"Wouldn't that be a bit wrong?" Hashirama Senju frowned. To him, the Uchiha were members of the village too.
"We're not going after the entire Uchiha Clan. We're only dealing with a few who refuse to listen. Even the Uchiha Clan Head won't mind. No, more precisely, we're helping him bring the clan together." For once, Tobirama Senju did not defer to Hashirama.
When it came to dealing with the Uchiha, Tobirama had always had a mind of his own.
At other times, he was still willing to listen to Hashirama.
"First, I hope you'll help me research a new form of Sage Mode!" Uchiha Yi paused, then added, "A Human Sage Mode."
"Sage Mode? That won't be easy." Yi's words drew Hashirama's attention away from the Uchiha. In his mind, Yi was already the Uchiha Clan Head. Even if he wasn't yet, he certainly would be.
Orochimaru, standing nearby, stared at Hashirama with burning eyes. Sage Mode—he wanted to learn it too.
"To stand against the Ōtsutsuki, we have to master the power of Sage Mode! The Sage of Six Paths defeated his mother only after mastering it.
"The Sage Modes of the Three Great Sage Lands are good, but they belong to them, not to humans. The human body, down to its cells, is different from those of toads, snakes, and slugs. That's why we need to develop a Sage Mode of our own," Yi explained quietly. "First, you're in a state of Impure World Reincarnation now. Even if natural energy runs wild, you can recover instantly."
"Impure World Reincarnation can be used like that?" Hashirama scratched his head. It seemed sound in theory, but something about it felt wrong.
"Of course it can. You're already dead, Brother, so you might as well perfect Sage Mode," Tobirama said,