I Am Your Ancestor
Hearing Tsunade's words, Tobirama narrowed his eyes.
Resurrect a dead man like him?
This truly shocked him.
He was currently in a body formed by the Impure World Reincarnation, but that was not true resurrection.
True resurrection meant possessing one's own body—a beating heart, flowing blood, and the ability to breathe.
"Can you really resurrect me?"
He did want to see how the village was doing nowadays, and the decline of the Senju Clan was something he simply could not accept.
As the rival of the Uchiha Clan, he was quite dissatisfied with this outcome.
Ryōsuke looked at the three people in front of him and spoke calmly.
"Of course I can."
In an instant, his gaze sharpened as he activated his Seven-Colored Rinnegan. The seven-hued eyes illuminated the entire room.
He then clapped his hands together.
"Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique."
The dirt and debris of the Impure World Reincarnation slowly began to peel away from the bodies of Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and Nawaki.
The First and Second Hokage were equally astounded.
They had actually been resurrected. These were their original bodies.
The fact that this man possessed a ninjutsu capable of bringing the dead back to life left them completely speechless.
This was completely beyond their comprehension.
Furthermore, performing such a resurrection technique seemed to have taken no toll on him whatsoever. Just what level of power had this guy reached?
Nawaki touched his cheeks, arms, and stomach in disbelief.
It was real flesh and blood, completely intact. The body that had been blown to pieces was now perfectly restored.
He exclaimed happily,
"Sister Tsunade, I'm really alive again!"
Seeing her two grandfathers and Nawaki truly brought back to life, Tsunade felt an overwhelming surge of joy.
"Ryōsuke, thank you," she said.
She had once suffered from Hemophobia due to her brother's death, which showed just how much she cherished him.
Now, Ryōsuke had helped her erase the shadow in her heart.
Her little brother was resurrected, still as small as before, looking exactly like the brother in her memories.
"It was nothing,"
Ryōsuke said, waving his hand dismissively.
"I won't disturb your family reunion."
He then opened a spatial black hole and vanished from the spot.
The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, was startled once again. He hadn't seen the man weave a single hand sign; he simply opened a spatial black hole and left.
He found it increasingly difficult to fathom this man, feeling that Ryōsuke had reached an unimaginable realm of power.
Nawaki asked curiously,
"Sister Tsunade, who was that big brother just now?"
Tsunade replied with a smile,
"That big brother was Uchiha Ryōsuke. From now on, you should call him brother-in-law."
Nawaki was a bit surprised. To think he was from the Uchiha Clan, and he had actually married his sister! He also looked incredibly young.
Although his sister looked very young, she gave off a somewhat mature vibe.
It felt like he had been dead for a very long time.
At this moment, Hashirama smiled and said,
"Since we've been given this rare chance at resurrection, I want to see how the Leaf Village is doing now."
"Brother, let's go take a look together."
Tobirama was naturally very concerned about the village's current state as well.
Tsunade smiled and said,
"Alright, you two grandfathers go take a look. It will definitely surprise you."
The village had now embarked on the path of technology. Transportation vehicles were widespread, and the area surrounding the village had become a massive agricultural base.
The lives of both civilians and shinobi had improved tremendously.
Hashirama was even happier upon hearing this.
"Then we definitely have to go see it."
Thus, he and Tobirama walked out the door. The first thing they saw was the familiar Senju Clan compound.
The environment hadn't changed much.
This filled both of them with a deep sense of nostalgia.
They never expected that they would one day return to this place.
Walking around, they realized that while the scenery remained, the people had changed. Those familiar faces from the past were long gone.
As the two reached the entrance, planning to head toward the center of the village to take a look,
they noticed four children on a nearby lawn.
One was still crawling on the ground, while another was already able to walk slowly.
And the one looking after the three younger children was a four-year-old boy.
This made them quite curious.
The four-year-old child was, of course, Uchiha Nanaki. He sensed the two people walking out of the mansion.
One wore red armor, and the other wore blue armor.
At a glance, it was obvious they were incredibly powerful individuals.
Furthermore, he had never seen them in the clan compound before.
Yet, they looked somewhat familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere.
But he couldn't recall where at the moment.
*'Whatever. Mom told me to be wary of strangers and protect my little brothers,'* he thought.
He stood handsomely in front of his younger brothers.
"You outsiders, leave the Senju Clan compound immediately!"
"Otherwise, I'll arrest you!"
Hearing this, Hashirama couldn't help but scratch his head, feeling a bit speechless. He never imagined there would come a day when he would be kicked out of the Senju Clan compound.
Technically, this territory belonged to him, didn't it?
Even his own brother wouldn't have the nerve to tell him to get out.
Tobirama, however, kept a cold expression.
"The two of us are the masters of this place. What gives you the right to tell us to leave?"
Uchiha Nanaki's face darkened even more.
"The masters of this place? What a joke."
"This is my home, and I've never even seen you before. Are bandits really this arrogant nowadays?"
"Looks like I really need to arrest you both."
He immediately wove hand signs.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence."
Countless trees began to sprout from beneath the two Hokage's feet, rapidly growing into towering giants.
Innumerable branches reached out toward them as if they were alive, attempting to bind the two men.
Both of them looked extremely surprised as they leaped and maneuvered across the branches, dodging the incoming attacks.
Senju Hashirama's face was filled with shock.
It was actually Wood Style ninjutsu, just like his. Another Wood Style expert like him had appeared.
He could sense that the person in front of him did not possess his cells, which meant this child's Wood Style was innate.
But his own Wood Style was not an inheritable Kekkei Genkai.
This boy said he was born here. Could he be Tsunade's son?
However, the fact that the boy attacked him the moment they met left him feeling quite helpless.
Senju Tobirama was equally shocked. This child could use his older brother's Wood Style.
He was more familiar with the power of Wood Style ninjutsu than anyone else.
He had studied his brother's Wood Style extensively, but it was a powerful, unique jutsu exclusive to his brother, completely impossible to replicate.
Without a doubt, possessing Wood Style meant having the aptitude to become a top-tier powerhouse in the shinobi world. It was even possible to earn the title of God of Shinobi, just like his brother.
After all, the brat in front of him was only a few years old, yet he could already use his brother's technique, Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence.
When he grew a bit older, he would surely be able to unleash even more powerful Wood Style ninjutsu.
This child's future achievements would absolutely not be low.
So, this truly was an astonishing little brat.
It was obvious that he must be Tsunade's descendant. Back when Orochimaru had resurrected them with the Impure World Reincarnation, they had learned that Tsunade was the only remaining direct bloodline of the Senju Clan, while the rest of the clan had been disbanded.
He spoke up,
"Stop right now. I am your ancestor."
*'Tsunade is my granddaughter, so I must be her son's ancestor,'* he reasoned.