Chapter 186

"The shinobi world has been divided for far too long. We can't keep going on like this—if we face an enemy in this state, we'll probably be unable to cope!"

Hashirama Senju had never intended to use the Caged Bird seal to keep suppressing Hyuga Kazuki or anything like that,

for him,

the Caged Bird seal didn't represent anything either!

As long as he wished,

he could take Hyuga Kazuki's life at any time!!

This was something he was absolutely certain of in his heart,

and right now, he

simply wanted Hyuga Kazuki to obediently follow his orders!

And after Hyuga Kazuki heard Hashirama Senju say this,

an expression of utter shock appeared on her face!!

She heard the meaning behind Hashirama Senju's words.

Most likely,

Hashirama Senju was about to begin his grand plan!

Thinking of this,

Hyuga Kazuki's breathing couldn't help but quicken!

It was precisely for this moment

that she had, back then, chosen to believe in Hashirama Senju without the slightest hesitation!

She believed

that Hashirama Senju was destined to be the man who would change the entire shinobi world!!

【Orochimaru: Heh heh, it seems the trip to the moon has completely made the First Hokage unwilling to keep enduring any longer—he's about to make his big move.】

【Tobirama Senju: Hmph! Big Brother is doing this for the good of the shinobi world. The shinobi world right now is like a heap of loose sand—everyone only thinks about their own interests. If this infighting keeps up, it'll only make everyone's strength grow weaker and weaker!】

【Ōnoki: The course of this world, I'm afraid, is going to be completely different from this moment on…】

【Hashirama Senju: I remember at this time, I seemed to still be fighting nonstop. The conflicts between the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan were getting more and more serious too. Madara and I were practically fighting every single day…】

……

Hashirama Senju sorted through the gains he had made during this period,

he had now completely fused the three great Sage Modes together!!

And he had also stepped into the Six Paths mode,

within a short period,

he probably couldn't continue to break through his strength any further,

for the time being, he likely had no way to produce a qualitative leap!!

His strength could now only be improved step by step,

and,

after the trip to the moon,

he did indeed have some thoughts about what had happened up there,

those Ōtsutsuki clan members on the moon,

although their population was sparse,

every single one of them was extremely powerful!

Especially that energy Ōtsutsuki Aoshi had finally unleashed at the end,

it had even made him feel a lethal threat!

The current Hashirama Senju believed

his own strength had also reached a peak,

so he could also have Tobirama Senju plan together with him how to unify the entire shinobi world.

"Big Brother, Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha are both here. They're waiting for you in the back courtyard right now."

Tobirama Senju's voice rang out from outside the door.

He held himself back so his voice wouldn't sound quite so excited.

For this very moment today,

Tobirama Senju had also waited far, far too long!!

He knew

that his big brother, Hashirama Senju, was finally about to make a big move—

he was going to begin preparing to unify the entire shinobi world!!!

Walking into the courtyard,

the two Uchiha brothers were already waiting inside.

Madara Uchiha was still in his usual pose, arms crossed over his chest,

looking as though he ignored everything!!

While Izuna Uchiha and Tobirama Senju stood there glaring at each other!!

If Tobirama Senju was the person within the entire Senju clan who hated the Uchiha the most,

then Izuna Uchiha was the person within the Uchiha clan who hated the Senju the most!!

The two people who most hated each other's clans had now ended up together,

if it weren't for the presence of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju,

The two of them might start fighting at any moment!!

Uchiha Izuna considered the Senju clan to be an utterly hypocritical clan,

while Tobirama Senju considered the Uchiha clan to be the most evil clan of all,

the two of them had taken a dislike to each other for a very long time!!

Back when the two great clans had not yet formally allied,

the two of them had fought countless life-and-death battles on the battlefield!

Sometimes Tobirama Senju came out victorious,

sometimes Uchiha Izuna came out victorious,

the strength of the two of them could truly be called evenly matched!!

And the two of them also benefited from this,

as the strongest geniuses of their respective clans second only to their elder brothers,

in those constant life-and-death battles,

the strength of the two of them was also growing at a tremendous pace!!

【Tobirama Senju: Hah! Uchiha Izuna's face, even after all this time, still looks just as loathsome.】

【Uchiha Madara: Tobirama Senju, are you tired of living? If it weren't for Hashirama's sake, you would have died by my hand long ago.】

【Hashirama Senju: Tobirama! How many times have I told you, don't view the Uchiha clan through your own prejudice!】

【Orochimaru: Truly thrilling, the two strongest geniuses of the Uchiha clan and the two strongest geniuses of the Senju clan have come together — who knows how far these two clans can go?】

【Fourth Raikage: Uchiha Madara, who did not lose his brother, did not fall to darkness at this time either, so there is no possibility of the Senju and Uchiha clans' relationship breaking apart. If the two clans help each other and fully merge together, what immense power they could produce — no one could even imagine it!】

【Ōnoki: Fortunately only the First Hokage of the Senju clan possesses Wood Release; if, like the Uchiha clan, everyone possessed the Sharingan, one cannot imagine just how powerful that clan would be.】

【Jiraiya: ……Ōnoki, have you forgotten something? This First Hokage is completely different from our First Hokage — he does not shy away from human experimentation. After all this time of research, it probably won't be long before Wood Release can appear on a large scale!】

"How is it going, Izuna? How is the progress on your Wood Release transplant?"

"If there's anything off, you can tell me — I'll have Tobirama give you his full cooperation……"

Hashirama Senju turned his head and asked Uchiha Izuna about the recent state of his Wood Release transplant.

After Uchiha Madara had fully adapted to his own Wood Release,

and awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan,

the first thing he did was prepare to replicate this experiment on his own younger brother!!

Upon seeing that the one speaking was Hashirama Senju,

Uchiha Izuna finally restrained the unruly, defiant look on his face.

Toward this person whose strength surpassed even his elder brother Uchiha Madara's,

Uchiha Izuna found it very hard not to take him seriously!!