The smoothness of this surprise attack greatly exceeded Senju Mori's expectations; both Uchiha Kagami's weakened state and his vigilance while severely injured were incredibly low, to Senju Mori's disbelief.
It could only be said that although Uchiha Kagami was not born in Konoha Village, he truly grew up under the Hokage Rock, and deeply believed in the Will of Fire upheld by Senju Hashirama.
More importantly, he dared to allow Senju Mori to perform medical Ninjutsu on him.
Receiving treatment from a companion sounds like a matter of course, but don't forget, only a mere twenty years had passed since the Uchiha and Senju were slaughtering and hostile towards each other.
Many older Ninja who harbored deep-seated blood feuds were even still alive.
Not to mention, the difficulty of learning the Mystical Palm Technique was rated A-rank not just because it involved simply channeling Chakra into a wound.
Its true principle lies in the caster using Chakra to inject into the meridians and precisely stimulate a portion of the treated person's cells, activating them and causing them to divide rapidly.
However, if the caster harbored even a slight malicious intent, injecting a little more Chakra into the treated person or slightly altering the flow of Chakra, the consequences would be far more severe than merely damaged meridians.
Ninja whose internal circulation was disrupted would instantly fall into a coma, or even die directly.
Uchiha Kagami lost his life in such a dazed state.
Since Senju Mori already possessed medical Ninjutsu, he naturally took charge of extracting Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyo Sharingan himself.
Although many jokingly referred to the Sharingan as 'hot-swappable parts,' given the conditions, Senju Mori still hoped to obtain these Sharingan while preserving the meridians and nerves as intact as possible.
A moment later, a wide-mouthed glass bottle appeared in Senju Mori's hand.
He lifted it, brought it to his eyes, and observed it carefully; two crimson eyeballs with jet-black tomoe floated within, bobbing in the almost transparent nutrient solution.
Two Mangekyo Sharingan were thus obtained.
There was no mysterious Izanagi, nor any desperate counterattack from Mangekyo Ninjutsu.
At the same time, Uzumaki Chizawa re-rolled the massive scroll and firmly tied it to his back.
Uchiha Kagami's eyeless corpse was sealed within it, leaving only the traces of his recent battle with Kumogakure and a few puddles of dark, dried blood.
"Next, it's time to find our Hokage-sama..."
Senju Mori gazed north, his eyes seemingly piercing through the dense forest... Southern Land of Lightning,
If one were to look down from high in the sky, they would notice that in this area, the mountainous and hilly terrain characteristic of the Land of Lightning began to diminish, while lush, verdant forests gradually grew thicker.
This normally quiet and secluded forest, however, had an added atmosphere of Severe (solemn killing intent) today.
A kunai, as if carelessly discarded, was stuck diagonally in a patch of lush grass.
But in the next moment, a white-haired, red-eyed man with red war paint on both cheeks and his jaw suddenly appeared, and pulled out the kunai stuck in the ground.
It was a Space-Time Ninjutsu!
Without a doubt, this white-haired man was Konohagakure's Second Hokage—Senju Tobirama.
Senju Tobirama did not linger for a moment; after retrieving the kunai from the ground, he unhesitatingly sprinted towards the Land of Frost in the southwest.
After half a day of fighting, Senju Tobirama still hadn't fallen, but the several Kumogakure Jonin who had stayed behind to assist Kinkaku and Ginkaku had already vanished.
Short-distance Flying Thunder God Technique did not consume excessive Chakra, but the terrifying threat it posed was enough to drive any opponent to distraction.
In fact, compared to the overly singular offensive methods of the future "Yellow Flash" Minato Namikaze, Senju Tobirama, the "White Flash," was even more formidable.
After all, you never knew what a master of forbidden Ninjutsu might leave on your body once he got close.
If given the choice, most people would probably rather take a full-force Rasengan than be tagged with an explosive tag that could be infinitely summoned and infinitely detonated, or anything else.
Behind them, loud shouts of anger faintly echoed.
"Senju Tobirama! As Hokage, do you only know how to run?!"
"You pathetic coward!"
"Don't even think about it!"
"My subordinates have long since caught up with your disciples; not one of them will escape back to Konoha!"
"This bastard..."
Kinkaku, who was relentlessly pursuing, had a grim expression.
Their brothers' previously invincible six paths sage tools had, in this battle, lost their past effectiveness.
Even though they had successfully forced out his verbal command, they consistently struggled to induce Senju Tobirama to utter the specific word they desired.
Moreover, after an initial brief head-on confrontation, Senju Tobirama had continuously used some kind of Space-Time Ninjutsu to constantly escape.
He was as slippery as an eel!
"Use that move! Ginkaku! We don't have time to waste any longer!"
Seeing Senju Tobirama's figure suddenly vanish once more, Kinkaku couldn't help but roar at his brother.
After a final hateful glance at the two characters on the seven-star sword, Kinkaku, filled with unwillingness and rage, finally abandoned his plan to seal the Second Hokage using the six paths sage tools.
He had to kill Senju Tobirama as quickly as possible and then return to the Village to stabilize the situation!
Compared to Kinkaku's anger and anxiety, Ginkaku, the younger brother, seemed to maintain high spirits, and upon hearing this, he burst into laughter:
"Hahahaha~ Alright! Kinkaku! Let's tear him apart with the Nine-Tailed's claws!"
Amidst Ginkaku's laughter, an extremely powerful crimson Chakra began to emanate simultaneously from both brothers, filled with a terrifying scent of hatred and ill omen.
This Chakra instantly enveloped the Gold and Silver Brothers' entire bodies.
As the two lowered their bodies, assuming a beast-like, quadrupedal stance, several fox tails made of Chakra forcibly emerged from behind them, restlessly swaying.
Due to their past experience of being swallowed by the Nine-Tailed in their early years, both Kinkaku and Ginkaku could be considered half-Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed.
And in the process of consuming the Nine-Tailed's flesh, they not only gained an enormous amount of Chakra far exceeding that of ordinary people, but also acquired the ability of partial Tailed Beast transformation.
Their partially Tailed Beast transformed bodies granted them speed, strength, and sensory abilities far beyond their previous levels.
"Found him!"
Kinkaku, reopening his eyes, was the first to reveal a sinister grin; his limbs, encased in Tailed Beast Chakra, suddenly exerted force, and in the next instant, he vanished from his original spot.
"Hey! Hey! Wait for me, Kinkaku!"
Amidst his complaints, Ginkaku, who had also entered a partially Tailed Beast transformed state, followed with a burst of speed, his thick, powerful hind legs even leaving two distinct craters in the ground.