"Big Brother?!"
Tobirama Senju stared at the one adult and two children before him, dumbstruck. "Didn't you say we couldn't, in the Land of the Living—"
"Enough, Tobirama!" Hashirama Senju waved him off. "Look at the state we're in. We can afford to be flexible."
Tobirama Senju: "???"
So I'm the fool here?
As Tobirama watched, his elder brother—who usually took nothing seriously and acted like an overgrown child—suddenly sighed.
Hashirama looked at him gravely. "Honestly, Tobirama, returning to the Land of the Living has shown me where I went wrong. Because of my mistake, the entire Shinobi World has remained in turmoil. An even greater crisis may be coming... I can feel it!"
"Fortunately, soon after I returned, I met Shinji. His strength, his mystery, his unpredictable way of doing things... At first, I didn't know what to make of him."
"But then I understood. We're old, Tobirama. The ideals of the old era can't keep up with the new!"
Hashirama paused.
He turned toward the two children, who were whispering to each other with their heads bent together.
A smile appeared on his face.
"To my surprise, this trip to Konoha has given me something too."
"In those two, I can see a future unlike any I've known. There are things I want to see proved through them."
"Big Brother... you!"
Tobirama's expression grew conflicted.
"So I've decided to stay in Konoha. Not as Hashirama Senju, the First returned to the Land of the Living, but as a teacher to those two children. I'll do my duty and teach them."
Hashirama smiled. "Didn't you want me to see what Konoha is like now? I think this is the perfect chance."
"I can take my time to look, to feel, and to understand..."
"..."
Tobirama had no answer. He