Inside the Hokage's office, Senju Tobirama held a whetstone as he continuously sharpened the Sword of the Thunder God. Its gleaming edge radiated a chilling light, as if it could sever everything in the world.
"Bastard! Back then, he suddenly brought the tailed beasts before us, then casually proposed using them to stop wars, with the Five Great Nations working together to create peace. After that, he settled the internal disputes of countless clans. It all looked like an act! Damn it, I said we should never have trusted that clan. Well, look at this—he either stayed silent or made a shocking entrance!"
Senju Hashirama merely smiled faintly after hearing Tobirama's furious words, calmly trying to persuade him. "You shouldn't think that way. Uchiha Feng felt threatened by Madara's death. What you and I did may have been the very choice he now made. After all, he needed to find himself an umbrella of protection too, didn't he?"
Seeing how unmoved his older brother was, Senju Tobirama felt a wave of disappointment. Yet he also understood his brother's current state and spoke to him with sorrow and indignation. "Do you really think that's possible? He openly stirred up the entire village, and even Hyuga Tianren and Sarutobi Sasuke stepped forward to help him. Just look at Kaguya Oboro Sansha's face—then there's that Namikaze Nobuhide, utterly base and shameless! I never thought that even ten years hadn't been enough for us to see their true colors. This is a failure! How could they all suddenly turn against us?"
Just as Senju Tobirama finished speaking, Uzumaki Mito pushed open the door, walked to the desk, and placed a letter before Senju Hashirama. "Namikaze Nobuhide just delivered this letter."
"What?!"
"See for yourself."
Senju Hashirama opened the envelope and unfolded a sheet of