About four months later, the First Raikage of Kumogakure abdicated, and the Second Raikage took his place.
At the same time, a message arrived: Kumogakure wanted to make peace with Konoha.
"What a joke! We sacrificed so many brothers, only for the final result to be peace?!"
Upon hearing this news, the Gold and Silver Brothers immediately ran to the Raikage's office to question the Second Raikage.
"Second Raikage! I demand an answer! Are you a man or not, you bastard? If you're a man, don't make peace with Konoha!"
Kin-Gin disregarded the Second Raikage's status, directly slamming his hand on the table and stepping forward.
"Second Raikage, we've lost so many brothers; I will never accept peace!" Gin-Kin also said, his face grim.
Both of them were extreme hawks in Kumogakure, so naturally, they would not agree to peace.
The Second Raikage, missing an arm, held his forehead with his remaining hand.
At this moment, he looked at the two unyielding figures and felt a surge of anger.
"It's because of you hawks that we, Kumogakure, didn't see the disparity and rashly went to war with Konoha!"
"You kept boasting that Konoha was a house about to collapse, a sick man!"
"As a result, Konoha has been 'sick' for several years, and we're the ones on the verge of collapse!"
The Second Raikage gritted his teeth in anger.
He should have listened to Mu before and stopped while they were ahead.
Slowly digest the land in the northern Land of Fire, and then gradually advance, slowly eroding Konoha.
Now, all the land they had conquered before was gone.
In the end, they still had to make peace, making Kumogakure seem like the biggest clown in the Ninja World.
The Gold and Silver Brothers tried to say something more, but they were interrupted by the Second Raikage.
"Enough! I am the Raikage!"
The Second Raikage directly turned his back, no longer looking at them.
"You will regret this!"
The Gold and Silver Brothers gave the Second Raikage a sinister look, then left.
"Hmph!"
The Second Raikage scoffed at their threat.
These two were becoming increasingly bold; no one except Lord First Raikage could keep them in line.
....
"Big Brother, what should we do?"
Gin-Kin's eyes flashed with anger as he looked at his older brother.
"Since this guy won't listen to us... then we'll just have to..."
Kin-Gin's eyes flashed with madness and extreme killing intent.
When Gin-Kin sensed his older brother's killing intent, his expression changed.
"Big Brother, the First Raikage is still alive; we can't do anything to betray the Village!"
Gin-Kin hastily advised, still holding some reverence for the First Raikage.
"Hmph! The First Raikage has already proven himself to be incompetent; although he founded Kumogakure, he failed to lead us to defeat Konoha, and that is his fault!"
"Even more foolishly, he chose others instead of us!"
Kin-Gin said indignantly.
He and his brother had shed blood for Kumogakure, captured the Eight-Tails, subdued the Two-Tails; which of those didn't rely on their Six Paths Treasures?
Without them, could Kumogakure have achieved what it has today?
Gin-Kin fell silent, thinking carefully that Kumogakure had indeed wronged him!
"Gin-Kin, if I become the Raikage, I'll give you half of Kumogakure!"
Kin-Gin said earnestly, gripping Gin-Kin's shoulder.
Gin-Kin's pupils constricted, imagining a scenario where the world was divided in half.
A smile couldn't help but creep onto his lips.
"We control over twenty elite Jonin, plus the Six Paths Treasures, and the power we gained from the Nine-Tailed... This Kumogakure might just be ours!"
"Are you in or not?"
Kin-Gin stared intently into Gin-Kin's eyes.
After an internal struggle, Gin-Kin felt there was a chance of success.
"I'm in!"
Gin-Kin nodded sharply.
"Hahaha! With us brothers together, who can stand against us!" Kin-Gin laughed heartily, slapping Gin-Kin's shoulder hard.
.....
"Reporting, Lord Tsuchikage, the Nidaime, Senju Tobirama, has led his escort team to Kumogakure for peace talks!"
Mu had already received intelligence that Senju Tobirama was going to Kumogakure for peace talks.
Mu raised an eyebrow.
This plot development was definitely earlier than in the original story.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were still young, yet Senju Tobirama still brought them along.
"Hmm, good, I understand."
Mu planned to go alone.
Leading the Iwagakure Anbu would be too conspicuous; currently, the Land of Earth was maintaining friendly relations with the other nations, and him leading the Anbu across borders for enforcement would easily damage the relations between the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning.
Moreover, to fight Senju Tobirama,
He alone was sufficient; bringing the Anbu would be a hindrance instead.
"While I'm at it, I'll kill the Gold and Silver Brothers and take their Six Paths Treasures."
"If possible, the Gold and Silver Brothers' cells could be researched."
The Gold and Silver Brothers' ability to withstand the Nine-Tailed's power indicated that there was something special about their bodies.
In the original story, it was also explicitly stated that the Gold and Silver Brothers possessed the Sage of Six Paths' bloodline.
As for the Six Paths Treasures,
Although he had the three divine artifacts,
Mu didn't mind having more weapons.
Before, he wanted to steal Uchiha Madara's war fan and sickle, but he didn't succeed.
A few days later,
The talks between Kumogakure and Konoha officially began.
Senju Tobirama arrived in Kumogakure with several young, inexperienced youths.
However, during the peace talks, an unexpected turn of events occurred: the Gold and Silver Brothers, in their Tailed Beast form, directly launched a Tailed Beast Ball at the meeting building.
The Second Raikage and the Nidaime directly took a Tailed Beast Ball head-on.
The Second Raikage died on the spot.
Senju Tobirama desperately protected his disciples and was severely wounded.
The First Raikage, helpless, could only drag his body and launch an attack on the Gold and Silver Brothers.
At the same time, the main forces of Kumogakure and the elite forces of the Gold and Silver Brothers clashed.
The scene descended into chaos!
Senju Tobirama realized that a coup d'état had erupted in Kumogakure, and he hastily forced himself to endure his injuries and fled the scene with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others!
In the forest,
Senju Tobirama and his disciples were fleeing in disarray.
"Two people per group, Hiruzen and Danzo in one group, Koharu and Homura in another, Kagami and Torifu together. Everyone split up and meet at the Konoha gate!"
Unlike the original story, upon escaping into the forest,
Senju Tobirama resolutely had them split up.
"Yes!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others quickly nodded and began to flee separately.
After his disciples left, Senju Tobirama looked back with icy eyes.
He wasn't sure if the Gold and Silver Brothers' forces had caught up.
Senju Tobirama slowly squatted down, placing his fingers on the ground.
"...They didn't catch up?"
"It seems to be an internal matter within Kumogakure...."
Senju Tobirama sighed, rubbing his brow in annoyance.
"It seems this peace talk has failed again...."
He didn't know whether the hawks or the doves would come to power in Kumogakure after this coup.
If it were the doves, it would be fine; at least there could be peace.
If the hawks came to power, they would definitely fight Konoha to the death.
Just as Senju Tobirama was cautiously moving through the forest,
The Gold and Silver Brothers' forces did not catch up.
But an unexpected person appeared!
Senju Tobirama arrived in the depths of the forest, and when he saw that person standing at the base of a tree, Tobirama's eyes suddenly narrowed: "It's you!?"
In the deep shadows of the trees, a dark red half-sleeved vest was faintly visible. The person leaned against the tree trunk, arms crossed, eyes lowered, the crimson cloud patterns in the shadows resembling bloodstains.
"Long time no see, Senju Tobirama."
Mu slowly opened his eyes, looking directly at Senju Tobirama.