"And settle your grudge with someone else? Who?"
Hashirama Senju asked instinctively.
But after asking, he recalled what Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru had told him not long ago.
Mizuki Ember!
That name surfaced in Hashirama Senju's mind.
At the same time, Hashirama Senju swept his gaze around. After pausing briefly on Nagato and the Ten-Tails, he finally noticed the figure not far away, dressed in a luxurious snow-white robe and wearing an Ice Mask.
"You must be Mizuki Ember, the one Tsunade and the others spoke of, right? I never expected Kirigakure to produce someone as remarkable as you in this era!"
Hashirama Senju's expression held undisguised admiration.
Hashirama Senju was somewhat naturally airheaded, but he was also an open-minded person.
Unlike his younger brother Tobirama Senju, who worried for Konoha after learning about Mizuki Ember, he was instead happy for Kirigakure!
To Hashirama Senju, the fact that each generation of the Ninja World produced new talents only proved how correct their decision to establish ninja villages had been!
If each new generation of the Ninja World had been worse than the last, that was when he might have begun questioning life.
Besides, it was perfectly normal that Hashirama Senju had not recognized Soji's alter ego, Mizuki Ember.
During the Joint Chunin Exams held by the three great ninja villages, the conscious Reanimated Hashirama Senju had fought Soji's Blood Shadow and had even been sealed by it.
However, the Blood Shadow's appearance had relied on Chiyo's Ketsuryūgan ability and Chakra, and had little to do with Soji himself.
In other words, Chiyo had merely used her own Chakra and abilities to make that Blood Shadow wield a portion of Soji's power.
Thus, the Chakra signatures of the Blood Shadow and Soji were different.
Not to mention that Mizuki Ember's alter