A rumbling sounded as the surrounding trees became Orochimaru's minions under his technique and began stretching toward Hashirama.
At the sight before him, the corner of Hashirama's mouth twitched.
I, the mighty God of Shinobi World, the creator of Wood Release, am actually getting Wood Release shoved in my face???
I can't stand this for even a second.
Watching Naruto and the others about to be swallowed by the wave of trees, Orochimaru began doubting his earlier conjecture again.
Little Tsuna means Tsunade, right? Who would call Tsunade that?
Not even the Third could. In Konoha, only her parents and her grandparents' generation could call her that.
But practically all of them are dead.
Yet now some unknown person has suddenly popped up, asking me where my Wood Release came from and how Tsunade is doing.
And there's the information that Naruto can use Wood Release...
Orochimaru already had a bad feeling. In fact, he could leave now, but!
If my guess is true, that means...
Immortality is achievable!
If he's one of those two, that means there's a passage between the Pure Land and the world of the living.
And that would also explain why I couldn't summon those two with Impure World Reincarnation.
The two Orochimaru meant were naturally the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
When he had been unable to reincarnate the two of them, Orochimaru had thought Tobirama had done something to their bodies, but now it seemed there might be another explanation.
"Um... Uncle Hashirama, will you be all right?"
Hinata tugged at the hem of Naruto's clothes. Though she felt he would be fine, she could block it for him if he really couldn't handle it.
Hashirama shook his head, giving Hinata the look of a father regarding his