Who would have thought that after Uchiha Rei revealed her identity, Senju Tobirama wouldn't be furious, but instead looked as if he had expected it.
"Brat, although you can indeed use Wood Release and truly possess Senju blood, I have studied the Uchiha for many years, and even without you using it, I can sense the Doujutsu in your eyes."
Senju Tobirama was an incredibly intelligent and cunning man; when he first appeared, he noticed the Mangekyo-level Doujutsu in Uchiha Rei's eyes.
He initially wanted to capture Uchiha Rei directly, but his intuition told him he might not be her match, which led to his subsequent feigned civility.
Through subtle probing, Senju Tobirama confirmed that this brat was an Uchiha, but a half-breed Uchiha with both Senju and Uchiha blood.
And Uchiha Rei, at such a young age, possessed such powerful strength, perhaps due to combining the advantages of both clans, with a powerful body nourishing a powerful soul.
He speculated that his previous experimental direction might have been wrong, as this person was powerful in all aspects, reaching the pinnacle, combining the strengths of both clans.
The combination of Senju and Uchiha was the optimal choice; look, not only Wood Release but also Sharingan—just thinking about it was terrifying.
"Nah, Second Great Grandpa, goodbye! Next time we meet, it'll be a fresh introduction, giggle giggle!"
Senju Tobirama was merely a mass of Chakra, with no connection to his soul in the Pure Land. Once the Chakra dissipated, the Tobirama in the Pure Land naturally wouldn't retain these memories.
Looking at his dissipating lower body, and then at the brat who was opening a barrier and preparing to leave with a mischievous smile, Senju Tobirama also curled his lips.
Watching Uchiha Rei depart, Senju Tobirama looked at that annoying yet familiar retreating figure that vanished as the barrier contracted, mumbling something.
"Heh heh, a fresh introduction? Not necessarily. You mischievous and cunning brat, you are the fourth person who can anger me and still remain unharmed."
Senju Tobirama used his last bit of Chakra to project this memory to the Pure Land. If that brat dared to summon him, he would make her understand what a surprise was.
Leaving Old Ghost Tobirama's tomb, Uchiha Rei hummed a little tune and skipped along, departing the eerie graveyard.
This scene could truly scare an ordinary person to death: under the dim Gekko, in the dense forest graveyard amidst phosphorescent lights, a naive and adorable little girl skipped and sang a cheerful song.
As Second Body was about to exit the graveyard, Uchiha Rei's perception detected a sneaking figure a few hundred meters away, seemingly approaching the Konoha barrier.
Second Body immediately quieted down, let out a chuckle, and then used Cursed Energy to conceal her Chakra, preparing to follow and see if there were any secrets.
She had nothing to do anyway and hoped it would bring her more fun. She hadn't expected to find an unexpected gain from digging a grave.
Second Body's tracking skills were honed during Anbu training. Combined with her ability to mask Chakra fluctuations, the Chunin-level individual a hundred meters ahead naturally wouldn't detect that he was being followed.
As they delved deeper into the dense forest, the person's movements became faster and faster, and he constantly looked behind him, but these anti-detection behaviors were too pathetic for Second Body.
This place was only about two thousand meters from the Konoha barrier, and Uchiha Rei was also searching her memories to see if she had ever seen this person.
He appeared to be around fifty years old, dressed in ordinary clothes, but his left hand was missing four fingers, possibly a retired Ninja.
However, there were too many Konoha Ninja, and she couldn't possibly remember how many retired Ninja there were. But his current behavior undoubtedly indicated he was a spy.
"He probably infiltrated Konoha a long time ago, part of the same group as Gennō, but he should be a spy from a major Ninja village."
The main reason was that daring to approach the Konoha barrier implied he must have mastered a secret entrance to Konoha's barrier. Kumogakure had once abducted a young Kushina and left.
If Kumogakure could sneak away, they must not have used the main gate but a secret barrier entrance, so other major Ninja villages could also do the same.
Indeed, as Uchiha Rei expected, this person arrived at a small hill, which was already at the edge of the Konoha barrier. The person entered a tree hole in the small hill and quickly disappeared.
It was better not to follow this kind of one-way secret passage. The other party didn't carry any scrolls or bags, so he probably wasn't planning to leave Konoha.
Then he must be bringing outsiders into Konoha, which would require using a secret entrance, as they certainly couldn't pass through the main gate's detection.
Such secret entrances cause fluctuations throughout the barrier and are easily detected. Without sufficient benefits, no Ninja village would be willing to activate such a secret entrance.
Each use increases the chance of detection, and eventually, the barrier squad will find this secret entrance through barrier fluctuations and seal it off.
Sure enough, as the transparent barrier rippled almost imperceptibly, it disappeared a few seconds later. Second Body guessed that they had received the person.
Second Body grew more and more expectant. Not long after, the middle-aged man emerged from the secret passage, followed by an extremely tall, fat man.
He was definitely twice as tall as Uchiha Rei, with distinctive orange-yellow long hair and a Ninjato wrapped in white cloth on his back.
And behind him, six more people emerged, each more outlandish and individualistic than the last, coupled with their palpable killing intent.
"Suikazan Fuguki! Kurosuki Raiga! They are the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist!"
Second Body hadn't expected the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, who were supposed to invade Konoha a year later according to the original story, to arrive early. Now they had quietly entered Konoha.
In the original story, they encountered the Konoha Genin, Might Dai, and as a result, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist became the 'Three Lucky Treasures,' with only Suikazan Fuguki, Kurosuki Raiga, and Biwa Jūzō surviving.
"Who! Come out!" The wielder of the Twin Swords Hiramekarei, that nameless individual, instantly looked in the direction of Uchiha Rei's surprised cry, and a Shuriken flew out mercilessly from his hand.
The other Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist also immediately drew their Ninjato and became vigilant, thinking their plot had been exposed by Konoha and they were now surrounded.
"Chojiro, did you really find something?" Suikazan Fuguki, as the captain of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, immediately asked the wielder of the Twin Swords Hiramekarei with the spiky blue hairstyle. (Second setting: This guy had no name in the original, so seeing his blue hair, I set him as Chōjūrō's elder.)
Chojiro was ready to unleash Hiramekarei, but then he saw a large white rabbit emerge from the rustling bushes. The rabbit recoiled and was scratched by the Shuriken.
"Chojiro, you're overthinking it. It's just entering Konoha. Are you scared?" Biwa Jūzō revealed a malicious smile, his sharp teeth faintly visible.
After Biwa Jūzō spoke, Munashi Jinpachi and Kuriarare Kushimaru burst into laughter. To be honest, although they had killed many people, they were still a bit nervous about entering Konoha.
Now they were just using laughter to hide their nervousness. Although Chojiro's sensory abilities were strong, they felt they weren't weak either, so they probably thought Chojiro was just overly nervous.
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