How ironic, how laughable it was.
"Grandfather..."
Tsunade looked at her furious grandfather and sighed helplessly.
"Now isn't the time to revisit past mistakes. By now, news of your resurrection has probably spread throughout the Shinobi World! All the major ninja villages are starting to feel deeply uneasy!"
At that moment, news of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju's resurrection was spreading to every corner of the Shinobi World as though it had wings.
With the sudden resurrection of the God of Shinobi, who had once single-handedly ended an age of turmoil, it would have been strange if the other villages had felt at ease.
First came Kirigakure's unexpected rise, with the Sixth Mizukage capturing tailed beasts one after another, seemingly on course to round up every last one.
Now, confirmed reports had emerged that Kirigakure had gone so far as to collect every tailed beast from the One-Tail through the Eight-Tails.
Only Konoha's Nine-Tails remained beyond their grasp.
If tailed beasts were the Shinobi World's equivalent of nuclear weapons,
then Kirigakure now held ninety percent of the entire Shinobi World's nuclear arsenal.
And at precisely this critical juncture, the First Hokage Hashirama Senju had returned to life.
With wolves ahead and tigers behind, how could anyone sleep soundly in such a situation?
In Kirigakure.
Raito temporarily settled the three tailed beasts he had just brought back. Now he needed to select three more Jinchūriki with suitable physical constitutions as soon as possible and seal the beasts inside them again to prevent them from rampaging.
Moreover, Mei Terumi had actually secretly saved that female Akatsuki member, Konan.
Raito did not know why Mei Terumi wanted to save that woman.
But whether an insignificant figure like Konan lived or died made little difference to him. He would leave Mei to it.
"Raito!