Gulp!
The soft sound of a throat moving lightly echoed in this other dimension.
Everyone quietly watched Hashirama Senju, who was sitting cross-legged on the scroll, radiating a terrifying aura.
Even though he was just sitting there without any movement, everyone present felt as if ordinary people were facing a wild beast.
"It really is Grandfather!"
Tsunade was the first to react, her face bearing an expression of both surprise and complexity as she looked at Hashirama Senju, whose eyes were closed in front of her.
Among everyone present, probably only Tsunade had truly interacted with Hashirama Senju, so Tsunade could clearly confirm that the Hashirama Senju before her was the real Hashirama Senju.
Not some special method that had transformed into Hashirama Senju's appearance.
However, precisely because of this, a complex glint also flashed in Tsunade's eyes—Yamato's aura had already disappeared.
At the same time, the moving curse marks on the scroll also began to slowly come to a stop.
In the entire other dimension, that terrifying aura and pressure began to slowly dissipate, allowing everyone present to slowly breathe a sigh of relief.
Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane glanced at each other and wiped the sweat from their foreheads.
Danzo tightly gripped the cane in his hand, his gaze fixed on Hashirama Senju before him, his thoughts unknown.
Among everyone present, only Kakashi and Jiraiya's eyes flashed with a trace of sorrow and helplessness.
The current Konoha was already in an extremely dangerous situation. Resurrecting the First Hokage of the past was the only way, and also the final way.
Perhaps from the moment Yamato became a test subject and survived, his fate had already been determined.
Kakashi Hatake silently thought in his heart.
As the terrifying pressure in the air gradually disappeared, Hashirama Senju, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, slowly opened his eyes under everyone's gaze.
"This is that other dimension... So in the end, this technique was used after all..."
Hashirama Senju lowered his head to look at his body sitting cross-legged on the scroll, scratched his head, and smiled helplessly.
"Grandfather!"
At this moment, a cry of joy rang out from ahead, falling into Hashirama Senju's ears.
Hashirama Senju raised his head and looked forward, seeing a blonde woman suddenly pouncing toward him.
With a face full of joy, Tsunade threw herself onto Hashirama Senju. Hashirama Senju's face turned red, and he quickly raised his hands above his head with a strange expression on his face.
At this time, Tsunade also reacted, her face turning bright red. She got up from Hashirama Senju's body, then spoke with an unhappy expression:
"Grandfather! You don't mean to say you don't recognize me, do you?"
Seeing Tsunade's blushing face, Jiraiya and Shizune, standing not far behind her, couldn't help but widen their eyes.
Jiraiya and Shizune had never seen Tsunade with a blushing face before.
Seeing Tsunade's blonde hair and her unhappy expression, a petite figure in Hashirama Senju's mind quickly overlapped with the Tsunade before his eyes.
At this moment, a look of realization appeared on Hashirama Senju's face as he looked at Tsunade and said:
"You're Tsunade! I didn't expect you've grown so big. I didn't even recognize you. Hahaha!"
After saying this, Hashirama Senju laughed heartily with a simple-minded look on his face.
Tsunade's expression stiffened as she rubbed her forehead.
That's right, it really is Grandfather!
At this moment, everyone standing to the side had strange expressions on their faces as they looked at the simple-mindedly laughing Hashirama Senju.
The Hashirama Senju who had just been radiating a terrifying aura and the Hashirama Senju now with a simple-minded smile were completely like two different people.
After laughing for a bit, Hashirama Senju suddenly noticed that the atmosphere was somewhat stiff. His originally simple-minded smile froze on his face.
Hashirama Senju coughed lightly a few times to relieve the awkwardness.
"Who are you all?"
Hashirama Senju scratched his hair, tilted his body to look at Jiraiya and the others standing behind Tsunade, and asked curiously.
Sensing Hashirama Senju's gaze, Danzo and the others suddenly tensed up, revealing respectful expressions on their faces.
Jiraiya quickly walked over, looking at Hashirama Senju with a respectful expression:
"First Lord! My name is Jiraiya. We resurrected you because Konoha is currently in an extremely dangerous situation."
"I know. That guy Yuto has come out of the seal."
Hashirama Senju scratched his hair, a bitter smile appearing on his face.
Jiraiya asked in surprise, "You know?"
Not just Jiraiya, everyone else's gazes also turned this way, clearly curious about how the just-resurrected Hashirama Senju knew this.
"Yuto breaking out of the seal was partly because of me."
"By the way, is there any junior in Konoha who has mastered the 'Edo Tensei' technique?"
Hashirama Senju smiled helplessly, then looked at Jiraiya with curiosity.
Mastered Edo Tensei?
Jiraiya froze and couldn't help but look back toward Danzo.
Seeing Jiraiya's gaze, Danzo's face immediately flushed red. Especially feeling Hashirama Senju's gaze upon him, Danzo stiffly squeezed out three words:
"It wasn't me!"
Hashirama Senju glanced at Danzo and also shook his head.
Jiraiya and Tsunade exchanged a glance, instantly thinking of one person. They couldn't help but speak:
"Orochimaru!"
Hashirama Senju's eyes lit up, a joyful look on his face as he looked at Jiraiya curiously and asked:
"Where is this person? The 'Edo Tensei' technique that Tobirama left behind back then was only incomplete. I didn't expect it to be completed. Someone like this is a genius no less than Tobirama. Konoha needs exactly this kind of innovative ninja."
Hashirama Senju's voice was filled with a tone of appreciation, as if he didn't care at all about Orochimaru releasing Yuto.
Seeing the expression on Hashirama Senju's face, Jiraiya couldn't help but freeze deeply.
Orochimaru was an extremely dangerous person—this was almost the consensus of everyone who had ever met Orochimaru.
Even Jiraiya, who had once been Orochimaru's good friend, didn't deny this in his heart.
Having such a person stay in the village, probably most people wouldn't feel at ease.
But the Hashirama Senju before him—Jiraiya could clearly perceive Hashirama Senju's appreciation.
Even for the act of releasing a former enemy ninja, Hashirama Senju showed no intention of blame whatsoever.
Not just Jiraiya, Kakashi and the others present also saw the joyful look on Hashirama Senju's face—it was an unmasked expression.
For a moment, the entire atmosphere was somewhat silent.
The people who had been nervous deep down because of the news of Yuto breaking through the seal...
At this moment, everyone suddenly discovered that the tension deep in their hearts was actually slowly dissipating.
Even Danzo and the others felt as if a weight had been lifted.
This feeling wasn't because of Hashirama Senju's strength.
Rather, it was because of Hashirama Senju's calmness when facing the news of Yuto being released, and the magnanimity he displayed.
Is this the true caliber of a strong one?
Jiraiya silently thought in his heart.
Perhaps only someone like this could gather a clan like the Uchiwa around him during chaotic times and establish the Hidden Leaf Village.
Perhaps only someone like this could have accomplished the feat of equally distributing the nine tailed beasts in the environment of that time.
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