Born with a great love for the Uchiha

Both Minato Namikaze's and Kushina Uzumaki's coffins showed signs of being disturbed.

Even if it's not visible on the ground, those subtle clues cannot escape Uchiha Gen's perception.

Faced with this "bad news" from Uchiha Gen.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki both fell silent.

What could be more painful than witnessing your own grave being dug up by someone else?

It's because my own grave has already been "visited" by others!

Uchiha Gen wanted to "dig up the grave," but at least he got the consent of Namikaze Minato and the other person beforehand.

But what's going on here?

Minato Namikaze was not entirely unaware of the situation at the small cemetery on the back mountain of Konoha.

This small cemetery was also used to bury other Hokage of Konoha.

The First Hokage!

The Second Hokage!

After the deaths of these two former Hokage of Konoha, their bodies were buried in this secret cemetery unknown to the public!

Even professional tomb raiders wouldn't know such secret information.

and so……

"It's...the Third Hokage again?"

Minato Namikaze uttered the suspect's name in a complicated tone.

In Konoha Village, there is only one person qualified to know about this cemetery, and who also has the authority to order the exhumation of graves.

That was the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi!

But that doesn't make any sense!

He had Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, but unlike the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, he didn't possess the incredible Wood Release.

Why did the third patriarch order the excavation of the couple's grave?

"It may be, or it may not be."

Gen Uchiha expanded the sensing range of [Magnetic Release], bringing the area where the First and Second Hokage were buried nearby into his perception as well.

"Hmm... the First Generation's coffin lid is about to burst open... this is exactly what I expected."

"However, there are also signs that the second generation's grave has been dug up..."

Following Uchiha Gen's words.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's doubts deepened.

"I do have a 'guess' here."

Gen Uchiha quickly reviewed all the intelligence he had gathered and came up with a new suspect.

"Perhaps it is... Orochimaru."

Tobirama Senju's coffin lid...

They've been itching to get under control for ages!

It was only after becoming the Fifth Hokage that Gen Uchiha learned that the first Hokage to research [Hashirama cells] was not the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, but the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju himself!

The "self-healing without seals" ability that Hashirama Senju possessed was not an innate talent, but a power that he gradually awakened in battle!

To achieve "self-healing without a mark," one must have sufficient physical energy and a thorough understanding of one's own body structure.

If you use your self-healing abilities without understanding your own physical condition...

The chance of a successful self-healing is one percent.

The probability of birth defects is 99%!

for example.

Chonggo.

As the origin of "Cursed Seal Immortal Techniques".

Jugo also possesses a similar ability to Hashirama Senju's "self-healing without seals".

That corresponds to two ninjutsu: [Regenerated Cell Absorption Technique] and [Regenerated Cell Expulsion Technique].

The former can absorb the bodies and cells of others and transform them into its own cells;

The latter can help others recover from injuries by sharing their own cells.

Whether it's the "Regeneration Absorption Technique" or the "Regeneration Expulsion Technique".

All of them involve highly sophisticated ninjutsu at the cellular level!

The situation is similar for Hashirama Senju's "self-healing without seals" ability.

of course.

Hashirama Senju's research on [Hashirama Cells] was still only at the level of "self-developed".

A person who truly treats intercolumnar cells as a key research project.

It was none other than Hashirama Senju's good younger brother—

Tobirama Senju!

Before this legendary master of forbidden techniques in Konoha, there were no ethical or moral concepts as ordinary people would think.

A Thousand-Armed Demon who can develop the Impure World Reincarnation Technique has long since abandoned any semblance of "moral principles."

However, that's still true.

Tobirama Senju was not so morally corrupt as to combine innocent infants with Hashirama cells to cultivate a new generation of Wood Release ninjas.

It can only be said that Tobirama Senju, based on Hashirama Senju's work, conducted in-depth research on the [Hashirama cells].

Danzo Shimura (and Hiruzen Sarutobi) inherited Tobirama Senju's research and carried it forward!

But at this time, in the cemetery on the back mountain.

The graves that were disturbed were not only those of Senju Hashirama, but also those of Senju Tobirama.

For Shimura Danzo (and Sarutobi Hiruzen), the corpses of their teachers were not of much research value.

Although the first and second generation leaders share the same surname, "Senju".

However, looking at the Senju clan's nearly thousand-year-long family history...

There is only one known user of the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai: Hashirama Senju!

Compared to his physical abilities, Tobirama Senju was better at using his brain.

Moreover, Tobirama Senju didn't have the same "Tobirama cells" as his older brother.

Therefore, the possibility that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura joined forces to overturn Tobirama Senju's coffin lid is extremely low.

however.

Well known.

The Hokage lineage has always had a tradition of inheritance!

Even if we disregard Uchiha Gen, the Fifth Hokage.

Looking at Konoha on the normal timeline alone.

The position of Hokage, from the First Hokage to the "(Acting) Eighth Hokage," was only separated from the Senju lineage.

The First, Second, and Fifth Hokage were ninjas of the Senju clan.

The third generation was a disciple of the second generation.

The fourth generation is the grand-disciple of the third generation.

The Sixth Generation was a disciple of the Fourth Generation.

The seventh generation is the son of the fourth generation.

What does "Thousand Hands Hokage" even mean? (Tactical hands on hips)

This is what it means to pass on the torch and keep watch over each other!

Let's return to the matter of the coffin lids of the first, second, and fourth generation couples being opened.

Although the probability of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, digging up his grave is very small.

But just like Tobirama Senju had Danzo Shimura as his "good disciple".

Hiruzen Sarutobi also had a "good disciple".

"As far as I know, Orochimaru had already mastered the Impure World Reincarnation Technique before he left Konoha."

Uchiha Gen spoke up.

"Moreover, Orochimaru had also collaborated with Danzo Shimura and researched [Hashirama cells]."

"If Orochimaru secretly returned to Konoha after his defection, and then dug up and stole the body tissues of the Fourth Hokage and his wife, as well as the First and Second Hokage... that's also possible."

"Of course, there is another possibility... that Orochimaru had already excavated this cemetery before he left Konoha."

Out of a rational attitude, Gen Uchiha used words such as "if" and "maybe".

But his intuition told him—

Orochimaru must have been the one to dig up the Hokage's grave!

Furthermore, Orochimaru had no other reason for digging up the graves of past Hokage.

It can only be the Impure World Reincarnation Technique!

As Uchiha Gen thought of this, another idea flashed through his mind.

'I wonder how far Orochimaru has progressed in his research on the Impure World Reincarnation technique...'

Tobirama Senju's "Edo Tensei".

Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation.