Hashirama Reborn

After a tense night, the sun slowly appeared in the early morning, but the tailed beasts still did not show up. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to pack up and leave the desert as soon as possible.

Cough

A hoarse cough attracted everyone's attention. Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw Hashirama Senju gradually waking up from his sleep in the crowd. His eyes slowly opened, like the light before dawn, penetrating the dark fog.

Brother, you finally woke up!

Hashirama, would you like some water?

Hashirama opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he felt someone gently lifting his aching body. Then his lips touched moist water vapor, and he couldn't help but gulp it down. The water finally made Hashirama feel a little refreshed. He blinked his eyes slowly, and felt a burning gaze from afar. He couldn't help but turn his head slightly to look. The familiar figure made Hashirama curl his lips. Their eyes met in the air, and they knew each other's feelings without words.

Madara, I'm glad you're okay.

The dawn light gradually spread across the sky, dyeing the edge of the desert golden. After a night's rest, Hashirama's injuries had stabilized. He refused the help of his clansmen, felt the abundant chakra in his body, used the summoning technique again, summoned the Slug Sage, and healed the wounds of the injured ninjas.

After breakfast, the ninjas began to pack their bags and prepare to continue on their journey, trying to leave the desert before dark. Perhaps because the tailed beast was still sleeping deep in its dream, the group did not encounter the terrible enemy again.

The sun was high in the sky, the scorching sunlight fell on their bodies like a knife, the sand rolled under their feet like rolling flames, but the ninjas did not waver and moved forward firmly.

Finally, on the distant horizon, the scouting Uchiha found the outline of a forest, which seemed like an oasis in the desert, giving them endless hope. Everyone was excited. As long as they held on for a while longer, they would be able to walk out of the desert, through the forest, and reach the Land of Lightning! The mission was about to be completed. Although everyone was tired, they had a relaxed smile on their faces.

However, just as everyone was about to step out of the desert, a chill suddenly hit them. Senju Butsuma and Uchiha Tajima felt something was wrong almost at the same time. They quickly looked around and signaled their tribesmen to be alert. They saw a group of figures leaping out from behind the sand dunes and rushing towards them.

It's a puppet! Someone from the Uchiha clan exclaimed.

Senju Butsuma and Uchiha Tajima looked at each other, and a hint of understanding flashed in their eyes. As expected, the group of puppet masters had not given up. Thinking of this, Senju Butsuma moved and stood in front of Haruyuki-hime and the samurai. He held the weapon tightly in both hands, his muscles tensed, ready to deal with the attack of the puppets at any time.

Uchiha Tajima quietly moved to the flank of the team, his three-magatama Sharingan flashing with a cold light, like a cheetah staring at its prey, ready to give the enemy a fatal blow at any time.

The puppets were getting closer and closer. Their running figures looked strange and terrifying in the sunlight. There was no expression on their faces, and their lips opened and closed, making a constant mechanical clicking sound.

Hashirama took a deep breath and his chakra started to run at high speed. He could feel the tension and danger in the air. Are these guys the puppet masters that Tobirama and the others mentioned? It seems that they have not given up the mission. Seeing that the tailed beasts have not killed us, they finally couldn't help but come to the battlefield before we leave? The other party has made a desperate bet. This is a life-and-death battle. He must go all out.

Just when the puppet masters were about to launch an attack, Thousand-Handed Buddha suddenly shouted, rushed out like lightning, swung the big knife in his hand, and smashed it hard at a puppet.

Uchiha Tajima also launched an attack at the same time. His figure turned into an afterimage and instantly appeared behind a puppet. He formed seals with his hands and a huge fireball spewed out, burying all the puppets in front in fire.

Find the puppeteer who is controlling the game and go!

Art fire escape ho fireball!

Earth escape, earth flow wall!

The originally quiet desert was instantly filled with shouts of killing, the light of ninjutsu and the sound of air tearing. The ninjas were agile and had great skills in ninjutsu. They showed no fear in the face of those cold-blooded puppets and kept waving their weapons in a desperate fight with the puppets.

Although puppets do not have human emotions, their movements are extremely swift and their attack power is extremely strong. They either wield sharp blades or fire deadly hidden weapons. Even if they are knocked down, as long as the operator is still there, they can continue to fight, forcing the ninjas to remain vigilant at all times.

The battle was extremely fierce, with shouts and cries of killing rising one after another. The light of ninjutsu intertwined into a brilliant light and shadow over the desert. Every clash of weapons was accompanied by the crisp sound of metal colliding, and every time a ninjutsu was performed, the air seemed to be torn apart.

In this battle, both humans and puppets were inevitably injured. The ninjas' bodies were left with marks from the puppets' blades, their clothes were stained with blood, and the puppets gradually showed signs of damage under the fierce attacks of the ninjas.

No, if the puppeteer doesn't stop manipulating them, these puppets will continue to consume our strength.

Uchiha Madara's eyes suddenly became sharp, and his Mangekyō Sharingan slowly opened. The unique pattern seemed to contain endless mysteries and power. He swept his eyes across the battlefield and finally discovered the puppeteers hiding in different directions in the distance.

Hashirama!

Hashirama's expression froze, and he used ninjutsu without hesitation in the direction indicated by Uchiha Madara. Countless branches were seen swimming under the sand like giant snakes, tightly entangling the puppet masters in the distance, not allowing them to struggle. The moment they touched the puppet masters, they began to absorb their chakra. After a while, they dragged the puppet masters who had lost their ability to resist out from underground.

As the chakra supply was cut off, most of the puppets rushing around on the battlefield lost control and stopped moving, as if their souls had been taken away. A small number of them also stopped attacking and stood silently in place. The battle came to an abrupt end at this moment.

Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama looked at each other and saw joy and relief in each other's eyes. Fortunately, they cooperated well with each other and prevented most of the puppet masters from escaping. This was the result of their first cooperation.

The desert wind blew gently, carrying away the dust and smoke on the battlefield. The Senju and Uchiha tribesmen gathered forward and looked at the puppet masters bound by tree branches with smiles of victory on their faces. Although the leader and a small number of puppet masters were not captured, so many members of the tribe were captured. If they did not want to suffer heavy losses, they had no choice but to come out to negotiate honestly.