Senju Tobirama swallowed hard, his throat bobbing!
"Big Brother!!! Look closely! This is no mere ninja!!!"
"Eh? Then what is this thing?!" Senju Hashirama still wore a dazed expression.
"Big Brother... do you remember that jutsu I invented back in the day?!"
"Which jutsu? You've invented so many that I can't keep track of them all!"
"It's the one called the Dead Demon Consuming Seal!!!"
"Don't remember..."
Hearing his big brother's reply, Senju Tobirama grimaced; in truth, he hadn't expected his brother to remember such a thing anyway.
After all, every time he invented a new jutsu, his big brother would toss a Sealing Scroll at him without even looking up...
At the very beginning, his big brother would ask with interest what kind of jutsu it was, but after a lengthy explanation, his brother would knit his brows and say...
"Tobirama! This jutsu of yours is far too dangerous! I think it's best you just write it down in a Sealing Scroll!"
Until, after this happened enough times...
Every time he invented a new jutsu, the scene would play out like this.
"Big Brother!!! I've invented a new jutsu!" Senju Tobirama said, brimming with excitement.
"Is it a Water Style jutsu?!" Senju Hashirama didn't even look up.
"No!" Senju Tobirama shook his head.
"Then seal it! Here is a Sealing Scroll!" Senju Hashirama tossed the Sealing Scroll over...
Later on...
"Big Brother! A jutsu!"
"Water Style?"
"No!"
"Seal it then..."
Until it eventually devolved into this.
"Jutsu!"
"Water?"
"No."
"Seal!"
So, it was only natural that his big brother wouldn't remember the Dead Demon Consuming Seal...
Consequently, Senju Tobirama proceeded to explain to Senju Hashirama exactly what the Dead Demon Consuming Seal was.
Upon hearing the explanation, Senju Hashirama furrowed his brows.
"Tobirama! I've told you more than once to stop researching these bizarre jutsus. They are far too dangerous! If a future ninja isn't skilled enough to master them, wouldn't they just be putting themselves in mortal peril?!"
"Big Brother! Now is hardly the time for this?!
The most important thing right now isn't that Ito Hirofumi is clearly using a summoning jutsu, and that he should be summoning spirits from the Underworld of Konoha, but why on earth he managed to drag this Death God out here!"
Hearing Senju Tobirama's words, Senju Hashirama also began to ponder with a furrowed brow.
"Could it be that because little Ito Hirofumi's summoning jutsu is snatching souls away from the Underworld, this Death God is displeased and has come to settle the score?!"
Thinking this, Senju Hashirama stood up, his brows knit together.
Uchiha Madara had already moved to Ito Hirofumi's side, so Senju Hashirama stepped up to the other side of Ito Hirofumi.
At this moment, Senju Hashirama's inner thoughts were...
Regardless of anything else, he had been resurrected, and it was a perfect resurrection at that!
Therefore, he owed little Ito Hirofumi a debt of gratitude!
Most importantly, he had seen Madara and his own brother!
Furthermore, since little Ito Hirofumi was a junior from his own village, as the First Hokage of Konoha, he was duty-bound to stand up for his own!
After all, this was his own kin!
It didn't matter if this so-called Death God had come to settle the score or not.
If he dared to lay a finger on little Ito Hirofumi, then he, the First Hokage, wouldn't mind showing this Death God exactly what True Several Thousand Hands and Top Transformed Buddha were all about!!!
At this moment, Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama seemed to share a telepathic connection; they exchanged a casual glance, and both prepared themselves for battle.
However, the subsequent development was not at all what Senju Hashirama had imagined...
He saw that the Death God within the magic circle appeared to be in immense agony, its entire body bound by golden chains, and the golden light within the formation seemed to be dissolving the Death God's very form!
Originally, the Death God had been clenching a short blade in its mouth, but due to the excruciating pain, its jaw had dropped wide open, and the blade had fallen to the ground.
Then, something that left everyone dumbfounded occurred...
A ball of Soul Fire slowly drifted out from the mouth of the Death God.
Only after this ball of Soul Fire had fully emerged did the Death God seem to be in less agony.
It hurriedly snatched up the short blade from the ground, as if it had seen something unspeakable, indescribable, and impossible to look upon directly!
It then scrambled into the golden magic circle on the ground and vanished from sight...
Everyone who witnessed this scene was left dumbfounded.
"Is this... is this the Death God spitting a soul out of its stomach?!"
Uchiha Madara felt that the scene before him was truly too fantastical.
Beside him, Senju Hashirama nodded foolishly.
"It really seems to be the case... Who is this guy? I wonder which ninja from Konoha he is, and how did he end up being swallowed by the Death God?!
It's fortunate he wasn't digested, otherwise, wouldn't he have turned into poop?!
I wonder what it feels like to be excreted by the Death God..."
Hearing Senju Hashirama's muttering, Uchiha Madara, Ito Hirofumi, and Senju Tobirama were all drenched in cold sweat.
As expected of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama; his focus is always so bizarre!
At this moment, Ito Hirofumi heard the system's voice again.
[Tsk! Acting all high and mighty in front of this system?!
If I don't give you a beating, you won't even know your own name, right?!
I'll call you Death God if I'm giving you face, but if I don't, I'll put you in the ground!!!]
Hearing the system's arrogant words, Ito Hirofumi gulped...
"Brother System! You're awesome!!!"
[Low profile! Low profile! This system isn't one to show off!
It's just that this so-called Death God was acting too cocky!
Asking him for a soul was doing him a favor!
And he was still there dragging his feet with me?!]
On the other side, Senju Tobirama looked at his brother's foolish expression and had no choice but to explain.
"Someone must have learned the Dead Demon Consuming Seal technique I invented back in the day. Brother, I already explained the principles of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to you; the essence of this ninjutsu is an exchange with the Death God!
You trade your own soul for the soul of the target!
And now, it must be because of the summoning technique used by that kid Ito Hirofumi that the Death God was forced to spit this guy's soul out.
However, looking at it this way, Ito Hirofumi's abilities are truly terrifying...
Even the Death God of the underworld can only be oppressed!
Or perhaps, bullied..."
Hearing this, Senju Hashirama was quite happy; after all, the more impressive the juniors of his village were, the more glorious it was for him, the First Hokage!
Uchiha Madara also glanced at Ito Hirofumi inadvertently, while the Rinnegan in his eyes vanished, returning to normal.
Senju Hashirama rolled his eyes, then looked at Uchiha Madara. Because the Death God had disappeared, Senju Hashirama reverted to his previous foolish self...