"Who told you our target this time was Konoha?"
The First, who had been about to unleash his aura to demonstrate his resolve never to compromise, was utterly dumbfounded by Madara Uchiha's words.
"Huh? It isn't Konoha?"
"Even if their target isn't Konoha, what good could possibly come of Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi joining forces, brother!"
Having finally recovered his voice, the Second Hokage looked at the First, who had turned into a fool in an instant, and shook his head helplessly.
"Heh heh heh, Second Hokage, as it happens, Konoha is now the strongest of the Five Great Ninja Villages. Even if we were to launch a war, we wouldn't target it first."
Orochimaru smiled faintly at the Second Hokage and First, whom he had just reincarnated and who knew nothing about the world as it stood.
"What do you mean? The Third Hokage should have died fighting you, shouldn't he? Who is the Fifth Hokage now? He actually managed to restore Konoha to its former glory?"
Hearing Orochimaru say that Konoha had become the strongest of the Five Great Ninja Villages piqued the Second Hokage's interest. Even the First looked at Orochimaru curiously.
"Tobirama, you'd never guess. Konoha's current Hokage is a member of our Uchiha Clan—Uchiha Itachi."
Edo Madara beat Orochimaru to revealing the identity of Konoha's current Hokage. When he saw the Second Hokage's shocked expression upon learning that the Fifth Hokage belonged to the Uchiha Clan, he smiled in satisfaction.
"A member of the Uchiha Clan actually became Hokage? No! A member of the Uchiha Clan must not be Hokage!"
"Tobirama!"
Hearing the Second Hokage's instinctive prejudice against the Uchiha Clan, the First immediately rebuked him.
"Brother, don't you understand? The Uchiha Clan is inherently evil! How could people like them become Hokage!"
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