Senju Tobirama was still the same, heading to the laboratory with Orochimaru.
Senju Hashirama, on the other hand, was playing cards, dice, and Landlord with Tsunade.
As for the others, they each had their own activities, but that's not important here.
"Is this the Rinnegan?"
In Orochimaru's laboratory, Senju Tobirama raised an eyebrow as he looked at the Rinnegan inside a small vial.
"Yes, this is the legendary eye of the Sage of Six Paths."
"Stop calling it a legend. This eye clearly belongs to Uchiha Madara."
"Heh, that's just a guess."
Orochimaru was right. They didn't have direct evidence proving that the Rinnegan belonged to Uchiha Madara.
It was only based on the clues from the video footage and the behavior of Uchiha Madara from Tobirama's time and space.
"Let's not argue about this. Have you prepared the Rinnegan cells I asked for?"
"Of course."
Orochimaru smiled slightly and lightly clapped his hands. Kabuto immediately entered the room holding a small vial.
"Lord Orochimaru, here's the item you requested."
"Hand it over to our Second Hokage."
Kabuto handed the vial to Senju Tobirama, but he didn't leave. Instead, he stood behind Orochimaru, curiously watching Tobirama.
From what he knew, the village wasn't planning on resurrecting the Second Hokage.
So, where did this Second Hokage come from?
"Kabuto? He has learned Sage Jutsu?"
"Yes, Lord Second Hokage."
Senju Tobirama nodded, picked up the small bottle to take a look, then, with a meaningful expression, asked Orochimaru, "Are you sure there's no problem?"
On the surface, Senju Tobirama was talking about the Rinnegan cells, but in reality, he was referring to Kabuto.
Although there hadn't been a detailed review of him in the videos, Tobirama had learned from other videos that this person was undoubtedly dangerous.
If he wasn't dangerous, he wouldn't have summoned so many ninjas through Reanimation Jutsu to help Obito in the Fourth War.
"Lord Second Hokage, please rest assured. There won't be any problems."
Orochimaru knew exactly what Tobirama was referring to.
But he was confident that he could manage Kabuto.
He wasn't like Danzo, who enjoyed betraying his allies after using them.
As long as someone was useful to him, Orochimaru wouldn't let them die until they had exhausted their value.
During the Chunin Exams, Jirobo, Kidōmaru, and Tayuya were no longer useful to him, so he sent them to Konoha to be cannon fodder.
However, the Shikotsumyaku was extremely valuable to him, so he would do whatever it took to keep Kimimaro alive.
Similarly, as long as Kabuto didn't die, then Kabuto would continue to have value for him.
Once he had control over Yakushi Nonō, Kabuto would never dare to rebel.
"If you think there's no problem, then I trust you."
Since Orochimaru was so confident, Tobirama didn't say anything more.
He placed the small bottle containing the Rinnegan cells into his ninja tool pouch and then, along with Orochimaru, headed to another experimental room.
Kabuto didn't follow them.
At this moment, his heart was still nervously pounding.
As smart as he was, how could he not understand what Senju Tobirama was saying to Orochimaru?
"But why? Why is it that both the Second Hokage and the Third Hokage have so much hostility toward me?"
This was what Kabuto couldn't understand.
It wasn't so obvious before; the hostility wasn't so apparent.
But ever since he returned from the Ryūchi Cave, the hostility had become very clear.
If it weren't for Orochimaru protecting him, maybe the Third Hokage and others would have already taken action against him.
"This is truly puzzling."
In another room, Orochimaru was pointing at several large glass jars, explaining to Senju Tobirama the difficulties of adding multiple Kekkei Genkai to his experiments, saying he had reached a bottleneck.
Senju Tobirama thought this was completely normal.
After a while of discussing, Orochimaru brought up another matter.
"I have a question that has been bothering me."
"Oh? What is it? Tell me."
"Recently, many things have happened here. I was planning to resurrect the First and Second Hokage from this timeline. I've already prepared the clones, but for some reason, I can't summon them using the Reanimation Jutsu."
"Can't summon them?"
Hearing this, Senju Tobirama was also puzzled.
The Reanimation Jutsu was a technique he created. As long as there was a Pure Land in the Ninja World, there should be no reason the technique wouldn't work.
"Tell me more about it."
Then, Orochimaru told Senju Tobirama everything, wanting to use his wisdom to solve this puzzle.
"Wait, tell me the names of the failed Reanimation Jutsu subjects."
"Alright, these people are Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uzumaki Mito, Danzo, Kagami, and Torifu. That's all."
"Don't you think the people who failed in Reanimation Jutsu are all people like us, who traveled to your time?"
"Now that you mention it, it seems so."
After Senju Tobirama's reminder, Orochimaru finally realized.
Indeed.
The people who failed in Reanimation Jutsu were all the ones like Tobirama who traveled into this timeline.
"But what does this mean? Why is it that people like you, who traveled here, failed when I tried Reanimation Jutsu in this time?"
"I'm not sure. This question might take a long time to solve."
"If we can't solve this problem, if we really have to face Uchiha Madara in the future, it's going to be very tricky."
It's well known that only Senju Hashirama could defeat Uchiha Madara.
Given Konoha's current strength, though they were at the top of the ninja world, Orochimaru still felt uncertain about facing this legendary ninja world Asura.
"Don't worry, we'll help."
As long as Konoha can hold out for a while, once Tobirama can cross over, he'll bring Senju Hashirama to assist.
An hour's delay is enough to handle Uchiha Madara.
Even if force doesn't work, Tobirama has a backup plan.
Before leaving, he gave Orochimaru a hint.
"Make sure to make good use of this Rinnegan."
"Did you mean...?"
Don't blame Orochimaru for not catching on immediately.
He had so many projects to study, each requiring a lot of effort.
His brain was always working at full speed, so it was natural that he reacted a little slowly.
"If the Rinnegan really evolved from Madara's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then strictly speaking, this eye isn't his."
"Are you saying this is related to Uchiha Izuna?"
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean."
"Haha, thank you, Lord Second Hokage, your advice is a big help."
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