The invisible hand of a god, sending all living beings flying!
Shinra Tensei!
Hashirama Senju had never seen such a move. Ahead of him, wind and rain blasted toward him as though something had exploded, driven forward by some invisible force.
Faced with the unknown, Hashirama Senju's fighting spirit soared even higher.
What was there to fear in death?
Even against a brother from days gone by, he would not hold back!
The injuries caused by teleportation soon healed without hand seals. Hashirama Senju would never sit around waiting to die.
Hashirama Senju focused slightly and raised his hands again.
"Summoning Technique: Fivefold Rashomon!"
Just as Hashirama had anticipated, the Rashomon gates ahead were shattered by an invisible force.
Torrential rain battered Hashirama Senju's face.
The rain blurred his vision.
His wet, long hair clung to his face, and his clothes grew heavy with absorbed water.
His body felt the chill of the late-autumn rain.
But his heart was colder still.
Hashirama Senju furrowed his brow, turned, and began leaping away at speed.
Hashirama Senju could sense that he was not far from the village. Once he got his bearings, he headed toward the coast he remembered.
"Hey, Hashirama! Don't run-"
Madara Uchiha's voice reached Hashirama Senju's ears amid the dreary patter of rain.
Hashirama Senju gritted his teeth, a shiver running down his spine. He turned his head, sensing his surroundings. There was no human presence nearby, yet... something felt strangely off.
Though there seemed to be no obstacles around him, Hashirama Senju used the escape taijutsu he had developed after taking savage beatings from Yanbai.
It was an instinctive reaction that let him evade attacks the instant he sensed danger.
Hashirama Senju reflexively rolled aside. Immediately afterward, all the vegetation where he had just stood shattered as though