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After listening, Xunjing nodded. "First Hokage, your Wood Release is actually a kekkei tōta formed by combining Yang Release with the earth attribute, isn't it?"
"Perhaps it also requires some special factor in Asura chakra?"
"Exactly."
The First Hokage nodded readily. "That's more or less how it works."
"Judging by how the Sage of Six Paths keeps having Asura's and Indra's chakra reincarnate and fight each other, I doubt that old bastard is anything good."
"Especially when you factor in that brand and connection we discovered in my soul while forming the contract just now."
"Otherwise, how could he possibly not know that endlessly reincarnating his two sons' chakra would only bring one war after another?"
"There's something else, too. Back then, he came up with the Ninjutsu Sect and spread chakra around. On the surface, it was meant to connect people's hearts and eliminate conflict. But in reality?"
"Put plainly, he was sowing the seeds of chaos."
"With his intelligence, there's no way he couldn't foresee the consequences."
"Even if he was confused at first, after a thousand years of the Ninja World tearing itself apart, surely he should have opened his eyes?"
"But he never intervened. Instead, he secretly stirred up trouble, deliberately making the various factions fight to the death."
"The whole thing was like breeding venomous creatures in a jar until only the strongest survived."
"If you ask me, his ultimate goal was most likely the souls and chakra of the ninja who died in battle."
As Hashirama Senju spoke, his tone was surprisingly calm, but his gaze was as sharp as a blade.
It was as though he had seen straight through to the heart of the matter.
This was how the God of Shinobi who had ended an age of chaos, subdued Madara