Chapter 56

Seeing how Shukaku had just been so terrified of Hashirama Senju,

for some unknown reason a nameless fury rose in his heart, and he charged out without thinking!!

And now, in this life-or-death moment,

the clan head of the Shimura clan had already sobered up!!!

But by now it was already too late,

being attacked at such close range by a ninjutsu unleashed by a Tailed Beast,

even if he wanted to dodge, there wasn't enough time!!!!

"Boom—"

Amidst the swirling dust,

the clan head of the Shimura clan behind Shukaku,

along with the tall houses and buildings, all turned to powder,

vanishing without a trace!!!

The remaining clan head of the Sarutobi clan, seeing his companion killed so easily by Shukaku,

felt his heart leap right into his throat!!!!

The clan head of the Shimura clan and he himself were roughly evenly matched in strength.

If even he could be killed by Shukaku so effortlessly,

then if he himself stayed here any longer,

his fate would likely be no better.

Thinking of this,

a hint of retreat had already arisen in his heart!!!

At worst,

he could simply move somewhere else, lead the Sarutobi clan, and rise again!!!

But if he stubbornly lingered here any longer,

he was afraid he wouldn't even be able to keep his own life!!!

Before he could even begin to act,

a huge black shadow appeared above his head.

His vision went black, and he lost consciousness!!!

Seeing that the last little 'bug' had also been perfectly dealt with by himself,

Shukaku nodded in satisfaction!!!

"Meow~!"

"Honored strong one, I have no intention of making an enemy of you."

"Those two were just babbling nonsense earlier; please don't mind it."

Having said that, Shukaku dropped onto all fours,

lowered his head,

and prostrated himself before Hashirama Senju.

At this moment, he truly looked just like a docile little kitten.

Hashirama Senju reached out his right hand and stroked it,

as if he were kneading a fluffy little cat plushie!!!!

48. Reduced to a Tool of the Daimyo!!

【Shukaku: Dammit!!! Dammit!!! This great lord is absolutely furious!!!】

【Nine-Tails: Pfft!!!! Hahahaha!!!! That stinky tanuki look is just too funny!!! I must remember this scene firmly—you were the one mocking this great lord back then!!!】

【Eight-Tails:... This is just too embarrassing...】

【Seven-Tails: Actually, if you think about it a little, it's not that embarrassing. After all, the enemy this fox-cat is facing is no ordinary person. Given his cowardly personality, I think this reaction is quite reasonable...】

【Orochimaru: I'm growing more and more eager to see what changes the First Hokage of that other world can bring to it.】

【Fourth Raikage: Is this what a true genius looks like? I've never really seen the First Hokage train taijutsu or strengthen his physical body, so why can his flesh be this monstrous?...】

【Shimura Danzo: Hmph!!! It must be the power of Wood Release. If I could obtain Wood Release as well, perhaps I could reach this step too!!!】

【Might Guy: Right now I even feel that even if I opened the Eight Gates, I probably still wouldn't be as strong as the First Hokage in his ordinary state...】

Inside the Akatsuki,

when Nagato saw this scene,

he couldn't help but tightly clench his palm!!!

The power of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, on the screen was simply too strong,

even he felt a sense of heart-pounding dread!!!

He, who had always styled himself a god,

for the first time felt a deep doubt about himself!!!

If he were to face a Hashirama Senju like this,

would he have the ability to defeat the other?

Would he have the ability to seize the nine Tailed Beasts from the other's hands?

Even his Rinnegan,

could not tell him the answer,

nor could it give him a sufficient sense of security!!

GLOSSARY:

【Hashirama Senju, Shukaku, Shimura clan, Sarutobi clan, Nine-Tails, Eight-Tails, Seven-Tails, Orochimaru, Fourth Raikage, Shimura Danzo, Might Guy, Akatsuki, Nagato, First Hokage, Wood Release, Eight Gates, Rinnegan, Tailed Beast, Hokage, Raikage, Kage, my lord, ninjutsu, taijutsu】

Fortunately, though, the First Hokage of this world, Hashirama Senju, had long since passed away,

and what was happening on the screen,

was merely something happening in another world!!!!!

……

He reached out again and roughly ruffled the Shukaku before him,

Hashirama first told it to stay quietly to one side and not run about,

otherwise it would likely cause extreme panic among the ordinary citizens of the Land of Fire!!!!!

Upon hearing this,

Shukaku immediately obediently stayed to one side without moving a muscle,

looking just like a quiet little kitten waiting for its owner.

Having witnessed all of this, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire,

at this moment was already scared out of his wits,

he never could have imagined,

that the two reinforcements he had painstakingly invited,

the clan heads of the Shimura clan and the Sarutobi clan,

before they had even exchanged a single blow with Hashirama Senju,

were directly pinned to death by a monster they themselves had summoned!!!!!

Watching Hashirama Senju walk toward him step by step,

the Daimyo gave a shudder,

a stream of foul, fishy yellow liquid slowly flowed from between his legs onto the ground.

"D-don't kill me!!!!!"

"This whole affair was my mistake, I apologize to you!!!!!"

"As long as you don't kill me, any condition, any demand, I can agree to!!!!!"

"From now on, your Senju clan may do whatever they wish, no one will interfere with you!!!!!"

"No one in the entire Land of Fire will ever make things difficult for your Senju clan again!!!"

"I beg you, I beg you, my lord Hashirama!!! I know I was wrong this time!!! Let me go, spare this dog's life!!!"

"Just treat me as a fart and let me go!!!!!"

【Kushina Uzumaki: How disgusting. Have our ninja of the Land of Fire really been risking our lives for someone like this all along?】