Chapter 36

"Um... is the Sage Mode like this?"

"I already sensed this energy during my cultivation."

"I tried a few times and found it wasn't too hard to guide it into my body..."

The Sage Shinobi watched the faint purple aura forming around the boy Hashirama.

He swallowed hard.

What the hell kind of monster is this????!!

Someone actually managed to figure out senjutsu on their own!!!!

And after carefully observing the boy,

he realized Hashirama wasn't using any medium at all!!!

That meant he had mastered natural energy and learned senjutsu entirely by himself!!!

He felt Hashirama had become one with natural energy.

The Sage Shinobi even began to doubt his own existence!!!

Because even he himself couldn't achieve this level.

Natural energy is powerful, but also extremely wild!!!

One misstep and it could spiral out of control!!!

This boy, barely a teenager,

has already surpassed me in senjutsu cultivation?????

This old friend of mine, the Sage Shinobi,

the reincarnation of Asura,

doesn't seem to match the description he gave at all????

32. The Chosen One? No, I just want to control my own fate!

【Madara Uchiha: The Hashirama from another world seems ridiculously overpowered... I remember he only just learned senjutsu not long ago... He first encountered it after becoming clan chief.】

【Tobirama Senju: This older brother is terrifying... My brother didn't even begin senjutsu cultivation until he was nearly an adult...】

【Orochimaru: Is this the innate talent of the First Hokage? No wonder he's called the God of Shinobi—he doesn't need any medium or help from the Three Sacred Places; he mastered senjutsu all by himself!!!】

【Minato Namikaze: If I'd had even half the talent of the First Hokage, maybe the outcome of the Third Shinobi World War could've changed... so many tragedies could've been avoided...】

【Kushina Uzumaki: Minato, you've done more than enough—don't be so hard on yourself!!!】

"You!!! How did you do this????"

The Sage Shinobi's shock was equal to the end of the world!!!

He had no idea how to express his astonishment!!!

He couldn't comprehend,

how could anyone master senjutsu without any medium at all???

and you can complete the training of senjutsu???

this was utterly impossible!!!

"Um... it was just like this... then like that... and it was done..."

"What's so hard about it???"

A look of confusion appeared on the boy Hashirama's face.

He didn't know how to explain it to the Sage Shinobi.

Because in his own eyes,

it really wasn't difficult at all.

Isn't it as simple as eating and sleeping????

So the boy Hashirama didn't know how to explain.

Seeing that the boy Hashirama's senjutsu cultivation had already surpassed his own,

the Sage Shinobi fell silent.

He had lost his last card.

If he were in the boy Hashirama's place,

the Sage Shinobi didn't know

what could possibly attract the boy to Mount Myoboku now.

Compared in ninjutsu?

Sorry,

he has Wood Release.

As for status,

he's the head of the Senju clan, the most powerful family in the shinobi world.

In senjutsu cultivation,

sorry,

I'm better at it than you guys.

"I'm not interested in your Mount Myoboku's nonsense..."

"The Chosen One? That's ridiculous..."

"You've probably said this to others before, haven't you?"

Facing the boy Hashirama's skeptical gaze.

Facing the boy Hashirama's skeptical gaze.

Master Shinju's face turned red—for the first time in history!!

Indeed, Mount Myōboku has told every human they favored the same words,

but young Hashirama was the first human to question them!!

And this was the first time Master Shinju had ever realized,

that before a human,

he held not the slightest advantage!!

From the moment he entered,

it seemed he had already fallen into Hashirama Senju's rhythm!!!!

"If you insist on calling me the Chosen One…"

"Then forgive me, but I reject that claim…"

"I never believe in fate. My destiny—I will grasp it firmly in my own hands!!!"

Hashirama Senju shook his head.

Hearing these words,

Master Shinju's heart turned cold,

his mission might fail this time!!

This reincarnation of Asura,

is completely immune to his tricks!!!

【Fourth Raikage: Hahahahaha!! Well said!! That's a real man!! What damn Chosen One, what fate—those are just words for the weak!!!】

【Madara Uchiha: Of course, Hashirama—no matter which world you're from, you're always my most worthy opponent!!! How could a man I recognize ever believe in fate!!!】

【Jiraiya: If the First Hokage says this… could it be… could it be… could I have been wrong? Is there no Chosen One?】

【Orochimaru: Jiraiya!! I see your brain has been completely addled!! Over these years, with so many chances to change things, when have you ever taken initiative to change your situation?! You're nothing but a coward who runs away!!】

【Tsunade: I've never heard the term 'Chosen One' from the slug… this is likely just a trick by Mount Myōboku!!】

【Kushina Uzumaki: Master Jiraiya! You've disappointed me so much!! Naruto and Minato treated you like a father!! Yet after we left, you ignored Naruto completely!! Was it fate that made you stand idly by?!】

【Kakashi Hatake: Perhaps… Jiraiya has his own unbearable reasons…】

Inside the entry space,

the Sage of Six Paths watched the chat group's messages,

and remained silent.

He had been quietly lurking all along.

At first,