"Renya, it really is you!"
Uchiha Izuna was visibly excited upon seeing Renya again.
The first powerhouse of the Uchiha clan to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan!
If Renya hadn't left the clan back then, it would have been uncertain whether the Uchiha or the Senju would have emerged victorious!
Unfortunately, ever since that parting, they had never met again.
Before his death, aside from his older brother, the one Uchiha Izuna couldn't let go of was that clansman he had only spent a few days with.
If he had been able to return and assist his brother, the Uchiha's decline could have been eased.
Yet until his final breath, he never saw Renya again.
"Izuna, long time no see!"
Renya decided to address Izuna as an equal.
After all, they had met before, and now he was already in his thirties, so there was naturally no need for other forms of address.
For example: "Izuna-sama."
Moreover, he felt that if he actually dared to say that, someone would definitely chop him into minced meat.
The smile on Uchiha Izuna's face didn't last long before he noticed the white-haired man standing behind Renya.
"Senju Tobirama!"
He instantly activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and subconsciously reached for his waist, preparing to draw his tachi to deal with Tobirama.
But found nothing.
Only then did he remember that he was already dead, and his sword had fallen on the battlefield when he was gravely wounded.
Most likely collected as a trophy by the inherently evil Senju Tobirama.
"Hmph, Uchiha Izuna!"
Senju Tobirama's red eyes locked onto the young man before him, his emotions complicated.
He had never expected this guy to have a day of returning from the dead.
And the key point was—he still had a youthful body…
"Izuna."
Uchiha Madara held his younger brother down and said softly, "No need to make a scene."
Hearing this, Uchiha Izuna deactivated his Sharingan, glanced around at the environment, and then at his own body.
"Brother, what exactly happened?"
He had clearly died, so why had he appeared in the ninja world?!
And moreover, Renya and his brother were still young, while Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama had grown old?
For a moment, too many questions flooded his mind.
"Don't speak yet. Let me revive you first, then have Renya explain everything slowly."
Uchiha Madara formed hand seals with both hands.
"Samsara Heavenly Life Technique!"
Before anyone could react, a vast surge of life force poured into Izuna's body.
Very soon, his Edo Tensei body began to change.
Until he was completely revived!
Since he had given his eyes to Uchiha Madara before his death, Uchiha Izuna naturally had no eyes upon revival.
But he wasn't panicked in the slightest. With his brother and Renya here, nothing would happen to him.
Even if the Senju brothers had ill intentions, it would be useless!
"Brother, can you tell me what happened now?"
Uchiha Izuna asked with a smile, eyes closed.
As long as his brother was there, even without sight, he felt at ease.
"Izuna, let Tobirama replace your eyes first." Senju Hashirama said with a smile. "Tobirama's laboratory has a whole wall of Sharingan."
"Big brother, why me?!"
Hearing his brother's words, Senju Tobirama immediately became unhappy.
Why should he be the one to replace the eyes of the inherently evil Uchiha Izuna?!
He wasn't a babysitter for the Uchiha clan!
"Tobirama, why Izuna ended up like this—you don't need me to explain, right?"
Senju Hashirama's expression turned serious, and he rarely displayed the authority of an elder brother.
The meaning was clear: if you hadn't been so ruthless back then, Izuna wouldn't have died from his injuries.
Senju Tobirama: "…"
"No! Why should he be the one to replace my eyes?!" Uchiha Izuna also protested.
But soon, he suddenly realized something, and his tone became extremely agitated.
"Senju Tobirama, where did you get so many Sharingan?!"
Senju Hashirama had just said that Tobirama's lab had an entire wall of Sharingan.
Didn't that mean he had slaughtered countless clansmen?!
Bastard, beast—he was nothing but a beast!
"What does it have to do with you?" Senju Tobirama snorted. "Mind your own business."
He could have explained the origin of the Sharingan, but for some reason, he quite enjoyed seeing Izuna anxious.
Refreshing—truly refreshing.
This guy must be thinking that he had killed countless Uchiha to obtain that wall of Sharingan.
How naïve.
"Izuna, it's not what you think." Uchiha Madara patted his brother's shoulder and explained,
"Tobirama's Sharingan were cultivated through experiments."
Though it sounded unbelievable, that was indeed the result of Tobirama and Orochimaru's research.
If the two of them hadn't cultivated a pair of Mangekyō for Renya back then, Madara himself wouldn't have failed to awaken the Rinnegan!
"Cultivated?"
Uchiha Izuna was astonished. He hadn't expected Senju Tobirama to possess such talent!
"Alright, Izuna." Senju Hashirama smiled, smoothing things over. "Go with Tobirama and transplant a pair of eyes first."
"Can't it be someone else?"
Uchiha Izuna still didn't want a certain someone to handle his eye transplant.
"Tch, I don't even want to help." Senju Tobirama said with equal dissatisfaction.
Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama watched the two bickering and couldn't help but feel a bit helpless.
It seemed that from now on, chaos in daily life would be unavoidable.
"Izuna, go with uncle. None of us know medical ninjutsu."
The three of them, possessing powerful regenerative abilities, naturally had no need to learn such things.
By the time they finished learning medical ninjutsu, their injuries would probably have already healed.
"Uncle?!"
Uchiha Izuna showed a suspicious expression, feeling as if he had misheard.
How could Renya possibly call Tobirama "uncle"?
Impossible—absolutely impossible!
Senju Hashirama had been observing Izuna all along, naturally noticing the change in his expression, and the corner of his mouth curled into a smile.
"You didn't hear wrong. Renya calls me uncle."
Hmph, don't think knowing Renya makes you special—that kid is my adopted son!
"What?!"
Uchiha Izuna's face was full of disbelief.
Renya, whom he had known since youth—how could he possibly call Tobirama "uncle"?!
Logically speaking, Renya should be older!
Could it be that during the years after his death, some tremendous change had occurred in the ninja world?
"No need to guess blindly. Renya is a child I adopted from a young age."
"I am his adoptive father!"
Senju Tobirama was clearly very satisfied with Izuna's expression. Without dragging things out, he directly explained the cause and effect.
So what if you knew that kid?
At most, you just knew him—but I am his adoptive father!
Refreshing—truly refreshing.
Renya: "…"
It was obvious that the old man was very pleased.
Who knew what exactly he was so proud of? Fortunately, Izuna had no eyes—otherwise, they'd probably have started fighting already.
Uchiha Izuna: "…"
What kind of joke is this!
Damn it—if he hadn't been killed by that cunning Senju Tobirama back then, then the one who adopted Renya would have been him!
Are the upper ranks of the Uchiha clan all fools?
Why would they agree to let Senju Tobirama adopt a member of the Uchiha clan?!
"Come with me."
Senju Tobirama was in a great mood and no longer resisted helping with the eye transplant.
In fact, he wished he could keep showing off in front of Izuna forever.
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