"…"
Hashirama's expression did not change.
He said calmly, "Something like the Nine-Tails can be suppressed with one hand. It's nothing special."
"After all, the Nine-Tails really can't hurt anyone."
As he said this, Hashirama seemed to remember something. He glanced at Madara provocatively.
"Madara, don't you think I'm right?"
"Correct."
Madara frowned, but still nodded without hesitation.
"The Nine-Tails is just a pet. It can't hurt anyone at all."
Truthfully, Madara did not want to respond to Hashirama.
But as Hashirama's closest rival, enemy, and friend, even Madara found it hard to refuse such a basic request.
Silence.
Complete silence.
Watching the legendary shinobi Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara cooperate like this, the surrounding shinobi were struck by a strange feeling.
Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Orochimaru all glanced between the two of them with odd expressions.
Something felt wrong.
Why did it seem like Hashirama and Madara shared some strange bond no one knew about?
"Hmph."
Sensing their gazes, Madara snorted coldly.
"The giant screen in the sky was most likely created by the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Ren. Its purpose should be to broadcast unknown scenes."
"The Nine-Tails has already been publicly humiliated."
At this point, Madara paused.
"Next, Uchiha Ren will definitely make another move. As for who the next target is, we can only wait and see."
"I hope none of you have any guilty secrets."
His voice turned indifferent.
He wanted to see exactly what Uchiha Ren was planning.
Wasn't it just exposing secrets?
Let him expose them.
Madara had nothing to fear.
"What?"
"Lord Madara, you mean…"
"Is Uchiha Ren trying to use these broadcasts to make us turn on each other?"
"That shouldn't be possible, right? I haven't done anything guilty since I was young."
"If unknown secrets are exposed, things could become very ugly."
The moment Madara finished speaking, waves of discussion spread through the camp.
Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, Sakumo Hatake, the Raikage, the Tsuchikage, the Kazekage, the Mizukage, and the other revived figures all showed doubtful expressions.
There was no helping it.
None of them were fools.
They understood Madara's hidden meaning.
Only the guilty feared exposure.
Now, Uchiha Ren clearly intended to reveal hidden secrets.
The consequences could affect everything.
That was both terrifying and troublesome.
"Damn it. Is Uchiha Ren trying to deny me peace even after death?"
Among them, Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart nearly collapsed.
For some reason, a bad feeling rose inside him.
After publicly humiliating the Nine-Tails, Uchiha Ren might use him as the next target.
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became.
Hiruzen knew very well what he had done.
He also understood what would happen if those things were broadcast to the entire world.
He was already infamous in Konoha.
If the whole shinobi world watched his past, then like the Nine-Tails, he would be publicly humiliated.
No.
He might become even worse.
He would become someone the entire shinobi world despised.
Of course, Hiruzen was not the only one worried.
The Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and the others also became serious.
Their eyes locked onto the giant screen.
Their hearts trembled.
After all, they were the leaders of Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
They still cared about their reputations.
If the screen showed some humiliating incident from their past, wouldn't they become laughingstocks just like the Nine-Tails?
As for what humiliating things they had done…
Just thinking about it made the Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki feel embarrassed.
Among everyone present, the most stunned was Black Zetsu.
He had never expected the giant screen Uchiha Ren created to be used for broadcasting famous scenes that publicly humiliated people.
Right now, it had shown the Nine-Tails.
But if it revealed his true identity as the hidden mastermind, wouldn't Madara attack him immediately?
"How did Uchiha Ren even create something like this?"
The more Black Zetsu thought, the more restless he became.
The only good news was that his mother, Kaguya, had already revived in another form.
That was the only silver lining.
Even if he was exposed, he could simply retreat strategically.
Once Kaguya regained her full power, he would make the entire shinobi world understand what true cruelty and madness looked like.
Aside from Black Zetsu and Hiruzen, Obito, who had been silent beneath his spiral mask, was also conflicted and confused.
If the giant screen exposed his real identity, wouldn't he also be publicly disgraced?
After all, over the years, he had acted as Madara's agent.
He had manipulated the shinobi world from the shadows.
He had killed his teacher's wife, Kushina.
He had done many things that went against the very Will of Fire he once believed in.
If those things were shown to the entire world…
Even Obito could not remain calm.
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