The Senju brothers had keen eyes indeed. Even before they actually returned to the village, they had noticed something was wrong.
Jiraiya had no choice but to tell them the truth.
"Alas, no matter the era, there will always be wars." Hashirama Senju sighed as he gazed at bustling Konoha.
His original intention in founding Konoha had been to achieve peace and give everyone a stable home.
But now, it seemed things were not as simple as he had imagined.
"So..." Tobirama Senju pointed at the Training Ground inside Konoha. "That's the assembly point for the Allied Shinobi Forces?"
"Yes!"
Jiraiya nodded.
"Quite a few Ninja from the various villages have already gathered. The Five Great Nations have a little too much personnel and supplies to coordinate, so they've been slower. They haven't finished their final assembly yet."
"They haven't finished assembling yet..."
Tobirama Senju clicked his tongue as he watched the densely packed Ninja constantly bustling back and forth across the Training Ground.
He had never seen a scene like this in his memory.
"Let's go. We'll head back first. I want to meet the current Hokage and Tsunade." Hashirama Senju started toward Konohagakure, and the other three immediately followed.
Inside Konoha.
Shihōin Naraku, who had been focused on the system, suddenly looked up. Two unfamiliar presences had appeared within his Observation Haki.
"These are... Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju!"
"They're back!"
Naraku had already received the intelligence Jiraiya sent back. He knew Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi had been abducted by Obito Uchiha.
The news was not good, but it was not bad either.
Compared to the others, Naraku did not particularly care about the Ten-Tails' resurrection.
So the mission's failure was not much of a problem.
Still, the most important thing now was to ascertain Obito's