The Final Struggle

Kinkaku was furious now—furious beyond measure.

He had been mentally prepared for the pursuit of Senju Tobirama not to go smoothly, but for things to develop into this... that was truly beyond his expectations.

The elite forces of the Kinkaku and Ginkaku Unit had been wiped out, exceeding the limits of what he could bear.

Though these eighteen men were not the entirety of the unit, they were undoubtedly its core elite. Now that they had all died, even if he returned to Kumogakure, he would inevitably be sidelined by its upper ranks. How could he possibly endure that?

And all of this had been caused by Senju Tobirama before him. Thus, Kinkaku and Ginkaku were nearly insane now. No matter what, no matter what it took, Senju Tobirama had to die.

On Senju Tobirama's side, he stared grimly at the Kohaku no Johei binding him, his expression equally unpleasant.

He had suffered serious injuries in the massive aftershock just now, and even his sensory abilities had been affected. Only then had the Kohaku no Johei found an opening to bind him.

During the previous battle, he had actually remained wary of Kinkaku and Ginkaku's Sage of Six Paths Treasure Tools, always ensuring that the Kohaku no Johei never touched him.

Unlike the original story, Konoha and Kumogakure had already clashed in this world. Not to mention the First Shinobi World War, even earlier, when they captured the Eight-Tails, the Three Gods had turned Kumogakure upside down.

Konoha possessed detailed intelligence on the Treasure Tools in Kinkaku and Ginkaku's hands; they were not completely ignorant of them as in the original story.

This was how battles between shinobi worked. Not knowing the intelligence was one thing; knowing it was another. Senju Tobirama had known before the battle that the enemy's