Tetsuya moved forward all the way in one direction across the battlefield, running up to engage anyone he encountered.
However, because his current combat methods were simply too single-minded, he found it quite grueling to fight against certain Jonin with rich practical combat experience.
Fortunately, he possessed the Evil God Immortal Body and used a direct trade-off strategy of injuries for injuries, completely baffling his opponents.
Clearly, the opponent's ninja blade had already pierced Tetsuya's throat, yet Tetsuya countered at point-blank range with a Fire Dragon Flame Bullet that baked him into a charred husk.
Probably even upon reaching the Pure Land, the opponent would fail to understand how anyone could continue fighting after suffering fatal wounds.
Hiss-! Pain, pain, pain!
Atop a tree branch, Tetsuya pressed against the wound on his abdomen, sewing it up with a needle and thread bit by bit.
Even without stitching, he could recover from wounds of this magnitude, but sewing them up ultimately allowed them to heal somewhat faster.
He only possessed the Evil God Immortal Body, not a constitution capable of rapidly regenerating wounds like Hashirama Senju.
"Hey, kid, you really are freakish. You haven't died after several fatal injuries; how on earth do you pull that off?"
Huang Bai sat on Tetsuya's shoulder, taking intermittent puffs from his pipe. He simply could not figure out what kind of situation Tetsuya had going on.
"What's so freakish about it? This is just my special constitution."
Tetsuya finished stitching the wound and used a kunai to sever the thread as he spoke.
"As long as it's not an attack that vaporizes me in an instant, ordinary fatal wounds generally can't kill me. Besides, barring accidents, my natural lifespan is also much longer than that of ordinary people."
"Is that so? Then that really is interesting."
Huang Bai smiled.
"Viewed that way, this taijutsu constitution of yours really does pair up quite nicely with the senjutsu of our Yellow Weasel Clan. As long as you live long enough, you'll inevitably master it sooner or later."
"I think we pair up nicely, too."
Stowing away the medical kit, Tetsuya stood up.
Feeling the various aches and pains coursing through his entire body, he actually grew slowly accustomed to them.
Perhaps what the Evil God Immortal Body brought was not just immortality, but also his own perception of pain.
While he would not turn into a pervert like Hidan who relished pain, his capacity to endure suffering was ultimately much greater than that of ordinary people.
"Alright, let's keep moving."
"You sure you can manage?"
Huang Bai glanced sideways at the large and small injuries covering Tetsuya's body.
"It's no trouble. These injuries don't affect combat."
Huang Bai took another puff of his pipe and spoke.
"I actually feel like you've accumulated about enough combat experience this time. To keep going would instead be overdoing it."
"Really? Then we're heading back?"
"Right, then we-"
Just as Huang Bai wanted to say they would head back, he suddenly sensed something. His entire body snapped upright, watching ahead with vigilance as his two ears stood up straight like radar.
"What is it, Yellow Immortal?"
"Someone is fighting, and their strength isn't weak."
"Oh, strength isn't weak. Roughly what level?"
Tetsuya instantly grew interested.
"Stronger than any opponent you've encountered up until now."
"Stronger than any opponent I've encountered!"
That made things interesting. The strongest opponent he had encountered from the time he came out until now was an Iwagakure Jonin; that fellow possessed immense strength and rich combat experience, and if he hadn't taken advantage of his Evil God Immortal Body to trick the guy, he probably wouldn't have been the opponent's match.
"Could it be a Kage-level powerhouse?"
A Kage-level powerhouse, and a Kage-level one from the First World War at that-these were all super bigshots from a distant era, ones he hadn't seen much of in anime and games.
"Not entirely sure. What, you want to go take a look?"
"Yeah."
Tetsuya spoke the word "yeah" without the slightest hesitation. After all, as long as he didn't run into sealing jutsu, he basically wouldn't flip over.
Even running into a sealing jutsu was fine; with Huang Bai around, illusions and sealing jutsu were what the Yellow Weasel Clan excelled at most.
As long as it wasn't something like the Reaper Death Seal, there was nothing to fear.
"Then let's go. Head over and take a look; observing the battles of powerhouses is also a rare learning opportunity."
Guided by Huang Bai, Tetsuya rapidly approached the direction of the battle.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
Before even drawing close, Tetsuya heard the voice of the water dragon bullet, and the violent current transformed into a water dragon, instantly surging toward a group of ninjas.
According to Tetsuya's visual estimate, there should be twenty Cloud Shinobi present, and these Cloud Shinobi were besieging a single person.
As for that person, he made Tetsuya feel both surprised and well within reason.
"That's Tobirama Senju!"
During this period, they had traveled all the way forward, and much of the time-in order to exercise his grasp over the Lightning Release Chakra Mode-he had traveled while keeping the Lightning Release Chakra Mode active. He hadn't expected that they would actually run all the way from the Iwagakure and Mist Shadow battlefield over to the Cloud Shinobi and Konoha battlefield.
"You know that white-haired ninja?"
Tetsuya nodded.
White hair, red eyes, blue armor, sticker forehead protector, fur collar, and three red marks on his face-this person was precisely the Second Hokage of Konoha, Tobirama Senju, younger brother of Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi.
"Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage of Konoha."
While answering Huang Bai's question, Tetsuya was also pondering the current situation.
Only Tobirama was here, so it looked like he had stayed behind to cover Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others.
"This Senju's aura is starting to weaken. Looks like he's badly hurt and at the end of his rope."
Huang Bai stared at Tobirama with his small eyes and spoke.
"Yeah, you can tell. He must be fighting with a determination to die right now."
"What do you plan to do?"
After pondering like this for a moment, these Cloud Shinobi had an average level around Jonin; otherwise, since Tobirama Senju was already at the end of his rope, they truly wouldn't have been able to do anything to him.
However, barring accidents, Kinkaku and Ginkaku should be arriving soon.
By then, no matter how much Tobirama Senju burned his lifespan, he wouldn't be able to kick up much of a fuss.
"Let's watch for a moment."
Saying this, Tetsuya suddenly spoke up.
"Yellow Immortal, can you cast a layer of illusion over me in a moment?"
"An illusion? What do you want to do? What kind of illusion do you need?"
"Simple. Just an illusion that keeps others from seeing my original appearance."
"You still intend to make a move, then."
Huang Bai saw through Tetsuya's thoughts.
"Yes. I want to see what interesting things happen if Tobirama Senju manages to return to Konoha alive."
"Then why aren't you using your own appearance to save people? That way, after going back, he'd have to repay you."
"Unnecessary. Compared to a reward, I feel the probability of him expelling me from the village would be greater. Besides, I have an interesting idea."
Saying this, Tetsuya activated the Transformation Technique, and his appearance shifted once more.
A black spiky hairstyle, a pair of scarlet eyes, a stern countenance-though wearing a gentle smile, his entire person emanated an aura of flexing.
That's right, the appearance he had transformed into was precisely Sasuke Uchiha.
No, Sasuke hadn't been born in this era yet, so rather than calling this face Sasuke Uchiha, it was more appropriate to call it Uchiha Izuna.
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