NOVEL WEB Chapter 67: Chapter 077
[Tobirama Senju]: …
[Tobirama Senju]: @Might Guy @Kakashi Hatake, @Future Mizukage - Mei Terumi, @Ōnoki, help me out.
[Kakashi Hatake]: ??
[Tobirama Senju]: I can't undo Orochimaru's control—he added Big Dumb - Hashirama's cells into the Edo Tensei.
[Tobirama Senju]: Big Bro's cells are way too powerful. I can't control it.
[Tobirama Senju]: So I currently can't release the control.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: !
[Tobirama Achievement - Izuna]: Pfft…
[Tobirama Achievement - Izuna]: Wahahaha…
Uchiha Izuna immediately rushed over to mock him.
He was dying of laughter.
[Kakashi Hatake]: What do you want me to do?
[Kakashi Hatake]: Though I think there's a better person for this.
[Tobirama Senju]: Oh?
[Kakashi Hatake]: Kitahara Kaede has already finished his battle. Let's just ask him.
Tobirama was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked over.
Just looking at him was enough to understand the result.
Right.
The battle with Shukaku only lasted one second.
And this was what really happened—
Bang!
A roasted tanuki suddenly dropped from the void and landed straight into the Valley of the End.
Then with one massive butt drop, it pinned down the Edo Tensei Tobirama Senju, who couldn't move his body.
Tobirama was almost flattened.
"…" Tobirama.
"…" Polite Tobirama.
[Tobirama Senju]: Can I suspect he did that on purpose?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Probably not? Didn't Little Kitahara Kaede say he didn't want to destroy Konoha? That's why he didn't fight Shukaku there.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: So throwing Shukaku into the Valley of the End was actually a pretty good move.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: But… are you okay?
[Tobirama Senju]: I'm fine.
[Tobirama Senju]: This technique was specifically developed to work with the Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags. Meaning, it needs a tool-person to constantly trigger the tags.
[Tobirama Senju]: So that tool-person is bound to get injured.
[Tobirama Senju]: That's why the most basic ability of Edo Tensei is… even if killed, the body won't die and will immediately regenerate if damaged.
[Tobirama Senju]: It's basically a bug when used in Edo Tensei.
[Tobirama Senju]: Even if I'm ground into powder, I'll still recover.
[Tobirama Achievement - Izuna]: Oh.
Since he dies instantly, Izuna was very interested in this feature of Edo Tensei.
At this moment—
Everyone continued watching the livestream in the group chat.
The stream was still ongoing.
After throwing Shukaku out, Kitahara Kaede had also arrived at the Valley of the End.
He was surveying the area, quickly gathering information and assessing the situation.
Valley of the End.
Located behind Konoha, this area is larger than the village's residential zone—not because it was always like this, but because this was the battlefield where the First Hokage, Big Dumb - Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara, the Uchiha Clan Leader, fought their final battle.
And because of that final battle, the First Hokage passed away a few years later.
But to this day, the valley walls are carved with enormous statues of Hashirama and Madara.
Since it's already been completely devastated by war, it doesn't matter how much damage is done here anymore.
So using this as the location to toss Shukaku was the best choice.
However—
Boom!
Shukaku was directly flung out from Kitahara Kaede's "Amenominaka" space.
And it still looked like its soul had been partially extracted.
"..."
"Abba…"
"Ugh…"
"??"
Shukaku was confused.
Kitahara Kaede had also just exited the magma world. Although he could repel the lava using Almighty Push from the Rinnegan, the heat there was still intense.
"..."
Kitahara Kaede stood on Shukaku's exposed belly.
"You convinced yet?"
"Damn it… mm… I—I give up!"
Shukaku snapped back to reality and immediately straightened up.
It quickly moved its two stubby little hands aside.
"I give up! I give up!"
"I was about to die of fear…"
"I almost cried…"
Yes.
At this point, Shukaku was honestly on the verge of tears.
Because…
It just realized it had made a huge mistake. That damn fox never told it—leaving it to realize only now—that it had actually tried to fight the Sage of Six Paths' mom?!
"..."
"Now let me think about how to extract you." Kitahara Kaede said.
"If I just pull the tailed beast out, the jinchūriki might die."
Kitahara Kaede didn't need to care about Gaara.
But…
Considering the bigger picture—and the fact that his sister, Temari, might still grow stronger in the future—it was best not to make enemies so early.
So—
He had to consider saving Gaara's life.
Which meant… he needed to use one of the Ninja World's "revival coins."
There were quite a few: from the sage talismans of Mount Myōboku to the Rinnegan's Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
"…" Oh no.
Even though Kitahara Kaede had the Rinnegan, he didn't want to sacrifice himself.
After all, he hadn't even interacted with Temari yet—it wasn't worth it to throw his life away for just a maybe. So would he have to use the Sharingan then?
"The Sharingan can use Izanagi. And if you have enough eyes, you can have plenty of revival coins."
"Gotta say—the Uchiha Clan is really useful."
As he analyzed this, Kitahara Kaede noticed Shukaku's belly was shifting.
Oh no.
Something underneath was trying to climb up.
It was the Edo Tensei Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, finally crawling out after being squashed by Shukaku like a cushion.
Though he didn't feel tired, Tobirama still wanted to catch his breath.
Shukaku is a tailed beast, after all—massive in size.
A full 12 meters long.
So crawling up from under its butt wasn't easy.
Tobirama's head finally popped out. His hands gripping Shukaku's fur, he came face to face with Kitahara Kaede standing on top.
"Second Hokage." said Kitahara Kaede.
"Kitahara Kaede." said Tobirama Senju.
"..."
?!?
Everyone exchanged stunned looks.
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Now let's rewind to 30 minutes ago—
After Orochimaru left the group, Shukaku was happily bathing in magma in the "Amenominaka" alternate world. Kitahara Kaede agreed to Shukaku's request.
"Since you want to fight my ninja bunny, Little White Bunny…"
"I'll give you the chance."
"But…" Kitahara Kaede paused.
"What?" Shukaku was worried he'd go back on his word.
"It needs some time." Kitahara Kaede said. "Its chakra's low right now."
"%…" Shukaku.
"Alright!"
Shukaku patted its belly.
"Then can we change the location?"
"My chakra's also fading fast here."
Though its skin was thick, the lava's temperature was too high. Shukaku had to constantly use ninjutsu to create sand to shield itself.
A desert would be the best environment for it.
So it wasn't short on sand, but… constantly doing that wasn't sustainable.
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