"You bastard, why didn't you tell me?"
Tobirama's face turned dark, but Hashirama didn't care at all.
"Why would I tell you? You don't have the Sharingan."
"…"
"Besides, if Takemi hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten."
"…"
Having such an older brother, Tobirama felt a headache. He could only turn to his 'good disciple'.
"Sasuke, do you know about this?"
"Uh, I don't know…"
Sasuke shook his head awkwardly, but Hashirama spoke again, "Madara seemed to have said it was in some shrine? He invited me to see it, but I refused, because I don't have the Sharingan."
"…"
Tobirama and Sasuke fell silent simultaneously. For a moment, they both had doubts.
"Is he a Senju or an Uchiha?!"
The others were also speechless. They felt that the relationship between the First Hokage and Madara was too complicated.
"I didn't expect it to be true. Then let's go look for it." Fortunately, Takemi spoke in time to break the silence.
"After all, there might be some secrets we don't know about. Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei, I'll have to trouble you two."
"No problem."
Kakashi and Sasuke nodded simultaneously. Takemi then looked at Tobirama with a puzzled expression.
"Speaking of which, the Uchiha have a stone tablet hiding secrets. Will the Senju also have something, like tree bark or something?"
"I don't know. I'm not the clan head."
Tobirama looked at his older brother with a dark expression, but Hashirama also shook his head blankly.
"I don't know either. No one told me."
"You didn't forget, did you?"
"I said I don't know!"
"…"
Seemingly having nothing more to say to his older brother, Tobirama sighed and shook his head.
"Forget it, it's more reliable for me to look for it myself. Relying on you is unreliable."
"Hmph." Hashirama snorted lightly.
Takemi saw Tobirama showing signs of irritation, so he immediately spoke to interrupt the two, "Now that these things are clear, I think we must be careful of the Akatsuki and Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki making a move, especially…"
"The Seven-Tails?"
Hiruzen hadn't been able to get a word in, but now he finally could, though he had a bit of a headache.
"Those people from Takigakure have consistently declined our proposals, and nothing has happened for three years. It's really troublesome."
"I remember Obito once invaded Takigakure, seemingly to target the Seven-Tails, but you stopped him."
Kakashi thought of something and looked at Takemi, who immediately nodded.
"That's right, but it was too quiet afterward, so I couldn't be sure."
"We shouldn't have sold the Tailed Beast in the first place, and Takemi, you shouldn't have stopped them at all."
Tobirama glared at his older brother, then continued, "Why don't we disguise ourselves as the Akatsuki and attack them? They'll never know the pain unless they get hit."
"I think that's appropriate!"
Takemi's eyes lit up. Although Tobirama was quite wicked, his idea suited his taste.
"Sensei, that's not appropriate, it's too extreme…"
However, Hiruzen clearly felt it was inappropriate.
He pondered for a moment with a troubled expression before speaking, "How about we send a delegation over? That would be better for everyone…"
"Delegation?"
Hiruzen's idea made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief, and even Takemi nodded.
He already had the Seven-Tails' Chakra, and his goal this time was the Akatsuki, so anything was fine.
But at this moment, he suddenly noticed his system had popped up.
And at this moment, Hiruzen, seeing his sensei's displeased gaze, continued with a wry smile, "And strictly speaking, they were attacked…"
"Actually, it's not a bad thing…"
Hiruzen's words all pointed to one thing. He was a qualified disciple of the Second Hokage.
Takigakure didn't fall within the Konoha alliance system, so it deserved to be beaten.
Besides, someone getting beaten was actually a good thing for the entire Ninja World. After all, if they got beaten and it hurt, others would pay more attention. So, sacrificing Takigakure wasn't such a big problem.
"What kind of people have you been teaching?"
After everyone left, Hashirama said under his breath.
"I remember the old man used to be a good person, how did he end up like this too?"
"Hmph, what do you mean 'end up like this'?" Tobirama was particularly disdainful.
He snorted and said, "Only like this can one be a qualified Hokage. After all, sometimes you need to consider the bigger picture. It's impossible to give care to everyone."
"You really are annoying, Tobirama."
"There are plenty of people who dislike me. I don't care what those people in Konoha who dislike me think."
"You're truly unyielding."
"Then I ask you, if you really cared about them so much, why didn't you pacify the Ninja World back then? That way, there would be fewer villages and fewer wars."
"..."
"I remember Madara thought the same way back then. It's rare for him to have a good idea, and you actually rejected it?"
Tobirama's words left Hashirama in silence. From the current outcome, it seemed that was indeed what should have been done.
After all, after he died, there really was constant warfare. If he had been able to pacify everything back then, perhaps...
"Don't say such useless things. We didn't have enough people to manage everything back then, and too much blood was shed."
Hashirama sighed and gently shook his head, but Tobirama remained cold.
"If we had drained others' blood back then, we wouldn't have had to shed Konoha's blood later. You're just making excuses."
At this point, the two found it hard to continue the conversation. They each had their own ideas and stances, and they wouldn't regret what they had done in the past.
Tobirama, needless to say, and even Hashirama had once killed Madara for the village.
Moreover, if they weren't people with firm beliefs, they wouldn't have reached this point.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore." Tobirama sighed.
He simply changed the subject, "Let's find that Uchiha stone tablet first. I'm very curious about this thing."
"I just hope they don't cause too much trouble now." Hashirama shook his head with a wry smile.
"Are Jiraiya, Kakashi, and their squad, especially Takemi, really just going on a visit?"
"Don't worry about it so much. Anyway, if we say it's a visit, then it's a visit." Tobirama was very certain.
But soon he asked with doubt, "By the way, is your mind clear now?"
"What do you mean?" Hashirama frowned.
Tobirama asked, "Are you sure Madara told you about that Uchiha stone tablet back then?"
"I'm very sure, he did say it!"
"Then our Senju clan really doesn't have anything like that?"
"..."
"Just a stone tablet? The tree bark Takemi mentioned? Even a stick would do?"
"..."
— — —
"Seriously, is it another mission?"
Leaving the Anbu base, Jiraiya stretched and said, "And it's with you, Takemi. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling."
"Going to the hospital?" Takemi blinked.
Tsunade said, "Going to the hospital isn't out of the question. Anyway, with me here, Konoha's medical system definitely won't be as bad as before."
"..."
Hiruzen rubbed his temples and said with annoyance, "You two don't seem to have done anything, right? One peeks all day, and the other follows the First Hokage to the casino every day. Do you really think I don't know?!"
"Hehehe..."
Jiraiya was all smiles, while Tsunade looked indifferent.
Anyway, following the First Hokage out wasn't a problem, and she didn't believe her teacher would say anything.
Besides, if she wasn't there, wasn't her grand-uncle still around?
"But old man, when will my wage be paid? Also, even though my grandfather and grand-uncle are both Edo Tensei, they're still working and were once Hokage, so their wages..."
"..."
"Remember to give it to me. I'm going back first."
"..."