Chapter 108

The senjutsu aura of Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave immediately appeared on Hashirama Senju's body as well,

and these three auras blended together in perfect harmony,

without the slightest conflict!!

The three Sage summons, from Hashirama Senju's body,

even sensed a trace of pressure emanating from the depths of his soul.

An identical feeling of disbelief welled up simultaneously in the hearts of the three of them—

Has he already completely merged the three great senjutsu into one?!

72. Hashirama's Regret: It's all my fault for being too weak!!!

【Jiraiya: After watching this First Hokage's path of cultivating senjutsu, I increasingly feel like I'm a fool…】

【Tsunade: Compared to a grandfather like this, let alone you, I'm afraid everyone would feel like a fool!! …】

【Orochimaru: Back then I spent who knows how much effort, wanting to cultivate the senjutsu of Ryūchi Cave, and in the end only completed a defective version of the curse mark…】

【Great Toad Sage: You don't need to feel too inferior. This Hashirama Senju's existence is simply too outrageous; I'm afraid you couldn't find a single person similar to him in the entire history of the shinobi world…】

【White Snake Sage: Poor my other self, living to that age, and still being shocked up and down…】

【Slug Sage: The other you is still fine—at the very least he's much stronger than me. I didn't even teach him the senjutsu of Shikkotsu Forest; he learned it with just one glance, and even surpassed me…】

【Hashirama Senju: …It seems my view of senjutsu was too one-sided. I thought I was already very powerful… I didn't expect this was just my own self-righteousness…】

At this moment,

the color of the screen changed.

The black border faded away,

and the white border began to appear.

【Naruto Uzumaki: Uh…I suddenly don't want to see what's inside the white border.】

【Sakura Haruno: Me too…With another more outstanding Lord First Hokage, I've suddenly lost interest in this First Hokage.】

【Rock Lee: I share the same thought as you. The original First Hokage was way too laid-back, not a hint of hot-bloodedness. The other Lord First Hokage is much more youthful, and makes me feel my blood boil with passion!!!】

【Shikamaru Nara: It's not just an attitude issue—the other Lord First Hokage also seems a lot sharper in the head…】

【Ino Yamanaka: And there's one most important issue…Have you noticed? Although the two Lords First Hokage don't look much different, I just feel that the Lord First Hokage in the black-bordered screen is especially handsome!!! Even Sasuke can't compare!!】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: …You should still take a good look at the Lord First Hokage in the white-bordered screen. This is the true Will of Fire. The other Lord First Hokage has probably already lost his way!!】

【Fourth Raikage: Now I understand why Konoha has so many rogue ninja. This old monkey Hiruzen Sarutobi opens his mouth and it's the Will of Fire, but he himself has never been seen to actually abide by the stuff…】

……

Although Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had already fallen out,

he believed

that he and his companions

would one day bury the hatchet and shake hands in reconciliation.

As long as he kept pushing forward,

one day he would reach his own utopia! 470!

The day when people understood and empathized with one another would not be far off.

Cherishing beautiful hopes for the future,

Hashirama Senju spent his days just like that.

With the physique of his Senju clan,

combined with his unique Wood Release,

even without much training,

Hashirama Senju's strength kept growing stronger.

But in just two or three years,

his strength had already surpassed that of his father, Senju Butsuma,

making him the strongest of the Senju clan.

Yet during these few years,

more and more Uchiha clan members died at his hands.

And Madara Uchiha had also killed too many Senju clan members,

the hatred between their two clans growing deeper, the conflicts growing more severe.

Hashirama Senju felt that the distance between him and Madara Uchiha

seemed so far that they could never meet again.

While his own strength grew,

Madara Uchiha's strength was also rapidly growing stronger!!!

On the battlefield,

the two of them had clashed more than once,

and although Hashirama Senju's own strength was a notch above Madara Uchiha's,

it wasn't by much,

the two of them could hardly determine a victor in a short time!!!

His Wood Release grew ever stronger,

and Madara Uchiha's Sharingan also went from one tomoe to two tomoe,

then evolved to three tomoe!!

In the end,

In order to defeat Hashirama Senju's Wood Release,

he and his younger brother Izuna Uchiha each chose to strike at the people most important to them,

and through that overwhelming grief and hatred awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan,

and his Sharingan finally stepped onto a brand-new level!!!

Hashirama Senju could never understand why he and Madara Uchiha had come to this point,

when the two of them clearly shared the same dream,

and could understand each other.

They both knew they were fighting for the same goal,

so why did Madara Uchiha still choose to stand against him?

Their battle had absolutely no meaning!!!

Hashirama Senju believed that the Uchiha clan — Madara Uchiha included — were far too obsessive,

that they placed far too much weight on something like power!!!

As long as people could understand one another,

and carry the kindest of intentions in their hearts,

then none of these disputes would ever happen.

But Madara Uchiha always felt his own words were laughable,

and refused to acknowledge him.

……

【Fourth Raikage: I feel that if it weren't for the power of Wood Release, the First Hokage would have died who-knows-how-many times by now. Living in the Warring States era, and yet there are still such laughable people…】

【Ohnoki: Heh… If I hadn't seen this scene with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it either. The legendary God of Shinobi, the First Hokage Hashirama Senju — who would have thought he was actually such a ridiculous idealist…!!】

【Rasa: But precisely because of this, we should be grateful to him… Otherwise, where would the other four villages be today?】

【Terumi Mei: The two First Hokage don't seem like much when looked at separately, but when you put them side by side for comparison, the gap is enormous.】

【Hashirama Senju: You… you all don't agree with my ideas? There will surely come a day when people understand one another…】

【Madara Uchiha: Hashirama, before you ask what the people of other villages think, ask first about the Konoha you yourself founded — how many people within Konoha actually agree with your ideas??】

【Tobirama Senju: Big brother… I don't want to say this, but I hope you can be a little more rational in the position of Hokage, and stop clinging to such overly idealistic ideas like before.】

【Naruto Uzumaki: This First Hokage uncle is way too lame… The other First Hokage uncle only needed a short while to become the strongest of the Senju clan, but this guy spent a full two or three years to reach that level, and he's still slightly inferior.】

【Shikamaru Nara: The two First Hokage my lords started from the same conditions, but their ideas were different, and that led to completely different actions. The First Hokage on the black screen — his desire to grow stronger is terrifying, so he has never once stopped moving forward!!】

【Rock Lee: I also like the First Hokage my lord on the black screen much more. Only from him did I truly see what real effort looks like!!】

The Valley of the End,