? Why is it him? What is he trying to do?"
"Could he be the one behind this God Tree? What does he want?"
"Lord Fujima gave him a Ten-Tails. Is this how he planned to protect Konoha?"
"That bastard is actually absorbing everyone's chakra. Damn it!"
When Hatake Qixi and the others saw Hiruzen Sarutobi, they were completely stunned. They had never expected the person they needed to deal with to be Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had not been particularly close to them over the years. After joining the Anbu, he had barely appeared and had very little interaction with them.
But they all knew that Senju Fujima had given Hiruzen Sarutobi a Ten-Tails as his tenth birthday gift.
Everyone knew how powerful the Ten-Tails was. Even Kurama was nothing more than a little brother before it; they simply could not be compared.
"Look! Those are Lord Hashirama's and Madara Uchiha's bodies! That bastard actually killed both of them!"
Might Je saw Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha lying on the ground,