Chapter 132

"Has anything happened within the clan?"

Seeing the two of them looking as if they were about to start arguing again,

Hashirama Senju immediately spoke up to change the subject.

Pinching his own chin with his right hand,

Tobirama Senju said thoughtfully.

"Basically nothing too major has happened."

"However, the princess of the Uzumaki clan, Uzumaki Mito, is quite concerned about when you'll be back…"

"If it weren't for her father Uzumaki Ashina telling her to go back, I feel like she might just move into the Senju clan!!"

473　After saying that,

A slightly suggestive expression also appeared on Tobirama Senju's face.

"Big brother, why don't you consider it…"

"Although you've dissolved the engagement with Uzumaki Mito, I can see she seems quite taken with you…"

"If you put in a little effort, you could probably win her over right away."

"Among us brothers, you're the one with the best chance of carrying on the bloodline and having children!!"

Hearing this, Hashirama Senju nearly spat out a mouthful of tea.

"Big brother, don't think I'm joking."

"Given your current situation… you probably can't even guarantee you can have children."

"In a few more years, as your strength keeps growing, the number of women whose cells can combine with yours will probably be even fewer!!"

"If it's like this, then won't all of us brothers of the Senju clan be left without descendants!!?"

He gave Tobirama Senju a light smack on the back of the head in exasperation,

Hashirama Senju said helplessly.

"Right now I'm as busy as can be."

"If you want children so badly, why don't you go have one yourself?!"

Tobirama Senju let out a sheepish chuckle,

and said with a proud look on his face.

"In my heart, nothing is more important than scientific research!!"

"I'm destined to walk hand in hand with scientific research for the rest of my life!!"

【Jiraiya: No wonder I always wondered… why the First Hokage and Second Hokage were so powerful, yet neither of them had any direct descendants…】

【Tsunade: It's precisely because of this that Great-grandpa and Second Great-grandpa treated me like their own granddaughter…】

【Orochimaru: I reckon the Second Hokage's hopes fell through. In our timeline, the First Hokage and Uzumaki Mito didn't have children together; the other First Hokage's cells are surely even more powerful, so it's probably very hard for him to have offspring!!】

【Minato Namikaze: Perhaps this is fate… you gain some, you lose some. It seems like throughout history, the stronger the Kekkei Genkai, the harder it is to produce children—otherwise so many excellent and powerful Kekkei Genkai wouldn't have gone extinct!!】

【Kushina Uzumaki: Our Uzumaki clan has the same issue—it's precisely because our physiques are too strong that it's harder for us to conceive than ordinary people, which is why the Uzumaki clan's population keeps shrinking.】

……

"Besides that, the Shimura clan and the Sarutobi clan have already come to pay visits several times…"

"They expressed their apologies for what happened at the daimyo's residence before."

"Both clans have sent representatives to see you, hoping to personally convey their apologies…"

Hashirama Senju shook his head.

"These two great clans' people are not only weak in strength…"

"Their reputation has never been any good either…"

"The Sarutobi clan may seem open and upright, but in truth they're utterly hypocritical…"

"And the Shimura clan is even simpler—they're full of nothing but dirty tricks!!"

"People like that, even if they defect to our Senju clan, would probably turn traitor in the blink of an eye!!"

"I don't have any good feelings toward clans like these."

A deep look of contempt appeared on Hashirama Senju's face.

In his view,

the two great clans coming to submit to him,

besides bringing him harm,

would bring absolutely no benefit at all!

So he simply didn't want to accept the two great clans' defection!!.

81. Susanoo plus Great Buddha! A super Gundam?!

【Fourth Raikage: Hahaha!! This First Hokage's assessment is actually quite fair… the utterly hypocritical Sarutobi clan, the Shimura clan full of dirty tricks!!】

【Ōnoki: No wonder Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo are both like that—turns out they've had problems from the very root!!】

【Shimura Danzo: You lot, stop talking nonsense!! Our Shimura clan has always been loyal to Konoha, never harboring any other thoughts!!】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: It's just that the First Hokage my lord isn't very familiar with our Sarutobi clan yet!! You're all talking complete rubbish!! Once the First Hokage my lord gets to know our Sarutobi clan, everything will naturally return to normal!!】

【Tobirama Senju: Looking at it this way, the assessment is actually quite fair… the Sarutobi clan and the Shimura clan do indeed have some issues… but at the time, for the sake of Konoha, I didn't think too much about it, so when these two clans joined, I agreed…】

【Minato Namikaze: If it were our First Hokage, then these two great clans might still be able to join the future Konoha, but the other First Hokage—he's not that kind-hearted… I'm really looking forward to the Sarutobi clan's fate then!! …】

【Fourth Raikage: Minato!! How about you join our Hidden Cloud Village? If you come over, the position of Fifth Raikage could be yours!】

【Ōnoki: Minato Namikaze, I can make the same promise—if you come over, I can even let you become Tsuchikage, I'll step down right now and hand the position over to you!!】

【Tobirama Senju: Monkey!! Tell me, what exactly did you do after you became Hokage?!】

【Shimura Danzo: Teacher, you shouldn't have given the position of Hokage to Monkey—he simply doesn't have the ability or the bearing to become Hokage!! But now that you know about this, there's still a chance to set things right!!】

Valley of the End,

Watching the scene in the image,

Madara Uchiha's face showed a hint of confusion.

So there really was a day so beautiful,

where his younger brother had not sacrificed himself,

where he and Hashirama had not become bitter enemies,

where the Uchiha and the Senju had resolved their hatred and could live in peace…

Then, was there still any need to carry out his Moon Eye Plan?

Madara Uchiha's heart began to waver,

he discovered that the direction of the other world was exactly what he had secretly desired!!

And yet,

their path was actually not so different at all!!

All of this left Madara Uchiha utterly confused!!

He didn't even know what he should do right now!!

Hashirama Senju stared at the image, lost in thought,

at first he did not accept the thoughts and actions of the other world's version of himself.

He thought the other version of himself was far too extreme!!

This made him even doubt the other version's outcome!!

He believed that such an extreme version of himself

would surely be abandoned by all,

rejected by everyone!!

He even thought it would make things infinitely worse!!

But the outcome surprised him,

he discovered that the other version of himself had done far better than he had!!

The mistakes and tragedies he had caused,

had not occurred at all in the other world!!

This caused him to question himself intensely!!

Especially his rift with Madara Uchiha,

coupled with the future state of Konoha…