Chapter 118: Using Paper Bombs at the Drop of a Hat
People in the ninja world are often blind to what's right in front of them. To put it bluntly, they're blind.
Kakuzu had never personally seen Tobirama Senju's flashy ninjutsu. When he truly faced the harsh reality of society, he would know just how cruel the world could be to him.
With a slight raise of the ninja sword in his hand, Tobirama Senju said in a deep voice, "After today, you can say you've fought me, if you can still live to that time..."
"..."
Such presence!
Kakuzu's heart suddenly jolted. The leader of his organization often called himself "Kami" or something, and his entrances would come with background music, but he was just someone who controlled the Hidden Rain Village. Compared to someone who had once ruled Konoha, the difference was immediately apparent...
"Fire Style: Searing Migraine!"
"Water Style: Water Formation Wall!"
Before the raging sea of fire released by Kakuzu could descend, even though Tobirama Senju formed his hand seals later, his Water Style defensive ninjutsu was a step faster. A wall of water appeared out of thin air, blocking the rampaging flames.
Steam billowed up…
Uchiha Itachi said in a daze, "I think I just saw Lord Second Hokage use a Water Style ninjutsu with only two hand seals..."
"Caw?"
Kitahara was puzzled. Is there anything special to say about forming hand seals for a jutsu?
The crow didn't quite understand these things, not understanding what performing a jutsu with two hand seals could signify... In its perception, a ninja who needed to form hand seals to perform a jutsu was definitely not a strong one.
Tobirama Senju: "..."
He lost all thought of praising himself...
"Truly worthy of being the former Second Hokage, to be able to form a B-rank Water Style jutsu with just two hand seals..." Kakuzu, knowing how to read the room, praised his opponent. The next moment, the Earth Grudge Fear threads suddenly moved, his arms abruptly extending, grabbing towards Tobirama Senju!
At the same time, the masked monster on his body emerged, "Water Style: Water Encampment Wall!"
"Too slow! Flying Thunder God Slash!"
A shuriken flew past. Kakuzu watched in astonishment as Tobirama Senju suddenly appeared beside him, his ninja sword slashing across his chest.
After Kakuzu's body fell to the ground, Tobirama Senju turned and frowned at the crow, "Is someone of this level even worthy of me taking action?"
Tsk!
Tobirama Senju's words fell along with his ninja sword. He easily picked out another of Kakuzu's hearts and said with disdain, "...The petty tricks of a low-level ninja."
Kakuzu fell backward dejectedly...
The Earth Grudge Fear on his body gave him extra hearts and lives. As long as one heart was still alive, he could survive... When facing a troublesome enemy, Kakuzu didn't mind trading a heart for a life. After all, a powerful heart was hard to come by.
Facing Tobirama Senju, even if all the masked monsters of Earth Grudge Fear were to attack, it would be difficult for him to win. He might as well sell a life. Anyway, he still had four lives left!
As a result, this time, it seemed to be a "buy one, get four free" deal!
At this moment, Kakuzu finally remembered Tobirama Senju's style during the Warring States period, "...Strike the opponent with a fatal blow the moment they think they have succeeded..."
"Oh? You know this saying? But have you forgotten that the person who said this was the guy I hate the most?" Tobirama Senju squatted down, staring at Kakuzu with a gloomy face, and took out a paper bomb.
Kakuzu stared blankly as Tobirama stuck the paper bomb onto his body, then turned and left without a second thought...
The elderly man actually felt a bit fortunate. Because he had taken the heart of a Hidden Stone rogue ninja today, that Earth-attribute heart hadn't been replaced in his main body yet, so he could luckily still use Earth Style ninjutsu.
"Earth Style: Earth Spear!"
Kakuzu's arms instantly hardened and solidified. He flew towards the distance, clearly knowing his body could withstand the explosion of a paper bomb... but a quantitative change could easily lead to a qualitative one...
Uchiha Itachi watched the departing Kakuzu and asked doubtfully, "Is Lord Second going to chase him with Flying Thunder God later?"
"A filthy method of longevity. It's good that he has escaped now, so we don't have to dispose of his body." Tobirama Senju shook his head. In the distance, the continuous explosions were mixed with Kakuzu's miserable screams...
The impact and smoke from the exploding paper bombs grew more and more intense, soon merging together, forming a small mushroom cloud…
"Water Style: Water Formation Wall!" Lord Second Hokage formed a water wall surrounding them, blocking the arrival of the mushroom cloud's shockwave…
"Is that… the Tandem Paper Bomb?"
"You brat, you know this forbidden jutsu?" Tobirama Senju was somewhat surprised. After all, when he developed the Tandem Paper Bomb, he had realized its level of danger; it hurt both the enemy and oneself.
Strictly speaking, if a living person released the Tandem Paper Bomb, summoning too few paper bombs wouldn't be enough to annihilate the enemy. Summoning too many would consume chakra, to the point where even the Flying Thunder God Technique for escaping couldn't be cast.
The Edo Tensei jutsu he researched was born for this purpose. And after Edo Tensei, chakra was not limited by a living body.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be going... What's with that look!"
Tobirama Senju turned his head and saw a crow staring at him gloomily…
"Caw!"
Kitahara, listening to the incessant explosions, grew more and more irritable. Did you forget why I called you here? Don't you have any sense? Did you need to kill Kakuzu?
One living person, one dead person, one crow.
The three of them squatted comically at the explosion site, picking through the rubble over and over to see if they could find anything... Kakuzu was basically left with no parts after the attack of the Tandem Paper Bomb, not even the possibility of Edo Tensei existed...
The Tandem Paper Bomb jutsu summoned more paper bombs than Konan had saved up... Honestly, Obito's life was always strange. He bravely used his own battle record to say no to pay-to-win players like Tobirama and Konan.
"Uchiha brat…" Tobirama Senju grabbed Itachi's shoulder and said in a low voice, "So, it really lost a lot of money to Tsunade? How could it gamble with Tsunade... and actually lose money..."
His words were full of indescribable meaning…
Don't you have any idea what your own child is like?
If she wants to gamble, even an ant can get on the gambling table!
"Kitahara did win a few rounds…" Uchiha Itachi said softly, looking at the still-unresigned Kitahara.
Tobirama Senju laughed coolly, "Hah, what a waste…"
"..."
Kitahara indifferently flew and landed on Tobirama Senju's shoulder.
Land of Water, Tobirama Senju's residence.
Kisame Hoshigaki would report without fail. He was currently drinking tea out of boredom.
Beside him, Zabuza Momochi stood with his sword drawn, pressing the small child living there onto the table, threatening him with a fierce face, "Although I'm still just an intern in the organization, I'm still your senior, understand?"
"Yes... Mr. Zabuza." The child pouted, looking on the verge of tears.
"When Lord Tobirama teaches you ninjutsu in the future, do you know what to say now?"
The child nodded aggrievedly and said, word for word, "I have no talent for learning Water Style ninjutsu. Mr. Zabuza is the genius at learning Water Style…"
"Pfft!" Kisame Hoshigaki spat out a mouthful of tea, "That's too much of a stretch! Kid, if you want to learn Water Style, you can ask me!"
"Senior, Lord Tobirama is in the organization. It's not appropriate for me to learn Water Style from you, is it?" Zabuza Momochi, without any shame as a Hidden Mist ninja learning from a Hokage, still knew to be tactful and didn't directly say that Kisame Hoshigaki's Water Style was poor.
Tobirama Senju's figure suddenly appeared beside the child. He grabbed Zabuza's shoulder with one hand, threw the young Hidden Mist Chunin out, then patted the child's shoulder, "Haku, pack your things. We're moving."
"Eh?" Haku's face was instantly filled with surprise.
"Eh? It can't be that bad, right? That Zabuza fellow was just joking!" Kisame Hoshigaki quickly tried to smooth things over. Bullying was a common occurrence in the Bloody Mist. Zabuza Momochi just had a bad personality…
Tobirama Senju patted the child's head, telling him to go pack his things, and shook his head himself, "That waste... that crow wants me to go to the Land of Waves to make some money…"
Kisame Hoshigaki thought for a moment and nodded, "Hmm, that's right. To strengthen the organization, financial support is indeed indispensable!"
"Hmph, I'm not doing it to make money for it. Anyway, this money will end up in Tsunade's hands!" Tobirama Senju sneered, feeling great disdain for the crow's despicable methods.
Heh, if a gambling addiction was so easy to quit, would he and Uchiha Madara have lost all their money to his big brother?
(End of this chapter)
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