"Madara Uchiha?"
Everyone except Xia Yu and Uchiha Itachi froze.
Tsunade said, "I remember now. That guy wearing a leopard-print mask!"
Jiraiya said, "I think that was tiger skin..."
Orochimaru said, "It doesn't matter which it was. That's not the point..."
Uchiha Itachi said, "I first met him in the woods near the village. He did call himself Madara Uchiha, and he invited me to join his organization after I finished massacring the clan."
Tobirama Senju said, "Yes, I'm certain he's Madara Uchiha! That hairstyle, that voice-I'll never forget them as long as I live."
"No..."
Hashirama Senju smiled and shook his head.
"Although both his appearance and his voice were perfectly disguised, I'm the one who knows Madara best. I could hear it. He isn't Madara. Absolutely not, and I won't hear any arguments..."
"..."
Seeing how certain his elder brother was, Tobirama Senju finally relaxed. Still, just to be safe, he asked Orochimaru, "You've used Impure World Reincarnation on Madara, haven't you?"
Orochimaru shook his head. "No... I do intend to, but I haven't found his body yet."
Tobirama Senju advised, "Give up that idea right away. Madara Uchiha knows Impure World Reincarnation very well. You'll definitely regret using it on him. Besides, I hid Madara's body, so it's only natural you haven't found it."
After warning Orochimaru, Tobirama Senju turned and looked with a complicated expression at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who stood rooted to the spot, looking tense.
"Monkey, although I'm only a reincarnated body, I can still tell right from wrong. Those things the Uchiha crow boy showed us just now... was he really slandering you?"
"I...!" Hiruzen Sarutobi was about to explain, but Tobirama immediately interrupted him.
"Monkey! You and Danzo were once the only people I held in the highest regard. I chose you as