Chapter 40

How exactly to handle his own marriage to the Uzumaki clan

Hashirama Senju believed he didn't need to worry too much about it.

"The Uzumaki clan? …"

"Come to think of it, this family is quite similar to our Senju clan…"

"Their physical constitution seems extraordinarily strong—their recovery ability even surpasses that of the Senju clan…"

As for the Uzumaki clan,

Hashirama Senju's impression of them was not deep.

He only vaguely remembered that this family was exceptionally skilled in sealing jutsu,

but they were not proficient in direct combat.

If the Senju clan had not aided them,

the Uzumaki clan would likely have been wiped out long ago.

Their own physical constitution was extremely powerful,

and in the eyes of certain mad experimenters,

this was simply the best material for experimentation.

Therefore, before this,

some people would deliberately hunt Uzumaki clan members as live test subjects!!!

"Forget it—they're guests from afar. Since they're already on their way, let's prepare properly."

"Although I'm not particularly interested in this marriage."

"But as for the Uzumaki clan, I still want to properly witness their sealing jutsu."

After hearing Hashirama Senju say this,

Hashirama Senju's father sighed in relief.

He was glad his son had not outright refused to meet the Uzumaki clan,

since the Uzumaki clan's leader, Uzumaki Ashina, was also an old friend of his for many years,

and had arranged for his daughter to marry his son.

If Hashirama Senju refused even to meet the Uzumaki clan,

Hashirama Senju's father believed that would be far too disrespectful to the Uzumaki clan.

And the Senju Tobirama brothers,

along with the rest of the Senju clan members,

looked at Hashirama Senju with admiration.

Since Hashirama Senju became the head of the Senju clan,

the changes he brought to the entire Senju clan were simply too many!!!

And every change brought tangible benefits to the entire Senju clan.

At the very least, Senju clan children no longer had to go to war.

What the clan members talked about most was just how far their leader's power had reached.

Several years ago,

Hashirama Senju was already the strongest in the Senju clan,

and as his power grew even stronger,

he had rarely engaged in combat himself!!!

The outside world even revered Hashirama Senju as a god walking among mortals!!!!

If several years ago Tobirama Senju and the others still wanted to fight Hashirama Senju

to find out just how far his power had reached,

now,

they lacked even the courage to stand before Hashirama Senju.

Merely standing there,

they felt as if facing the weight of the world itself,

as if the opponent they were battling was not this man,

but the entire world!!!!

…

【Tobirama Senju: What a pity—the footage doesn't show this elder brother fighting in these years. I wonder just how far his power has reached?】

【Hashirama Senju: I have a feeling… Given his rate of progress, he's probably already surpassed me now.】

【Madara Uchiha: I wonder if the world in this footage truly exists. If I get the chance, I'd truly like to go there and fight Hashirama.】

【Minato Namikaze: I have a feeling—the First Hokage's power now can no longer be measured by normal ninja standards. He may already be infinitely close to the Sage of Six Paths!!!!】

36. What? You want to break off the engagement??!

Looking at the clan members gazing at him with respect.

Hashirama Senju sighed.

Without realizing it, he had already reached this height!!!

Although his power had grown ever stronger,

Hashirama Senju felt a deep loneliness inside.

Tobirama Senju and the others respected him even more,

but he could clearly feel it.

Tobirama and the other clansmen,

were growing further and further apart from him!!!

He could no longer fully integrate himself into the Senju clan.

Because in their eyes, he and they were completely different species.

Thinking of this, Hashirama Senju even somewhat missed Madara Uchiha.

Perhaps within the Uchiha clan, Madara Uchiha had also encountered the same scene as him.

Because the two of them were simply too strong,

and this kind of strength surpassed ordinary clansmen by no small margin.

They were no longer existences on the same dimension!!!

"Hashirama, have you thought it through?"

"Once you say these words, I'm afraid there will be no room for turning back!!"

Tobirama Senju looked at his son with worry.

"Father, you can rest assured. The decisions I make have never been ones I regret!!!"

"As for this marriage you've arranged... I truly cannot find a reason to persist in it..."

"Originally, the purpose of this marriage was to unite the two clans against the Uchiha clan..."

"But now, I believe there is no longer any need for this..."

"So... this marriage naturally has no reason to exist either..."

Hashirama Senju devoted his entire mind to cultivation,

where would he find the thought to take a wife and have children!!!

Let alone marrying a woman he had never met, a woman he had no feelings for!!!

【Tobirama Senju: Didn't expect this big brother to be even more of an iron straight man than the big brother on this side... I wonder how Mito would feel seeing this scene?... 】

【Hashirama Senju: Hahahaha!! On this point, I do seem quite similar to him... but you can't blame me for this either. When I married Mito back then, it was also because of the clan's demand that we got together... we didn't even know each other at the start, hadn't even met... how could there possibly be any feelings...】

【Uzumaki Mito: Hashirama Senju!!!! Don't think that just because I'm not talking means I haven't seen your message!!! What do you mean we got together because of the clan's demand, you explain that to me clearly!!!】

【Hashirama Senju: Oh no... it seems like I said something wrong...】

【Jiraiya: Didn't expect that the First Hokage my lord, he actually is also a henpecked husband...】

【Minato Namikaze: Ahem... Jiraiya-sensei, I think this kind of behavior can't be called henpecked, it should be the meaning of respecting wife, loving wife.】

【Fourth Raikage: To be able to explain henpeckedness so refreshingly and elegantly, I'm afraid only you, the Fourth, could do it.】