Payne began his frenzied attack.
Hashirama looked bewildered, staring blankly at the suddenly angry Pain, his eyes filled with utter innocence.
The battle between the two intensified, with Pain unleashing a barrage of powerful attacks. Hashirama effortlessly parried all of Pain's attacks, but the more composed he appeared, the angrier Pain became.
Hashirama had no choice but to get serious, and his True Thousand Hands technique caused Pain's demeanor to change drastically, his face contorted in pain.
Moments later, the battle ended.
Pain collapsed, unconscious. Hashirama crouched down to examine him. "Is it a corpse?"
Just then, Tobirama's clone arrived and led him into a tall tree made of paper, where Pain's true body was located.
With her slender frame and frail appearance, like someone on the verge of death, her Sharingan still gleamed with hatred beneath her dull red hair. The ninja named Konan stood firmly in front of the young man whose body was covered in dark black clubs.
Nagato spoke coldly, "Kill me if you want. The winner takes all, the loser is condemned." He once again experienced the powerlessness in the face of overwhelming force.
He hated it, he cried out, yet he was unwilling to accept it.
Their eyes were fixed on the image of the God of Ninja, the figure who ended a century of war in the Warring States period, who was also a heroic idol for them when they were young.
The childhood admiration seems like a thing of the past. Now, facing this person, all that remains is resentment. His strength is undeniable, but it is impossible not to hate the ninja village system he created.
The ninja world under Hashirama's leadership was a failure.
He firmly believed this.
"No, I didn't mean to kill you. I hadn't finished speaking yet. I think we can sit down and have a proper chat now."
Hashirama found it difficult to have a peaceful conversation without first beating the person into submission.
Freed, Naruto puffed out his cheeks, not quite understanding what else there was to talk about, but instinctively looked at the two of them, sensing that what they were about to discuss was very important.
Sasuke sat on the ground with his arms crossed, next to Naruto. The young boys were about to experience a shock to their values.
“I have no interest in telling you my story.” Nagato refused to communicate, his expression cold.
Hashirama was silent for two seconds, then suddenly said, "That Pain's corpse is someone you cherish, isn't it?"
These words immediately alerted Nagato and Konan, who stared at him with murderous intent.
“Haha, I meant no harm,” Hashirama scratched his head, “I just noticed it during the battle.”
Even though it's a corpse, it shouldn't be afraid of pain or injury, yet it deliberately avoids harming Pain during the battle.
In contrast, he was particularly indifferent to the corpses of the other six realms, treating them like recyclable garbage without any pity.
It was initially thought that Pain was the real body, but it turned out that Pain was also a corpse, which was very strange.
The moment he entered, the ninja named Konan glanced behind him, as if checking to see if Pain was safe or where he was.
He tentatively asked a question, and sure enough, he guessed correctly.
This is why he was willing to sit down and talk things over at this moment. Without hearing their reply, he began to tell his own story.
From the turbulent wars of the Warring States period, to his deceased younger brother Itama Kawarama, to his encounter with Madara in the Nakagawa River, the establishment of his dream, the subsequent rift, and finally the founding of the ninja village.
The renewed break with Madara, and the words Madara spoke before his death.
"Seeing the future in the light screen, I realized that I had been blinded by the brief peace, and the path of Konoha Village had begun to go astray. The root of it all lies with me." Hashirama said with great self-reproach.
Tobirama opened his mouth, wanting to refute his elder brother's statement. His elder brother had already done his best. Ending a century of war was not such a simple matter. The great cause of peace was not achieved overnight.
"However, there is one thing I insist on: passing on my hopes to the next generation." He turned to look at the young people, such as Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, his eyes sparkling with hope.
“They will create the future, but,” his eyes dimmed for a second as he thought of Danzo the monkey, his smile turning bitter for a second, “we older generation also need to set a good example.”
"What do you think?" Hashirama's sudden question startled the two for a couple of seconds. "What?"
Hashirama smiled and continued, "To create the future and be an excellent role model for future generations."
"You are very strong. You can protect your homeland and lead everyone to a better future. If you can't, that's okay too."
"Pass on the right ideas to the next generation."
"The efforts of generations of descendants will one day accumulate into the fruits of peace, just as the future Sixth Hokage did, so that all ninjas would no longer have to suffer from the ravages of war."
His words were so compelling, so sincere, so inspiring.
Nagato wavered for a moment, but quickly regained her composure, looking at the two or three kittens not far away, "The future, is it them?"
They're all so weak, how can we entrust our future to them?
Hashirama smiled. "No one is born strong. Similarly, peace is not achieved overnight. I was too hasty back then, and you are too hasty now."
Nagato paused for two seconds, opened his mouth as if to say something, when Tobirama's shadow clone brought another ninja.
Just how many shadow clones did Tobirama Senju create?!
Not only are their perception abilities terrifyingly strong, but their minds are also incredibly sharp. Are these two brothers monsters?!
"Wow! Xiao Nan has grown into a beautiful young woman."
A ninja with spiky white hair walked in wearing wooden clogs, laughing heartily and waving at Konan.
The familiar voice and smile made Nagato and Konan freeze in place.
"Jiraiya... teacher."
The word "teacher" is separated by more than a decade, by the death of a person, and by different perspectives.
"Nagato, you've lost so much weight." The simple greeting and concern seemed absurd yet reasonable. Jiraiya looked at his former beloved disciple, feeling extremely melancholy and filled with emotion. It seemed that the one who had encountered trouble was Yahiko.
In a stable triangle, if one corner collapses, the remaining two will crumble and either perish or be destroyed.
He had seen this triangle many times before: the Sannin trio of himself, Orochimaru, and Tsunade; Team 7 of Kakashi, Obito, and Rin; and now, Konan and Yahiko.
“Teacher,” Nagato murmured, “you’re too late.”
too late.
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small theater
Q: Why did Nagato have such a different attitude towards Naruto's talk-no-jutsu and Hashirama's talk-no-jutsu?
Naruto uses his talk-no-jutsu to persuade Nagato: "I use the Rinne Rebirth Technique."
Hashirama's talk-no-jutsu, Nagato: The more you talk, the angrier I get, I just want to kill you!!
A: Of course, Naruto's talk-no-jutsu is even more powerful (just kidding).
Chapter 90 Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts (15) Dream Technique?
Nagato, Konan, and Jiraiya had a long private conversation, and the two finally agreed to go to Konoha with them, revealing the whereabouts of the other captured Jinchuriki.
The Nine Seals of the Illusionary Dragon have not yet begun, and all the Pillar Forces are being guarded unharmed.
On the Konoha side, as soon as they received the news, they led their men to rescue all the Jinchuriki. Tobirama and Hashirama set off together, and not only were all the Jinchuriki rescued, but the remaining rogue ninja from the Akatsuki were also brought back to Konoha.
Itachi Uchiha was reinstated as a Konoha ninja, and Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, lifted his wanted status as a rogue ninja.
As for why Tsunade, who resisted the position of Hokage in every way, became the Fifth Hokage, we have to go back to the day Hashirama was imprisoned.
Watching her grandfather's departing figure, and recalling what her second grandfather had said to her before leaving, Tsunade felt a rare pang of guilt.
At her age, she still needs two grandfathers to help her clean up her messes. Thinking about it, she's living such a failed life.
After Rope Tree and Broken Tree died, she kept running away.
Her grandfather and the others also came from the war and lost loved ones in it, but she was devastated because of the same experience.
Under her great-grandfather's approving gaze, Tsunade decided to take on her responsibility and assume the position of Fifth Hokage, allowing her two grandfathers to go out and bring back the Jinchuriki without worry.
After returning to Konoha, Hashirama Senju sent invitations to the Five Great Ninja Villages for a Five Kage Summit, which was to be held in Konoha.
The other ninja villages have been cursing and swearing ever since they learned that Hashirama Senju had been resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique. They say, "Damn Hashirama Senju! Didn't you say you'd trust your descendants? Turns out it was all just talk!"
But not going wasn't an option either, since the Jinchuriki had fallen into Konoha's hands, and some of the Akatsuki's rogue ninja came from their own villages, so some villages still wanted to ransom them back.
For example, Deidara from Iwagakure.
Onoki was really worried. His head was already bald, and now there were only a few hairs left. What a traitor, Deidara!
"So this mission is a setup?" Naruto held his head in his hands, puffed out his cheeks, and looked extremely annoyed.
Yamato smiled somewhat awkwardly and patted his head reassuringly, "It's to lure the Akatsuki out. If we stay in Konoha, we don't know when they'll set off, and if a fight breaks out, it'll be hard to guarantee the safety of the villagers."
"I'm sorry, how about I treat you to ramen later? It's my and Kakashi-senpai's way of apologizing."
"Yay!" Upon hearing that he could eat ramen, Naruto immediately jumped up, his face once again bathed in sunlight. However, the next second he looked at him with some concern, "By the way, where's Kakashi-sensei?"
Sasuke also opened his eyes and looked at Yamato, his gaze carrying a hint of worry that he himself was unaware of.
"Uh..." Yamato scratched his head, his head drooping somewhat dejectedly. "Well, it's nothing serious, but I'll probably be busy lately and won't have time to come see you."
"Liar." Naruto narrowed his fox-like eyes and knew that this guy was lying. Kakashi-sensei was caught in a vortex at the time, how could he be alright? If it weren't for the First Hokage saying that Kakashi-sensei had already returned to the village, he wouldn't have come back.
"Haha, we've been found out," Yamato scratched his head, mimicking Kakashi-senpai, and reached out to rub Naruto's blond head. "Kakashi-senpai is recuperating in the hospital, but it's really nothing serious."
He was simply under an illusion spell and remained unconscious.
However, it doesn't seem to be a painful illusion. Kakashi-senpai even has a faint smile on his sleeping face.
......
Konoha Hospital.
Sakura Haruno looked at Kakashi-sensei on the hospital bed with concern, then turned to her master, "Master, is this really alright?"
Tsunade put her hands in her pockets and sighed helplessly, "It's a Mangekyou Sharingan-level genjutsu. Sharingan genjutsu is already the most difficult, let alone Mangekyou. We can only ask Itachi, who is also proficient in genjutsu, to come and take a look."
“I have no other choice, but,” Tsunade paused for two seconds, her expression somewhat complicated, “at least for now, this genjutsu is harmless to him.”
That's really strange, that guy.
He released the Nine-Tails, causing the deaths of his teacher and his wife, yet he couldn't bring himself to harm Kakashi, and he didn't even take back the Sharingan he had given away.
They clearly had so many opportunities, and their abilities were more than sufficient.
This time, Kakashi not only had no injuries, but he was also subjected to a genjutsu, probably a dream or something similar, that threw him at the entrance of Konoha without any intention of harming him.
Then why start a fourth war?
Obito Uchiha is truly an unfathomable man.
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