Chapter 54

The daimyo didn't dare imagine what kind of fate awaited him!!!!

And hiding to one side,

the two clan leaders, who had worn expressions of certain victory,

when they saw this scene,

the expressions on their faces froze solid!!!!

Is this still human???

Is this a ninja's way of fighting???

If these clan ninja had died to the taijutsu or ninjutsu Hashirama Senju unleashed,

the two of them wouldn't have been all that surprised.

But what was with this plain, ordinary punch?!!!

The right feet the two had just stepped forward were quietly pulled back.

……

Better wait until final victory was secured before they made their proper appearance.

This way…

if by any chance they failed, they could run at any moment,

without having to stake their own lives on it!!!

Fortunately, they still had one last trump card.

The two exchanged a glance, and both let out a breath of relief.

"Hashirama Senju!!! Die for me!!!!"

Suddenly,

a giant palm formed of sand came slamming toward Hashirama Senju from ahead!!!

And Hashirama Senju seemed to have anticipated it long ago,

the same expression still on his face.

He simply gave it a light slap with his hand,

and the giant sand-formed palm exploded with a "Boom—!"!!!!

"Dammit… ahhhh!!!!"

A ninja with an oddly twisted body,

clutching half his face, appeared up ahead!!!

At this moment his mouth was hanging wide open,

drool dripping from it drop by drop.

【Naruto Uzumaki: Why do I feel like this guy looks kind of familiar…】

【Rasa: ……】

【Ma Ji: Kazekage, my lord, this seems to be the One-Tail Shukaku??】

【Gaara: ……It looks like this person won't hold out much longer. The Shukaku inside him should be coming out soon. Right now he's just barely keeping himself together with his own willpower…】

【Orochimaru: Hahahaha!!! Sarutobi-sensei, I have to say, these two really are geniuses, real masterminds!!! To think they'd come up with using the One-Tail Shukaku to deal with the First Hokage!!!!】

……

"Dammit!!! This guy's about to lose it!!!"

Seeing the increasingly agonized expression on this person's face.

The expressions on both clan leaders' faces changed at once!!!!

The power of the nine Tailed Beasts,

had been recorded since ancient times!!!

Each Tailed Beast was hailed as a calamity-class creature!!!

So,

naturally they also turned their eyes toward the Tailed Beast!!!!

They had no idea how much manpower and resources they had spent,

before they finally captured this One-Tail Shukaku,

and sealed it inside the body of one of their clansmen!!!

But they never expected,

that this seal would be so unstable!!!!

It looked like,

this clansman was about to lose control!!!

He seemed unable to master the Shukaku inside him!!!

Thinking of the terrible price they had paid that day dealing with Shukaku!!!

The two of them felt a jolt of dread!!

If Shukaku really came out!!!

They had no way to deal with this Tailed Beast!!!

"Let's see how things develop… maybe it's not as bad as we imagine!!"

"Maybe once Shukaku comes out, they'll end up both sides wounded!!!"

"That way, won't we be the ones to reap the fisherman's profit??!!"

After a brief discussion between the two,

The more I think about it, the more I feel this situation might actually happen!!!

【Jiraiya: Pwahahahahaha!! Sorry, I really couldn't hold it in. This plan is simply genius!!!】

【Fourth Raikage: Using One-Tail Shukaku to deal with the First Hokage, and thinking they could both end up wounded… normal people really couldn't come up with that…】

【Ma Ji: Although I also know One-Tail Shukaku's power is very strong… but counting on it to deal with the First Hokage… isn't that a bit too much of a joke…】

【Nine-Tails: Heh… the power of Wood Release, even I have no chance to fight back. That stinky tanuki… is probably going to die a miserable death!! And… this Hashirama Senju is even more powerful. I'm looking forward to the next scene!!!】

【Shukaku: Stinky fox!!! Who are you calling a tanuki!!!! You just watch me!! Even though I'm no match for Wood Release, don't you dare blink during the next fight!!! It'll be absolutely spectacular!!!!】

【Eight-Tails: Have to say… among the nine Tailed Beasts, Shukaku is the one who talks the biggest game…】

【Seven-Tails: Agreed!!】

【Six-Tails: I agree too!!!】

【Shukaku: You… you all!!!!】

……

"Hahahahaha!!! Damn humans!!! You think you can seal this great lord with the likes of you!!!"

"This great lord is back!!!!!"

"The Shukaku lord who trampled the Nine-Tails and suppressed everything is back!!!!!"

"If Heaven had not given birth to me, the great Shukaku, the Tailed Beasts would have endured eternal night!!!!"

An extremely arrogant voice came from within the man's body.

Immediately after,

an incomparably huge tanuki-like creature appeared on the field!!!

Thinking of the grievances suffered these past few days,

Shukaku's heart was filled with pent-up frustration!!!!

He had originally been sleeping soundly in his own territory,

when out of nowhere a group of humans suddenly appeared, shouting and trying to kill him!!!

And then,

he was inexplicably sealed up!!!

Thinking of this,

Shukaku decided he had to make these people pay!!!

He was going to cause a huge commotion!!!

"Dammit!!! Why not go find that stinky fox Kurama!!!"

"Why pick on this great lord!!!"

Shukaku looked around, taking in what kind of environment he was currently in!!!