Chapter 140: The Konoha F3 Step Up to Confront

As the battle dragged on, the ninjas of the Sarutobi Clan one after another realized that Senju Tobirama was holding back.

Some had their sense of justice stirred and immediately withdrew from the battle in shame.

Others feared Sarutobi Masao, and feared Sarutobi Hiruzen even more, so they dared not withdraw from the battle, yet they quietly slacked off, going through the motions without putting in any real effort.

But there were also some shameless wretches who became increasingly brazen, using Fire Release Ninjutsu even more vigorously as they struck toward the Second Hokage.

The collision between Fire Release Ninjutsu and Water Style Ninjutsu erupted with intense roars and a sky-filling mist that rose continuously; the visibility of the entire battlefield grew lower and lower, while the temperature grew higher and higher.

As a dead man brought back by Impure World Reincarnation, Senju Tobirama had no reaction to the high temperature, his expression calm as he waited for an opportunity, waiting for the optimal opening for a counterattack.

At the same time, this was also giving the Sarutobi ninjas who still had a conscience a chance to survive.

Just at this moment, several Shimura ninjas took advantage of the cover of the water mist to quietly circle behind the Second Hokage.

Their forms were concealed, their presence faint, and the Kunai in their hands shimmered with a green, poisonous light.

But they were purely indulging in wishful thinking.

Senju Tobirama was a ninja who grew up in the Warring States Era; ninjas of that time were most skilled at assassination, and every renowned ninja had encountered the test of omnipresent assassination attempts.

To put it bluntly, even when Senju Tobirama went to the latrine, he would hold an Explosive Tag in his left hand and a Spear in his right to poke around the pit before he dared to safely undo his belt.

It was precisely because Senju Tobirama was a master of assassination and counter-assassination that he thought to create the Anbu.

For mere Shimura Clan ninjas to want to show off their assassination techniques in front of the Second Hokage, it was truly indescribably foolish.

Just as those few fellows were sneaking closer, the light of the Flying Thunder God Technique flared beneath Senju Tobirama's feet, and he instantly appeared behind them.

Before the Shimura ninjas had discovered any clues, they felt a chill in their chests, followed immediately by piercing pain, and then they were completely dead.

Senju Tobirama had finished off several Shimura ninjas, which could be considered as having completely broken his restraint against killing.

His right hand then condensed a dense amount of Water Style chakra, compressing it, compressing it, and compressing it again, forcibly squeezing out a thin and sharp line of water.

Water Style: Water Severing Wave!!

The white line of water was as fast as lightning, sharper than any ninja blade or ninjutsu, and it instantly sliced through the bodies of several Sarutobi ninjas who were rushing over.

These ninjas screamed as they were split into two or three segments, falling to the ground in a jumble, blood gushing continuously from the severed trunks and staining the mud beneath their feet red.

But being cut at the waist would not lead to immediate death; they were destined to endure a terrifying period of pre-death agony.

The light of the Flying Thunder God Technique beneath Senju Tobirama's feet lit up again, his figure vanishing from the spot as he teleported toward the other rebellious ninjas.

Every time his figure appeared, it was accompanied by streaks of blood appearing and the falling of one life after another.

Seeing this, the Shimura ninjas screamed in sheer terror:

"Oh no! It's the Flying Thunder God Technique!"

"Lord Second Hokage is serious!"

Sarutobi Masao shouted sternly: "Everyone be careful, do not scatter, group up for defense!"

But his warning was meaningless; it wasn't that the warning was a step too slow, but that even if ordinary ninjas gathered together, it did not affect Senju Tobirama's slaughter.

The Second Hokage even sighed: "I have already used Water Style: Water Severing Wave, and you still dare to gather into a group?"

The next moment, the Flying Thunder God Technique allowed Senju Tobirama to appear near a large group of Sarutobi ninjas, and a bright, snowy line of water swept across, cutting through dozens of Sarutobi ninjas with extreme speed.

Dozens of people were cut at the waist, their screams truly earth-shattering.

Senju Tobirama turned a deaf ear to this, not giving the enemy a chance to breathe at all.

His figure flashed rapidly among the rebellious ninjas, taking the lives of several ninjas each time.

Especially once the bright, snowy Water Severing Wave appeared, it would slice through the bodies of multiple ninjas, and the screams of the dying rose one after another.

The Shimura ninjas were the first to be killed off, falling on the battlefield like harvested wheat, bobbing up and down as they soaked in the seawater dyed red by blood.

The last surviving Shimura ninja shouted in despair: "Damn it! I'll kill you!"

He quickly formed hand seals and whispered: "Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves!"

Several sharp Wind Blades gushed from his mouth, carrying a sharp sound of tearing air as they shot toward Senju Tobirama.

Seeing Shimura Danzo's signature ninjutsu, Senju Tobirama's eyes dimmed slightly, then his figure flashed, using the Body Flicker Technique to evade the Wind Blade attack.

The next second, he used a stolen ninja blade to sever that Shimura ninja's neck, letting his head—fly up!

Senju Tobirama then dropped the ninja blade and formed hand seals.

With only three seals, he whispered: "Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

A massive water dragon surged from his hands, its head held high, carrying a majestic momentum as it crashed toward the surrounding ninjas.

The gale surged and water splashed everywhere; the surrounding ninjas who were attempting to surround him were shaken back repeatedly.

Seeing the last Shimura ninja dismembered, Sarutobi Hiruzen's inner pain reached its peak, and the impulse to accept reality clouded his reason.

He knew he was no match for his teacher, so he turned his head to his two old classmates and said: "Koharu! Homura!"

"Let's join forces to stop Teacher's slaughter together; we cannot let any more people die!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's tone was full of earnestness; Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura listened in a daze, habitually moving forward to stand by Sarutobi Hiruzen's side.

Senju Tobirama stopped and stood in a direct confrontation with his three students.

He questioned them with a mix of amusement and anger: "Sarutobi Hiruzen!"

"You say you want to stop the battle, so why are you standing on my opposite side?"

"You clearly saw it; it was your clansmen who started the conflict, it was the Shimura ninjas who struck the killing blows first, and I have already been holding back and indulging them..."

"Yet you habitually stand on my opposite side, shielding those who provoked the battle and escalated its intensity."

"What on earth are you thinking?"

"And the two of you! Utatane Koharu! Mitokado Homura!"

Senju Tobirama's gaze was sharp, causing both of them to lower their heads, not daring to look their teacher in the eye at all.

The two of them were used to having no ideas of their own, used to listening to Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, used to stopping battles, and even more used to shielding their own clansmen.

Even though they wanted to repent to Senju Tobirama, they just habitually stood on their teacher's opposite side.

Utatane Koharu asked with a guilty conscience: "Homura, did we—did I do something wrong?"

Mitokado Homura muttered, "I don't know, let us, let us listen to Hiruzen..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen argued painfully, "Teacher Tobirama, I already know I was wrong; I should not have placed the interests of the clan above Konoha, but I feel this civil war should stop immediately, so that no more Konoha Ninja shed blood."

"Sophistry!"

Another voice came from behind Senju Tobirama: "Monkey, you are right to want to stop the civil war, but why do you not look behind you and stop your own clansmen?"

Everyone's gaze was drawn by this unfamiliar voice, and they turned one after another to look behind Senju Tobirama.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and some old ninja exclaimed in surprise, "Lord First Hokage!"