"Tobirama! It really is you!"
"I sensed your chakra earlier and thought I was imagining things. I never expected you really had been summoned by that evil technique..."
The man speaking was none other than Hashirama Senju, revered as the God of Shinobi.
Hashirama looked at that familiar, cold face, overcome with emotion. When Tobirama saw his elder brother standing alive and well among the enemy, a trace of astonishment appeared on his perpetually icy face, but his indifference soon returned.
"I never expected to reunite with you under these circumstances, Brother."
Tobirama looked at Hashirama with a complicated gaze. "Although seeing you is a blessing, unfortunately, we seem to be on opposing sides now."
Hashirama's brows knitted tightly, his heart aching. "Tobirama, what's happened to you? Why are you helping these Otsutsuki people commit atrocities? They destroyed..."
"The Tailed Beasts must be distributed equally among every ninja village. Only then can we maintain a balance of terror between the villages and prevent war."
Tobirama interrupted Hashirama, his voice carrying an unprecedented stubbornness. "If that so-called balance didn't matter, Konoha should never have handed out the Tailed Beasts it captured to the other villages like candy! That was your greatest mistake, Brother!"
"Enough! Attack! Take the port at any cost!"
Shinji roared impatiently. He had no interest in listening to these brothers act out a family drama here. All he wanted now was to seize the Tailed Beasts as quickly as possible and fulfill his ambition of conquest.
Military orders were absolute.
Since their bodies were beyond their control, Tobirama and the others could only obey.
It was not just the Second Hokage. Lightning Armor surged around the Third Raikage, white light gathered in the Second Tsuchikage's hands once more, and gold sand churned beneath the Fourth Kazekage's feet.
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