Senju Tobirama felt extremely aggrieved.
He certainly knew that environment could change a person, especially someone holding power without being particularly strong themselves. Therefore, he had initially anticipated that Hiruzen Sarutobi would undergo some changes.
But, damn it.
First of all, he never truly expected to die. To put it bluntly, that incident back then was merely a test for his disciples.
After all, he was the man who possessed the Flying Thunder God. Even though he had been pushed to a desperate situation by Kumogakure, honestly, he didn't believe he would actually be killed by them.
The problem was...
Who could have predicted that the Gold and Silver Brothers of Kumogakure, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, would pull out Six Paths Treasures that countered the Flying Thunder God?
Secondly... even when he was truly on the verge of death, he had thought that after Hiruzen Sarutobi took power, because their clan lacked a Bloodline Limit, their strength ceiling would likely not be very high, and they would surely make some mistakes for the sake of power.
But at that time, he wasn't actually afraid!
In Senju Tobirama's planning, Hiruzen Sarutobi was only a transitional Hokage.
Considering that the Senju Clan had no strong members emerging at the time, and that if the Senju Clan held the Hokage position for three consecutive generations, it would easily cause dissatisfaction among the major Ninja Clans of the Village, especially the Uchiha Clan.
Therefore.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's low strength ceiling was actually a good thing for him!
It was perfect to let Hiruzen Sarutobi, with his limited strength, serve as the next Hokage. This would also serve to silence the other Ninja Clans, particularly the Uchiha Clan, preventing them from gossiping about the Senju Clan completely monopolizing the Hokage position.
And then.
As long as they waited for his elder brother's grandson, Nawaki, to grow up, taking over as the Fourth Hokage would be incredibly easy.
The logic was simple!
After all, the Ninja World was a place where strength did the talking; so-called political power was never as important as raw strength.
As long as Nawaki could grow up, then relying on the Senju Clan's foundation, reputation, and influence, pushing Nawaki to become the Fourth Hokage would be effortless.
But the problem was that even Senju Tobirama hadn't expected that power would cause such a massive change in Hiruzen Sarutobi instantly.
That bastard didn't give Nawaki a chance to grow at all. As soon as he grasped power, he began plotting against the Senju Clan and conveniently finished off the Senju Clan's core ally, the Uzumaki Clan, as well.
Using the excuse of 'integrating into Konoha' that he and his elder brother had casually mentioned, he directly exhausted the Senju Clan's elites on the battlefield. Following that, he used Wood Release experiments as a pretext to kill off a large number of Senju Clan members. Finally, taking advantage of the Senju Clan's decline, he conveniently killed Nawaki.
Blown up by Exploding Tagss?
Thinking of this, he sneered in his heart!
The Senju Clan was famous for their powerful vitality, and Nawaki was the one with the strongest Senju lineage.
Even if he seemed foolish as a child, as long as he grew up and the bloodline power in his body was developed, Nawaki would definitely grow into a powerhouse.
Just like his elder brother Hashirama and Uchiha Madara; their strength as children was actually quite lackluster, and they only began to slowly awaken the bloodline power within their bodies around the age of fifteen or sixteen.
Therefore.
Senju Tobirama was absolutely certain that someone with such a strong bloodline like Nawaki, even if the power hadn't manifested due to his youth, was definitely not someone an ordinary person could compare to.
Never mind being blown up by explosive tags; even if a pile of Exploding Tagss were stuck to his body, it would at most leave him heavily injured but would never take his life.
So, sigh!
Thinking that the strongest Senju Clan from the Sengoku era would actually be destroyed during the ninja Village era, his heart became especially aggrieved and pained.
However... looking at the arm of Danzo that Uchiha Jin brought out, his eyes couldn't help but flicker with uncertainty.
Sharingan? Wood Release?
As a master of scientific research, he instantly understood that the significance of the Sharingan's presence was to suppress his elder brother's cells.
This line of thinking was indeed quite good.
Back then, he had actually faintly discovered this point, but he had died too early and hadn't been able to continue his research before dying on the battlefield.
But thinking that there was such a formidable researcher in this era, he couldn't help but start developing some other ideas in his heart.
"Tobirama, it's all your fault!"
"If it weren't for those 'good' disciples you took in, the Village wouldn't have become like this, and the Senju and Uzumaki Clans wouldn't have been wiped out."
"In short, you must take responsibility for this!"
"..."
Hashirama roared incessantly.
At first, he was merely venting his anger, but soon after, he faintly felt that he seemed to be a bit more formidable than his younger brother—at the very least, the demise of the Senju Clan had nothing to do with him.
It's all the fault of this idiot Tobirama!
Hmm, yes.
Tobirama is the idiot, and I am smarter than him.
Although the demise of the Senju Clan made him very angry, thinking that he was smarter than his younger brother made him feel an inward urge to laugh.
It couldn't be helped!
Although his strength was greater than his younger brother's, Tobirama had mocked his intelligence for his entire life.
And now?
Facts proved that Tobirama was the idiot!
Senju Tobirama: "..."
He just glanced sideways at his elder brother, and he knew what he was thinking.
But the problem was, he couldn't refute it!
Therefore.
Even though he felt extremely aggrieved, he could only endure it silently.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Just as Hashirama was berating his younger brother Tobirama, the Anbu directly brought a death row prisoner to the scene.
"Hokage-sama!"
"This is a Kumogakure Chunin spy we captured!"
The Anbu knelt on one knee, his tone very calm.
And, to this.
Hearing this, Uchiha Jin merely nodded: "It's just to ask Danzo some things; a Chunin-level vessel for Edo Tensei is sufficient."
After saying that.
He nodded to Tsunade beside him. Although Tsunade was still reluctant, she stood up and approached the unconscious death row prisoner.
However.
She didn't choose to do it herself; instead, she called out Orochimaru, who was watching from the sidelines, and they quickly completed the Edo Tensei ritual. Finally, she formed the hand seals to summon Danzo's soul from the Pure Land.
"I, this is..."
"Edo Tensei?"
The awakened Danzo looked completely dazed.
Immediately after.
When he subconsciously looked around, his face instantly turned extremely pale.
Clearly, he had realized that Old Konoha was completely finished.
However, thinking of his old friends like Hiruzen Sarutobi becoming prisoners, his mood couldn't help but instantly improve.
Although his lifelong pursuit of becoming Hokage had failed, the fate of his old friends didn't seem too good either. For Danzo, this was clearly a small consolation.
"Speak!"
"Just what do you want, reincarnating this old man with Edo Tensei?"
At this moment, Danzo had a face full of arrogance.
Yes!
Since he was already dead, what was there left to fear?