"Let's be together. I like you." Hashirama wrapped his arms around Banzi. Their faces were extremely close to each other.

The man's sudden confession was something she never expected. Banzi maintained her stiff posture. Her mind was in a mess. Hashirama hugged her for a long time.

"Are you kidding me!"

Banzi hurriedly pushed the hairy head away from her neck. Her fingers were slightly hot, and her red ears were faintly visible. This told her that the man in front of her was not as calm as he appeared to be.

In fact, all of Hashirama's courage was gone after he said that sentence. At this time, he was suffering from post-confession phobia. He buried his head in his sweetheart's shoulder awkwardly and wanted to apologize with his death.

Before Banzi could say anything, Hashirama tightened his arms and said in a low voice, "… I'm sorry … I suddenly said something like that."

His tone was full of guilt and a hint of caution like a small animal.

"…" Banzi swallowed the words of rejection. For a moment, she didn't know whether to comfort this bastard or beat him up.

"You're the first person I've liked. I've never been in love before, and I've never confessed to anyone …" Hashirama's face was red. He pulled Banzi into his arms again. His voice was getting softer and softer. "I've thought about who I would choose to spend the rest of my life with. No matter how many times I repeat myself, the final answer will always be you.

"I have many shortcomings. I'm not as good as I appear on the surface. I like to be lazy, I'm afraid of trouble, and I always make the people around me angry. But as long as I think of you, I can easily overcome all these. No matter what perseverance, as long as I can pursue you, I won't give up."

The black-haired ninja's nose gradually turned red as he spoke. Sparkling tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes. His sincere feelings seemed to have overdrawn the strength of his life.

Hearing Kashiwa Moritte's confession, Banzi couldn't bear to reject him directly, but her own physical condition was too special.

Over the years, other than Naruto, she had always kept a certain distance from the others. In her life plan, she should open a small shop and raise Naruto until he grew up. She should strive to hand over the clan affairs and power to Izumi Na as soon as possible. After all, her Mangekyo might not last for long. Once they were able to take charge of the clan, she would disappear from the public eye. She might go on a trip or write a book.

Therefore, Kashiwa Moritte was a variable that she did not consider at all. It was just like how she had mysteriously returned to Hashirama when she was young in Naka River. Until now, she still could not understand why she had allowed Kashiwa Moritte to get close to her.

Hashirama noticed that his sweetheart was daydreaming. He lowered his head and rubbed Banzi's hair. "So … Boss … Are you willing?"

Banzi came back to her senses and deliberated over her words. "… Let me think about it."

This was the safest answer for now. Banzi took a deep breath and hoped that time would dilute the feelings of the young ninja. After all, for historical reasons, she had always thought that he was just a child. She was not that crazy to date someone who was fifty or sixty years younger than her.

I'll find a reason to reject him when I get back. Banzi patted Hashirama's head and motioned for him to put her down.

Banzi's boss was very cute when they kissed, but she immediately returned to normal after that. Hashirama could not help but lower his head, feeling depressed. He did not know if his boss's answer was a yes or no.

Her feet that were hanging in the air landed on the ground again. The feeling of being on solid ground made Banzi feel better. She adjusted her wrinkled sleeves. Fortunately, the atmosphere of the festival was cheerful and not many people noticed their kiss just now.

What happened was too embarrassing. Banzi lowered her head and looked at everyone except Hashirama. She thought to herself that she should take Naruto home quickly. The scene after the confession was suffocating her.

At this time, Banzi realized that something was wrong. "Where's Naruto?"

Hashirama also realized that Naruto had disappeared for a while. It seemed that he had just run to the car fleet to play.

"I'll go ahead and take a look."

As soon as Hashirama's voice fell, two Dark Ops appeared beside him. A faint smell of blood lingered around them.

"Lord Moriou, please hurry to Naruto's building."

The other Dark Ops lowered his voice. "It's an emergency."

To be able to make Naruto's direct Dark Ops treat him with respect …

Banzi looked at the man and waved her hand. "You go ahead, I'll go find Naruto myself."

In contrast to the noisy festival square in the distance, the entire Naruto's building was shrouded in an extremely oppressive atmosphere.

From the door to the third floor, there was an Anbu on guard. The ninjas who had been lurking in the dark all year round no longer hid themselves. Teams of three patrolled back and forth in the corridor. These people were Sandaime's most trusted confidants.

Two Anbu took Hashirama to the door of a temporary room. The cat-faced Anbu gestured for him to go in.

Hashirama opened the door and was greeted with a very strong smell of blood.

Sandaime, Tsunade, and several other medical ninjas were around the emergency bed, carrying basin after basin of blood.

"What happened?"

Hashirama's expression sank as he looked at the ninja who was lying on the bed covered with wounds. The joints of his legs were twisted, and a large piece of skin on his back seemed to be torn off by something. The most serious injuries were the collapsed eyelids of his eyes, and the Chakra was almost non-existent.

"His eyes were … dug out by Root. It's a Mangekyo Sharingan."

Hashirama certainly knew this person, Uchiha's genius Body Flicker Shisui, a person who seduced his boss every two or three days. As a result, he got along well with Uchiha. Out of consideration for his "old friend", Hashirama took over the work from Tsunade's hands and condensed a faint green light in his palm to heal Uchiha Shisui's fatal wounds. Compared to forcibly catalyzing cell division, his Wood Release Healing Jutsu is much safer.

After several medical ninjas retreated, the room became quiet. Hashirama asked the question in his heart, "Root can't bear it anymore, but why did they attack Shisui first? Isn't this beating the grass to scare the snake?"

Sandaime shook his head, "I don't know what Danzō is planning now, but if his goal is still the Uchiha clan, I have already sent Jiraiya to monitor the situation of the Uchiha clan."

"When did you find him?"

"This afternoon, downstream of the Naka River."

Sandaime paused and said with some reluctance, "When the Anbu found Shisui, his eyes were already gone. If it wasn't for the strange Chakra protecting his heart, he might have already been a corpse."

Strange Chakra …

Hashirama stretched out a part of his Mokuton and approached the energy that wrapped around the heart fire at high speed. Inexplicably, he felt a sense of deja vu. There was no foundation to ignite the energy, so the Chakra that was tightly protecting the heart fire was more like it was released from something, rather than the body of a ninja.

He carefully approached the Chakra with the Mokuton energy, trying to analyze what it was and who left it behind.

When the Mokuton energy entered the Chakra, layers of ripples appeared on its surface, giving Hashirama a very familiar feeling. After a while, the two different attributes of the Chakra blended together.

He finally remembered where he had seen it before. It was the same as the Uchiha Chakra, but it was purer and closer to the origin than the Uchiha. If he had to describe the feeling it gave people, it would be "Yin".

It was the opposite of the Uchiha Chakra attribute. Hashirama inherited the Chakra attribute from the Chakra, which was the "Yang" attribute. The difference between the two attributes was something that Hashirama would never be mistaken.

Since the caster of this Chakra would not harm Shisui, Hashirama withdrew his perception and ignored it. After all, it was not a bad thing.

"I have already used the Yang force to comb his meridians. There is no major problem for the time being."

With the help of the Mokuton energy, the internal and external wounds quickly healed. Hashirama put his hand on Shisui's eyes. "It's strange, the wound on his eyes."

Sandaime: "Is there a problem?"

"Both eyes were not dug out at the same time."

Tsunade finished cleaning the blood stains on Uchiha Shisui's eyes. "When I used the Chakra to stimulate the nerves in his eyes, both eyes reacted differently to the Chakra. If they were dug out at the same time, this situation would not have happened. In other words, it is very likely that Danzō only got one Mangekyo."

Hashirama nodded and said, "The wound on his eyes is the same. The wound on his right eye shows signs of struggle. Compared to the right eye … I think he dug out his left eye himself."

Sandaime took a deep breath. How could he not know the reason behind Shisui's actions? If … if they were stronger, how could they sacrifice their companions for peace?

"The person Shisui gave the Sharingan to should be someone he trusts. The most important thing now is to find out why Danzō did this to Shisui. Uchiha's Mangekyo ability is not obvious. Whether it is experience or age, it is not enough to catch the eye of a strong person. According to Danzō's personality, he must have a reason for doing this."

… The ability of Shisui's Mangekyo?

Sandaime's expression changed greatly. "Not good!

His goal may be the Nine Tails in Naruto's body! "

"What?" Hashirama's nerves tensed up. When they parted, Banzi said that she went to find Naruto.

Tsunade was taken aback. "If there is a reason, it is most likely the ability of his Mangekyo."

Sandaime shared the information with Tsunade and Hashirama. "Shisui's Mangekyo ability is called Kotoamatsukami. It can be called the strongest illusion technique. It can invade the opponent's brain without them noticing. Since Uchiha Macula, everyone knows that the Mangekyo can control tailed beasts. For an outsider without the bloodline of the Uchiha, the Mangekyo ability cannot be used. But for Kotoamatsukami, it can be used successfully to release the Nine Tails, killing three birds with one stone …"

Rumble —!

A loud explosion interrupted the conversation of the three people present.

The sound of Chakra's explosion came from outside the window. The powerful energy whirlpool rolled up the wind, creating a harsh sound on the window. The leaves couldn't bear the weight of the whirlpool's suction force.

The pressure of Chakra lasted for less than three seconds. In an instant, the terrifying pressure disappeared as if everything was just an illusion.