"How could he be this strong...? That was a jinchūriki!!"
The Konoha ninja were horrified.
Anyone could see it. If Han hadn't made the right decision at the last moment, that single slash...
Roshi would have died!!
Jinchūriki had bodies far tougher than ordinary ninja. How could one nearly be killed in a single blow?!
"What a stupid question."
The corner of Hyuga Ryosuke's mouth lifted. He showed no respect for the jonin leading his team. "Would you ask why the sun shines?"
His eyes burned with fervor.
"That's Uchiha Kamizuki!!"
"Anything he does makes perfect sense!!!!"
Ryosuke was not one for conversation. He had the arrogance of the Hyuga clan, and his team leader had never seen him like this.
He couldn't understand it.
Everyone knew the two great dōjutsu clans were at odds. How could a Hyuga praise an Uchiha so fervently—especially a main-family Byakugan prodigy?
Beside Sarutobi Hiruzen, Enma assumed his true form and said in a low voice, "That speed was unnatural. It wasn't just sheer speed. It felt almost like... a leap through space."
"You mean Lord Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique."
Hiruzen lowered his gaze and took a deep breath. "I don't know if it was my imagination... but for a moment, I really saw my teacher in him."
"Five years... that child has transformed!"
Enma was even older than Hiruzen. He had once been the Summoning Beast of Hiruzen's father, Sarutobi Sasuke.
He had lived through the age when the Uchiha and Senju waged their bloody wars.
To him, Uchiha Kamizuki was not one particular figure. He embodied that entire blood-soaked era!
What kind of monster was he?!
"You're too fast, Kamizuki."
Orochimaru caught up and finished weaving his hand signs.
"We agreed this would be a rare chance for