Yang Clone was deep in a secret base at the border of the Land of Fire and Land of Wind, together with Madara, making his story much more exciting.
To accurately research the records on the Uchiha stone tablet over the years, Madara had read through all the ancient texts of the Uchiha clan, the deep knowledge in his head was enough to keep him busy researching for a very long while.
Since Yang had helped him obtain the Hashirama cells, he generously shared a portion of his knowledge, finally allowing Kakuzu to fully access the Uchiha clan’s unique ninjutsu records.
Because the Uchiha and Senju were bitter enemies in the early years, efficiently overcoming the other naturally required heavily studying them.
Both sides had intensely researched each other’s ninjutsu.
Consequently, Madara also possessed highly detailed records on the Senju clan’s ninjutsu here.
As for those exact records, Madara handed them all over to Kakuzu for research without hesitation.
They rightfully belonged to the Senju clan anyway, freely spreading them around would not impact him much.
“The Uchiha’s Yin Release, the Senju’s Yang Release…
truly extraordinary.”
Kakuzu studied with great enthusiasm.
Aside from Yin Release and Yang Release, he also heavily researched the Hashirama cells.
This was another massive cheat in the ninja world.
Obito obtained Hashirama cells, easily learnt Wood Release, controlled the Ten-Tails, and didn’t go blind despite constantly using the Mangekyo.
Madara and Sasuke obtained Hashirama cells and even fully awakened the Rinnegan.
Even Danzo obtained Hashirama cells, gaining the bizarre ability to simultaneously control over a dozen Sharingan.
From various perspectives, the sheer cost-effectiveness of Hashirama cells surpassed even that of an ordinary Sharingan.
But strictly unlike Sharingan, a cheat effortlessly installable in anyone’s eye socket, Hashirama cells possessed extreme properties like supper aggressive cancer cell.
After all, only one out of one hundred test subjects survived Orochimaru’s Hashirama cell experiments.
Even Madara, after his arm completely fused with Hashirama cells, had to repeatedly use his chakra to entirely halt the erosion, having once genuinely feared their invasion.
Even so, over half of Madara’s arm had permanently turned white, a clear symbol of assimilation by the Hashirama cells.
“Woof!
Woof!
Woof!”
A gray three-headed wolf stretched its muscular limbs.
It twitched its wet noses, instantly scenting the arrival of its master, Yang Clone.
This creature was a Chimeric Beast.
Using the unique suturing ability of Earth Grudge Fear alongside the vitality of Hashirama’s cells, Yang could seamlessly decompose and recombine other animals into entirely new biological weapons.
This was serious biological experimentation, though he used strictly non-human subjects: wolves, dogs, cats, birds, and so on.
This three-headed wolf was the sole survivor among twenty experimental wolves directly implanted with Hashirama cells.
Born as a Chimeric Beast, it emerged after two dying gray wolves heads were neatly stitched onto it like Cerberus.
The base materials were just ordinary wolves.
An ordinary wolf’s physique significantly surpassed that of an ordinary human, making the success rate of fully fusing with Hashirama cells relatively high.
Upon successful fusion, while its basic intelligence did not increase much, its combat power easily surpassed that of most Summoning Beasts.
Its physique also grew increasingly stronger due to the heavy influence of Hashirama cells, boasting significant combat growth potential.
“What is the actual point of constantly researching these so-called Chimeric Beasts?” Madara asked.
Yang casually tossed a piece of meat to the three-headed wolf.
“Having no meaning right now does not mean there will be none in the future.
Time will eventually endow it with its rightful meaning.”
Furthermore, the three-headed wolf was only a beginning.
Its success meant Kakuzu could efficiently manufacture much more Chimeric Beasts.
Konoha Village, Senju Clan Compound
The tragic deaths of Hashirama’s son and the Daimyo’s daughter had heavily shrouded the place in gloom for some time.
Many Senju clansmen deeply suspected their sworn enemies, the Uchiha clan, of the bloody deed.
Some highly radical clansmen even wanted to aggressively seek out the Uchiha clan for an immediate questioning.
Naturally, Hashirama swiftly stopped them.
The Uchiha clan was also in utter chaos.
When Madara was around, no one supported him, but after he left, they totally lost their strongest backing.
They kept a very low profile lately, deeply troubled over selecting a new Clan Head.
Uchiha clansmen who saw Senju clansmen on the busy streets could only walk the other way, trying their best not to provoke them.
There was no help for it, their current backing was simply no match for the mighty Senju clan.
That was entirely on them.
Hashirama closely observed all of this.
He understood that the current Konoha remained largely united in appearance but completely divided at heart.
To become a true family, a true unified Konoha, would still require a very long time.
Only time could ever fuse such mutually exclusive things into one unified whole.
“Brother, I have a guaranteed way to track down Tsunade’s parents killer.”
Later that day, Tobirama, acting as the Ninja Academy Principal, sought out Hashirama in private and finally spoke up.
“What way?” Hashirama asked hurriedly.
Although his younger brother had absolutely no qualms about his brutal methods, his sharp intelligence was entirely undeniable.
“Edo Tensei,” Tobirama said simply.
Hashirama immediately understood.
By using Edo Tensei to temporarily summon the dead, they would definitely learn the killer’s identity.
He weighed the grim options repeatedly, then sighed in resignation.
“Just this once.”
After all, the dead were his highly beloved son and daughter-in-law.
Even his close friend, Madara, might be implicated.
Driven completely by necessity, he had to resort to this highly desperate measure.
“I will definitely track down the true killer.”
Tobirama quickly retrieved Edo Tensei research data from Hashirama and found Kakuzu to properly continue their study of the technique.
This time, secretly authorized by the Hokage himself, they worked entirely freely, conducting active research.
Of course, the subjects remained purely death-row inmates from Konoha Prison.
No matter what, Tobirama would never lay a hand on the innocent people of Konoha.
Edo Tensei stood just one final step from completion.
Now, with the Hokage’s full support, they officially finalized the research half a month later.
“Edo Tensei!”
When the Jutsu Formula fully succeeded, Tobirama called over Hashirama and Mito.
Witnessed silently by them and Kakuzu, he successfully summoned both of Tsunade’s deceased parents.
“Father, Uncle…”
It took a long while for them to fully recover before they urgently asked about the absolute truth of their deaths.
Tsunade’s father had genuinely been knocked unconscious, he had not seen the true killer at all.
Tsunade’s mother, however, though frightened into a faint, had quickly regained consciousness.
Just before her death, she had clearly seen the killer’s true face.
“It was pure black, unnatural beast…”
After taking one last loving look at Tsunade, her parents returned to the Pure Land.
Although the Senju brothers had learned the description of the brutal killer, they remained entirely confused.
They still did not know who it was.
If it was not someone from another shinobi village, then where did this black substance actually come from, and what was its exact goal?
“Big Brother, I have a working guess.
The enemy might have been deliberately trying to drive a wedge between you and Madara,” Tobirama speculated.
Even though he had deeply disliked Madara, when it came to major issues of right and wrong, he could still think highly rationally.
The tragic deaths of Tsunade’s parents offered not the slightest actual benefit to Madara, it would only add the strongest person in the entire Shinobi World as a mortal enemy.
“Indeed, this doesn’t seem like Madara’s doing.” Hashirama gently touched his shoulder.
Although the wound had long since perfectly healed, an inexplicable ache lingered, perhaps just a deep psychological effect.
If Madara truly wanted to be his mortal enemy, he wouldn’t have just struck him once and walked away back then, he would have cleanly chopped his head off right there.
“Madara, what exactly are you trying to do?”
Hashirama’s mind raced.
‘Why did that beast try to drive a wedge between me and Madara?’
“Ever since Madara left Konoha, the other hidden villages have been showing varying degrees of highly unusual activity.” Tobirama sneered.
“If you and Madara officially become enemies, I believe war will descend soon enough.”
Hashirama kept his expression entirely flat, but the dense wood beneath his palm violently splintered, deep cracks radiating out across the entire Hokage’s desk.
“What is wrong with peace?
Why are there people completely unwilling to accept it?!”
He had never been this angry before.
He had endured untold, brutal hardships to bring the Shinobi World gradual peace, yet some people completely despised it and sought only mass trouble.
Such people truly deserved death!
In an instant, the air started growing incredibly heavy and viscous.
“B-Big Brother…”
Tobirama was long accustomed to his big brother’s immense strength.
But looking at the deep cracks spreading rapidly across the room, he froze.
Fortunately, Hashirama naturally knew Wood Release.
Whatever completely broke, he could instantly repair it himself without bothering anyone for financial reimbursement.
If it were the Future Fifth Hokage later on, a single angry punch would shatter the desk, and the village would have to grudgingly cover the replacement cost with public funds.
Hashirama let out a very long breath.
“I’m fine.”
Ultimately, there were barely any solid clues about the black object, leaving them absolutely no way to investigate.
Therefore, the matter was entirely classified as Top Secret and safely stored in the archives of the Hokage Office.
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