"What, Second Hokage? Do you still have doubts? Everything I'm doing right now is for Konoha!" Xuanye declared with righteous conviction.
Granted, Konoha and even the entire Land of Fire already belonged to him, and the whole Ninja World would belong to him in the future.
Every last Shinobi was one of his coins, too!
But everything Xuanye was doing now expanded the Land of Fire's territory, bringing all the surrounding small nations into Konoha's domain.
There was nothing wrong with what the Shogun had said!
Given Tobirama's personality, surely he wouldn't disregard the bigger picture over that little unpleasantness between them earlier?
Or rather, precisely because Tobirama wasn't the sort to let personal grievances interfere with public duty, Xuanye had openly summoned him, even making him a custom body to restore all the strength he'd possessed in life.
Hashirama would have been more troublesome. Convincing him to attack other villages and countries for personal gain would have been almost impossible.
With Hashirama's personality, he would never invade another country. He might even hear the news about Madara and insist on stopping him, regardless of everything else!
That wouldn't serve Xuanye's interests.
Tobirama looked up at his nominal grandson-in-law with mixed feelings.
This bastard had seduced my granddaughter, yet he still had the nerve to juggle several women at once!
For a while, Tobirama's soul had resided inside a puppet body without any chakra.
Orochimaru wanted his wisdom, but didn't want him causing trouble.
After a round of negotiations, Orochimaru had restricted Tobirama's power, but not his freedom.
Thanks to that, Tobirama had been able to spend his spare time browsing Konoha's historical records. He had also concealed his identity and wandered around the present-day village to see how it had changed.
In all fairness, Uchiha Genya had done an