Chapter 189

The Grand Elder's brow furrowed,

and he let out several cold laughs in his heart!!

Leave the Land of Fire?

If you were willing to leave,

your Shimura clan would have long since departed from here,

so how could you still be saying these things to me now?!

The clan has painstakingly put down roots here,

paying such a great price,

whether it be the Shimura clan or the Sarutobi clan,

they have long since been bound deeply to the Land of Fire beneath their feet,

if they were to change to another place,

everything would have to start over from scratch.

Who would be willing to do that?

"Enough of that, Grand Elder…"

"Things have come to this point; we have already done our utmost, pushed ourselves to the limit."

"If there is still no way to make peace with the Senju clan, I'm afraid we can only leave the Land of Fire."

Shimura Isshin rose and poured another cup of tea for the Grand Elder.

The two of them, amid this long idle chat,

drank the tea on the table, cup after cup, one for you and one for me.

After a while,

Shimura Isshin set down the teacup in his hand,

and stared at the Grand Elder with a strange smile.

"However… Grand Elder, have you ever considered a question?"

"This time's matter only needs one clan to pay the price, and the situation might just turn out differently…"

"If our sincerity can be seen, perhaps Hashirama Senju will stop pursuing this matter further!!"

"Grand Elder… off you go!!!!"

With Shimura Isshin's furious roar,

the table before him exploded!!

A slender, razor-sharp long blade appeared in his hand,

with a "whoosh"!!!

he brought it down viciously on the Grand Elder before him!!

Seeing the long blade falling from above his head,

there was not the slightest trace of surprise on the Grand Elder's face,

not even a shred of fear to be seen!!

He tilted his body slightly,

with a "rrrrip",

Shimura Isshin's blade sliced through empty air,

the long blade landed on the ground without a hitch.

Seeing the Grand Elder dodge his strike so easily,

Shimura Isshin's brow furrowed,

and he asked in disbelief.

"¨」 How could that be??"

"You're actually completely fine?"

The Grand Elder smiled contemptuously.

"You think I didn't know you poisoned the tea?"

"After dealing with your Shimura clan for so many years, how could I not be clear on your despicableness?"

"What kind of underhanded trick is there that you wouldn't stoop to??"

Right from the very beginning,

the Grand Elder had already taken an antidote herb!!

"Clan Head!! Bad news!!"

"All the Sarutobi clan members have come!!"

"They've been lying in ambush outside this whole time!!"

A terrified voice rang out from beyond the door,

cutting off Shimura Isshin's train of thought!!

The Grand Elder said with a savage expression.

"Our thoughts are the same—you hope to use our Sarutobi clan to buy Hashirama Senju's forgiveness!"

"And isn't our Sarutobi clan thinking the exact same thing?!"

"So, for the future of our Sarutobi clan! Please, every single one of you Shimura clan, go die!!"

At the same time,

the sounds of fierce fighting began to ring out beyond the door!!

Shimura Isshin didn't think too much about it,

he also knew,

that this moment was the final and most crucial time,

they had already completely fallen out with the Sarutobi clan,

now it was either you die or I live!!

"I want to see exactly what gives you, old man, the nerve to say such words!!"

"Wind Release!! Vacuum Blade!!"

Powerful chakra manifested from Shimura Isshin's hand, coating his sharp blade!!

He slashed viciously toward the left side of the Elder's body,

this attack was several times stronger than the previous one!!

The Elder narrowed his eyes,

he hadn't expected,

that Shimura Isshin had been so low-key within the Shimura clan,

usually not showing off his strength at all,

his true strength was hardly any less than the previous head of the Shimura clan!!

Feeling the stinging pain transmitted from his skin,

the Elder's body leapt up, dodging this attack!

"Fire Release·Noble Dragon Fire Technique!!"

His hands rapidly formed hand seals,

an incomparably scorching fire dragon spewed forth from the Elder's mouth!!

What terrifying speed!!

Shimura Isshin's pupils trembled slightly,

he hadn't expected,

the Elder's hand seal speed to be so fast,

this was basically infinitely close to the speed of seal-less ninjutsu!

He only saw an afterimage,

and the Elder had already unleashed their Sarutobi clan's signature ninjutsu!!