Flying Thunder God!
The instant before Tobirama Senju's body was struck by the long staff, it transformed into an invisible ripple and vanished from where it stood.
The next instant, beside a kunai engraved with a Flying Thunder God Formula that had been placed in another corner of the barrier beforehand, space warped slightly, and Tobirama Senju's form solidified out of thin air.
However, before he could steady himself, a familiar voice suddenly rang out beside his ear.
"Got you."
Tobirama Senju froze.
Before he could react, a surge of violent crimson chakra erupted before him.
Only then did he see that, at some point, someone had already been waiting there.
Naruto Uzumaki.
At that moment, he was covered in a boiling crimson chakra cloak resembling liquid metal. Three chakra tails thrashed wildly behind him, corroding the roof tiles beneath his feet with a hissing sound.
One of his hands was raised high, the savage chainsword in it emitting a piercing roar that set teeth on edge.
Naruto had broken free of the Genjutsu shortly after darkness fell, and he had accurately predicted where Tobirama Senju would appear next.
The chainsword came crashing down at Tobirama with the force to tear apart everything in its path!
Tobirama Senju instinctively raised his kunai to block it.
Clang—screech!
After a brief metallic clash that was almost negligible came the scalp-numbing shriek of metal being shredded at high speed.
The chainsword did not slow in the slightest as it slashed diagonally down from Tobirama's right shoulder, cutting deep into his body.
"Pfft—"
No blood splattered. Instead, countless clumps of earth and scraps of talisman paper were torn apart and flung away by the raging chainsaw like paper fed into a shredder.
Tobirama's upper body was brutally torn open by that overwhelmingly savage strike,