Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha lacks motivation.

"You're all so old, why are you still acting like a teenager?"

Hearing the distant explosions, Tobirama Senju, who was digging in the ground with a shovel, looked up and shook his head speechlessly.

Although he had a lot of opinions about Uchiha Madara, Tobirama Senju still recognized his strength, so he wasn't worried that Madara would fail here.

"what?"

The shovel in his hand suddenly paused. Tobirama Senju raised an eyebrow; he had finally dug up his spoils.

The fifth clone, killed by gravitational potential energy, was now reduced to a thin slice about 2.5cm long. Tobirama Senju, without any regard for aesthetics, carefully collected the corpse, maintaining his scientific approach.

"It's still active; no wonder it's my brother's cells."

During the collection process, he was surprised to find that the clone's flesh and blood, which was dead beyond any doubt, was still wriggling slightly. It was not the spasm of the nerves after death, but a restless movement full of vitality.

"interesting."

Tobirama Senju stroked his chin, abandoning his crude method of collection. Instead, he took out a pile of bottles and jars, picked up his ever-present scalpel, and began dissecting them on the spot.

After a bloody scene that couldn't be broadcast, Tobirama Senju wiped the sweat from his brow and nodded with satisfaction at the full jars.

I'll be busy when I get back!

"Oh, right, there's one more."

After collecting everything, Tobirama Senju turned his attention to the site where the gas explosion had just occurred, where another clone had been defeated by the F6.

Donning his ever-present gas mask, Tobirama Senju stepped across the scorched earth into the site of Clone No. 6's demise.

"This is."

After a thorough search, Tobirama Senju did not find the remains of the clone, but he unexpectedly discovered a hole large enough for one person to enter. Judging from the freshness of the soil inside, the hole had just been dug.

"Did they run away?"

Squeezing the damp soil in the burrow, Tobirama Senju frowned deeply. He felt that this missing clone was a significant hidden danger.

"Boom!—"

"That guy hasn't finished fighting yet?"

Just as Tobirama Senju was pondering, another violent explosion rang out in the distance. His train of thought interrupted, he pursed his lips.

Just as he turned around to investigate, Tobirama Senju suddenly stopped. His crimson eyes swept over the gently rising hills in the distance, and a thought flickered in his mind.

"come out!"

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"Stop hiding, Danzo, I can see your butt."

As soon as the words were spoken, the raised hill trembled, and then one by one, the F6 members who were supposed to leave emerged from behind the hill.

"Oh dear! It's all your fault, Danzo, that the teacher found out!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi scratched his head and muttered angrily at the hill that served as cover.

"How can you blame me for this?"

Unexpectedly, the hill could talk. However, upon closer inspection, the raised hill turned out to be Danzo's disguised giant buttocks.

After Danzo stood up, the hill began to shrink rapidly until it returned to its normal size.

"You've actually learned to disobey imperial orders?"

Looking at the group of disciples who had rebelled against the Heavenly Gang, Tobirama Senju coldly questioned them.

"Teacher, blame me if you want. It's my fault for making them stay behind."

Uchiha Kagami gritted his teeth and stepped forward. As the executor of his teacher's orders, he not only did not urge the others to leave, but also allowed them to stay and watch the battle.

"It's not Jing's fault, I insisted that they stay."

Hiruzen Sarutobi also stepped forward, deciding to take the blame.

"it's me."

"It's all my fault!"

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"Alright! Stop arguing."

Seeing his two disciples vying for the blame, Tobirama Senju felt a surge of satisfaction, but he still maintained a stern expression and spoke.

"Kagami, Hiruzen, come to my office when you get back."

It's time to quit!

"Yes."

The two, who had been arguing heatedly, stopped and nodded respectfully.

"Luckily I didn't make the first move, otherwise I would have suffered a lot when I got back."

Seeing this, Danzo breathed a sigh of relief, still shaken, and looked at Hiruzen and Kagami with eyes full of schadenfreude.

"Since you haven't left, continue with the mission."

The battle situation is now very clear. We have a huge advantage, and Madara Uchiha is even focused on spawn-camping there. We can rest assured that F6 is safe.

"Let's go see what our Hokage is doing!"

With a slightly mocking roll of his eyes, Tobirama Senju waved his hand and led the F6 towards Madara Uchiha's direction.

On the battlefield,

Madara Uchiha's situation was not as easy as Tobirama Senju had imagined. At this moment, he was being surrounded and intercepted by seven clones, and his disheveled appearance was a far cry from his relaxed state just now.

"Bang!"

"Hmm, how is that possible?"

Raising his hand, Madara barely managed to block the massive chainsaw hurtling towards him. He forcefully suppressed the blood gushing from his chest, staring incredulously at the purple minotaur before him.

You were so bad just now, how come you're acting like a completely different person now?

"Whoosh!"

In the instant he was stunned, a silver figure flashed past like a ghost. Uchiha Madara, belatedly realizing what was happening, felt a sharp pain in his waist and immediately looked down.

"Pfft!"

A belated spurt of blood appeared, revealing a gruesome wound on his lower back.

Not far away, the second clone, having successfully launched a sneak attack, expressionlessly licked the remaining blood from its claws.

"hateful!"

In pain, Madara Uchiha swung the chainsaw of clone number eight aside, his fox tail billowing behind him, ready to avenge the arrow wound.

"Whoosh!"

As a result, before the wounded Madara Uchiha could even react, a surging wave of sand crashed down on his head, and he was swallowed up by the sand before he could react.

"Boom!"

The next second, Madara Uchiha, clad in a dark blue armor, burst forth from the sand. With a flick of his spear, countless Tailed Beast Bullets rained down, aimed directly at the clones before him.

"Clap clap clap clap~"

A curtain of water rose up, turning Madara Uchiha's Tailed Beast Bullet into a dud.

Seeing that the clones had suddenly become so well-coordinated and experienced in combat, Madara Uchiha was filled with doubt.

The reason he could easily subdue these clones before wasn't because of his superior strength, but because their combat experience was practically zero, and their teamwork was completely nonexistent.

This gave Madara Uchiha an opportunity to take advantage of the situation and quickly subdue the clones.

"This is going to be difficult!"

Looking at the seven clones surrounding him, Madara Uchiha felt a sense of foreboding; he might be in for a disaster.

"Hmph~ How could my work possibly have flaws?"

Cixian, who was inspecting the quality of the work, filled his glass with a smug look.

These clones were cultivated by him over many years; they were the best products of the Otsutsuki clan's technology. How could some native possibly try to take advantage of them?

Even though this native was a high-quality descendant of the Otsutsuki clan, it couldn't hide the rustic charm emanating from him.

Hmph! You stinking country bumpkin from out of town!

"Bang!"

After blocking the attack of the seventh clone once again, Madara Uchiha almost dropped his spear. After taking a few steps back, he found that the encirclement surrounding him was getting smaller and smaller, and the menacing clones were closing in step by step, as if they would attack him all at any moment.

"Whoosh~"

At this critical moment, a blue light flashed, and Tobirama Senju, wielding the Flying Thunder God kunai, landed with a very stylish pose.

"Am I late?"

"I #￥%#￥%#￥…&%&"

Madara Uchiha angrily spewed out a string of Konoha slang: "At a time like this, instead of staying far away, are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"Hey? Why are you cursing at someone all of a sudden?"

Tobirama Senju glared at Madara Uchiha with displeasure, about to retaliate, but then realized the atmosphere was a bit off. He slowly turned his head, only to meet seven pairs of compound eyes filled with killing intent.

"I'll blanch it!"

We've fallen into a wolf's den!

Tobirama Senju cursed and quickly raised his hand to run away, but no matter how long he raised his finger, the surrounding spatial energy seemed not to recognize him, showing no respect whatsoever to his summons.

"ha?"

With a grim expression, Tobirama Senju lowered his hand and instantly appeared beside Madara Uchiha.

Why aren't you running?

Looking at the white-haired figure beside him with a puzzled expression, Madara Uchiha felt a touch of emotion.

A friend in need is a friend indeed. When I get back, I will definitely instruct Izuna to reduce the Senju clan's commission on missions from 80% to 50%.

"They can't escape."

Tobirama Senju tried several more times, but to no avail, and his expression darkened even further.

His Flying Thunder God Technique really failed.

"Heh, you annoying fly, now you can't fly anymore, can you?"

Cixian, a smile playing on his lips, slowly lowered his large hand, which emanated a profound aura, from the void above.

When he last encountered the Senju brothers, he wasn't fully prepared, which is why Tobirama Senju, who could use the Flying Thunder God Technique, was able to dominate.

This time he was fully prepared; the anti-flight seal had just been set up, making it impossible for Tobirama Senju to escape.

"What do you mean by that?"

Tobirama Senju's words struck Madara Uchiha like a heavy blow. He had originally planned to have Tobirama Senju act as a backup plan for retreat, so that he could go all out. Now, his last resort was gone.

"My Flying Thunder God Technique has failed."

Biting his lip hard, Tobirama Senju, seemingly defiant, smeared the blood from his lip onto his hand, then slammed his hand on the ground.

"Spiritual communication!"

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"really."

Looking at the completely motionless summoning jutsu, Tobirama Senju said with a grim face,

"The power of space has been interfered with, so all space-time ninjutsu cannot be used."

"Bah! What use are you?"

In Madara Uchiha's mind, the only thing Tobirama Senju could be considered worthy of his attention was his unpredictable space-time ninjutsu; otherwise, this white-haired man was utterly useless.

He can't beat Izuna in taijutsu, he can't match himself in ninjutsu, and his research and development capabilities are far behind his older cousin's.

Just an ordinary Kage-level ninja.

"It's good that only you came. Remember to cover my retreat later."

Fortunately, Tobirama Senju came alone, meaning that by sacrificing only the white-haired man, he could escape unscathed. In a way, his death was worthwhile.

"Don't worry, when we get back I will erect a monument for you and write your heroic deeds down so that they will live on forever in the Land of Fire."

"Are you hoping I'm dead?"

Upon hearing this, Tobirama Senju nearly fainted from anger. He flung his kunai towards Madara Uchiha's head.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of Hasi Hot Mom, and Tsunade too, I'll treat her like my own granddaughter."

Tilting his head to dodge a backstab from his teammate, Madara Uchiha solemnly promised that Tobirama Senju could rest assured that he would die in peace, and that his brother Songo would take care of him.

"Seriously, we're not in a life-or-death situation yet."

After filtering out Madara Uchiha's lewd words, Tobirama Senju pulled out another kunai and turned his gaze to the group of menacing clones, his eyes filled with doubt.

"What's going on with them? Why did they transform too?"

"I don't know either."

"How's your strength?"

"It's almost the same as the original, just not any better."

After fighting the cloned Another Riders, Madara Uchiha had a rough assessment of their overall strength.

These counterfeit versions are no weaker than the genuine Tailed Beast Riders, and are even superior in terms of physical combat.

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, Tobirama Senju's pupils contracted. He had experienced being attacked by the Silver and Gold Brothers before, so he had some understanding of the power of the genuine Riders.

"How should I put it? It's like every Kamen Rider's user is replaced by Hassy Hot Mom."

"It's over, time to die."

Tobirama Senju lowered his hand in despair. What was the point of fighting? Even an ordinary bounty hunter could hold his own against Madara Uchiha after gaining the power of a knight.

Moreover, if the clones perfectly inherited the elder brother's abilities and let them obtain the power of the knight, what's the point of fighting? It would be better to just commit suicide on the spot.

"The Konoha F6 have come to pay their respects!"

Just then, the six belated figures landed on the field. After landing, the F6, posing as the Ginyu Force, smiled slightly and said to Tobirama Senju,

"Teacher! You're flying too fast!"

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"Is this what you've done?"

After an awkward silence, Madara Uchiha turned to Tobirama Senju, whose face was contorted with rage, and spoke in a chilling tone.

Jingzai is my cousin's favorite kid. If he dies here, even if you, White Hair, had a bunch of heads, it wouldn't be enough to compensate for it.

"Mine, mine."

Tobirama Senju was now filled with regret. Just on the way there, he had been boasting that victory was assured for his side.

The Hokage, Uchiha Madara, was already invincible. He, as the village secretary, didn't even need to lift a finger; the enemy was already like chickens and dogs, utterly vulnerable.

"You shouldn't have come."

"Huh? Teacher, didn't you say we were here to help clean up the mess?"

Uchiha Kagami blinked, his eyes revealing a rare purity of heart among the Uchiha clan, which intensified Tobirama Senju's sense of self-reproach.

"Lord Hokage, weren't you already invincible?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi also looked at the stiff-looking Madara Uchiha with curiosity. He had just witnessed Madara's heroic performance while watching, how Madara had defeated the clone in just a few rounds, sending it running away with its tail between its legs.

"The past is the past, the present is the present, children, times have changed."

Tobirama Senju stepped forward with a grave expression. The Flying Thunder God kunai in his hand gleamed with a chilling, predatory light. To the astonishment of the F6, he flung it at the leader of the clones.

"I will lead the charge!" (End of Chapter)