As he watched Hiruzen Sarutobi strike back at Mirai Uchiha, a cold glint flickered in Orochimaru's eyes.
Although the opponent's counterattack had no real effect, it still enraged him greatly.
Mirai-sama was someone to whom he had sworn eternal loyalty—no one had the right to insult her!
With that thought, Orochimaru formed a hand seal.
The bodies of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju couldn't help but move.
"Teacher," Orochimaru said, "aren't you always claiming to be the strongest Hokage in history?"
"Today, I'll give you a chance."
"If you can defeat either the First or the Second, I'll spare your life."
Hearing Orochimaru's words, Hiruzen frowned deeply.
No one understood better than he did just how powerful these two former Hokage truly were.
In this world, you had to fight for your own respect.
At the time, when he declared himself the strongest Hokage ever, he never imagined facing a situation like this.
Still… Hiruzen wasn't overly worried.
He knew plenty about the Impure World Reincarnation technique—it mainly fought using Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags. Thus, the Impure World Reincarnated ninja couldn't display their full former strength.
Under such circumstances, facing off against the First and Second, he might still stand a chance.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was low but firm: "Orochimaru, today I will show you the power of the strongest Hokage!"
Even with his name in ruins, proving himself was still worth it.
Seeing Hiruzen's confident expression, everyone present felt surprised.
Since Tobirama's death decades ago, Hiruzen had never shown his skills in public.
Therefore, people didn't really know the extent of his strength.
Now seeing his demeanor, doubts stirred among them.
Could it be…
That Hiruzen Sarutobi's power was actually this strong?
Within the protective barrier field,
Under Orochimaru's control, Tobirama Senju slowly walked over and faced Hiruzen.
"Monkey," Tobirama said, "I never expected that after my death, you'd go so far."
"Strongest Hokage? You've got some nerve boasting like that!"
"This body can only unleash sixty percent of my former strength—I'll let you show me what you've got."
Tobirama had completely lost faith in his former student, so he deliberately explained loudly to everyone.
Today, he'd make sure this ungrateful pupil learned his place!
Looking at Tobirama, Hiruzen felt uneasy.
But now there was no turning back—he clenched his teeth and said, "Second, please forgive me for being rude!"
[Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Bullet!]
Hiruzen Sarutobi made Hand Seals, and a fire dragon surged toward Tobirama Senju.
Tobirama remained calm and formed several Hand Seals. "Water Release: Water Encampment Wall!"
A wall of water erupted before him, effortlessly blocking the fire dragon.
Tobirama's hands continued moving. "Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Sensing Tobirama's movement, Mirai Uchiha quickly made Hand Seals and created four Shadow Clones that dispersed to the four corners of the battlefield.
[Four Red Yang Formation!]
A red protective barrier instantly expanded, encircling Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, and others.
In the blink of an eye, Tobirama completed his Hand Seals.
A powerful Water Release jutsu engulfed the entire battlefield in a raging sea.
Within the Four Red Yang Formation, the water level rose rapidly, reaching depths of dozens of meters in seconds.
Witnessing this, the spectators broke into a cold sweat.
Fortunately, Mirai Uchiha had acted in time; otherwise, such a terrifying Water Release technique could have caused catastrophic damage.
Hiruzen was completely stunned.
He never expected that Tobirama could unleash such tremendous power even while bound by the Impure World Reincarnation.
Tobirama, however, frowned slightly in dissatisfaction.
Is this body only capable of sustaining techniques at this level?
"Since I can't exert enough strength, I'll rely on numbers to win."
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Seeing the incoming water dragon, Hiruzen quickly formed Hand Seals. "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
A massive thick earthen wall rose from the ground, blocking the water dragon.
Tobirama snorted coldly. "Water Release: Water Cut!"
A high-speed jet of water instantly shattered the earthen wall Hiruzen had raised.
Immediately afterward, Tobirama's hands moved continuously again. "Water Release: Water Trumpet Technique!"
"Water Release: Water Continuous Bullets!"
"Water Release: Water Whip!"
"..."
"Water Release: Hard Giant Vortex Water Wheel!"
"Water Release: Water Dragon Blast Bite!"
One devastating Water Release after another flowed effortlessly from Tobirama, relentlessly hammering Hiruzen.
Since most of Tobirama's Hand Seals were self-modified, each technique required only two or three seals to activate.
Under such rapid spellcasting, Hiruzen found absolutely no opportunity for counterattack.
Often, before he could finish forming his seals, Tobirama's attacks had already arrived.
In this situation, not only was close combat impossible, but Hiruzen didn't even have time to stop and catch his breath, forced to flee desperately like a stray dog.
This sight left all the onlookers utterly astounded.
"Damn it, he actually managed to use such a powerful Water Release technique in a place with absolutely no water! This guy deserves to be called 'Mizukage'—Water Shadow—instead of Hokage!"
"Second is so awesome! To wield such incredible ninja techniques effortlessly... truly worthy of being a Kage!"
"What the heck is Sarutobi doing? Is this really the mightiest Hokage?"
"Compared to the Second, Sarutobi's performance is just too weak. It's a complete one-sided beating."
"Sarutobi really has become a jumping monkey! Hahahaha..."
Listening to the ordinary ninja gossiping, the Tsuchikage, the Raikage, and others wore grim expressions.
Could ninja brought back through the Impure World Reincarnation truly wield such overwhelming power?
This forbidden jutsu was simply too monstrous!
Moments later, Tobirama Senju deliberately stopped his hand seals and sneered, "Monkey, are you going to keep running forever?"
Taking this opportunity, Hiruzen Sarutobi bit his finger and summoned Enma.
After transforming Enma into his golden staff form, he panted heavily and said, "That's just part of my strategy."
Seeing that Sarutobi still insisted on being stubborn, Tobirama couldn't help but laugh out of irritation.
Calling constant fleeing a tactic?
Was he waiting for him—who possessed infinite chakra and an immortal, undying reincarnated body—to finally collapse from exhaustion?
How ridiculous.
However, Tobirama had no intention of indulging his opponent either. He immediately dispelled the water he had created using his Water Release technique.
[Shadow Clone Jutsu!]
Two shadow clones appeared and instantly began running around the area, striking the ground and roof tiles with their palms.
As everyone watched in confusion, Tobirama clapped his hands together.
[Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique!]
Plunged into pitch-black darkness, Sarutobi felt his former teacher speak slowly:
"Monkey, from here on, you'd better demonstrate your full strength as the strongest Hokage."
"Otherwise, this won't be worth watching."
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