Chapter 154: Izuna's Earth-Shattering Defense: Seisui is Tobirama's and My Grandson!
Izuna raised his hands high.
Hiruzen was taken aback. Was this the younger brother of the Ghost of the Uchiha, the lifelong rival of Tobirama-sensei?
He seemed quite aware of current affairs...
And Izuna truly had no other choice.
The things he cared about most in his heart, besides his older brother, were his clansmen.
And right now, the Uchiha clan was making a living under Hiruzen Sarutobi's leadership. What would be the point of him putting on a tough attitude?
Now he also had to add "Seisui" into the mix...
Although Izuna theoretically treated "Seisui" as a peer, his heart was as clear as a mirror: this was his grandson!
Not paving the way for his descendant was one thing, but if he caused trouble just for a little bit of face, that would be too stupid!
Moreover, the situation was stronger than the person.
With Mito, the Nine-Tails, and Hiruzen Sarutobi sitting right here...
Let alone the fact that he was currently just a soul body, even if he were in his prime and had his Mangekyou dojutsu...
If they fought, he would definitely end up dead here.
"You are half a Konoha shinobi?"
Mito gave Hiruzen a look, indicating she would deal with Izuna. "Where did this even come from?"
"Izuna, don't bring out those little schemes and mind games of yours to make a fool of yourself. You know my abilities..."
The little fox stood on Mito's shoulder and chimed in, "This Great Uncle also has malice sensing! As long as there is the slightest thing wrong with you, then just wait for us to torture you using various methods! We have a full nine methods to make you tell the truth; Mito just told me secretly!"
At this moment, the Nine-Tails looked straight into Izuna's eyes, feeling incredibly refreshed in its heart.
This was a feeling it had never experienced before.
So what if it was Madara's younger brother?
Even if you have the Mangekyou Sharingan, do you dare use it on me?!
Is this the feeling of having comrades and finding an organization? The Nine-Tails smacked its lips; this flavor actually seemed pretty good.
Izuna's face was covered in black lines.
In the past, Mito relied on her Mind's Eye of the Kagura polished to the extreme to analyze a person's state through a series of changes in chakra, heartbeat, pulse, and so on...
And now, she had added the Nine-Tails acting as a lackey!
What was the difference between this and mind reading?
Tobirama hid in the spiritual space and let out a long sigh of relief.
This was exactly the feeling he had when he used to be interrogated by Mito.
With the Mind's Eye of the Kagura turned to maximum power, as long as Mito asked him a question, she didn't even need to listen to the answer...
The subconscious physical indicators would explain everything.
And now with the Nine-Tails' assistance added on, it was even more terrifying to think about!
But now, none of this mattered...
Because it was none of Tobirama's business!
He was currently Seisui, just a green Uchiha youth.
Izuna's eyes darted around, his hands held high. "Oh my! Others might not know, but Mito, don't you know?"
"Back then, when the Senju and Uchiha clans fought to the very end, we both actually thought about peace talks. It was just that the hatred between the clansmen was too intense, so we could only continue fighting until both sides were exhausted..."
"But we both exercised restraint, avoiding the deaths of important figures that would lead to further deterioration of the situation."
"Wasn't it like that when I fought Tobirama Senju back then?"
Mito nodded slightly. "Continue..."
Izuna wasn't lying about this.
"Tobirama Senju was truly too despicable."
"In our final battle, during our clash of blades, he clearly fell under my Sharingan genjutsu. But I didn't use my Flame Beheading to strike his vitals; I just kicked him away!"
"But in the end, he was instead hiding a move, the Flying Thunder God Slash, and heavily injured me to the point of death..."
"Otherwise, I actually should have been one of the founders of Konoha, at least in the top five in ranking..."
"Moreover, my older brother is also a founder of Konoha, and I am still a member of the Uchiha clan. Saying I am half a Konoha person is not an exaggeration."
Izuna said sincerely.
Several question marks slowly surfaced in Tobirama's heart.
How can this person lie through his teeth with his eyes wide open? Can he blame me for that?!
It's true I used the Flying Thunder God Slash to stab you in the chest, but did I finish you off afterwards?
Didn't I let you off the hook too!
Wasn't your death because you refused to bow your head to me? Otherwise, with Big Brother and Mito stepping in, plus my jutsu, as long as a mad dog like you hasn't taken its last breath, how could you have died?
Tobirama vigorously cursed in his heart.
Not only that, but the Senju and Uzumaki also had a bunch of clansmen who excelled at medical ninjutsu or had special constitutions.
If Izuna had bowed his head at the time, and Madara Uchiha brought him to plead for mercy, it would have truly been hard for him to die even if he wanted to!
Damned Izuna, making it sound like I'm the kind of despicable person who only knows how to sneak attack...
You're weak, that means you're weak. You're stubborn, that means you're stubborn. And you're actually holding a grudge about it here? With your level that hasn't improved since the Warring States period, even if you resurrect one day, you'll still be a head lower than me!
Possessing the power of the Uchiha and cultivating again in a new life, my upper limit is no longer something a mortal like you can imagine.
Even your Mangekyou dojutsu is known to me; you have no secrets in front of me!
Although no one could hear him...
After grumbling it out in his heart, Tobirama felt much better!
Facing Izuna's defense, Mito chuckled.
"Is that so?"
"Why do I feel like it was you whose mindset became unbalanced after being sneak-attacked by Tobirama? You lost your reason, forgot the possibility of peace talks, and insisted on giving your eyes to Madara Uchiha so that he could defeat the Senju with military force."
Mito Uzumaki said faintly, "If you hadn't wanted to die back then, could you have died?"
"When he found out you died back then, Tobirama went back and was gloomy for several days, saying that an Uchiha like you actually lost his reason too, feeling that as his fated rival, you shouldn't have been at such a level."
At this moment.
Whether it was Izuna's or Tobirama's emotions, or a combination of both...
In short, fine beads of sweat appeared on "Seisui's" forehead.
Mito, you could actually analyze even this? And I was actually looked down upon by Tobirama after my death!
Sister-in-law, what are you saying to this guy? You make it sound like I actually felt sorry for this bastard!
Hiruzen was completely confused listening to this.
Between Tobirama-sensei and Izuna Uchiha...
They were clearly fated rivals, but why does this sound like a somewhat complicated relationship?
Did they actually want to kill the other side or not!
It was getting quite twisted.
Mito noticed Hiruzen's emotions, turned to look at him, and sighed.
"Hiruzen, you were too young back then, you don't understand the relationship between the Senju and the Uchiha."
"These two groups of people were very strange."
"When they hated each other, they couldn't wait to chop the other into eight pieces! If they started missing each other, they would secretly tip each other off."
"It's just that most of them were men, otherwise it would be just like the plots in those romance novels: a man and a woman forced by circumstances into loving each other but born in opposing factions, forced to slaughter each other for their clans."
"Oh my, you just don't know, Hiruzen!"
"Just listening to it gave me heartburn. It was extremely common for a certain Senju or Uchiha to originally be on good terms with each other, but because the other side killed someone close to them, they would hack at each other with expressions and dialogue full of both love and hate."
After encountering an old acquaintance from the Warring States period...
Mito's complaints, suppressed for years, poured out like floodwaters.
Hashirama and Madara, those two people, made Mito frown deeply just looking at them back then; she always felt those two were very strange.
Tobirama and Izuna sweat even more heavily listening to this.
Neither of them could refute Mito...
But they truly couldn't bear this kind of stigmatization!
However, putting aside the fact that both of them believed they wished the other side dead...
Tobirama and Izuna also admitted that the relationships between some other Senju and Uchiha were indeed a bit twisted.
Sister-in-law really... having nothing to do in the village for so many years, she must have read too many weird novels. However, there was indeed something not quite right between Big Brother and Madara.
Mito can actually see this layer? The relationship between Brother and Hashirama was too strange, and some of the other clansmen also seemed to be like the two of them...
Hiruzen turned his head and looked blankly at "Seisui".
Tobirama's heart skipped a beat.
Oh no, could my tall, mighty, and peerlessly intelligent image in Hiruzen's heart be destroyed by Mito?
"Lady Mito, it's been hard on you!"
Hiruzen said to Mito from the bottom of his heart, "It truly hasn't been easy for you all these years..."
The Third Hokage of Konoha was also frightened by these great Warring States bonds between the Senju and Uchiha.
What a group of eccentrics.
"Sigh." Mito shook her head emotionally.
After so many years, only Hiruzen had ever said it hadn't been easy for her!
What a good boy...
"Izuna, Isshin has already reported the mechanism of your summoning dojutsu to me."
"Although the ability of a Mangekyou dojutsu is overbearing, my Sealing Jutsu can also be considered to have achieved minor success. Imprisoning you within Seisui's body so that your consciousness cannot permeate out is still something I can do."
Isshin opened his mouth.
He wanted to say that if that happened...
Izuna's power couldn't be used by Seisui!
Human souls and chakra were different from Tailed Beasts; it wasn't like they could be used as power banks just by being sealed in the body. But Isshin thought about it.
The current Konoha and Seisui didn't seem to need Izuna's power that much either.
Isshin cast a helpless look at his former idol and chose to keep his mouth tightly shut.
Good luck, Young Clan Head...
Hearing Mito's threat, Izuna took a deep breath.
He didn't doubt for a second that Mito would do this to him.
This was a fierce woman who did what she said!
After all, how could anyone who could manage Hashirama Senju be ordinary?
Izuna still wanted to observe the Uchiha clan's development more and offer advice and suggestions for his clansmen...
And his compatibility with Seisui was so good; the dojutsu consumption of "Yata no Kagami" was considerably low.
Izuna also wanted to escort Seisui for a bit, at least until he had sufficient self-protection capabilities...
To act as a so-called "Dao Protector"!
If he were sealed up by Mito, all of this would be empty talk!
And the feeling of being inside a seal... just thinking about it was incredibly uncomfortable, it would be better to return to the Pure Land...
"Mito, the rights and wrongs, the disturbances of the past... these things cannot be clearly untangled."
"You can sense my chakra and emotions."
Izuna's expression became serious. He tightened the Adamantine Sealing Chains on his body and even picked up a sharp section and slightly pierced it into "Seisui's" body.
This way, it would allow Mito to sense even more clearly.
Seeing this, Tobirama's eyebrows twitched.
What a terrible pilot! I'll remember this grudge...
"I have a very good impression of the current Konoha."
"Although Hiruzen Sarutobi is Tobirama Senju's disciple, he hasn't been polluted. Instead, he has inherited Hashirama's broad-mindedness and great love, which even convinces me."
"His Fireside Chat, Seisui replayed it for me using genjutsu, and I was completely fascinated listening to it."
"This is the village I yearn for, the collective I want to build. In such a Konoha, the Uchiha clan will definitely live far, far better than in the Warring States period!"
"Mito, I love the Uchiha, you know this..."
Izuna said incredibly sincerely.
And in the joint sensing of Mito and the Nine-Tails, this speech was verified as true.
There were no signs of abnormality.
It was just that Tobirama silently recorded another debt for Izuna.
Calling Hiruzen Big Brother's disciple again... You're never going to stop, are you!
Mito narrowed her eyes.
This was one of her customary pressure tactics.
Even knowing it was the truth, one shouldn't rush to state a position.
Instead, by utilizing one's sensory abilities to exert pressure on the opponent, just by showing slight doubt, the other party would be forced to reveal more true intelligence.
As expected, Izuna's heart skipped a beat.
It seems I still can't hide it from Mito. I can only tell her Seisui's identity...
Tobirama watched this scene with a smile.
He was too familiar with this!
Izuna, can you still hold out? Honestly confess your other thoughts!
Maybe you can even say something about Madara...
"Mito, Seisui is very special."
Izuna hesitated for a moment, but still said in a deep voice, "He is a child cursed by his bloodline!"
Mito raised an eyebrow.
Isshin on the side also grew nervous. "Young Clan Head, are you talking about Seisui's Kekkei Genkai disease? I know his disease is very severe, but I clearly cured him with 'Sukuna Hikona'!"
"It's not a Kekkei Genkai disease, it's more troublesome than that. It is a curse brought by his bloodline..."
"This is something no dojutsu can cure."
Izuna sighed.
And Tobirama suddenly understood what Izuna was going to say...
Actually, he had clearly already prepared himself mentally, but reaching this step, he still couldn't quite hold back...
The King of Fabricating Nasty Rumors is coming!
Isshin became even more worried, and even Hiruzen revealed a curious expression.
What had Izuna discovered?
Discovered Tobirama's true identity? That would be significant enough, but it clearly wasn't what he was showing.
But besides that, what else could make Izuna this serious?
"Seisui..."
"Is the child of my and Tobirama Senju's children. In other words, he is my grandson, and that guy's grandson!"
"So, I would absolutely never harm Seisui, nor would I use him."
"I know he was rescued from Kusagakure and has lived a very hard life since childhood. I just want to pass on all my skills to him, so he can live a better life in a good place like Konoha."
Izuna Uchiha's expression was heavy as he spoke incredibly earnestly. "If you ask what intentions I have towards him..."
"It's just that I want him to lead the Uchiha clan to become better! I also want him to be Hokage in the future..."
"I know Konoha doesn't emphasize bloodline inheritance... But at the very least, as a descendant of Tobirama Senju, even if he is an Uchiha, he should have a chance, right?"
"As long as his contributions to the village are great enough, and his character is good enough, I believe the Third Hokage is a fair person!"
Izuna's earth-shattering words completely silenced every living being present.
It was like some kind of supreme grand sealing mute jutsu!
Hiruzen lost his composure in a rare instance, his expression slightly twisted.
What on earth was going on here!
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