[Pure Land]
Hashirama Senju gloomily played dice with Senju Syura.
"Even though Madara and I are the reincarnations of Indra and Asura of this generation, we never fought each other, right? Instead, we were good brothers.", Hashirama Senju asked Senju Syura.
Senju Syura smiled, "That's not strange. One time before this, the reincarnations of Indra and Asura were even lovers. If you and Uchiha Madara are good friends, that's nothing unusual."
Hashirama Senju let out a helpless sigh.
He had come to this Pure Land world after death. In the Pure Land, he had seen many familiar figures.
His father, former clan members...
"Speaking of which, why hasn't Madara come yet?", Hashirama Senju asked in confusion.
"Uchiha Madara is the reincarnation of Indra. They should be in the Uchiha Pure Land clan territory. You can go there and ask.", Senju Syura said.
Hashirama Senju thoughtfully nodded, "Counting the time, Madara should have come down by now. After all, it's already been so many years."
Right at that moment...
"Hashirama Senju! Outside there are two people looking for you, one named Itama and the other Kawarama. They probably just died and ascended.", Senju Shuichi shouted from the doorway.
Hashirama Senju's face instantly filled with joy. 'Great, my younger brothers had finally died too!'
'So Itama and Kawarama finally died? Tobirama, when are you going to die?', Hashirama Senju thought to himself.
———
Meanwhile, Arisu made a table full of rich dishes.
The three of them chatted while eating together.
"By the way, are you still going back to the mortal world? What's so good about the mortal world?", Kaguya said while eating.
To Kaguya, the entire mortal world used to belong under her rule, so she found the human world very boring.
Uchiha Hikari also nodded.
Since all the malice Hikari experienced had come from the mortal world, she had an even worse impression of it.
"Let me think. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll most likely still make a trip there. After all, there are still three restless people in the human world..."
Arisu thought slightly and remembered Uchiha Madara, Senju Tobirama, and Uchiha Izuna.
These three people had enormous influence.
In the original story, just a barely surviving Uchiha Madara had already thrown the ninja world into chaos. Now with Tobirama and Izuna added, how could that be ignored?
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[Graveyard Of The Mountains]
[Inside A Cave]
Uchiha Madara suddenly spoke in a deep voice while looking at his younger brother, "I noticed something strange happening to my eyes, but I still can't figure out the reason."
"Ever since transplanting Hashirama's cells, it's been like this. Izuna, do you feel the same thing?"
Uchiha Izuna slightly frowned and gently shook his head, "Brother, I only feel my eye power recovering. I haven't felt anything strange."
Uchiha Madara froze slightly after hearing that and muttered quietly, "Could it be that my own power and Hashirama's cells created some unknown reaction?"
At that moment, Senju Tobirama slowly walked over, his face full of gloom and worry.
"I originally wanted to summon big brother back."
"Just now I tried using Edo Tensei again, but for some reason, I still couldn't summon the dead back."
Senju Tobirama frowned tightly as he spoke in a serious tone.
This matter was truly strange.
He clearly remembered that using this technique on the battlefield before had gone very smoothly. Even though the summoned dead could not speak, they could still normally appear in the world.
But now, it felt as if some invisible force had cut off the connection from the underworld. Edo Tensei had completely failed and could not bring down the souls of the dead at all.
"There's no need to summon Hashirama anymore. Even if you bring him back to this world, he may not stand on our side."
Uchiha Madara lightly waved his hand and slowly spoke in an indifferent tone.
He knew clearly in his heart that with Hashirama's personality, if he learned about his plan, he would definitely oppose it.
Rather than that, it was better not to disturb an old friend who had already passed away.
After hearing this, Senju Tobirama slightly nodded and silently agreed.
At that exact moment, intense pain suddenly burst from Uchiha Madara's eyes.
"This is!?"
The Mangekyo Sharingan patterns that originally flowed with scarlet pinwheels suddenly changed. As the eye power surged, they transformed in an instant into layered ripple-pattern Rinnegan.
———
"Teacher! Teacher! History is about to undergo a shocking change!"
"I dreamed it! I dreamed everything!", Gamamaru rushed up Longevity Peak in panic, hurrying over to report the dream to Arisu.
Arisu had just finished eating and was leisurely leaning against a stone railing, chatting with Kaguya and Hikari.
"Gamamaru, calm down. Explain it slowly."
Arisu lightly raised his brow and calmly comforted him.
Gamamaru bent over and panted heavily. He did not dare waste a second and quickly told Arisu every single thing he saw in the dream in full detail.
"I dreamed of gathering the tailed beasts, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path appearing, and that so-called Eye of the Moon Plan... reviving Otsutsuki Kaguya!"
"Tailed beasts, Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Eye of the Moon, reviving Kaguya..."
As those words entered his ears one after another, Arisu's calm pupils suddenly shrank and huge waves instantly rose in his heart.
Wait, what exactly was all this?
Could these events really happen in the timeline they were living in?
Was this really something that would happen in their world?
After all, the Uchiha clan stone tablet no longer existed.
Because he himself was the Sage of Six Paths.
He had never left behind any stone tablet either.
Even if there had been one, he would have erased it while cleaning up the Ninshu.
Even Black Zetsu, who should have been the mastermind behind everything, had already become one of his own people.
As thoughts surged in his mind, Arisu turned his head strangely toward Kaguya beside him.
Could this strange matter have secretly been caused by her?
Kaguya froze when she saw Arisu suddenly looking at her like that and immediately shook her head repeatedly.
"Arisu, this matter has nothing to do with me."
Uchiha Hikari beside them also looked completely confused and could not help asking, "Sister Kaguya is already living perfectly fine beside us, so why would there even be a need to revive her?"
Arisu stood with his hands behind his back and slowly shook his head.
In truth, he believed Kaguya. This woman now gave him a very different feeling.
After living on Mount Myoboku for so many years, Kaguya had long since been "tamed."
'Could it be Madara and the others?', Thinking of this, Arisu relaxed slightly inside.
After all, they were all family. No matter what trouble they caused, he was not afraid.
"What else did you dream about, Gamamaru?", Arisu continued asking.
Gamamaru scratched his head after hearing that.
"I think I dreamed that a white-haired boy accidentally entered Mount Myoboku."
Arisu nodded and thought slightly.
Logically speaking, Mount Myoboku had stopped accepting disciples a thousand years ago.
Arisu had personally given the order.
Whether it was Mount Myoboku, Ryuchi Cave, Shikkotsu Forest, or the Monkey Demon clan, none of them were allowed to casually accept outsiders.
The only two exceptions had been Hashirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Back then, Arisu agreed to let Shikkotsu Forest pass on its teachings to Hashirama Senju.
The other was the Monkey Demon clan. Arisu treated the Monkey Demon clan very well, so he agreed there too.
But Mount Myoboku and Ryuchi Cave had accepted no disciples.
"Still, Jiraiya is family after all. I should still give him what belongs to him."
Arisu slightly nodded and made up his mind.
"When that child arrives, pass the inheritance of Mount Myoboku Sage Arts to him.", Arisu looked at Gamamaru and softly said.
Gamamaru froze, unable to understand why his teacher, who never accepted outsiders, would accept one now.
But Gamamaru still nodded.
"Understood, teacher."