Rogue Ninja, Kill on Sight

A man like him should have been the star of his era. None of his peers could have outshone him.

Unfortunately, two towering figures above him had eclipsed every moment of his glory.

Yet when he heard that his student—the Third Hokage he had personally chosen—had become a rogue ninja, his mind went blank. It sounded like a joke too absurd to be funny.

Tobirama turned back and stared at Orochimaru in disbelief.

The expression looked almost comical on his face.

Orochimaru enjoyed it so much he wanted to record the moment and play it for Tsunade over and over, payback for stealing the genius he had gone to such trouble to lure away from another village!

Seeing Orochimaru about to smear him, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately panicked.

"Teacher! Don't listen to Orochimaru's nonsense!"

"It was clearly Uchiha Genya who used underhanded means—"

"Second Hokage, if you want to know whether I'm telling the truth, just look at the Forehead Protector Sarutobi Hiruzen is wearing."

With one sentence, Orochimaru ended the argument.

The Akatsuki Organization was a terrifying group made up entirely of S-Rank Rogue Ninjas. But at its core, it was just a band of people wounded by the world, huddling together for warmth.

Anyone who joined had to slash their own Forehead Protector first, showing their resolve to sever ties with the past.

Without that slash, others might think they still held out hope for their village. The organization would never accept them.

The air at the scene suddenly turned cold.

A terrifying surge of Chakra erupted from Senju Tobirama.

Ordinarily, Senju Tobirama was an exceptionally calm man who rarely lost control of his emotions.

Even when facing Madara and Izuna, he had remained perfectly composed.

But now he could not even control his Chakra. That alone showed how