For the next few days, Madara and Hashirama were inseparable as they wandered all over Konoha.
Although Konoha was still in its original location, it was no longer the Konoha it had once been.
To Hashirama, both the explosive population growth and the advanced technology left him dazzled.
Madara had been revived a little earlier, so he had at least grown familiar with some of it.
They wandered around until afternoon and, without realizing it, arrived atop Hokage Rock.
A gust of wind swept past, carrying a few leaves with it.
Hashirama Senju pinched a leaf between his fingers and looked through the hole in the leaf at the greatly transformed Konoha below, his expression full of emotion and nostalgia.
"It's different now, Madara."
Madara simply sat down on the ground. With Hashirama beside him, he no longer felt that sense of uncertainty.
"Yes, it's different, Hashirama."
He casually clasped his hands behind his head and lay down.
At that moment, a surge of soul power rose from them. More precisely, half of Asura within Hashirama flew out of his body.
Indra and Asura pressed their fingers to Madara's eyes together.
The rings in Madara's eyes gradually began to disperse, and he felt only a faint prickling pain.
The rings in his eyes first faded into blankness, then became a One Tomoe Sharingan, followed by a Two Tomoe, Three Tomoe, Mangekyo, and Eternal Mangekyo.
Then they transformed into Rinnegan once more.
Madara felt that blood-connected sensation again.
He knew it. His eyes had returned!
At that moment, Senyo was taking Karin shopping in Konoha's commercial district.
Konoha had now become the capital of the entire Shinobi World.
That meant even more merchants were gathering in Konoha, and the outer city would soon be expanded again.
The commercial district had