"Research ability... I really hadn't heard those words in a long time." Tobirama Senju could not help sighing.
Back then, he had chosen the path of research not because he had been curious about the unknowns of the world from the very beginning.
More than anything, he had simply wanted to keep up with his older brother through his own methods.
Hashirama Senju had grown stronger far too quickly back then. Even a genius like Tobirama Senju had needed to put in considerable effort just to see his brother's back.
"Also, I heard Kakashi say earlier that you planned to revive my brother too? That means the ninja world has reached the point where it needs our strength. So who is the enemy?" Tobirama Senju asked.
As one of the sharpest minds in the ninja world, he only needed a rough idea of many things to deduce the full picture.
That ability was truly rare.
"The enemy is a group of mysterious people. I took one of them out myself. The corpse is being studied over in Kirigakure, but it'll be sent to the Hidden Leaf Village soon," Kitahara Kaede said.
"Kirigakure? So you brat holds an extraordinary position in all Five Great Ninja Villages, huh?" Tobirama Senju looked at Kitahara Kaede with approval.
"It's all right. Other than the Sand Village being a little lacking, the other ninja villages respect me greatly," Kitahara Kaede said modestly.
In truth, the Sand Village was also quite compliant toward Kitahara Kaede.
It was just that the Sand Village did not share the comradeship that A, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi had with Kitahara Kaede.
That was why it had been singled out at this moment.
"That bunch of weaklings from the Sand Village isn't worth paying attention to! Reto had vision, but he