"So this is the origin of the Tailed Beasts?"
Uchiha Yuzuru's words plunged Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama into deep thought; they found it somewhat unbelievable.
They were considered Ninjas who had stood at the very peak of the Ninja World, yet they knew nothing about this matter.
Thinking of this, Senju Tobirama couldn't help but ask in surprise, "How do you know these things?"
Uchiha Yuzuru lightly tapped the desk with his hands and said calmly, "Uchiha Madara told me."
"Madara?!" Hearing Uchiha Madara's name, Senju Hashirama's eyes immediately lit up.
He excitedly took two steps forward, muttering, "So it was Madara..."
Senju Tobirama's brow furrowed even tighter.
He asked, confused, "Uchiha Madara was killed by my elder brother at the Valley of the End decades ago. How could he have told you such secrets?"
"Did Uchiha Madara leave such secrets within your Uchiha Clan before he defected?"
Although he guessed this, the more Senju Tobirama thought about it, the more impossible it seemed.
When Uchiha Madara left Konoha, not a single clan member was willing to follow him. Given Madara's personality, he wouldn't have left behind a single word within the clan.
Furthermore, Uchiha Madara had no reason to know more than they did... Seeing Senju Tobirama frowning in contemplation, Uchiha Yuzuru smiled and said, "You underestimate Madara. The Madara back then did not die at the Valley of the End."
"What?!"
This sudden news caused both brothers, Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, to gape in disbelief.
Senju Hashirama said gravely, "Impossible. I held Madara's corpse and confirmed it for a long time. Madara cannot still be alive."
Senju Tobirama also chimed in, "I also repeatedly confirmed Uchiha Madara's corpse. Are you sure you haven't gone mad?"
Seeing the two looking confused and bewildered, Uchiha Yuzuru closed his mouth and said nothing more.
Senju Hashirama felt like a kitten was scratching his chest, and for the first time, an anxious expression appeared on his face: "Yuzuru, speak up, won't you?"
Uchiha Yuzuru glanced at Senju Tobirama and slowly said, "I have no obligation to tell you these things, especially since someone here constantly holds a hostile attitude toward the Uchiha."
Senju Hashirama immediately slapped Senju Tobirama on the back of the head: "Apologize to him!"
Senju Tobirama gritted his teeth, feeling equally curious about what Uchiha Yuzuru had said. Finally, he bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
"What were you wrong about?"
"I..." Senju Tobirama clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and said, "I shouldn't hold hostility toward the Uchiha Clan."
"Hmph! Evil Senju Tobirama!"
Seeing Senju Tobirama's face turn red, Uchiha Yuzuru felt greatly pleased.
He stopped pressing the other party and began to explain: "The Uchiha Clan has a forbidden technique called Izanagi. It allows one to reverse a reality unfavorable to oneself, at the cost of the light of one Sharingan."
"Uchiha Madara activated this forbidden technique beforehand back then, rewriting the reality of his own death."
Hearing this, even Senju Tobirama, who was known as the Great Master of Forbidden Techniques, couldn't help but gasp.
The Sharingan actually possesses such an ability—it's truly terrifying... Senju Hashirama, however, felt a strange sense of relief in his heart.
Back then, he was forced to kill his best friend for the sake of the Village. Now, hearing that his friend had not died but survived, the thorn that had been lodged in his heart for years was finally pulled out.
He couldn't help but ask, "What happened next?"
"Later, Uchiha Madara obtained your cells. After transplanting them onto himself, he gained the Power of All Creation."
"Using the Power of All Creation, Uchiha Madara evolved his Mangekyo Sharingan into the Rinnegan in his later years."
"And the Rinnegan is the eye that the Six Paths Sage originally possessed."
Uchiha Yuzuru stated everything he knew in one breath: "After obtaining the Rinnegan, Uchiha Madara became aware of many things and summoned the Gedo Statue."
Seeing Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama frown again, Uchiha Yuzuru added, "The Gedo Statue is the husk of the Ten-Tails."
Senju Tobirama mused, "In other words... if the nine Tailed Beasts are sealed into the Gedo Statue, the Ten-Tails can be revived?"
Uchiha Yuzuru nodded: "That's right."
"With the assistance of the Gedo Statue, Uchiha Madara managed to cling to life."
"During the Third Great Ninja War, he actively sought me out and told me many secrets."
"Including secrets concerning the Six Paths Sage, the Rinnegan, the Tailed Beasts, and... the Eye of the Moon Plan."
Senju Tobirama spoke keenly, "The Eye of the Moon Plan? Is that the Ninja World Unification you mentioned?"
Uchiha Yuzuru shook his head: "Not exactly. The Eye of the Moon Plan involves becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and using the moon to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, plunging everyone in the Ninja World into a Genjutsu to achieve peace and allow everyone to live a life where their wishes come true."
Hearing this, Senju Tobirama sneered, "Isn't that just self-deception?"
Making everyone enter the Genjutsu World to escape reality—how could that be considered true peace?
Moreover, if the Genjutsu World is disconnected from reality, wouldn't all humans in the Ninja World eventually die out over time?
He looked at Uchiha Yuzuru and said, "Compared to Uchiha Madara, I approve of your plan more."
"I just didn't expect the Ninja World to hold such profound secrets..."
Hearing the stories of the Six Paths Sage, the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Rinnegan, Senju Tobirama felt somewhat agitated.
It seemed his perspective had been too narrow before.
He still had many things he wanted to ask, such as about the "Power of All Creation," and "why the Six Paths Sage divided the Ten-Tails."
However, seeing that Uchiha Yuzuru had lost the interest to continue speaking, he could only suppress these questions in his heart.
Senju Hashirama asked curiously, "Yuzuru, why did you tell us these things?"
"You are, after all, Tsunade's elders, so seeing your curiosity, I just said a few more words."
"Alright, go talk to Tsunade."
"In the years since your deaths, Tsunade hasn't had an easy life."
After Uchiha Yuzuru finished speaking, his figure vanished directly.
Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama were somewhat baffled, feeling that Uchiha Yuzuru's attitude toward them was subtly complex.
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Half a month later.
Uchiha Yuzuru walked down the street, where busy people were everywhere.
Konoha had endured several wars and had long become a ruin, so reconstruction was not a simple task.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
Nagato's figure moved through the low air, occasionally releasing a Chibaku Tensei to suck up all the rubble and debris on the ground and gather it in mid-air.
Dodai, Mabui, and others were planning the regional distribution pattern for the rebuilt Konoha.
Senju Hashirama, meanwhile, continuously built temporary wooden houses using his Wood Release Bloodline Limit... Overall, everyone was bustling with enthusiasm.
Uchiha Fugaku quickly walked up to him and whispered, "Yuzuru, the matter concerning the four Ninja Clan has been investigated. Here is all the information."
Uchiha Yuzuru silently nodded, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
It seems the next step of the plan can begin.