The Senju Clan grounds, the meeting hall.
At this moment, all the higher-ups of the Senju Clan were gathered here, though in reality, there were barely any of them left.
To put it bluntly, there was only a miserable skeleton crew.
It couldn't be helped!
Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, had been too ruthless. If the Senju Brothers hadn't been resurrected via Edo Tensei, the entire Senju Clan would have likely been completely wiped out.
"Damn that Hiruzen Sarutobi, I curse him to hell!"
Senju Tobirama habitually cursed his "good disciple" before starting to carefully ponder the future.
And to this,
Senju Hashirama rarely didn't object. At this moment, his brow was slightly furrowed, and his eyes revealed a rare look of worry.
Uzumaki Mito and Kushina were sitting in the corner of the meeting hall, chatting idly, while Minato Namikaze quietly watched the two seniors, with no intention of speaking up.
Uchiha Madara, however, looked completely arrogant: "Hashirama, what are you worrying about?"
"The two of us have already been resurrected, and we'll have plenty of time to cultivate in the future. What damn Ōtsutsuki Clan? Do you not even have the confidence to surpass those bastards?"
Hearing these words, Senju Hashirama smiled.
Indeed!
What was he worrying about?
Admitting that his strength was insufficient and then training hard was all he needed to do!
For now, Uchiha Jin was holding down the fort at the top, so there was no need for Senju Hashirama to shoulder it. However, not having to stand at the very front for once gave him an indescribable sense of unfamiliarity.
Taking a deep breath, Hashirama nodded.
"You're right!"
"I don't need to worry about those powerful enemies for now. Naturally, that kid from the Uchiha family is holding the front."
"I only need to quickly complete the tasks assigned to me, and then seize the time to cultivate and develop Wood Release Ninjutsu."
Uchiha Madara nodded.
That was exactly how it should be!
Seeing his good friend return to his usual self, he crossed his arms and stopped speaking, standing proudly in the corner of the meeting hall, looking down on everyone with an arrogant posture.
Not long after,
Tsunade, who was a high-ranking official of the Village, finished her meeting and rushed back as quickly as possible. The moment she entered, she looked at her Great-Grandfather—Senju Hashirama.
"Great-Grandfather, you're really resurrected?"
"Haha, could it be fake?"
Looking at his granddaughter's complex gaze, Senju Hashirama couldn't help but laugh.
Tsunade took a deep breath, but still couldn't help but ask, "Then, Second Great-Grandfather, Grandmother, Nawaki, and the others..."
"Don't worry, Little Tsunade." Senju Hashirama patted her shoulder. "Your Great-Grandfather will arrange everything, and I guarantee everyone will be resurrected."
Hearing her Great-Grandfather's assurance, the heavy stone in Tsunade's heart instantly lifted.
After pondering for a moment, she spoke again, "Great-Grandfather, Second Great-Grandfather."
"After you left just now, the Hokage and we higher-ups held a temporary small-scale meeting."
"Regardless of whether we can find those hundred thousand White Zetsu, we must try our best to collect the remains of the powerhouses from each clan and resurrect them in advance via Edo Tensei, to prevent these deceased powerhouses from becoming helpers for the Six Paths Sage."
"The other clans have already begun to act. Our Senju Clan also needs to hurry up."
"The Hokage has given each of our clans one day to handle this matter."
"The tasks assigned at the grand assembly will officially begin tomorrow!"
As Tsunade spoke, everyone present nodded silently.
Indeed!
Whether they could find those hundred thousand White Zetsu was still unknown. Resurrecting as many powerhouses as possible via Edo Tensei in advance was also a reliable way to weaken the enemy as much as possible.
"That makes sense, let's act quickly." Senju Tobirama nodded.
Immediately after,
Led by Tsunade, the entire Senju Clan immediately headed to Old Konoha, which had long since become a scenic area, and directly began the intense operation of 'digging up the remains of the deceased.'
The other Ninja Clans did the same.
Even the powerhouses of the other Four Great Shinobi Villages who had just joined Neo Konoha, under the 'help' of various Konoha powerhouses and the Anbu, also began digging up the remains of their own Villages' powerhouses.
Almost in an instant,
the style of the entire Ninja World suddenly shifted, instantly turning into a massive excavation site.
And this wasn't like the original work where Yakushi Kabuto did it sneakily; it was an organized, disciplined, and constructive officially controlled operation. If the traditional Ninja World were to see this, they might define the entire Neo Konoha and the entire Ninja World as an evil organization.
It had to be said that the official speed was incredibly fast!
In the original work, Yakushi Kabuto needed several months to collect them, and he even needed a lot of help from White Zetsu to get it done.
But now?
With a single order from Uchiha Jin, all the Ninjas in the entire Ninja World began to busy themselves.
Even ordinary people from all over the Ninja World were organized by local authorities to help. Coupled with the fact that there were now Flying Thunder God arrays all over the Ninja World, it took only a single day for the remains of powerhouses and even ordinary Ninjas from all over to be continuously sent to Konoha.
In addition to this,
death row inmates from all over the Ninja World were also continuously brought in.
Their purpose? Hehehe!
Naturally, they were to be used as sacrifices for Edo Tensei. After all, Konoha didn't have that many White Zetsu.
The entire Ninja World was busy.
And if one were to speak of the busiest people, they would be Orochimaru and Senju Tobirama!
Because only the two of them knew Edo Tensei, and Uchiha Jin did not want this technique to be leaked, so naturally, these two had to work hard.
The Research Building.
This was Orochimaru's territory, and the straight-line distance from the Hokage Building was only about two thousand meters.
At this moment,
on the third basement floor of the Research Building, Orochimaru and Senju Tobirama were currently forming hand signs numbly.
'Edo Tensei!'
With the completion of the hand signs, a large amount of ash submerged the sacrifices, and one powerhouse after another was resurrected via Edo Tensei.
This batch of powerhouses consisted of the Kage of various Villages.
"Am I... not dead?"
"Orochimaru? What do you want to do?"
"Senju Tobirama, you bastard! You would even desecrate the dead?"
...
The people who had just been resurrected via Edo Tensei immediately began to curse and swear.
Especially those who knew Orochimaru could not help but shout abuse.
But to this,
Orochimaru didn't even bother to pay attention to them. After all, performing Edo Tensei over and over again had left him completely numb.
He just waved his hand practicedly: "Anbu, tell them to come in and pick up their people!"
Immediately after,
a large group of higher-ups from the various former Ninja Villages came in and began searching for their own people.
"Third Lord, Fourth Lord!"
"It's me, Tutai!"
"Don't panic yet. Resurrecting you via Edo Tensei was done with our consent."
"As for the details, let's leave first before we chat!"
Looking at the Third and Fourth Raikage in front of him, a complex smile appeared at the corners of Tutai's eyes.
And to this,
Third Raikage and Fourth A looked at each other. Although their minds were completely blank at this moment, since Tutai had appeared, it proved that the situation was not too bad.
Therefore, they nodded and left together with Tutai.