"Is that so?" Hashirama fell silent for a moment. If things really were as Orochimaru said, then those politicians truly would make that decision.
And he did not feel much aversion toward the decision to destroy a nation, either. Though reason told him this would intensify the conflict between Konoha and the other villages, if it had been him, he would have made the same decision. Because that was the Uzumaki Clan!
"Then." Hashirama swept his gaze over the Reanimated Ninja spreading out under Orochimaru's command, then looked at Orochimaru in confusion. "With the power you currently have, wiping out the Land of Water shouldn't be difficult, should it? Do you need to call us in?"
"Also, can you explain what that enormous technique in the sky is? Why has it even locked onto the ordinary people of the Land of Water!?" At this moment, Tobirama, standing to the side, also looked at Orochimaru with a frown.
Both of them had outstanding sensory abilities. Judging from the power they sensed, the forces on the frontal battlefield alone were enough to destroy the Land of Water, even without the Reanimation Legion.
And that was not even counting the two of them. What Tobirama cared about even more was that faintly visible technique in the sky. Though he did not know its structure or effect, he could vaguely feel that the technique had locked onto everyone in the Land of Water, not the ninja village!
The moment those words came out, Hashirama, Tsunade, and Jiraiya instantly tensed, staring fixedly at Orochimaru. It was easy to foresee that if Orochimaru's answer failed to satisfy them—
"Heh~" Orochimaru smiled helplessly. "I told him inviting you two over wasn't a good idea. Shiro-kun, you really did give me a difficult problem~"
"It has to do