"You despicable bastard!"
Ginkaku roared and threw a punch straight at him.
He was a Cloud Shadow ninja, after all. Those muscles weren't just for show.
The punch slammed directly into Tetsuya's chest.
In that instant, Tetsuya felt his entire chest cave in. Several bones snapped, and then he was sent flying.
"Flying Thunder God Slash!"
It all happened in an instant. Tetsuya had used a Shadow Clone to fool Kinkaku, disguised himself as a kunai, and successfully sealed Ginkaku's chakra.
Tobirama seized the opening and unleashed another Flying Thunder God Slash, driving his blade through Ginkaku's chest.
"Brother!"
Seeing Tobirama's blade pierce Ginkaku's chest, Kinkaku roared. His presence surged once more as Nine-Tails chakra erupted from him.
He began undergoing a Partial Tailed Beast Transformation.
Crimson chakra enveloped his entire body, turning him into a humanoid tailed beast, with several tails whipping behind him.
But Kinkaku hadn't completely lost his reason. Tobirama and Ginkaku were standing together, so he didn't dare unleash a Tailed Beast Bomb. If he did, Ginkaku would die too.
In his partially transformed state, Kinkaku charged toward Tobirama at incredible speed.
Tobirama quickly put some distance between them while forming hand seals.
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
He poured almost all his remaining chakra into the Great Waterfall Technique.
A raging torrent appeared out of thin air and surged toward Kinkaku like a waterfall.
Roaring, Kinkaku plunged straight into the torrent, determined to tear Tobirama apart.
"That's the Hokage for you. Nobody does Water Release like him."
Having gotten back to his feet, Tetsuya couldn't help making a quip at the Water Release before him. There had been a joke in his previous life that the best Water Release user in the entire Shinobi World wasn't the Mizukage, but the Hokage.
There was also the saying that everyone else used Water Release, while Tobirama alone used Ocean Release.
"Yellow Immortal, I'll need your help now."
Huang Bai's voice came from a tree branch.
"Just tell this old man what you need me to do."
Just as Kinkaku was about to tear through Tobirama's Water Release and reach him, a voice rang out.
"Brother!"
"Brother!"
For a bewildering moment, Kinkaku saw Tobirama standing before him turn into Ginkaku.
In that brief instant, Kinkaku's movements faltered.
Tetsuya shouted.
"Tobirama!"
"Got it!"
Tobirama used Flying Thunder God one last time.
Tetsuya, who had still been some distance away, was instantly brought to Kinkaku's side, while Tobirama exhausted the last of his chakra.
"Chakra Sealing Technique!"
Just as he had when sealing Ginkaku's chakra, Tetsuya pressed a hand against Kinkaku's body.
In that instant, most of Kinkaku's Tailed Beast Cloak dissipated.
But a moment later, something unexpected happened. The dissipating Tailed Beast Cloak gathered again. His Chakra Sealing Technique had actually been broken.
"Raaagh!"
Kinkaku roared. He knew this was the bastard who had pulled that trick earlier. If not for him, his brother wouldn't have had a blade driven through his chest.
Enraged, Kinkaku thrust out a claw and pierced straight through Tetsuya's chest.
"Izuna!"
Having pulled away, Tobirama cried out when he saw "Izuna" impaled through the chest.
"Fuck! You bastards, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, why do you love going for my chest so much? I'm not a woman!"
"And you goddamn shitty system, fucked by Kinkaku and Ginkaku! You never fucking told me that powerful enough chakra could break through the seal!"
What else could he do? He could only try again!
"Chakra Sealing Technique!"
That wasn't all. As the Chakra Sealing Technique took effect, Tetsuya formed hand seals again and unleashed another sealing jutsu.
"Eight Trigrams Seal!"
The Eight Trigrams Seal activated, layering two Four Symbols Seals together on Kinkaku's body.
Unlike the Chakra Sealing Technique, which targeted chakra in general, Tetsuya's Eight Trigrams Seal was aimed entirely at the Nine-Tails chakra.
In the future, Minato could seal half the Nine-Tails with the Eight Trigrams Seal. You've only got a fraction of its power, and you think you can escape?
Sure enough, this time, once the Eight Trigrams Seal took effect, Kinkaku couldn't break through it no matter how much he roared.
"That's for stabbing me in the chest, asshole!"
Tetsuya sent Kinkaku flying with a kick.
Suddenly deprived of both his own chakra and his Nine-Tails chakra, Kinkaku fainted from weakness.
Watching Kinkaku and Ginkaku fall one after the other, the Cloud Shadow ninja who followed them couldn't help looking at Tetsuya in fear.
The enormous hole in Tetsuya's chest made him even more terrifying. What kind of person could survive having his chest pierced through? Even Iron Man had only had a chunk of his chest dug out.
"Retreat! That guy's a monster! Get Lord Kinkaku and Lord Ginkaku out of here!"
Someone shouted first, and they grabbed Kinkaku and Ginkaku to retreat.
"Running away? Leave the tools!"
Tetsuya roared.
Damn it, those two bastard brothers punched holes right through my chest. Don't I deserve something to cover my medical bills?
He thought the Six Paths Treasured Tools would do nicely.
The ninja of Cloud Shadow Village didn't dare resist. They left behind the Seven Star Sword, the Banana Palm Fan, the Benihisago, and the Kōkinjō before fleeing.
There should have been an Amber Purifying Pot among the Six Paths Treasured Tools as well, but he hadn't seen Kinkaku or Ginkaku use it this time, so he had no idea where they had hidden it.
Tetsuya took out a scroll, sealed the Six Paths Treasured Tools inside, and put it away.
"Izuna!"
Having caught his breath a little, Tobirama walked toward Tetsuya.
"How... how did you come back to life? And those injuries of yours..."
Tobirama stared at Tetsuya's chest, unable to make sense of it.
"Heh, Tobirama, who would've thought there were things even your brilliant mind couldn't explain?"
Tetsuya smiled as he spoke.
"To be honest, I don't know either. Ever since I came back to life, my body seems to have undergone some changes."
As he spoke, he clenched his fist.
"All right, enough talk. I don't have much time left. I need to go recover from my injuries right away.
"I heard you built a village with my brother, right? Give him my regards. We'll meet again."
With that, Tetsuya ignored Tobirama's conflicted expression, tossed him a bag of Soldier Pills, and turned and ran.
Even if Tobirama wanted to chase him, he no longer had the strength.
After leaving the battlefield, Tetsuya stripped off his clothes and burned them with a blast of Fire Release.
He knew that old bastard Tobirama must have left a Flying Thunder God Mark on him. It would be trouble if Tobirama tracked him down later.
"Yellow Immortal, check me over. Is there anything unusual on my body?"
"Yes. There's a special mark on your arm."
"Tch, so he put it directly on my body?"
Tetsuya smiled. Without the slightest hesitation, he took a kunai from his ninja tool pouch, cut a chunk of flesh from his arm, and tossed it into the fire.
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