Hashirama Senju clearly sensed Mito Uzumaki's displeasure and sighed to himself. Sure enough, Mito hadn't changed. Even after decades, she was still as fierce as ever, nowhere near as gentle as Madara Uchiha.
See? She was already about to fight him. She had beaten him up plenty of times before. If only Mito were half as gentle as Madara.
"Yi, leave Hashirama to me!" Golden light radiated from Mito Uzumaki as she spoke to Uchiha Yi.
"What?" Everyone, including Uchiha Yi, stared at her in shock.
Who could have expected Mito Uzumaki to ask to fight Hashirama Senju now?
Even at eighty percent of his strength, Hashirama Senju was beyond what an ordinary ninja could handle.
Uchiha Yi didn't like Mito Uzumaki's chances either. She certainly knew Hashirama Senju well, while he likely knew little about the woman she had become.
But that advantage in knowledge could not make up for the gap in their strength.
After all, Mito Uzumaki was not the Naruto Uzumaki of the future.
Sage Fox Naruto might be as strong as Hashirama Senju, but Mito Uzumaki could only draw on the Nine-Tails' Chakra. She could not act in perfect harmony with him. How could she possibly defeat Hashirama Senju?
Even Minato Namikaze, who would one day wield the Nine-Tails' power, was no match for Hashirama Senju, let alone Mito Uzumaki as she was now.
"It's fine. Hashirama isn't at his peak, and the Nine-Tails wants to fight him too." Mito Uzumaki fixed her gaze on Hashirama Senju. Her aura changed once more. The Nine-Tails Chakra surrounding her surged, taking solid form as a cloak behind her, while the tomoe around her transformed dramatically.
"She's working with the Nine-Tails?" Surprise flashed through Uchiha Yi's eyes. "But that still won't be enough!"
Uchiha Yi soon realized he