But then I thought about the information I had learned from that young man after being summoned multiple times.
Tobirama Senju was even more astonished!
"You're so old, yet you can still awaken Wood Release?"
Upon hearing this, Senju Toka frowned, and the attack she was about to launch at Hashirama slightly veered off course!
Wood Release: Violent Spear Tree
With the aid of Wood Release Chakra, countless wooden objects rapidly grew, spun, and twisted together, rushing towards Tobirama Senju.
After launching this attack, Senju Toka was instantly crushed by the rising tree beneath her feet!
when--
The blade aimed at Hashirama Senju's neck was blocked by a Wood Release creation that grew from behind him.
Senju Toka appeared at this location, her Chakra flowing into the Hengdao in her hand.
She dodged the flea-like Tobirama while bringing Hashirama, the most troublesome of them all, into the range of her Swordsmanship.
Fortunately, these two are only at the Elite Jonin.
Although these two have combat experience and abilities that are strangely powerful enough to elevate their strength to a higher level.
But after being injected with Wood Release, Senju Toka is now capable and confident of defeating these two!
"Your Swordsmanship is as excellent as ever, Toka!"
Caught in the net of blades, Hashirama Senju, who was gradually losing his speed and had taken a blow to the arm, spoke with a sigh.
With a twirling of her Hengdao, she forced Tobirama, the prisoner Tobirama her, back. Senju Toka turned and slashed at Hashirama Senju, coldly retorting, "You still love to talk nonsense as much as ever!"
"Hehe...!"
Having been rebuked by a promising junior he once held in high regard, Hashirama Senju, with his expressionless, deadpan face, gave an awkward smile.
He knew that the younger person opposite him must be harboring resentment.
Not only did the two brothers try to stop each other during this battle, but they also...
According to Tobirama, his designated apprentice and successor became an enemy of his juniors!
But the two of them really had no way to resist this Ninjutsu that Tobirama had created back then.
" Tobirama..."
Before Hashirama Senju could finish speaking, Tobirama Senju, who had charged forward again to attack, interrupted him, saying, "If you hadn't stopped me back then, I would have already completed the development of this technique!"
"So today we're not helping the monkeys fight against our own kind, but helping our kind fight against our enemies!"
This guy just shifted the blame onto himself, and now he's doing it again?
He no longer tolerated this older brother as he had before, but instead directly retorted.
"..."
Hashirama Senju, trapped within the Senju Toka Blade net, fell silent at his brother's words.
Upon reflection, he realized his brother was right; if he hadn't forbidden it back then...
After Tobirama completes the development, the Senju will have an extra trump card, and Konoha will be able to maintain some stability!
But then he realized the problem and immediately said to his younger brother, who was attacking the junior alongside him, "This kind of life-or-death manipulation shouldn't exist! You shouldn't have come up with such a plan in the first place!"
"The dead cannot rest in peace, the Pure Land is no longer Pure Land, is there a problem with my prohibition?"
"Do you want to be called out from underground by your juniors Tenten?"
Unable to control his body, he was sent flying by Toka.
Tobirama Senju rolled his black eyes, glancing at his older brother with a look of surprise.
He was tongue-tied his whole life, how come he's still eloquent after he dies?
Still concerned about the Senju and their current situation, he didn't waste any more words with his older brother.
Instead, during the next attack before charging up the mountain, he asked, " Toka, it's been so long! Can you tell us what's going on?"
"How did the Senju become enemies with the Monkey King?"
"How is Konoha doing now?"
After asking a few questions, I thought about the scene I saw when I came out today and the Chakra fluctuations I sensed.
Tobirama Senju paused for a moment before asking the question he didn't want to accept, "Is today... a full-scale war?"
Neither of them had any facial expression, but their tone of voice conveyed their current emotions.
Although many of Senju Toka's policies towards the two of them led to Senju's current predicament, she harbors resentment in her heart!
But after all, the two were the clan leaders who brought glory to the Senju clan back then.
Neither of them knew that their policies back then would cause such a huge problem for the Senju now.
After thinking for a moment, Senju Toka and said in a deep voice, "After your death, the Hashirama Senju Senju supported Hiruzen Sarutobi according to your last words, and the clan split into three factions because of your dying wish to disband the Senju clan."
"Your Fengyu Clan Leader's Line should follow his last words, since most of you have lost your entire families. But the Itayasu Branch had the most people back then, and also the most orphans and widows left after the war. So they oppose disbanding, because if they do, the lives of those orphans and widows in their lineage cannot be guaranteed!"
"As for our Soratate Branch, we also oppose it, but in order to prevent the Senju from splitting apart, we can only stand in the middle and try to smooth things over."
Speaking of these past events, Senju Toka felt an overwhelming resentment in her heart.
If it weren't for some last message left behind, so many children wouldn't have been killed during the years of division within the Senju!
Wood Release: Giant Wood Pillar Technique
The next step forward slammed heavily onto the ground, some of the Chakra within her body vanished, and the ground behind Senju Toka shattered.
Amidst the flying mud and debris, several giant logs attacked Tobirama Senju's weak points one after another!
when--
With a single slash, she split Hashirama Senju two. Then, Senju Toka retaliated with a swift, preemptive strike that chopped off Tobirama Senju's left hand as he tried to dodge.
"..."
The pause and actions taken by the other party made it perfectly clear to Tobirama Senju, who had heard the previous words in their entirety, why.
He's a smart guy, unlike Hashirama who only knows how to fight!
He had already gleaned a lot of information from Toka's words!
"Until 26 years ago, the Third Elder became suspicious of Uka Senju's unexpected gain, and left a trap in Hiruzen Sarutobi's office when he went to collect her."
"It was after that incident that we learned some information about Hiruzen Sarutobi's clandestine activities."
"So, taking advantage of Uka's awakened Wood Release, the Third Elder, Lady Mito, and I cleansed the clan!"
Thud--
With a single kick, she shattered Senju Toka 'Hashirama Senju Wood Release creation, and then quickly stepped forward, enveloping him once again in a net of blades.
Melee combat with this thing... she didn't find it troublesome.
Once she can use Wood Release, and with Tobirama, even if she has the upper hand, the opponent will still be a huge problem!
"Do you want to know what we gained after the cleanup?" Senju Toka asked with a hint of schadenfreude as she dragged Hashirama back into close combat.
"..." Tobirama Senju didn't dare to answer.
With so much information, he had already deduced a great deal in his mind.
Faced with this obvious ridicule and mockery, he, having done something wrong, was too ashamed to say anything more!
Without keeping Tobirama Senju any longer, Senju Toka, who already harbored ill intentions, answered the question herself after asking, " The Clan Leader's Line betrayed the Clan, and the ringleader was the son of the previous clan head, and the younger brother of the previous two clan heads."
"This bastard, secretly born to a member of the Shimura Clan, along with the former clan chief's most favored disciple, has been secretly killing off the young members of the Senju and eliminating Senju new generation of strength."
"On the surface, they claim they want to fulfill the dreams of you two brothers, Lord Tobirama, but secretly they believe the Senju are too strong, and Commoners Ninja are too weak compared to them."
"Thus, the Senju, whose talent lay in their bodies, became an object to be dismembered in your most valued disciple plan!"
"They want to use the Senju's talent to elevate their own Clan and Commoners Ninja, and coincidentally, you, the clan head, left behind a will!"
What she had previously suspected was confirmed by Senju Toka: the Senju traitors, and her once most valued disciples.
"I...!"
This series of events made Tobirama Senju understand the origin of the total war he was facing today, and also why the Senju and Sarutobi had started the war.
The pitfalls of his Clan, the pitfalls of Konoha, the current pitfalls of Ninjutsu... all these things left him speechless as he faced the current Senju Clan Head!
The battlefield fell silent for a moment, with only the shouts of battle and the sounds of the three people clashing at high speed echoing around them.
Hashirama Senju, who had also heard Toka's words, thought for a moment and then glanced at Tobirama Senju nearby from the angle of his attack.
At this moment, Tobirama only had a dead face, because he was being controlled and could not show any expression.
But even through that single glance, he could still see the sadness, regret, and remorse hidden beneath that lifeless face that remained motionless!
Having grown up with Tobirama since childhood, he was very clear about his younger brother's feelings for the Senju.
They both hoped for peace in the Shinobi World, and also hoped that the Senju Clan could live in peace and enjoy peace!
Now, however, the younger brother, the clan leader, has become one of the people who have caused the most harm to the Clan!
puff--
Unable to dodge in time, Hashirama Senju suffered a gash over 20 centimeters long and about 5 centimeters deep in his chest.
Although the injury was healing rapidly, the body that was fighting on instinct was falling into a further disadvantage!
Closing the distance between himself and Senju Toka once more, and looking at the current head of the Senju clan before him, Hashirama Senju broke the silence, saying, "What we thought was good has turned out to be bad!"
" Toka, I'm sorry!"
Her Hengdao didn't falter in the slightest despite the opponent's words. During a lull in her next attack, Senju Toka's cold voice rang out. "Find a way to stay down there and not come out again."
"For the Senju, this would be a great achievement!"
Upon hearing this, Hashirama Senju couldn't help but give a bitter smile.
They didn't want to come out, but now they had no choice!
From the moment he first emerged until now, even in the Pure Land, he hasn't figured out a way to resist the summoning of this Ninjutsu!
"Where is Mito?" Tobirama Senju asked softly as he approached Toka during an attack.
when--
Deflecting the Kunai behind her, Senju Toka replied while fighting, "They're coming soon!"
Previously, she forcibly controlled the Nine-Tails to release two Tailed Beast Bomb in succession, which is a considerable burden for Mito Uzumaki now.
As previously discussed, there should be approximately three to five minutes between Mito Uzumaki and the Vanguard team.
In other words, after releasing the Tailed Beast Bomb twice, Mito Uzumaki will rest for a while before entering the fray!
"Let her fight us. Tell her we're going to use Sealing Jutsu; sealing is the most likely way to counter this technique!"
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Toka was revealed, the body's instinct led to close-quarters combat.
Taking this opportunity, Tobirama Senju quietly told the other party what he had discovered after being summoned several times!
Having heard the information revealed by Tobirama Senju and understanding his abilities, Senju Toka nodded in agreement without the slightest doubt.
Although the Senju suffered losses because of this person, she also understood that Tobirama did not truly intend to harm the Senju Clan.
Her previous rudeness was simply because she was very unhappy with the consequences she had caused this person!
The atmosphere wasn't as awkward as before.
Hashirama Senju, who was defending and attacking, smiled and asked one of his former guards what he had long wanted to know!
" Mito... how has she been all these years?"
"How are Tsunade and Risa doing now?"
Having understood the message Tobirama wanted to convey, Senju Toka stopped deliberately revealing any weaknesses and instead used Wood Release Ninjutsu to force him away once again!
Upon hearing the question from the person trapped in the net of knives, she initially wanted to reply that after all, they were in-laws.
But sensing something, she paused for a moment, then kicked Hashirama Senju away with her foot!
"You... you should ask her yourself!"
I was wondering why Toka chose to remove me from the battlefield, since the best way to suppress myself is through close combat, after all, this body can't unleash my full power!
However, after hearing those words from the air, Hashirama Senju understood what the other side meant.
When the body is flying uncontrollably in the air, instincts try to find ways to adjust.
He desperately wanted to turn around and look at it immediately.
But... his body was under control, so he could only wait for an opportunity to move!
After kicking Hashirama towards Mito Uzumaki and giving her the coded message, Senju Toka used the Body Flicker Technique to leave the battlefield.
Her target had always been Hiruzen Sarutobi, but she had been entangled with him and unable to break free.
Now that Mito has arrived, she is going to proceed with her plan to take the head of the Third Hokage!
when--
The long sword that suddenly appeared struck heavily against Hiruzen Sarutobi's weapon, Elite Jonin the attack of the Inuzuka Clan clan chief and an Senju.
This was the person who had previously appeared quite relaxed when facing an attack from two people.
After recognizing the enemy, his previously relaxed expression, which had been focused on how to eliminate the Inuzuka Clan clan chief and the Jonin Senju, immediately darkened!
A Kage Level whose strength wasn't significantly different from his own even before he acquired Wood Release.
With the Wood Release technique, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't even want to think about how to deal with the three of them attacking him!
In close combat, his fate was...
Earth Release: Earth-Style Substitution
Realizing he couldn't engage in close combat with the Senju, he used an escape Ninjutsu to break free from the three's encirclement.
Once he appeared a hundred meters away from the three, he immediately unleashed his most proficient fighting style, capable of handling multiple opponents!
Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet
Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bullet