Chapter 406: Radical People Are Forbidden from Joining the Elder Council

Looking at the students with their mouths open and eyes closed, Senju Tobirama, who had recovered some state, felt his heart sink. These few brats were simply "Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather," not only failing to provide him with any decent help but also getting themselves involved.

Senju Tobirama took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Koharu Utatane, whose face was tense, and ordered.

"Koharu, go check their injuries."

"Yes."

Koharu Utatane nodded busily, appearing beside the blood-spitting Mitokado Homura in a flash, extending her hands glowing with green light, and began to fulfill her duty as a healer.

"Senju Tobirama, your disciples are nothing more than this."

Gin Kaku stroked the wild tiger summon beside him, looking at the bitter-faced Senju Tobirama, his face full of the joy of revenge. Those two brats actually made him look so pathetic; this was already considered light.

"I believe the future belongs to them."

"Heh heh."

Reaching out to pull out a kunai, Senju Tobirama prepared for a desperate fight. Seeing this situation, Gin Kaku sneered, extended sharp tiger claws from both hands, and decided to torture this Bai Mao properly.

"Gin Kaku, hurry up. It will be troublesome if Uchiha Madara is brought over."

Kin Kaku stood beside his younger brother, dragging his buzzing chainsaw, his tone carrying deep wariness.

Hearing Uchiha Madara's name, Senju Tobirama's eyes lit up first, then quickly dimmed. It was well known that he and Uchiha Madara didn't get along; the fact that there was no sign of the other party in this rescue already explained that the rift between the two was difficult to eliminate.

"Hmph! If I had to be saved by that guy, I'd rather just die."

Raising his hand to throw the kunai, Senju Tobirama formed seals rapidly with both hands. Water-style spears condensed from his palms, and then he leaped high, raising his hand to throw the Hard Whirlpool Water Blade toward Gin Kaku.

"This move again, a dying struggle."

Gin Kaku curled his lips disdainfully and immediately waved several indigo-blue claw strikes. When the two collided, a huge explosion erupted, and the falling water droplets were like a rainstorm.

"I said it was useless, you... uh?"

Opening his hands to enjoy the baptism of the rainstorm, Gin Kaku hadn't finished his sentence when the stinging pain on his body made him scream. He looked down at the bright red seeping from his armor, his brows furrowing tightly. When did he get hit?

"It's you! Do you have any manners?"

As the heavy rain fell, the pain on Gin Kaku's body intensified. Suspicious, he listed Senju Tobirama as the primary suspect. Sure enough, he saw the Bai Mao not far away spitting toward the sky.

"Was I discovered?"

Seeing that his secret killing move had failed, Senju Tobirama closed his mouth in disappointment.

"Actually, even Heaven Weeping can't break the defense of the Knight armor."

"Despicable Bai Mao, take my claw!"

Gin Kaku shook off the blood seeping from his arm, took the tiger claws, and killed his way toward Senju Tobirama. His leg speed was as fast as lightning; his seemingly heavy body disappeared from everyone's field of vision in the blink of an eye.

"Boom!"

Although Senju Tobirama's perception was restricted, his combat sense was still there. Relying on the consciousness tempered in life-and-death battles over the years, he drew his kunai and stabbed backhand, barely blocking Gin Kaku's sharp claws.

"Oh? Your reaction nerves are not bad~"

Gin Kaku raised his eyebrows in surprise. Looking at Senju Tobirama, who had blocked his sneak attack, a flash of admiration appeared in his eyes. One had to know that his sneak attack descent had never missed.

"Cut the crap, Water Severing Wave!"

Blocking Gin Kaku's attack with one hand, he formed seals rapidly with the other. Accompanied by his cheeks bulging high, a sharp water blade sprayed out from Senju Tobirama's mouth.

"Tsk."

Dodging the water blade that was straight toward his face, Gin Kaku's disdainful expression grew even stronger. Senju Tobirama, who had been unreachable in their brothers' eyes, was now so weak that he couldn't even raise his interest.

"Thump!"

"Pfft!"

Raising his leg, he delivered a flying kick that hit Senju Tobirama's wide-open abdomen. The giant force entered his body, making him spit out some sour gastric juice, and he flew backward, landing heavily on the ground.

"Phew~ phew~ phew~"

Standing up while clutching his cramping abdomen, Senju Tobirama found that Gin Kaku seemed to have lost interest, and his aggressive momentum had decreased quite a bit compared to before.

"Boring, this kind of revenge has no pleasure at all!"

Gin Kaku didn't pay attention to the half-crippled Senju Tobirama and turned to complain to Kin Kaku, who was watching the show.

"Don't underestimate me!"

This kind of insulting language was even more painful than killing Senju Tobirama. Enduring the severe pain in his abdomen, he gritted his teeth and formed seals. Rich water vapor condensed again, and the terrifying Water Style was ready to go.

As a result, the giant claw that suddenly appeared in front of him forced him to stop forming seals, and he raised his hands in a defensive posture.

"Boom!"

However, the power of a Tailed Beast Knight was not something a mortal body could contend with. Senju Tobirama was hit by a casual strike from Gin Kaku, who had flashed over, causing his arm armor to shatter, and his bloody arms hung down powerlessly.

Sure enough, not everyone was Senju Hashirama, who could fight a Knight with his bare body.

"Master!"

Koharu Utatane, who was treating her classmates, saw this scene, and tears couldn't help but overflow from her eyes. She had grown up to this age, and it was the first time she had seen Senju Tobirama so pathetic.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Feeling his hands, Senju Tobirama, with blood spilling from his mouth, twitched his face slightly.

Temporarily considered crippled.

"Big Brother, you come to finish it, I have no interest."

Gin Kaku left without even turning his head, leaving the final blow to his older brother.

"Senju Tobirama, do you have anything else to say?"

Kin Kaku, with a steady aura, walked to the pathetic Senju Tobirama, looking down at this nightmare of the Hagoromo clan, hatred slowly breeding in his eyes.

"..."

Facing Kin Kaku's questioning, Senju Tobirama didn't speak, his expression neither sad nor happy. From the day he was born into the Ninja World, he had put his life and death out of his mind.

However, although he appeared very tough, his gaze, carrying a hint of worry, drifted involuntarily toward his injured disciples.

"Worried about those brats?"

Keenly noticing Senju Tobirama's little glance, Kin Kaku revealed a meaningful smile and gestured to his younger brother behind him. Gin Kaku immediately understood.

"What do you want to do?"

Seeing Gin Kaku slowly approaching Koharu Utatane, Senju Tobirama, who was holding his face, finally broke his defense and shouted with eyes spitting fire, his angry voice nearly shattering his teeth.

"Heh heh, what do you think?"

Kin Kaku smiled slightly.

"Don't you come over!"

Even though Koharu Utatane had the strength of an elite Jonin, when facing the Tailed Beast Knight exuding a terrifying aura, she was no different from an ordinary weak woman. She pulled out a kunai to protect herself, her body forced to stand trembling.

"Bastard, what are you doing to Koharu!?"

Danzo, whose body was aching, gritted his teeth and reached out, grabbing Gin Kaku's lower leg firmly.

"Actually still conscious, you kid have a lot of backbone~"

Gin Kaku lowered his head, looking at Danzo, who was unyielding, with quite a bit of appreciation. After evaluating him, he waved his hand casually, and blood splashed everywhere.

"Ah!"

Danzo, with his head held high, let out a miserable cry. A ferocious wound appeared on his chin, but he didn't let go, still grabbing Gin Kaku's lower leg fiercely, which resulted in another strike from the other party's impatience.

"Ah~!"

Danzo, adding another scar, screamed even louder. Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was awakened by this scream, looked at the situation on the scene with a dazed look, his scattered eyes instantly clearing.

"Enma, help me!"

Bearing the severe pain all over his body, Sarutobi Hiruzen wiped the blood on his hands and activated his family's summoning technique. Following the rising white smoke, a young monkey brother wearing a tiger-skin skirt appeared on the field.

"Little monkey, what do you want with me..."

The high-spirited Enma, just preparing to show off, saw two humanoid Tailed Beasts with terrifying auras. His high-raised tail instantly drooped, his face stiffened, and he blinked. Under Sarutobi Hiruzen's man-eating gaze, he turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared from the spot.

"Uh... did someone come just now?"

Because Enma went offline too quickly, the Gin-Kin brothers didn't see clearly, so they asked doubtfully.

"No one, it was a beast... phew~"

Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled to stand up, feeling his bones nearly falling apart, and took a deep breath of cold air.

"Danzo, are you okay?"

Stepping forward to help up Danzo, whose face was stained with blood, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked with concern.

"Hiss... I'm fine, just flesh wounds."

Reaching out to cover the wound on his chin where the flesh was turned out, Danzo shook his head while enduring the pain.

"Yo~ this one woke up too?"

"Swish~"

As soon as Gin Kaku's words fell, a meteor hammer covered with spikes flew toward the back of his head, but he dodged it by turning his head.

"Super Push Palm!"

Before Gin Kaku could turn his head to check who threw the hidden weapon, a pair of giant palms descended from the sky, smashing him heavily into the ground.

"Homura! Torifu! You guys..."

Koharu Utatane covered her mouth excitedly, tears overflowing from her eyes.

Only to see Mitokado Homura, carrying a huge unfolded scroll and leaning on the wall with one hand, and Akimichi Torifu, whose body was exuding a rich chakra aura, resurrected.

"It was the girl's scream that awakened us."

Pushing his glasses, which had cracks, Mitokado Homura revealed a smile he thought was handsome.

"Huh?"

Koharu Utatane was stunned for a moment. She clearly hadn't screamed, right? In confusion, she shifted her gaze to Danzo, who was bandaging the wound on his chin, and the expression on her face instantly became strange.

"I can't hold on anymore!"

Before the few could resolve the misunderstanding, Akimichi Torifu, who had used the Expansion Technique, had a flash of unhealthy flush on his chubby face.

"Boom!"

His body, which was more than ten meters high, was lifted away fiercely. In the dust, the figure of the silver knight appeared.

"You little brats, isn't it good to just lie down obediently?"

Gin Kaku patted the dust off his body, his face carrying a bit of helplessness. Their revenge was targeted and they didn't want to involve the innocent, so they hadn't dealt a fatal blow to the F6.

Otherwise, just relying on these few small fries, how could they have lasted a round under the Gin-Kin brothers?

"Our mission is to bring Master back safely."

The five-person team gathered again. Although their state was not as good as before, the aura they exuded was much stronger. This was the transformation that occurred when hovering between life and death.

"Attack! We still have a chance!"

The few exchanged glances, their expressions showing no fear. They still had trump cards left. Sarutobi Hiruzen, acting as the temporary captain, waved his hand, and the battle started again.

"Expansion Technique!"

Akimichi Torifu, running at the forefront, clapped his hands and turned into a giant like a small mountain. His huge soles stepped heavily toward the tiny Gin Kaku.

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen spat out a ferocious fire dragon. The dragon head opened wide, biting toward Gin Kaku from the front, left, and right directions.

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough."

Enduring the severe pain in his chin, Danzo opened his mouth wide, and a hurricane sprayed out, not only fueling Sarutobi Hiruzen's fire but also sealing Gin Kaku's last escape route.

"This is?"

Facing attacks from all directions, Gin Kaku was just about to dodge when an abnormal sound rang out under his feet. Looking down in doubt, he saw several iron balls covered in explosive tags rolling beside his feet.

"Ninja Tool: Explosive Fragment Ball."

Mitokado Homura, who threw out countless hidden weapons stored in the scroll with one hand, pushed his glasses, which symbolized wisdom.

"Hi~ Konoha is really a pretty good talent incubation base."

All escape routes were sealed. Gin Kaku's face showed no fear, but rather appreciation, sighing at how such talent hadn't been born in his own village.

"It seems I have to get serious."

Reaching out to pull a card exuding golden light from the card box at his waist, Gin Kaku's expression turned serious.

"SURVIVE."

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the electronic tone, a cold, bone-chilling flame rose, freezing all the ultimate moves released by the few.

"Ah!"

Akimichi Torifu, whose whole foot was frozen, screamed. Everyone's heart sank at the same time.

"Tap, tap..."

Gin Kaku, transformed into survival form, walked out of the range of Akimichi Torifu's big foot with heavy steps. The attacks around him vanished, as if nothing had ever happened.

"My foot!"

Akimichi Torifu, returning to normal size, clutched his frostbitten big foot, his face full of bitterness.

"Being able to force out this form of mine, you are enough to be proud."

Gin Kaku's voice was like a heavy hammer, hitting the F6's hearts. Their faces were as gloomy as dripping water. Looking at the gold-rimmed armor on the other party, deep despair welled up in their hearts.

"Kagami, don't you come out!"

Facing an invincible enemy, a thought flashed through everyone's minds at the same time. At such a critical moment of life and death, they were still worried about others. What kind of enviable bond was this~

"Senju Tobirama, this is all your fault. If it weren't for you, these brats wouldn't have died."

On the other side, Kin Kaku, who was staring at Senju Tobirama, saw his younger brother upgrade to the final form and began to launch a verbal offensive.

"Tsk."

Relying on the abnormal physique of the Senju clan, Senju Tobirama's hands slightly regained feeling, but he still pretended to be weak, his face showing a painful expression to paralyze Kin Kaku.

"This is a chance!"

Just as everyone on the field was fighting to the death, Uchiha Kagami, lurking in the pile of chaotic rocks, had excitement in his scarlet eyes, looking eager to try.

In Uchiha Kagami's field of vision, after Gin Kaku transformed into the final form, his vigilance was clearly relaxed, and his back was wide open. If he could succeed in a sneak attack, he would turn the whole battle around.

"Just a little more relaxation, just a little!"

Uchiha Kagami gripped the short blade in his hand, his scarlet eyes not blinking for a moment.

"Little brats, whatever means you have, just use them all."

Having extraordinary confidence in his final form, Gin Kaku looked at the few people in front of him who looked like they were mourning, arrogantly crossing his arms, cosplaying the Odin god who was best at slapping.

"I can still fight for one more chance for everyone."

Akimichi Torifu, limping, suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads in unison. Akimichi Torifu silently took out a three-color medicine box from his bosom, his face carrying determination.

"That is... the Three-Color Pill? Torifu, don't be impulsive!"

Everyone was a descendant of the Ninja Alliance, so how could they not recognize the secret medicine of the Akimichi clan?

"In this situation, it's death either way, might as well give it a try."

Unexpectedly, the most silent Akimichi Torifu was the most radical of all. No wonder there was no place for him in the Elder Council in the original work.

"Torifu, you are too radical!"

"Hiruzen, I am the one who starts the fight."

Facing his friend's persuasion, Akimichi Torifu didn't have any hesitation, resolutely swallowing the three pills together. Following the secret medicine entering his abdomen, rich chakra, as if substantial, rose from his plump body, poking straight into the clouds.

"Oh? A bit interesting."

Gin Kaku looked at Akimichi Torifu exuding chakra no less than a Tailed Beast, and touched his chin in surprise.

"Torifu that kid, still so reckless."

Senju Tobirama, who was being watched by Kin Kaku, and Uchiha Gin, who was sitting on the wall, shook their heads at the same time, their expressions full of "hate that iron doesn't become steel."

"Ya ya ya ya!"

The overloaded chakra puffed up Akimichi Torifu's body, but he gritted his teeth, trying hard to compress the quality of the chakra.

"Ordinary people can't control so much chakra; this little fatty is probably going to be cold~"

Curling his lips, Gin Kaku's gaze fell on Akimichi Torifu, whose body size was fluctuating, his regret clear at a glance.

"Torifu!"

The F6 clenched their fists tightly, their eyes full of worry.

"Ah ah ah!"

When the chakra in his body reached the critical point, Akimichi Torifu yelled, and his whole body erupted with a wave of air, stirring up dust that filled the sky. Everyone raised their hands to cover their faces.

"That is... a butterfly?"

After the dust settled, everyone raised their heads, looking at the blue butterfly wings that covered the sky, speechless for a moment.

"Butterfly Transformation Technique, huh..."

Looking at the magnificent butterfly wings, Senju Tobirama finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his hanging heart fell back into his stomach.

"The current me is super strong!"

Controlling the butterfly wings behind him to flap, Akimichi Torifu, who slowly flew up, turned from a chubby little fatty into a little fresh meat with pink blush, making Koharu Utatane's eyes light up.

"Big guys, I'm going first!"

Akimichi Torifu, who entered the Butterfly Transformation mode, nodded at his teammates, then spread his wings and rushed toward Gin Kaku, who was standing in place.

"Little fatty, your technique is not bad. Hand him over to me, maybe I can spare your life."

Gin Kaku looked at the gorgeously transformed Akimichi Torifu, his eyes full of envy.

He wanted this technique, not for anything else, just purely wanting to look handsome.

"Dream on!"

With both fists carrying rich blue light, Akimichi Torifu sneered at Gin Kaku's words.

"Hmph~ don't be ungrateful. Even if you turn into this appearance, you still can't enter my eyes."

Gin Kaku's dream of becoming handsome was shattered. He gritted his teeth in anger, raised his golden fist, and was about to give Akimichi Torifu a taste of some good fruit.

"This punch of mine is heavier than life."

Akimichi Torifu threw both fists together, hitting the highest punch of his life. His little partners behind him saw this scene and knew they absolutely couldn't continue to OB.

They quickly performed their own housekeeping skills, just to help Akimichi Torifu.

"Lightning Style: Roaring Thunder!"

"Wind Style: Vacuum Continuous Waves!"

"Ninja Tool: Great Iron Ball!"

For a time, galloping lightning, swift wind bullets, and giant iron balls with a diameter of more than ten meters all smashed toward Gin Kaku, mixed with countless purple poison needles.

"Let you witness the gap between us that is like a natural chasm."

Facing these attacks, Gin Kaku didn't dodge. He backhanded a card with a tiger image into the driver, and a tiger roar faintly sounded on his raised fist.

"FinalVent!"

"TigerRiderPunch!"

A roaring tiger appeared behind Gin Kaku. With the swing of his fist, the silver tiger left his body, turned into a solid form, and collided with the various attacks rushing toward him.

"Roar!"

The huge lightning was bitten to pieces by the tiger in one bite. With a swallow, all the wind bullets were sucked into its belly. With a lift of the tiger claw, the iron ball flew backward, disappearing into the distant sky in the blink of an eye.

The poisonous senbon were evaporated into wisps of green smoke by the ghostly blue flames on the tiger's fur.

The few who had finally released their trump card skills were left with only despair.

Just at this moment, Akimichi Torifu, who was the only one not swallowed by the tiger, spread his butterfly wings and rushed forward instead of avoiding. Chakra wrapped in butterfly wing patterns wrapped around his fists.

"Butterfly Bullet Bombardment!"

Akimichi Torifu knew he only had one chance to strike, so he went all out. His huge fist smashed heavily on the "King" character on the tiger's forehead.

"Boom!!!"

"Roar!"

The tiger condensed from chakra actually let out a human-like scream. This strike caught even Gin Kaku, who released it, off guard.

The chakra with butterfly wing patterns broke through the tiger's head and, without losing momentum, hammered toward Gin Kaku's head.

"Slap!"

A withered fist hit the target heavily, but didn't stir up half a ripple.

"Sorry... everyone."

The fist slid off Gin Kaku's gorgeous face mask powerlessly. Akimichi Torifu, who had turned into skin and bones, burned out his last bit of strength and, carrying endless regret, stopped here.

"You few brats..."

Gin Kaku didn't finish off Akimichi Torifu under his feet at the first moment. His voice was full of complexity.

"Crackle~"

Following a crisp cracking sound, everyone's eyes on the scene focused on one point.

"Crackle!"

The silver face mask developed fine cracks and began to collapse with the position hit by Akimichi Torifu's fist as the center. A few seconds later, it revealed Gin Kaku's eyes, which were full of complex emotions.

"I..."

Gin Kaku just wanted to open his mouth to say something when he suddenly felt his eyes go black. Immediately after, he saw a pair of scarlet eyes full of magic.

"Whether it's illusion or reality, you have already lost!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 407 =====