The Inherently Evil Senju Tobirama

"I never expected you to have learned the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Aside from Senju Tobirama, Rasa and Orochimaru also stared at Hyuga Chiba in shock.

The latter's power was already formidable enough; with the addition of the Flying Thunder God Technique, a Forbidden Jutsu that maximized mobility, wouldn't he be even more impossible to deal with?

That naturally evil Senju Tobirama— Rasa couldn't help but curse inwardly.

He had never truly submitted; he had only chosen to yield due to Hyuga Chiba's terrifying strength.

Yet, before he could even think of a way to deal with Hyuga Chiba, he discovered that the latter had become even harder to handle?

Whether it was the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu or the Flying Thunder God Technique, they were all Forbidden Jutsus invented by Senju Tobirama.

At this moment, Rasa only wanted to say that Kinkaku and Ginkaku had done a good job back then.

If Senju Tobirama had been allowed to live on, who knew how many more Forbidden Jutsus he would have created to enhance Hyuga Chiba's strength?

"Interesting."

After regaining his composure, Orochimaru's expression turned somewhat excited as he licked his face with his tongue once more.

He didn't care about other messy affairs; he only cared about immortality.

When he first learned from Hyuga Chiba that there existed a "Karma" in the Ninja World far more perfect than the Living Corpse Reincarnation, he had been very eager, even if he hadn't fully believed it at first.

But when he learned from Hyuga Chiba that the Otsutsuki Clan, who possessed the "Karma," all wielded the Rinnegan and possessed immense power, Orochimaru had worried that it would be difficult for him to conduct research on that group.

However, if Hyuga Chiba's strength was sufficient, and he could bring the entire Ninja World under his power, then Orochimaru believed that even the so-called Otsutsuki Clan would be no match for him.

When that time came, Orochimaru would naturally be able to study the secrets of the Otsutsuki Clan smoothly.

Setting the Otsutsuki aside, even the Hyuga Chiba before him seemed to harbor quite a few secrets that interested him.

"Show my value, is it?"

Orochimaru glanced at Hyuga Chiba, feeling a bit more invested in the matter.

Regardless of whether he wanted to study the Otsutsuki Clan's Karma or attempt to touch upon the secrets of the Tenseigan, he was destined to first gain Hyuga Chiba's trust.

"Alright." At this moment, Hyuga Chiba seemed to have sensed something and said to Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, "If you want to return to Konoha, you should leave Sunagakure now."

"It just so happens that you can get a sense of the situation from a few Konoha juniors first."

"You can prepare yourselves mentally before you see the changes in Konoha with your own eyes in the future."

Just a moment ago, through the Tenseigan's clairvoyance and long-range vision—which were far superior to the Byakugan—Hyuga Chiba had discovered that Kakashi and the others were almost at Sunagakure.

This included Sasori and Deidara, the two Akatsuki members who were clearly heading straight for Sunagakure.

Moreover, whether it was because the Byakugan could naturally see them or because his Tenseigan was special, he could even see Zetsu and Obito clearly as they hid underground.

By letting Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama leave Sunagakure now, they might just run into Kakashi, Sasori, and the others.

I have to say, I'm quite interested to see what happens when Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama encounter Kakashi and the others, as well as Sasori, Hyuga Chiba thought with interest.

"Konoha juniors?" Upon hearing Hyuga Chiba's words, Senju Tobirama frowned slightly and nodded, "I understand."

"My brother and I will head back first to see the current state of Konoha."

"—Very well." Senju Hashirama hesitated for a moment before nodding as well.

Unlike Senju Tobirama, he truly believed Rasa's theory that Hyuga Chiba was doing all this to integrate the power of the Ninja World to deal with the Otsutsuki Clan.

It was just that Senju Hashirama felt Hyuga Chiba's methods were still too radical.

If he wanted to unify the power of the Ninja World, couldn't he just talk to everyone properly? Why use such forceful means?

Senju Hashirama believed it was because Hyuga Chiba was too young, under too much pressure, and had a slightly skewed understanding of the Will of Fire.

As an elder, he should share the burden for the younger generation and help Hyuga Chiba get back on the right track.

Collecting the Tailed Beasts was simple enough; at worst, he would just go and kowtow to the various Kage to beg them once more.

Although he didn't quite understand why collecting those nine Tailed Beasts—which he and Madara used to treat like pets—would allow Hyuga Chiba to gain the power to deal with the Otsutsuki Clan.

Still, having been away for many years, Senju Hashirama did miss Konoha.

Especially since he had vaguely sensed that something seemed to be wrong with the current Konoha.

And so!

Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama left Sunagakure.

"Chiba-kun, those summoned via the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu can indeed operate at a great distance from the caster, but Sunagakure is still too far from Konoha; this will shorten the time they can exist in this world," Orochimaru reminded Hyuga Chiba as he watched the backs of Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama as they departed.

"Isn't that perfect?" Hyuga Chiba shook his head indifferently, "Once they return to Konoha, they shouldn't be able to stay for long before their souls return to the Pure Land."

"Even if they want to do anything, they won't be able to."

"If we need them in the future, we can just summon them again."

"However, I hope you can optimize the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu as soon as possible, so that those summoned can possess their peak strength from when they were alive."

If he could, Chiba would even want Orochimaru to use Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura to help him deal with the likes of Otsutsuki Isshiki.

It was just a pity that casting Impure World Reincarnation required a portion of the target's body.

Furthermore, the era in which those two existences, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura, lived was too far in the past; it was basically impossible to find any remains of their bodies.

Even if he truly managed to reincarnate them, there was no guarantee that other problems wouldn't arise.

Chiba also hadn't forgotten that the soul of that old geezer Hagoromo still presided over the Pure Land.

"I will do my best."

Orochimaru did not know what Chiba was thinking, but upon hearing the latter's instructions, he nodded directly.

Seeing this, Chiba stopped paying attention to Orochimaru and instead said to Rasa, "Handle the affairs here in Sunagakure briefly, then go outside the village to welcome a few uninvited guests."

Regardless of anything else, Kakashi, Sasori, and the others were all coming for Chiba.

He didn't intend for Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama to be able to do anything to Kakashi and the others.

And Rasa was now considered Chiba's subordinate, as well as the legitimate Kazekage.

In Chiba's view, having him go in his stead to meet Kakashi and Hyuga Nozomu first, or to probe Sasori and Deidara, was perfectly reasonable.

"Understood!"

Upon hearing the words "uninvited guests," Rasa already had a few guesses in his heart.

It just so happened that he could take this opportunity to spread his previously formulated theory about Chiba being the "savior" to those "guests."