"Before the action begins, could someone please explain to me what's going on?" Hashirama suddenly asked, his tone nonchalantly. "I get the feeling that you're not in that much of a hurry either, are you? Why don't we chat for a bit?"
Maybe, just maybe, talking would avoid the fight.
That last bit, Hashirama didn't say out loud.
If he did, he was sure Tobirama would scold him.
Orochimaru remained silent for a moment and then replied, "Hashirama-sama, you are the God of Shinobi. As a ninja, and out of respect for you, I will give you a minute."
Aren't they in a hurry?
Of course they were!
They were in Konoha at the moment.
With the few people they brought, if they were slower, they would definitely be chopped to pieces by the people of Konoha.
However, Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation Technique was the key to this battle. As much as the Raikage and the others were unhappy, they would accept that minute.
Everyone understood it clearly. Orochimaru might have respected the God of Shinobi, but what he really wanted was for the forces they had brought to suffer more casualties.
What a poisonous snake!
The eyes of Raikage and the others flashed coldly.
Pointing at Funan, Orochimaru spoke, "The Hokage standing before you is the grandson of Uchiha Setsuna, leader of the Uchiha clan and the Fifth Hokage of Konoha. He has been in office for seven years."
"From a certain perspective, it's fair to say that he deserves the title of Konoha's greatest Hokage."
"Under his leadership, Konoha rose from the ashes and became the first fully-fledged shinobi village."
Tobirama only felt that his brain was now a mess.
"Fifth generation?" Hashirama was a little surprised and said, "The Hokage of Konoha has been passed down to the fifth generation, so what about the fourth generation Hokage?"
"Dead!" Orochimaru shrugged and said, "The shortest-lived Hokage in history died at the hands of the Nine-Tails to protect the village. After becoming Hokage, he died just after the Hokage Rock was carved."
Hashirama and Tobirama's eyebrows jumped.
"That monkey has been the Hokage for a long time!" Tobirama frowned immediately.
"More than long!" Orochimaru laughed strangely: "After the death of the Fourth Hokage, my master, Sarutobi Hiruzen, became the Hokage again and began to rule again, until he was overthrown by the Fifth Hokage in front of you all."
"Overthrow?" Tobirama's voice could not help but rise, and his eyes looking at Funan became unfriendly.
"Yes!" Funan said with a smile: "How is it? Tobirama, your disciple, your designated successor, was chased by me, running like a monkey, that was so embarrassing, how is it? Do you want to kill me?"
Although Tobirama looked annoyed, he just stared at the Konoha buildings around him.
Although Tobirama was unhappy, he had no intention of killing.
"What exactly is going on?"
"Enough!" Orochimaru interrupted, forming hand seals. "While I would love to continue chatting with the two great Hokage, my time is limited."
"The last thing I can tell you is that when Uchiha Funan took office, the Sarutobi clan was the most powerful in Konoha, with over three thousand shinobi."
"What?"
"The number of shinobi exceeded 3,000?"
Tobirama and Hashirama gradually lost control of their bodies, yet they couldn't help but exclaim when they heard this.
"Monkey." Tobirama sighed deeply.
The brief words exchanged had given him too much information.
"By the way, Second Hokage." Orochimaru suddenly laughed playfully: "Uchiha Funan opposite you, he is a very powerful ninja, known as being able to be on par with the God of Shinobi and the Shura of the Shinobi World, and the person he admires most is you!"
"The death he regrets most is yours. He is convinced that if you had survived, the shinobi world would have changed radically."
"In his eyes, you were the only one with the potential to lead the shinobi world into a new era."
"Huh?" The expressions of Tobirama and Hashirama became strange.
Despite their confusion, both of them warned Funan, "Boy, you must be vigilant. We are going to lose control of ourselves. Don't hold back, attack us with all your might and destroy us completely."
"As Hokage, always remember your responsibilities."
At that moment, Orochimaru completed control over Tobirama and Hashirama.
"Let's start!"
Tobirama and Hashirama's bodies began to move under Orochimaru's command. Their initially slow steps soon turned into a run towards Funan.
Funan flexed his muscles and smiled to himself. "It's not every day that you get the chance to crush the Senju brothers. Hmm, better make the most of it."
In the blink of an eye, Hashirama arrived in front of Funan and threw a kick.
[Bang!]
Funan blocked the attack with one hand.
Hashirama threw another punch.
Funan caught it again and punched back.
[Bang!]
Hashirama barely managed to block, but to everyone's surprise, Hashirama's arm was pierced in one blow.
Hashirama retreated repeatedly.
At that moment, Tobirama appeared.
Tobirama was clearly weaker than Hashirama in hand-to-hand combat.
Funan and Hashirama exchanged a few blows, but Tobirama was barely able to resist...
[Bang! Bang! Bang!]
Funan repeatedly hit Tobirama's head until he disappeared completely.
Then, with a kick to his butt, he threw Tobirama like a torn rag, making him fall next to Hashirama.
The Raikage, seeing the scene, couldn't help but have his mouth twitch. "Orochimaru, are you sure that that Funan boy idolizes Tobirama?"
Orochimaru said calmly, "Worship and fighting are two different things. Perhaps, in Funan's opinion, not taking the fight seriously is disrespectful to the other party."
Good guy! Orochimaru, you are really amazing! You can even justify something like that.
However, to everyone present, Funan's fighting style did not look like respect. Rather, it looked like he was taking it out on the Senju brothers.
With a cold gaze, Funan performed a series of hand seals. "Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!"
He inhaled deeply and then exhaled a compressed flame the color of blood, surrounding the former Hokage in an instant.
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
Huge columns of water rose around the bodies of the two Hokage, blocking the crimson flames.
Funan frowned slightly. He had thought that they wouldn't be able to resist his technique. After all, those were his flames enhanced by the God Tree.
"Hmph!" Funan snorted coldly and said, "You are worthy of the title of the strongest Mizukage."
This sentence made Terumi Mei's face black.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Tobirama brought both hands together, unleashing a torrent of chakra.
Funan instantly realized something was wrong. Why does this feel identical to what happened during the Naruto Series?
'Bah, whatever,' he thought, frowning. 'If everything is the same, then I'll change the ending.'
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
A huge earth wall rose in front of Funan.
The jet of water hit the wall hard, producing a dull rumble that reverberated through the air.
From the top of the wall, Funan calmly watched the two former Hokage.
The next moment several sharp bursts forced him to retreat.
[Boom! Boom!]
The earth wall was quickly shattered, and Funan landed on the roof.
As he looked at the two former Hokage, he muttered to himself, "If I'm not mistaken... Tobirama should be now..."
Tobirama suddenly appeared behind him.
[Bang! Bang! Bang!]
After a brief fight between the two, Tobirama was hit again and kicked towards Hashirama's side by Funan.
As Funan prepared to launch an attack, his attention was drawn downwards, where tall, sturdy trees began to emerge, growing rapidly.
Funan looked at Hashirama.
"Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees!"
The trees moved quickly, wrapping themselves around Funan. Without resisting, he allowed himself to be captured.
"It's over!"
Hearing Funan say this, Orochimaru and the others had strange expressions.
What they didn't know was that Funan was thinking of something else: 'My summoning beast is not a monkey... Things are starting to deviate from the original script.'
Despite that, he raised a hand and slammed it against the tree.
"Summoning technique!"
A giant slug appeared before him.
The slug looked around and her eyes stopped on Hashirama. "Funan, do you want me to help you fight?"
"No need!" Funan said with a smile: "What do you think? Isn't it interesting to face the first two Hokage?"
"Not much." The slug shook her head in disappointment. "Although they have come back to life in some way, they are mediocre copies. They don't have the strength they had when they were alive. This fight is no fun."
"That's true." Funan thought for a while and said: "Maybe next time they'll be stronger. Then you'll be able to witness another epic battle between Senju and Uchiha."
"That sounds more exciting." The slug's voice was obviously very happy and said: "The battle between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara was very exciting."
"Zehahaha!" Funan laughed and said: "Katsuyu, transform into Vajra... ahem, well, you better release me."
"Oh." The slug looked at him curiously, wondering what he was about to say before stopping.
Without further ado, he spat acid on the trees, dissolving them and freeing Funan.
"And give me that sword too."
The slug said a little dissatisfiedly: "I don't understand why you want to force the sword into my stomach?"
Katsuyu opened her mouth and dropped a sword. It was Funan's Kusanagi Sword.
Taking the sword, Funan did a couple of spins and pointed it at Orochimaru. "Come on, let's continue!"
"Hmph." Orochimaru let out a snort and, opening his mouth, let out a snake that slowly spat out another Kusanagi Sword.
He turned his head and looked at the Raikage and others and said: "You should also help me!"
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