The closer they got to Konoha, the more curious—and impressed—they became with the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Ren.
From everything Ren had shown so far, his strength and methods had long surpassed both Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara from the Warring States era.
Thinking about that, the resurrected First Kazekage and the others could not help glancing at Konoha's Hokage with envy.
Konoha had produced a shameless figure like Hiruzen Sarutobi.
But it had also produced Uchiha Ren, a monster capable of pushing the village to its absolute peak.
How could they not feel jealous?
"This is getting more and more interesting."
Hashirama casually found a place to sit down, looking relaxed.
"I'm really looking forward to meeting the Fifth Hokage."
"Monkey."
Tobirama glanced coldly at Hiruzen.
"When you meet Uchiha Ren, you had better kneel and apologize."
"What you did was so disgraceful that even I can't stand it."
"If you don't admit your mistakes, you may truly be remembered in disgrace forever."
"That's right."
Minato nodded with a mocking expression.
"As the Third Hokage, your actions make me, another Hokage, feel ashamed."
After saying that, Minato clenched his fist.
Every time he thought about what Naruto had suffered after he and Kushina died, rage welled up inside him.
"Hmph."
Hiruzen merely snorted and turned his head away.
Right or wrong, he would never kneel and apologize.
Things had already happened.
Even if he had to remain wrong until the end, he would never admit defeat.
Seeing this, Sakumo Hatake could only sigh.
Sakumo was fine.
He only wanted to return to Konoha and see his son.
Back then, he had been cornered by the Konoha higher-ups led by Hiruzen. Now, he had long since seen through everything.
If given another chance, he would never choose suicide again.
If Danzō, Koharu, and Homura are meant to be present, they felt miserable.
When they were alive, they had already been crushed by Uchiha Ren's overwhelming force.
Now that they had been revived through Edo Tensei, they were once again about to face the Fifth Hokage.
It was too difficult.
The only thing that gave Danzō, Koharu, and Homura a little comfort was that Hiruzen was standing in front of them.
As long as Hiruzen attracted most of the hatred, they would not be targeted immediately.
Because of that, the three of them almost wanted to beg Hiruzen to keep being stubborn.
Only if Hiruzen drew most of the hatred could they remain slightly safer.
"Bad news!"
Suddenly, White Zetsu cried out as if he had just received new information.
"Lord Madara, giant screens have appeared all across the shinobi world!"
After the enormous screens appeared, White Zetsu had immediately ordered his clones scattered throughout the world to gather information.
But the result shocked even him.
It was not just here.
Every major region in the shinobi world had a giant screen floating in the sky.
"What?"
"Screens have appeared everywhere?"
"What exactly is Uchiha Ren trying to do?"
"Why create so many of them?"
"This is unbelievable…"
As soon as White Zetsu finished speaking, shocked voices erupted through the group.
No one had expected the screens to appear across the entire world.
It was beyond shocking.
The atmosphere instantly became heavier.
"How is this possible?"
Madara felt as if he were going mad.
All this time, he had believed everything was under his control.
But now, that so-called control felt like a joke.
The Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Ren, seemed more like the true final boss.
Even while sitting in Konoha, he could shake the entire shinobi world.
Obito was equally stunned.
Clearly, he had also been shocked by Ren's scale.
"Hahaha! This is getting better and better!"
After the initial shock, Hashirama suddenly burst into laughter.
So the screens had not appeared only here.
They had appeared across the entire shinobi world.
That meant the Fifth Hokage was arranging something on a massive scale.
Excellent.
Truly excellent.
For some reason, Hashirama felt his blood stirring.
It was as if he had become part of a grand event.
"Could it be some kind of forbidden technique?"
Tobirama frowned helplessly.
As Konoha's Second Hokage, he was also an expert in creating jutsu.
He had developed the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Shadow Clone Technique, and even the forbidden Edo Tensei.
But no matter how hard he thought, he could not understand how Uchiha Ren had created so many enormous screens across the entire shinobi world at once.
Was the Fifth Hokage…
about to start a worldwide broadcast?
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