Chapter 65
From the first day he met the masked man, Zabuza had been searching for information about "Hashirama Senju," but all accounts about the death of this Shinobi God were vague. They only mentioned that he passed away shortly after his final battle with his archrival, Madara Uchiha, at the Valley of the End.
Given the era in which Hashirama was active, he would be over a hundred years old if he were alive today. So when Zabuza saw the man remove his mask, he was utterly shocked.
The masked man’s face was indeed that of a young Hashirama Senju, identical to the portraits Zabuza had seen in his research. However, the other half of his face was covered in a layer of writhing white substance, looking particularly eerie.
No wonder he wore a mask…
Is this the price of longevity?
Zabuza frowned.
His mind raced with thoughts: perhaps the Shinobi God disfigured himself in a quest for immortality, or Hashirama conducted dark experiments to gain power, or maybe there was some Konoha conspiracy that forced him to fake his death…
In any case, seeing a once legendary figure reduced to this state was mind-boggling.
Hashirama replaced his wooden mask without explanation and spoke calmly: