The moment he encountered Hashirama, he recognized who he was thanks to the lines on his face. However, he was caught completely off guard because he wasn't expecting to encounter him.
Even if he had encountered someone else, he would have been caught off guard. After all, Eren was still in the process of accepting the fact that he was still in the Naruto world.
Fortunately, he had always been quick-witted and quick to respond since childhood. Moreover, Hashirama's first question was, "Did you just use natural energy?" which made things easier for him.
After thinking for a moment, he answered in the best way he could.
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Nothing.
Eren was actually an adult, but at that moment, he was just a child.
Not just any child, but a child who had suddenly encountered a strange man who had fallen from the sky. As was his natural right, he looked at Hashirama's eyes with suspicion without answering the question and quietly walked away from him.
Seeing this behavior, Hashirama was immediately convinced that the person in front of him was a real child.
A man who trusted his power to solve all problems to such an extent did not see any traces of transformation techniques in the person in front of him, and moreover, he had a pure spirit that did not match his power.
At that moment, Hashirama had no doubt that he was a child.
A child who appeared mysteriously and could manipulate natural energy in a very mysterious way. There must be an amazing backstory.
Hashirama quickly composed himself and, before closing Sage Mode, withdrew his technique, causing the abnormal forest around him to disappear.
"I apologize for my rudeness earlier. My name is Hashirama Senju, from the Konoha ninja village."
Hashirama's thoughts about being good with children shattered like a piece of glass when he realized that Eren had started running away without even listening to his introduction.
As Hashirama was planning what to do, he suddenly noticed that the direction Eren was running in was toward the village destroyed by independent ninjas, and a terrifying possibility came to mind.
Hashirama's heart raced, and in an instant, he vanished from where he stood and appeared before Eren.
Eren had planned to act like a traumatized child, thinking that someone like Hashirama wouldn't kill an innocent child like himself, but when he saw Hashirama teleport in front of him, he realized he had made a mistake.
Hashirama looked very young at the moment. Perhaps the world was still in the era of warring clans, and wherever he was at that time, it had caused even Hashirama to see himself as an enemy.
Eren stopped pretending to be scared and run away, thinking that Hashirama had just introduced himself politely. Even if he had somehow ended up in a place he shouldn't be, Hashirama must have hoped that he was a lost child.
Eren tried to piece together all the information he had and come up with a theory while looking at Hashirama.
A strange forest where Hashirama's ninjutsu was revealed. Some screams. Hashirama suddenly appearing in front of him, the gentle and curious expression Hashirama showed while trying to recognize Eren, and the horrified expression Hashirama couldn't hide at that moment.
Unaware that the village in the direction Eren was running toward had been destroyed, he pieced together all this information and created a scenario.
Hashirama found a child thanks to the ninjutsu he used while fighting to protect Konoha or his own clan territory. At first, he hoped that the child had come here by chance, but when the child tried to run away from him, he realized that this little boy was actually a scout. At that moment, Hashirama was horrified to think that other clans or villages were dragging even a young child like Eren into the battlefield, and he felt pity for the child.
And so, Eren decided that his next move should be to cry. Unfortunately, Eren's acting skills weren't good enough to fake crying and deceive a top-level ninja.
While Eren waited anxiously, Hashirama also had his own concerns.
"Uh... Imm... Well... You know, my friend and I actually founded a large ninja village, but we don't have enough ninjas. If you come with us to Konoha for a while, you could become a great ninja in the future and return to your family with a lot of money."
Eren furrowed his brows in surprise and couldn't respond for a moment. Maybe he didn't need to worry so much after all.
The mysterious organization that sent Eren here had apparently already taken care of some minor details for him. However, the idea that they possessed technology capable of directly influencing a person's thoughts truly unsettled Eren.
Just as Eren was about to accept the cake that had fallen from the sky, thanking the gods whose existence he doubted, a loud explosion and a gust of wind distracted him.
After the wind continued to blow for a few more seconds, Eren pulled his small arms away from his eyes and saw red tails rising into the sky.
Before he could count the nine red tails rising into the sky that appeared at the top of the forest, a nine-tailed fox quickly approached them, and Eren clearly saw the owner of the tails.
Hashirama disappeared again with concern in the next moment, while Eren froze in fear, swaying like a branch in the cold wind.
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