I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

Suddenly, Orochimaru's neck stretched out like rubber, carrying his head as he flew out of the Konoha ninja's encirclement.

next second.

With his neck severed, Orochimaru, who had been standing there, became a headless corpse.

However, the battle did not end there.

The head of Orochimaru, which had just been dragged out by stretching its neck, opened its mouth wide.

moment!

Another Orochimaru, covered in transparent slime and looking utterly disgusting, crawled out from his severed head and faced the Konoha ninjas once more, his aura undiminished.

Seeing this, Nara Shikaku, the commander of this Konoha unit, showed no surprise: "It's not that simple after all. Orochimaru's signature substitution jutsu? It really is as disgusting as the intelligence reports."

After all, he was one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha. If he were so easy to kill, our Hokage would have already reduced him to ashes.

They wouldn't stand a chance now.

However, discovering the extent of the opponent's weaknesses is good news in itself.

Nara Shikaku immediately issued new operational orders.

No one questioned it.

The Konoha ninjas who are able to participate in the current battle are undoubtedly experienced fighters.

They had all seen Orochimaru's stunned silence just now.

So, the Konoha ninja quickly sprang into action.

Among them, five Uchiha ninjas, whose clothes were also printed with Uchiha fans, and who had awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan along with Uchiha Aya, stood at the front.

They will undoubtedly be the main force in the attack next.

Upon seeing this, Orochimaru frowned slightly and, for the first time, reluctantly looked away.

Although not every Uchiha ninja's genjutsu can be as powerful as Uchiha Aya's.

The latter ranks third in strength among the entire Uchiha clan, excluding Shisui and Itachi who have already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

But even being trapped by illusion for a moment is not a good thing for him.

"It seems things won't be so easy from now on."

In ninja battles, the biggest fear is having one's own information, especially one's weaknesses, known to the opponent.

Now that Orochimaru had no time to make up for his shortcomings, he finally became serious.

Having experienced the Impure World Reincarnation technique firsthand, and with his mission still unfinished, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju did not choose to retreat but instead continued to entangle with the group in front of him.

"Spiritual communication!"

boom! boom! boom!

Large amounts of white smoke rose up.

With Orochimaru expending more chakra, thick, giant snakes from Ryuchi Cave pounced on the Konoha ninja.

He undoubtedly chose the safest way to fight.

'It's a pity I couldn't summon Manda, otherwise it would have been much easier.'

In that instant, Orochimaru suddenly remembered Manda, who, after all these years, was still clamoring in Ryuchi Cave to devour him alive, and shook his head with slight regret.

Meanwhile, under Nara Shikaku's command, Konoha's elite forces methodically advanced towards the swarm of snakes and Orochimaru behind them.

Among them, Uchiha Aya, wearing a special chakra black armor, is stronger than before due to the amplification, and can be called the strongest expert on Konoha at present. Regardless of everything else, she held the sharp ninja sword in her hand and once again pointed it at Orochimaru.

at the same time.

Inside Konoha Village, next to the train station.

Wielding his Vajra Staff, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was defending against Hashirama Senju's Wood Release attack, saw Tobirama Senju disregard his own side and use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to another location at the train station to cause destruction. He quickly instructed Might Guy, the only one who could keep up with Tobirama's speed, to say:

"Kai! I'm entrusting the Second Hokage to you!"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

After excitedly responding loudly, Matt Kai suddenly moved.

In an instant, he opened the Seven Gates and headed straight for Tobirama Senju with speed comparable to teleportation.

This time, Tobirama Senju finally realized what was happening and immediately stopped forming hand seals for the Mutual Multiplication Explosion Technique. He took out a Flying Thunder God Kunai, poured Water Release chakra into it, and transformed it into a sharp water blade that quickly stabbed towards the approaching Guy.

boom! boom! boom!

Two figures, invisible to the naked eye, kept crossing paths.

A fierce battle broke out both inside and outside the village.

Chapter 295 The Descent of the Tree World

Peng!Peng!Peng!

The rapid sonic booms echoed continuously throughout the train station.

Unlike the previous head-on clashes, Tobirama Senju and Might Guy were now chasing each other, flashing around everywhere.

Even though the forbidden technique known as the Eight Gates Released Formation, after opening seven gates, is far from having the overwhelming effect of opening all eight gates, it is still far beyond what an ordinary Kage-level ninja can achieve.

If he were at his peak, Tobirama Senju would naturally not be afraid of Guy, who has already opened the Seventh Gate.

However, due to the influence of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, he is now less than half of his original strength, and in a real fight, he is being suppressed by Guy.

In the end, after being hit by several powerful punches and kicks, his Edo Tensei body was shattered and then regenerated. Tobirama Senju then chose not to continue fighting Guy.

Not forgetting his purpose, he continued to use the Flying Thunder God Technique, deliberately dodging Kai while also attaching explosive tags to continue causing destruction inside the train station.

In response, within the fixed area of ​​the train station, Kaze, whose speed was no slower than the Flying Thunder God Technique, and whose body was covered in blue steam, continued to chase and block Tobirama Senju.

Thanks to his efforts, the latter could only manage small-scale operations for the time being.

However, Kai's body is not made of iron after all.

The Eight Gates Formation is a forbidden technique that stimulates potential and can harm the body.

Now that the seventh gate is open, it's alright if the time is short.

If this drags on, Kai's body will become increasingly overburdened.

Coincidentally, although Tobirama Senju, resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation, did not possess the legendary infinite chakra (even Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of chakra in the Naruto world, could not do this), the amount of chakra he possessed far exceeded the normal range.

Therefore, he can continuously perform the Flying Thunder God Technique.

In order to protect the train station, Kai had no choice but to grit his teeth and follow.

Under such circumstances, as time goes on, Guy, whose chakra and physical abilities are inferior to those of the Edo Tensei form, will only become slower and slower.

Not far away, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was fighting Hashirama Senju, took a moment to look over and also noticed Guy's current predicament.

In a true fight, Guy's strength is definitely above that of Tobirama Senju in his current state.

However, under the influence of the Impure World Reincarnation, Tobirama Senju, who was virtually invincible, was naturally in a position of invincibility.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that he could take down Tobirama Senju by using sealing techniques.

However, the latter possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, making it extremely difficult to successfully seal it.

Besides Kai, there must be someone of equal strength to cooperate with him in order to successfully seal him away.

Currently, within Konoha Village, only he can do this.

only......

Seeing that Hashirama Senju showed no signs of weakness despite being surrounded by him and four elite Konoha Jonin, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply.

Having witnessed the power of the First Hokage, he naturally knew that the reanimated body before him was less than one-tenth the size of the original.

If it were a direct confrontation, he, along with the several Jonin beside him, would have a high probability of defeating and sealing it.

However, Orochimaru, who was also aware of this, gave Hashirama Senju only the order to buy time.

In that case, with Hashirama Senju deliberately avoiding the limelight and hiding within the Tree World, only using a continuous stream of Wood Release techniques to entangle them, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others would indeed find it difficult to escape for the time being.

"If I were to go find Orochimaru first..."

At this moment, as Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the Wood Release forest, which had just been destroyed by his Vajra Staff and a group of Konoha Jonin using ninjutsu, instantly return to its original state and surge in from all directions, he couldn't help but think.

However, he quickly shook his head.

If it weren't for Kai and himself doing their best to suppress Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju during this period, the latter would have already smashed the train station, which is of great importance to Konoha, to pieces.

If someone had been sent to Orochimaru from the beginning, either Hashirama Senju or Tobirama Senju, who were left vacant, would probably have destroyed the train station before they even found him.

But now the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to our side!

Seeing that the usually energetic Kai was now panting heavily, and looking at the scene in front of him where only trees were visible and not the true form of Senju Hashirama, Hiruzen Sarutobi gripped the Vajra Staff even tighter.

"Is that the only technique we can use?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes flickered, then he looked around, took a deep breath, and his gaze became incredibly firm.

"For Konoha! I would gladly sacrifice my life! Everyone, please protect me from now on."

"Yes! Lord Sandaime!"

Although they didn't know what the Third Hokage was going to do, the four Konoha Jonin around him nodded without hesitation and quickly spread out on all four sides of him, each using their own methods to block the Wood Release attack.

At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his Vajra staff and began to form hand seals without any distraction.

Beside him, the Ape Demon King, who had reappeared in his true form, watched all this, his face instantly showing astonishment, grief, and longing. He said, "The Corpse Demon Sealing Technique, Hiruzen, you..."

It stopped midway through its conversation.

It was simply because it saw the unwavering determination on the face of its old comrade with whom it had fought for decades.

Ji-hai-wei-mao-xu-zi-you-wu.

Just as he rapidly formed hand seals, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned to the Demon King Enma and said with a carefree smile, "Old friend, I'll be relying on you to help the Sarutobi clan and Konoha in the future."

"I understand!"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, the Ape Demon King could only nod with a complicated expression.

Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally felt relieved and formed his final hand seal.