Comparing the two pillars, this pillar is too extreme!

Looking at his son,

For the first time, the Thousand-Handed Buddha felt this way.

Am I still half asleep?

Or is he just getting old?

Hashirama...

He actually claimed to have completely mastered Wood Release?!

"Hashirama... even if you've mastered all of Wood Release..."

"But you're also a member of the Senju clan... We and the Uchiha clan..."

Before Thousand-Armed Buddha could finish speaking,

A deep look of disgust flashed across young Hashirama's face!

"The same excuse again..."

"The struggle between the Senju and Uchiha clans... in the end, isn't it all because of these old guys in the clans..."

"If it weren't for their demands, why would we be forced to go to the battlefield from such a young age?!"

"I don't understand or know about those past hatreds..."

"But I only know one thing now, and that is that no one can order me around anymore!!"

"Now all I need to do is listen to my heart, and that's enough!!"

After listening to what young Hashirama said,

A look of fear and apprehension flashed across Thousand Hands Buddha's face.

"Hashirama!!! Are you insane?!?!"

"How dare you question the elders' decision!!!"

The Thousand-Handed Buddha knew that

On the surface,

He was very proud to be the patriarch of the Thousand Hands clan.

But in fact,

The entire Senju clan,

The elders are the ones who make the final decisions!

Those elders,

They could even take advantage of the elders' authority.

Replace yourself as the clan leader!

Family elders,

Their authority within the family,

They even far surpass him, the patriarch of the family!

As long as the family elders are not satisfied

He, the clan leader, could be replaced immediately!

And what young Hashirama just said...

If the family elders heard this...

Even I, as his father, probably couldn't protect him!

[Uchiha Madara: ...That's right...Just like our Uchiha clan, if it weren't for the elders of our clan, so many of our Uchiha clan members probably wouldn't have died back then!!! My clansmen died not so much at the hands of the enemy, but at the hands of them!!!]

[Tobirama Senju: If it weren't for my elder brother ultimately mastering all of Wood Release... the Senju clan would probably never have been able to successfully establish Konoha... These elders of the clan... are truly a cancer!!!]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: I never imagined... that the First Hokage would have had such courage, openly challenging the Elders!!!]

[Shimura Danzo: Heh... I discovered it long ago. The biggest drawback of the clan system is these elders...]

In the Hokage's office,

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, saw Danzo Shimura's statement.

He felt a chill run through him!

Danzo was truly ruthless.

Even the Third Hokage had to admire Danzo!

Danzo, in order to consolidate his position,

His first victims were members of the Shimura clan!

It can be said,

The entire Shimura family, from top to bottom,

Basically, they all became stepping stones for Danzo's ambitions!

If it were the Third Hokage,

He believed he could never do such a thing to the Sarutobi clan!

[Hyuga Neji: So... if you're strong enough... it's possible to change things within the clan?]

[Hiashi Hyuga: Neji!!! Don't be influenced by this video!!! The elders of the clan, all their decisions are for the prosperity of the clan!!! They are not acting out of personal greed!!!]

Orochimaru: Interesting... After all these years in the ninja world, the Hyuga clan seems to be one of the few clans that still retains the main and branch family system... No wonder you've been relegated to being subordinate to the Uchiha clan your entire lives!!!

The boy Hashirama in the picture,

After hearing what Thousand-Armed Buddha had to say,

A flicker of pity and reluctance crossed his face!

He still remembers it to this day.

Back then, his own father,

His siblings also died in various senseless wars!

And the reasons for these wars,

It could even be said that there was absolutely no reason at all!

From the moment we are born

They were indoctrinated with the idea that everything was for the benefit of the family!

No one ever told them,

Besides killing,

What else can they possibly do?!

Young Hashirama still vaguely remembers it.

How spirited and ambitious my father was back then!

Have ideals...

But now.

Young Hashirama glanced at Senju Butsuma with disappointment.

"Father, do you still remember why you insisted on becoming the head of the Senju clan?"

Do you remember how your mother died?

"You said you wanted to change the Senju clan, you wanted to change the world... but look at you now..."

"Are you truly the Thousand-Armed Butsuma, or merely a weapon in the hands of the elders?..."

Have you given up on who you used to be?

Opened his mouth,

The Thousand-Handed Buddha murmured.

"No...it's not like that..."

"I didn't give up..."

"I just...I just..."

The expression on Thousand-Armed Butsuma's face grew increasingly pale.

Because he also discovered,

It seems I'm drifting further and further away from the path I originally chose.

What did the elders ask him to do?

What did he do by himself?!