Chapter 297

He didn't think there was anything particularly impressive about them!!!

After all,

these two were the strongest ninja of the past,

and I am one of the strongest ninja of the future!!!

During the Fourth Shinobi World War,

future Sasuke had seen the strength of these two,

he acknowledged their former title as the strongest.

But he didn't believe either of them could surpass him,

these two were the strongest of their era, and that meant nothing.

Yet as he gradually gained deeper insight into this timeline,

future Sasuke realized,

events in this timeline seemed to have slipped beyond his control.

The history he knew was completely different from this one!!!

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha never founded Konoha,

he overthrew the daimyo's rule and established a monarchic system for the Land of Fire.

Moreover, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha never parted ways,

Madara Uchiha has never left the Uchiha clan,

he remains the clan head,

so many things are completely different from what he knew!!!

And now, after unleashing his full power,

he could barely match Madara Uchiha in a draw,

which made future Sasuke shed his arrogance!!!

He remembered clearly,

Hashirama Senju's strength had always surpassed Madara Uchiha's,

even if he fought with all his might,

he could only barely hold his own against Madara Uchiha.

Then what if he faced Hashirama Senju, whose strength surpassed Madara Uchiha's?

When he thought of this, future Sasuke fell silent!!!

"You're not from our timeline, are you?"

"From the future… of the Uchiha clan…"

Staring at the future Sasuke before him,

Hashirama Senju said calmly.

He really figured out my origin!!!

Though he had suspected it all along,

when Hashirama Senju actually deduced his origin,

future Sasuke couldn't help but feel his pupils contract sharply,

shrinking to the size of a needlepoint!!

He had underestimated these two strongest warriors of the Warring States era far too much!!

Merely from a few faint clues, he had deduced that Sasuke truly came from the future.

【Jiraiya: Terrifying… the First Hokage, not only is his power immense, but his insight is incredibly sharp—just in this short time, he's already deduced future Sasuke's origin.】

【Orochimaru: Beyond these surface details, the First Hokage might perceive deeper layers we cannot see…】

【Tobirama Senju: Sigh… our timeline's elder brother… if I had half this timeline's brother's wit, I wouldn't have to worry so much.】

【Hashirama Senju: Tobirama, did you figure out how the other me deduced their origin? Tell me—I still can't see how he figured it out!】

【Shikamaru: Hmph! The Uchiha clan, no matter how powerful, are no match for the First Hokage!!】

【Minato Namikaze: Future Sasuke appearing in this timeline—did he even imagine that these two Warring States-era strongest far exceed historical records?】

"What?!"

"Hashirama, you're saying this guy is a ninja from the future?"

Upon hearing Hashirama Senju's words,

Madara Uchiha carefully scrutinized future Sasuke once more.

"You… stop staring at me like that!!"

Seeing Madara Uchiha's gaze—like he'd discovered some exotic new species—

future Sasuke let out an irritated snort!!!

Madara Uchiha indeed found it astonishing,

this mysterious Uchiha clansman came from the future timeline,

which raised the question—

does this mean future ninja have developed some ninjutsu

capable of freely traveling between past, present, and future?

He believed this was entirely possible,

Hashirama Senju's Flying Thunder God Technique had already achieved short-range teleportation,

if this ninjutsu were pushed to its ultimate limit,

Does that mean he could completely grasp time in his own hands?

Just now, when Madara Uchiha and future Sasuke had both unleashed their full power in combat,

in Hashirama Senju's eyes,

in a certain sense, the two of them were already one person.

Because he could clearly see

that the aura of the chakra origin within both their bodies was the aura of the same man—

Indra.

He still clearly remembered the story the Sage of Six Paths had once told him,

the battle between Asura and Indra.

And the chakra of those two

had constantly attached itself to the finest ninja of every era in the shinobi world, ceaselessly reincarnating!!

As for the chakra of Asura within his own body,

Hashirama Senju had long since detected it!!!

It was only that Asura seemed to keep refusing to communicate with him,

so Hashirama Senju had never found a chance to converse with him either.

If it weren't for the Sage of Six Paths helping him awaken the Rinnegan,

helping him step into the Six Paths level,

Hashirama Senju would have long since taken matters into his own hands and completely erased that Asura chakra within his own body.

In his eyes,

he was himself,

Asura was Asura,

and there was simply no such thing as a reincarnation vessel!

However, Asura's chakra lodging within his body

could not actually produce any real effect on him.

Otherwise, even if the Sage of Six Paths himself appeared,

he would still personally erase that chakra of Asura's.

And now, on the body of future Sasuke, there had also appeared an Indra-reincarnation aura identical to Madara Uchiha's,

only that this aura was even fainter.

Coupled with some of future Sasuke's behavior and bearing,

Hashirama Senju deduced that he was an Indra reincarnation from some later generation after Madara Uchiha.