When Hashirama and Madara met, they naturally had endless things to talk about.
In fact, right after that...
The two of them even had a fight within the Ice-Snow Space, while Black Zetsu turned a blind eye to it all, staring blankly at the sky with despair in his eyes.
Clearly.
Having completely lost all hope of saving his mother, he now had no idea what to do. After all, saving Kaguya was his entire reason for living.
Half an hour later.
Only after fully satisfying his urge to dance did Madara sit down to chat with Hashirama.
"By the way, Hashirama."
"Aren't you on that brat Uchiha Jin's side? Why have you also been locked up in this alternate dimension?"
"Could it be that you've had a falling out with him too?"
Madara's face was filled with confusion, clearly unable to wrap his head around it.
Just now, he had been too focused on enjoying his "dance," and only now that they had settled down did he finally ask.
Hearing this, Senju Hashirama quickly waved his hands and said, "Of course I wasn't locked up here. I just wanted to hurry over and chat with you, so I had Uchiha Jin send me in."
"Oh, that's right!"
"I was so focused on chatting with you that I forgot to talk about business."
"Since you've been reincarnated through Edo Tensei, do not release the Edo Tensei on your own anytime soon. According to Jin, the Pure Land is controlled by the Six Paths Sage, and Konoha is currently in a hostile state with him."
"If you return to the Pure Land, you could easily be controlled by the Six Paths Sage!"
"Jin will kill the Six Paths Sage as soon as possible. Once that's settled, you can do as you please, but absolutely do not return to the Pure Land in the short term!"
Senju Hashirama was extremely serious when he said this.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
In terms of being a bit simple-minded, Uchiha Madara was quite similar to Senju Hashirama.
He didn't react at all to Senju Hashirama forgetting business just to play. Instead, he was immediately curious about the situation in the Pure Land, the Six Paths Sage's state, and why Uchiha Jin had clashed with the Six Paths Sage.
He couldn't help it!
Back when he was alive, he and Senju Hashirama were practically the strongest in the Ninja World.
But what about now?
How did all these monsters and demons suddenly pop out of nowhere?
Senju Hashirama didn't hide anything either. He shared practically everything he knew.
The relationship between the Six Paths Sage Otsutsuki Hagoromo, Hamura, Kaguya, and the others; the origins of the Ōtsutsuki Clan; and the past of the Senju and Uchiha clans.
There was also Uchiha Jin's speculation—for instance, that the Ninja World was merely a nursery, and the so-called thousand-year feud between Ashura and Indra was actually orchestrated by the Six Paths Sage. The goal was to keep the Ninja World in a state of perpetual warfare to mass-produce powerful experts...
The ultimate goal was to confront the Ōtsutsuki!
This was the reason why the Ninja World had been unable to achieve peace for a thousand years, and also why Mount Myōboku and Hagoromo in the Pure Land could no longer sit still after Uchiha Jin unified the Ninja World, leading to the previous battle with Jiraiya.
Uchiha Madara's face was filled with shock.
He clearly had never expected the truth of the matter to be so absurd.
The reason the Ninja World couldn't find peace was simply because of Hagoromo's family, and their goal was to deliberately mass-produce strong ninjas to deal with the impending arrival of the Ōtsutsuki Clan in the future.
"Heh, how laughable!"
"To think that our past goal of peace wasn't unachievable because we lacked the ability, but because certain people didn't want us to achieve it!"
"This is something I cannot accept!"
"I can understand doing it to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and I know that training experts requires bloodshed, but I cannot accept treating the Ninja World as a so-called nursery!"
"After all, according to what you said, Hashirama, the Ōtsutsuki plant Divine Trees on various planets across the universe. If they want to train experts, why don't they go and conquer other planets?"
"All they had to do was maintain overall peace in the Ninja World, select those who are willing to fight and grow stronger, and then send them batch by batch into the boundless starry sky to fight."
"Don't tell me it can't be done!"
"They are Kaguya's children, born of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and they even learned Senjutsu..."
"If they couldn't even achieve this after a thousand years of cultivation, then it can only be said that the Six Paths Sage is actually nothing but a piece of trash!"
His words were incomparably domineering.
Yes!
Upon learning of the Ōtsutsuki Clan's existence, Uchiha Madara also understood the need to train strong fighters to prepare for potential future battles.
However, the same logic applied.
There are many ways to train strong fighters. Why did they have to choose the bloodiest, most brutal method—one that didn't even treat the people of the Ninja World as human beings?
To put it bluntly, it was sheer arrogance!
It was an arrogance that surpassed even that of the Uchiha. Those two so-called Sages, Hagoromo and Hamura—despite constantly spouting nonsense about "love"—acted with absolute superiority, never once viewing themselves and humanity as the same species.
"Exactly!"
"Madara, you are absolutely right!"
"Since the Ōtsutsuki often plant Divine Trees on various planets, it proves that there are definitely other planets in the vast starry sky besides the Ninja World."
"I've made up my mind!"
"Once it's my turn to be resurrected by Uchiha Jin, I will immediately revive and head into the starry sky to fight."
"Madara, do you want to join me?"
Uchiha Madara smiled proudly.
Fight?
Of course he would love to!
Not to mention fighting alongside Senju Hashirama. However, after the initial excitement, he couldn't help but fall silent. "Hashirama, don't get ahead of yourself."
"Although the Rinnegan can resurrect people, the conditions for resurrection are extremely harsh."
"My Rinnegan's host, Nagato, has a body that is considered powerful even among the Uzumaki Clan. But even if he sacrificed all of his so-called life force, he wouldn't be qualified to truly and completely resurrect me."
"Only after he gathers the nine Tailed Beasts and truly becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki will he barely have the qualification to resurrect me alone."
"Although that brat Uchiha Jin is quite strong, he still possesses the Rinnegan just like me. Are you really sure he can resurrect all of us?"
Hearing Senju Hashirama's words, Uchiha Madara was the first to be skeptical.
After all, both of them possessed the Rinnegan. Even if he had lost a step, he still didn't believe Uchiha Jin could pull off such a feat.
In response to this,
Senju Hashirama scratched his head, thought for a moment, and then shook his head. "I don't know the exact details either, but I'm willing to believe Uchiha Jin."
"That kid isn't one to make empty boasts, and so far, he hasn't failed to deliver on any of his promises."
"I trust my own judgment. Madara, you just need to trust me."
"Right now, Jin has gone back to Konoha to handle some business. He'll come over once he's done, and we can just ask him then."
"Don't worry, just wait..."
Hearing this, Uchiha Madara was taken aback.
However,
even though he didn't believe Uchiha Jin could achieve this, he was still willing to trust Senju Hashirama. After all, with their decades of friendship, he knew very well how accurate Senju Hashirama's judgment was.
Don't be fooled by Senju Hashirama's seemingly foolish demeanor; it was actually a case of great wisdom masquerading as folly!
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