Zenin Shido Attacks!

A faint tremor ran through the ground as the pursuing force brazenly announced its arrival.

Tobirama Senju took a deep breath and gave the disciples around him one last look. Then he used the Body Flicker Technique, moved in the opposite direction, and vanished from the four's sight.

Hiruzen Sarutobi watched his teacher's receding back, tears already filling his eyes. "Don't let down our teacher's expectations."

"Scatter!"

The four figures flashed away, retreating in different directions.

Having spent years in the Hokage Office and neglected his shinobi training, coupled with the decline brought by age, Tobirama Senju was no longer as formidable as he had once been.

After entering Partial Tailed Beast Transformation, Kinkaku and Ginkaku's strength and speed increased dramatically. The two worked together with exceptional coordination, and combined, they were far stronger than an ordinary Kage.

In close-quarters combat, even Tobirama's Flying Thunder God offered no advantage. He could only barely keep them at bay. Not only did he have to fight the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers, he also had to guard against the Cloud Ninja Anbu they had brought with them.

He knew full well that the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers possessed special bloodlines and had even consumed the Nine-Tails' flesh and blood. In terms of chakra reserves alone, he could not match them. If this battle of attrition continued, he would be the first to run out of chakra.

And—

He had no chakra cloak. Against so many enemies alone, even the slightest lapse could let a single kunai take his life.

After several exchanges, Tobirama quickly weighed the situation in his mind. Once he used his next technique, his remaining chakra would no longer be enough to support a long-distance Flying Thunder God teleportation back to the village.

But to buy enough time for Monkey