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Chapter 49.2- One Thousand Hands

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XXX- THE FENCESITTER

It has to be some sort of mistake, he thought to himself as he stared down the message written to him in the hand of Wu, one of his Jounin. Wu was the stable sort, not the kind to be taken in by flights of fancy or to repeat something without verifying it first. He was also bullheaded as any and not the sort to retreat if there was a battle that could be won.

And yet, regardless of all that, Wu had reported the impossible to him.

“It should not be possible” He settled for saying, tossing the scroll to his most trusted advisor and rising from his seat to look at his village. He had no illusions regarding how things were proceeding. He had only three rules in life that he followed above all: Love family, Be the Stone the village needs, and never lie to yourself— or to her. She would know if he lied to her.

“And yet the report is here” His trusted second said the words that she knew he was thinking.

“What would you have me do, Nemuri? Surrender? Quit the battlefield because another Senju has decided to make himself an army destroying threat? Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama both fell with time. This Shorirama will be no different”

“Of course, except that Hashirama and Tobirama never did the impossible the way their descendant seems to do so. Our reports say that he was made a jinchuriki not even a month ago. To go from that to being adjusted with the Bijuu enough to kill Han is something unthinkable. Even worse, he’s done that while killing an army with some sort of high speed movement jutsu never before seen” She added. She knew these were thoughts he had, but she was bringing them to light so he could come to terms with them. After decades together, it was a dance the two of them were more than familiar with. She, the young Secretary in training, and he, the Kage’s apprentice. A match made in heaven— or hell, depending on who you listened to.

“Teleportation. Tobirama Senju had some unholy teleportation jutsu up his sleeve, I remember. I just don’t remember it ever taking this sort of form” he said, before turning away from the beautiful Iwa skyline to his even more beautiful wife.