Who Wouldn't Want the Hashirama Family Bundle?

"What is he to you?"

Uchiha Gin studied the Clone fighting in the battlefield with great interest before turning to ask Tsunade.

"He's my grandpa."

Tsunade answered instinctively, but stopped halfway through. Her tightly furrowed face was full of conflict.

"Actually, I don't know who he is either, but I can feel the same kind of care from him that grandfather had."

Care?

As he quietly listened to Tsunade recount how she had met Clone Number Four, Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow slightly. He turned his gaze back to the Clone locked in fierce battle, curiosity flooding his eyes.

If what Tsunade said was true—if this Clone had killed his teammate to save her—then the Clone fighting below was likely an exceedingly rare mutant.

Uchiha Gin was not simply guessing out of thin air. He was among the first people to come into contact with Clones and had a certain understanding of these products of forbidden technology.

The earliest generation of Clones only replicated Hashirama Senju's own abilities, such as vigorous life force, his signature Wood Release, and his ultimate senjutsu techniques.

Their weakness was equally obvious: they lacked the ability to think and had no self-awareness. They could only mechanically carry out the orders given by their master, so their overall combat strength was far from exceptional. They were elite monsters that even a slightly stronger Tailed Beast Knight could solo.

Then came their enhanced version. Once the first-generation Clones planted Divine Tree Spores into Tailed Beast Knights, the evolution code engraved within them would activate.

After absorbing a certain amount of Tailed Beast Chakra through the Divine Tree Spores, these Clones would gradually develop some self-awareness. The Heterogeneous Knights they transformed into possessed power equal to, or even surpassing, that of Tailed Beast Knights.

However, after most of