Kazuki didn't want to fight overloaded in Sage Mode like Hashirama.
A person's body is limited, and this applies to both Hashirama and Kazuki. Before becoming an Otsutsuki and ceasing to be human, Kazuki still needed to find ways to avoid certain flaws.
Sasuke relied on Jugo for Senjutsu Susanoo, but Jugo's Sage Mode itself was a super simplified version. This only allowed Sasuke to become stronger and use Senjutsu Chakra, and it didn't significantly boost Susanoo's power.
This was determined by the situation at the time. At that time, only Sage Art could harm Obito, who had entered Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Mode. As for how much it improved, Sasuke didn't need to care. Being able to use Sage Art was enough.
"Oh, right, Kazuki, Tsunade has run into trouble. You might need to be summoned over to help later." Katsuyu said suddenly, it's large tentacles swaying as it spoke to Kazuki.
"Tsunade's in trouble? Is there a problem on the front line?" Kazuki was startled by the news.
He didn't care if going to the front line without the village's permission would cause him trouble, Mito would resolve the issue.
Moreover, his normal combat power was already stronger than average Kage-level, and with Sage Mode, he considered his strength to be superior to Kage-level.
Currently, in the Ninja World, only Mito was stronger than him, but Mito was his 'teacher,' his non-blood-related grandmother.
With Mito around, he didn't need to worry. Furthermore, he was ostensibly part of the Hokage faction, and he was going to save Hiruzen's three disciples.
No matter what, Hiruzen had to step up and take the blame for him, otherwise, the morale of his faction would collapse, and he wouldn't be able to lead them in the future.
Most importantly, now that his strength was sufficient, he didn't need to be as cautious as before when doing things.
He didn't even mind being called the next Madara.
The next Madara it is! If you've got the guts, come fight me!
"Yes, it seems she's up against Hanzo. Tsunade is no match for Hanzo." Katsuyu said with a sigh.
Tsunade's talent was actually quite good and Katsuyu was good to Tsunade. Among all its past successors, Tsunade's abilities were the most compatible with it.
Her strength indeed couldn't compare to Hashirama, but she was the most suitable person for Katsuyu. Given the right conditions, Katsuyu, combined with Tsunade, could perform hundreds or thousands of simultaneous treatments.
However, Tsunade hadn't fully matured yet, so it seemed reasonable that she couldn't defeat Hanzo.
As for Nawaki, he surprisingly didn't sign a contract with Katsuyu. This generation of Senju couldn't compare to the Uchiha.
However, with Kazuki's talent, even if Hashirama were reborn, he would find it difficult to rival Kazuki.
Katsuyu highly suspected that Indra Chakra, in its previous life, during Madara's time, was beaten so badly by Asura Chakra's reincarnation, Hashirama, that it learned from the pain, making this generation's reincarnation stronger, even causing its physique to revert to an ancestral state.
"Is that so? Hanzou is a good opponent." A look of excitement appeared on Kazuki's face.
He urgently needed powerful enemies as opponents. Kazuki didn't want to seek out Madara yet. He didn't know if the current Madara still had the Rinnegan, but he wasn't someone he could easily provoke.
Even without the Rinnegan, he could still use Susanoo.
Mito, Kazuki would even less likely seek out. Mito usually took care of him like a biological grandmother, helped him get stronger, protected his growth, and escorted him. Regardless of her initial intentions, he indeed benefited.
Kazuki couldn't be like Obito, nor was he so heartless.
Now Mito was old. If she fought him, she would probably end up bedridden, so there was absolutely no need for it.
Therefore, Hiruzen, Third Raikage, Third Tsuchikage, or Hanzo were his primary choices for battle.
Now that Hanzo had suddenly appeared, it was time to fight them.
He just wondered if Madara would turn his attention to him.
"Alright, then I'll tell Tsunade."
"Damn it, how can Hanzo be so strong?"
Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru confronted Hanzo and began fighting him.
Although Tsunade and the others' had somewhat gotten stronger than their original counterparts at this particular time frame, they were still no match for Hanzo.
Originally, when Hanzo fought Tsunade and the others, he would hold back somewhat, after all, once he killed the three of them, it would be a devastating blow to Konoha. If Konoha unleashed its wrath, the Land of Rain wouldn't be able to withstand it.
But now, he had reached an agreement with the Third Kazekage. Sunagakure had agreed to fully engage Konoha on other front lines and withdraw from the Land of Rain.
He also needed to make some contributions here. This was the premise for both sides to achieve their goals.
Hanzo didn't want to completely enrage Konoha, but for the sake of the Land of Rain, he had no choice but to do so. This country, which had always been crying, should not continue to be a battlefield.
At the same time, he also desired the rich land of the Land of Fire. Since he would offend Konoha sooner or later, he might as well just offend them directly.
"After all, he's the man called Hanzo. Even without Salamander Poison, his strength is not inferior to sensei's," Orochimaru's expression was not very good.
Before, he thought Hanzo was overhyped, and that without his poison, his strength would decline. He hadn't expected Hanzo's taijutsu to be so excellent.
Even with the three of them combined, they were no match.
There wasn't much problem in stalling for time, but defeating Hanzo was almost impossible. One careless mistake could lead to severe injury, or even death.
This man was too dangerous.
"You are too strong. If it were normal times, I might have let you go and bestowed upon you the title of Konoha's Three Sannin, by my name, Hanzo. But you are too dangerous, I must keep you here."
Hanzo stared at the three, his eyes filled with intense killing intent as he said coldly.
Konoha was truly a land of outstanding talents. It was only normal for these three to grow to Kage-level in the future, they absolutely had to be kept here.