Pacification

A middle-aged man with long white hair and a forehead protector bearing the character for "oil" called out to Tobirama Senju.

"Jiraiya?" Tobirama Senju turned around.

In his younger days, the previous owner of this body had met Jiraiya a few times through Tsunade. So while Jiraiya was surprised that Tobirama still remembered him, he was not overly shocked.

"You actually came back to life? Was this Orochimaru's doing?" Jiraiya stared in shock. The Second Hokage, who had existed only in childhood memories shared with Tsunade, had actually returned from the Netherworld.

"Kid, you came at the right time. Come with me and restore order to Konoha's chaos."

Tobirama Senju gave Jiraiya an order.

"Understood!"

Even Jiraiya, who was usually carefree and somewhat frivolous, put away his irreverent attitude before the Second Hokage.

I wonder what expression Tsunade will make when she sees a living Second Hokage. Heh heh. Jiraiya thought mischievously.

The other half of Konoha

At this point, the battle had already tilted in Konoha's favor.

With Orochimaru's retreat, the remaining Sound ninja and Sand ninja were nothing more than a scattered rabble. The Sand ninja did not even know their Kazekage had been an impostor; at this moment, they could not even find where the real Kazekage's body was.

"Lord Jiraiya!"

"Who's the one beside Lord Jiraiya?"

"Wait, why does he look so much like the Second Hokage's stone face?"

As Tobirama Senju and Jiraiya pushed back the enemy, more and more Konoha ninja were rescued by them. Among the crowd, someone recognized the Second Hokage, a figure who had existed only in textbooks.

Tobirama Senju did not explain himself to them.

It was time to clean up the mess left by the Konoha Crush Plan.

At this moment, he could hardly wait to return to his peak strength.

"Where is Hiruzen? Tell him to come see me!" Tobirama Senju coldly asked the crowd.

The ninja had wanted to reprimand him for calling the Hokage by name, but when they recalled that face identical to the Second Hokage's, they swallowed their doubts.

Someone quickly ran off.

A short while later, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had recovered seventy to eighty percent of his strength, arrived before him.

"Teacher, you called for me?" he asked cautiously.

The Hokage's attitude made those around them even more certain of their suspicions.

The Second Hokage had really come back to life!

"Monkey, the greatest threat has already been dealt with. Have the enemies inside the village still not been cleared out?" Tobirama Senju's manner made Hiruzen Sarutobi recall his teacher's harshness from childhood.

He was so frightened that he could not utter a single word for a long time.

"Teacher, the jinchuriki of Sunagakure is still in Konoha. How should we deal with him? Konoha is not in a position to go to war with an enemy nation right now!" he said tremblingly.

"Fool! Lock up every Sunagakure ninja directly, then demand an explanation from Sunagakure afterward. They came into our village and caused trouble—are we supposed to greet them with smiles? Monkey, when did you become such a weak Hokage?" Tobirama Senju loudly rebuked him.

The surrounding Konoha ninja nodded in agreement. Hiruzen Sarutobi truly was somewhat weak, even cowardly.

A few years ago, Cloud ninja from the Land of Lightning kidnapped the daughter of the Hyuga clan head from Konoha. Not only did Hiruzen Sarutobi fail to make the Land of Lightning pay a price, he even had Hizashi Hyuga, the younger brother of Hyuga Hiashi, pay with his life for the slain Cloud ninja.

As ninja of the strongest ninja village in the shinobi world, they had long been unable to suppress the anger in their hearts.

"Pass down my order: enemy ninja from other nations still resisting in Konoha are to be killed on the spot. Those who surrender are to be temporarily imprisoned in Konoha Prison." Tobirama gave the order.

"The Hokage is wise!"

The crowd erupted in cheers.

Under the former Hokage's orders, all of Konoha launched an orderly counterattack.

Any Sound ninja or Sand ninja who still dared resist were killed outright. Those who surrendered were locked up.

Very soon, the situation within Konoha stabilized.

Inside the Hokage Building

Seated in the place of honor, Tobirama Senju received a notification from the system.

Name: Tobirama Senju

Strength: Super Kage

Status: Impure World Reincarnation

With his strength fully restored, the faint aura emanating from Tobirama Senju alone placed immense pressure on Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya beside him.

"The Second Hokage has been revived?"

Upon receiving the news, the heads of Konoha's various clans were all plunged into shock. They could no longer make sense of Konoha's current situation.

Would the Second Hokage return to the Pure Land? Or would he take command of Konoha once more? None of them could be sure.