Tazuna felt much better after hearing Senya's confident words, and all his previous worries were swept away.
"Good, good, good. It's great that Konoha sent people over."
As he spoke, he vigorously shook Senya's hand up and down several times.
But suddenly, his hand froze, and the joyful expression on his face stiffened.
"Wait, what did you say your name was? And what are the names of those two beside you?"
As he spoke, he slowly released his right hand and stared wide-eyed at Senya and Hashirama beside him.
Senya said, "Sir, my name is Senya Uchiha."
Hashirama said, "Uncle, my name is Hashirama Senju. Just call me Hashirama."
Senya and Hashirama each put on what they thought was a fairly friendly expression.
Then Tazuna's whole body tensed up. Flustered and incoherent, he instinctively stood at attention, raised his right hand, and gave Senya and Hashirama a standard salute.
"Reporting to Lord Senya and Lord Hashirama! I am Tazuna, chief engineer of this cross-sea bridge project!"
Oh my god, the legendary God of Shinobi and the strongest man in the Shinobi World today... Why are these two so young?
And wasn't Hashirama already dead? Why was he still alive and well? He looked like he was only in his thirties. How was that possible?!
These two big shots actually came personally to help build a bridge!? Am I dreaming? Holy shit!
Seeing Tazuna suddenly become so nervous, Hashirama felt somewhat helpless.
People in the village reacted the same way whenever they saw him. Once they noticed that he looked exactly like the First Hokage's stone face on the Kage Rock and learned his identity, they all became reserved and stiff in their speech.
He could not even find anyone to casually chat with in the village. Sigh...
It would have