After leaving Senju Longshu, Hashirama Senju took Yuzhi away from the fire.
Once they passed the massive trees blocking the road, the severed limbs and blood on the ground made for a sight too gruesome to bear.
Yuzhi edged toward Hashirama Senju, trembling, until he was practically pressed against his back.
Hashirama Senju kept a wary eye on their surroundings. Suddenly, he seemed to hear some kind of wailing in the distance.
Hashirama Senju understood. The pursuers who had gone after Yanbai were almost certainly in dire straits.
The enemies were surely still alive, but they were definitely suffering a fate worse than death.
Those grating wails made Hashirama Senju hesitate to approach.
Hashirama Senju knew his guess had been right. Being near Yanbai was absolutely safe, but it could also be disgusting.
Yanbai's twisted sense of humor would never allow an outing to remain uneventful. His wild imagination would fill this world with "love and friendship."
Yanbai would minimize physical casualties as much as possible while multiplying the psychological damage.
Hashirama Senju thought he should get Yuzhi to Yanbai first, then go back alone to help Uncle Longshu.
As long as Yanbai was there, Yuzhi would definitely survive.
As for how Yuzhi would survive, that was up to Yanbai.
Besides, Hashirama Senju had noticed that Yuzhi, a man nearly ten years older than himself and almost old enough to be Yanbai's father, seemed to harbor a different sort of interest in Yanbai.
That was also one of the reasons Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju disliked Yuzhi.
Yanbai was still a child...
At first, Hashirama Senju had found it a little strange, but after thinking it over, he understood.
At his age, Yuzhi kept calling Hashirama Senju "big brother." That definitely wasn't a slip of the tongue. It was how