"You... this guy..." Hashirama Senju clenched his fists, his voice slightly low as he looked at Yuto.
The sudden anger rising deep within Hashirama had nothing to do with the hatred between Konoha and Kirigakure.
If he had to describe it specifically, it was pure fury at Yuto's actions.
Seeing Hashirama suddenly clench his fists, Yuto shrugged helplessly, a look of resignation on his face.
Yuto knew that, whether it was Hashirama or Madara Uchiha, the relationship between the three of them had long transcended that of ordinary enemies.
But precisely because of that, if there was any way to defeat the other, the three of them would never show any mercy.
The Sharingan in Yuto's left eye turned slightly, but quickly stopped.
Both of Shisui Uchiha's Sharingan eyes held the Kotoamatsukami, but Yuto didn't know the difference between the two.
But one thing was certain: using both eyes to activate Kotoamatsukami was definitely different from using just one.
Yuto calmly watched Hashirama Senju before him. Since that was the case, he didn't mind waiting a moment.
"What the hell... do you want!!" Hashirama roared towards Yuto's direction.
At the same time his voice echoed, the ground beneath his feet exploded, and Hashirama's figure had already vanished from the spot.
A fierce gust of wind erupted before Yuto, causing his clothes to flutter wildly.
In an instant, Hashirama was already standing before Yuto, raising his fist and striking towards his head.
Superhuman Strength! A piercing sonic boom exploded by Yuto's ear.
Yuto's expression didn't change as he shot out his hand like lightning, easily catching Hashirama's incoming fist.
The moment the punch, which created a sonic boom in the air, touched Yuto's palm, the explosive force was instantly absorbed by him.
"You really haven't changed at all, Hashirama!" Yuto said with a faint smile, calmly watching the man before him.
Seeing Yuto easily catch his punch, Hashirama looked as if he had expected it.
An idea flashed through Hashirama's mind, and a terrifying chakra surged from within his body.
In the blink of an eye, a black pattern appeared on Hashirama's forehead.
Sage Mode!
"Some things never change, Yuto!" Hashirama said coldly.
The hand that Yuto had caught quickly twisted, easily bypassing his palm and grabbing Yuto's arm.
Whoosh! Countless branches rapidly sprouted from Hashirama's arm, wrapping around Yuto at an incredible speed.
At the same time, mysterious black lines began to appear on the surface of these branches.
"Oh my, it's been a long time since I've seen a Uzumaki clan sealing jutsu," Yuto remarked with a teasing tone.
"It seems you're not inflexible after all."
However, a hint of solemnity flashed in Yuto's eyes.
No one dared to underestimate the techniques of the Uzumaki clan, after all, it was a family the entire shinobi world had allied against to defeat.
At the words "Uzumaki clan," a hint of melancholy flashed in Hashirama's eyes, but it quickly vanished.
Crack! Crack! A series of sharp cracking sounds came from the binding branches.
A terrifying chakra erupted from Yuto, pouring out in all directions.
Under the impact of this chakra, the Wood Release jutsu binding Yuto completely collapsed.
Seeing Yuto break through his technique, Hashirama's face showed no surprise, but his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Yuto, your power has weakened," Hashirama said, flashing back several steps, his calm voice reaching Yuto's ears.
"Is that so?" Yuto's expression turned cold as he stomped on the ground, his body instantly turning into a blur and vanishing from the spot.
Hashirama narrowed his eyes, and a massive wooden pillar shot up from beneath his feet, lifting him high into the air.
But the next moment! A violent tremor came from below.
The dozens-of-meters-tall wooden pillar beneath Hashirama's feet was shattered by Yuto with a single punch.
The broken giant pillar, along with Hashirama, fell from the sky at the same time.
Yuto crouched slightly, then leaped upward, shooting into the air.
"What is your true purpose, Yuto?" Seeing Yuto rushing up towards him from below, Hashirama, who was falling from the sky, muttered without a trace of tension.
From the moment he saw Yuto, Hashirama had sensed something was wrong, but for a moment, he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
As Hashirama speculated, his movements were by no means slow.
His hands quickly clapped together!
Wood Release—Wood Dragon Jutsu!
The dozens-of-meters-tall wooden pillar that Yuto had shattered began to twist rapidly in the air, transforming into a giant wooden dragon in a blink of an eye.
A sound like a dragon's roar exploded from the sky.
Hashirama rode the dragon's neck, charging down from above.
The giant wooden dragon opened its massive jaws and bit down towards Yuto.
"A wood dragon? In my eyes, you're just a worm!" Yuto said with a cold smirk, quickly extending both hands to grab the upper and lower jaws of the dragon.
The wood dragon bit down with all its might, but no matter how hard it tried, its mouth couldn't move an inch.
Under Yuto's berserk strength, its mouth was forced wider and wider.
Seeing Yuto's actions, Hashirama moved as well.
He quickly jumped from the dragon's neck, raised a palm, and pressed it towards Yuto's forehead, shouting, "Sage Art—Toad Silhouette Control!"
A black "seat" character rapidly appeared in Hashirama's palm.
Seeing this jutsu, Yuto's eyelid couldn't help but twitch.
In Yuto's eyes, the only thing that made Hashirama a greater threat than Madara Uchiha was the endless stream of sealing techniques in his arsenal.
Back when Mito Uzumaki married Hashirama, the Uzumaki clan had paid a hefty dowry of sealing techniques.
Whoosh! With a thought from Yuto, several Adamantine Sealing Chains surged from within his body.
In the blink of an eye, these chakra chains had bound Hashirama, firmly pinning him above Yuto.
Under the downward impact of the wood dragon, Hashirama and Yuto, along with the dragon, rapidly fell from the sky towards the ground below.
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