After witnessing Kazekaze's
terrifying power
, the
black centipede
lost all will to fight. Panicked and disoriented, it
fled deep into the forest
— But its
movements grew sluggish
, and eventually, it
collapsed headfirst—right in front of Tobirama.
The
one-horned rhinoceros met the same fate.
Tobirama stood
frozen in place
, his
Flying Thunder God technique halting mid-activation
. His body felt as if it had
grown roots, anchoring him to the ground.
Only when the
black centipede crashed lifelessly before him
did he finally
snap back to reality.
"It... It's dead."
Tobirama's lips
parted slightly
, his
sharp mind momentarily blank.
The
beast had no more life signs.
Its
organs were completely shattered,
and its
mouth overflowed with blood.
Creatures of
this magnitude
— Ordinary ninjutsu
couldn't even scratch them.
Even
Hiruzen and the others, at their current strength
, would have required
a prolonged battle
to bring one down. That's
why Tobirama arranged this survival training. The whole point was to force them into hardship—to make them grow.
'These creatures were meant to drastically lower their survival rate. Let alone encountering two at the same time.'
By Tobirama's
calculations
, even if Hiruzen and the others
performed beyond expectations
, They would
still need to struggle desperately
to make it out alive. But instead... The one who had
turned the tides—
Was
his brother's seven-year-old grandson.
Tobirama
gulped.
He was a
child of the Warring States era
—where war was
as common as eating.
A ninja's
average lifespan was barely thirty.
The
main reason? Children died too young in battle.
The so-called
"survival training"
was
only a simulation.
Real war was
far more brutal.
Only
kids who had survived the battlefield
— Had
truly honed their instincts and survival skills.
Any child who
lived through that hell
would be considered a
genius beyond compare.
Take
Uchiha Kagami
, for example. He was already
one of the top talents in his clan
— A young prodigy bearing the
Uchiha name.
Right now, he had barely unlocked
a single tomoe in one eye and two tomoe in the other.
At the same age,
Madara and Izuna Uchiha
had already awakened
three-tomoe Sharingan.
However!
Even
Madara and Izuna
— At
seven years old
, they were
still weaklings compared to this!
Tobirama
struggled to find words.
His mind
raced
as he instinctively
compared Kazekaze
to the greatest shinobi he had ever known. And yet— Even at
seven years old
, neither
Hashirama, Madara, nor Izuna
had ever demonstrated such
monstrous power.
"Not even my brother—at seven—could match this."
Tobirama felt his
breath hitch
, realizing something even more absurd.
'At that age, Hashirama didn't even understand what superhuman strength was. He hadn't even learned precise chakra control yet—let alone using it to unleash a shockwave.'
But Kazekaze? Tobirama had
no doubts now.
The technique Kazekaze
just used
Was Senju-style Superhuman Strength.
Superhuman strength
wasn't just raw force.
It required
perfect chakra control
— Concentrating
chakra throughout the body
, reinforcing
every muscle and bone
, Then releasing it
in an explosive burst
.
Just as the
Uchiha excelled in genjutsu
,
The Senju's specialty was super strength.
But— Just because someone
was born a Senju
didn't mean they
could use it.
Take Kazekaze's father,
Mokuma
—he had
never learned it.
Even among those
who did
— There were
vast differences in power.
Even
Tobirama himself
, at full strength, could only
demolish a building with one punch.
But Kazekaze?
In a single moment, he had obliterated two twenty-ton beast kings. He had flattened dozens of towering trees. He had cracked the very earth itself.
If Tobirama
hadn't witnessed the entire sequence of events with his own eyes
— He might have
thought Hashirama himself had reappeared.
Because
even Tobirama couldn't do this.
Kazekaze's Chakra—On Hashirama's Level
There was
no doubt now.
The
colossal chakra surge
from before— The
devastating force
that had
annihilated the giant beasts—
It all
came from Kazekaze.
There was
no other possibility.
Not Hiruzen.
Not Danzo.
Not Kagami.
Not a
single one of them
had the
chakra reserves
or
precise control
to pull that off.
'Throughout all the generations of the Senju clan— Only my brother has ever possessed chakra on the level of a Tailed Beast. A true one-in-a-million prodigy. I once thought my brother would remain a legend—a singular existence in the history of our clan. But now... Another one has appeared. Kazekaze.'
Tobirama
took a deep breath
, his pulse
pounding in excitement.
Since
Madara's supposed death at his brother's hands
, Tobirama had
never felt such a surge of adrenaline.
'Hashirama's Grandson... Is Also My Grandson.
He is Senju Tobirama's grandson. He is the future of the Senju clan.'
Tobirama's
eyes flashed sharply.
And then— A
realization struck him.
'If Kazekaze has inherited Hashirama's chakra and super strength... Then maybe... Just maybe... He also has Wood Release.'
At the mere
thought
, Tobirama's
entire body tensed in excitement.
At the same time, his
mind solidified with resolve.
'I absolutely cannot let my brother corrupt him!'
Hashirama was a
powerhouse, no doubt.
But he was also
an airhead
,
easily depressed
, and
had a terrible gambling habit.
Tobirama had to
ensure Kazekaze didn't pick up those bad habits.
'Kazekaze must surpass both my brother and me— He will become the greatest Hokage Konoha has ever seen!'
In
just a short span of time
, Tobirama's
mind had already mapped out Kazekaze's future.
If Hashirama wanted to
eradicate the divide between clans
, He
encouraged the Senju to intermarry
with outsiders. He had
even married an Uzumaki himself.
He had even
once suggested that Tobirama marry into the Uchiha clan.
Of course, Tobirama had
flat-out refused.
'But now... Maybe Kazekaze should reclaim the Senju name.'
Kazekaze was already a perfect blend of Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines. And if he were to marry into the Uchiha... Tobirama's brain spiraled into overdrive.
He had never
hated the Uchiha.
If he did, he
never would have taken Kagami as a student.
But he also
recognized their power.
'If Kazekaze could merge the Senju, Uzumaki, and Uchiha bloodlines... His child potential would be limitless.'
He would become the ultimate shinobi.
And so— Without
realizing it
, Senju Tobirama
had begun planning his grandson's marriage.