"Why do I suddenly feel cold again?" Black Zetsu shivered and said with a furrowed brow, "That brat shouldn't be in the ninja world anymore!"
Who else could make him feel this chill?
He turned to look at White Zetsu...
"How is things in the Land of Whirlpools?"
"Eh, still holding on, especially Kirigakure..." White Zetsu spread his hands, looked at Black Zetsu, and said helplessly, "I don't know why they suddenly stopped attacking."
Really...
Why is the situation still like this even with that brat gone?
"By the way."
White Zetsu seemed to remember something...
"A White Zetsu clone just sent back a message. They found Uchiha Fugaku's traces in Konoha."
"Konoha?" Black Zetsu was stunned and said, puzzled, "What is he doing in Konoha?"
"Still not clear." White Zetsu said, "The clone didn't send back any extra information."
The Uchiha clan all have a screw loose. Who knows what they will think of next?
So...
"Should I send someone to Konoha to check?"
"No need." Black Zetsu thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I will go myself. Otherwise, he won't listen to what a clone says."
He might even...
Crush the clone...
...
"What an remarkable ninja!" Hashirama said with emotion after listening to Madara's words, "I never thought so many things happened after I died."
"Hmph!" Madara snorted coldly and said, "I won that time!!"
"Hey, hey, Madara, that's not fair!" Hashirama instantly said discontentedly, "I clearly just let you off."
"I lived longer than you!" Madara coldly glanced at Hashirama and said flatly, "And you died from the old injury I left."
"..."
I should have stabbed you one more time when you were down...
He rolled up his sleeves, about to argue with Madara that you're just a little brother...
"So, Jun's disappearance might be Black Zetsu's fault?" Mikoto said with a worried expression, "But why hasn't Jun sent back any word until now?"
"Black Zetsu?" Madara's mouth carried a cold, disdainful smile, "He's just a rat. With that brat's current strength, no one can kill him without a sound."
He frowned...
"Perhaps that kid is just hiding behind the scenes scheming something again?"
He knew that Uzumaki Jun was full of bad ideas and absolutely couldn't have been sneak attacked. As for why he disappeared...
"After this matter is resolved, I will personally go ask that Black Zetsu and see what he actually knows."
Madara narrowed his eyes and muttered, "He's already the father of two... three children, yet he's still so unreliable!"
He glanced at Itachi, who looked worried beside him...
He deserves a beating!!!
"But why did your eye become the legendary Sage of Six Paths' Rinnegan just by you taking a bite of my flesh?" Hashirama said, puzzled, "It's so strange!"
However...
Madara rolled his eyes...
Not only did he awaken the Rinnegan, but he also had your face on his chest!
He said irritably, "That brat said we share a common ancestor!"
"Probably the legendary Sage of Six Paths."
"Oh, oh, is that so?" Hashirama nodded in sudden understanding, "So that means the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan are distant relatives too."
So...
He looked at Uchiha Madara with a serious expression...
"Madara, you should call me big brother!"
"..."
Does this Hashirama want to continue the battle from the Valley of the End?
Madara's eyelids twitched. He stood up, holding the little baby, and said flatly, "You should call me big brother!"
He挑衅ly shook the little baby in his arms, and also...
Itachi, covering his red face, had sneakily come over and stood by Grandpa Madara's side, puffing out his small chest...
"I..." Hashirama saw Madara holding one in his arms, another standing by his feet, while he himself...
He turned to look at Tsunade, who was picking her nose nonchalantly, and sighed inwardly...
He...
Had lost!
"By the way, Granduncle, do you want to go back to the clan to take a look?" Tsunade, seeing her granduncle's dark face and already guessing what he was about to say, quickly spoke up, "Under Shukuma's leadership, the clan has recovered quite a bit now."
It's just...
Most people have forgotten about Konoha.
"No." Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Hashirama fell silent for a moment, then showed a faint, relieved smile and looked at Tsunade, "Granduncle won't go back. After all, no matter what, Granduncle died long ago. The dead should not interfere with the world of the living. Hearing that the Senju clan is alright, the worry in my heart is put to rest."
Let the past be the past!
He knew...
Even though his granddaughter now looked decadent and idle...
The sadness she had experienced, he had experienced too. So, that kind of despair...
Why must he make his granddaughter remember it again?
But...
"You're not young anymore."
Senju Hashirama looked at Tsunade seriously...
"You should find someone to accompany you for life, not walk alone anymore."
So...
He glanced at Madara...
"You must have three!!"
"..."
Tsunade looked speechlessly at her granduncle. Why did he still remember that?
Veins bulged on her forehead. She said irritably, "Get lost, Granduncle. You're already dead. The living should not interfere with the world of the dead."
"You need to win for Grandpa!" Hashirama pulled Tsunade and said seriously, "Otherwise, the Senju clan will have lost!"
His competition with Uchiha Madara...
He absolutely could not lose like this.
"Don't worry, strictly speaking, you still have a daughter, I still have an aunt!" Hearing Hashirama's words, Tsunade seemed to remember something. She crossed her arms and looked at him with a somewhat gloating expression, "She's in Konoha now, probably about to give birth too."
"Ah?" Senju Hashirama looked at Tsunade, puzzled, and said excitedly, "Did Mito get pregnant after I died?"
"No~" Tsunade shook her head and said seriously, "You had been dead for several years by then, and even Second Granduncle had been dead for several years."
"..."
My Wood Release might be green, but my hair is black and straight!
Mito she...
Hearing Tsunade's words, Hashirama's face fell, and he instantly slumped down dejectedly...
"Don't worry~" Tsunade, seeing her granduncle like this, sighed and said, "It's not what you think."
Her face carried a look of recollection...
"So and so, this and that..."
"So, Grandma Mito did not wrong you!"
Tsunade looked at her granduncle, who had regained his spirit...
He even turned his head now and provocatively winked at Madara with a smile...
Her eyelids twitched. She could only say helplessly again, "Stop provoking. That girl isn't doing very well in Konoha right now."
She had promised Grandma to take care of Kuhin, but she didn't expect...
She would stay in the Land of Whirlpools for so long.
"Because of the war and being a Jinchuriki, the village treats her..."
Before she could finish...
"Madara!" Hashirama's eyelids twitched. He said flatly, "Stop playing with your grandchildren here. We've been here long enough. It's time to set off and deal with Konoha's matters."
He never thought Konoha would become like this under little Sarutobi's leadership?
He had something to say but wondered if he should say it...
Is the Will of Fire meant to be used like this?
Madara, hearing Hashirama's words, was stunned. He lowered his head and looked quietly at the little brat who was still hugging the roast chicken and sleeping. Then, he raised his head, carefully handed him to Mikoto, sighed, and said faintly, "I am already dead. You don't need to grieve for me anymore."
He touched Itachi's head, his face showing a trace of affection...
"Don't worry, your father will be fine. Grandpa Madara will find him and bring him back."
And then give him a beating while he's at it!
"As for the candy, haha..."
"Grandpa Madara has no money on him, probably can't buy any."
"Sorry..."
Then, he turned to look at Hashirama...
"I told you you were wrong back then, Hashirama..."
"I won!!!"
Without looking back, he walked directly towards the door...
He...
Had stayed too long. He shouldn't linger here any longer and disturb the lives of the living...
...
"Achoo! Achoo!" A red-haired man looked at the vast, barren desert before him, fell silent for a moment, and murmured with a melancholy expression, "Finally back?"
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