Chapter 87

In the entire ninja world, he had basically reached a state where there were no opponents left.

But Hashirama Senju was still not satisfied.

In his experiences over these years,

he had discovered

that much of the ninja world's history had some problems!!

Many of its trajectories seemed off,

as if an invisible black hand was manipulating everything from behind!!

Although Hashirama Senju believed that, in this era,

he had already stood at the very peak,

looking over the entire history of the ninja world,

Hashirama Senju did not consider himself the strongest ninja!!

There must be ninjas stronger than him,

but even those ninjas had failed to put an end to the chaotic era,

and that was rather suspicious.

No matter which era it was,

there always seemed to be an invisible force disrupting this trend that was about to bring unification!!

This put a certain vigilance in Hashirama Senju's heart!!

The waters of this world

were probably far deeper than he had imagined!!

And the purpose of his departure this time was Ryūchi Cave!!

He planned to visit the White Snake Sage

and also cultivate the White Snake Sage's senjutsu!

After the account at Mount Myōboku,

only then did Hashirama Senju learn

that, in this world,

the Great Toad Sage was not the only special existence!!

There were two other beings like him who had mastered senjutsu,

and the places where these two great beings resided were known as Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest!!

The place Hashirama Senju was heading to this time was Ryūchi Cave;

he hoped to find the White Snake Sage there to train in senjutsu, in order to perfect his own senjutsu!

……

【Jiraiya: Hiss!!! …… This First Hokage my lord — besides training in Mount Myōboku's senjutsu, he actually wants to train in the senjutsu of the other two great sanctuaries too?? That's just too terrifying……】

【Tobirama Senju: This big brother of mine has a very strong sense of crisis. He seems to have found some clues of something being off in the developmental history of the ninja world. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that he keeps wanting to grow stronger?!】

【Minato Namikaze: Perhaps this kind of First Hokage my lord could truly create a different era in another timeline. He might be able to put an end to the true age of chaos!!】

【Hashirama Senju: …… Was my approach wrong? I thought that by founding Konoha, I had stopped the age of chaos and brought peace to everyone……】

【Orochimaru: First my lord, after your death, three great ninja wars broke out in succession…… And…… the casualties caused by those three great ninja wars were far more severe than you imagined!!!】

Madara Uchiha saw the content of the livestream conversation and the stunned expression on Hashirama Senju across from him,

and his heart grew even firmer in his own thoughts!!

Only the information he had obtained from his clan's stone tablet could change all of this,

save all of this!!!

However……

Thinking that the other him had discovered the contents of the stone tablet seemed to have been altered……

Madara Uchiha was no longer so certain within his heart.

Was everything he had been insisting on truly correct?

Who exactly had created the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan!!

Although Madara Uchiha was extremely confident in his own strength,

throughout the entire history of the Uchiha clan,

there must have been clansmen about as strong as him,

or even stronger than him!!

Then why

had none of them carried out the "Eye of the Moon" plan?

He did not believe he was the first to discover and conceive of this plan.

Now that Madara Uchiha had calmed down,

he finally noticed many suspicious points!!

……

Outside Ryūchi Cave,

Hashirama Senju sensed the extremely powerful life energy within, great and small.

He could not help but sigh,

worthy of a place that stood shoulder to shoulder with Mount Myōboku.

Many beings within,

Placed within the shinobi world, it would be extremely powerful.

But such an existence—

Ryūchi Cave actually has more than a few of them!!

Seeing this, the three great holy lands are not simple places at all!!

And among them there was a surge of energy as vast as the sun,

which Hashirama Senju could perceive with perfect clarity.

This must be the legendary White Snake Sage!!!

"Tagakihime, Ichikishimahime, Tarakihime…"

"A guest has arrived. You three go welcome the guest…"

The White Snake Sage opened his eyes and spoke in a low voice.

The moment Hashirama Senju appeared,

he had already known.

Both he and Hashirama Senju could sense each other's existence,

and in the White Snake Sage's perception,

Hashirama Senju was like a bottomless black hole—

immensely vast in energy, yet bottomless!!

This feeling—

even that loathsome toad from Mount Myōboku couldn't give him this feeling!!

"Yes, White Snake Sage…"

The three great goddesses exchanged a glance,

clenched their teeth, and all revealed helpless expressions.

They could all sense how terrifying the visitor was,

especially since they had cultivated senjutsu,

making their perception all the more acute.

They were like a tiny boat adrift in the great ocean,

while the other party was the bottomless sea itself!!

But since the White Snake Sage had already said so,

the three of them naturally could not refuse!!

Hashirama Senju stood in place,

not deliberately concealing his own aura.