"This... Uchiha-senpai, although it was the Senju and our Sarutobi clan who sealed you back then, I also contributed to your unsealing by providing Makoto with the location of the seal."
Sarutobi Hiruzen never expected that his clan ancestors had sealed such a young girl.
After a brief moment of surprise, he hurriedly began explaining, trying to score some participation points!
"Your clan sealed me, and now you've put in some bare minimum effort to unseal me. Should I thank you for that?"
Hikari looked at him with cold eyes.
"By that logic, if I killed your parents and then helped you in a street fight later, would you praise me for being a really cool guy?"
Hikari snorted and turned her head away, ending the conversation.
"After dealing with matters here, let's go to Konoha. Whatever you want me to do—teach her Shadow Clones or Flying Thunder God, or even assist Orochimaru in developing new techniques—I can do it."
Tobirama's voice came from the side as he walked over to the prostrating Hiruzen, ignoring his student's embarrassment to speak directly to Makoto.
These three Hokage understood clearly.
The Otsutsuki are enemies to everyone.
Makoto and the others will definitely fight them—the question is..... when.
They could easily wait until Konoha suffered heavy casualties before swooping in to save the day.
Even Hiruzen, the self proclaimed "God of Shinobi," was assassinated.
Who in Konoha could avoid it?
If the Otsutsuki wanted, they could kill one person every day just for fun.
"Of course we're going. I already had White Zetsu deliver a letter to Tsunade, though I don't know if she received it," Makoto replied, shrugging slightly.
In short, Hiruzen's desperate prostration was in vain since Makoto had planned to go anyway.
After receiving intelligence from Konoha, Makoto's original plan was to head there immediately after dealing with the Dragon Vein.
Not long after the future Sasuke and Boruto appeared, Urashiki would arrive.
"Is that so? Thank you then." Tobirama was slightly taken aback but didn't retract his promise.
If Tsunade embodied both his and his elder brother Hashirama's flaws, then Makoto seemed to possess both his and his elder brother's strengths—having both a broad perspective and intellectual strategy.
Assisting such a person would benefit both the Shinobi World and Konoha.
"Second Hokage-sama, I cannot control you right now. You could simply use the Flying Thunder God to return to Konoha and handle this matter personally," Orochimaru insidiously stirred trouble from the side, testing the waters.
"Orochimaru, do you think I'm stupid? Since you've already said the Otsutsuki can absorb Ninja Techniques, how much could I possibly change by going back alone?"
Tobirama glanced at Orochimaru with disdain.
"Hehe." Orochimaru chuckled and said nothing more.
'That was just a small loyalty test dont blame me,'
"Well then sensei, you should return to the Pure Land to rest first."
Orochimaru formed hand signs and released the Impure World Reincarnation on Hiruzen.
If the Second Hokage could be somewhat helpful against the Otsutsuki with his strategic mind, the Third would be completely useless.
As a "Professor" and master of five nature transformations, he would essentially just be a walking portable charger for the Otsutsuki Clan to absorb chakra from.
Besides, the main reason for reanimating the Third was merely to conduct that experiment for Makoto.
The Third's reanimated body began to disintegrate and the dust falling away to reveal the lifeless White Zetsu sacrifice.
Makoto stepped forward and pressed his hand against the White Zetsu remains.
After a few seconds, the dead White Zetsu indeed revived, full of vitality.
"Indeed, creatures like White Zetsu that have no souls are truly miraculous, they were able to revive so easily."
Orochimaru marveled at the sight, his snake eyes gleaming with scientific curiosity!
"Is this... Medical Ninjutsu?" Hashirama looked puzzled upon seeing this.
"It seems more like 'Rules'..." Tobirama frowned deeply, as if contemplating what exactly Makoto's ability was.
Just by touching the already dead White Zetsu, he instantly revived it.
But at what cost? Could such a heaven-defying ability truly come without any price?
"Time to get down to business."
Makoto walked over to Nagato, who was now able to walk on his own.
Not because he had recovered by absorbing Chakra, but because Orochimaru had cultivated a new leg using White Zetsu, Hashirama Cells, and some of Nagato's own cells—similar to the prosthetic arm Naruto would receive in the future.
"Good thing we had you absorb the Eight-Tails Chakra to recover beforehand, Leader. Otherwise, we'd still be waiting now."
Makoto brought Nagato before the Dragon Vein roots and began explaining.
"The Chakra here is highly similar to what should be inside the Gedo Statue. Absorbing it shouldn't be difficult. Plus, with Hikari's Eight Thousand Spears as your safety net, you don't need to worry about overloading."
Exactly how much Chakra the Dragon Vein contained was an uncertain number.
After all, the legend of the Dragon Vein's "endless Chakra" was ultimately just a legend.
To ordinary ninja, Tailed Beasts represented endless Chakra.
And Hashirama Senju represented endless Chakra!
In the original history, Hashirama Senju once looked at Naruto in Tailed Beast Chakra Mode—who had cloaked the entire Allied Shinobi Forces in Tailed Beast cloaks—and marveled.
'What enormous Chakra... it's almost comparable to mine.'
"The Sage of Six Paths' Rinnegan?"
The Senju brothers had seen Nagato shortly after being reanimated, but both had tacitly refrained from commenting on the Rinnegan at the time due to the chaos.
"First Hokage, come here for a moment."
"Huh? Coming!"
The previously serious-looking Hashirama Senju scampered over to Makoto like a golden retriever.
"What's up?"
"Big brother...please act with dignity.... are you some kind of Summoning Beast?"
Tobirama covered his face with one hand, watching his brother who had completely abandoned his dignity.
But when he realized he wasn't much better himself earlier, he felt even more despair!
"First Hokage, look at Nagato. Don't you feel something familiar?" Makoto pointed at Nagato.
"Familiar?"
Hashirama was taken aback.
If Makoto said this, he must have his reasons.
Could it be that this Rinnegan wielder before him was actually a descendant of someone he knew?
"Hmm..."
Hashirama stared at Nagato for a while, his expression growing increasingly strange as he sensed the chakra signature.
"Brother? What's wrong?" Tobirama's voice came from behind.
He honestly couldn't see anything familiar about the other person.
If he had to say, the red hair was characteristic of the Uzumaki clan.
"WIFEEEEE?"
"..."
The single word that suddenly escaped Hashirama's mouth sent chills down everyone's spines!
Nagato felt a sudden tension in his ass and quickly retreated two steps, activating his Rinnegan in defense.
Uchiha Hikari, who had been watching the spectacle, felt utterly disgusted seeing the naturally eccentric Senju elder call a man "wife."
"No, you've all misunderstood!"
Noticing the disdain and judgment from those around him, Hashirama hastily waved his hands to explain.
"Makoto asked if I found him familiar, right? I thought this child's red hair resembled Mito's!"
"Then, First Hokage, would you call this one 'wife' too?"
Makoto pulled out a photo of Karin.
"...Of course not!" Hashirama immediately denied it.
Such a young girl, how old could she be? Call her his wife? Was he some kind of pervert?
(Aren't you?)
"Oh."
The others felt even more chilled.
'So you only call men "wife" but can't say it to women? Is that it?'
"Wait! I get it now!!!"
Hashirama suddenly exclaimed, staring intently at Nagato's eyes.
"Your eyes... they feel just like Madara's! No wonder..."
"No wonder you'd call him 'wife,' right, brother?"
Tobirama remarked sarcastically from the side.
"Madara's eyes plus Mito's hair equals 'Wife' in your brain? Your logic is truly flawless."