Strange Buildings, Strange People

An unknown region beyond the map of the Ninja World.

"Second Hokage! There are people to the northwest!"

One of the shinobi darting through the jagged mountains suddenly spoke.

"Stop!"

At Tobirama Senju's command, the four shinobi around him halted at once.

The forehead protectors they wore bore the character for "shinobi." Some were from Sunagakure, while others were from Konoha.

Tobirama Senju immediately extended his senses toward the northwest as well.

"A dozen or so people... That's quite a lot. It should count as a small village."

"Let's go take a look."

"Yes!"

Tobirama Senju led the four shinobi swiftly toward the northwest.

At the same time, he used the earpiece by his ear to make contact.

"Calling Team One. Calling Team One."

"I hear you, Tobirama. What is it? Did you find the Kara Organization?"

Hashirama Senju's voice came through the earpiece.

Tobirama Senju sounded utterly helpless. "Big brother, didn't we agree to use team numbers during communications so we could identify each other immediately?"

"Why did you use my name directly?"

"But I already recognized that it was you, Tobirama. Did you find the Kara Organization?"

Hashirama Senju pressed.

"No. We only found a dozen or so people. It should be a small village, and Team Two is preparing to investigate."

"Alright. Report through the earpiece immediately if anything happens. Check in every five minutes to prevent losing contact."

"Yes."

Tobirama Senju then shut off the earpiece and quickly arrived before the dozen or so chakra signatures.

"Y-you... Who are you?"

A house with an utterly different architectural style stood there.

Groups of two and three people were eating on the street. When they suddenly saw Tobirama Senju and the others, they questioned them.

"Second Hokage, their clothes... are so strange."

If Kanami had been here, he