Hashirama's suggestion was one everyone was willing to follow. After all, his status and position were simply too revered.
In Konoha, he was an elder among elders, and the people gathered around him now, gazing at him with worshipful eyes, were basically all his juniors.
"Lord Hashirama is right. We should hurry and leave. Don't become a burden to him."
"Right, right! Keep moving up front! It's getting blocked in the back."
Though some people understood reason and chose to leave, many fanatics still refused to go.
That was where the Anbu came in. Four or five ninja in Anbu attire, wearing Tanuki Masks, appeared.
They swiftly took Control of the situation, and arrested several ringleaders who had ignored repeated warnings, taking them all to the Police Force.
Hashirama did not stop them.
The Anbu personnel were carrying out their mission, and Hashirama's own good temper was no excuse for these people to ignore warnings and push things even further.
"Big Brother is still as popular as ever."
After finally squeezing out of New City, Tobirama said with a chuckle.
Hashirama, however, sighed rather helplessly. "Ah, when will the villagers stop worshipping old fellows like us so crazily?"
A-Gang thought for a moment. "Probably never. The contributions you all made to Konoha, plus your own celebrity effect, will naturally gather a great many people. So when we enter Konoha, we should use the Breath Concealment Technique."
Everyone nodded in agreement with A-Gang's statement.
"Ah, how did we forget about the Breath Concealment Technique at the start? If we'd used it earlier, things wouldn't have become so troublesome."
"Speaking of which, this technique Torifu improved really is useful. No wonder he never has any worries in this regard."
Torifu's improvement of the Aburame Clan's Breath Concealment Technique had actually been a