The Death of Senju Tobirama

The First Shinobi World War has been going on for more than 10 years.

The war took a heavy toll on the Five Great Shinobi Countries, ravaging every one of them. Even so, it didn't interfere with Ars' life.

Occasionally there would be Shinobi from other villages wanting to wreak havoc, but they were taken out by Ars before they could act.

With Ars as Guardian, the villagers of Konohagakure live their daily lives as if the war never happened. Of course, that only applies to civilians, whereas Shinobi must plunge into the cruel and merciless battlefield.

At home, Ars smoked a cigarette while reading a book. Due to the war, technology was not very developed, so he could only find solace by reading books.

*Knock Knock Knock*

"Oh, it's not usually someone looking for me."

Ars rarely interacts socially with other people, so not many people know him.

Opening the door of the house, he saw two men and two women in full battle attire.

"Aren't you Tobirama's team? Is there anything you need to look for me?"

Ars recognized the youths in front of him.

They are Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Shimura Danzo.

"Nidaime Hokage has died on the battlefield." Hiruzen said in a deep voice.

"Oh." Ars wasn't too surprised, then asked: "Is that all you have to say? If there is nothing else, please leave."

"W-Wait a minute, Nidaime appointed me as the Third Hokage." Hiruzen held the door that was about to close.

"Well, since Tobirama chose you as his successor, don't let him down. There are many matters that require the presence of the Hokage, hurry and leave and don't bother me."

Ars slammed the door loudly in the face of the four shocked youths.

"What the hell is that guy! He doesn't look sad at the news of Nidaime's death, does that fellow even have a heart!"

Utatane Koharu didn't like Ars' aloofness. She was Tobirama's student, seeing her teacher being treated like that, she was very angry.

"Shhh.... Don't talk carelessly, Koharu. Sensei said that person is Konoha's trump card. As long as he kept watch in the village, nothing would happen. And what he said is true, we have to go to the village elder and tell Sensei's last will."

Mitokado Homura calmed his friend down. He was worried that Ars would hear those words and be offended.

"But---"

"Don't make trouble, Koharu. Let's go."

Hiruzen interrupted and turned to leave.

Shimura Danzo clenched his fists. He was annoyed and hated because he was not appointed Hokage.

The four of them went to the village elder and reported everything that happened.

On the other hand, Ars sat on the balcony drinking cold beer.

"In the end, the people I knew died one by one, while I continued to live eternal life. No matter how many times I go through breakups, I never get used to it."

He tried to get himself drunk, but due to the Void Imperfection Physique effect which grants immunity to all negative effects, Ars couldn't get drunk even if he wanted to.

"They are too presumptuous... Not only killed Tobirama, but also invaded Konoha. It seems that the achievement of killing the Second Hokage made them become overconfident."

While drinking his 32nd beer, Ars felt the detection magic he had cast five kilometers from the village had given a warning.

"[Magic Sense]."

Ars spreads perception 10 kilometers away. Within that radius, nothing could escape his perception. Everything was clearly visible to him, even the ant colony on the ground was not spared.

What he saw were over 1000 Shinobi rushing towards Konoha at top speed, bloodthirsty expressions evident on their faces.

Among them all, there were two Shinobi that stood out the most, one a silver haired man, and the other a blonde haired man.

Besides the two of them, there were two Shinobi who had an abnormal amount of chakra. At first glance, Ars confirmed that the two of them were Jinchuriki.

"Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and Kumogakure Village Shinobi. Good, good, good, since you guys have come, don't expect to leave."

Even though Ars didn't really like Tobirama because the other side treated him badly. After all, the other party was his friend's younger brother. He couldn't stand by and watch his friend's younger brother's killer act so arrogantly in his territory.

...

Five kilometers from Konoha.

"Kinkaku-sama, are we rushing to attack Konoha with just this much force?"

Not all Kumogakure shinobi are fighting maniacs, there are some who think rationally among them.

"You're a coward! Now is the best time to attack, Konoha has lost the Hokage to lead. We must seize this opportunity and show the underworld Konohagakure Village is the strongest!" Ginkaku smirked evilly.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. Senju Hashirama has died, and Senju Tobirama was killed at our hands. Without the two of them, the Konoha Shinobi are nothing but trash!" Kinkaku doesn't take it seriously.

According to him, without Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, Konohagakure Village was not strong.

*Ta Ta Ta Ta*

Unexpected events occurred, suddenly Kumogakure Shinobi fell with bloody holes in their bodies.

"Enemy attack! Spread!"

Kinkaku responded quickly, shouting to warn the others, he hid behind a tree.

"Tsk, sneak attack." Ginkaku clicked his tongue while looking for the enemy's location.

"Ahhhh, what is this!"

"Not good, the enemy's weapon is too strong!"

"Noooo!!!"

"Help me, Kinkaku-sama!!!"

Despite using trees as protection, Kumogakure shinobi found the enemy's attacks unstoppable. Moreover, they didn't see what kind of weapon was used, so they couldn't make any countermeasures.

In that dark forest, there was only the loud sound of a mysterious weapon slaying the Kumogakure Shinobi.

"Damn it! What really happened!"

Kinkaku continued to back away while holding his bleeding left hand. Luckily, his thick muscle fibers meant that enemy weapons didn't hurt him too much. He didn't dare go forward and back far enough.

"This is the weapon the enemy used."

Ginkaku shows him a small, oddly shaped metal, which he took from the body of one of the Kumogakure slain shinobi.

"What's this? I've never seen a weapon like this in my life. Could this be Konohagakure Village's secret weapon?"

Kinkaku couldn't believe that little piece of metal had slaughtered over 500 Kumogakure Shinobi.

On the other hand.

"No matter how strong a Shinobi is, they need to make handprints to use Ninjutsu. Without Ninjutsu, they are only slightly stronger than normal people. So firearms are quite effective against them."

Ars stopped firing with the machine gun.

He could kill all the invaders in one fell swoop, but he didn't. He wanted them to feel despair and regret before they died.

So, he used [Weapon Manifest] to create a machine gun, and fired at the Kumogakure Shinobi who knew nothing about firearms.

*Whoosh*

From left and right spooky figures appeared, and they attacked Ars.

*Ting*

Unfortunately, their claws stopped five meters away from Ars as if by an invisible shield.

"This is my first time seeing a humanoid Jinchuriki."

A layer of dark red almost black chakra enveloped them. One of them has eight tails and the other seven tails.

They are Jinchuriki of Hachibi and Shichibi.

*ROAR*

The two Jinchuriki couldn't even speak human language anymore, and roared like animals.

*Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh*

The two Jinchuriki, who had lost their minds, continued to attack Ars with claws and tails that had very strong destructive power.

Even so, the combined attacks of the two Jinchuriki failed to break [Mugen (Infinity)]'s defense.