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Hashirama walked with steady steps through the corridors of the Northern Base.
He was about to leave the Northern Base.
As for where to go?
Even Hashirama himself didn't know.
Right now, he had only one thought: to acquire more Hashirama cells and recover to his normal state as quickly as possible.
This feeling of being like a living dead was extremely uncomfortable!
"Ying-Ying Monster!"
Hashirama thought, immediately calling out for the Ying-Ying Monster.
However...
There was no response at all.
"Hmm?"
Hashirama paused for a moment, looking around. It was then that he realized the Ying-Ying Monster was nowhere to be seen.
Lost?
Could it be inside the crucial laboratory?
"Ying-Ying Monster?"
Hashirama called out again in his mind, still receiving no response.
This wasn't right!
The Ying-Ying Monster was his system!
It couldn't possibly not respond!
"Wait..."
Hashirama suddenly thought of something. He had just absorbed Hashirama cells.
The last time he absorbed Hashirama cells, the Ying-Ying Monster underwent an upgrade and reboot.
Could it be rebooting again now?
Hashirama found this reason more plausible. After all, as dumb as the Ying-Ying Monster could be, it wouldn't just lose track of him!
"But..."
"This is still incredibly dumb!"
"It rebooted and didn't even tell me!"
Hashirama shook his head lightly, wanting to complain more about the Ying-Ying Monster, but considering that its task function might bring him more Hashirama cells, he decided to let it go.
There was nothing he could do about having such a system!
Hashirama didn't call out to the Ying-Ying Monster again. He didn't know how long its reboot would take.
As he walked...
Hashirama reached the corridor entrance of the Northern Base.
At this moment...
The entrance door was open.
Dim light shone inwards, reflecting from the color of the light, it was moonlight at night.
Under the moonlight.
A figure stood proudly.
In the backlight, Hashirama couldn't clearly see the face of the figure standing at the entrance.
"This path is forbidden!"
A indifferent voice came from the entrance of the Northern Base, echoing clearly in the corridor and entering Hashirama's ear.
At this moment.
Hashirama noticed something amazing.
There was no more noise in the Northern Base, and it seemed that all the sounds were overwhelmed by the voice of this person.
However.
Hashirama did not listen to this person's words and continued to step forward, stepping towards the entrance step by step.
"I'll say it again, this path is forbidden!"
The indifferent voice sounded again, judging from the tone of the voice, this person was not very old.
Hashirama still ignored it.
At this moment.
The figure flickered.
From afar, one could see the person raising his hand and naturally making a gesture.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The next moment.
The sound of breaking wind rang out, and bone joints like bullets directly shot towards Hashirama's body.
Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop!
Hashirama didn't even flinch.
He was directly pierced by these bones.
No pain.
No sensation.
After piercing Hashirama's body, these bones fell to the ground.
From the shape of the bones.
These were phalanges!
Hashirama continued walking forward, and where he had just been pierced by phalanges, the area began to cover with dirt and dust, returning to its original state.
This was the Edo Tensei!
Hashirama felt the numbness of his body and the almost inexhaustible chakra, increasingly convinced that Edo Tensei was an incredibly overpowered ninjutsu.
Reviving the dead.
Possessing their abilities from when alive.
Immortality.
Unlimited chakra.
This was more terrifying than the zombie armies he had seen in Resident Evil movies.
Hashirama's gaze fell on the figure standing at the entrance of the Northern Base.
By now, the identity of the person in front of him was crystal clear.
Kimimaro!
Looking across the entire ninja world, only he had the ability to shoot bones, a kekkei genkai so rare that it was comparable to Wood Style.
No, even Wood Style was inherited by individuals like Yamato who specialized in vegetation.
Kimimaro's bone kekkei genkai was truly unique, with no other known possessors.
At the entrance of the Northern Base.
Kimimaro stared at the figure emerging from the dim corridor.
Not simple!
Kimimaro thought to himself.
No one understood better than him the piercing power of his finger bones just now.
But...
It seemed like it had no effect on that person at all!
Kimimaro's face became serious. He had climbed out of his sickbed this time because he had heard the commotion from Orochimaru's lab.
This person was a stranger.
Regardless...
He needed to intercept this person first!
Kimimaro lightly tugged at his clothes with his left hand, exposing his right shoulder.
Clickety-clickety-click...
Accompanied by a rhythm of bone joints, Kimimaro pulled out a bone from his right shoulder with his left hand.
Hard bone.
Sharp bone spur.
Kimimaro held the bone knife he had extracted from his body in his left hand, his eyes coldly staring at the figure approaching.
"I'll warn you one last time, this path is forbidden!"
Kimimaro's voice grew colder. This person in front of him who didn't respond at all definitely had issues.
"Kimimaro, you are not my match."
Hashirama's light voice echoed from within the corridor. By the time his voice reached Kimimaro's ears, he had already arrived at the entrance of the Northern Base.
Moonlight shone brightly on Hashirama.
Highlighting his handsome face.
"If you insist on breaking through, then you'll just have to try."
Kimimaro's eyes slightly changed, holding the bone knife and charging directly towards Hashirama.
"Kimimaro."
"You shouldn't have intervened at this time."
"You should cherish the little time you have left."
"What a pity."
"If we meet again, you'll be in an Edo Tensei state."
Hashirama looked at the rushing Kimimaro, his expression unchanged, not even a hint of surprise.
"Dealing with you is enough!"
Kimimaro had strong confidence in his own abilities. Even the Fourth Hokage was someone he had helped Orochimaru take down.
If not for his illness!
Kimimaro believed he wouldn't lose to anyone in the ninja world!
"Your eyes only see these things, but you don't realize that you're just a tiny piece in the ninja world. Even Orochimaru couldn't handle me. What makes you think you can defeat me?"
Hashirama grinned broadly.
In his current state, there were only two ways he could be taken down.
One was sealing!
The other was the Rinnegan!
Kimimaro wasn't among those two!
Even the Ninjutsu is not what Kimimaro is good at!
In a sense.
Kimimaro was just a type of ninja who could make his bones even harder.
"Camellia Dance!"
Kimimaro's eyes flashed with a cold light, picking up the bone knife in his hand, making no fancy moves, and attacking Hashirama in succession.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Under the moonlight's reflection, the bone knife shone with a cold light, and phantom images flashed into Hashirama's sight.
Hashirama calmly watched Kimimaro, who was demonstrating his skills, and suddenly reached out like a flash of lightning.
Instantly.
Hashirama's palm reached into the dazzling phantoms, firmly grabbing Kimimaro's wrist.
"This... can't be!"
Kimimaro widened his eyes suddenly, his eyes full of surprise, and the overwhelming phantoms of bone knives suddenly stopped, with all his actions stopped by this hand.
Such great strength!
Kimimaro was dumbfounded!
He always thought he was almost invincible in Taijutsu, but he didn't expect this person in front of him. The strength in his wrist was like a steel clamp, making him unable to move directly.
"Pine Dance!"
Instantly, Kimimaro's body sprang up with sharp white bones, and the tips of the bones were extremely sharp, making him look like a hedgehog.
Especially his left hand, which was caught by Hashirama.
Even more sharp bone spurs emerged from his forearm, directly piercing towards Hashirama's hand.
"Sorry."
Hashirama calmly uttered two words, and immediately vines sprang out from his hands, like ropes, instantly tying up Kimimaro.
"You're not qualified to dance before me!"
Hashirama said coldly. While speaking, he exerted force and threw Kimimaro, who was in his hands, out.
Swish!
The terrifying power directly threw Kimimaro more than ten meters away.
Being tied up by vines, Kimimaro hadn't yet freed himself. In mid-air, he drew a beautiful parabola and fell heavily on the ground not far from the entrance of the Northern Base.
Clang!
Accompanied by a collision sound, Kimimaro landed safely.
"Who are you?"
Kimimaro's voice was low as he asked, his eyes showing a slight change as he looked at Hashirama.
Since he started remembering things.
For him, fighting has always been a very easy thing!
However.
Now...
Kimimaro met the most powerful opponent in his life, and he had never felt so powerless.
Sigh...
Bone spurs on Kimimaro's body grew out of many more, the latest part of the bone spurs had turned into sharp blade.
Then.
Kimimaro controlled his body to rotate, wanting to cut off all the vines wrapped around his body.
Shh! Shh! Shh!
However.
At the moment when Kimimaro exerted his strength, the vines on his body passed a phantom, and directly pierced the ground.
In a flash.
Take root and germinate.
Vines like wood grew out from the ground directly, directly wrapping Kimimaro inside.
The wooden vines gathered more and more.
Eventually forming a big tree.
Kimimaro was trapped in the trunk!
"Do you still like this graveyard?"
Hashirama said coldly, looking at the big tree in front of him, the tree was completely formed by the wood release, winding around Kimimaro's body.
Swish!
The next moment.
Hashirama's figure disappeared in a flash!
"Don't look down on people!"
The seal on the chest of the tree turned into a huge explosion, and the violent chakra filled the body.
But...
What made Kimimaro completely desperate happened.
The chakra just formed by the seal, before he could use it, was absorbed by the vines around him.
Shh! Shh! Shh!
The vines became even stronger after absorbing the chakra from the seal.
(End of this chapter)