Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

He couldn't help but laugh to himself.

To obtain the power of "All Things Under Heaven," Madara sacrificed one of his eyes and fought a life-or-death battle with Hashirama at the Valley of the End, barely managing to acquire Hashirama's cells. Meanwhile, the Evangelion Hospital's resource library has an abundance of Hashirama cells.

After completing the basic treatment.

Shen Er began to seriously observe the condition of the pillars...

Later, various signs indicated that even after Hashirama's death, his cell activity remained frighteningly high, easily poisoning ninjas to death, and even Danzo could not withstand the erosion of his Wood Release cells.

So by any measure, it doesn't seem like physical death.

As a scientist in the ninja world.

Shen Er is very interested in the cause of Hashirama's death; perhaps he can access the mysterious realm of chakra reincarnation through him.

The closer one gets to death, the more one learns the secrets of life.

Chapter 63 Mito, offer up your heart! (Please continue reading!)

A ninja will die if he is killed.

Death also occurs when chakra is depleted. Here, depletion does not refer to the refined portion, but rather to the fundamental physical and spiritual energy that sustains life and generates chakra.

Typical examples include the Eight Gates Formation and the Hero's Water, a secret treasure of Takigakure Village.

All of these methods involve burning out one's life force, forcibly drawing out one's physical and mental energy, and detonating it like a bomb, instantly unleashing a massive amount of chakra.

Aside from this extreme usage method.

As long as you don't use too much at once, your body will recover on its own.

Even if they don't recover to their peak condition, they won't die quickly.

Even after repeatedly sensing and confirming, Hashirama's physical energy was still abundant. Even after fighting Madara Uchiha for a whole day and relying on the self-healing without seals to accelerate cell division and repair injuries, he was far from being overdrawn and exhausted.

It is clear that the root cause of Hashirama Senju's later death was not a physical problem.

The problem lies at the psychological level.

Spirit is an extremely subjective and idealistic form of energy, and it is impossible to accurately determine how much spiritual energy Hashirama still has.

But he could roughly guess that Hashirama was not as open-minded as he seemed.

He valued friendship, believed in bonds, and longed for mutual understanding between people. However, after personally killing his lifelong friend Madara, his spirit was like an incurable cancer, irreversibly declining.

The disease is called love.

Longing and guilt gnawed at Hashirama's heart day and night, wearing down his spirit and ultimately leading to his death from depression.

That's why, when he was resurrected using Edo Tensei in the future, he showed such a genuine and excited expression when he saw Madara. No matter how tough he was, he was willing to sacrifice everything for the village, but his friendship was real, and so was his guilt; he couldn't lie to himself.

But for the sake of Konoha, even if he could do it all over again, Hashirama would probably still stab his best friend with a knife for the sake of Konoha.

After understanding the cause and effect, Shen Er was filled with emotion.

Was Hashirama Senju weak?

He was not weak; on the contrary, he was frighteningly tough. His obsession with peace had overshadowed the family ties and friendships that most people cherish.

This firmness is worthy of respect.

But there is one condition.

This was truly Hashirama Senju's choice from the bottom of his heart, not one subtly guided or even manipulated by the chakra originating from Ashura within him.

pity.

Even so, he was unable to sense the second person's chakra from Hashirama.

"Never mind, it's none of my business."

Whether it's Asura or Indra, they're like the snipe and the clam. In the end, they all become pawns of Black Zetsu.

Shen Er, on the other hand, mistook Black Zetsu for a praying mantis.

He was on the third floor.

Once she calmed down a bit, she withdrew the Heavenly Compassion Thread from her body. After doing all this, she pretended to be exhausted and said to Senju Takayuki, "It's over. The Hokage's injuries are no longer a big problem. Let's move him to the ward now."

"Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Shen."

After the emergency treatment ended, Hashirama was transferred to the intensive care unit.

Mito Uzumaki, Tobirama Senju, and Momoka immediately rushed in.

Mito sincerely thanked him: "Thank you, Genji."

After saying that, she quickly walked to the bedside and stayed by Hashirama's side as his breathing became steady.

Until the afternoon.

Hashirama Senju slowly opened his eyes, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling. He then looked at his family and friends surrounding him and forced a smile: "Ah... I'm awake. It feels like I slept for a very, very long time."

"Hashirama!"

"Big brother!"

"Naruto!"

The three spoke at the same time.

With Mito's help, Hashirama sat against the headboard, his spirits low and his eyes filled with melancholy, and said, "I killed Madara."

Really? That's fantastic news!

Tobirama's eyes lit up, but he forced a smile to stop himself from laughing out loud: "Big brother, what has happened these past two days?"

"That Madara guy is really something. The power in his eyes is much stronger than it was seven years ago, and he even uses it to control the Nine-Tails. Even my Wood Dragon is no match for him."

Tobirama exclaimed in surprise, "The Nine-Tails? He actually controlled the Nine-Tails?"

"Yes, I also signed a summoning contract with Kurama. However, I have already broken the contract using the Kouan-Iru-Take and sent Kurama back to its original place."

"Even without the Nine-Tails, Madara is still very strong. Fortunately, I mastered Sage Mode, which allowed me to barely subdue him."

Tobirama immediately pressed, "Brother, are you sure you really killed Madara?"

"Yes. I pierced his heart with my katana to confirm he was dead."

"Then his body..."

Hashirama's voice carried a calmness born of utter despair: "I disintegrated it using Wood Release."

Tobirama nodded thoughtfully.

Hashirama understood his brother's thoughts, but no matter what, since Madara was no longer there, let him rest in peace and let his soul return to the Pure Land.

Speaking of Pure Land...

"I just had a really long dream. I dreamt that I was walking in a boundless wilderness, searching for Ban for a very, very long time, but I couldn't find him no matter what I did. Then I wandered aimlessly further and further away, and then I woke up."

What was said without malice may have been taken seriously by the listener.

After hearing Hashirama's words, Shen Er felt a little strange.

The concept of "reincarnation" truly exists in the ninja world. Could it be that Ashura's chakra within Hashirama felt Indra was dead, so it went directly to be reincarnated, leading to Hashirama's early death?

Shen Er stood aside and listened silently, without revealing the truth that Hashirama was about to die.

With the abilities of a medical ninja, he can only reasonably sense physical energy. If he were to rashly mention the irreversible loss of spiritual energy, it would only make him seem overly concerned with the entanglement between Hashirama and Madara, which would arouse suspicion.

He doesn't need to do anything; he just needs to wait quietly for Hashirama to die peacefully.

In order to solidify his status as an outsider.

Shen Er took the initiative to say, "Hashirama, your injuries from your battle with Madara Uchiha were extremely severe. But your constitution is special, so please rest and recuperate during this period of time and do not participate in battles. You will gradually recover."

"is it?"

Hashirama, however, didn't seem to care much: "Then I'm relieved."

On the surface, Hashirama seemed relaxed.

Even Tobirama didn't notice it; only Mito, her husband's bedmate, observed the extremely subtle change in her husband's expression.

Tobirama Senju's attention was constantly drawn to the "Nine-Tails" that Hashirama had mentioned.

He muttered to himself, "A few years ago, when I was gathering intelligence in the Land of Lightning, I discovered that the Hidden Cloud Village had been eyeing the Tailed Beasts, and had tried to take control of both the Nine-Tails and the Eight-Tails."

"Information from Sunagakure in the Land of Wind also indicates that an elite Jonin named Shamon is attempting to make contact with Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast."

"Even you, Big Brother, had such a hard time dealing with the Nine-Tails. What would happen if other villages got the power of the Tailed Beasts..."

There is no claim that Hashirama Senju corrected Tobirama's mistake; the difficult opponent was not the Nine-Tails, but the Susanoo in its armor.

He looked at his second brother with a gratified expression: "Tobirama, you have the mindset of a Hokage."

You're right.

"The power of the tailed beasts is too dangerous for ordinary ninjas."

"So I was thinking..."

Hashirama Senju was speaking when he suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

Tobirama frowned anxiously beside him, "Brother, what are you thinking?"

"I haven't decided yet. I'll talk about it when I've figured it out, hahaha!" Hashirama scratched his head, letting out his signature silly laugh.

"That's all for now. Tobirama, you'll be acting as Hokage for the time being. Tobirama, Shen, you two can go ahead and get busy. Mito will keep me company here."

"..."

Shen followed Tobirama to the Hokage Building.

Hashirama Senju kept Tobirama in suspense, which made him very resentful the whole way.

But it is unaffected.

He knew exactly what Hashirama wanted to do.

The tailed beasts were distributed.

From a modern perspective, one can actually understand Hashirama's thoughts.

The power of the Tailed Beast Ball is immense; even Konoha would be unable to withstand a single hit, making it equivalent to nuclear deterrence.