Everyone present had a serious expression.
After all, the enemy they were about to face was too unique; the Six Paths Sage was a legendary figure!
Even...
If they hadn't heard this person's name from Uchiha Jin's mouth, the three of them would have thought the Six Paths Sage was just a myth.
But, next...
They were going to battle this legendary sage!
Of course.
There was no fear in their hearts. After all, the three of them were powerhouses standing at the peak of the Ninja World; even the Six Paths Sage couldn't hope to intimidate them with just a title.
Especially after learning that the Six Paths Sage merely treated the Ninja World as a nursery and its inhabitants as batches of leeks to be harvested at will...
They were utterly enraged!
Senju Tobirama immediately slammed the table and spoke in an extremely cold tone: "I was wondering why, throughout such long eras, Ninjas were always at war and why peace was simply unattainable."
"I used to think our ancestors had narrow visions and lacked the means, but I never expected that the true obstacle to peace in the Ninja World would be the legendary Six Paths Sage!"
"Damn it!"
"I acknowledge the threat of the Ōtsutsuki, but I, Senju Tobirama, will never accept treating the Ninja World as a nursery for that purpose!"
"Nothing more to say, let's take him down!"
Senju Tobirama was the first to express his stance. There wasn't a trace of panic or fear, let alone pessimism; there was only disgust for the Six Paths Sage and a burning desire to fight him.
Clearly.
After Uchiha Jin's narration, he finally understood why the Ninja World remained filled with war after so many years and why every time the dawn of peace appeared, various 'accidents' would happen so conveniently.
In fact, he was a first-hand witness to this!
Back when Konoha was first established, it was the closest they had ever been to peace.
Although Senju Tobirama disliked the Uchiha and had always been wary and suspicious of them, he was actually nowhere near as idiotic as Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The proof was that while the Uchiha occasionally caused trouble under his watch, they were never exterminated!
After all, to put it bluntly.
If Senju Tobirama really wanted to kill off the Uchiha, he didn't need to use anyone else's hands; he had the absolute strength and means to do it himself.
In the past, although he was on guard against the Uchiha, he never showed it openly. Otherwise, even with Senju Hashirama protecting him, Uchiha Madara would never have let him off.
Therefore.
All these years, he truly couldn't figure out why, when Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara joined forces, if they had just let Konoha develop silently for twenty years...
No, ten years!
Back then, if Konoha had just developed silently for ten years, with the strength of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, plus his own intellect and schemes...
Would it have been difficult to take down the various Daimyos Mansions and crush the other hidden villages?
No!
It wouldn't have been difficult at all!
Senju Tobirama was even confident he could have minimized the casualty rate of the unification war.
But such a perfect opportunity was ruined by an 'accident'.
Uchiha Madara, who was willing to cooperate with Senju Tobirama just a moment before, suddenly seemed to have lost his mind and insisted on forcibly unifying the Ninja World immediately.
At that time, he and his brother, Senju Hashirama, both tried to talk to Uchiha Madara. They even told him their original plan and asked him to just wait ten years.
But it was useless!
Uchiha Madara simply wouldn't listen. Subsequently, he fought Senju Hashirama, which ultimately led to Hashirama's death after the battle, while Uchiha Madara went into hiding in the shadows.
It was only after his resurrection that he learned about the contents of the Uchiha stone tablet and the so-called schemes of Black Zetsu.
And now?
He even knew that the so-called Black Zetsu was most likely a pawn of the Six Paths Sage!
So, there was nothing more to say.
Unification was not just Uchiha Jin's goal, but also the goal of him and his brother, Senju Hashirama. They were determined to see peace descend upon the Ninja World.
Even the Six Paths Sage wouldn't be able to stop them!
"Really—sigh!"
"I don't know what to say anymore, but I can guarantee that I will definitely complete the task assigned to me."
"No one shall stop me!"
Tsunade, with her brows tightly knit and arms crossed, looked quite serious.
She didn't get angry, nor did her composure break.
After all, her strength was still too far off for a battle of this level, and she wasn't needed to participate in such a fight anyway...
However.
She vowed to do her utmost to execute the task Uchiha Jin had assigned to her.
Minato Namikaze, on the other side, didn't voice an opinion. Instead, he fell directly into deep thought.
Previously, he couldn't figure out why he had been pulled into this.
He wasn't interested in power, and he had no Ninja Clan behind him that needed his support, so he had been spending his time with Kushina and Naruto...
But he hadn't expected that.
By being brought here this time, he would hear such a profound secret.
However.
He was a man who had been Hokage, after all, so he quickly calmed down and began to silently wonder if there might be other ways to break the deadlock.
After a long silence, he suddenly spoke.
"Everyone..."
"Could we try to persuade my teacher, Jiraiya?"
"I have a fair understanding of Mount Myōboku. Aside from the Great Toad Sage, who has never made a move, there aren't actually any top-tier powerhouses in the true sense."
"Even the two Sages, Fukasaku and Shima, can only be considered Kage-level experts."
"So, as long as the Six Paths Sage doesn't act personally, he can only rely on my master, Jiraiya, to achieve his plans."
"If we can persuade my teacher, won't this matter be easily resolved?"
Following Minato Namikaze's words, the atmosphere in the room instantly became silent.
Senju Tobirama made no comment.
After all, he didn't know Jiraiya well; he only knew he was one of Hiruzen Sarutobi's students and seemed to have a good relationship with his granddaughter, Tsunade.
Uchiha Jin chose to remain silent.
In his heart, he knew that Jiraiya couldn't be persuaded, but as the Hokage, it wasn't appropriate for him to express an opinion on everything.
Therefore.
Unless it reached a point where he absolutely had to speak, he would choose to keep his mouth shut most of the time.
Seeing that no one else was speaking, Tsunade let out a sigh and slowly began to explain.
"Minato, give it up."
"It's useless!"
"Even though you are Jiraiya's disciple, the two of you have had too little contact as master and student."
"He didn't really teach you much. Then the Third Great Ninja War broke out, and although you had contact with your master during that time, you mostly discussed things related to the war."
"After the Third Great Ninja War ended and you took office as the Fourth Hokage, that fellow Jiraiya left Konoha again to wander around."
"So you view him through a filter; you don't understand the real Jiraiya."
"I was his teammate, and I've had the most contact with him."
"I know the real Jiraiya, so I can tell you with certainty..."
"It's useless!"