"Izuna, you're still alive!"
Senju Hashirama's face was filled with disbelief. Hadn't Madara said that Izuna had died from severe injuries?
Then who was standing before them now?
Uchiha Izuna ignored the others and looked at the Edo Tensei Tobirama with burning battle intent.
At last, he could take revenge openly!
Edo Tensei bodies wouldn't die—he could finally experience the joy of beating someone he hated.
"Oh? This suddenly appearing Uchiha seems to be an old acquaintance of the Second Hokage-sama? And the hatred between them isn't small..."
Orochimaru quickly grasped the situation from their conversation.
He immediately adjusted his control, making Edo Tensei Tobirama temporarily stop attacking Hiruzen and instead fully turn toward Izuna, taking on a defensive stance while preparing to strike.
"Orochimaru, release your control over him."
Uchiha Izuna tilted his head slightly toward Orochimaru.
"Do that, and I'll spare your life."
As he spoke, his three-tomoe Sharingan transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
With both Orochimaru and Senju Tobirama as research geniuses, his three-tomoe Sharingan had long since been cultivated into a Mangekyō Sharingan.
It was just that he had stayed in the village all this time, with no opportunity to fight.
"Those eyes..."
Seeing this, Orochimaru seemed to recall some unpleasant memories, and his expression turned grim.
Because of using the Living Corpse Reincarnation, his spiritual strength was very weak.
In front of the Sharingan, he had no advantage whatsoever—especially against the Mangekyō, where he had no means to resist!
After a moment of silence, he released his control over Edo Tensei Tobirama and said with a faint smile:
"I have released my control."
The Konoha Crush Plan, for some reason, seemed unable to proceed smoothly anymore.
He could only take things one step at a time now—hopefully, the Sunagakure ninja wouldn't disappoint him.
"Though I don't know what method you used to come back to life, if I killed you once, I can kill you a second time!"
Edo Tensei Tobirama said coldly.
To be honest, Izuna's return from the dead shocked him greatly—even more than his monkey disciple trying to destroy the village...
"With that body of yours?"
Uchiha Izuna curled his lip in disdain.
"You'd be lucky to bring out even half of your strength from when you were alive."
As he spoke, he launched his attack instantly.
While moving at high speed, Izuna had already completed his hand seals, opening his mouth to spit out dozens of blazing fireballs.
At the same time, he swung his ninja blade, launching kunai into the flames.
In an instant, flaming kunai rained down like a fiery storm, covering Edo Tensei Tobirama's entire body from extremely tricky angles!
"Water Style: Water Formation Wall!"
A circular wall of water surged upward around Tobirama, blocking all the flaming kunai and producing a large amount of white steam.
As far as the eye could see, everything was a blank haze!
Not far away, the observing Senju Tobirama: "..."
That inherently evil Uchiha Izuna—his fighting style was no different from a mad dog, relentlessly biting at the version of himself from this timeline.
If Edo Tensei couldn't only bring out part of one's original strength, this version of himself wouldn't be suppressed to such an extent.
The battle in the field continued.
Orochimaru controlled Edo Tensei Hashirama to fight against Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Uchiha Izuna dealt with Edo Tensei Tobirama.
It had to be said—Izuna's appearance greatly reduced the pressure on Hiruzen.
Orochimaru could do nothing about it. He had no idea where Uchiha Izuna had come from.
His plan to destroy Konoha had been completely thrown into chaos...
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Technique!"
Several fire dragons roared from different directions, rushing toward Edo Tensei Tobirama and sealing off all his escape paths.
With no way to dodge, Edo Tensei Tobirama could only take the flames head-on.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The fire dragons crashed and exploded one after another, completely engulfing Edo Tensei Tobirama in a sea of flames.
His body was blown apart and began to reform.
"It's over, Senju Tobirama!"
Amid the steam and flames, Izuna's figure appeared ghost-like beside Tobirama just as he finished reforming, his ninja blade slashing toward his head.
"It's useless. Edo Tensei bodies cannot be killed."
Even if his head were cut off, he would quickly recover.
"Aside from having the caster release the Edo Tensei, the only way is to use a sealing technique to seal us."
Edo Tensei Tobirama said seriously.
As he spoke, his gaze intentionally—or perhaps unintentionally—shifted toward Sarutobi Hiruzen...
Though he didn't know why that inherently evil Uchiha Izuna had appeared here, it seemed he held no malice toward the village.
The most urgent matter was to deal with those brought back by Edo Tensei.
Otherwise, Konoha would truly be destroyed!
Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally heard Tobirama's words. He distanced himself from Edo Tensei Hashirama and took a deep breath.
"As Hokage, protecting the village is my duty!"
He looked at Orochimaru—once his most prized disciple.
"Seeing what you've become now, walking down this path of playing with life, defiling souls, and standing against the village..."
Hiruzen's eyes dimmed, and in an instant, he seemed to age ten years.
"I am more pained than anyone else—and more than anyone… filled with guilt."
The shock on Orochimaru's face paused slightly. A faint, almost imperceptible ripple passed through his snake-like pupils, but it quickly returned to calm.
"Guilt? Heh, Sensei, at a time like this, what's the point of saying such weak nonsense?"
"As a sensei, I have completely failed. I could not guide you into the light; instead, I let you sink into the darkness you dug for yourself. For this responsibility, I cannot escape blame."
Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke earnestly.
Orochimaru fell silent. The mockery on his face gradually faded, leaving behind a complex and unreadable expression.
"Now, let me end all of this!"
Having made his decision, Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared to use the Reaper Death Seal to seal both former Hokage along with Orochimaru.
Just as he was about to perform the technique, the observing Senju Tobirama could no longer sit still.
In a flash, he appeared in front of Hiruzen and pressed down the hand forming seals.
"Monkey, you've done well enough."
"Tobirama-sensei?!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen stared wide-eyed at the suddenly appearing Senju Tobirama in shock.
There were two Tobirama-sensei…
Everyone present was stunned.
"Tobirama, there are two Tobiramas!"
Edo Tensei Hashirama said in disbelief.
"Am I seeing things wrong?!"
Seeing Izuna brought back from the dead was one thing—but now there was a second Tobirama!
Edo Tensei Tobirama looked at Uchiha Izuna, then at the other version of himself, his brows tightly furrowed.
What exactly had happened in the village during the years since his death?!
The most bewildered of all was Orochimaru.
He had only joined forces with Sunagakure to launch the Konoha Crush Plan, yet not only had Konoha not been destroyed, but living Uchiha Izuna and Senju Tobirama had also appeared!
What kind of joke was this!
Konoha had suddenly become something he couldn't understand at all.
"Tobirama, Izuna, haven't you finished yet?"
Under everyone's horrified gaze, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara slowly walked over.
Everyone: "!!!"
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