"You actually broke free from my control over the Edo Tensei?!" Orochimaru's face twisted in shock as he stared at Hashirama Senju. Beside him, Suigetsu, hearing this, exclaimed in astonishment, "What?! That's incredible! As expected of the God of Shinobi!"
Hashirama glanced at him and suddenly recalled the scenes from Naruto that Lin Xuan had shown him—how his overly easygoing demeanor had led to his descendants lacking discipline.
This time, he wouldn't make the same mistake.
With a solemn expression, he said to Orochimaru, "Sorry, but that guy Madara already taught me the hand seals to break free. So your Edo Tensei control won't work on me!"
In truth, the hand seals to break Edo Tensei varied depending on the caster. The seals Hashirama had just used were actually ones he and Madara had developed together in the One Piece world.
Orochimaru was stunned once again, recalling how Hashirama had mentioned contacting Madara earlier. Yet, to this moment, he still couldn't figure out how Hashirama and Madara had communicated.
He had a vague feeling that Hashirama and Madara must have done something before being reanimated.
But that was the strange part—their souls were supposed to be in completely different places: one in the Pure Land and the other inside the Shinigami's stomach. How could they have communicated?
Had they planned this decades ago? Did they already know someone would reanimate them in the future?
As Orochimaru's mind swirled with questions, something even more unbelievable happened.
Hashirama's actions in breaking free from Edo Tensei's control had been clearly observed by Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
And so—
"Edo Tensei: Release!"
"Edo Tensei: Release!"
"Edo Tensei: Release!"
The three of them simultaneously performed the hand seals, freeing themselves from Orochimaru's control.
Orochimaru, who had just been confident that everything was under his control, now wore a helpless expression as he glanced at Sasuke Uchiha.
It's not that I, Orochimaru, am weak—it's just that your brother, Itachi, is too damn strong!
Seeing that Hashirama and the others had all broken free from Edo Tensei's control, Sasuke's expression darkened.
But he wasn't about to give up. He was even considering forcing Hashirama and the others to stay.
Hashirama, seeing Sasuke's stubbornness, felt a headache coming on.
In terms of strength, he had no fear of Sasuke. But he couldn't afford to waste time fighting him, not when he and Madara had a plan to execute.
This Uchiha kid was no pushover—even if Hashirama could suppress him, it would take some effort. And right now, he didn't have time to explain everything to Sasuke.
Just then, he received a message from the Transdimensional Chat Group—Lin Xuan was requesting to start a live stream.
Hashirama's eyes lit up. He immediately agreed and asked in the chat:
"Lin Xuan, is there any way I can show this kid Sasuke the footage you showed us earlier?"
As soon as Lin Xuan saw the live stream and Sasuke's furious expression, he immediately understood the situation.
The system informed him that it was possible—but it would cost 10,000 reputation points.
Lin Xuan didn't mind spending the points, but he didn't want to set a precedent where people in the chat group would constantly ask him for free favors.
After a brief consideration, he replied to Hashirama:
"I can help you, but you'll have to give me the Scroll of Seals first."
The Scroll of Seals was a forbidden tome sealed away by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. It contained powerful and dangerous jutsu created or mastered by successive Hokage, forbidden to ordinary shinobi.
Lin Xuan was quite interested in it.
Of course, if he successfully conquered the Naruto world, he could replicate many things using the Replication Card. But since that required reputation points, why not get it for free now?
Hashirama didn't hesitate. He immediately agreed and turned to Minato Namikaze.
"Fourth Hokage, please retrieve the Scroll of Seals for me."
Everyone present was stunned. Why would Hashirama suddenly ask for the scroll at a time like this?
But Minato nodded. "Understood!"
As the Fourth Hokage, he knew where the scroll was kept.
"Wait, Minato!"
Hiruzen suddenly stopped him. "I'll go with you. After your death, the scroll was stolen once. I've since moved it to a new location."
"Right." Minato grabbed Hiruzen, and the two disappeared using the Flying Thunder God Technique, returning moments later with the scroll.
Since Tsunade had never relocated the scroll after becoming Hokage, they found it easily.
"Does the Scroll of Seals contain the answers I seek?" Sasuke asked, frowning.
"No," Hashirama replied.
Minato and Hiruzen were speechless—then why did you make us go get it?!
But then Hashirama added, "However, it can be exchanged for the truth you want to know."
With that, he sent the scroll to Lin Xuan via the Transdimensional Chat Group's exclusive red packet feature. To everyone else, the scroll simply vanished into thin air, leaving them bewildered.
Before anyone could ask, Hashirama walked up to Sasuke and said, "Let me touch your forehead. Everything you want to know will become clear."
Hearing this, Sasuke, Orochimaru, Tobirama, and the others were dumbfounded.
A single touch, and he'll know everything?
What kind of divine technique is this again?!
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