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Chapter 137 Communication between Hokage

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Orochimaru was horrified, but even more bewildered. The word "impossible" swirled in his mind as he couldn't understand why he had fallen for it.

He was only facing Uchiha Shisui with a clone of the Orochi Style, and even the clone kept its eyes closed, so how could he be controlled by the book?

Uchiha Shisui turned around, walked diagonally for several dozen meters, and found the stiff Orochimaru himself under a clump of bushes. He immediately exclaimed with delight, "Hokage-sama, your foresight is truly amazing!"

Orochimaru's eyes were unable to move, but his pupils suddenly shrank to a thin line.

Orochimaru's body was completely out of control. He tried his best to turn his only controlled eye and look at Uchiha Shisui, trying to convey his meaning as much as possible.

Uchiha Shisui couldn't understand what Orochimaru was trying to say, but he still asked, "Orochimaru, are you asking me why I used genjutsu on your clone and managed to control your real body?"

Orochimaru's eyes darted up and down, his expression a mixture of surprise and delight.

Uchiha Shisui chuckled and said, "Didn't I tell you before that the Fifth Hokage told me you developed the [Reanimation Jutsu] and ruined yourself with it?"

"The Hokage said that your soul is now shattered and full of wounds, and you are powerless to control the loss of your soul essence. Even your clones will be tainted by the soul of your true self."

"Therefore, if you use the Mangekyou Sharingan to use genjutsu on your clone, there is a high chance that it will affect your main body through the mysterious connection between souls."

Uchiha Shisui laughed and said, "In front of my Mangekyou Sharingan, simply closing your eyes cannot stop my genjutsu."

"Neither the Hokage nor I expected the effect to be so strong. It seems that the severity of your soul trauma is beyond our expectations."

Orochimaru felt relieved after hearing Shisui's explanation.

Uchiha Shisui took out a restraint device with chakra-sealing capabilities and firmly controlled Orochimaru, then entrusted him to Inuzuka Jaw for safekeeping.

After seeing Orochimaru subdued, Konoha Jonin such as Aburame Ryoma and Hyuga Takashi began to enter the underground passage to inspect Orochimaru's lair.

Meanwhile, the battle between the Hokage hasn't even begun yet.

Because the Impure World Reincarnation Technique was incomplete, after Orochimaru escaped, the First and Second Hokage were gradually controlled by their battle instincts.

Fortunately, Xia Zuo suddenly appeared in front of them, blocking their view from the Konoha ninja.

At the same time, Xia Zuo released a powerful aura, suppressing and intimidating the two Edo Tensei Hokage, causing them to temporarily regain their sanity.

Seeing the fire-shaped hat on Xia Zuo's head and the respectful attitude of the Konoha ninjas around him, the two Hokage knew that this was the current Hokage.

Tobirama Senju was surprised by Xia Zuo's youth, and even more surprised that he could command the complete obedience of the Mangekyou Sharingan Uchiha.

The Second Hokage remarked, "Konoha has produced another remarkable Hokage. That's wonderful."

Hashirama Senju took a deep breath at the aura emanating from Natsume and asked in surprise, "Your chakra has the scent of Wood Release. Could you be my descendant?"

Xia Zuo smiled and removed his straw hat, replying, "I am definitely not a descendant of the First Hokage, but I should be a descendant of the Senju clan."

"But now they don't have surnames anymore, so we don't know which branch they belong to."

The First Hokage laughed heartily: "That's not important. Awakening Wood Release is enough. That's more convincing than any surname."

The Second Hokage nodded and said, "As expected, my decision to integrate the Senju clan with Konoha was the right one."

Xia Zuo looked at him and shook his head, saying, "Hehe, I think your idea is pretty good."

"In any case, the Senju clan did not face a crisis in their bloodline inheritance, while the Uchiha clan was almost wiped out."

"So I've now arranged for the Uchiha to follow suit as well."

Xia Zuo didn't mention that the older generation of the Senju clan was wiped out in the Land of Whirlpools, nor did he mention that only Tsunade was left of the Senju clan on the surface. What use would it be if he did?

The current Edo Tensei is clearly very flawed; the Senju brothers are like two tattered balloons, constantly leaking their chakra.

Their existence won't last long, so why talk about those unpleasant things?

Danzo Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi are both gone, and neither of them have been resurrected through Edo Tensei, so they have no one to vent their frustrations on.

Therefore, Xia Zuo deliberately only said nice things to avoid wasting this short window of time and causing additional trouble.

Hearing Xia Zuo's agreement, Tobirama Senju showed no change in expression on his face, but he was quite pleased with himself.

He gave detailed answers to many of the questions raised by Xia Zuo.

From the first year of Konoha, although the Hokage was Hashirama Senju, it was Tobirama Senju who actually controlled Konoha.

It was Tobirama Senju who designed Konoha Village's system, architectural planning, ninja academy, and even determined the direction of ninjutsu research.

He had such a comprehensive grasp of everything, while the Third Hokage only added Root and the hospital, and even those were just expansions of existing institutions.

After an in-depth exchange, Xia Zuo learned all the secrets that the Third Hokage had deliberately hidden, thus completely eliminating any potential hidden dangers.

As he spoke, Tobirama Senju's eyes gradually glazed over, his rationality crumbled, and a strong killing intent surged forth.

The Second Hokage sighed, "My sanity is about to give way, but my body seems to be able to hold on for a long time. I'm about to cause you a lot of trouble."

Xia Zuo shook his head and said, "It's alright, Second Hokage, I can handle it."

Tobirama Senju glanced at him. With a hint of displeasure, he said, "Fifth Hokage, you'd better take this seriously. I'm not some trash ninja."

The two had been having a very deep conversation, and in order to buy time, they quickly switched topics, leaving Hashirama Senju completely unable to understand and forced to grit his teeth and endure it.

At this moment, he finally couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Silly little brother, you don't need to be careful with Xia Zuo, he's much stronger than you."

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"But with me around, he'll have to be careful."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Looking at Tobirama Senju, whose eyes were gradually losing their luster, Xia Zuo said sympathetically, "You've really had a hard time."

Seizing a moment of clarity, Tobirama rolled his eyes and said with a wry smile, "My brother may be a bit dim-witted, but his strength is undeniable."

"Even in such a damaged, reanimated form, he can still unleash formidable combat power."

"Godai, you need to be careful when dealing with him, and also watch out for my Flying Thunder God Slash sneak attack."

Tobirama Senju's voice gradually faded, and his eyes completely lost their luster, leaving only an instinctive desire to kill.

Xia Zuo knew that Tobirama Senju's rationality was suppressed by the Edo Tensei, and their verbal communication was temporarily suspended.

Next, it's time for the exchange of ideas between the two teams.