"Hey, Feng Xu, why don't I teach this Senju brat who invaded you a lesson first?"
Although it couldn't defeat Senju Hashirama, it believed it had no problem with Senju Tobirama.
Moreover, the current Senju Tobirama was not at his peak strength.
If it didn't bully him now, it would be a disservice to all the humiliation it had suffered before!
Feng Xu ignored the Nine-Tailed, merely stating, "Stay put and don't interfere with my plans."
"Also, once you sense that Senju Tobirama has fully entered Naruto's consciousness, pull him in here."
Seeing that Feng Xu wouldn't let it act, the Nine-Tailed's fox face immediately fell.
"Hmph, I can't even have some fun, you just keep ordering me around…"
"Hmm?" Feng Xu glanced at the Nine-Tailed, his gaze sharp.
"Just… hmm…" The Nine-Tailed grumbled, looking like a bullied child.
"Don't glare at me anymore, I get it, I'll do it right away!"
It waved its fox claw, manipulating the Tailed Beast Chakra within Naruto's body, and connected Inoichi Yamanaka's Chakra bridge.
Meanwhile, Feng Xu also waved his hand, separating a small portion of Chakra to form a clone in his likeness.
Pop—
With a sound like a water droplet.
A solemn Tobirama appeared in the sealing space.
The moment Tobirama appeared.
Feng Xu's azure eyes turned crimson, and three black tomoe rotated into a mystical six-pointed star.
Buzz—
In an instant, the scene of the entire sealing space abruptly changed.
The bright sky turned pitch black, and the spacious area became a cramped sewer pipe.
Finally, iron bars and a gate adorned with sealing tags appeared at the far end.
"Is this Naruto's consciousness?"
Tobirama, completely unaware, scanned his surroundings before spotting the iron bars and gate with sealing tags.
"No, this is the sealing space created by the Four Symbols Seal!"
Taking a step, Tobirama directly arrived in front of the iron bars.
Behind the iron bars, a sharp claw rubbed against the bars and suddenly shot out, and crimson vertical pupils opened from the darkness.
"It truly is the Nine-Tailed!" Tobirama retreated slightly, dodging the claw's attack.
On the other side.
Watching Tobirama inexplicably talking to himself and spinning in circles, the Nine-Tailed turned to look at Feng Xu, its face filled with excitement.
"You used those evil eyes again! This brat surely never dreamed he'd fall into a Genjutsu the moment he entered!"
"You're truly wicked… but I like it!"
"Shut up." Feng Xu ignored the frenzied Nine-Tailed, instead controlling his clone to walk towards Tobirama.
On the other side, Tobirama also saw Feng Xu emerge from the darkness, a not-so-pleasant smile quickly spreading across his face.
"Uzumaki Feng Xu, we meet again."
The clone nodded expressionlessly: "I know everything that's happened. No need for pleasantries, let's just begin."
Seeing Feng Xu so decisive, Tobirama hesitated for a moment.
However, he recovered in an instant, then his hands glowed with blue Chakra and he slammed them onto the ground.
"Please wait a moment, I need to make some preparations."
He said he was making preparations, but in reality, Tobirama was spreading his Chakra, and then using Naruto's Chakra he had brought with him to sense Feng Xu's location.
Soon, through the connection of Naruto's Chakra, the Chakra he spread pointed to the clone in front of him, as well as Feng Xu's true body in the distance.
However, in Tobirama's own confused perception, it all pointed to the clone in front.
Upon receiving this result, Tobirama finally felt relieved.
"All right, we can begin the separation now. Relax, don't resist."
Tobirama slowly walked in front of the clone, forming hand signs quickly while explaining aloud.
"My jutsu borrows from the principles of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, but don't worry, I won't toy with our souls."
The moment he finished speaking.
Behind Tobirama's body in the outside world, a gigantic, ethereal white-robed Shinigami appeared, plunging its hand into Tobirama's back.
At the same time, Tobirama in the sealing space.
He suddenly grabbed Feng Xu's shoulders, and then they both floated into mid-air.
And above their heads, a giant hand with black runes emerged, reaching directly for the two of them.
"It'll be done soon. This arm will take us completely out of this body. Once we're out, I'll immediately sever the connection."
As Tobirama spoke, his hands tightly gripped the clone's shoulders, preventing the clone from resisting or struggling.
However, the clone watched Tobirama with cold indifference from beginning to end, neither resisting nor speaking.
After all, he was merely a clone formed from a segment of Chakra.
As the Shinigami's hand completely dragged the two to the boundary, about to leave.
Tobirama finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Brother, I finally didn't fail your last hope and solved this problem.
But the moment Tobirama left the sealing space, the scene before his eyes blurred for an instant.
Vaguely, he seemed to see Feng Xu still standing below, and the Nine-Tailed crouching beside Feng Xu.
But when he focused his gaze again, the ground below had turned pitch black.
"It seems… a little too smooth?"
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Tobirama's suspicion caused the Shinigami's dragging arm to gradually slow down.
Finally, it stopped at the critical point, just before exiting.
Feng Xu below also noticed Tobirama's hesitation.
So he manipulated the clone, which was being held by the Shinigami, to begin struggling violently, and roared out loud.
"Senju Tobirama! Didn't you say it was just a jutsu similar to the Dead Demon Consuming Seal?"
"Why is the white-robed Shinigami of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal appearing outside!?"
"No, you're not trying to separate me at all, this jutsu *is* the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, you're planning a mutual suicide!!!"
As he spoke, the clone, pulled to the critical point, began to sink, as if to return to the sealing space.
Sensing Feng Xu's angry reaction, and an extremely powerful downward pulling force.
Tobirama finally let go of his doubts and refocused his attention on the clone, which was sinking forcefully.
"It is indeed the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, but only because separating you requires the Shinigami's power for a conscious severance. I didn't lie to you."
"Not telling the whole truth was just to prevent you from overthinking, just like now."
Tobirama silently increased the pulling force while continuing to deceive and pacify the one he believed to be 'Feng Xu'.
"Stop, I'm not going to separate anymore, stop it right now, do you hear me?!"
The clone continued its act, showing an expression of extreme fury.
"Don't be ridiculous. Konoha wasted a lot of manpower and resources for this separation; it's not something you can just stop whenever you want."
"Besides, the Dead Demon Consuming Seal has been modified by me; it can be voluntarily released, so you won't be swallowed by the Shinigami."
Feeling the immense pulling force from 'Feng Xu', Tobirama grew even more confident.
Then, without further hesitation, he poured all his strength into pulling the clone outwards.
The dutiful clone, seeing Tobirama's demeanor, once again roared in rage.
"Naruto!!!"
"Quickly stop them from outside, they want to seal me!!!"
However, the clone's shouts received no response from Naruto.
As the clone was once again pulled to the critical point by Tobirama, Tobirama stopped pretending.
"Don't bother shouting. Naruto, controlled by the Yamanaka Clan's secret jutsu, can't respond to you."
Upon hearing Tobirama's words, the clone's face became distorted, like a vengeful spirit.
"You really planned to seal me!"
"I shouldn't have let you go back at the Hidden Sound Village; I should have sealed you and Senju Hashirama together!"
"There's no such thing as a regret pill in this world." Seeing that 'Feng Xu' had no more tricks up his sleeve and could only resort to threats.
Tobirama completely relaxed and pulled with all his might.
"Accept your fate with peace of mind. Minato and I will be with you in the Shinigami's belly; you won't be alone."
As the words fell, the Shinigami's gigantic hand successfully dragged Tobirama and the clone together, pulling them out of the sealing space.
Watching Tobirama, with his smile of perceived success, disappear into the sky with the clone.
The Nine-Tailed below couldn't help but sigh with a sense of empathy.
"Poor Senju brat, he was on guard his whole life, and in the end, he was still played by those evil eyes…"
"…"
Outside.
Jiraiya and Tsunade, who were vigilantly watching Tobirama, Naruto, and Inoichi Yamanaka in the center.
Upon seeing the gigantic white-robed Shinigami appear behind Tobirama, they were all shocked and incredulous.
Especially Jiraiya, whose mind completely froze.
"It's the Dead Demon Consuming Seal!!!"
"Does separating two personalities require using this sealing jutsu for a conscious severance?!"
"No, this method won't work at all. Is the Second Hokage trying to…"
"He's trying to seal Feng Xu," Tsunade finished Jiraiya's unspoken thought.
"That's right, this is the Grand Uncle I know, the strict and order-focused Second Hokage."
Tsunade couldn't help but sigh: "He was deceiving us the whole time; he never intended to let Feng Xu, who would cause chaos, remain."
"If he hadn't run out of time, he might have developed a forbidden soul jutsu that directly erases consciousness."
"Instead of using the Uzumaki Clan's secret jutsu to commit mutual suicide with Feng Xu."
Now understanding, Tsunade realized the problem lay with Tobirama.
And her luck was also foreshadowing Tobirama's impending sealing.
To be permanently entangled with Feng Xu in the Shinigami's belly, unable to escape reincarnation.
"No, I can't let the Second Hokage do this."
"If the Second Hokage fails, Feng Xu will be enraged to the extreme, and it might even implicate the entire Konoha Village!"
"And Naruto, if he finds out we deceived him and sealed his only brother, how disappointed and despairing would he be?"
"And Minato in the Shinigami's belly, are they to be reunited as father and son in this way?"
Jiraiya, clenching his fists, rushed towards Tobirama, intending to interrupt Tobirama's Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
However,