Konoha's Changes

Konoha Ancestral Home

"Grandma, I'm back with my eldest grandpa and Second Grandpa."

Tsunade, Hashirama, Tobirama, Eiji appeared at the entrance of the Ancestral Home. Nawaki, who heard the noise, came out of the entrance hall and stared wide-eyed when he saw them.

"You, you all wait a minute...!" Nawaki rushed back into the house like the wind, and then you could hear Nawaki's voice, "Grandma, it's Great-Grandpa Second Grandpa back, stop putting on your makeup!"

After a while, Mito Uzumaki slowly walked out of the entrance hall and saw the person she had been longing for.

The two looked at each other for a long time.

"Long time no see, Mito."

"It's good to be back, Hashirama. Come in and have a seat."

Mito smiled kindly.

Returning to familiar surroundings, Hashirama was filled with emotion.

He vaguely remembered the worn-out wooden floor and the flowerpots in the corner, which he had bought when he first became Hokage. The more he remembered them, the more he felt sorry for Mito.

"I'm sorry, you must have suffered a lot all these years."

"Since you know that, then stay a little longer. I can tell this technique is quite sophisticated; you're practically indistinguishable from Living Person now, aren't you?"

"Haha, it seems so. It's good to stay a while and take a look Village."

To celebrate their return to the Senju Ancestral Home, Eiji busied himself in the kitchen for quite some time. Hashirama couldn't help but swallow his saliva as he looked at the dazzling Hashirama of dishes, and even Tobirama couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Because Eiji used the Reverse Cursed Technique to completely restore the bodies of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, they are not, in the standard sense, Edo Impure World Reincarnation bodies.

If we delve deeper, this state is actually not much different from that of Living Person; it's all about body + soul = human.

They can taste food and feel pain, but the downside is that if they suffer severe injuries, they cannot piece their bodies back together like in the original story.

"Ah, this is so delicious! I didn't expect to be treated like this so soon after returning to the Village...!" Hashirama Senju was showing off his meal enthusiastically, thoroughly enjoying it and saying between bites, "It's even better than Mito's cooking, haha!"

Mito glanced at Hashirama with a resentful look.

Tobirama ate in silence, but the few empty bowls beside him showed that he greatly appreciated Eiji's cooking skills.

After a meal.

Hashirama and Mito sat on the veranda outside the house, the warm light shining into the courtyard and illuminating their faces.

Hashirama looked at Mito and could sense that Mito was about to collapse.

He planned to spend more time with Mito, and the two sat in the courtyard, silently watching the sunset.

"It's wonderful. The Village is still so peaceful, much better developed than when I was here." Hashirama looked down at the fallen leaves beneath the tree Hashirama and sighed.

"Isn't this exactly your original intention in establishing the Village —to provide the residents with a place where they can live a peaceful life?"

"Yes... Actually, when I was Impure World Reincarnation and summoned back to the Shinobi World, I did wonder if Madara's words were true." Hashirama lowered his head. "No matter what I do, the war will not stop, and this time it almost brought annihilation to the Shinobi World."

"You don't need to blame everything on yourself, Hashirama."

"But this time I almost made a terrible mistake..."

"That kid Eiji will become an even greater Ninja than you, the one who will completely end the war in the Shinobi World bring peace to it."

Hashirama glanced at Mito's profile, then smiled with relief, "Is that so? That's perfect."

Hashirama continued, "If I could, I'd really like to see what a completely peaceful Shinobi World would be like."

"You'll see. At that time, I'll Impure World Reincarnation the First Generation and Second Hokage, as well as Grandma Mito, so you can see the world back then."

Eiji's voice came from behind me at some point.

He sat down in the corridor, looked up at the setting sun, and stared intently at it.

"Eiji..." Mito looked at Eiji with a gentle expression.

Hashirama laughed heartily upon hearing this, "That's excellent! I look forward to that day, young man!"

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Inside a casino in Konoha

A group of villagers gathered around a slot machine to watch the excitement. In the center sat three people, none other than the famous figures of Konoha — Hashirama Senju, Tsunade, and Ryuuzaki Eiji.

Eiji was staring blankly at the slot machine that was constantly scrolling symbols. Before leaving the Village, they mainly used dice games. How come there are these things in the casinos after returning to Konoha?

I have to complain about the Genin world. Before World War II, there were a few Utility Poles in Konoha (they appeared in the manga during Konoha Hashirama) Utility Pole, but I didn't expect there to be so many when I returned to the village.

Along with this came electrical appliances such as slot machine refrigerators. Incidentally, these were not developed by Ninjas, but by powerful and influential businessmen. Although the refrigerators looked quite rudimentary, it was still quite remarkable that they had achieved this level of sophistication.

In another five or six years, Eiji even suspected that things like air conditioners and cameras would appear in the Shinobi World.

As a string of music that sounded like it was going to cost us money played, the lights on the roulette wheel kept flashing and rolling.

"Apple, apple, apple! No oranges... Ouch!" Tsunade gripped the slot machine tightly, her eyes glued to the scrolling numbers, before letting out a wail and glaring resentfully at Hashirama Senju, "Grandpa, it's all your fault I lost!"

"Uh... Little Tsuna, it seems you placed all the bets yourself, right?" Hashirama scratched his Hashirama. "But the Shinobi World is really changing rapidly, developing such an interesting way to gamble. Alright... then let me try it out!"

"Eiji, why don't you give it a try?" Hashirama Tsunade Eiji the slot machine.

"No, because the slot machine spins at a fixed speed, and my eyes can accurately predict where it will land. That way, I can win as much as I want."

Eiji shrugged, saying that for the sake of the casino owner, he still didn't want to cheat in a place like this.

"Damn it... What an unlovable brat! How can your eyes do so many things?"

Tsunade started ruffling Eiji's hair to vent her frustration; she had lost over five million yen in just one morning!

"By the way, if it's a guessing game of high or low, or a guessing game of numbers, I can also see through the numbers on the dice below, but it's even simpler to just bet against Tsunade..."

Before Eiji could finish speaking, Tsunade grabbed him by the neck and gave him a good beating.