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"Research ability, it's been a long time since I've heard such words," Tobirama Senju said with a touch of melancholy.

He chose the path of research back then, not because he was initially filled with curiosity about the unknown world.

More than anything, it was about keeping up with his older brother's pace through his own means.

Hashirama Senju grew stronger so quickly back then that even a genius like Tobirama Senju had to exert a lot of effort just to see his back.

"Also, I heard Kakashi say before that he's going to revive my older brother, right? That means the ninja world has reached a point where it needs our power. So who is the enemy?" Tobirama Senju asked.

As one of the most intelligent people in the ninja world, he can deduce the whole picture of many things with just a general idea.

This ability is also invaluable!

"The enemy was a group of mysterious people. I took care of one of them directly. The body is being studied in Kirigakure, but it will be sent to Konoha soon," Kitahara Kaede said.

"The Hidden Mist Village? So you're saying you have an extraordinary status in all five great ninja villages?" Tobirama Senju looked at Kaede Kitahara with admiration.

"It's alright. Apart from the Sand Village, which is a bit lacking, the other ninja villages treat me with great respect," Kitahara Kaede said modestly.

In fact, the Sand Village was quite subservient to Kitahara Kaede, but the people of the Sand Village did not share the same camaraderie as A and Onoki, or Mei Terumi and Kitahara Kaede.

That's why it's being singled out for discussion at this time.

"Those weaklings from Sand Village are not worth paying attention to! Although Retsuto is farsighted, he only focuses on his own little corner of the world. If I'm not mistaken, Sand Village is probably the weakest of the five great ninja villages right now."

Tobirama Senju said without any politeness.

Chapter 854 Road

Although Tobirama Senju's words were extremely harsh, they were indeed true.

The First Kazekage, Retsuto, was an exceptionally talented individual. While his strength may not match that of the First Hokage, this is to be expected!

However, compared to the First Kage of other ninja villages, Retsuto was exceptionally talented and powerful.

He established the Sand Village in the Land of Wind, but his initial goal was simply to separate the Sand Village from the battlefield of resource competition.

Although the Land of Wind was not wealthy at the time, it was only relatively poor in natural resources compared to other countries.

However, this did not affect the development of Sand Village at that time.

The decline of the Land of Wind and the Sand Village began with the Third Kazekage.

The death of the Third Kazekage forced Sunagakure to resort to war to divert attention from its internal conflicts.

Meanwhile, the daimyo of the Land of Wind was constantly cutting back on the Sand Village's military budget...

If the Third Kazekage hadn't died, Sunagakure would still have been able to maintain its position as one of the top five ninja villages.

"The current Kazekage of the Sand Village is an excellent person, but the problems in the Sand Village are already too deep-rooted to be resolved," Kitahara Kaede said.

Kitahara Kaede highly acknowledged Gaara's abilities.

After the daimyo was defeated, Gaara essentially took over all the affairs of the Land of Wind.

He himself was born from a low point in his life, and he was very familiar with everything in the Land of Wind.

This is something Naruto cannot understand. Even from a life perspective, Naruto is a Kage who rose from the depths of despair.

However, the Third Hokage placed too much pressure on Naruto; Naruto had only witnessed the ugliness of human nature.

"So, all we need to do is offer them benefits to get the Sand Village's help?" Tobirama Senju pondered for a moment and immediately came to this conclusion.

"There's a method to enticing them with benefits. If the Sand Village thinks that Konoha is doing us charity, that would be bad. Besides, there's the worry that a great favor could turn into enmity," Kitahara Kaede said.

It's tragic that kindness can turn into enmity, but that's human nature.

Konoha's help to Sunagakure should not be taken for granted, otherwise they will naturally demand more.

"If you help others, they should be happy, right?" Naruto said, somewhat puzzled.

Tobirama Senju glanced at Naruto, then sighed.

"So this is why you need me to teach the Sixth Hokage, isn't it? Such a naive Hokage, he really is just like my older brother," Tobirama Senju said.

“However, Naruto won’t delegate everything to others like the First Hokage did; he might just be misled,” Kakashi said with a dry laugh.

“Alright, leave these matters to me. As long as he doesn’t have that stubborn personality, I’m confident I can make him an excellent Hokage,” Tobirama Senju said.

"Actually, the reason why the Third Hokage became the way he was later is because you, the Second Hokage, died too early," Kitahara Kaede joked.

"I thought about this issue before in the Underworld. If I hadn't died then, many of my ninjutsu techniques could have been taught to the monkey. With enough strength, one wouldn't rely solely on techniques." Tobirama Senju frankly admitted his mistake.

Hiruzen Sarutobi received almost no help from Tobirama Senju in becoming a Kage.

That's the level he achieved through his talent and hard work.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi's misfortune lay in this: he knew just how powerful the First and Second Hokage truly were.

Therefore, he needs the title of "Strongest Hokage" to suppress the dissent of others in the village.

"The monkey is not a good person. If you intend to resurrect him, it's best not to let him gain any power," Tobirama Senju cautioned.

Hiruzen Sarutobi has developed an obsession with power. While he is capable enough internally, he is not someone one can rely on in this state.

"We have no plans to revive the Third Hokage for the time being," Kakashi said.

Reviving Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't help the current situation, and internally, Tobirama Senju is there to mentor Naruto.

Later, Minato Namikaze will be resurrected to help Naruto deal with these matters, thus allowing Tobirama Senju to shift his focus to research.

Management matters do not require Hiruzen Sarutobi to be resurrected to help Naruto.

As for combat strength, Hiruzen Sarutobi is even less of a contender.

In terms of pure combat power, reviving Shimura Danzo might be more useful than Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"The Third Hokage was a battlefield-type ninja; he was better suited for large-scale, overwhelming attacks," Kakashi offered his opinion.

Even though they are all Kage-level shinobi, the Kage of each village are different.

The Kage of places like Sand Village, Rock Village, Konoha Village, and Mist Village are typical battlefield ninjas.

What they are better suited to do is bully the weak and bring about a large number of casualties in the local area with greater efficiency!

On the contrary, the duels between the strong are just part of their duties as Shadows!

The situation is reversed only in the Hidden Cloud Village, where their Kage are better at one-on-one duels!

Even when facing Kage from other ninja villages, they, as users of ninjutsu and taijutsu, are able to gain a certain advantage in battle.

At least they can make it difficult for the other side to have enough time to break the seal!

Although the Third Raikage was the strongest Raikage, he was killed by being surrounded and attacked by tens of thousands of Iwa ninja.

However, replacing the Third Raikage with a Kage from another village would more than triple the destructive power against Iwagakure.

Although the battle time will be shortened by more than three times...

But that's where the ninjas' areas of expertise differ.

"What kind of fighting style a ninja is good at largely depends on what they have experienced and what choices they make. But that monkey guy had no choice; he could only take this path." Tobirama Senju's eyes held a hint of regret.

In fact, his training of Hiruzen Sarutobi was not in the way it is now.

In his opinion, ninjutsu would enrich Hiruzen Sarutobi's fighting methods.

What he truly hoped Hiruzen Sarutobi would become was a ninja similar to Onoki!

Given that Hiruzen Sarutobi is able to perfectly utilize all five chakra natures, developing the Bloodstained Elimination technique is not impossible.

If Tobirama Senju hadn't died so early, Hiruzen Sarutobi would very likely have accomplished this with his help.

"Second Grandfather, if you feel regretful, Kitahara Kaede can give you a second chance," Tsunade said.

"Huh!?" Tobirama Senju's eyes widened instantly; he seemed to understand why Tsunade had said that.

Chapter 855 Make amends

“I can give you, Second Grandfather, a Hiruzen Sarutobi from when you just made your decision,” Kitahara Kaede said with a smile.

They even changed the way they addressed each other to make everyone feel a little more relaxed.

Tsunade's face flushed slightly, but she didn't say anything.

“That’s right, your ability is time travel, not resurrection. If you want, you can bring that monkey from back then to the present,” Tobirama Senju said.

“But what do you plan to make him do? At that time, although the monkey was still young, he already had the qualifications to be the Hokage.” Tobirama Senju said, glancing at Naruto.

"It's just a thought. What I hate is the Third Hokage we've already seen, the one who's grown old and blinded by power, not a Konoha ninja with the resolve to sacrifice himself," Kitahara Kaede said.

Kakashi nodded to the side.

According to Kakashi, if the Third Hokage hadn't used so many tricks to maintain peace in Konoha under his rule...

The Third Hokage was indeed a kind and benevolent old man.

It was his lack of ability that forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to the point where he was ultimately abandoned by everyone.

"But what about the Sarutobi clan?" Tobirama Senju asked.

By asking this question, he was essentially acknowledging that he hoped to have the opportunity to mentor Hiruzen Sarutobi.

“I’ll turn back time to when I first made that decision. The Third Hokage would probably understand then, and at worst, he could just change his name,” Kitahara Kaede said.

“In that case, I guarantee that the monkey will not have any further dealings with the Sarutobi clan, and I will keep him away from the center of power!” Tobirama Senju made his promise.

This surprised Naruto.

“No need for that. If this monkey can become a suitable candidate for Hokage, I wouldn’t mind him running against Naruto,” Kitahara Kaede said.

Who says the strong can only resurrect those from the past?

Bringing some people who have gone astray back to the right path is not actually that difficult.

If you give them a choice at the right time, everything will turn out differently.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is this type of person, as for Danzo Shimura, let's just forget about him.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi offended many people, his methods were not ruthless enough. Although he had enemies, they were not to the point where he had to fight to the death.

If Tobirama Senju were to intervene, all of this could be suppressed.

But Danzo Shimura's enemies are real!

If we give him a chance to reform, then we must give the same chance to those who died because of Shimura Danzo.

This is no easy task for Kitahara Kaede.

After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi only truly wronged a handful of people.

The Naruto family, the Kakashi family, the Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi families, and at most, the Uchiha clan.

These are the people that Kitahara Kaede plans to revive.

Once these people are resurrected, Hiruzen Sarutobi's biggest mistake will be made up for.

Once he receives the victims' forgiveness, Hiruzen Sarutobi will be able to continue living normally.

"You must have already figured out how to make amends to the victims of the monkey's actions. I will step in and help the monkey seek their forgiveness." Tobirama Senju said earnestly.

He is human too. Although he is always very serious, he is not really cold and heartless.

For Tobirama Senju, who had not yet settled down and started a family, the only people he truly cared about were his few disciples.

"You'll have to do all these things yourself, Second Grandfather," Kitahara Kaede said with a smile.

It's a good thing that these strong ninjas from Konoha have been resurrected; this is the quickest way to improve the average strength of the ninja world in a short period of time.

This would also enhance the future development potential of the ninja world, so it's something that must be done.

As for the other villages, reviving the previous Kage is Kitahara Kaede's plan.

As for other powerful individuals who want to be resurrected, some exchange of benefits is required.

"I'll deal with the monkey matter last. I need to seek forgiveness from the victims first!" Tobirama Senju put Hiruzen Sarutobi's resurrection last!

He has principles; if he cannot gain the forgiveness of the victims, he has no face to bring the monkey back to life.

As the Hokage, one cannot be without personal desires, but these desires must be considered only after the greater good has taken precedence!

"Second Hokage, the next person we'll be reviving is the Fourth Hokage," Kakashi said.

Not only him, but Naruto was also very much looking forward to it.

Minato Namikaze's tenure was too short, but in those few short years, he didn't have a single bad reputation in Konoha!

The last Hokage to achieve this level was the First Hokage!