Chapter 524

【Tsunade: I'm afraid the entire shinobi world has now completely seen through the Sage of Six Paths' true face… everyone knows what he looks like… This guy kept claiming it was all for the better of the shinobi world… but after Grandfather clearly made the shinobi world better, the Sage of Six Paths actually came out to stop Grandfather!!】

【Fourth Raikage: I really don't know what the Sage of Six Paths was even thinking… The First Hokage clearly made this world better… and yet he still had so much nonsense to say!!!】

【Ohnoki: Hmph!! He must be worried that his own authority in this world was being shaken by the First Hokage!!! He's afraid that his standing in people's hearts after the disaster is far smaller than the First Hokage's!!!】

【Terumi Mei: Sigh… sometimes you really don't know what to say about someone like the Sage of Six Paths… all of us in the shinobi world always believed his actions were for our own good!!】

【Madara Uchiha: Hmph!! I don't know about other things, but I only know this — even if Hashirama was wrong, the Sage of Six Paths had no right or reason to stop him!!! Why can a weakling stop Hashirama?? Hashirama's strength is clearly far greater than his!!】

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"Strike however you want… whenever you want… I'll let you go ahead anytime…"

"As long as you think you can stop me or do me any harm… it's all up to you…"

Hashirama Senju said with a faint smile to the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo!!!

Upon hearing Hashirama Senju's words,

the last shred of reason left in the Sage of Six Paths vanished as well!!

Because he himself could not accept Hashirama Senju acting like this!!!

It was as if he were an ordinary person,

and Hashirama were the Sage instead!!!!

The Sage of Six Paths had long grown accustomed to others looking at him with eyes full of all kinds of longing and other expressions!!!

He could not accept that look of looking down on him!!!

That look in Hashirama Senju's eyes was the very look he hated most!!!

This made the Sage of Six Paths recall the days, many years ago, when he himself was not yet this powerful!!

When he was still relatively weak,

his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, had looked at him in exactly the same way!!!

So the Sage of Six Paths had already sworn back then,

no matter what,

he would overthrow Kaguya Otsutsuki's rule,

he would become the most powerful person in this world!!!

And seeing the unwillingness in the Sage of Six Paths' eyes,

Hashirama Senju also knew that he should put in a little more effort,

to thoroughly plunge the Sage of Six Paths into despair,

so that perhaps he would finally understand the gap between them!!!

Therefore,

Hashirama Senju slowly extended his right palm toward the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo!!

Seeing Hashirama Senju's right palm,

despair filled the Sage of Six Paths' eyes!!!

Hashirama Senju's strength,

had grown even greater!!!

Just by extending his right palm,

the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, felt the entire world pressing down on him!!!

290. The Might of a Single Finger!! Terrifying Beyond Compare!!

Hashirama Senju's palm looked utterly unremarkable,

with nothing worth noting about it,

but in the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo,

Hashirama Senju's palm was as vast and boundless as an entire world,

making the Sage of Six Paths even feel as if his whole body had been gripped tightly by Hashirama Senju's right hand,

though the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, also knew this was merely his own illusion!!!

Because Hashirama Senju's strength had already far surpassed his,

and even surpassed that of many people in this world,

it was only because the gap in strength between them had grown ever wider,

that the current situation had come about!!!

But sensing the aura emanating from Hashirama Senju that far surpassed his own,

the despair in the Sage of Six Paths' eyes grew ever thicker and heavier,

just now he had not witnessed the actual scenes of Otsutsuki Isshiki, Otsutsuki Urashiki, and the others fighting Hashirama Senju,

so he had not personally experienced the changes in Hashirama Senju's strength over this period,

but now that he was here facing Hashirama Senju in person,

the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, only then discovered in utter despair,

that compared to the last time he had fought Hashirama Senju,

Hashirama Senju's strength had once again made a qualitative leap,

and this was the one point the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, simply could not comprehend,

he did not know why Hashirama Senju's strength seemed to have no bottleneck,

able to keep improving endlessly!!!

"Sage of Six Paths… Otsutsuki Hagoromo… I'll give you one chance now."

"I'll only use one finger against you. If you can take this one finger of mine, then I lose. From then on, you can do whatever you want in the shinobi world, and I won't stop you…"

Hashirama Senju held out his right index finger toward the Sage of Six Paths,

and said with a light smile.

When the Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, saw Hashirama Senju like this,

he said nothing more.

Only the expression on his face grew angrier and angrier,

for he also knew

that Hashirama Senju had said all this just to watch him make a fool of himself,

to humiliate him even more thoroughly!!!

But at this point, the Sage of Six Paths had no way to stop Hashirama Senju's humiliation,

because he also knew that Hashirama Senju's strength was greater than his own,

and right now his very life was in Hashirama Senju's hands.

He no longer had any trump card left with which to resist Hashirama Senju,

so even though Hashirama Senju had proposed a method that was essentially a humiliation of him,

the Sage of Six Paths could only brace himself and accept Hashirama Senju's terms,

for this was the one slim chance he had to turn things around.

"Hashirama Senju… I hope you'll be responsible for what you've just said."

"If I can take this finger of yours, will you truly let me live? From then on, the grudge between the two of us will be wiped clean? …"

The Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, suppressed the countless thoughts and grievances in his heart,

and at this point,

he had no way left to say anything that might prove his dignity,

because at this moment he no longer had any dignity left,

and he knew that no matter what, he ought to stay alive,

as long as he stayed alive,

then he still had a chance to make a comeback,

a true man knows when to bend and when to stretch,

this was the one thing the Sage of Six Paths kept admonishing himself with in his heart.

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