On her way to the research base, Tsunade had originally thought she would be meeting Orochimaru.
Yet she had never expected to see her own second granduncle instead.
Konoha's long-dead Second Hokage—
Tobirama Senju!
Tobirama Senju noticed their arrival as well and stopped what he was doing.
When he saw Tsunade, a hint of gratification appeared on his face.
"Little Tsunade, you've grown up."
Tsunade still looked somewhat stunned. "What exactly is going on?"
Tobirama Senju's expression turned helpless again, and he sighed. "It's the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu."
Tsunade immediately understood, her eyes widening slightly. "The forbidden jutsu you invented to summon the dead back into the living world?!"
Tobirama Senju nodded.
"This is desecrating the dead—desecrating their souls!"
Tsunade frowned. She had already roughly guessed that this was the plan of those four old bastards. This was...
"Pedantic! Tsunade, at a time like this, you're still hung up on that?"
Danzo could not help but snort coldly. He lightly tapped his cane again and rebuked Tsunade.
As the former leader of Root, he had always been someone who walked in the darkness.
This Impure World Reincarnation plan had also been proposed by him.
But wasn't the value of a forbidden jutsu precisely to give the village a chance to make a desperate stand when backed into a corner?
Konoha was now in the midst of a crisis, on the verge of collapse. This was exactly the time to use a forbidden jutsu.
"As Hokage... what you should care about more is the village, not fussing over this! Besides, the reason Sensei left this jutsu behind was to ensure that if Konoha ever faced disaster, it could be used to protect the village!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Danzo shouted again.
"If not now, then when?!"
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