Chapter 182: Doubts About the IBM Phenomenon — Dug Out by Terumi Mei
Hearing Naruto's excited voice, Senju Hashirama was slightly stunned, then smiled and spoke:
"That will require a great deal of effort."
"I will definitely work even harder!"
Naruto nodded vigorously, his face showing determination.
Might Guy sitting beside him glanced at Naruto in surprise. Although he wasn't very bright, he could still sense Senju Hashirama's somewhat attentive attitude toward Naruto.
Perhaps it's because of the Nine-Tails, Might Guy thought to himself.
Sakura, standing nearby, saw that Senju Hashirama showed no sign of blaming Naruto and slowly let out a breath of relief.
This was the First Hokage after all. Only someone like Naruto who spoke without thinking would dare to say he wanted to become Hokage in front of the First Hokage.
Just as Sakura had breathed a sigh of relief, Sasuke's voice suddenly rang out beside her.
"Can... can you tell me who attacked Konoha?"
Sasuke looked at Senju Hashirama, his voice somewhat stiff.
Suddenly hearing Sasuke's voice, Senju Hashirama turned to look, and when he clearly saw Sasuke's appearance, he was obviously stunned for a moment.
Only now did Senju Hashirama realize that Sasuke's appearance actually somewhat resembled Uchiha Madara's younger brother—Uchiha Izuna.
After a moment, Sasuke noticed that Senju Hashirama was just looking at him without speaking, and couldn't help but feel nervous deep inside.
After all, this was the legendary First Hokage Senju Hashirama, a powerhouse who had once dominated the entire shinobi world.
No matter how composed Sasuke pretended to be, how could he not feel nervous deep down?
When asking Senju Hashirama this question, Sasuke already had a vague answer in his heart.
Setting aside the resurrection of the long-dead Senju Hashirama for the moment.
Whether it was the ninjutsu that covered the entire Konoha village, the huge meteor falling from the sky, or the enormous wooden dragon and giant emitting powerful auras used to counter those two techniques.
All of these had already given Sasuke a vague answer.
Someone who could make a powerhouse like Senju Hashirama deal with them personally—there were probably only a few in the entire shinobi world.
Due to Senju Hashirama not speaking, the entire Ichiraku Ramen suddenly fell silent.
Sakura couldn't help but feel nervous, her eyes flashing with worry as they fell on Sasuke.
Seemingly sensing the change in atmosphere, Senju Hashirama suddenly came back to his senses, scratched his head, and smiled lightly at Sakura and Sasuke.
"Sorry, I was just reminded of a former companion."
Senju Hashirama's face showed an apologetic expression.
As for Naruto and Might Guy, these two thick-nerved individuals hadn't noticed the change in atmosphere at all.
"The two people who attacked Konoha are named Uchiha Madara and Yuto."
Senju Hashirama spoke lightly, showing no intention of hiding anything.
After all, news of Uchiha Madara and Yuto's resurrection would probably spread throughout the entire shinobi world before long.
Uchiha Madara?
Naruto was stunned for a moment, then curiously glanced at Sasuke beside him. The person who attacked Konoha had the same surname as Sasuke?
Whether it was information about Uchiha Madara or Yuto, obviously no one had told Naruto about them, so naturally Naruto didn't know.
Although Naruto didn't know, that didn't mean Sakura and Sasuke didn't know.
Hearing these two names.
Sakura's eyes widened suddenly, her hand covering her mouth.
As for Sasuke beside her, his body couldn't help but tremble.
Kirigakure!
In a relatively remote location from the village center.
This was originally the place where Fū, as a jinchuriki, was restricted, but since Yuto's arrival, this place had completely become a gathering spot for the Seven Swordsmen and others.
In a room.
Yuto lay casually on the ground, completely devoid of breath.
However, in the next moment, his originally stopped heart began beating again.
Yuto flipped over and sat up straight, feeling that his originally weakened mental strength had recovered. He let out a light sigh of relief:
"The IBM phenomenon of Ajin? It really is incomprehensible."
Yuto recalled the state when large amounts of black particles had been continuously emerging from his body, his eyes flickering with contemplation.
Just now, Yuto had been constantly recalling the emotions he felt when the IBM phenomenon occurred, but found that no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't summon the IBM phenomenon again.
Yuto shrugged lightly. It seemed that triggering the IBM phenomenon probably required more than just specific emotions.
However, according to certain laws, nothing could escape the law of conservation of energy.
But the existence of Ajin seemed to violate this law, especially the IBM phenomenon erupting from within him.
Such powerful energy erupted from his body, yet Yuto didn't feel any loss of energy within himself at all.
Of course, the weakened mental strength after the eruption had nothing to do with the occurrence of the IBM phenomenon.
Every IBM has a special biological signal connecting it to the Ajin who is its main body.
When the number of IBMs is relatively small, the main body doesn't bear any burden.
But when tens of thousands of IBMs appear simultaneously, such a large amount of biological signals will inevitably place a certain burden on the main body's mental strength.
"IBM!"
After thinking for a while, Yuto thought to himself.
In the next moment, an IBM appeared before Yuto.
Since Yuto hadn't given any orders, this IBM just stood there blankly after appearing.
Yuto narrowed his eyes and observed for a while, finding that this IBM didn't seem much different from before.
Raising his fist, he threw a punch at the IBM's body.
Terrifying power poured out, and the IBM before him was instantly shattered by Yuto's punch.
"No change in physical strength either?"
Yuto blinked and muttered to himself.
He had originally thought that after experiencing the IBM phenomenon, the summoned Ajin would have some changes, but now it seemed his hopes had been in vain.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Yuto stopped thinking about it, raised his leg, and walked toward the door.
Just as he opened the door, Yuto saw Terumi Mei sitting in a position right in front of the entrance.
At this moment, Terumi Mei also saw Yuto coming out, quickly stood up, and walked toward Yuto.
"Lord Yuto!"
Terumi Mei walked to Yuto's side, and after seeing that he had no injuries, she let out a slight breath of relief in her heart.
"How long have you been waiting?"
Glancing at Terumi Mei's expression, Yuto spoke with a relaxed expression and a smile.
"Not long, Lord Yuto."
Just as Terumi Mei was about to speak, Ao standing behind her spoke first, though his tone carried a somewhat inexplicable meaning.
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