"Hand over Mito?" Uzumaki Ashina snorted coldly. "You want to use her to restrain Hashirama Senju? Sasuke Sarutobi, you're the young man with the best chance of standing alongside Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha today. To think you'd resort to such dirty tricks to suppress Hashirama Senju. How disappointing!"
Sasuke Sarutobi laughed. "You flatter me, Elder Ashina. I could never stand alongside Senju and Uchiha. I only resorted to this for my clan's survival!"
"Hmph! Enough talk! I will never hand my clansmen over to the enemy! If you want a fight, then fight! The Uzumaki Clan knows no fear!" Uzumaki Ashina declared loudly.
At his aged yet powerful declaration, the Uzumaki clansmen behind him let out a thunderous roar. "If you want a fight, then fight! The Uzumaki Clan knows no fear!"
Their display was tremendous. Famous throughout the shinobi world for their vast chakra reserves, the Uzumaki Clan unleashed their powerful chakra together, almost enough to churn the heavens.
"In that case, we'll have to stop playing nice!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression turned cold, and he swept his arm forward.
The Sarutobi clansmen behind him formed ranks and unleashed Fire Release at the Uzumaki clansmen opposite them in unison!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Over a hundred great fireballs joined into a sea of flames, surging toward the Uzumaki clansmen like a tsunami with waves of searing heat.
"Form the formation!"
"Barrier Ninjutsu: Four Violet Flames Formation!" Uzumaki Ashina shouted, and the Uzumaki ninja around him immediately activated the Four Violet Flames Formation.
Four violet curtains of light rose from four directions, enclosing all the Uzumaki clansmen within.
The sea of fire crashed against the barrier, and its rolling waves of heat were immediately blocked outside.
The Uzumaki clansmen within the barrier were completely unharmed.
"As expected of the