Chapter 89

The snakes of Ryūchi Cave all straightened their bodies,

hissing and flicking their tongues.

The human before them was simply too terrifying—

merely by standing there,

he had raised an overwhelming sense of crisis in the hearts of every snake in Ryūchi Cave!!

It was the biological instinct within them issuing a warning,

watching every snake around them looking as if facing a formidable enemy,

Hashirama Senju himself paid it no mind.

"It seems the fellows from Mount Myōboku still haven't told the truth."

"They said your senjutsu training was quite a bit worse than theirs, that Ryūchi Cave's strength was not as great as Mount Myōboku's."

"Now it doesn't look that way at all… in certain respects, you even surpass them by quite a margin."

He stated his thoughts with candor.

And upon hearing the three words Mount Myōboku,

the three great Snake Princesses each gave a cold snort.

"Hmph…! What do those stinking toads of Mount Myōboku know?!"

"Besides helping their Great Toad Sage search for the Child of Prophecy, they don't do a single proper thing all day…"

"Tenten keeps that prophecy nonsense hanging on their lips—far too hypocritical."

"Everyone knows plenty of things are deliberately orchestrated by Mount Myōboku, yet they insist on putting on airs as if everything were simply following the natural course."

They had not walked long before the three great Snake Princesses stopped their steps.

"White Snake Sage, the guest has been brought."

Looking at the kindly old grandmother before him,

Hashirama Senju could instantly sense the incomprehensibly vast natural energy within her.

This energy was on par with the Great Toad Sage's.

"Remarkable…"

"To think that the reincarnation of Asura in this generation has actually cultivated natural energy to such a step."

"Far, far stronger than the previous reincarnations here…"

Looking at the unreasonably young Hashirama Senju before her,

the White Snake Sage was even more shocked.

She and the Great Toad Sage were beings of the same era,

and naturally both knew all those messy affairs in the Sage of Six Paths' household.

The son of the Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo,

Asura and Indra had been locked in conflict for countless years,

and the Gamamaru of Mount Myōboku,

every single time would choose Asura's reincarnation as Mount Myōboku's ally.

Words upon words about it being for the sake of this world,

but the White Snake Sage naturally knew

that was nothing more than Gamamaru's pretext,

he simply wanted to reap benefits from it.

The several reincarnations of Asura—

although the White Snake Sage had never come into close contact with them, she had learned about them.

But a special existence like Hashirama Senju,

was the very first time she had seen!!!

The Hashirama Senju before her eyes,

not to mention compared with Asura's other reincarnations,

even Asura himself,

at his age would probably still fall far too short compared to him!!

What struck the White Snake Sage as most astonishing was

the feeling this Asura reincarnation gave her,

he simply didn't seem like Asura at all,

he even seemed like Indra's reincarnation!!!

And even more domineering than Indra himself!!!.

65. White Snake Sage: His attainment in senjutsu far surpasses my own!

If she had not clearly perceived the very depths of Hashirama Senju's soul,

the White Snake Sage would not have spoken such words.

In the depths of Hashirama Senju's soul,

the White Snake Sage sensed an utterly familiar presence!!!

She knew

this was Asura's soul!!!

But this incarnation of Asura's reincarnation

made the White Snake Sage admit she could not quite make him out!!

He couldn't understand,

why this Asura—

his natural energy had actually been cultivated to such a degree!!

His strength was absurdly overwhelming!!

He might have even reached the level of Asura himself!!

【Fourth Raikage: I didn't expect… there were so many things in the shinobi world I didn't know about… Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave… the Three Great Sage Regions… these beasts who practice senjutsu… what is their purpose in getting so close to humans?】

【Jiraiya: I don't know the situation of the other two Sage Regions, but I can vouch for the sages of Mount Myōboku—they all fight for the peace of this world… As long as we find the Child of Prophecy spoken of by the Great Toad Sage, all these problems can be solved.】

【Rasa: Hahahaha, the people of Konoha are too laughable. The disciple of the Third Hokage, one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, actually puts faith in something like prophecy, entrusting the future of the shinobi world to something so vague and intangible.】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: Jiraiya… rather than believing in something like the Child of Prophecy, I think you could become Konoha's Fifth Hokage… you have the ability.】

【Naruto Uzumaki: Come to think of it… these snakes of Ryūchi Cave all look really fierce, not at all as friendly-looking as the toads of Mount Myōboku. Why does it feel like they have deep hostility toward humans?】

【Orochimaru: I wonder how the strength of these three sages compares to that of the nine Tailed Beasts?】

【Shikamaru Nara: Judging from this sage of Ryūchi Cave's attitude toward the First Hokage, my lord, he must have sensed just how powerful the First Hokage was, which is why he's showing such a good attitude.】

【Sakura Haruno: I don't know if it's my imagination, but why do I feel like this sage seems to know the First Hokage, my lord??】

……

Inside the Pure Land space.

The Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, watched the content playing on the screen with a dark expression.

He had never imagined that the reincarnation of his son Asura

would actually take the initiative to go to Ryūchi Cave to train in senjutsu?!

As for the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave,

the Sage of Six Paths did not have a particularly good feeling about him.

Back when he had sealed his mother, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya,

only Gamamaru of Mount Myōboku had been willing to help him.

The other two Sage Regions had both refused his plea for aid,

and Ryūchi Cave's attitude had been especially hostile.

After so many years, the Sage of Six Paths still remembered it clearly.

He had never expected

that the Hashirama Senju of another world would act completely differently from the reincarnations of Asura before him.

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