Chapter 224: As Weak as a Konoha Jonin!
"This really hurts..."
Hashirama Senju's consciousness once again awoke from dark chaos.
He immediately realized that someone had "revived" him with the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] again.
Was it Orochimaru again?
I don't dare open my eyes. I hope this is just an illusion...
Cruel reality was practically forcing Hashirama to become a singer.
"Another [Impure World Reincarnation]... Can I never find eternal peace even in the world after death...?"
Life was hard. Hashirama sighed.
But just then.
A mature, rich female voice reached Hashirama Senju's ears.
"Again? Gramps, has someone else revived you with the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu] before?"
Gramps?
Was she talking to me?
Wait, that wasn't right-
Hashirama Senju abruptly opened his eyes, turning his black pupils toward the voice.
But before he could make out the person opposite him, his gaze was inevitably drawn to the Nine-Tails baring his teeth.
"Nine-Tails!!!"
Hashirama Senju's pupils instantly shrank to pinpricks.
Almost instinctively, he raised his hands, gathered the [Wood Release] chakra within his body, and instantly unleashed a ninjutsu.
[Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence]!
Branches as thick as an infant's arm rapidly sprouted from the ground in front of Hashirama Senju, forming a sparse little grove.
A grove of this caliber could hardly restrain or bind the Nine-Tails.
These trees could not even wrap around the Nine-Tails' claws! They could not reach his ankles!
"Hahahaha-"
Kurama looked at the little grove and laughed mockingly without the slightest restraint, his laughter shaking the sky.
"Hashirama Senju! Is that all your [Wood Release] can do?"
"My body..."
Hashirama Senju was forced to interrupt this utterly bankrupt version of [Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence].
Something was wrong with his body. Very wrong.
During his previous "revival," Hashirama Senju had been able to