Chapter 1848
A word is final
"Am I really wrong?"
"Is it true that Konoha's prosperity has nothing to do with me?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked confused and for the first time he began to question his life.
"No!"
"This is Setsuna's trick. This is nonsense he made up."
"If I had become Hokage immediately after Tobirama Sensei died in the battle, the major ninja clans in the village would have fallen into civil strife in order to compete for the position of Hokage, which would have wasted the village's strength. It was me who stabilized the situation." Sarutobi Hiruzen fell into a monologue and forgot everything about the outside world. The Senju brothers, Wang Ming, Hyuga Hiashi, Uchiha Madara... He didn't care about anything.
At this point, he was already in a state of chaos where his beliefs were about to collapse, and even the meaning of his existence was being denied.
Hyuga Hiashi looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with disdain. As the patriarch of the Hyuga family, the Hyuga family was also qualified to participate in the power game of that year. After Sarutobi Hiruzen succeeded to the throne of Hokage, the major ninja clans would indeed not fight each other for the position of Hokage and damage the family's strength.
However, there was not much significance in retaining these personnel, because they all died at the hands of Danzo later.
Even if the Konoha clan started fighting among themselves, Konoha would not be conquered by the four major ninja villages. The village was guarded by the first generation of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Mito. If Uchiha Madara did not have the Samsara Eye at that time, he would not be able to do anything to Uzumaki Mito.
At the same time, the four major ninja villages will not continue to start wars. The cost of the First Ninja World War was very high. The second generation Hokage of Konoha, Tobirama Senju, died, the second generation Raikage of Kumogakure died, the second generation Tsuchikage, Mu, died of the Iwakage, and the second generation Kirigakage, Gengetsu, died of Hozuki Haneki. Four Kages died in one breath, and everyone is licking their wounds.
So whether Sarutobi Hiruzen is there or not, nothing will happen in Konoha.
"Sakumo committed suicide! It's not my fault. He did have the qualifications to become Hokage, but I did not give any orders against him, let alone force him. His death has nothing to do with me." Sarutobi Hiruzen was still muttering to himself.
"Yes, his death had nothing to do with me."
"The death of Nawaki was also an accident. It was not arranged by me at all. It was Orochimaru who took him to the battlefield for training. If there is anyone to blame for Nawaki's death, it can only be blamed on Orochimaru's carelessness."
"Kato Dan's case was even more unexpected. I never sent anyone to expose his true location. His death was just a normal microcosm of the cruelty of war."
Senju Tobirama (→_→) (←_←) Senju Hashirama.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's confession made Senju Hashirama believe it a little.
Senju Hashirama: "It seems that these things are really not done by Monkey."
Before Senju Tobirama could answer, he noticed Uchiha Madara who looked like he was enjoying the show in the distance, and he immediately became very unhappy. However, he really couldn't argue with Uchiha Madara in front of Senju Hashirama.
Senju Tobirama: "Brother! There are some things you don't necessarily need to ask for yourself to do."
Senju Hashirama was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Senju Tobirama: "When a person has enough power, as long as you show an attitude, someone will naturally do dirty things for you."
Senju Hashirama: "Why didn't I encounter such a situation when I was Hokage?"
When Senju Tobirama heard this, the veins on his forehead throbbed, his palms clenched into fists, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Because... I was wrong about everything."
Senju Hashirama (⊙o⊙) was dumbfounded: "Is there such a thing?"
Uchiha Madara laughed heartily. For him, nothing was more joyful than watching Senju Tobirama being humiliated.
Wang Ming was also watching for fun. Hashirama Senju proposed the direction of the ninja village, but it was Tobirama Senju who built the framework and made the wish come true. In addition to his strong combat power, Hashirama Senju's political talent was a mess.
During the establishment of Konoha Village, apart from his significant contribution in defeating Uchiha Madara, Hashirama Senju had no real contribution in other aspects.
For example: distributing the tailed beasts to other ninja villages free of charge.
If Hashirama Senju did not have Tobirama Senju behind him to resist the conspiracy, even if Hashirama Senju was powerful, he would have accomplished nothing.
The relationship between Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama is similar to that between Lu Bu and Chen Gong, one is responsible for unparalleled combat power, and the other is responsible for resisting conspiracies and intrigues. However, the trust between the Senju brothers is higher, and their system is more outstanding.
"Orochimaru's human experiments were conducted secretly by him, and I had no way to control them..."
The more Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke, the clearer his eyes became. Gradually, the confusion in his eyes completely disappeared. His faith was restored, and he even became more convinced that he was right.
"I am not wrong!"
"Everything I do is for Konoha."
"If I hadn't worked so hard for decades to maintain the balance of Konoha, Konoha would have been torn apart by you ninjas long ago."
"Setsuna, old devil! If Konoha had been handed over to a bunch of crazy people with extreme personalities like you, I'm afraid you would have led it to destruction long ago."
"Hinata Hiashi! You are a narrow-minded maggot. You only care about your family and not the village. You are from the same village, but you have been controlling the branch family members with the "bird in a cage" method, keeping Konoha and Hyuga separated forever and not fully integrated into the village."
"..."
"Your accusations are all slander against me. This is your attempt to seize the position of Hokage and make Konoha suck the blood of your family."
Sarutobi Hiruzen became more and more excited as he spoke, and even the civilian ninjas who were unaware of the inside story were infected by his words.
Because civilian ninjas have only a limited way to obtain intelligence, they are easily influenced and instigated by others even if they have a high IQ. And from their perspective, the ninja clan is indeed not a good thing.
Not all ninjas are good people. There are also bad ones, and they are not few in number.
These scums cause resentment in the hearts of civilian ninjas. Even if they do nothing, it can easily make people develop a similar mentality to hatred of the rich.
Wang Ming sighed at this time and said: "It is very difficult to change a person's mind through language.
No amount of words can make him realize how wrong his thoughts are, and persuasion will only make him more stubborn. "
"Only the cold reality can make people recognize their mistakes." The moment he finished saying this, Wang Ming looked at the Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura in his hand. Two-thirds of the Three-Tailed Isobu had been pulled out, but was stuffed back into his arms by Wang Ming.
"I'll give you a chance to live."
"As long as you can destroy half of Konoha, or kill Sarutobi Hiruzen, I can let you leave Konoha safely."
Karuju Yagura glanced at Senju Tobirama, Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara, and then said directly: "You might as well just kill me!"
Wang Ming glanced at the three people who were reborn from the Impure World Reincarnation: "They won't affect you."
A light suddenly flashed in Goju Yagura's eyes: "It's a deal." (End of this chapter)