Uchiha Izuna?

Huang Bai curiously studied Tetsuya's transformed face.

"Those eyes... The Uchiha Clan? Who is this Uchiha? Why did you turn into him?"

Tetsuya grinned.

"Hehe, just a dead man. I'll need you to play along when the time comes, Immortal Huang. My genjutsu isn't very good yet, so I'll need your help."

"Interesting. Very interesting."

Huang Bai immediately guessed part of the story. The Uchiha Tetsuya had transformed into was probably someone that white-haired ninja had killed.

This little brat was really something. Saving someone was one thing, but saving him while wearing the face of someone he had killed?

Come to think of it, this little brat had quite a nasty streak.

"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"

Tobirama Senju rapidly formed hand seals and spat out a high-pressure jet of water that swept across the battlefield in an instant.

The Kumogakure ninja quickly retreated, but two who moved too slowly were instantly cut in half at the waist by the Water Severing Wave.

"Cough, cough! Damn it! If I weren't so badly injured, I'd wipe out every last one of you damned Kumogakure ninja myself!"

Tobirama faltered with a cough, but still did not forget to glare fiercely at the Kumogakure ninja.

"Get him! He's almost finished!"

"We'll all rush him together! There's no way he can attack all of us at once!"

"Attack!"

"Charge!"

The dozen or so remaining ninja rushed him together, planning to overwhelm Tobirama Senju with their ninjutsu.

"Water Release: Water Shockwave!"

Watching the ninja swarm toward him, Tobirama Senju rapidly formed hand seals. His chakra surged, and a waterspout rose in an instant, sweeping all of them into it.

Though it could not kill them outright, it was enough to hold them down.

"Hahaha! What a sorry sight, Tobirama Senju!"

A vicious laugh rang out. The next moment, a barrage of fireballs fell from above, hurtling toward him.

Damn it, they caught up!

Tobirama Senju knew he was in trouble, but his hands still raced through hand seals.

"Water Release: Heavenly Weeping!"

In an instant, Tobirama spat countless water needles at the fireballs overhead. The needles collided with the fireballs and burst apart, filling the air with steam.

"Yee-ha!"

With a shrill cry, a figure burst straight through the steam and swung a large sword at Tobirama.

Tobirama raised his sword to block, only to be knocked back by a single blow.

"Well done, little brother!"

"Nice praise, big brother!"

"Damn it!"

Tobirama looked up and saw two men standing before him who looked almost identical apart from their hair colors.

They were Kinkaku and Ginkaku of Kumogakure.

One carried the Banana Palm Fan, while the other held the Seven Star Sword.

Both grinned viciously at Tobirama Senju.

"Our Second Raikage is already dead. Isn't it time you, the Second Hokage, died too?"

"Hmph. You despicable bastards. If you hadn't launched a surprise attack, do you think I'd be afraid of you?"

"Hahaha! That's hilarious. This is war. The winners are always the most despicable people, and that's us."

"Big brother's right. Not only do we launch surprise attacks, we gang up on people too."

Tobirama Senju's brows knitted tightly. He knew he probably could not escape death today, but at the very least, he had to seriously wound these two. Otherwise, they would pose an enormous threat to Konoha.

"What are you still thinking about?"

"Go think it over in the Pure Land!"

Laughing, Kinkaku swung the Banana Palm Fan, instantly whipping up a storm of lightning and fire that swept toward Tobirama Senju.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

Tobirama spat out a waterfall-like torrent. The water spun around him, forming a defense with no blind spots.

"Yee-ha! You can't stop us!"

Ginkaku laughed and charged forward. With one swing of the Seven Star Sword, he cleaved straight through the Water Formation Wall.

He immediately followed with another slash at Tobirama.

"Water Release: Hard Vortex Water Blade!"

Water wrapped around Tobirama's sword and arm, and he thrust straight at Ginkaku's Seven Star Sword.

Clang!

A sharp clash rang out. With his stamina exhausted and his Chakra severely depleted, Tobirama was no match for Ginkaku.

Meanwhile, Kinkaku whipped up another storm and sent it sweeping toward Tobirama.

Is this the end? No, I should still be able to do more!

Tobirama's mind raced, trying to find a counter before the attack landed.

Just then, a low shout rang out.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet: Triple Version!"

Roar!

Three fire dragons came rushing in from one direction. They intertwined, becoming a Three-Headed Demon Dragon that slammed into the storm.

"Who's there?!"

Kinkaku shouted. He could not understand why anyone would come out to save Tobirama Senju at a time like this. Did Konoha still have powerful fighters? Weren't Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha dead? Wasn't the Uchiha Clan at odds with Tobirama? Who else would come to save him?

"Tobirama, long time no see. I never thought I'd see you in such a sorry state."

"What?!"

The instant Tobirama Senju heard that voice, it felt as though electricity had shot through his entire body.

A man stepped out, dressed in a long black robe, with crimson eyes and short hair that looked somewhat spiky.

A long sword hung at an angle from his waist, and a faintly mocking smile played across his face.

"Uchiha—Izuna! Impossible! How can you still be alive? Didn't I already..."

Smiling, Tetsuya finished Tobirama's sentence.

"That's right. You already killed me. Before I died, I gave my eyes to my older brother. But now I've come back to life. I've returned from the Pure Land."

Looking at the young Izuna before him, Tobirama kept comparing him to the face in his memories. Izuna looked almost exactly as he had when Tobirama killed him.

Only his bearing seemed a little colder and more sinister.

"Huh? Uchiha Izuna?"

"Didn't that guy die ages ago?"

"Big brother, could this be someone impersonating him?"

Kinkaku shook his head.

"It doesn't look like it. I don't see any signs of a disguise."

Of course he could not see through it. Tetsuya was shrouded in Huang Bai's genjutsu. Unless someone was proficient in genjutsu or possessed a special Dōjutsu, they would be unlikely to notice anything amiss.

"Even if he's come back to life, it doesn't matter. We'll just kill him again."

"Big brother's right!"

Tetsuya ignored Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

"Hey, Tobirama. Can you still fight?"

"Hmph. You don't have to tell me. I'll keep fighting."

Recovering from his shock, Tobirama snorted and forced himself to his feet.

"Watch this!"

Seeing Tobirama get back up and stand beside Izuna, Kinkaku swung the Banana Palm Fan in his hand, unleashing an Elemental Storm.

"Fire Release!"

"Water Release!"

"Water Dragon Bullet!"

"Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"