The First Hokage and Second's strength, by today's standards, was nothing special.
Although their talents were somewhat useful, catching up to them was no easy task.
The key was their reputation.
Back then, Hashirama Senju had treated the other Ninja Villages with the utmost benevolence. Despite possessing overwhelming strength, he hadn't violently conquered the other villages. He had even distributed the Tailed Beasts among them.
If one had to name the most peaceful period in the entire Ninja World,
it would probably be when Hashirama Senju had just established Konoha.
Thus, his revival would push the entire Ninja World a major step toward peace.
The only thing Tsunade couldn't figure out now was this.
"Why would Orochimaru be willing to hand over Great-Grandpa and Second-Grandpa's souls?" Tsunade asked, frowning slightly as she looked at Orochimaru, who was chatting warmly with Naruto not far away. "What exactly is he plotting?"
Orochimaru couldn't possibly fail to see the impact Hashirama's resurrection would have on the entire Ninja World.
Especially since the First Kage of the other Ninja Villages might also be revived.
To put it bluntly, once every village in the Ninja World participated in building an alliance for the Ninja World, neither Orochimaru nor Konan would be able to resist that force.
The entire Ninja World would enter a true era of peace—and one led by Konoha at that.
"Tsunade, it seems you don't understand Orochimaru as well as you think." Shen Mo shook his head with a smile.
Perhaps from Tsunade's perspective, it was indeed difficult to imagine.
But peace was also Orochimaru's dream.
He simply didn't believe that humanity, with all its desires, could create true peace. That was why he wanted to create the peace he desired by building the Undead Empire.
But clearly,
Orochimaru had seen some