Chapter 127

Jigen tightly shut both eyes,

and a deep look of intoxication appeared in his eyes.

This very power,

the feeling of being able to control everything!!

This feeling of having everything in the palm of his hand,

only this version of him is his complete self!!

"Although this is only the first stage, it should be more than enough to deal with you…"

"I hope you can keep me entertained a little longer!!"

A faint, bloodthirsty smile surfaced on his utterly indifferent face.

Although this form was not his final form,

he believed dealing with Hashirama Senju should pose no problem!!

He wanted to use an even more powerful form,

but reality would not permit it,

for the him right now—

the vessel named "Jigen" was not sufficient to support him in completing that step.

If he used this mode for too long,

or even shifted to an even more powerful mode,

it would only cause the vessel before him to collapse!!

This was not the outcome Jigen wanted.

Finding a vessel capable of bearing him

was far too difficult in this shinobi world.

He had already spent countless years,

and naturally was unwilling to fall here!!

Seeing Hashirama Senju's such powerful body,

Jigen had even entertained the thought

of turning Hashirama Senju into his own vessel!!

But Jigen thought about it for a moment and then gave up on this idea,

because Hashirama Senju's strength was not lacking,

and if he were to forcibly do so,

he might have to pay a considerable price,

while also being unable to guarantee the vessel's intactness!!

To kill Hashirama Senju while keeping his physical body intact—

this difficulty was simply a bit too great!!

Jigen did not believe he could accomplish this step!!

At the same time,

there was an aura on Hashirama Senju that he found repulsive!!

It was the aura of that traitor!!

This made him feel utterly nauseated!!

Unlike last time,

upon seeing Jigen in this state, this time's Hashirama Senju

had already become excited!!!

Therefore,

this time he launched the attack first!!!

"Super Sage Art!! Myojinmon!!"

Boom boom boom!!!

High in the sky,

several immensely enormous red torii gates slowly emerged!!

All the clouds vanished,

and the sun at this moment was completely blocked off as well!!

High in the sky,

it was as if only these red wooden gates existed!!!!

【Jiraiya: No way… this is just like the end of the world…】

【Minato Namikaze: I feel like any single one of those gates could completely suppress a Tailed Beast so it can't resist at all!!!】

【Tobirama Senju: Big brother… I've seen you use this ninjutsu before, and it seems… this comparison is a bit exaggerated…!】

【Hashirama Senju: Suppressing a Tailed Beast, I can also do that… but it shouldn't be this exaggerated… look, even the sun has disappeared… a single gate has covered the entire sky!!】

【Orochimaru: I've seen this ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals… when an ordinary ninja uses it, the gates are probably about the size of a normal door frame; with senjutsu it might be more than ten times larger… but this… a single gate is almost half the size of the Hidden Leaf Village!!】

【Naruto Uzumaki: There's this ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals too? … Why don't I have any memory of it?】

【Sakura Haruno: Naruto!! You've even seen the Scroll of Seals??!】

【Shikamaru Nara: The Scroll of Seals is guarded so strictly… even extremely powerful jonin might not be able to steal it… Naruto, you…】

【Orochimaru: Hehe… as for why a genin could steal the Scroll of Seals, you'd have to ask my good teacher.】

【Ohnoki: The Third Hokage truly has clever tricks, secretly winning over the jinchuriki's heart just like that!】

【Sakura Haruno: Why can't I understand what this means? ……】

【Shikamaru Nara: The Third Hokage knew the relationship between Mizuki and Orochimaru, so this way he could both eliminate Mizuki and, after Naruto made a mistake, forgive him to establish the image of a kind elder……】

【Kushina Uzumaki: After the screening is over, Third Hokage, my husband and I will personally come visit you for a little chat!】

……

Looking up at the absurdly exaggerated ninjutsu overhead,

Jigen's expression didn't change at all!!

This thing called ninjutsu,

was merely a weak system developed by the descendants of that traitor,

one he could absorb at any time and any place!!

Therefore,

against the natives of this planet,

he was born standing in an invincible position!!

"It seems…… you're very confident in your own strength……"

"Then go ahead and use your full power, I'll show you the gap between us!!"

Standing in place,

Jigen said lightly.

【Jiraiya: What's going on?!! Is he actually preparing to take this ninjutsu head-on?!!】

【Fourth Raikage: Looking at how calm his face is, as if he's not afraid at all, not worried in the slightest — could it be that he has some even more powerful trump card?!】

【Tsunade: From his appearance, this should be some kind of new form!! He's probably very confident in his trump card!】

【Tobirama Senju: This ninjutsu that blots out the sky and earth, practically world-ending in scale — I don't think it's that he doesn't want to dodge, it's that he simply has no way to dodge it!】

……

In an instant!

The colossal gate in the sky suddenly smashed down toward the ground!!

A white giant wave flashed through the air,

completely splitting the distance between heaven and earth from the middle!!

Raising his head,

spreading his hands wide,

Jigen seemed to be welcoming its arrival!!

"Hm? ……"