"Kuro!"
Haru cried out in delight, freeing her hands to pull Kuro into her arms.
"Long time no see~"
Uchiha Gen awkwardly scratched his nose, smacked his lips, and walked over to inspect his second brother, Izuna.
"His body has returned to its most perfect state, and his vital signs are normal."
Looking at Izuna's current condition, he could not shake the feeling that it seemed strangely familiar.
"Could Old Man Six Paths be up to something again?"
Just as Uchiha Gen was planning to visit the Pure Land and have a little spar with Old Man Qiansui, Izuna's body suddenly twitched.
"Mm... urgh?"
"Second Brother!" Uchiha Gen hurriedly supported him, then patted his shoulder. "Wake up, wake up!"
"Urgh... Where am I? Little brother?"
Izuna stared blankly at Uchiha Gen's face, his mind seeming to load like an old machine. A few minutes passed before it finally finished buffering.
"Little brother! It really is you!"
"...Yeah."
"Wasn't I dead? And..." Izuna raised a hand to touch his eye sockets, saying in disbelief, "My eyes clearly..."
"It's a long story. Big Brother, let's stand up first."
"Oh, right!"
The group then formed a circle where they stood. Tobirama's severed head sat in the very middle, his eyes opened wide, while Uchiha Gen calmly recounted everything. As Izuna listened, he occasionally glanced at the head in the center.
"So, Little Brother, you're already the strongest in the Shinobi World?"
"Yes."
"Does that resurrection technique really place no burden on you?"
"No. I told you, I'm the strongest in the Shinobi World now. Resurrection is nothing."
"Then wouldn't that mean anyone you wanted alive could live? What meaning would death have left?"
Hearing his second brother say something so philosophical, Uchiha Gen was slightly surprised. It seemed Izuna had not spent