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There was no spray of blood as imagined.

Liu Sheng Tie only felt as though the katana in his hand had struck cotton, meeting no resistance at all.

He saw only that no blood flowed from the wound in Tobirama Senju's neck; instead, several scraps of paper fluttered out.

"N-No way... You aren't alive?!"

Liu Sheng Tie's face was full of terror, and even his voice was trembling noticeably.

He had been a ninja for over thirty years and had no idea how many heads he had severed, yet this was the first time he had encountered such a situation!

His opponent was actually a living corpse!

"You talk too much."

After coldly uttering those words, Tobirama Senju curled his five fingers into claws and gripped Liu Sheng Tie's head under the latter's horrified gaze, then exerted a little force.

Like a shattered watermelon, red and white matter scattered across the ground.

"Run!"

After witnessing the scene before them, the surrounding people all retreated at top speed.

They had to report this crucial intelligence to their villages' higher-ups. Otherwise, an immortal Kage Level expert would absolutely deal a devastating blow to their ninja villages on the battlefield.

"It's too late to run now."

Tobirama frowned slightly. Having tested the regenerative capabilities of Impure World Reincarnation, he no longer intended to play with this group any longer.

Now, he was going to get serious.

"Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique!"

With Tobirama Senju as its origin, a curtain of darkness spread outward like silk.

All the enemies who were retreating gradually realized something.

The scene before their eyes had changed.

Darkness robbed them of their vision. They could not see their own hands before their faces.

"Who is it?"

"Wild Crow, where are you?!"

"Genjutsu Release!"

"Is this the Hokage's ninjutsu?!"

All kinds of shouts filled this domain of darkness, yet they heard no response.

Though some of them were less than five meters apart, they could see and hear nothing.

Fear spread through everyone's hearts.

"Slice."

Like a grim reaper harvesting lives in the darkness, Tobirama Senju's long blade danced through the blackness, carving streak after streak of red blood.

People continuously fell before him.

Some realized it was genjutsu and tried to break free by injuring themselves.

But it was useless.

The Bringer-of-Darkness Technique was a visual genjutsu Tobirama Senju had developed specifically against the Uchiha clan's Sharingan. Those caught in it could only be slaughtered at another's mercy.

If even the Uchiha could not deal with this genjutsu, how could they possibly break it?

"Urgh!"

As Tobirama Senju's blade fell, the last ninja collapsed into a pool of blood.

"Th-This... is the power of a Kage?"

The man lay on the ground and weakly forced out those words.

"No. This is power beyond a Kage," Tobirama Senju said calmly.

Not a single drop of blood stained his divine white robe.

When Genma Shiranui and the other two reappeared, what met their eyes were densely scattered corpses lying on the ground.

Their admiration for Tobirama Senju instantly reached its peak.

"What a powerful Hokage..." Their eyes burned with fervor.

Thus, an assassination force of eleven jonin and twenty special jonin was completely wiped out by Tobirama alone.

"Lord Hokage, the battlefield has been cleared. No abnormalities were found nearby."

Tobirama nodded calmly. He was not surprised; if this truly had been an operation against him from within Konoha,

then whether it succeeded or failed, they likely would not leave behind any traces.

But without evidence, did that mean he had no way to deal with them?

A cold gleam flashed through Tobirama's eyes.

Originally, he had intended to deal with Konoha's lawbreakers slowly. After all, he had time.

But after witnessing how outrageously bold these people were, he changed his mind.

Once he returned, he would immediately carry out a major purge!

"The corpses have all been stored, correct?"

"Yes, they have already been placed in sealing scrolls."

Several of the attacking enemies possessed Kekkei Genkai. Even dead, their corpses remained valuable.

Especially the one who had ambushed him. His use of Storm Release had exposed him as a Hidden Cloud ninja.

"Raikage... come to think of it, my predecessor died during peace talks with the Raikage. When the time comes, I'll settle both old and new scores together."

He thought silently.

Tobirama Senju led the team onward toward the capital of the Land of Fire.

The spring breeze blew, and the bloody stench on the battlefield slowly faded as well.

Not long after Tobirama and his group left, several strange figures slowly appeared.