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'Um?'

Tsunade noticed for the first time that the two coffins were engraved with the red characters "first" and "two" respectively. The font was solemn and grand, which seemed to indicate that the people sleeping inside had very unusual identities.

'Could it be...?'

Tsunade was startled as she thought of something.

The next second, the lids fell off.

'Thud Thud.'

Two figures woke up in the coffin and walked out slowly.

Of the two, one has long black hair, a resolute and brave face, and is wearing a red armor in the style of the Warring States period; the other has short white hair, a stern face, and is wearing a blue armor.

The eyebrows of the two are somewhat similar, and they seem to be brothers.

In fact, they are indeed brothers, and they are also Tsunade's grandfather and granduncle, as well as Konoha's first Hokage and second Hokage—Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama.

The moment she saw the two of them, Tsunade was a little caught off guard and stood still. She finally understood the meaning of Nagato's words.

"Is this Impure Reincarnation..."

After Senju Tobirama walked out of the coffin, he first looked down at his cracked body and muttered. As the person who personally developed this forbidden technique, he is all too familiar with the Impure Reincarnation.

However, Tobirama did not expect that one day after his death, he would become the object of the Impure Reincarnation.

"My stupid brother, I told you long ago, don't break the taboo and fool the soul and body of the dead, or you will be punished sooner or later. Look, my words came true."

Senju Hashirama pretended to be a calm big brother, patted his brother on the shoulder, and said earnestly.

Tobirama rolled his eyes, not wanting to pay attention to this prudent brother, but frowned and looked around, said solemnly: "I am more curious about the one who resurrected us from the underworld?"

Hashirama then saw Tsunade, standing not far away.

"Who is this woman? She looks very beautiful."

Tsunade's appearance also attracted Senju Tobirama's attention. Looking at the other party's blonde hair, he too had a feeling that she is very familiar.

Speaking of which, when Hashirama died of a serious illness, Tsunade was still very young, a little girl. Now that more than 30 years have passed, it's normal that Hashirama didn't recognize her immediately.

However, compared to his big brother, Senju Tobirama has a sharp mind and an excellent memory. In addition, he has seen Tsunade when she was a young girl, so he quickly compared the appearance of the woman in front of him with the grandniece he remembered.

"Tsunade, is that you?"

Thinking of this, Senju Tobirama asked.

"What?!"

Without waiting for Tsunade to answer, Senju Hashirama was startled, he looked at Tsunade feeling dumbfounded, and murmured, "She, she is Tsunade? My... granddaughter?"

"Brother, your response is still as slow as ever." Senju Tobirama put his hand on his forehead, looking very helpless.

"Grandpa, granduncle, long time no see."

Tsunade opened her mouth faintly and greeted the two of them a little awkwardly. She did not expect that on such an occasion, she would be able to reunite with her dead grandfather and granduncle in such a way.

"Tsunade, it really is you! I thought how can there be such a beautiful woman, it turns out to be my granddaughter, then it's fine, haha."

Senju Hashirama was overjoyed, he touched the back of his head and smirked, while talking, he stepped forward, subconsciously walking towards Tsunade, and asked, "By the way, did you summon me and Tobirama. ?"

However, just as he is about to take a step forward, he was unable to land, as his entire body was suddenly bound by an invisible force, as if it solidified into a statue and froze in place.

"Big brother, haven't you figured out the situation yet? It's not Tsunade who summoned us. On the contrary, it's probably her enemy."

Senju Tobirama said with a frown, and then motioned for Hashirama to turn his head. The two then looked at Nagato behind them together.

"You are…"

When Senju Hashirama and Tobirama looked at Nagato, their pupils shrank, showing a surprised look.

"I am the one who summoned you from the underworld."

Nagato said calmly and he was satisfied with the expressions on the faces of the two of them.

"Tobirama, if I'm not mistaken, those eyes..." Senju Hashirama stared at Nagato and frowned as he confirmed his suspicions to his younger brother.

"That's right, eldest brother, that is the Rinnegan. It is said that they are the eyes of the Sage of the Six Paths, the ancestor of the Ninshu. It is said that they have an incredible power." Senju Tobirama said in a deep voice, with a serious expression on his face.

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Nagato. Some people say that I am the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths, and some people say that I am the son of prophecy and the savior of this world. But in any case, it is certain that I will use these eyes to clear all obstacles in front of me and bring true peace to the ninja world."

Nagato said as he motioned them to look around, "As you can see, this is the battlefield of the Fourth Ninja War. Under the order of the Daimyos, the Ninja Allied Forces are attacking Kirigakure, trying to eliminate the evil forces entrenched here. The purpose of calling the two of you is to hope that you will help and defeat the biggest enemy of the ninja coalition, that is, Tsunade."

'What?'

As soon as they heard that, Hashirama and Tobirama were even more surprised, and at the same time felt very puzzled.

"The Fourth Ninja War? After we died, there has been that many wars in the Ninja World? In this war, the four Ninja villages joined forces to attack Kirigakure, the Land of Water?"

Senju Hashirama looked around the entire battlefield, his eyes swept over the tens of thousands of ninja coalition forces one by one, and finally fell on Tsunade. He then frowned, "But, Tsunade is my granddaughter, the princess of Konoha. Why is she on the opposite side of the ninja coalition, fighting for Kirigakure?"

"Tsunade, what's going on?" Senju Tobirama also looked at Tsunade and asked the latter.

Tsunade chose to remain silent.

"Let me tell you, as Tsunade seems to have no face to answer your questions."

Nagato looked like he is watching a good show, and told the two a fact that shocked them, "The granddaughter of the first Hokage, Tsunade Hime, the princess of Konoha, had already betrayed her village a year ago and joined Kirigakure, and became the wife of the late fifth Mizukage."

"This…"

Hearing that, Hashirama and Tobirama looked at each other, and both saw shock and wonder in each other's eyes. Immediately, they asked Tsunade in unison, "Tsunade, is this true?"

"Grandpa, Granduncle, I did leave Konoha, but it wasn't a defection. As for why I left, you should ask the people of Konoha, who happened to be here too."

Tsunade said coldly with a calm face.

'Um?'

From Tsunade's words, the two heard understood that there are some secrets that had not been revealed. So, they turned their heads, looked at the Konoha ninjas not far away, and suddenly noticed the fourth Hokage Jiraiya.

"Nagato actually used the Impure Reincarnation to resurrect the first and second Hokage, this..."

Jiraya looked solemn, his face becoming gloomy. Counting the previous second Tsuchikage and third Raikage, Nagato can be said to have resurrected all the strongest men in the history of the major ninja villages, and manipulated them into puppets.

Damn it.

However, if they really want to ask about it, the Impure Reincarnation was invented by Senju Tobirama, the Second Hokage. He is the real initiator. Therefore, Konoha has no face to accuse Nagato of this behavior.

"Hokage-sama, the First and Second Hokages are looking at us." At this time, Minato reminded Jiraiya, making the latter come back to his senses.

"Let's go."

Jiraya didn't dare to neglect, and immediately ordered Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen to walk out of the crowd with him to Hashirama and Tobirama.

Although the two of them were puppets summoned by Nagato, their souls belongs to the real first and second Hokages. He needs to show them his respect.

"Fourth Hokage Jiraiya greets the first Hokage and the second Hokage."

Jiraiya greeted the two of them very respectfully.

"Hmm, not bad." Senju Hashirama nodded as he looked at Jiraiya, feeling the huge amount of chakra in the latter's body, and his first impression of Jiraiya was not bad.

"Fourth Hokage? What happened to Saru? Did he step down from the third Hokage's position?"

Senju Tobirama suddenly asked him. This "Saru" he refers to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who got this nickname because the latter was thin and like a monkey when he was young.

Hearing this, Jiraiya subconsciously glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen next to him, and said in a low voice, "Sensei, look..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitated for a while, but still removed his mask.

"Saru, it's really you."

Senju Tobirama said as he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen's face, and sighed, "Unfortunately, this is not the time to reminisce. Tell me, what happened to Tsunade, from her tone, I seem to hear some grievances."

His face was stern as he asked. As soon as he said that, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt very nervous.

"Shodai-sama, Nidaime-sama, it's all my fault."

Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent for a moment, but finally spoke up and took the initiative to take all the responsibilities. Under the watchful eyes of Hashirama and Tobirama, he truthfully told the two of them the peace negotiation that took place in Konoha more than a year ago, the reason why Tsunade left the village, and his resignation after taking the blame.

Hearing this the expressions on Hashirama's and Tobirama's faces became more and more surprised, and their brows became more and more narrowed. Unexpectedly, years after their death, so many things happened to Konoha.

After hearing to his confession, Hashirama and Tobirama looked at each other.

"Saru, it's not all your fault about Tsunade, you don't have to blame yourself too much."

Hashirama crossed his chest with his arms and said solemnly, "After all, in the beginning, the one who made the policy to let the Senju clan give up their surnames and merge their blood into Konoha families and commoner families is me. The Senju clan demise is destined to be unavoidable, as long as it can be exchanged for Konoha's prosperity and talents, it is enough. I didn't think about it carefully, and I didn't think about Tsunade's feelings, which made her become an orphan of the Senju family and bear resentment towards the top level of the village."

"I also have a certain responsibility."

Tobirama also took the initiative to say, "After the eldest brother died, I did not cremate his body as soon as possible, but left it behind to conduct research on Mokuton. I started this matter first, you and others, just restarted this project, and there is nothing to blame. The only thing you did wrong is to hide it from Tsunade, which is why she is so angry."

"Tobirama, I will still say the same thing. If you could stop a little bit and don't engage in those bizarre forbidden techniques, maybe there would not so much trouble now."

Hashirama sighed, feeling helpless about his younger brother.

Senju Tobirama turned his head coldly, being noncommittal.

After learning the truth about Tsunade's defection from Konoha from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hashirama pondered for a moment, and then ordered the three: "We were summoned by that young man named Nagato to fight against Tsunade. Don't intervene, ok. Just watch and deal with it."

"Yes."

Jiraya responded quickly. At the same time, he also revealed the information about Nagato's Rinnegan to the two.

"What did you say?! That young man's Rinnegan was transplanted from Madara Uchiha?" Hashirama was shocked when he learned this.

From Jiraiya, the two learned that Konoha's Senju clan and Uchiha clan are descendants of the Sage if Six Paths, but the former inherited the yang energy of his body, and the latter inherited the yin energy in his eyes.

And Uchiha Madara was defeated back then, through a well-planned suspended animation, he used the flesh and blood bitten from Hashirama's body to successfully obtain the power of the Senju clan, and combined it with his own Uchiha power, thus forming Rinnegan.

All this is really shocking to them.

"Big brother, what the fourth Hokage said is probably true. After Madara died in your hands, I... did not destroy his body, but planned to stay and conduct research to find out what to do with the Uchiha clan. But his body disappeared and I was unable to find it."

Senju Tobirama said this, which proved the authenticity of what Jiraiya said, and this once again proved the necessity of cremation.

"…"

While feeling speechless, Hashirama looked at the three of them and asked with a puzzled look, "However, how did you know these things?"

This kind of shocking secret, at least Madara Uchiha himself, will definitely not tell. But judging from Jiraiya's tone, these things seem to be known to everyone.

"At the venue of the Five Kage Summit that happened not long ago, the fifth Mizukage Hoshigaki Kisame explained this. He is the Sage of the Shikkotsu Forest. His death was also the fuse that fully ignited the Fourth Ninja War."

Jiraya answered truthfully.

'Hoshigaki Kisame?'

This unfamiliar name made Hashirama and Tobirama frown again. This person seems to be the most central figure in the vortex of the ninja world, and the war in front of them also started because of him.

"Wait. Just now Nagato said that Tsunade not only joined Kirigakure, but also became Mrs. Mizukage. In other words, Tsunade's husband is this Hoshigaki Kisame. Right?"

Tobirama suddenly remembered this and asked Jiraiya with a frown.

"...Yes, that's right."

Jiraiya replied bitterly.

Hashirama looked at Tobirama with a curious expression:

"I am very curious about this Hoshigaki Kisame. I really want to meet him and see what kind of man he is. He can make Tsunade fall in love with him. Unfortunately, he is just like us, dead."

Senju Hashirama is still very concerned about his granddaughter's life events and marital happiness. Moreover, although he said that he didn't care, he still hoped that Tsunade would give birth to offspring and continue the last bloodline for the Senju clan.

"Don't worry, maybe after our soul returns to the underworld, we can meet him there." Tobirama agreed, and also expressed a strong interest in Kisame.

"This is enough for you to know all you want, right?"

At this moment, Yahiko pushed Nagato's wheelchair towards them. Jiraiya's group suddenly became very nervous, and they put on an alert posture, ready to enter the battle at any time.

"You go back first."

Hashirama ordered the three of them, and after they returned to the Konoha camp, he looked at Nagato and said, "So, you resurrected us so that we can help you deal with Tsunade?"

"Yes. What else do you think it's for, family reunion?"

Nagato asked back.

"Young man, I don't know whether to call you bold or stupid. You should know that the Impure Reincarnation is a jutsu that I invented, so if I want to remove it, it's easy."

Tobirama stared at Nagato as he said coldly. He then started to form hand seals, but soon the expression on his face froze, as he said, "This, how is it possible..."