Jinchurikis weren't as valuable in Iwa compared to other hidden villages for some reason, but even despite that, Shikaku didn't find it easy to convince Han and Roshi! This was mostly because of them being Jinchurikis, one's that could control their tailed beast as well which meant that they had extremely strong personalities for them not to be affected by the tailed beast chakra and influenced by people easily.

However, Shikaku kept at it until he eventually found a way to convince them which result in him successfully setting up a meeting with the higher-ups from Iwa which included the current Tsuchikage Onoki as well as some of the strongest ninjas from the village such as Akatsuchi as well as his granddaughter Kurotsuchi…

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Meanwhile, seeing that the negotiations with Iwa were going in the right direction, Konoha started thinking on how to approach the village hidden in the clouds… If not for Bakorio preventing the Uchiha rebellion and reviving all kinds of all old heroes from Konoha, the village hidden in the clouds would have probably had the strongest military power in all the hidden villages as well as economics thanks to their strong grasp on the land of lightning and almost their complete dependency from the daimyo.

Konoha however still rely heavily on the support of the daimyo of the land of fire which was working as its biggest investor. However, after Fugaku became the Hokage, Bakorio kept instilling in him the idea that raising the economy of the village and becoming independent was necessary even more than rising its power which the latter eventually agreed with and he worked on it for the past few years which made them start to catch up with Kumo slightly to the displeasure of the daimyo of the land of fire…

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For the communication with Kumo, Konoha chose none other than Minato for the task since he already knew both the eight tails killer B and the current Raikage A. In fact, he fought with them back during the third great ninja war and almost killed them both if not for him being toucher by B's brotherly love…

So, using the Kurama sealed inside of him, Minato started communicating with both the eight tails Gyuki and the two tails Matatabi and he soon found himself in front of a giant blue cat, an octopus and a fox…

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As this was happening, in the land of sound where Orochimaru's main base was hidden, two coffins suddenly sprung up from the ground containing two monsters of this world and they happened to be brothers as well, Hashirama and Tobirama Senju.

Orochimaru stared in glee at the two coffins before he turned to Bakorio and said "Bakorio-kun, my impure reincarnation Jutsu is still imperfect so if we want to have control over them, we will need to suppress their consciousness"

Bakorio calmly shook his head and said "Don't worry about it and just go ahead with the plan"

Orochimaru shot Bakorio's eyes a weird look and he eventually decided to warn him "You should be careful, Tobirama doesn't have the best views of the Uchiha clan"

"Don't worry Orochimaru, if he does anything, we will just get rid of him" Orochimaru felt a slight chill from seeing the cold look on Bakorio's eyes, it was a look that said: if he joins us, then all is good, if not… he will just send him back to the pure land and have him keep Izumo company…

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Orochimaru reluctantly nodded at Bakorio's decision and prepared himself for the worst before he directly activated the Edo Tensei and completed the summoning process causing the doors of the coffins to open eerily and the eyes of both Hashirama and Tobirama slowly opened

"Ehh, I didn't expect I would ever be here once more" Said Hashirama with a carefree expression as he observed his surroundings, while Tobirama's eyes directly narrowed as he understood what kind of Jutsu brought him back to life.

It was none other than the Jutsu he created, and now it's being used by un Uchiha… Or at least someone with an Uchiha which made a cold glint flash through his eyes.

"It's an honor to meet you lord first and lord second" Spoke Orochimaru with the best innocent smile that a snake could have on its face.

"You are?" Asked Hashirama curiously not at all minding the fact that Bakorio was an Uchiha, in fact, he was curious about him as well.

"You can call me Orochimaru, I'm the student of Hiruzen Sarutobi" Replied Orochimaru which brought a wide smile to Hashirama's face as well as a nod of approval from Tobirama as he said "It seems like Hiruzen knows how to raise his students, you can actually learn my Edo Tensei… but why did you summon us?"

Orochimaru was tempted to say that it wasn't that hard be he didn't want to antagonize them and simply said while pointing at Bakorio "My friend here needs your assistance in something"

Tobirama glared at Bakorio and spoke "There's nothing I can do to help members of this evil-ridden clan"

"Tobirama! What did I tell you about referring to the Uchiha like that?" Yelled Hashirama with clear anger on his face prompting a snort from Tobirama which made him sigh helplessly at his stubborn little brother that never changed so he turned to Bakorio and apologized "Sorry about that"

Bakorio calmly shook his head and said "I don't care about him, what I really want is to talk to you… someone consumed by darkness isn't that significant to me"

"Who are you calling as someone consumed by darkness?" Spoke Tobirama coldly and a terrifying aura gushed from his body despite his weakened state which made Orochimaru sweat slightly.

Hashirama was about to scold Tobirama again but before he could, Bakorio suddenly disappeared from their vision and before they could react, he appeared above Tobirama and obliterated his body with dust release.

Then, he further ignited it with blaze release which was something he achieved after having evolved his fire release during the past two years!

"Now that the annoying guy is gone for a while, can I ask you something?" asked Bakorio calmly while Hashirama thought in shock 'This guy is strong… and he could use Mu's dust release… What's going on? Did Iwa and Konoha form an alliance or what?'

Hashirama's thoughts wandered in all kinds of directions before he let out a sigh at his own brother that couldn't regenerate and said "Sure, go ahead"

Bakorio nodded before he asked what was always on his mind "Madara Uchiha, as his close friend, have you ever heard of him having an ability called Jikininki?"

Hashirama's eyes widened at the mention of this which was a huge indication to what he thought as the latter directly replied "Yes, However, this isn't Madara's original Mangekyo Sharingan's ability he got it after transplanting his brother's eyes into his own…"

Bakorio felt the clear sadness in Hashirama's heart as well as guilt, but he decided to ignore it for now as he thought 'This finally confirms my guess… Madara probably was able to use Jikininki in his right eyes just like me after he gained his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. However, the weak version of Jikininki was barely enough to detect the dark seeds, not to mention destroy them which is probably why he felt so hopeless about the world. Knowing that an injustice exists and not being able to do anything about it puts a lot of pressure on the person… However, he probably sacrificed this ability after using Izanagi to fake his death so he didn't notice black Zetsu's schemes at the later stages of his life… But what about after he was revived?'