"Step two, explore the trap—subvert character expectations. You once thought I was an evil brat from the Uchiha Clan, but your attitude gradually changed to recognize me, even occasionally speaking on my behalf. This is where the contrast and twist lie."
"Step three, induce the trap—establish an emotional contract. You repeatedly offered to transfer your power to me, even though I refused, actually to suppress Uchiha Izuna, constantly implying that I could only accept your power..."
Aomi casually spoke, with only two fingers left:
"Tobirama, let me ask you, what are the last two steps in the Five-Step Technique? I've told you about them, and you know how to use them..."
Senju Tobirama's mind was already frozen, but his excellent memory remained, and before he knew it, he said,
"Destroy the trap, then repeat the mire trap of step four..."
Aomi laughed: "So you still remember, Tobirama?"
"So, are you going to start suppressing me now? Then, when I despair, you'll praise me again?"
"Yes, indeed, you've done it before. After all, you are Konoha's Second Hokage. Not listening to you means having no Will of Fire in one's heart, isn't that what you've always said?"
Senju Tobirama wished he could slap himself!
Why was his memory so good?
Even if he could remember, why couldn't his mouth just stay shut!
Aomi fell silent, looking deeply at Senju Tobirama as he sat next to him.
At this moment, Senju Tobirama felt the pupil power of Uchiha Izuna surging, happily throbbing and even faintly growing, sprouting from a thread...
Uchiha Izuna, damn you!
I'm misunderstood here and you must be enjoying this. Why don't you come out and say something!
At this moment, Senju Tobirama felt that being able to communicate with Aomi was instead a disadvantage...
Since he didn't know what to say, perhaps silence was a better option, but the problem was that staying silent when he could speak would tacitly imply he was behind it all!
He seemed to see Uchiha Izuna's wicked smile, fiercely mocking him—
"Senju Tobirama, is this your wisdom? What a ridiculous laugh, hahaha!"
At that moment, Uchiha Izuna's pupil power grew slightly stronger, though very weak, Senju Tobirama could keenly sense it.
But Senju Tobirama no longer dared to use Chakra to suppress Uchiha Izuna's pupil power...
If he were to actively interfere with Aomi's internal power under these circumstances, it would be an unfathomable disaster!
"Damn it, damn you, Uchiha Izuna, stop being so smug!"
Senju Tobirama thought powerlessly to himself, his strategy was enough to suppress Uchiha, but he couldn't guard against a stab from his own people...
How could he explain this to Aomi?
Senju Tobirama couldn't help but wonder what would happen if Aomi, who had already mastered his Water Release, Kinjutsu, and even begun to wield Chakra like a Senju-version Uchiha Izuna, were possessed from this moment on, what would become of Konoha?
No, it wasn't just a Konoha problem anymore...
This was an issue for the entire Ninja World to contemplate!
Combining the advantages of Uchiha Izuna, himself, and Uzumaki Mito's interference, the three top familial talents of the Ninja World allied with Aomi's extraordinary learning power and the Uchiha Clan's notorious stubbornness...
Senju Tobirama dared not imagine, during the legendary clashes with Uchihan Madara and Senju Hashirama,
If now Aomi started to think more, who could bring Aomi back to reality?
Senju Tobirama envisioned the scene of an adult Aomi being possessed—
A gigantic Susanoo, enshrined with red-gold bonds of Vajra sealing, yet able to weave through spaces with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, while Aomi is proficient in Medical Ninjutsu, Fuinjutsu, Water Release, Fire Release, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu...
His Chakra Level surpassing even those of Senju Hashirama's era...
And unlike Uchiha Madara, Aomi held unusual charisma, even if he were to do incredibly outrageous things, surely he would not end up as solitary as Uchiha Madara!
Uchiha Hachida, Shisui, Might Duy, Might Guy, even that wandering ninja Kakuzu, in Senju Tobirama's view, these people were not Konoha's ninja, but Aomi's death warriors!
As for Asuma and Tsunade, Senju Tobirama expected that if Aomi were possessed, the best-case scenario would be for these two to be bystanders, but more likely they'd rush in to help...
And the Uchiha Clan, those fickle fencesitters and stubborn old fools, Senju Tobirama did not think Setsuna and Fugaku had the level to arm wrestle with Aomi; eventually, they'd either serve loyally or be quietly eradicated.
One trusted by all, wielding the combined power of Senju, Uzumaki, and Uchiha...
Senju Tobirama fell into silence, contemplating if Aomi couldn't overcome this mental hurdle, repeatedly entangled in pondering the true and false, even beginning to doubt his own existence, leading to overthinking, then it would truly be terrifying...
This wasn't just about preparing a second Nine-tails for Konoha...
This was laying the groundwork for an even more formidable Uchiha Madara for the Ninja World!
Silence.
Deathly silence.
And even now, the likes of Uzumaki Mito, Tsunade, and Sarutobi Hiruzen were drawn into the silence.
"Tobirama, speak, I won't interrupt you anymore..."
Aomi's voice was filled with confusion and exhaustion, a feeling Senju Tobirama was all too familiar with.