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Chapter 5 The Selection of the Third Hokage

"Teacher, is everything the person on the screen saying true?"

Tobirama shook his head, then nodded.

"I'm not sure, but I can tell you that what I personally experienced is indeed as this person said."

Tobirama had already confirmed that what the people inside the light screen said was true.

He simply didn't want Hiruzen Sarutobi to hear his judgment, lest it influence the other party.

He's not young anymore. After serving as Hokage for a few more years, he'll have to step down once the next generation grows up.

To become Hokage, one must have independent thinking ability and not simply believe whatever others say.

Even he, the retired Second Hokage, was no exception.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and several other students were among the best of their generation.

He estimated that the third Hokage would be chosen from among these students.

First, we can rule out Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, Uchiha Kagami, and Akimichi Torifu.

The first two were quite capable and had good character, but without the support of their clans, it would be difficult for them to become Hokage.

The families of the latter two could be helpful, and their own strength is also formidable.

However, Tobirama Senju would never allow someone from the Uchiha clan to become Hokage, not even if that person was a disciple he favored.

Because the people in this family are all too emotional. To put it bluntly, they are all potential psychopaths, and you never know when they might have an episode.

It's already troublesome enough for ordinary people to have mental illnesses, let alone the members of the Uchiha clan who are all very strong.

Once the disease develops, it becomes even more troublesome.

Akimichi Torifu is a good person, but his family's characteristics are not suitable for him to be Hokage.

After much deliberation, only Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura remained.

First, both of them are highly capable and are among the best of their generation.

Secondly, their own families are considered relatively good families in Konoha, and they can provide them with some assistance.

With his support as a teacher, they should be able to secure their positions as Hokage if they become Hokage.

Of the two, he favored Hiruzen Sarutobi more.

Therefore, he would not let go of any opportunity to train the other party.

Of course, things are not completely decided yet, after all, there are still several years to go, and Hiruzen Sarutobi is only temporarily ahead of Danzo Shimura.

The events at the Five Kage Summit weren't actually that significant. In short, Hashirama offered to give the tailed beasts to the other four nations for free, while Tobirama insisted on paying for them.

[After hearing that the Kazekage didn't want the Tailed Beasts but wanted other countries to cede territory, the other three Kage expressed their displeasure.]

Just as a fight was about to break out, Hashirama, with his overwhelming affability, slammed his head on the table several times, implying to everyone present that he was the most stubborn one, and that if they didn't reach a peace agreement, he would smash their little heads in.

And so, for the first time, complete peace was achieved on this land.

"Teacher, did the First Generation rely on his strong charisma or his own strength to get the other four countries to sign the peace treaty? I don't quite understand."

Upon hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's question, Tobirama's lips twitched again.

Instead of explaining directly to the monkeys, he prompted them, "If the First Generation hadn't been so powerful, do you think they would have listened to us?"

"I see. It seems that in this ninja world, strength really does speak for itself."

To avoid bringing trouble to his elder brother, Tobirama quickly added, "You can't say that. If the First Hokage didn't have charisma, wouldn't he be just like Madara Uchiha?"

After thinking about it carefully, Hiruzen Sarutobi realized that it made sense.

The villagers of Konoha chose the First Hokage over Madara Uchiha because they knew that the First Hokage was different from Madara.

"Let me remind you, you can't learn the way the first generation does things because you don't have the invincible strength of the first generation. Everything has two sides. Whether to be tough or to compromise is something you need to decide for yourself."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

[Years later, Madara suddenly returned and launched an attack on Konoha. Hashirama, to protect the village and its residents, stepped forward and engaged Madara in a fierce battle.]

Madara used the powerful eye energy of his Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and fight Hashirama.

[Our Hashirama, however, responded with Wood Release ninjutsu in Sage Mode.]

[We saw Hashirama unleash Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, smashing half of the Nine-Tails' Susanoo with a single Top Transformed Buddha Hammer, then lifting the Nine-Tails up like a chick, and finally patting its head to lull it to sleep.]

This battle lasted three days and three nights. In the end, Hashirama used a Wood Release clone to deceive Madara Uchiha, then backstabbed and killed Madara, thus securing peace for Konoha.

Back then, both Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi knew the timeline when Madara Uchiha returned to Konoha and fought Hashirama Senju.

However, they did not observe from the sidelines; they could only glean the intensity of the battle from the battlefield afterward.

Now, the screen is displaying all the exciting moments of this battle.

The two watched Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju battling on the screen with rapt attention.

Tobirama Senju was a little better off; he always had great confidence in his older brother's strength and had witnessed his heroic figure on the battlefield.

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Hiruzen Sarutobi was different; he had never seen the First Hokage fight at full strength.

He never imagined that battles between ninjas could be so intense.

Is the Nine-Tails, the strongest tailed beast, something that can be controlled so easily?

Are those huge wooden figures and giant Buddha statues with a thousand hands really something that humans can summon?

Can Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju truly be called ninjas?

Shouldn't they be called gods?

Remembering that Hashirama Senju had a younger brother, he quickly looked at his teacher.

"Teacher, you..."

"No, I don't have the same strength as my older brother."

Clearly, Tobirama knew what Hiruzen Sarutobi was thinking, and shook his head repeatedly in denial.

"Tsk, they're brothers, so why is there such a big difference in their strength?"

"You brat, how dare you make fun of me?"

Tobirama gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a chop to the neck, to let him know that his teacher would always be his teacher.

"it hurts!"

Covering his head, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Tobirama with slight dissatisfaction.

He was just telling the truth.

Is it wrong to tell the truth now?

At this moment, the atmosphere in the office was fairly good.

They did not act as if they were facing a major threat just because the light screen appeared.

Then, Lin Tian's voice came from the light screen again.

During his lifetime, Hashirama truly lived up to his title of God of Shinobi.

In fact, Hashirama's upper limit of strength has always been described in a very vague way.

Even during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Madara Uchiha was thankful that Hashirama and Tobirama were in their Edo Tensei forms.

Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi: ? ? ?

"A fourth World War? Teacher, is it the fourth World War I'm thinking of?"

"If the person speaking wasn't intentionally misleading, then it should be the Fourth World War you're thinking of."

(End of this chapter)