Senju Tobirama is not alive.

Uchiha You returned home from the Root's secret room using the Flying Thunder God Technique. He immediately used a captured experimenter to perform the Impure World Reincarnation Technique to summon Senju Tobirama from the Pure Land.

Then he used sealing techniques to bind him in the basement of his own home, and then he responded to the Third Hokage's call and ran to the Root.

The skin of the Evil World Tobirama was pale and dark, and his face and body were covered with cracks that kept opening and then gradually merging. At this moment, the speed of the cracking had exceeded the speed of merging.

Uchiha You just saw that he was starting to lose some scum, so he said, "You don't have much time."

The speed of the fusion of the Impure World cannot keep up with the speed of erosion and damage in the Yang World, which means that the flesh, vitality and chakra used as the sacrifice will be exhausted.

Uchiha You felt a little regretful. If he had known that ordinary people were so fragile, he should have chosen a Root ninja.

But he changed his mind and rationally gave up the idea.

As the developer of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Tobirama Senju has a deep understanding of this technique. If the power of the sacrifice was not too weak, making it impossible for him to extract even basic chakra, he would probably have been able to break free from control just after being resurrected.

The second generation Hokage, Senju Tobirama, is not a good person. If he breaks free from control and regains his freedom, who knows what he will do.

Although its existence time is very limited, until he can build a new nest that is hidden and safe enough and can withstand the test, this weak and powerless Senju Tobirama is the best.

Anyway, he still had several ordinary researcher captives in his hands, enough to use for a while.

There's no need to worry if they run out of weapons. At this point in time during the war, there are all kinds of villains everywhere, and you can easily capture a large group of them.

Uchiha You was able to return safely all the way back to Konoha Village from the Land of Hot Water because he was a Jonin among the ninjas, and the only ones who could cause trouble for him were hostile ninjas.

If an ordinary person travels through the Land of Hot Springs, it is very normal to die seven or eight times.

Although the Ninja World War was only a fight between ninjas, and large-scale attacks like the Rain Country that destroyed ordinary people's lives were indeed rare, it does not mean that it has no impact on ordinary people at the bottom.

Ninjas waged wars on a large scale, but they also earned bonuses for carrying out missions, and this money could only come from the pockets of the Daimyo of the Five Great Countries.

These daimyo themselves do not produce anything, and their money is obtained by taxing ordinary people.

The war was extremely costly, and the daimyo would only increase taxes, and impose more taxes.

Because prices were soaring, the daimyo and nobles did not want to live a hard life, so they could only let the farmers and small merchants below suffer.

What's even worse is that even though prices are soaring, farmers can't sell their grain at a good price. The daimyo only want money and not the goods, so they can only sell the grain at a low price to merchants in exchange for money, and then pay taxes that have increased more than tenfold.

After taking all the calculations, the burden on farmers has increased nearly a hundredfold, and bankruptcy is a natural outcome.

When grassroots workers go bankrupt on a large scale, they will transform from producers to destroyers, and bandits and robbers will appear everywhere.

Moreover, they can never be killed or eradicated.

In fact, they are also very pitiful. Uchiha You is full of sympathy for those farmers who have gotten rid of taxes and rely on production activities to support themselves, but he will not hesitate to use weapons against those who have suddenly adapted to killing and indulged in violence.

In short, in this chaotic ninja world, there will never be a shortage of inferior Impure World Offerings.

Senju Tobirama looked at Uchiha You steadily. He had very complicated feelings about this Uchiha boy.

He did not have the madness unique to the Uchiha family that Tobirama was familiar with, nor did he have the loyalty and innocence visible to the naked eye like Uchiha Kagami, nor did he have the slightest respect for the Hokage of Konoha Village.

The first time Senju Tobirama met Uchiha You was just a few hours ago, but he used the Sharingan to map Uchiha You's perspective at the Jonin meeting.

At the beginning, his focus was on the issues discussed in the meeting. He hated Shimura Danzo so much that he wanted to pull this idiot out of the Pure Land and beat him to death again to relieve his hatred.

Soon, Tobirama Senju discovered that his stupid disciple Sarutobi Hiruzen had changed.

He was so brave and responsible twenty years ago, but today he has become a chatterbox, and his words and deeds are all about shirking responsibility, and his tactics of delaying time are endless.

If he was like this back then, he would never have been chosen to be the Third Hokage.

Of course, Danzo Shimura is even worse. If Tobirama Senju went back to twenty years ago, he would just beat him to death. Does he still want to be Hokage?

Dream on.

He also saw Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En today, and they turned into useless dogs guarding the house.

Only Akimichi Tofu, who was sitting in the crowd, still looked as steady and honest as he did in the past. Unfortunately, a simple and honest ninja who was not aggressive was not suitable to be the Hokage.

Uchiha Kagami, what a pity! If he had been well, he would have been the most suitable candidate for Hokage.

From Uchiha Mirror, Senju Tobirama thought of the Uchiha boy who had communicated with him. He gradually focused his attention on the changes in perspective reflected in the picture, and felt the changes in Uchiha You's mentality and his attitude towards the ninjas present.

Senju Tobirama unexpectedly discovered that Uchiha You was full of hostility and contempt towards Uchiha Setsuna, was full of disdain and vigilance towards Fugaku, who was supposed to be the head of the Uchiha clan, and had a scrutinizing attitude towards Uchiha Yumi, who was also an elder.

The most interesting thing is that when he looked at Uchiha Ryunosuke and Uchiha Yuichiro, his perspective was looking down on them and his attitude was that of a superior to his subordinates.

The responses from the two elders were obedience and respect, which surprised Senju Tobirama. It was obvious that this young man was extraordinary, and he had to re-examine everything related to this young man.

Then he discovered that Uchiha You was an extremely insightful boy. He could understand all of Sarutobi Hiruzen's words and expressed great disdain. He despised the senior ninjas who were not on the front line but were bossy, but he respected every ordinary Konoha villager he met.

For some reason, Tobirama Senju suddenly felt that this Uchiha boy was a better candidate for Hokage than Uchiha Kagami.

The reason is that people are more likely to die than others.

Uchiha Kagami is obviously a good candidate, but compared to this young man, he seems to be not smart enough and too innocent and naive.

But what moved Senju Tobirama the most was that after Uchiha Yu came back from the meeting, he discussed with him the new application and development details of Ninjutsu. During the discussion, their thoughts were in sync, their thinking rhythms matched, they inspired each other, and quickly completed the framework design of Ninjutsu.

The collision of thoughts, the exchange of equal wisdom, and the sense of accomplishment in developing ninjutsu all made Senju Tobirama enjoy himself to the extreme and gave him great spiritual satisfaction.

Compared to his brother who can only clap his hands roughly and crush everything with chakra, this Uchiha boy is just a pure brain waste. It's disgusting to think about it.

As his body disintegrated, Senju Tobirama knew that his time to return to the human world was over. Before he disappeared, he said one last sentence: "It would be great if you were not an Uchiha."

Uchiha Yuu smiled and responded: "Uchiha is pretty good, at least better than the Senju whose surname has been completely annihilated."

Just one sentence was enough to completely break down Senju Tobirama's defense, and his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Uchiha You laughed joyfully, and the Second Hokage's face became even darker, his pair of dark eyes almost spitting fire.

After that, neither of them spoke, and the dirty land continued to collapse and disappear until Senju Tobirama completely returned to the pure land.

Uchiha You looked at the remnants of the dirty world all over the ground, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and said with an ambiguous meaning: "We will meet often in the future, Second Hokage."

"After all, you are so smart, and your ability to develop ninjutsu is unparalleled in the world. You are the best resource in the ninja world."

After a long silence, Uchiha You started cleaning. The ground was covered with dirt and debris, making it very difficult to clean.

When cleaning, if you are not careful, it will be everywhere, floating in the air and not coming down, which makes people lose their temper.

Uchiha You packed up patiently, put them into a garbage bag and sealed it tightly before leaving the basement.

At night, he couldn't help but complain to Miwa Masayo: "The Impure World Reincarnation is not very convenient. There is always garbage everywhere."

Miwa Masayo laughed so hard that she fell down, but she knew Uchiha You too well, so she asked directly: "You, you definitely don't dislike the Impure World Reincarnation Technique because it's dirty, meow. Tell me, why is that, meow?"

Uchiha You said seriously: "The key issue that bothers me is the ownership of the soul."

"The soul of Senju Tobirama is in the Pure Land. From a certain perspective, the Second and First Generations are the private property of the Six Paths Sage."

"To be honest, I don't have a friendly attitude towards Otsutsuki Hagoromo. He can even be considered one of my imaginary enemies in the future."

"If I don't find a way to change the ownership, he might kill all my people one day, and I'll lose all my money."

Miwa Masayo's eyes flickered as he said in a tone of solidarity: "We have to find a way to guard against him, meow, but he is the Sage of Six Paths, meow, and he lives in the Pure Land. How can we compete with him, meow..."

Suddenly the tabby cat's eyes lit up, she jumped up and shouted, "You."

"What's wrong?"

"I remember you said, meow, that the Purple Mansion World is inhabited by sentient beings, right, meow?"

"Yes, the hole octopus Xiao Ke is the mutated soul of a Root ninja, and there is also the red goldfish that is the incarnation of the river god... I understand what you mean."

"Whether it's a mutated soul or an incarnation of a god, it's still a soul."

"That's right meow, you can find a way to get them all to the Purple Mansion meow."

“Right, that’s right. That’s right. Grab the First and Second Generation, as well as White Fang and the Snow Clan’s chieftain, and bring them all to my Purple Palace. Let them be my… divine emissaries.”

"What is a divine messenger, meow?"

"I have established the Cloud God Court in the Purple Mansion. The messengers sent by the God Court are the God Envoys."

Miwa Masayo's attention immediately shifted, and she said with shining eyes, "The Clouds God Court, it sounds very powerful. I really want to see what it looks like."

Uchiha You rubbed his chin, chuckled and said: "There will be a chance, there will definitely be a chance."

…

The jonin meeting ended, the jonin dispersed, and the three giants of Konoha, which were formed by the reduction of Konoha F4, gathered in the Hokage's office and started another closed-door meeting.

Mitomon En asked, "Hiruzen, why did you announce your resignation? You can't resign. If you resign, who will become the Hokage?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked helplessly and dissatisfiedly: "Yan, why are you so slow?"

"What Shimura Danzo did has aroused public outrage. As the Hokage, I have no way of getting rid of my leadership responsibilities. If I don't clearly express my resignation today, I will be voted down by the angry jonin and become the first Hokage to be impeached and removed from office."

He glanced at Mitomon En and Utatane Koharu, and continued, "Then you won't be able to keep your position as Hokage assistants, and we will lose all our power."

Utatane Koharu asked, "Hiruzen, what you said makes sense and what you did is very correct, but the question is what should we do next to reassure the jonin?"

The Third Hokage answered confidently, "This matter is not difficult to handle. I will immediately transfer Orochimaru back and make him my deputy to take on the mess left by Danzo. I will also let the jonin see that I am already preparing to abdicate."

"This will put their minds at ease. In addition, with the efforts I made today to divide the jonin into different camps, they should no longer be able to bypass me and hold a jonin meeting on their own."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression became extremely serious, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

He subconsciously lowered his voice and said slowly: "The biggest and most urgent problem we are facing right now is not this, but to find the murderer who killed Danzo, kill him, and solve this threat from the root."

"The ninja who awakened the Wood Release Bloodline Limit..."

Mitomon En and Utane Koharu both shuddered, a chill rising from behind them, making the back of their heads feel cold.

Danzo Shimura's strength is far beyond the two of them, and his character is extremely suspicious, cautious, and insidious. He acts in a tough way and never trusts others.

Danzo Shimura's personality is recognized as the most survivable personality, but Danzo was killed in his lair, and even the entire Root base was killed.

This was someone who had forced his way into the Root and had brutally killed his way through this mysterious department which was even more mysterious and more heavily guarded than the ANBU, and in the end, he had also killed Danzo Shimura.

They all checked the scene and found only traces of Wood Release. Danzo Shimura did not leave any signs of battle. His Vacuum Series Wind Release Ninjutsu could not be used, and no summoning ninjutsu appeared.

Danzo Shimura was killed instantly.

This is where the two of them were frightened. Shimura Danzo was killed instantly when he saw him, so what about himself?

The Third Hokage was also frightened, but his thoughts were different from the other two.

Sarutobi Hiruzen examined the battlefield more carefully, and through various details he could confirm that Shimura Danzo was killed because of carelessness and was ambushed.

Therefore, what he was afraid of was not the other party's strength, but the other party's identity and understanding of Konoha.

The Wood Release Ninja was able to sneak attack Danzo Shimura at the Root. His knowledge of Konoha Village was extremely exaggerated. At least he knew the specific location of the top-secret Root chamber.

The Third Hokage guessed that the Wood Release Ninja must have learned about the Wood Release experiment and launched a retaliatory action, which means that he also had a source of information in the Root.

This is extremely incredible. In Sarutobi Hiruzen's opinion, the Root's review and control of internal personnel are too strict, and even seriously damage their own combat effectiveness.

But apart from the fact that there was a traitor in the Root, he couldn't think of any reason to explain why Danzo was attacked.

The Wood Release Ninja's sneak attack on Shimura Danzo was so perfect that it would have been impossible without absolutely detailed and true information.

Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen suspected that the Wood Release Ninja was a villager of Konoha Village, or even a regular ninja of Konoha Village, or even that he or his parents were once members of the Senju clan.

When the Third Hokage explained his concerns, Utane Koharu covered her mouth with both hands and Mito Kadokō En put her right thumb into her mouth. Only in this way could they suppress their screams.

Could it be that the death of Danzo Shimura was actually a protest by the Senju clan against Wood Release human experiments?

That makes so much sense.

Mitomon Yan bit his thumb until it bled and suddenly shouted, "Shut up! We must issue a gag order. The villagers cannot be allowed to know the details!"

Utatane Koharu also screamed, "Yes, it must be kept a secret!"

They all knew that if the information about this matter were to be made public, the legitimacy of the Third Hokage would be widely questioned, and the situation for the two of them would only become worse.

Sarutobi Hiruzen knocked off his extinguished pipe and said helplessly: "I have already issued the gag order, but you should know how effective it is."

"There are so many people who witnessed it this time. Even ordinary villagers saw the scene of the wood release tree tearing open the ground. It can't be sealed."

"If we don't deal with the Wood Release Ninja, he will continue to cause trouble again and again. The gag order can only have the opposite effect, making the ninjas and villagers think that we are guilty."

Mito Kado En finally heard the dissatisfaction in Sarutobi Hiruzen's words. He woke up in time, so he took a deep breath and said slowly: "Hiruzen, what do you say? I will listen to you."

The Third Hokage nodded in satisfaction and said to Mito Kado En: "When Orochimaru comes back, Konoha's daily work and Danzo's work will be handed over to him, and I will focus on matters related to the war. And you will be responsible for tracking down the identity of this Wood Release ninja, starting from the list of Konoha ninjas, and checking them one by one."

Utatane Koharu was stunned. She retorted, "Huruzen, there are more than 30,000 ninjas in Konoha now. We don't have the ability to check them all..."

"Koharu!" Sarutobi Hiruzen interrupted her and said sternly: "Now is a critical moment, you should change your sloppy lifestyle!"

"Besides, you don't need to check 30,000 ninjas."

Mitomon Yan nodded and said: "I understand. First of all, there is no need to check the 27,000 ninjas on the front line. It is impossible for them to come back from thousands of miles away to do these two major events."

Sarutobi Hiruzen praised with satisfaction: "That's right. For these 20,000 ninjas, we only need to check the few ninjas who have returned from their missions."

"Also, you don't need to check the ninjas of the ninja clan, nor the old ninjas who became famous before the teacher retired. You should focus on the first generation of civilian ninjas who have no surnames and no family trees, as well as the previous generation of small ninja clan ninjas who married civilians."

Sarutobi Hiruzen paused, and finally emphasized: "Especially civilian ninjas who have outstanding performance, large amounts of chakra, and have mastered ninjutsu that they shouldn't have mastered."

Mitomon En and Utane Koharu bowed their heads and accepted the order: "Yes!"