"When you go back this time, you must watch it be destroyed. Understood?"
Hashirama looked stern. He did not blame Uchiha Chiri for acting on her own initiative, but instead agreed with her thinking.
Uchiha Chiri had long since lost any desire to fight. She probably only wanted to see what had become of the Uchiha Clan in the Land of Grass, which was why she was willing to remain in the world of the living.
"Understood, big brother."
Naturally, Tobirama had nothing to say.
He had never expected the jutsu he had created to end up screwing him over. Who could have seen that coming?
"Big brother, why didn't Madara Uchiha come with us?"
"He said he wasn't interested in saving Konoha, only in fighting powerful opponents, so he went to the Land of Grass alone to find the Grass God."
Hashirama thought for a moment, recalling what Madara Uchiha had said then, his expression, and so on.
"I keep feeling there's something off about this Madara. It's like... the feeling of a shadow clone."
"A shadow clone?"
Tobirama grew alert. He had always felt something was off about Madara Uchiha, as though there was a generation gap between him and the rest of them brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.
He was not as ignorant as he appeared!
He seemed never to have shown any surprise, as though he had known all along!
"We never seem to have asked when he actually died.
"Did he really die together with you, big brother? Something's wrong. Very wrong."
Tobirama frowned, deeply puzzled.
When they had asked him to join the surprise attack, Madara Uchiha had refused. Tobirama had thought it was simply his personality; Madara Uchiha had always liked acting alone.
Now it seemed quite possible that he had some