Chapter 7

"This thought cost me many friends on the battlefield… lost many family members…"

"So from that moment on… I changed my mind…"

"The people of this world… are utterly incapable of understanding each other…"

"Everyone only makes judgments based on their own standpoint!!!"

"They refuse to listen to any opinion given to them!!!"

"This is what the people of this world are like!!!"

"Mutual understanding between human beings? That's pure fantasy!!!"

"So, Madara…"

"I will use my fists to show this world that I am right!!!"

"Strength determines everything!!!!"

The boy Madara in the image,

upon hearing these words,

could not help but widen his pupils!!!

As if he himself had just been overwhelmed by Hashirama's aura!!!

And those outside the image,

upon seeing this scene, were thrown into chaos!!!

Is this really the First Hokage we know?!?!?

【Madara Uchiha: Well said!!! Hashirama!!! If you had thought this way from the start, many tragedies afterward might never have happened!!!】

【Tobirama Senju: I feel like this Madara better matches my ideal image of our elder brother…】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: Uh… First Hokage… did he really say these words? They don't match the records…】

【Tsunade: Hmph!!! Obviously, I am the true inheritor of the Will of Fire!!! To protect Konoha, you need overwhelming power!!! Even at any cost!!!!】

【Jiraiya: …This… this is really the First Hokage? Completely different from what I imagined…】

【Fourth Raikage: Well said!!! This is the true mindset of the man who ended the Warring States era!!! Crush all enemies with your fists!!!】

Upon hearing these words, the people of Konoha,

all felt their worldview severely shaken!!!

This is utterly unlike the Will of Fire they had been taught since childhood,

completely different!!!!

Within the Akatsuki,

these Akatsuki members,

upon seeing this,

each held different thoughts within.

【Nagato: Indeed… make the world feel pain!!! This is the truly correct path—it seems I'm not the only one with this idea!!!】

【Konan: No matter what, I will stand by your side, Nagato. I will always be with you…】

【Kisame Hoshigaki: Is this the resolve of the man who ended the Warring States era? …】

【Deidara: Hahaha!!!! Strength decides everything!!! That's so cool!!! Only slaughter can save the world!!!】

【Sasori: Boring stuff… Only eternity is art… Human love, hate, emotions… even ideals… are all too insignificant…】

【Itachi Uchiha: Strength decides everything? … Isn't mutual understanding the path to peace? …】

Even without hearing Hashirama Senju say these words face to face,

yet,

all the Akatsuki members had been utterly stunned by the First Hokage's words!!!

Nagato, in particular, felt a faint sense of kinship.

But…

Nagato still thought this First Hokage was too kind.

Strength used merely to intimidate is

completely insufficient!!!

Human beings,

unless faced with a lethal threat,

will never reflect!!!

You must use overwhelming strength to inflict pain upon them!!!

Only through suffering,

will people remember!!!

Only then,

might true peace come to this world!!!

Nagato believed his own path was the correct one!!.

8. Big fists rule— who agrees? Who disagrees?!

【Nagato: No matter what!!! I believe D is the correct choice!!! My decision was right after all!】

【Tsunade: Hmph… Only true strength can protect Konoha!! My choice was right after all!!】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: Tsunade!! Have you forgotten the Will of Fire?!】

【Tobirama Senju: This is the elder brother I always dreamed of!!!】

【Jiraiya: Heh… who knows if the rewards of this livestream system are real or fake…】

【Only two people answered correctly this time, now the system begins to tally the rewards!!】

【Reward: Uzumaki Nagato's constitution +10 points!!!!】

【Reward: Shimura Danzo — one portion of perfectly compatible Uchiha bloodline!!!】

In the Land of Rain,

Nagato, who had been in a wheelchair, stood up with an expression of utter disbelief!!!

Only at this moment did he realize,

his body had suddenly gotten better???!!!

His waist no longer ached, his legs no longer hurt??!!

That feeling of weakness was gone???

And Konan, standing beside him keeping watch,

noticed this point as well at that moment.

She covered her own mouth.

"Nagato... you... you stood up??"

"That's wonderful!!! You're all right!!!"

Tears burst from Konan's eyes!!!

She knew all these years,

just how much Nagato had paid for their dream!!!

But this actually was not the outcome Konan had wanted!!!

What she desired most was for Nagato to be able to live on, safe and sound!!

She had already lost one of her most important companions!!!

Konan did not wish to lose another important companion!!!

But Nagato had already gone completely mad,

this was not something she could decide!!!

And Black Zetsu, secretly monitoring from the side,

was at this moment also shocked by Nagato's appearance!!!

As the behind-the-scenes manipulator,

Black Zetsu naturally knew,

just how great a burden those eyes had brought upon Nagato!!!

But in an instant,