"Oh? Someone actually recognized the two of us."
The golden-haired shinobi was naturally Kinkaku. He grinned as he looked toward his younger brother, Ginkaku.
"Looks like not that much time has passed in the ninja world after all."
Ginkaku shrugged.
"Then I guess that weird ninja standing over there is our target this time."
The Gold and Silver Brothers were the legendary duo who had once been swallowed by the Nine-Tails, only to survive by devouring its flesh and inheriting part of its chakra.
Not only had they ambushed and nearly killed the Second Raikage and Second Hokage during a peace alliance meeting, but they also wielded the Sage of Six Paths' treasured ninja tools while possessing a portion of the Nine-Tails' power.
They were extremely troublesome monsters.
These two had once forced both the Second Hokage and the Second Raikage into desperate battle!
"But… what exactly is going on here?"
Kinkaku tugged impatiently on the Treasured Rope beside him as he questioned the nearby Kumogakure shinobi.
After the older Kumogakure veterans explained who these two were, the surrounding ninja immediately realized these ancestors were absolutely not people to provoke.
They hurriedly shook their heads and said they had no idea.
"Looks like we were revived… and there's this faint urge in my head telling me to fight that Uchiha brat over there…"
Ginkaku licked his lips, staring excitedly at Ning Feng standing in the battlefield.
"Seems that way…"
Kinkaku's face also carried visible irritation.
After all, during their lifetimes, the Gold and Silver Brothers had been infamous throughout the ninja world.
They had successfully ambushed and nearly killed two Kage-level figures, one of whom was the younger brother of the God of Shinobi himself.
Those achievements alone were enough to make them legendary.
Yet now—
Only a few years after their deaths, even Kumogakure's own ninja had nearly forgotten them.
"Still… at least whoever revived us didn't impose too many restrictions…"
Ginkaku clenched his fists eagerly.
For shinobi at their level, if they were revived only to lose their freedom of movement—
Then they would rather remain dead.
"You two…"
The Fourth Raikage A slowly rose after landing, staring at the Gold and Silver Brothers with an ugly expression.
As the Fourth Raikage, he naturally knew about the two traitors who once caused the death of the Second Raikage.
He held absolutely no favorable opinion toward them!
"Oh… looks like this kid's one of that guy's descendants."
Kinkaku shrugged, completely ignoring A's murderous glare.
"Brat, what kind of look is that?"
Ginkaku, however, seemed annoyed and glared back furiously.
He was a shinobi from the era of the Second Raikage.
By the time he became famous, the current Fourth Raikage probably hadn't even been born yet.
Calling A "junior" wasn't excessive at all.
"You bastards!"
A roared angrily.
Though he hadn't received direct notice from Uchiha Madara, he had already guessed that the long-dead Gold and Silver Brothers had likely been revived through Madara's side using some kind of forbidden technique.
Since many of Kabuto's revived shinobi were familiar figures from Kumogakure and Iwagakure history, Madara had already explained the existence of Impure World Reincarnation beforehand.
But even with mental preparation beforehand—
Actually seeing the Gold and Silver Brothers, the pair who once inflicted enormous damage upon Kumogakure—
Still made A unable to suppress his fury!
"A. Deal with Uchiha Feng first."
Suddenly, Ginkaku's body stiffened.
His expression turned wooden as he spoke mechanically.
"This is…"
The Raikage froze slightly, stopping himself from charging toward Ginkaku.
Even Kinkaku looked at his brother in confusion.
"I am the caster. This technique merely borrows the dead for use. There's no need to become angry at corpses."
Kabuto Yakushi's voice slowly echoed through Ginkaku's mouth into A's ears.
After brief thought, A restrained his aura and merely snorted coldly.
Kabuto then released control over Ginkaku.
Under Impure World Reincarnation, he was fully capable of controlling revived shinobi directly.
However, the Gold and Silver Brothers fought using highly unusual abilities.
Their combat styles were far too unfamiliar to someone like Kabuto, separated from their era by decades.
Furthermore, Kabuto didn't fully understand the Sage of Six Paths' ninja tools and couldn't utilize them to their maximum potential.
That was why he hadn't erased the brothers' personalities.
But just now…
A's temper had been so explosive that Ginkaku nearly broke free from Kabuto's control entirely.
"Hmph… that brute of a Raikage…"
Beside Kabuto, Uchiha Madara sneered disdainfully.
"Looks like every generation of Raikage has been equally pathetic. Idiots who can't even understand the situation and only know how to vent their emotions."
Kabuto silently nodded.
A shinobi standing at Madara's level naturally had every qualification to criticize the Raikage however he pleased.
But Kabuto?
He was merely a rogue former Rain shinobi.
What right did he have to comment on a village leader alongside Madara?
…
Knowing sheer numbers were useless against Ning Feng, A ordered the remaining Kage Guard Unit and elite forces to retreat toward the battlefield's edge.
This move also allowed them to monitor whether Rain Village reinforcements arrived.
After all—
Their remaining forces weren't numerous anymore.
No matter how confident A was, he wasn't arrogant enough to believe his remaining troops could withstand the full military might of the Rain Village.
"We're going!"
Suddenly, the Raikage exploded forward, his Lightning Release Chakra Mode erupting as his hand-blade viciously slashed toward Ning Feng!
At the same time, the Gold and Silver Brothers split apart, attacking Ning Feng from both left and right!
Three Kage-level fighters attacking simultaneously!
Yet Ning Feng's expression didn't change at all.
He clearly understood that even if these attacks landed, they still wouldn't truly threaten his life.
The only things here capable of posing real danger—
Were the Sage of Six Paths' ninja tools held by the Gold and Silver Brothers!
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Not daring to underestimate them, Ning Feng immediately activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan!
If things became troublesome, he would stop caring about preserving the Rain Village borderlands and simply unleash Susanoo directly!
The moment the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan activated—
The movements of the Raikage and the Gold and Silver Brothers slowed dramatically within Ning Feng's vision!
"So this is the power of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan…"
Ning Feng was slightly shocked.
He could feel overwhelming ocular power surging endlessly into his eyes like tidal waves.
Unlike back when he possessed only the Mangekyō Sharingan—
His current eye power felt limitless!
Because endless chakra continuously flowed into his eyes and transformed into ocular power.
And Ning Feng's chakra reserves were already monstrous to begin with.
Naturally—
His ocular power was equally terrifying!
SHING!
Ning Feng effortlessly dodged all three attacks before instantly twisting through the air and swinging the Kusanagi Sword in a horizontal slash!
The Raikage's reaction speed under Lightning Release Chakra Mode was unbelievably fast.
The moment he saw the sword flash, he immediately ducked beneath the slash.
But the Gold and Silver Brothers weren't nearly that fast.
Kinkaku's body was sliced cleanly in half at the waist on the spot!
Meanwhile, Ginkaku barely managed to block Ning Feng's blade using the durable material of the Seven Stars Sword, his giant square-shaped weapon barely stopping the strike!
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