Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 145 Tobirama's Pot

Different strategies are needed to talk to different people, and Ban understands this principle very well.

When facing Obito, there's no need to preach so much; just tell him that he can create a world with Rin.

No matter how much you say, he won't understand it given his intelligence.

But you can't do that when facing Ning Yuan.

Because Ning Yuan is very smart and has his own ideas, he won't accept you unless you explain the reasons to him in detail.

Ban, seeing Ning Yuan's thoughtful expression, said softly, "No need to give me an answer right away. Why don't you listen to my story first?"

Ning Yuan nodded: "Okay!"

"Hmm!" Spotted nodded and said, "You know about my great battle with Hashirama, but do you know why we fought?"

"I don't know!" Ning Yuan shook his head.

Madara sighed and said, "Back then, the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan were sworn enemies for generations. We fought desperately from an unknown generation onwards, continuing to my grandfather, my father, and us!"

"After a while, everyone got tired of it, and nobody knew when this would end."

"Until one day, I met Hashirama by a small river. We shared our ideals with each other: to end the war and build a village that could protect everyone!"

Ning Yuan nodded, but knew the story wouldn't go so smoothly. The two of them were even competing to see who could pee the farthest and skip stones the farthest.

"Later, he became the head of the Senju clan, and I became the head of the Uchiha clan. We overcame all opposition, established a peace treaty, and chose a location at the foot of a cliff to build the present-day Konoha Village!"

As expected, he received an admiring look from Ning Yuan: "You were even involved in the establishment of the village?"

"Of course!" Madara Uchiha proudly raised his head.

Although he had broken ties with Konoha, it did not diminish his pride in being the founder of Konoha.

"The two of us joined forces to quell the unrest of countless clans, and those clans were subdued one by one, eventually accepting our invitation and joining Konoha, including your Hyuga clan's ancestor!"

Ning Yuan nodded. The Hyuga clan's reputation as the "Ten-nin" wasn't just something they boasted about. You could tell from their performance during the Fourth Shinobi World War that the Hyuga clan's fighting strength wasn't bad. One Rotation Technique could make the Ten-Tails' tail stagger.

However, after joining Konoha, the Hyuga clan's role changed from main damage dealer to radar scouts, and they used Byakugan more often than Gentle Fist, which made the Hyuga clan seem weaker.

"And then?" Ning Yuan asked.

"And then!" Madara said leisurely, "Almost all the ninja clans in the Land of Fire joined Konoha. Some who didn't join hid in places that ordinary people couldn't find, and we didn't pay much attention. Meanwhile, facing the pressure from Konoha, other countries also established their own ninja villages!"

"At this point, my opinion is to wipe out all these ninja villages, gather all the ninjas into Konoha, and leave only one ninja village in the world. But Hashirama's idea differs from mine!"

"He believes that enough war and killing have gone on, and it's time for a period of rest and recuperation!" Madara said, his teeth clenched. "Not only does he oppose conquering other ninja villages, but he also wants to give away the nine tailed beasts we painstakingly captured to other villages to balance the power of the major villages!"

"Ning Yuan, tell me, how could he have such a thought? This idea is simply..."

"Cerebral palsy?"

"Cough cough cough cough." Ban suddenly coughed, then looked at Ning Yuan in astonishment.

He thought he already harbored enough resentment towards Hashirama, but he never expected this junior to be even more ruthless.

Then Ban laughed and said, "Cerebral palsy, that's right, cerebral palsy. If he didn't have cerebral palsy, how could he have done something like this?"

"Luckily, Tobirama did something worthwhile; he didn't give away the nine tailed beasts for free, but instead sold them!" Madara said, still indignant. "But, compared to unifying the world, which is more important, mere money? It goes without saying!"

"I think selling tailed beasts is worse than giving them away!" Ning Yuan objected. "The Second Hokage didn't handle this matter very well!"

"Hmm?" Madara asked, "Didn't you admire that person? Why are you opposing him now?"

"I admire his pursuit of knowledge, but I don't entirely approve of his actions!" Ning Yuan said, "This is called 'I love my teacher, but I love truth more,' and he did indeed make a mistake in this matter!"

"Was it wrong? Where was it wrong?" Madara asked, curious instead.

If Tobirama is wrong, doesn't that mean Hashirama is right?

"It's a very simple principle. Hashirama's idea was that I gave you the Tailed Beasts not so you could fight, but to maintain world peace. Although this idea is ridiculous, there's a greater reason behind it. If war breaks out again, the major ninja villages will have to think twice before using the Tailed Beasts. And we, Konoha, now have a greater reason. If we see anyone using a Tailed Beast on the battlefield, we can use their breach of contract to take it back!"

"Who gave you permission to fight with tailed beasts?!"

"Huh?" Madara blinked. It seemed that made sense?

"But Tobirama's actions turned righteousness into a business!" Ning Yuan spread his hands: "This changed the other ninja villages' thinking. They don't care about peace or anything like that. We bought the tailed beasts ourselves, so we can use them however we want. Even if we use the tailed beasts to massacre villages and destroy countries, that's our freedom!"

"Ah, this!" Madara and Kuro exchanged a glance, it seemed to make sense!

"It will be difficult for Konoha to take back the Tailed Beast, because you sold it to me on a cash-on-delivery basis. I've already paid, so why should you take my Tailed Beast back?"

"Without upholding justice, trying to reclaim the Tailed Beasts would make us the ones in the wrong!"

At this point, Ning Yuan shrugged and sighed, "The more you understand the Second Hokage, the more you'll admire his wisdom. Many of his forbidden techniques will leave you bewildered. How did he come up with this technique? How did he come up with that technique?"

"But if you ignore his pursuit of knowledge and instead look at his policies and management strategies, you'll find that while he is intelligent, he lacks his brother's vision. As a result, he came up with all sorts of petty and problematic systems on a whim!"

"Huh?!" Madara and Black Zetsu's eyes widened again. Is this true? How come we didn't notice?!

"That's not the worst part. The worst part is that back then, no one in the ninja world was smarter than him, so all the other ninja villages copied Konoha's system exactly. As a result, the problems in Konoha's system were also copied to other ninja villages. So, the problems that happened in Konoha also happened in other ninja villages, and the conflicts that happened in Konoha also happened in other ninja villages."

"In my opinion, both the First Shinobi World War that occurred while Tobirama was alive, and the Second Shinobi World War that occurred after Tobirama's death, were related to the system he created in a mess!"

"It wouldn't be fair to call him the mastermind behind the endless wars in the ninja world, but he was certainly a crucial accomplice!"

"Huh?" Madara and Black Zetsu were completely dumbfounded.

No, we're here to chat. Aren't I supposed to be teaching you based on my life experiences? How did it become you, Tobirama's devoted follower, teaching me?

But when it comes to Tobirama's flaws, Madara really wants to hear about them!

He knew that Tobirama had a technique called Impure World Reincarnation, which could revive the dead.

Now that I've heard Tobirama's questions, wouldn't it be interesting to revive Tobirama and tell him everything when I have the chance?

The main problem is that Tobirama always acts like he's the boss and I'm second, showing absolutely no respect for him, the shrew of the ninja world.

Madara had some mutual respect for Hashirama because they were evenly matched, but he felt nothing but dislike for Tobirama.

In particular, Tobirama killed his beloved younger brother.

Now that he has a chance to strike at Tobirama, he will definitely not miss it!

"Tell me in detail!" Ban immediately hunched over, trying to get his ear closer to Ning Yuan, afraid that he might miss some of the words.

If conditions allowed, he would have liked to write down Ning Yuan's words.

"Then let me elaborate!" Ning Yuan smiled and said, "First, there's the establishment of the Kage position. That was Tobirama's idea, wasn't it?"

"Mmm!" Spotted head.

Although Tobirama wasn't the first Hokage, the name of that position was indeed Tobirama's idea. In fact, even now Madara doesn't know why the leader isn't called the leader, but the Kage.

"Is there a problem with this location?" Ban asked.

"Of course, no problem. A horse can't function without a leader, and nothing can stand without one. An organization certainly needs a leader!" Ning Yuan said. "The problem lies in the Hokage selection process!"

"What's wrong with the selection method?" Madara thought for a moment. The First Hokage was Hashirama Senju, the Second Hokage was Tobirama Senju, and the Third Hokage was Hiruzen Sarutobi. What's wrong with that?

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't very good, he was indeed the most suitable person for that time period.

"The biggest problem with Konoha's Hokage selection process is that it doesn't have a proper system!" Ning Yuan spread his hands. "Can you believe it? The Hokage of a village doesn't actually have a clear standard for promotion. The most commonly used standard is actually the previous Hokage's designation!"

"Since there's no standard, then don't blame Hiruzen Sarutobi for having inappropriate thoughts. If Hashirama Senju could point to his own brother, why can't I point to my own son?"

Ning Yuan shrugged and concluded, "So the root cause of Hiruzen Sarutobi's suppression of geniuses and even his plot against the village's strongmen lies here!"

Madara was speechless. When he first heard that Hiruzen Sarutobi had plotted to kill Sakumo Hatake, he thought it was a problem with Hiruzen Sarutobi's personal character.

Oh, so it's all your fault, Tobirama Senju's fault.

That makes sense, Tobirama Senju. He's always trying to be clever, but you see, his admirers see right through him!

"Furthermore, the uncertainty of this selection method, coupled with the fact that Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and even Hiruzen Sarutobi were the strongest ninjas in the village at the time, would lead the villagers and ninjas to believe that the strongest person in the village could become Hokage!"

"What's wrong with that?" Madara thought for a moment and didn't see anything wrong with the idea!

At least now we have a standard for selecting the Hokage, right?

"So Konoha is a monkey mountain?" Ning Yuan retorted. "Is the Hokage a monkey? They just choose whoever is strongest?"

"Ah, this." Madara remained silent.

"What if this Hokage has been in office for two years, and suddenly a powerful person emerges? Wouldn't that person think, 'I'm stronger than you, so I want to be Hokage,' and then challenge for the Hokage position?"

"He can't possibly fail, because he's stronger than the previous Hokage. But if he succeeds, the problem will be even bigger, because he'll set an example for future geniuses, who can then try to challenge for the Hokage position."

"If it's just a fair challenge, that's fine. But the problem is when they can't win head-on, they resort to dirty tricks, whether it's the challenger or the challenged."

"This kind of problem might occur in Konoha, but it could also occur in other villages!"

The Fourth Kazekage's attempt to harm Pakura is a prime example!

Ban and Kuro exchanged a glance and fell silent.

This is truly a huge pot!

(End of this chapter)