Yamanaka Shinno never expected Senju Hashirama's thought process to be this... bizarre.
If Uzumaki Mito found out about this…
The mental image alone was too much. He didn't dare imagine it.
After struggling to explain the relationship between Kushina and Uzumaki Mito, he also gave Hashirama a brief rundown of the situation that led to this mess.
Hashirama sat cross-legged on the ground, arms folded across his chest, and let out a long sigh.
"I feel like I owe them an apology..."
"Seriously? You're dead. How do you still care about the affairs of the living?"
"Ah~ you have a point. Well then, grandson-in-law, could you tell me what Konoha is like these days? Hahaha! No matter what, it's still the village I worked so hard to build. I can't help but care."
"How about this? You sign a contract with me, and then you can go see for yourself. It's a simple contract..."
Shinno raised an eyebrow, finally revealing his true objective, and explained the contract's contents.
"Hmm... It's similar to Edo Tensei, but it seems more favorable to the deceased? Don't tell me you got the idea from Edo Tensei?"
"Something like that."
"I told Tobirama not to mess with that dangerous stuff... What a headache."
Hashirama let out a helpless sigh, then studied Shinno's face for a long moment before speaking again, this time with a serious expression.
"You wouldn't be doing this unless there's an enemy you find troublesome, would you?"
"Yeah."
Shinno nodded slightly.
Although he didn't create the Borrowed Account Login trait for the sole purpose of dealing with powerful enemies, they certainly existed.
So technically, he wasn't lying.
"Can't the Shinobi World ever know peace?"
Hashirama sighed again.
Even though he didn't say it outright, his attitude made it clear that he was agreeing to the contract.
Without hesitation, Shinno activated the Borrowed Account Login trait's soul contract, using his chakra to materialize it.
Hashirama swiftly placed his soul imprint on the contract.
Contract complete.
A connection, similar to a summoning contract, appeared in Shinno's consciousness.
...
Name: Senju Hashirama (Soul)
Occupation: Shinobi
Traits: God of Shinobi (Red), True Thousand Hands (Red), Ultimate Wood Release (Red), Sun of a Hundred Battles (Red), Born Hero (Purple), The More You Fight, The Stronger You Get (Purple), Versatile (Blue), Compassionate Heart (Blue), Unwavering Will (Blue), Brother Complex (Green), Sincere (Green), Goofball (White), Bound by Fate (Gray)
Note: When replicating bloodline-related traits in soul state, there is a chance of them being incomplete or undergoing adaptive mutations.
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"No Asura Chakra, yet his status panel is still this stacked... No wonder Madara got beaten down so hard back in the day."
Shinno didn't even care about the system's footnote.
The bloodline-related traits on Hashirama's panel? He already had them all.
True Thousand Hands was a fusion of Sage Mode and the Sage Body. He had Natural Sage Body, which was just as good.
Ultimate Wood Release? He had a substitute for that—Wood Release Jinchūriki.
As for God of Shinobi and Sun of a Hundred Battles, they had nothing to do with bloodline.
So copying them wouldn't be a problem.
However...
"Seriously, this Bound by Fate thing... Does it mean even in death, you two can't stay apart?"
Shinno compared it to Uchiha Madara's trait list and couldn't help but feel the urge to complain.
Brother Complex? Identical.
Bound by Fate? Identical.
(T/N: Madara's traits were "Entangled Fate" from now on it is Bound by Fate. It's more accurate, I'll try to find Madara's previous traits and fix it.)
God of Shinobi vs. Twin Warlords of the Warring States.
True Thousand Hands vs. Chosen Uchiha.
Sun of a Hundred Battles vs. Will of a Hundred Battles.
The More You Fight, The Stronger You Get vs. Song of Blood and Fire.
Born Hero vs. Born Warlord.
"Wonder if Madara's traits are still intact..."
Shinno frowned slightly at the thought of Uchiha Madara.
Without Borrowed Account Login, he would've wanted Madara to stay quietly dead, thoroughly nerfed.
At worst, he'd have him Edo Tensei'd and let Orochimaru use him as a workhorse.
But now that he could borrow Madara's strength...
If Madara was still nerfed, wouldn't that be a waste?
Should he call him out?
Hashirama was right here.
Knowing Madara's personality, he might ignore Shinno, but there's no way he'd ignore Hashirama, right?
This was his beloved Hashirama!
"You want to go check out Konoha now?"
Having signed the contract, Hashirama looked at Shinno expectantly.
"Uh... Senior, do you want to see Uchiha Madara?"
Shinno scratched his cheek, testing the waters.
"Hmm? Yes, yes, yes! Hahaha! I'll definitely help you get him out!"
Hashirama's eyes sparkled with excitement as he burst into laughter.
...
Ten minutes later.
Staring at the unmoving, decayed door, the First Hokage's expression took a drastic nosedive.
Squatting in the corner, he started drawing circles on the ground.
Unlike before, Shinno could now clearly sense that Uchiha Madara's soul was indeed on the other side of that door.
He simply didn't want to come out.
Facing a lifelong rival but refusing to meet him—if it wasn't for the Moon's Eye Plan, what else could it be?
Thinking of this, Shinno simply sat down and began speaking to the decayed door leading to the Pure Land.
He spoke of the Ōtsutsuki clan's origins, of Black Zetsu's identity and ultimate goal.
...
More than ten minutes passed.
He glanced at the still-unmoving door and then at Hashirama, who was listening intently, deep in thought.
Smacking his lips, Shinno decided to give up.
He had said everything he could. If Madara still didn't believe him, what else could he do?
The Borrowed Account Login trait's description was clear—
If a living person forcibly opened that door, they could very well get stuck in the Pure Land permanently and die instantly.
Not to mention, there was a mysterious big boss lurking in the Pure Land whose strength Shinno couldn't gauge.
He'd be an idiot to take that risk.
Maybe...
He should let Hashirama try? See if he could forcibly drag Madara out?
He was already dead anyway—what's the worst that could happen? Die again?
As long as he got Madara out, he could sign the contract through brute force!
"Hashirama, why don't you try pulling him out?"
"Uh... No, I don't think so. He'll get mad..."
Hashirama looked troubled, as if Shinno had asked him to betray his wife.
Shinno sighed and rubbed his forehead, giving up on the idea.
But if he wasn't happy, there was no way in hell he was letting Madara stay happy either.
Leaning over, he whispered something in Hashirama's ear.
Hashirama gave him a strange look.
What Shinno suggested might be a bit unfair to Mito and was definitely unrealistic...
But...
It sounded kind of fun.
"...Madara, if you were a woman, you'd definitely be beautiful! Hahaha~ Maybe I'd have married you. If we had kids, a boy would be Senju Konohamaru, and a girl? Uchiha Hokage. That way, our dreams—"
BANG!
With the exact same door-kicking stance as Hashirama,
A man clad in crimson armor, his youthful face twisted with rage, stormed out of the Pure Land.
Uchiha Madara's fist flew straight at the seated Hashirama.
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