Chapter 17

These elders had regained the freedom to act,

but at this moment, none of them

dared to act rashly!!!

The young Hashirama's strength had just frightened them!!!

They had never imagined,

that the young Hashirama's strength had unknowingly already reached such a level!!!

This was probably already the number one expert of the Senju Clan!!!

These elders present,

each knew their own age was already very advanced,

and although their strength was not what it was at their peak,

they were certainly not weak either!!!

But the young Hashirama,

in an instant,

had restrained every single one of them present!!!

What kind of strength was this!!!

Most terrifying of all,

the current young Hashirama,

was only in his teens.

This meant,

he was still far from reaching the peak of his strength!!!

He was currently still in the rising phase of his power!!

This made them even more afraid to act rashly!!!

Moreover,

in that instant just now,

they did not doubt at all,

that as long as their answer displeased the young Hashirama,

the young Hashirama would kill them without hesitation!!!

Reaching this conclusion,

their hearts grew even more panicked!!!

This kid completely did not take them seriously at all!!!

Seeing the fearful expressions in the elders' eyes,

the young Hashirama finally nodded in satisfaction!!!

This was the result he wanted!!

He did not truly want to kill these clan elders!!

If it had come to that,

the Senju Clan would surely have been thrown into considerable upheaval!!!

He did not want a mess left behind,

what he wanted was an intact Senju Clan!

Therefore,

his actions just now were only to intimidate these elders,

of course,

if these elders did not know their place,

then he naturally would not mind killing one to warn the others!!!!

"Hashirama... you won..."

"I didn't expect your strength to progress so quickly..."

"It's only been a few years since you awakened Wood Release, and you've already mastered it to this degree..."

"It seems we truly did not misjudge back then—the future of the Senju Clan rests on you... you are the hope of the Senju Clan..."

While the elders were afraid,

they also cast fervent gazes toward Hashirama Senju!!!

They knew very well,

the Wood Release recorded in the clan,

once fully mastered,

was just how terrifying a ninjutsu it was!!!

Apart from the ancestor,

there had not been a second person in the clan's history who could fully master Wood Release!!

Therefore,

they now also felt that having Hashirama Senju serve as this clan head was not unacceptable!!!

He might be able to lead the Senju Clan to a new height!!!

And the young Hashirama's father,

Senju Butsama, seeing this scene,

His heart felt even more dazed...

Since when,

had the elders in the clan become so easy to talk to??!

All these years while he was clan head,

these old fellows had scolded him plenty!!

"Butsuma, prepare for the handover ceremony..."

"Tomorrow, publicly pass the position of clan head to Hashirama."

"Tonight, tell Hashirama some of the matters he should pay attention to."

Seeing the elders of the clan being so tactful,

the young Hashirama also prepared to give them a way out.

"My behavior toward all the elders today was too abrupt..."

"However... I did this for a reason, I hope the elders will not blame me for it..."

Hearing him say this,

the expressions on the elders' faces eased somewhat.

"Our Senju and the Uchiha clan have always been fighting..."

"Yet not a single person in the clan knows what the source of the fighting is..."

"What are we fighting for, and when should we stop..."

"The reason I wanted to become the head of the Senju clan was not for my own selfish desires..."

"I only hope that no one in the Senju clan will continue to be sacrificed, at the very least, not die from this kind of fighting without reason..."

The young Hashirama's words,

brought a contemplative expression to the faces of the elders.

"Hashirama... this question, we leave it to you..."

"We don't have a real answer either, from as far back as we can remember..."

"We only know that the Uchiha clan is our enemy, so we must do everything in our power to eliminate them..."

"This is the fate passed down from generation to generation in our Senju clan..."

"The root of the problem, the true answer, is for you to seek out."

After saying this,

the elders left the place.