"There are about twenty of them, all elite Jonin from the Cloud Village. It looks like they're from the elite unit led by Kinkaku."
Tobirama Senju removed his finger from the ground and looked at the six disciples squatting before him.
The six young ninja were gathered in a circle, silently awaiting his orders.
They had come to conduct post-war peace talks with the Cloud Village to end the prolonged Ninja War. They hadn't expected internal dissent within the Cloud Village.
As the First Raikage's right and left hands, the Gold and Silver Brothers, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, were already dissatisfied about not becoming the Second Raikage.
In the ninja world, strength is respected. What kind of strength do you, the Second Raikage, have to be my boss? Just because you're from the Yotsuki clan?
When you asked us to join the Cloud Village, your clan never said the Raikage position was hereditary!
Now, the Second Raikage wanted to make peace with Konoha. During the war, Konoha ninja had killed many of their subordinates, brothers who had fought alongside them since the Warring States Period. Whether this was the Second Raikage's intention or not, Kinkaku and Ginkaku had had enough.
We are the Gold and Silver Brothers, with the blood of the Sage of Six Paths, and we carry his treasured tools. Are we supposed to take this insult?
To hell with them! The Yotsuki clan has gone too far, and Konoha is no better. They can all die!
Kinkaku and Ginkaku launched a rebellion, ambushing the peace talks.
The Second Raikage tried to quell the rebellion, but he, who prided himself on high offense and defense, was killed on the spot by the rampaging brothers.
Tobirama and his six disciples managed to break through the encirclement, but Kinkaku's unit was still in pursuit, clearly intending to wipe them all out.
Twenty elite Jonin were enough to hold them all back until the main force arrived. Then, they would be annihilated.
After a discussion, they decided to leave one person behind as a decoy to hold off the enemy while the rest escaped.
In this situation, the one who stayed behind was certain to die.
There is nothing more difficult than facing one's own death.
How many people can face their own mortality with courage?
Silence fell upon them. Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up. Although he feared death, he still stepped forward. As a ninja, he had long been prepared to die for the village.
A ninja's life is a preparation for death.
Danzo Shimura began to argue with Hiruzen. He also wanted to be the decoy, but he had hesitated, trying to build up the courage to overcome his fear of death. In that moment of hesitation, Hiruzen had beaten him to it.
Danzo had competed with Hiruzen since they were young, always losing more than he won. To be surpassed by him again at such a critical moment, he felt he had lost once more.
Tobirama cut their argument short. Time was of the essence. He directly appointed Hiruzen as the next Hokage.
None of the other disciples objected. Hiruzen's actions had won their respect.
Danzo, however, looked on in disbelief, filled with regret. If he had been more decisive and volunteered first, would he be the one becoming Hokage now?
Tobirama looked at his disciples and sighed inwardly. He had been careless during these talks, leading them into this desperate situation. Although he was the fastest ninja in the world, he couldn't escape now. He would likely die here.
Having made his decision, Tobirama didn't waste any more words. He gave Hiruzen a few brief instructions and turned to face the enemy.
Kagami Uchiha watched Tobirama leave and chose to follow him. He was a man of action, rarely expressing himself with words.
Hiruzen wanted to follow too, but Koharu Utatane stopped him.
"We need to retreat. Don't let our teacher's sacrifice be in vain."
Hiruzen gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and ordered the retreat.
Danzo watched Kagami leave, hesitated, but ultimately did not follow.
They began their escape.
Tobirama ambushed Kinkaku and Ginkaku's main force. He used the Reanimation Jutsu, summoning a large number of ninja to assist him.
Although Tobirama had developed the Reanimation Jutsu, his primary purpose for it was to interrogate ninja for information or secret techniques. It wasn't like Orochimaru's later version, which granted the reanimated significant combat power.
This version of the jutsu only gave the reanimated bodies immortality.
A massive number of explosive tags detonated. Using the reanimated ninja with the Mutual Multiplier Explosive Tags technique, Tobirama killed a large number of elite Jonin.
Kinkaku's brother, Ginkaku, was caught in the blast and killed instantly. Kinkaku, enraged, activated his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
Ninja are fragile. Even at the Kage level, a single mistake could lead to death by kunai or explosive tag.
Ginkaku had been killed by Tobirama's cunning before he could even showcase his full strength.
Kinkaku was a different story. The Nine-Tails Chakra Mode was powerful enough to overwhelm the Deva Path of Pain. Tobirama had no direct counter to such high offense and defense.
The reanimated ninja couldn't even get close, let alone use the Mutual Multiplier Explosive Tags.
Kinkaku swung his chakra tails, sending any reanimated ninja who came within range flying.
Tobirama tried a combination of Shadow Clones and Rasengan, but he couldn't break through Kinkaku's defense and was almost hit by a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Water Style: Water Severing Wave!
Water Style: Water Dragon Biting Explosion!
Tobirama used his signature jutsu, but Kinkaku's speed in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode was astounding, making him impossible to hit.
Just as Tobirama was being chased all over by Kinkaku and the remaining Jonin, Kagami Uchiha appeared.
With his Mangekyo-level genjutsu, the two of them worked together and quickly eliminated the remaining seven or eight elite Jonin.
There is a significant power gap between a Jonin and a Kage. And the Sharingan is a cheat. A Mangekyo Sharingan is on par with a Kage, and it has the characteristic of one-shotting any opponent weaker than the user.
Now it was two against one.
However, the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode was the top-tier ability of the current era. Even Kagami was helpless against it.
Maxed-out attack and defense, and incredible speed. How do you fight something like that?
Tobirama came up with the answer.
One was the Reaper Death Seal, an Uzumaki sealing jutsu to take the enemy down with him.
The other was the Spirit Transformation Jutsu, a dimensional attack on the soul level.
In a two-on-one fight, there was no need for a suicide attack. It was better to play it safe.
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