Second Tsuchikage: Opening against Uchiha Madara Chapter 039

Boom—

Buzz—

Accompanied by deafening roars

And sharp, piercing screams

The ink-black night was instantly torn apart by dazzling light!

Illuminating the entire battlefield with astonishing clarity.

The Sage Art Wood Release: Super Great Ball Rasenshuriken’s world-destroying shockwave surged out with an unstoppable force, twisting and deforming the air in its path.

The last majestic and solemn Great Buddha, which once stood tall, was like a fragile sandcastle in the face of this terrifying power.

The rocks on the Great Buddha’s surface cracked inch by inch, countless fissures spreading like spiderwebs, followed by huge stone blocks collapsing with a crash, debris falling like rain.

Under the continuous impact of the shockwave, the Great Buddha finally completely disintegrated, turning into a sky full of dust, scattered by the wind, leaving behind only a desolate ruin.

When the sky-obscuring smoke finally slowly dispersed, the figure of Hashirama Senju appeared before everyone’s eyes.

At this moment, his body was incredibly battered, without his usual majesty and composure.

The red armor that once symbolized the Warring States period was now tattered, its shredded fabric fluttering weakly in the wind.

His hair was disheveled, messy strands covering his pale and fatigued face, sweat, blood, and dust mixed together, making him look utterly disheveled.

The God of Shinobi, fallen from grace.

Hashirama Senju knelt on the ground, hands propped on the ground, his body trembling slightly, breathing with difficulty.

His chest heaved violently, and though a trace of stubbornness and resolve remained in his eyes, more prominent were the undisguised fatigue and pain.

That battle just now had exhausted all his strength.

Hashirama Senju slowly stood up, relying on his last will.

This time, he chose not to attack.

Instead, he slowly walked towards a Wood Release barrier.

It was what he had created to protect Madara, Madara’s remains were there…

“Madara… wait for me… I’ll go with you…”

Hashirama Senju stumbled with each step, swaying as he walked.

At this moment, scenes from his past appeared before his eyes.

His gaze drifted, passing through the battlefield, through the smoke, through the ravaged Wood Release, through time and space.

The “lantern of memories” began…

“Hahaha, nice to meet you, I’m Hashirama!”

“I’m Madara…”

“Can I use you to skip stones?”

“Get lost!”

“If there’s any way to ensure neither of us dies, it’s to be honest with our enemies and hide nothing from each other.”

“Is it really impossible to be honest with each other?”

“Thank you, Madara, you truly are a person who values loyalty!”

“Remember what we said here when we were kids? Let’s build our own village here, shall we?”

“It’s time to name the village, Madara, do you have any good ideas?”

“…”

Scenes from the past appeared before his eyes like slides.

At this moment, a translucent phantom of young Madara appeared before Hashirama Senju, silently gazing at him, then slowly extended a hand.

A clear tear flowed from the corner of Hashirama Senju’s eye, and he tremblingly raised a hand, overlapping it with the phantom’s hand.

“Though we weren’t born on the same day of the same month of the same year, we’ll die on the same day of the same month of the same year…”

“Tobirama, I’m entrusting Konoha to you, I… am leaving…”

Hashirama Senju collapsed to the ground with a thud.

He no longer wanted to escape; it was good to die with Madara. Then he slowly closed his eyes and departed!

Hashirama Senju, the end!

“It’s finally over…”

The moment Hashirama Senju fell,

Mū could no longer support his body and fainted backward directly, the crow on his shoulder also automatically released its contract.

Fainting caused by excessive chakra consumption.

In fact, Mū should have collapsed long ago, but he had been sustained by Sage Mode; now that Sage Mode was released, the negative effects rushed over all at once.

Gengetsu Hozuki’s expression changed, and he rushed forward to support the fallen Mū, then tightly pinched Mū’s philtrum, shouting to the Ninja Alliance behind him: “Quick, someone!”

In an instant, Onoki, the Second Raikage, and Rasa’s expressions all changed, and they rushed forward to check Mū’s condition.

“Quickly bring our best rescue ninjas!”

The Second Raikage urgently shouted to the Cloud Village ninjas.

“Right! Does Sand Village have any accompanying medical ninjas? Hurry!”

Rasa also urgently shouted to the Sand Village ninjas behind him.

The Four Kage on the side all raised an eyebrow.

It seemed these few had built a good foundation of camaraderie during the battle…

In an instant, emergency ninjas from the Four Great Nations all came forward.

They all surrounded Mū, performing first aid.

When it was diagnosed that Mū was only unconscious due to excessive chakra consumption, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

“Sirs, what should we do with Hashirama Senju’s body?”

Several ninja captains stepped forward to inquire.

The Four Kage were about to speak,

But they found Hashirama Senju’s body inexplicably began to spontaneously combust.

“This… could it be?”

The Four Kage looked at each other.

They finally concluded that Hashirama Senju did not want them to desecrate his body, so he used a self-immolation jutsu.

Then they began to organize a search for Uchiha Madara’s body.

But strangely, Uchiha Madara’s body was gone.

“Uchiha Madara’s body is missing…”

“Ah, Mū’s Dust Release and Hashirama Senju’s battle scale were too large just now, I’m afraid Uchiha Madara’s body has long turned to dust.”

Everyone unanimously believed that Uchiha Madara’s body had been obliterated by Dust Release, so they directly gave up searching.

On the other side, the reconnaissance ninja left by Tobirama Senju was shocked when he saw Hashirama Senju die, speechless!

“Quick! Go! Report this information to Lord Tobirama!”

“Oh my god! The sky has fallen! Konoha’s pillar has collapsed!”

………..

Why didn’t Tobirama Senju come to save Hashirama Senju?

That’s because Tobirama Senju never thought his elder brother would lose.

At this moment, in Konoha Village,

Tobirama Senju was rushing to the Hokage building to announce that his elder brother was fighting the Four Kage.

Suddenly,

A transparent, ethereal hand gently rested on Tobirama Senju’s shoulder.

Pat

Tobirama Senju seemed to sense something and sharply turned his head.

But there was nothing behind him.

Only, Tobirama’s gaze met Hashirama’s Hokage Rock statue.

“Big brother…”

Tobirama Senju looked at the Hokage Rock statue, frowning, a strange emotion appearing in his heart.

Arriving at the Hokage Office