After several turns in the corridors, the sound became clearer and clearer.
It wasn't until he appeared in a wide, hall-like area that he saw the miserable Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu.
At this moment, the two of them were being impaled and nailed to the wall by Feng Xu, who was wearing a four-star mask, with the eight fox tails on his back!
Around them lay a group of Root Ninja who had left the main group with them.
"Feng... Akatsuki Organization member, release my subordinates!"
The moment he saw the masked figure with eight fox tails behind him, Tobirama confirmed that the person in front of him was Feng Xu!
Moreover, the person in front of him was clearly tormenting Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu.
He had merely crippled them, like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, instead of killing them.
Aside from Feng Xu, the negative personality born in the darkness, other Ninja wouldn't do such a thing!
Although he knew the person in front of him was Feng Xu, Tobirama didn't expose him.
Instead, he suppressed his inner shock and doubt, pretending not to recognize him.
As a sub-personality, being able to bypass the main personality to cause trouble, Feng Xu was far more terrifying than he had imagined!
This terror was not just in terms of strength, but also the terror of the unknown and unpredictability!
Tobirama was afraid that if he recognized him, the Feng Xu in the Village would become wary of him.
Or perhaps he wouldn't be able to leave this underground base today!
Seeing Tobirama approach, Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu simultaneously showed expressions of relief.
Then they shouted towards Tobirama.
"Teacher Tobirama, quickly intervene! He killed all the Ninja we brought!"
Homura Mitokado, in an attempt to be rescued, directly shouted Feng Xu's name, preparing to frame him.
"Teacher Tobirama, quickly kill this traitor! He is Uzumaki Feng..."
"Shut up!" Tobirama roared, his voice filled with killing intent, interrupting Homura Mitokado's words, which had coincidentally hit the mark.
Feng Xu, standing nearby, showed a playful smile.
He also pretended to know nothing and asked, "Traitor Uzumaki Feng what?"
"It seems you've mistaken me for someone else!"
Looking at the increasingly dangerous eyes beneath Feng Xu's mask, Tobirama suppressed the unease that felt like a thorn in his back and calmly said, "Instead of wasting time here, you should go rescue your two companions outside."
"They are facing the former God of Shinobi, an Impure World Reincarnation deceased who cannot be killed."
"If you release them, I will not stop you."
Upon hearing this, the danger emanating from Feng Xu lessened considerably.
"The former God of Shinobi, huh?"
"That's worth a visit."
"As for you..."
Mid-sentence, Feng Xu's fox tail swept out, throwing the two people who were nailed to the wall towards Tobirama.
An icy, bone-chilling coldness surged out from beneath the mask's eyeholes.
"I suggest you run away as fast as you can without looking back."
"After all, if you see my trump card later, you won't be able to leave alive ~"
Chapter 173: Susanoo? Who are you, really!
"You don't need to tell me that."
Tobirama picked up Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu, who were still yelling on the ground.
He quickly rushed past Feng Xu and headed outside.
"Everyone, evacuate immediately!"
In fact, even without Feng Xu's warning, Tobirama had already planned to evacuate with his people immediately.
He didn't want to accidentally see something he shouldn't and be forced to recognize Feng Xu's identity.
As an Impure World Reincarnation sacrifice whose strength in life was far inferior to Hashirama's, if Feng Xu discovered his identity had been leaked, he would have no room to resist or escape!
As Tobirama and the others moved away, Feng Xu seemed to think of something and chuckled, murmuring, "Senju Hashirama, your strength is too great and needs to be sealed... The Nine-Tailed, that idiotic fox, would surely be happy to hear that."
Although the Chunin's body was used as a sacrifice, only one rank higher than the Genin sacrifice in the original story, Hashirama's Impure World Reincarnation strength still reached the top level of the current Ninja World, making him an unstable factor.
Feng Xu found it difficult to act inside Konoha before.
But now that Hashirama had run outside and delivered himself into his hands, he naturally wouldn't be polite and would deal with him.
Thinking this, Feng Xu quickly left the base and rushed towards the sound of battle coming from a distance.
However, as he got closer, the sound of battle grew weaker, seemingly nearing its end.
"Can these two artists win?"
Although the possibility was very small, it didn't stop Feng Xu from having some expectations.
After all, he had given them a Tailed Beast Chakra earlier, significantly boosting their strength.
Even if they couldn't win, maintaining a steady defense and constant maneuvering should be no problem... Or so I thought!
Feng Xu, who could now see the battle from afar, immediately saw Sasori, who was being held in the wooden golem's hand, only his upper body remaining, and Deidara, whose face was filled with indignation.
The surrounding ground was covered in shattered puppet fragments and land that had been blasted as if chewed by a dog.
"Damn it, my art didn't lose!"
"If you weren't a dead man, you would have been killed by my art countless times already!"
If the Hashirama in front of him wasn't an Impure World Reincarnation body that could only be sealed and not killed, Deidara would have already used his C0 self-detonation to prove his art.
It was precisely because of this that he was extremely indignant, feeling that his defeat was solely due to his inability to kill the opponent!
Sasori, who was also being held, said nothing, but quietly loosened the Chakra core in his chest.
The moment Hashirama looked at Deidara, he quickly ejected his core outwards.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
This was not the sound of the core successfully ejecting through the air, but the sound of branches swaying.
Between the wooden golem's tightly clenched hands, seven or eight branches spread out, firmly locking the core to Sasori's chest.
Hashirama, who had not spoken until now, finally spoke, "I will not take your lives, so stop playing little tricks and honestly return to Konoha with me."
"As long as you reveal information about the Akatsuki, after everything is over, Konoha will grant you a certain degree of freedom."
"Freedom?" A familiar voice rang in Hashirama's ear, causing his pupils to suddenly contract and his expression to become unusually serious.
"I don't think they need to worry, but First Hokage, you need to worry about whether you can still be free."
"Whirlpool Fengxu!" Hashirama's body was instantly covered in purple Chakra.
A punch carrying terrifying brute force cut through the air, striking at Feng Xu, who had spoken in his ear.
Feng Xu, who had expected this, easily dodged with a leap backward.
He landed on the wooden hand that was holding Deidara.
"The source of the Tailed Beast Chakra is indeed you!"
"Why?"
Hashirama, whose attack had failed, looked at Feng Xu with a complex expression.
Had the compensation Konoha provided after he and Tobirama took power not been enough?
Why choose this worst possible path?
"No why, I just follow my instincts, it's just what I want, it's that simple."
Feng Xu shrugged, indicating that he would only act according to his own will.
Even if the Ninja World was destroyed, he would first complete his own ideas.
"No creed of your own, just following your heart, acting as you please without restraint?"
Hashirama's brows were tightly furrowed at this moment; he had never realized Feng Xu was so dangerous.
To put it nicely, this was pursuing freedom; to put it badly, it was lawlessness and unbridled recklessness!
While the two were speaking in riddles, Deidara and Sasori, seeing Feng Xu appear, showed expressions of relief.
Then Deidara directly interrupted, shouting, "Feng, you finally decided to show up!"
"Get me out of here, I won't lose this time!"
No sooner had Deidara finished speaking than Sasori, nearby, unceremoniously interjected, scolding in a low voice, "Don't be so unseemly, Deidara. We are no match for this First Impure World Reincarnation puppet."
"Failing the first mission and having to be rescued by the new leader, shouting and screaming is not your art."
Although very annoyed, Deidara still respected Sasori, an elder in the art world.
He grumbled irritably, "Hmph, I know, but my art didn't lose!"
Seeing the increasingly dangerous expression on Hashirama's face, Feng Xu leaped between the two.
In his eyes beneath the mask, azure turned to crimson.
Immediately after, the magnificent pattern of a hexagram emerged.
"Alright, both of you shut up. This is not an opponent you can handle. Remember to stay far away later."
Swish! Swish!
As he spoke, two huge, jet-black Chakra skeletal arms quietly extended from Feng Xu's sides.
Then, one of the huge black arms, holding a long sword, swung out with an incredibly fast strike, severing the wooden golem's hands that were holding the two.
The other huge black arm caught the falling pair and threw them into the distance.
"This powerful, jet-black Chakra... No, this isn't the Tailed Beast Chakra from before!"
Deidara and Sasori, who didn't recognize Susanoo, exclaimed in surprise.
They had been hacking and blasting at this wooden golem, but it had only sustained minor surface damage.
Now, with Feng Xu's single move, he had actually chopped off both hands!
Even more surprised than Sasori and Deidara was Hashirama.
His previously serious expression instantly became blank, then his eyes widened, filled with disbelief!