Tobirama Senju fixed his gaze on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face.
"Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
"Why were you able to live until now?"
"When I appointed you Hokage, what did I tell you?"
"Weren't you supposed to pass on the Will of Fire to the younger generation?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's lips moved.
But in the end, he could not force out a single word.
Every word Tobirama Senju spoke stabbed into his bones.
The fact that he was still alive was already an enormous mistake.
If things had truly reached the point where children had to be sent to the battlefield, then he, the Hokage, should have fallen first.
Had Tobirama Senju been in charge, he never would have sent the village's future out to die while he was still alive, even if the enemy had been the Uchiha.
Between him and his teacher lay a gulf that could never be filled. You could not fake something like vision.
"Sorry, Teacher, but everything I did was for Konoha!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eye twitched, and his gaze suddenly turned cold.
At this point, political maneuvers and excuses alike had become a joke. Other than making Tobirama Senju look down on him even more, they served no purpose.
"But this isn't over yet!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi roared.
His figure flashed, and he used Body Flicker to reach a corner of the Four Violet Fire Formation.
"Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu!"
Amid stunned gazes, Hiruzen Sarutobi's body sank straight into the ground.
As Orochimaru had said, the Four Violet Fire Formation existed only to stop the ninjas outside from entering and throwing their lives away.
The Hiruzen Sarutobi of the original story had known that ordinary Jonin had no place interfering in a battle between Kage Level fighters.
Jiraiya, who was qualified, had no intention of acting