[Impure World Reincarnation!]
As Orochimaru shouted, two coffins rose from the ground.
They were marked with the characters "First" and "Second" respectively.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes narrowed sharply.
Having ruled Konoha for decades as Hokage, he knew all too well what this forbidden technique represented.
That bastard Orochimaru dared to desecrate his predecessors!
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"What is Orochimaru trying to do? Why did he bring out two coffins?"
"Yeah, wasn't he supposed to expose the Ten Crimes of the Hokage? Hurry up already!"
"Impure World Reincarnation? I've never even heard of that jutsu before..."
The audience was confused by Orochimaru's strange actions.
Only A, the Fourth Raikage from Kumogakure, showed an unusual expression of seriousness.
According to Kumogakure's records, there had been mentions of this Impure World Reincarnation technique.
Legend claimed it was a forbidden technique developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, capable of summoning the reincarnated dead back to the living world from Pure Land.
Looking at the markings "First" and "Second" carved onto the coffins, A couldn't help clenching his fist and murmuring, "This can't possibly be real..."
His words hadn't finished when both coffin lids crashed to the ground with loud thumps.
Following that sound came a rattling noise.
Two ninja clad in red and blue armor stepped out of the coffins.
Seeing this scene, everyone except Mirai Uchiha and Orochimaru stood there with mouths wide open.
"Who are these guys? They look strangely familiar..."
"There's no mistake—it's Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, and Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage!"
"Huh? You're kidding, right? Weren't they long dead?"
"That's exactly why they came out of coffins! Just look over at the Hokage Rock from afar—you'll see they look exactly the same!"
Everyone looked back and forth between the statues on Hokage Rock and the two men who'd emerged from the coffins, stunned to find they really matched perfectly.
"Oh no—this time the Third is in trouble. He'll have to face three S-rank ninja..."
"Just believe in him for now—the third is known as the strongest hokage. Even if outnumbered, he might not necessarily lose."
"Could this mean we'll witness a battle among past Hokage? I feel so excited all of a sudden!"
Listening to the murmurs around him, even Master Genjo—who usually had no interest in such matters—couldn't help but exclaim nervously, "How could this happen? It must just be Orochimaru acting out some trickery!"
"There's no way such a monstrous technique like Impure World Reincarnation could exist in the ninja world—it's probably just some trickery!!"
If a technique as powerful as Impure World Reincarnation truly existed, how could they ever hope to oppose Konoha again?
"If the enemy keeps summoning the reincarnated dead on the battlefield, there's no point for us to keep fighting!"
Daimyo Onoki, who had been silent until now, let out a long sigh. "You can change appearances, but not one's chakra signature."
"These two must be Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju from back then..."
As a living fossil of the ninja world, Onoki had personally seen Hashirama Senju with his own eyes when he was a child.
One was Hashirama Senju, the other was Madara Uchiha...
He would never mistake those chakra signatures.
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"That's strange. Where am I? How did I wake up?"
Hashirama Senju slowly regained consciousness. He looked around in confusion and scratched the back of his head.
Tobirama Senju crossed his arms and snorted coldly, "This is the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu — we've been summoned from the Pure Land back to the living world."
Only now did Hashirama notice Tobirama. His expression immediately turned annoyed. "Again with these bizarre things! This must be your doing, right?"
Tobirama nodded slightly. "Correct."
"Then what do you want by summoning me here?"
"Aniki, it wasn't me who summoned you," Tobirama explained. "I myself was reincarnated through the Impure World Reincarnation."
Upon hearing this, Hashirama fell silent for a moment. "Tobirama... so does that mean you've also passed away...?"
"You two don't need to argue. It was I who summoned both of you from the Pure Land."
Hearing the voice from behind them, Tobirama frowned. "Who are you? And why can you use the ninjutsu I invented?"
Orochimaru smiled. "My name is Orochimaru. I was once a disciple of The Third Hokage."
"Was once..." Tobirama sharply picked up on the hidden meaning in Orochimaru's words.
Looking around again, he realized they were standing in Konoha, which only deepened his frown.
This situation doesn't look good...
Especially seeing those ninja below wearing Forehead Protectors from other villages...
Could it be that Konoha has already been occupied by other ninja villages?
Compared to Tobirama, Hashirama, who hadn't experienced the Great Ninja War and had a more carefree personality, hadn't yet noticed anything unusual.
He casually asked Orochimaru, "Hey... Orochimaru, right?"
"What's your purpose for summoning us here?"
Orochimaru grinned widely. "To kill the Hokage."
Hashirama was momentarily stunned, then couldn't help but start complaining to Tobirama. "Tobirama, I told you not to research these weird things, but you wouldn't listen."
"Wasn't Water Release good enough?"
"Just look at us now — because of your jutsu, we former Hokages actually have to go kill another Hokage..."
"Shut up!"
Tobirama Senju let out an impatient, sharp grunt.
Being publicly reprimanded by his younger brother, Hashirama Senju immediately became gloomy and fell silent.
Seeing his expression, everyone was taken aback.
The First Hokage, revered as the "God of Shinobi," actually had such a personality?
He had absolutely no dignity at all.
Tobirama gave Hashirama an exasperated look. "Aniki, our priority now is figuring out what's going on and how to get out of this stalemate."
After this reassurance, Hashirama finally perked up again.
The two turned their eyes toward Hiruzen Sarutobi, who stood opposite them. "You're... that monkey?"
Hiruzen nodded. "First Hokage, Second Hokage..."
Hashirama laughed heartily. "Little monkey, I never expected you'd actually become Hokage. You look much older than we do now—it's kind of hard to get used to."
Tobirama also sighed. "Looks like many years have passed indeed."
"Monkey, tell us what happened."
Hiruzen spoke solemnly. "Orochimaru secretly researched human experiments. After being discovered, he became a rogue ninja of Konoha. This time, he must have committed these acts for revenge against me..."
Before Hiruzen could finish speaking, Orochimaru interrupted first, "Sensei, I admit I'm not a good person, but if you attribute everything I've done simply to revenge..."
"You're underestimating my capacity for forgiveness."
Orochimaru let out a contemptuous snort. "Since you brought up human experimentation, let's start with that—as part of my [Ten Accusations]."
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