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[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: ...
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: What's the point of making statements in here? You guys can't even get out.
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Ōtsutsuki Toneri is extremely strong.
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: You can't beat him.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: ...
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Then let me ask—what's Toneri's current power level?
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Sage of Six Paths level.
[Tobirama Senju]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: Six Paths level means...
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Beyond Kage-tier. If it were Hashirama in his prime, maybe. But if it's you, Tobirama, then you're just cannon fodder...
[Tobirama Senju]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: Tch...
[Tobirama Senju]: So I'm that weak?
Black Zetsu: It's not that you're weak—it's that you don't even have the right to fight.
Because this is internal mess among the Ōtsutsuki. Only someone with Ōtsutsuki blood can step onto that battlefield.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: That's not really a problem, is it? I believe in Kitahara.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: He wouldn't let the ninja world be destroyed.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: That's just not the kind of person he is.
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Hm?
[Minato Namikaze]: Just now, the white rabbit bit Kitahara-kun.
[Minato Namikaze]: And I think he awakened a new power.
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Oh?
Black Zetsu blinked.
It had originally been focused on looking for its tool, Uchiha Madara—but it was also paying attention to Toneri's movements.
And just as expected, Toneri made his way to the Hyuga clan and tried to abduct Hinata publicly.
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: A new power, huh...
Black Zetsu thought for a moment.
If Kitahara defeats Toneri, then perhaps it wouldn't have to summon Uchiha Madara...
No—wrong.
It still needed to summon Madara.
Because its goal was to confirm whether Lady Kaguya's real body was still on the moon.
If not, and if the white bunny was actually Kaguya herself, then it would need to gather all the Tailed Beasts and offer them to her.
But if Kaguya's true body was still on the moon, then it absolutely must not give the Tailed Beasts to the bunny.
So its mission wasn't over yet.
Thinking that, Black Zetsu continued multitasking—keeping its focus on the group chat while its main body had already tied up a White Zetsu and was speeding off to find Uchiha Madara.
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: Still, you all sound a little too optimistic.
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: This guy is no joke.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: That's not a given.
[Tobirama Senju]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: ...??
[Tobirama Senju]: Mizukage, you seem to have a lot of faith in Kitahara.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: I do.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Because I've built my future happiness thanks to him. Kitahara-kun is my lucky star.
[Tobirama Senju]: ???
[Tobirama Senju]: ??? What did you do?
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Oh, nothing much. I'm just sitting in Orochimaru's old lair right now.
[Tobirama Senju]: ? Lair?
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Yep.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: I once asked Kitahara-kun about the future of the Hidden Mist.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: He told me, since we're short on people and don't have enough recruits, why not go check Orochimaru's place?
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Orochimaru spent years collecting talented children across the ninja world.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: And now he's too scared to return to his own base.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: So isn't this the perfect chance to rescue those gifted kids he tricked?
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: That's why I'm here, at the Sound Village.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: It's unbelievable.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Orochimaru really is a master manipulator.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Can't believe the ones he tricked were all so talented.
[Tobirama Senju]: ?
[Tobirama Senju]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: So, how many did you get?
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Not many, just around 300 or so. After all, good seedlings aren't like cabbages you grow in a field—Orochimaru had to scam each one personally.
[Tobirama Senju]: ... 300 genin?
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Yeah, plus a few chunin and jonin.
[Fourth Raikage - A]: Isn't your thinking the same as mine?
[Tobirama Senju]: Tch!
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Shut up, Raikage! I raided Orochimaru's lair—he's a missing-nin from Konoha. I'm weakening one of Konoha's enemies.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: How's that the same as what you're doing?
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: You kidnapped Hyuga clan members, you tried to steal a Jinchuriki—you're digging up Konoha's roots!
[Fourth Raikage - A]: ...
[Cloud's Fourth to Fall]: Let it go, son. Rather than argue, we should pray.
[Fourth Raikage - A]: Pray?
[Cloud's Fourth to Fall]: Yeah. Pray that Toneri just destroys the ninja world.
[Cloud's Fourth to Fall]: Our Cloud Village doesn't have anything left anyway.
[Cloud's Fourth to Fall]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: You Raikage are pathetic.
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Everyone had zero goodwill toward the Cloud Village.
So when the Fourth Raikage and his father started talking about the world ending, Tobirama and the others just felt disgusted.
Even if his disciples were no good, Tobirama was still the kind of Kage who would give his life for them.
A Kage puts the village first—leading from the front, bearing the burdens, and defending the people.
So...
There's no comparison.
Whether it was the late Minato Namikaze, or Hashirama, they had both proven they'd die for their village.
Even Mei Terumi, or the cowardly Onoki, had their own pride and ideals.
So, unanimously, they all decided to ignore the Raikage father and son.
[Minato Namikaze]: Still, Toneri gives off such intense pressure.
[Tobirama Senju]: Doesn't he have any weaknesses?
[Tobirama Senju]: Should I come over now?
[Tobirama Senju]: Though I doubt any of my jutsu would work—this Toneri guy is beyond my understanding. Even if I used Flying Thunder God Slash, the blade might hit him, then just melt away.
[Tobirama Senju]: He's truly troublesome.
[Tobirama Senju]: Maybe I should just Water Style him out of Konoha first?
[Kakashi Hatake]: If there's something I can do, I'll head over too.
[Beep!]
[Might Guy is now online. He is now labeled Kakashi's Good Buddy.]
[Kakashi's Good Buddy - Might Guy]: It's finally time for someone like me to appear.
[Kakashi Hatake]: ...
[Kakashi Hatake]: Gai, are you thinking of using the Eight Gates?
[Kakashi's Good Buddy - Might Guy]: Yeah, now's the time. I can't let Toneri destroy Konoha.
[Kakashi Hatake]: But if you open the Eighth Gate... you'll die.
[Kakashi's Good Buddy - Might Guy]: ...
[Kakashi's Good Buddy - Might Guy]: Because I want to be the strongest man of all!
[Kakashi's Good Buddy - Might Guy]: Maybe now's the time for me to burn... with youth!
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: ...
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: ...
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: ...Why are you guys panicking?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Sure, Black Zetsu said Toneri is Six Paths-level.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: But would a Hokage ever run from danger?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: And we're not even at the point of despair yet.
[Tobirama Senju]: Oh?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Look—even if I can't go out, didn't someone already step out in my place?
[Tobirama Senju]: Anija, don't tell me you mean...
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: That's exactly what I mean. Little Kitahara's already stepped out.
As Hashirama said this, everyone realized Kitahara Kaede had already emerged outside the house.
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