Second Tsuchikage: Opening against Uchiha Madara Chapter 037

Boom!!

A Tailed Beast Bomb instantly exploded in front of Senju Hashirama’s Wood Golem!

However, it didn’t cause much damage to Senju Hashirama.

It merely pushed the Wood Golem back a few dozen meters.

“This is…”

Senju Hashirama frowned.

Tailed Beast Bomb?

The four Kage successors below were also slightly startled, then looked towards the source of the Tailed Beast Bomb.

They saw two blood-red lights flashing in the sky!

“Kinkaku!”

“Here!”

“Ginkaku!”

“Here!”

“The Twin Horns march forth! Leaving not a blade of grass!”

Accompanied by two extremely high-pitched, loud, and excited voices, two muscular men, wielding Six Paths Treasured Tools and clad in Nine-Tails Chakra cloaks, directly blocked the four Kage successors!

“It’s actually the Silver and Gold Brothers!!!”

The Second Raikage exclaimed.

He recognized at a glance that these two “overly beefy” guys were Kinkaku and Ginkaku from his own village.

“How did they end up looking like this?”

Upon hearing the Second Raikage, Ghost Lantern Gengetsu also recognized who they were.

“How do they have Tailed Beast Chakra on them!”

Shamon’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the Tailed Beast cloaks on their bodies.

“Esteemed sirs, are you alright?”

The Silver and Gold Brothers turned back to look at the four, who were already scarred, battered, and exhausted.

“We’re fine. I remember you two died fighting the Nine-Tails, didn’t you? How are you still alive now?”

The Second Raikage spoke in shock.

He had received news of Kinkaku and Ginkaku being eaten alive by the Nine-Tails before he left the village. Seeing these two still alive now naturally filled him with surprise.

Mu remained silent.

He did remember that in the original work, Kinkaku and Ginkaku survived by eating the Nine-Tails’ flesh.

“Lord Ai, it’s a long story. We didn’t die. After being swallowed by that beast, we were inside its belly, surviving by eating the Nine-Tails’ flesh, and we gained a little bit of power!”

Kinkaku said with a gruesome smile.

“Wait, you were swallowed. Then how did you get out?” Ghost Lantern Gengetsu couldn’t help but ask with a mischievous curiosity.

At this question, Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s faces noticeably darkened!

Damn it, can we not bring up those bad memories?

How else could they have gotten out?

Expelled from the Nine-Tails’ backside, mixed with feces…

“Don’t bring up those bad memories. If you do, I’ll kill you!” Ginkaku said with a gruesome, joking expression.

“Eek! I’m so scared!”

Ghost Lantern Gengetsu feigned fear, hiding behind Mu.

Mu was speechless.

Ghost Lantern Gengetsu was doing this on purpose.

He was bringing up a sensitive topic, knowing full well how they got out, yet still deliberately asking. Isn’t that clearly asking for a beating?

If not for Ghost Lantern Gengetsu’s powerful strength and his height of 1.86 meters, he would have been beaten long ago.

“Alright! Now is not the time for pleasantries. We have a formidable enemy before us!”

Shamon urgently reminded them loudly.

“Mm! Since they’re here, let’s fight Senju Hashirama together!”

The Second Raikage clenched his fists and said.

Just then, a slightly young voice came.

“Teacher!!!”

Mu turned his head in surprise.

He saw Onoki rushing over with a swift Body Flicker.

“Why are you here?”

Surprise appeared on Mu’s face.

Onoki put his hands on his hips and chuckled.

“Not just me! Everyone else too!”

Then he made a hand seal.

“Ninja Art: Allied Shinobi Forces Jutsu!”

In an instant, a vast, dense array of ninjas appeared uniformly on the horizon!

Ninjas from the Four Great Shinobi Villages—Stone, Mist, Sand, and Cloud—all rushed forward in unison.

Mu, Ghost Lantern Gengetsu, Shamon, and the Second Raikage all widened their eyes in unison, their gazes filled with shock.

They hadn’t expected everyone to come.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Four figures landed uniformly in front of the four Kage successors.

Ishikawa, Byakuren, First Raikage, Retsu.

“Tsuchikage! Raikage! Mizukage! Kazekage!”

“Still fighting to this point with heavily injured bodies, well done, Mu!”

Ishikawa praised in a deep voice.

“Old man, why do you smell like barbecue?”

Mu raised an eyebrow, unable to help but quip.

“Shamon, your sand control technique is getting better and better. You should just become the Kazekage when you go back!”

Retsu smiled and patted Shamon’s shoulder.

“Thank you for the praise, Lord Kazekage!”

A bit of color returned to Shamon’s face as he spoke.

“Well done, Ai! You truly are the successor I chose. You possess a will like lightning!”

The First Raikage and the Second Raikage bumped fists like close brothers, in perfect sync.

“Old man… you actually came!”

Ghost Lantern Gengetsu looked at Byakuren before him with pleasant surprise.

He hadn’t expected Byakuren, who was on a distant isolated island, to cross the sea to get here.

The next second, Byakuren landed three punches on Ghost Lantern Gengetsu’s head.

Bang bang bang!

“How could I not come? You brought out all the village’s elites. If you die here, the village will lose its foundation!!”

Byakuren roared in anger.

Ghost Lantern Gengetsu clutched his head aggrievedly: “Hey, hey, hey! Old man, the other Kage are all praising me, why are you hitting me~”

Byakuren snorted, then said: “Ghost Lantern Gengetsu, you fellow, though you seem unreliable, when danger strikes, you are indeed a trustworthy guy!”

“Hehe…”

Ghost Lantern Gengetsu immediately beamed with joy.

“To think that the Four Great Shinobi Villages would unite and form an Allied Shinobi Forces for the four of us.”

Shamon said with emotion.

“Hmph! We just happened to run into each other, that’s all!”

Byakuren, the old man, said tsundere-like.

“Haha! Why didn’t you say ‘happened to run into each other’ when we were eating barbecue earlier…”

Ishikawa chuckled playfully.

The Allied Shinobi Forces behind them couldn’t help but show helpless smiles at this scene.

“This is good, I’ve actually been shipping the Tsuchikage-Mizukage CP for a while now…”

“Child, shipping everything will only harm you!”

“……….”

“Alright! All of you stand back! The rest will be left to the four of us!”

The Four Kage stepped forward in unison, directly facing Senju Hashirama!

Mu looked at the Four Kage and the multitude of Allied Shinobi Forces, a smile curving at the corner of his lips.

Indeed.

Only when faced with a more powerful enemy do people truly unite!

Just like today.

“I didn’t expect…”

“Am I really wrong?”

Senju Hashirama, standing on the Wood Golem, had a complex expression.

He hadn’t expected that the unity he had always pursued would actually be achieved by the Four Great Nations.

Even more, he hadn’t expected that he himself would be the factor that brought it about.

Was he really a bad person?

To be jointly resisted by the Four Great Nations.

Senju Hashirama couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

He seemed to be leading Konoha into war. Regardless of whether he won or not, the four nations would definitely move against Konoha.

Judging by this stance, although there was no formal declaration of war, this was even more serious than a formal declaration.

If he stopped now, perhaps he could still salvage the situation and cut his losses in time.

But…

“Madara…”

Senju Hashirama’s gaze was distant, as if piercing through everything. In a trance, he saw Madara seemingly gazing at him.

Madara had been unfortunate since childhood.

His younger brothers had all died, his father died.

His only brother, Izuna, was even killed by Tobirama.

He finally managed to establish the village, but not only did he not become Hokage, he was also ostracized and distrusted by the villagers. Even Madara’s own clan members didn’t trust Madara anymore…

Madara’s only friend was Senju Hashirama.