In Hashirama Senju's eyes, he saw a young man.
A tall, handsome young man. He wore a red robe embroidered with golden divine dragons, with the character "Emperor" stitched over his chest. His golden hair was tied in a butterfly tail and drifted casually behind him. His azure eyes held a captivating depth, like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
At that moment, the golden-haired youth was looking at him expectantly. Hashirama did not understand the expectation in the youth's eyes.
However, that earlier remark had clearly come from this youth as well.
After examining the extraordinary youth, Hashirama Senju began looking around. He saw Sasuke and immediately knew he was from the Uchiha Clan. Sasuke gave him an incredibly familiar feeling. After all, he and Madara had been entangled by fate their entire lives.
The Uchiha youth was also very powerful.
After that, Hashirama saw Nagato. The appearance of the Uzumaki Clan, that head of red hair—it was also familiar to him, because his wife had been a member of the Uzumaki Clan as well.
Hashirama was even more familiar with Kurama behind Nagato.
Kurama also stirred up fragments of his memories. Many years ago, Hashirama had been the one to seal Kurama into his wife Mito's body. Kurama had been too powerful, and Hashirama had needed one hand to capture him.
While Hashirama was lost in memory, Kurama saw him and fell into her own recollections. This was the man who had defeated her with one hand, sealed her away, and even said that she was powerful. She had been utterly helpless then.
However, after following Naruto for all these years, Kurama had become much gentler. Seeing Hashirama again, she was not affected by those unpleasant memories. She watched him with the air of someone enjoying a show.