True Several Thousand Hands, Top Transformed Buddha

At the sight of Mirai suddenly appearing, Orochimaru, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and even Hiruzen Sarutobi were all stunned.

"How are you here?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi grew anxious. This place was simply too dangerous.

Only now did he finally possess the compassion and concern expected of a Hokage.

He had shed his prejudice against other races.

"Who are you?"

Senju Tobirama was deeply curious about Mirai, who had suddenly appeared and saved Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"We meet again, Orochimaru!"

Ignoring Senju Tobirama and Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mirai greeted Orochimaru in the distance.

We meet again? What did that mean?

Had they met before? Did they know each other?

Senju Tobirama eyed Mirai suspiciously, suspecting that he was in league with Orochimaru.

"Don't worry. If I didn't have a few tricks up my sleeve, I wouldn't have dared come save you!"

Mirai smiled as he looked at the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.

"Next, let me take you two for a few rounds!"

Mirai set Hiruzen Sarutobi aside and faced Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama alone.

"Interesting, very interesting!"

Orochimaru watched the impending battle with great interest.

"Mirai, leave now! You can't fight the two of them!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to get up and stop Mirai, but Enma, who had transformed into his beast form, held him back.

"Hiruzen, this brat is probably not so simple!"

With a grunt of acknowledgment, Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Mirai skeptically.

Seeing how confident he was, Hiruzen felt that he probably was not joking.

"Brat, who are you?" Senju Tobirama frowned.

He did not know whether this person who had suddenly appeared was friend or foe.

"I think he's one of us!"

Senju Hashirama smiled and patted Senju Tobirama on the shoulder.

"My lords, he is from Konoha!"

Knowing that the two Hokage had their doubts, Hiruzen Sarutobi vouched for Mirai.

"If that's the case, then I'm relieved." Senju Tobirama's furrowed brow relaxed.

"Brat, you'd better be careful!"

Senju Hashirama clenched his fists, preparing to make a move.

"Orochimaru, there isn't enough room here. How about we change locations?"

Instead of attacking, Mirai discussed it with Orochimaru, who stood far away preparing to watch the show.

"Oh! How interesting. What an interesting little brat!" Orochimaru curled his lips into a smile. "As long as you have a way, I don't mind!"

"Then everyone, watch closely!"

Mirai's hands flashed through seals, forming a dazzling string of hand signs.

Flying Thunder God—Spatial Leap!

Spatial ripples suddenly appeared, and everyone present vanished into thin air.

Valley of the End!

The people who had vanished from the rooftop of the Hokage Building appeared out of thin air.

"This is... a large-scale space-time ninjutsu!"

Senju Tobirama stared in shock at the completely changed surroundings.

Even Senju Hashirama was greatly surprised.

But the most shocked of all were Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru.

Neither of them had expected Mirai to possess such an ability.

"Alright, now we can begin!"

Mirai looked around, quite satisfied.

"If that's the case, then we won't hold back either!"

After leaving Konoha, Hashirama was clearly no longer so wary.

Back in the village, although they were controlled by Orochimaru, the two of them had still devoted part of their minds to resisting.

That was why they had not unleashed large-scale ninjutsu and caused damage to Konoha.

But things were different now. This was not Konoha.

There was no need to resist at all. They could finally fight without restraint.

"Eternal Mangekyo!"

"Susanoo!"

Mirai instantly unleashed his ultimate move—his super ultimate move, at that.

A massive humanoid skeletal torso enveloped Mirai.

The torso gradually rose, and skeletal limbs and a skull began to form.

Once the skeleton had fully taken shape, a colossal Susanoo over a hundred meters tall was complete.

"So you had a trump card like this. No wonder you were so confident!"

Senju Hashirama remarked on Mirai's Susanoo.

"Idiot, big brother! Why aren't you attacking already? Are you waiting to get beaten to death?!"

The moment he saw Mirai's Susanoo, Senju Tobirama felt like he was done for.

With such a huge difference in size, how the hell were they supposed to fight?

"Th-This is Mirai's strength!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was completely stunned.

He had not expected Mirai's strength to be this formidable.

Judging by this display, he could probably take on two Hokage head-on without any problem.

As for Orochimaru, his heart also trembled slightly.

So this brat had been holding back before. Only now was he revealing his true strength.

With a clap, Senju Hashirama assumed a horse stance and pressed his palms together.

"Wood Release—True Several Thousand Hands, Top Transformed Buddha!"

Rumble!

The ground began to shake violently as countless pieces of wood burst from the earth.

The wood twisted around one another, forming a nearly eighty-meter-tall thousand-handed Buddha.

With a thud, Senju Hashirama landed atop the Buddha's head.

"Come on!"

Rumble!

The wooden Buddha's hands rose one after another, swinging their palms toward the Susanoo before them.

Susanoo clenched its skeletal palms into fists and struck back against the wooden palms filling the sky.

Continuous sonic booms rang out as waves of air swept through the surroundings one after another.

"So strong!"

Senju Tobirama could not intervene and could only hide to the side and watch the two fight.

Other than Madara Uchiha, this was the first time Tobirama had seen someone else capable of fighting this way.

"Susanoo Enhancement!"

Seeing cracks begin to appear in Susanoo's bones, Mirai intensified his ocular power.

Strands of flesh began to grow over the bones.

In the blink of an eye, the original skeletal frame had transformed into a giant of flesh and blood.

Compared to before, the giant's power had more than doubled.

"Damn it, this guy was still holding back!"

Senju Tobirama shook his head as he looked at Mirai.

In this pure close-quarters battle, although Mirai's Susanoo had transformed into a giant, it was still blasted until it was covered in wounds by Senju Hashirama's Buddha.

Likewise, Senju Hashirama's Buddha was battered to pieces by Mirai's giant Susanoo.

The two of them both looked extremely battered.

"Haha..."

Senju Hashirama burst into laughter and said, "Your strength is impressive, but mine has been restricted. I can only use forty percent of my peak strength!"

"Otherwise, I would have smashed your Susanoo to pieces long ago!"

Senju Hashirama was immensely confident—confident in his own strength.

But he had been resurrected into a puppet body, and the one who summoned him was too weak, limiting how much of his power he could wield.

For a moment, he felt a trace of regret.

"First Hokage, do you think that as long as you returned to your peak, victory would be yours for certain?"

Mirai smiled at Senju Hashirama as he slowly dispelled Susanoo.

With a light tap, he landed on the ground.

"Though I hate to say it, yes. That is exactly what I think!"

Senju Hashirama was utterly certain.

After all, the God of Shinobi had not earned that title for nothing!

"Since you're that confident, then I should show you some real power!"

Mirai raised his head and smiled at Senju Hashirama.