Below the stands were Hashirama Senju and the others.
Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, and others sat side by side.
"Sigh..."
Jiraiya sighed deeply, closing his eyes and no longer watching the one-sided beatdown in the arena.
He had secretly returned to Konoha with Namikaze Minato three days ago.
At the urging of Nara Shikaku, he also quietly participated in several so-called gatherings.
Faced with the complaints of many ninja families and Konoha Jonin.
He realized more and more deeply why the hearts of the people in Konoha had been turbulent in recent years, and why many families would rather live frugally than register their ninjas and become official Konoha ninjas to serve Konoha.
Looking at the Ino-Shika-Cho three clans, who had been allies with the Sarutobi clan for hundreds of years.
The new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho seemed to be in high positions and wielded great power.
But the older generation of clansmen, except for Akimichi Torifu, who didn't care about anything and spent his days in the clan grounds, which of those who survived wasn't physically disabled, deaf, or blind?
Looking at the increasingly powerful Sarutobi clan today, who wouldn't feel disheartened?
Yamanaka Kei had a point: people are not concerned about scarcity but inequity!
The Shimura clan, under the leadership of Danzo, was filling the Root with people wave after wave.
The Sarutobi clan...
"Why sigh? The world is about to usher in a huge change. Konoha, which is stagnating like an old carriage, will also embark on a new journey, opening up a brand-new path that no one has ever walked before. Aren't you also looking forward to it?"
Orochimaru's hoarse, magnetic voice sounded.
"...You seem much more normal than you were some time ago."
Jiraiya turned his head and looked at Orochimaru seriously, a rare smile appearing on his tense face as he crossed his arms and leaned against the steps behind him.
"Heh heh~ In the past, I wanted to be the one pushing the carriage, but now I just need to follow the convoy forward."
A smile also appeared on Orochimaru's lips.
White Zetsu, the Ten Tails' husk, Sage Body, Eternal Mangekyo, Rinnegan, the power of the Ōtsutsuki Clan...
The truth and reality of the world were gradually unveiling their mysterious veil before him.
Immortality was within reach!
It seemed he could already begin to think about more of life's meaning!
"Orochimaru-senpai, you seem to be injured?"
Namikaze Minato looked at his teacher's close friend, his gaze falling on his somewhat damaged ninja shoes and waistband.
The fresh traces of battle, the slightly weak after-sound in long sentences...
Everything proved.
Orochimaru must have just experienced a battle.
"...In the process of seeking truth, there are always some unexpected little accidents."
Orochimaru glossed over the matter of his injuries in a nonchalant tone.
What else could he say?
Tell Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato that he was beaten up by the person he reanimated with the Reanimation Jutsu?
Damn Second Hokage.
After seeing the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha reanimated together, he didn't say a word and went up to fight Madara Uchiha!
He was just relying on the control of the Reanimation Jutsu to stop him slightly.
Who would have thought that the Second Hokage wouldn't even listen to his explanation, and actually took advantage of his unpreparedness to undo the control of the Reanimation Jutsu, and beat him up along with them!
If the First Hokage hadn't stopped Madara Uchiha, and Yamanaka Kei hadn't thought better of it and dragged the Second Hokage away for education.
He might not have been able to sit here in one piece today!
Damn Tobirama Senju.
You just wait!
And this broken Reanimation Jutsu, he must strengthen it again and again when he gets back!
It would be fine if Tobirama Senju could undo the control by releasing the seal, but Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha could actually forcibly resist and break free from the control with their own strength!
What kind of garbage control method is this!
While Orochimaru was frantically cursing Tobirama Senju in his heart, the battle on the field was also gradually coming to an end.
As Hiruzen Sarutobi used Shadow Clone to perform the Five Release Great Barrage Technique, which was completely shattered by Tsunade with three punches and two kicks, and his main body also took a solid punch.
This generation of ninja hero, who was ordered to take over the position of Hokage when Tobirama Senju died many years ago.
In the end, he could no longer hold the partner Enma in his hand, and collapsed in a mess of a battlefield.
Looking at the clear sky without a cloud in sight.
Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed the blood overflowing from his mouth to flow down his cheeks.
It seemed that the scene when Second Hokage Tobirama Senju decided to stay behind alone in the forest on the border of the Land of Fire appeared before his eyes.
Teacher Tobirama told them at the time.
The moment when they need to sacrifice themselves and protect the future will eventually come, before that, cherish their lives.
He also told him to protect those who admired the village and trusted him, and then cultivate people who can entrust the next era to them.
From that day on...
He was the Hokage!
"I seem to have done a poor job, Teacher Tobirama..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi murmured, his eyes gradually becoming turbid and dim.
Just when he thought that his life was about to come to an end, Tsunade, bathed in the sun, as if her whole body was emitting a holy light, walked to his side and squatted down, using the Mystical Palm Technique to heal his collapsed chest.
At this moment, those things that he had always been unwilling to let go of seemed to collapse with a bang!
An indescribable sense of fatigue and relief washed over him simultaneously.
Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes and spoke softly.
"Will Konoha get better?"
"It will."
Tsunade's voice was soft, yet filled with heartfelt certainty.
"Why not just let me leave like this?"
"Konoha only has Hokage who die in battle. Being beaten to death by your own disciple, don't you think it's embarrassing?"
"The battlefield, eh? Not a bad final resting place."
"Tch."
"..."
On the distant high platform, seeing Tsunade begin to heal Hiruzen Sarutobi, some secretly breathed a sigh of relief, while others nodded slightly.
Regardless of merits or demerits, the Hokage is always the face of a village.
Dying here really wouldn't be appropriate.
"Boring, I'm going back."
Madara Uchiha indifferently watched everything before him, rose from the high platform, and independently released the Reanimation Jutsu, returning to the Pure Land.
"Madara~ Grandson-in-law, remember to call us in a few days! I'm leaving first~"
As Hashirama Senju's voice faded, he left with Madara Uchiha.
"Uh, okay."
Yamanaka Kei responded, turning his head to look at the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, whose mouth was still blocked by Wood Release, a slightly embarrassed smile on his face as he formed a hand seal and released the restriction.
Good or bad, he was Tsunade's great-grandfather, and his relationship with Tsunade was somewhat ambiguous.
When respect was due, it still had to be given.
"...Hmph! What did my brother mean by calling them in a few days?"
Tobirama Senju snorted coldly with an unsightly expression, inquiring about Hashirama Senju's words before he left.
In the end, he was still worried that this bastard who didn't respect his elders at all would drag him out and beat him up in front of so many people, in which case he, the Second Generation, would completely lose face.
"In a few days, we plan to go to Sand Village as a group to intimidate them."
"Why not call me?"
"Ahem, since it's intimidation, we must first overwhelm them with our momentum. First Generation has True Several Thousand Hands, Madara has Complete Body Susanoo, Tsunade has Katsuyu, Jiraiya has Gamabunta, Orochimaru has Manda, Kushina has Nine Tails..."
"...Grand, Grandson-in-law."
Tobirama Senju was silent for a moment, and the three words he spoke were exceptionally difficult.
Konoha's team-building doesn't include him.
Big Brother is even teaming up with Madara Uchiha?
Then what about Uchiha Izuna?
Don't think he didn't see it, that guy called Orochimaru or whatever, the pile of bones in his lab!
That dark, extreme aura attached to the eye sockets of the skull, which had never completely dissipated, was definitely Uchiha Izuna!
That guy, even if he turned into bones, even if he turned into a pile of ashes, he would recognize him!
"..."
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