Chapter 242

Hashirama Senju still became the Hokage of Konoha,

while Uchiha Madara returned to the Uchiha clan,

hoping his clansmen would leave Konoha together with him!!

But the people of the Uchiha clan had also grown weary of the endless fighting before,

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They rejected Uchiha Madara's proposal,

and Uchiha Madara ultimately chose to leave Konoha alone.

And after a very long time,

Uchiha Madara returned to Konoha with the Nine-Tails,

and after a great battle with Hashirama Senju,

Uchiha Madara also died at the hands of Hashirama Senju!!

After witnessing the power of the Nine-Tails,

Hashirama Senju sighed deeply,

feeling that the power of the Tailed Beasts was far too great,

and could not be allowed to leak out into the world at will.

Once seized upon by those with ill intentions,

it would be a disaster for the people of this world!!

So after capturing the Nine-Tails,

Hashirama Senju went to the other nations and captured all the Tailed Beasts into his own hands!!

After gathering all nine Tailed Beasts,

a new worry arose in Hashirama Senju's heart.

He believed that if all nine Tailed Beasts remained in Konoha,

then Konoha's power would truly be far too great,

and if this continued, it might become a disaster for the other nations.

If the successors who came after him were crooked at heart,

and wished to use the power of the Tailed Beasts to invade other countries,

then wouldn't that be a disaster for those other countries?

Thus, for the peace of the entire shinobi world,

Hashirama Senju kept the Nine-Tails in Konoha,

and distributed the remaining Tailed Beasts among the rest of the nations!!

……

Watching the images on the white screen fade away,

everyone fell into silence.

So this was what history truly looked like—

after obtaining the power of the nine Tailed Beasts,

Hashirama Senju actually gave all nine Tailed Beasts away again?

They didn't know whether they should praise this First Hokage for his kind heart,

or call him foolish?!

"Heh… what a naive and laughable idea."

"I never thought I once认同 this person's ideals and beliefs."

A deep self-mocking expression appeared on Obito Uchiha's face.

At first, he had regarded the First Hokage as his idol,

believing the First Hokage was the person he admired most!!

Looking at it now, how utterly ridiculous that was!!

Who could have imagined,

that the First Hokage who ended the Warring States era,

and founded the shinobi village system, was actually an idealist!!!

……

"Naive…"

Staring at Hashirama Senju's actions on the white screen,

Nagato of the Whirlpool fell silent for a moment, and could only utter those two words.

Even in his view,

if Hashirama Senju had not possessed Wood Release and been overwhelmingly powerful himself,

then he, who harbored such ideals, beliefs, and methods,

might have met a fate even more tragic than his own!!!

And the facts proved,

Hashirama Senju had indeed failed.

The peaceful era he spoke of,

had only existed while he was alive,

everything had merely existed briefly for a time because of him.

GLOSSARY:

【Hashirama Senju, Uchiha Madara, Obito Uchiha, Obito, Nagato, Madara, Hashirama, Hokage, Kage, Konoha, Tailed Beast, Nine-Tails, First Hokage, Wood Release, Whirlpool (Nagato's clan)】

After his death,

the shinobi world erupted in several more wars in succession,

even broader in scope than the Warring States era!!!

Nagato could not even begin to fathom what the First Hokage had been thinking,

to gather all nine Tailed Beasts,

if it had been him,

he would have unified the entire world long ago,

no other nation could possibly exist!!!

After unifying the entire world,

there would no longer be divisions between countries,

peace might endure far longer.

Even if the First Hokage still died as he originally had,

the era of peace he had created

would absolutely last far longer than his own era!!! — End

119. The Joint Operation of the Four Great Nations: Senju Hashirama Must Die!

History only records how Senju Hashirama ended the Warring States era,

how founding the Hidden Village of Konoha was such a magnificent deed,

they instinctively assumed Senju Hashirama must have been a man of towering ambition.

But once they saw everything played out on the white screen,

only then did they learn the First Hokage's true face!!

It turned out that although his strength was immense,

the idea he harbored was so naive and laughable!!

Inside the Valley of the End.

Senju Hashirama stared blankly at Uchiha Madara, who stood opposite him.

He parted his lips and murmured.

"Madara... did I do something wrong?"

"I only thought... that the relationships between people shouldn't be settled by force."

"But why... did the future turn out like that."

He staggered,