On the sea, the two stood facing each other.
"Finally met, Uchiha Shin'yu." Hashirama spoke first, his gaze scrutinizing. "You are the disciple Madara cares about the most?"
"Lord Hashirama is truly forgetful. We met 11 years ago," Shin'yu said with a faint smile.
Hashirama sighed, "You were so different then from now. Living in an ideal peace, why inherit Madara's will?"
"That's just your ideal. Besides, hasn't Lord Hashirama changed a lot too?" Shin'yu changed the subject, not getting drawn into Hashirama's rhythm.
"I have always been protecting what is precious, and that has never changed," Hashirama shook his head.
Shin'yu sneered, "The peace you speak of seems prosperous and tranquil on the surface, but the truth is, it's all a false peace built on your absolute military deterrence."
"Moreover, I seriously doubt if you still have the strength to suppress everything."
Shin'yu reversed his grip on his sword, and "Frost Descent One Heart" was drawn an inch, a steel-blue light splashing out, and a cold aura quickly rising along his wrist.
Hashirama looked up, his tone low, "I don't want to kill you."
"Does Lord Hashirama mean that you can kill me at any time?" Shin'yu said expressionlessly.
"You..." Hearing these familiar words, Hashirama's pupils shrank, and a strange emotion swept through his body. "You and that Madara... are too alike!"
"Of course, I am his disciple."
Hashirama frowned, trying to make a final persuasion, "Shin'yu, why must you be like Madara? Why must you all be so extreme! Things haven't reached the point of no return!"
"No, it's already irreversible." Shin'yu's eyes were cold, and his lowered eyes were shrouded in shadow. "Unless... you give me back my brother."
"I'm right here!" Mirror stood up, tears in his eyes. "Brother, what do you want?"
Shin'yu glanced at him faintly, his lips slightly parted: "What I want is the unbrainwashed brother, not the one who always says 'Hidden Leaf Village is everything'!"
"Are you going to follow the same path as Madara?" Hashirama was silent for a moment, then slowly said.
"That's right." Shin'yu's voice was clear and his emotions were high. "If Lord Hashirama can't kill me today, then I will take revenge on Hidden Leaf Village like crazy. Not just Tsunade, but the Hyuga, Sarutobi, Uchiha, Senju, none of those clans will have a good time!"
"Lord Madara was the founder of peace, and I, Uchiha Shin'yu, am just a pure destroyer!"
He thumped his chest and shouted, "Come on, just like you did to Lord Madara back then, kill me with your own hands!"
"There's no other way." Hashirama finally made up his mind, and when he looked up again, his eyes were full of resolute killing intent. "Uchiha Shin'yu, do you think Madara will mourn for you?"
With a "chi" sound, Shin'yu took the lead, and "Frost Descent One Heart" drew a huge blade of light in the air, the jade-green streamer lighting up the night sky, and the sea was cut in half.
Mirror's body trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to dodge. He felt a great danger from this blade of light. At this moment, a tall figure stood in front of him.
"Wood Release: World of Trees Wall!" Hashirama clasped his hands together, and countless thick wooden vines instantly grew from the ground, turning into a five-meter-thick shield in front of the two.
"Bang!"
The blade of light was as thin as a hair, and it slashed fiercely on the wooden wall, wood chips flying around, until it left a deep knife mark before slowly disappearing.
Seeing this scene, Shin'yu's eyebrows furrowed, and his Sharingan quietly changed, the tomoe swirling and connecting, spreading and lengthening, forming exquisite patterns.
"Mirror, go, leave this to me." Hashirama didn't look back, staring at the Mangekyo Sharingan with a complex expression, and said, "The task of bringing little Tsunade back to Hidden Leaf Village is entrusted to you."
"Lord Hashirama, I..."
"Go, this isn't a battle you can interfere with."
Mirror hesitated for a moment, finally making up his mind. He quietly left a Flying Thunder God Mark on the reef, "Lord Hashirama, please be careful. If possible... please spare his life!"
Hashirama was taken aback, looking back at him, "What are you saying? Do you know he killed Sasuke! He killed Hiruzen's father!"
"I..." Mirror swayed, a deep determination still flashing in his eyes, "I am willing to trade my life for his! I am the one who caused all of this today..."
Hashirama looked at him deeply, the boy's face was intertwined with exhaustion, sadness, and a strong sense of self-blame. He sighed softly, "I... I'll try my best."
"Yes!" Mirror nodded heavily, his body disappearing instantly.
"Finally, I can unleash my full power." Shin'yu's lips curled up.
Suddenly, his sword flashed continuously, unleashing hundreds of sword energies in one breath. The cyan streams of light crisscrossed and slashed, the air even being torn apart with a "buzzing" sound.
Hashirama stood still, as his hands continuously rose, huge tree roots kept emerging from the ground. He was like a conductor standing in front of the stage waving his baton, and those undulating trees were his symphony orchestra.
"Crack, crack!"
The sword energy slashed into the trees, as if a clay ox entered the sea.
Broken branches and leaves fluttered like catkins, but no sword energy could break through Hashirama's defense. A forest of hundreds of meters in radius was created out of thin air on the entire coast.
Shin'yu was holding his sword, crouching in mid-air to gather momentum, using the water barrier as a springboard, he suddenly stomped!
"Buzz!"
Visible ripples rippled in the air, only to see a stream of light flash, Shin'yu transformed into a sword, piercing through layers of air explosions, instantly disappearing into the forest.
Trees shattered and collapsed, the entire forest was plowed out with a huge knife mark, the cyan stream of light directly pierced through the forest, crashing into the mountain rocks hundreds of meters away with billowing smoke!
The smoke slowly dissipated, revealing the situation inside.
Shin'yu maintained the posture of thrusting his sword straight, but Hashirama clasped his palms together, firmly fixing the sword body, the tip of the sword was only a few centimeters away from his lips, flashing with aoppressivecold light.
Shin'yu's mouth rose, his right hand slightly twisted on the hilt, the sword body flashed with a cyan light!
The dazzling sword light spewed out from the tip of the sword, Hashirama preemptively slapped the sword body, taking advantage of the situation to avoid the edge, the cyan light tore the earth, dividing the small mountain behind him into two!
Hashirama took advantage of the situation to spin and approach Shin'yu, his right fist burst out with a surging Chakra flame, carrying the power of overturning mountains and seas, heading straight for Shin'yu's chest.
Before the fist arrived, the wind suddenly rose!
Black gas emerged, spreading rapidly like ink dyeing rice paper, instantly turning into an obsidian-like skeleton, covering Shin'yu's entire body.
"Crack!"
With only a moment of pause, Hashirama's fist directly shattered the Susanoo's ribs, like a high-speed train, the wind whistling, hitting Shin'yu's chest hard!
The sound was like a thunderclap, and the ground beneath the two people's feet instantly shattered!
The fist wind wrapped in blue flames, rippled at Shin'yu's chest, chasing the waves and emptying the air, the shock wave swept hundreds of meters!
Shin'yu had a smile on his lips, not only did he not retreat half a step, but he grabbed Hashirama's wrist, "So this is Super Strength? It's nothing more than that!"
"What!" Hashirama was shocked, at the moment of eye contact, he saw a bloodthirsty look flash in the boy's eyes!
Shin'yu's lower body was as stable as Mount Tai, his shoulders sank, his waist twisted, and the monstrous power of a wild beast suddenly erupted, throwing the astonished Hashirama far away!
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh!"
He instantly unleashed twelve slashes towards Hashirama, and within the dazzling cyan light, black energy spread and danced wildly. The skeletal structure reappeared, with bone arms and sharp blades rapidly growing. A wisp of jet-black flame burned along the blades, and with a swing of the bone arms, it shot out!
The black flame-entwined air explosion slash tore through the sea, chasing after the twelve cyan sword energies as they broke through the air.
"Boom!"
The water surged into the sky, and the dazzling slashes directly blasted Hashirama into the sea!
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