Chapter 252

These people couldn't even manage to give him a proper warm-up!

122. The Four Kage Join Forces: Fighting the Eight-Tails in Succession!!

As Madara Uchiha's strength grew ever greater,

he was increasingly able to understand how Hashirama Senju felt!!

In this shinobi world, there were far, far too few people who could rouse their interest in battle!!

Madara Uchiha did not believe that fighting these people would help him improve his own strength in any way.

So he had no desire to fight them either.

Seeing Madara Uchiha's refusal,

Hashirama Senju shook his head and said nothing.

He felt that these people's strength was too weak,

and Madara Uchiha thought the same,

so in truth neither of them had any intention of fighting these people!

Relying on just them,

it really was hard to pique his and Madara Uchiha's interest!

【Jiraiya: Tsk tsk tsk… I reckon only the First Hokage, my lord, and that man would dare say something like that… To actually think the First Kage of every village are too weak.】

【Orochimaru: Although the First Kage's strength may well surpass ours… it's still unrealistic to think they could defeat the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha, two people, just like that.】

【Tobirama Senju: Heh! These arrogant fools understand nothing at all! They can't even grasp the power of the Tailed Beasts, and yet they dare to spout such wild words and challenge my elder brother!!】

【Madara Uchiha: It's a pity the other one is unwilling to make a move against them; otherwise I would certainly teach them what a true Sharingan is! They've only ever seen a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and yet they dare look down on our Uchiha clan… Heh.】

【Fourth Raikage: Sigh… It's a pity our forebears chose the wrong enemy. If the enemy hadn't been the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, they might actually have succeeded…】

【Ōnoki: It seems there's still quite a gap between our strength and that of the First Kage. I had thought that after all these years of training, I had already caught up to the First Tsuchikage.】

【Terumi Mei: The First Kage have already reached the absolute pinnacle of their respective elemental arts. To surpass them, we'd have to break free of the cultivation systems they themselves established—otherwise, it would be very hard to achieve.】

【Kakashi Hatake: Simply imitating and following the cultivation systems passed down by each Kage… it really is hard to surpass them…!】

……

"That fellow Hashirama Senju is unwilling to hand over the Tailed Beasts."

"It looks like we'll have to take the field ourselves before he's willing to let the Tailed Beasts go."

Yotsuki was not at all surprised by Hashirama Senju's choice.

Even if it were him, faced with the same situation,

he could not simply hand over the Tailed Beasts after a few words like that!

"Still, the daimyō did make a pact with Hashirama Senju."

"To avoid needless casualties."

"We only need to fight Hashirama Senju."

"As long as we can defeat Hashirama Senju, we can obtain what we want."

"And if Hashirama Senju wins…"

At this point,

Rettō did not continue.

The others also knew what he meant to say next.

If the lot of them joining forces still lost to Hashirama Senju,

then it would prove

they were nothing special either.

And if the strongest men of all four nations lost to Hashirama Senju,

then the nations behind them

could only bow their heads to Hashirama Senju!

On the surface it was only a battle between them and Hashirama Senju,

but in reality it would decide the future course of the four nations and the Land of Fire!

They all knew

that the Land of Fire currently held the advantage,

because Hashirama Senju possessed nine Tailed Beasts!!

Tailed Beasts of this caliber, if used in war,

would absolutely be a terrifying strategic weapon!!

Even with the four nations united,

they might not necessarily gain any advantage!!

Therefore,

when the daimyō of the four nations

proposed that they would only duel Hashirama Senju,

they themselves did not think Hashirama Senju would agree to their request!

But unexpectedly,

Hashirama Senju was actually willing to give up his advantage

and choose to duel them alone!!

"It seems this fellow is very confident…"

"He doesn't think the lot of us will be his match…"

Yeyue's eyes flashed with cold light as he sneered.

The other three also fell silent.

They knew why Hashirama Senju had done this.

Because Hashirama Senju had absolute confidence in his own strength!!

He believed,

that the four ninjas brought by the four nations,

could not possibly harm him,

and they were certainly no match for him!!

That was why he was utterly fearless!!

……

"They want to see me… then let them defeat the Nine-Tails first…"

"If they can't even defeat these Tailed Beasts, there's no point in me meeting them…"

Hashirama Senju said with a smile.

You all demanded I hand over all the Tailed Beasts?

Then come and experience their power for yourselves!

This was Hashirama Senju's thought.

Arriving outside the palace of the Land of Fire,

Yeyue scowled as he scanned the surroundings!!

He never imagined,

that after coming to the Land of Fire,

they wouldn't even get to see Hashirama Senju,

that he made all four of them defeat nine Tailed Beasts first,

just to earn the right to meet him!!

While Riedou and the others merely glanced around in shock,

they marveled at the power of the arrays surrounding the palace of the Land of Fire!!

They roughly estimated,

that even if they unleashed their full strength here,

they still couldn't break through the surrounding arrays!!

I'm afraid they won't be able to break through the surrounding formation!!

【89】 They probably couldn't break through the surrounding array!!