Taking the Lie to the End

Jingyi said, "I found it among those piles of scrolls you gave me. They recorded some of your grandfather's—meaning the First Hokage's—past."

Tsunade opened one and found that it did indeed contain some records left by Hashirama Senju.

It was much like the story Hashirama Senju had told, with Madara Uchiha's name appearing extremely often.

"The power of Senju and Uchiha?"

The more Tsunade read, the more confused she became. The records in the scrolls were incomplete and fragmented. The portions recorded by Tobirama Senju were slightly better, but there was still no valuable information to be found.

After staring at the scrolls for a while, Tsunade decisively gave up.

Forget it. I can't be bothered to think about this. You handle it yourself.

"Enough, stop talking. My head hurts. Just tell me what you want to do."

That was so like Tsunade.

Whenever she could not decide what to do, she simply gave up and threw all the troublesome matters to Jingyi. She could not be bothered to waste brain cells on them.

"After the war ends, expose Uchiha's conspiracy, then eliminate this threat."

Jingyi stated his goal. "A lot of things are difficult to explain through words alone. Only after the conspiracy is exposed can we gain the recognition of other countries and villages."

"Why not expose it now?"

Tsunade did not understand.

Jingyi had no intention of hiding it from her and frankly said, "Because Iwagakure and Kumogakure are currently at the height of their strength. If we expose Madara Uchiha's conspiracy before they finish their war, it will be difficult to unite them with us. We might even create greater trouble."

The allure of the Rinnegan was deadly.

The Sage Eye—once news of it spread, the villages would likely react by trying to seize the eyes