Konoha: Reincarnated by Orochimaru in the beginning

Upon hearing this, Tobirama raised an eyebrow slightly, and it was not difficult to see from his expression that he was gloating over Madara Uchiha's misfortune.

remember……

The doorman passed the 'corpse' that was thrown at him: "Why did you save Itama?"

Uchiha Gen: "Don't be so wary, I just want to conduct a small experiment."

Tobirama's aura instantly hardened: "Experiment? What did you do to Itama?!"

Uchiha Gen stroked his chin: "Um—does feeding him a little fatter count?"

"..."

Tobirama: "I held back in that battle. I've paid back what I owed you. Don't bother me again!"

Uchiha Gen didn't seem interested in this: "Oh, one more won't make a difference. I want to discuss something with you. Do you know how to activate the Mangekyou Sharingan?"

Materials delivered to his doorstep? Tobirama's expression shifted slightly. Although he really didn't want to continue dealing with the Uchiha people, this question just happened to hit a nerve.

……

After a blood test, Uchiha Gen sat on the hospital bed, seemingly talking to himself, yet also asking, "Do you think it's possible for a person to control their awakened Mangekyou Sharingan ability?"

Tobirama: "Heh, if you have that idea, why don't you put the Sage of Six Paths' eyes on your own face, then you'll be the new Sage of Six Paths."

Uchiha Gengen: "I'm serious."

Tobirama sneered: "Oh, really? So you plan to be half-sane and half-mad, using reason to guide your current emotional outburst, and then use your eyes as a wishing well to make your wishes come true. Heh, you're really something."

……

Uchiha Gen: "Everything is ready. I'll be leaving for a while in a couple of days, and before I leave, I plan to give you a 'gift'."

Tobirama kept track of the movements of the various ninja villages over the past few days, and discreetly put the experimental data on the fusion of Senju and Uchiha cells into a drawer: "Putting aside where you plan to go, I want to know what your so-called gift is?"

Seeing this, Uchiha Gen sighed: "Aren't you underestimating my eyes? Shall we just let them pass openly and honestly?"

Tobirama remained expressionless, showing no embarrassment at being caught: "Oh, I'm used to it. So what's your gift?"

Then, Uchiha Gen pulled a square object out of his pocket: "Here's a diary for you."

Tobirama: "..."

……

Tobirama paused in his recollection: "A monster..."

That guy actually accomplished something that seemed impossible—cell fusion—I wonder if I contributed to it. If I did, wouldn't that be reaping what I sowed?

Hashirama asked in confusion, "What monster?"

Tobirama ignored Hashirama and instead pondered deeply. During the battle in Kumogakure, his shattered mask had been restored, and the spaces he had encountered so far all seemed to exist in the 'past'? Based on that guy's personality, if the Mangekyou Sharingan's ability wasn't repair-type, then it could only be 'time'!

But—where did these emotions come from? Tobirama flipped through the notebook in his hands, his eyes darting around, combining it with the information he had gathered, and a ridiculous idea was about to sprout from the ground...

Suddenly, Tobirama stopped what he was doing and looked around. Tobirama's face showed fear, a fear unrelated to life or death, but simply the fear of existence itself!

Suddenly, with a snap!

Tobirama was struck hard on the head, the force of which knocked him to the ground.

Hashirama: "Are you more awake now?"

Tobirama, lying on the ground: "..."

Hashirama (absolutely no personal vendetta version): "Whatever you were thinking just now, all we need to know now is what to do and what we want to achieve."

Tobirama closed his eyes slightly, calming his agitated emotions while slowing his breathing to avoid dust getting into his nose, and slowly got up, saying, "Even if what we're doing is meaningless?"

Hashirama: "Perhaps, but—how will we know if we don't try?"

After a moment of silence, Tobirama suddenly ripped a line through the air with his notebook: "In that case—never mind, I'm leaving!"

Hashirama: "Where did Madara go?"

Even after being slapped on the head, Tobirama remained calm. After all, he couldn't help it if he wasn't calm; he couldn't win. "He went to find the eyes. He won't be back for a while. Are you sure you want to wait for him?"

Nagato...

Hashirama thought of his wife, Mito Uzumaki, but time was of the essence, especially in this strange space. If things could be resolved quickly, things might be alright… With that thought, Hashirama shook his head at Tobirama, indicating that he didn't have that idea—although saying that now seemed a bit too optimistic…

……

"You're welcome."

Zhou Qi put away his phone, stood up, and looked out through the glass door. It was pitch black outside, and there was no change in appearance to the naked eye: "Don't worry, it will be dawn in about two hours."

The person in front of her seemed easy to talk to. Karin hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you know how to get to the University of Science and Technology?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qi was taken aback, seemingly surprised, and looked Xiang Lin up and down, asking, "Are you also a student there?"

"Eh?" Karin was still struggling with how to explain, but since someone had offered her a way out, she subconsciously went along with it and admitted, "Yeah."

Zhou Qi showed an "I see" expression and nodded, as if recalling something: "So that's how it is. It seems you are one of the freshmen that old bald man was talking about a few days ago who were going to skip a grade and transfer in."

Seeing that Karin didn't reply, Zhou Qi seemed to assume that the girl was too shy and took the initiative to say:

"Since that's the case, it just so happens that Monday is after dawn. You can come with me then, and I'll show you the way. I'm also a student at that school, so you can call me Senior Zhou."

"Ah...okay..."

Karin's original explanation was completely useless. Things went unexpectedly smoothly. Just when Karin came up with a flawed explanation, the other party would offer a more perfect way out at the right time.

Furthermore, this step not only perfectly explained the specific situation to Karin, but the person who offered the step even intended to guide her, just like an NPC introducing the background story.

This feeling was strange to Karin; she had a gut feeling that something was amiss, but couldn't quite put her finger on it. Now, she knew why she was there, her identity, and her position. However, compared to what she had experienced recently, everything that had happened before seemed like a nightmare…

Just as Zhou Qi said, about two hours later, it really got light outside. Just like turning on a TV, the crowd outside returned to its usual liveliness within a minute, without any abnormality.

Ding~Welcome~