In the Training Ground.
Hashirama Senju watched Naruto grin foolishly and lost himself in thought for a moment.
"Mister, are you really friends with Big Brother Shinji? Then where is he now? He left the village ages ago. Isn't he coming back?"
"Ah."
Hashirama paused, then shook his head with a rueful smile. "I don't know when he'll return to the village, but... he's so strong that the war is sure to end soon. When that day comes, I think he'll be back."
"That's great!" Naruto cried, jumping for joy.
He turned to Sasuke. "Hey, Sasuke, did you hear that? Big Brother Shinji's going to end the war soon and come back to the village!"
"Idiot!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes.
He had no desire to deal with this scatterbrain.
But without realizing it, he had grown much less wary of the mysterious masked man before him...
After all.
The man's voice was deep and steady, and his manner was gentle. He hardly seemed like a bad person.
Of course...
The other guy, the one with red eyes, was another matter.
At the thought.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes and glanced at the Red Eyes man standing with his arms crossed.
He frowned slightly.
What an overwhelmingly sinister aura!
Sasuke could swear.
In all his life, he had never met anyone who gave off such a powerful sense of evil!
Besides.
The two men had completely different auras, and one had black hair while the other had silver hair. Yet from the way they addressed each other, they were brothers?
Unbelievable!
Watching the boys' reactions, Hashirama glanced at Tobirama, then rose to his feet, planted his hands on his hips, and threw back his head in laughter...
Tobirama was speechless.
At last.
Hashirama came back to himself. "Oh, right. Your names are