It was too cruel!
They were beating each other's brains out.
Shinobi from the Warring States Era are just ruthless. The result was that Danzo was in a sorry state. He used Vacuum: Great Sphere, Wood Style: Violent Spear Tree, Izanagi, and even the Baku, but he was still no match for Tobirama!
"Stop, Teacher! There's no need for us to fight over an insignificant person!" 'He almost had Shisui's Sharingan gouged out.' Danzo kicked off Tobirama's forearm, using the reaction force to create distance.
The old bastard was panting heavily. For a moment, it was as if he had returned to his youth, being lectured by Tobirama Senju while having his ear pulled!
'However, times have changed, Shimura.' "The truly insignificant one is you." Tobirama glanced at Sean. "Get my noodles ready. I'll come back and eat after I take care of this treacherous bastard."
'Is Teacher... planning to "cut down Danzo while the noodles are warming"?' Sean, slurping his ramen, didn't forget to give Tobirama a thumbs-up.
Danzo: "..."
His face darkened. He reached up and unwrapped the bandages covering his right eye.
"How troublesome. Teacher, it seems your mind has been deluded. You have betrayed the Will of Fire!"
*Swish, swish.* The bandages unraveled and fell away, revealing the right eye hidden beneath—
A blood-red eye with a diamond-shuriken-shaped Mangekyo. Compared to the 'goods' tattooed on Danzo's right arm, this Sharingan was clearly extraordinary!
"I remember warning you not to get too close to the Uchiha. Those people are innately evil; what they desire is fundamentally not peace."
"But it's a pity... you clearly didn't listen to my words." He palmed a shuriken. Noticing this unique Sharingan, Tobirama squinted at Danzo, unable to hide his disappointment.
"As expected... Teacher *does* understand me." Danzo was stern. "That's why I wiped out their entire clan."
"And now... it's my turn to save you, Teacher!" 'The old bastard' didn't know how Tobirama had been brainwashed, but none of that mattered now.
Because he wanted a result. As long as he used "Kotoamatsukami" to control that detestable boy and seize control of this mental space, both the boy and his Teacher would be under his will.
'It's just a pity.' "I didn't give you permission to open your eyes." Having slurped the bowl of ramen clean, Sean pulled a napkin from the mist, wiped his mouth, and said this to himself. Suddenly, his eyelids grew heavy. Danzo was shocked to discover that before he could even activate "Kotoamatsukami" on the boy, his right eye, disobeying his commands, was forced shut!
Then his left eye, then all the Sharingan tattooed on his right arm, and finally... even his "asshole eye" wasn't spared. They all snapped shut!
And this was all because of the boy's casual remark!
"So... who understands who, huh?" Sean shouted to Tobirama, "Teacher, stop playing! The noodles are getting soggy!"
"Then let's finish this quickly." The shuriken in his right hand shot out. Tobirama's figure vanished, and the next time he appeared, he was behind Danzo.
*Pfft!* 'The speed of sound is bullshit in the face of teleportation.' The shuriken pierced his heart. Danzo spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed. Before he died, he looked at Tobirama with unwillingness. Tobirama wiped the shuriken and said flatly, "Whatever you have to say, say it in the Pure Land."
"That'll be soon." Sean smiled, glanced at Danzo, and said to Tobirama, "He'll be seeing you this year."
"This old man will not die! I just became Hokage... I haven't led the village to greatness yet!"
"But who told you not to be the protagonist?" The clouds surged and swallowed Danzo. Sean watched him go, then pulled three more bowls of ramen from the mist and placed them in front of Tobirama.
Tobirama's appetite was whetted. He didn't stand on ceremony with Sean, downing all three bowls in one go and letting out a satisfied burp.
'No wonder the old bastard said this wasn't the Teacher he knew. Just Tobirama's way of eating was a complete mismatch for his calm, serious personality.'
'But...' "When you're dead, you let go of everything. My brother and I... we're just looking for a good time now." Tobirama took the napkin Sean offered, wiped his mouth, and then looked him up and down, nodding in satisfaction. "Compared to two years ago, you've improved again."
"I can feel that your body and your spirit have been elevated to an unprecedented degree. I assume..."
"You've been diligent these past two years and haven't slacked off on your training."
'That's right.' "To be honest, Teacher, I have only myself to thank for where I am today!" Sean gave himself a thumbs-up.
Tobirama was stunned for a second, then patted his shoulder and laughed. "Effort is good! My big brother loves people who work hard."
"He wanted me to pass on a message to you—" Tobirama perfectly imitated Hashirama's expression, giving Sean a reproachful look. "This old man is the First Hokage, after all. I'm not worse than that Fourth Hokage kid, am I? Sean, you brat, you have to give me *some* face. Pull me up to take a look when you have time."
"Honestly, this old man is also very curious about other worlds! Hahaha!"
A standard, hands-on-hips, booming laugh. 'It... really does sound like something Hashirama would say.'
Sean shook his head, amused. 'It's not that I don't *want* to pull the First Hokage up... My wallet is just empty. I don't have enough Reader Feedback Points!'
'Your ninjutsu are all ridiculously broken, one more than the next. The prices are naturally sky-high. I can't afford them, okay?'
He griped silently in his heart, then materialized a few more bowls of ramen for Tobirama to take "to-go." He also entrusted him with a message for Hashirama—'Tell him to believe in me, Sean. There will definitely come a day when I need him!'
'After all... "Wood Style" from the "Yin-Yang and Five Elements," which is the [Wood] characteristic, will mainly need his ninjutsu to be filled out.'
"Then this old man will head back. I hope the next time we meet, it will be when you've mastered the 'Flying Thunder God'." Holding the bowls of ramen and walking with a light step, Tobirama nodded to Sean and plunged into the sea of clouds.
Sean waved at him. Watching him disappear completely, Sean let out a sigh of relief and opened the "Vacuum Sphere" experience pack.
*Swoosh!* An understanding of "Wind Style" flooded his mind. The sea of clouds dissipated, and his consciousness returned.
The Sage's prompt, just as Sean expected, echoed in his mind—
[Reminder.]
[Characteristic [Wind] has been supplemented. Current unlock progress advancing.]
[90%... 91%... 96%... 100%]
[Detection: Characteristic [Wind] unlocking complete. Host's Nen ability has reached the limit-breaking standard. Initiate limit break immediately?]
"You heard him. Duo Sang is already dying to see what a mastered nature characteristic will look like."
'In that case...' "As his son, I can't let him down, right?" Sean raised an eyebrow and looked toward the forest not far away. The morning sun was perfect, casting dappled light. Figures flickered—two tufts of white hair, one large and one small, plus a pair of cat-eyes under a head of black hair—all seeming to wait with necks craned.
'However, it wasn't just them.' 'From the castle, from Sean's room... from a study on the top floor of the castle... even from the back mountain, which was strictly forbidden to enter... faint gazes seemed to be turning in his direction.'