Chapter 353

If the four of them truly refused,

then he could only act to destroy the four nations!!!

……

"The First Hokage my lord actually managed to do this…"

"From now on there will no longer be any talk of the Five Great Nations…"

Staring at what was happening on the black screen,

Jiraiya murmured to himself.

What Hashirama Senju had done,

in his eyes, looked even more like the true Child of Prophecy,

ending the chaotic era through his own power,

and he had also created a ninja system completely different from the present!!

【Fourth Raikage: Well… it seems from now on there will be no Land of Lightning, and no Raikage either, but that's fine too… being able to establish a brand-new era.】

【Ōnoki: Every First Kage has given their all, but unfortunately Hashirama Senju's strength is simply too great.】

【Terumi Mei: Why are you all so pessimistic? Joining the Land of Fire may not necessarily be a bad thing. I can clearly see that under this First Hokage's rule, the future might be even brighter, with no more so many meaningless sacrifices.】

【Rasa: I think so too, and you've all seen this First Hokage's strength for yourselves. Being completely merged into the Land of Fire is only a matter of time.】

【Nara Shikaku: The system this First Hokage has created seems reasonable on the surface, but in reality there are many enormous obstacles—it's only because his strength completely ignores those obstacles that it works. If it were anyone else, it would be utterly impossible.】

【Rock Lee: But by that comparison, doesn't this mean our world is an erroneous existence, and everything we're doing now is meaningless?】

【Shikamaru Nara: The notion that ninja are merely tools for carrying out missions—perhaps that was wrong from the very start.】

……

"So… this is the only thing we can do for now."

"Besides choosing to merge into the Land of Fire, we have no second path…"

Yozuki and the others looked at the representatives of the four nations before them,

and said helplessly, spreading their hands.

"Do you know what this decision means?"

"Once we choose to become cities of the Land of Fire and abolish our nation's names,"

"it means that from now on the four nations will no longer exist—we will all be merely a part of the Land of Fire."

"This is not simply a matter of changing names!!!!"

One of them stared fixedly into Yozuki and the others' eyes,

and said furiously.

Although earlier they had also expressed submission to the rule of the Land of Fire,

with the Four Great Nations becoming vassal states of the Land of Fire,

they still retained their nations' names,

existing in the form of nations.

They believed that,

as long as Hashirama Senju died,

the situation could immediately change,

so that was only a temporary setback,

but now it was completely different!!

Once they chose to become cities of the Land of Fire,

it would mean their nations truly ceased to exist altogether,

and once enough time passed,

there would be no way back to the founding of their nations!!!

Yozuki and the others exchanged glances,

and decided to tell them everything about their battle with Hashirama Senju!

"If you had witnessed Hashirama Senju's true strength, you wouldn't be saying such things."

"The reason the four of us chose to fight Hashirama Senju again was not without reason."

"Even the Sage of Six Paths appeared and expressed his support for our battle against him…"

"But even the Sage of Six Paths was defeated at his hands—do you understand what that means?"

Yozuki and the others' words,

raised towering waves in everyone's hearts.

Even the Sage of Six Paths was defeated at Hashirama Senju's hands!!?

As for the Sage of Six Paths,

even though they had never practiced ninjutsu,

nor become ninja,

that name

was thunderous to their ears,

and they knew what it meant.

Even the legendary Sage was no match for Hashirama Senju—

who in this world could still stop him?!

"……"

After hearing Yeyue's words,

everyone fell into a long, silent stillness.

They understood too well,

why Yeyue and the others had made such a decision,

if Yeyue refused to agree to Hashirama Senju's demand,

these nations would be forced to accept Hashirama Senju's demand anyway!!

The power displayed by Yeyue and his companions,

in their eyes,

was as terrifying as a natural disaster!!!

A single casual strike could shatter an entire mountain peak,

alter the terrain!!

And Hashirama Senju, whose strength far surpassed theirs,

could reach what height?

Facing such an irrational monster,

they could not imagine any way to defeat it.

Numbers meant nothing at all before such a being!!

……

Not long after,

the ninja world received another shockwave of news!!

The Land of Lightning, the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Water announced their complete merger into the Land of Fire,

from now on they would no longer call themselves nations,

but would be known as the City of Lightning, the City of Wind, the City of Earth, and the City of Water!!!

The emergence of this news,

was no less than a meteor crashing violently into the ninja world!!!

Any perceptive person could see what this meant.

From now on,

the era of the Five Great Nations had truly become history,

the Five Great Nations would never exist again,

these four nations had vanished completely!!

"Hashirama my lord has truly reached this point."