Hashirama Senju Revived!

"Grandfather..."

"Second Grandfather..."

After seeing the two of them, Tsunade felt deeply moved. They had been separated for so many years. If her two grandfathers had still been around, Sarutobi Hiruzen probably would not have been able to do such a thing.

As she thought of this, Tsunade's eyes reddened.

She remembered the days when she had followed behind her grandfather, and felt a surge of emotion.

Along with a touch of longing.

"Minato!"

Seeing Minato's corpse, Jiraiya was equally moved.

When Minato had died last time, he had not been there to see his disciple one last time. He had never expected to see Minato's corpse now.

"What a pity about Minato!" Sage Shima sensed Jiraiya's emotional turmoil and could not help sighing as well.

As Jiraiya's disciple, Minato had also possessed the ability to summon toads and had visited Mount Myōboku. The two sages had thought highly of Jiraiya's disciple back then; even the Great Toad Sage had thought highly of him.

But...

Things had not gone as hoped.

Minato had lost his life directly during the Nine-Tails' rampage.

Jiraiya felt conflicted. If he had been there to resist the Nine-Tails alongside Minato, perhaps they could have sealed the Nine-Tails away, and Minato would not have died.

But there was nothing to be done. Perhaps this was fate.

"Little Jiraiya, don't be sad either. Perhaps this is fate!" Sage Fukasaku consoled him from the side, his tone filled with helplessness. "Even if you had been in Konoha at the time, you probably could not have changed fate!"

"Sealing the Nine-Tails at the cost of his life was the ending he chose!"

"This karma was already determined when you sealed the Nine-Tails!"

What Sage Fukasaku said was rather profound. If the Nine-Tails had not been sealed, perhaps there would