Chapter 838

He sat down in an empty spot and waited for the two to wake up.

Meanwhile, inside the illusionary space of Fake Tsukuyomi, Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna had already begun fighting fiercely.

Since they could now fight, there was no need to hide anything—Sharingan's ultimate techniques, Fire Release, Flying Thunder God, and various forbidden jutsu.

In short, after being revived and meeting again, these two had finally found a reason to fight once more—with the intent to kill each other.

This time, the outcome was that Senju Tobirama had half his body burned away by Kotoamatsukami, while Uchiha Izuna was struck by one forbidden jutsu after another, left severely wounded and on the brink of death.

Lying on the ground, they stared at each other's ruined forms—and suddenly burst out laughing.

Their laughter grew louder, twisting their already battered and grotesque expressions even further.

When they finally stopped laughing, they each let out a cold snort toward the other, then lay there with darkened faces, waiting to die.

"Say, are you sure you're not brothers?"

Lin Cheng had been watching all along; the fight had seemed normal enough, but now their appearance was truly strikingly similar.

"Impossible!"

"Impossible!"

Both shouted in unison, then fell silent together.

Lin Cheng couldn't help but laugh again and again—he really wanted to preserve this footage to show Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara later.

Maybe I should just keep it—it'd be hilarious.

"Enough laughing, you bastard—what now? Should we revive them again, or just use Edo Tensei?"

Uchiha Izuna now knew what Edo Tensei was, so since both he and Senju Tobirama were about to die, they certainly couldn't be sent back to the Pure Land.

So how could they live?

"How else? Go back and live properly!"

Each kicked out a foot—on the sofa, Lin Cheng instantly opened his eyes.

"You bastard!"

After waking, Senju Tobirama looked across at Uchiha Izuna and immediately realized the fight had only been in the illusionary space—but he had truly felt it was real.

And even Uchiha Izuna hadn't noticed any anomaly—how powerful was this guy's illusion technique?

"Stop thinking about getting up. Even though it was an illusion, your injuries won't heal in less than ten days or half a month—just lie there like good patients!"

Lin Cheng glanced at the two with disdain, then handed them over to Kakashi to care for; from now on, their meals would be restricted to special nutritional paste—tasteless and with no choice.

Fortunately, after resuming their journey, Gaara kindly made them a sand bed, placing them atop it so they floated.

Now, they stopped arguing and fighting entirely.

If they kept bickering, another trip into the illusionary space might leave them lying here all the way back to Konoha—what would they do about their dignity then?

And even if they didn't return to Konoha, being seen like this in the Land of Earth was absolutely unacceptable!

This was about personal, clan, village, and national honor!

"The Second Hokage has come from afar—thank you for your efforts."

At the nation's border, the Tsuchikage himself was waiting there.

He brought few people; the elderly Tsuchikage, Oonoki, carried only a handful of guards. Seeing Senju Tobirama, his mood was certainly sour—but he dared not show it.

These people had gone straight to Sunagakure and killed first; the news had spread across the Shinobi World. To prevent his own village from being harmed, the Tsuchikage truly didn't want to come—but he had no choice.

· ·······Seeking flowers····· ·····

"Oonoki? That kid from back then?"

Senju Tobirama stared at the old man—his first thought was that this guy had grown this old too.

Back then, behind the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, there really had been a small, red-nosed brat—time truly doesn't spare anyone!

"That was indeed me. Lord Tobirama, are you here to tour the Land of Earth, or shall we head straight to our village?"

Oonoki was unsettled by being called a kid, but for this man, such a term was justified.

At this moment, he had only one thought: get this man's business settled quickly, then send him off safely.

"Lin Cheng, what do you think?"

Senju Tobirama didn't answer directly—he turned to look at the boy studying the opposite side.

"Go straight to Iwagakure."

Lin Cheng stared at the Tsuchikage for a long while, then decided to wait until they reached Iwagakure before deciding anything.