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Chapter 237 Hashirama Senju: The Era of the Ninja Villages is Over? What are you talking about!
It's no secret in the ninja world; it's all been made public long ago. Anyone can try to train it. Madara Uchiha has already mastered Sage Mode. He was already stronger than Hashirama Senju, and now that he's mastered Sage Mode, he's completely leveled the playing field with Hashirama Senju's last remaining advantage.

"Hashirama, you have lost!"

Madara Uchiha stomped on Hashirama Senju's chest, a look of satisfaction on his face. After so long, he had finally defeated that bastard Hashirama Senju.

"Why... why... Madara, why did you do this? Ruling the world... is wrong... why did you attack Konoha?"

Hashirama Senju lay on the ground, looking helpless and sorrowful as he gazed at Madara Uchiha. As a practitioner of the Will of Fire, the safety of the village was of paramount importance to him.

"Why? Ha, didn't that beast Tobirama Senju tell you? I'm doing this to save the world! Hahaha!!!"

Madara Uchiha couldn't help but laugh when he saw Hashirama Senju's expression, and began to explain.

That's right, just as Madara Uchiha casually said, Tobirama Senju had only mentioned that the village had been attacked by the resurrected Madara Uchiha, and hadn't even had time to say anything more, when Hashirama Senju rushed out in a hurry. After sensing Madara Uchiha's location, he wanted to come and punish this sinner who had harmed the village.

After listening to Madara Uchiha's explanation, Hashirama Senju fell silent, completely lost in a daze.

There was no way around it; the news Madara Uchiha had mentioned was too shocking. If it were an alien invasion, he could understand it, since the universe is so vast and there might really be aliens that could be seen. But what exactly was this parallel world invasion?
No, how could parallel worlds really exist? Aren't they something that has never been proven and is more like fantasy than theory?
After a long while, Hashirama Senju slowly recovered and understood why Madara Uchiha had done what he did.

However, understanding does not mean acceptance.

"Ban, even if there's a crisis in parallel worlds, do you really have to rule the world? Can't we all discuss it together? Do you know how much harm your actions will cause to this world, how much sacrifice will be made?"

"Ban, stop now! It's not too late!"

Hashirama Senju offered sincere advice. He knew he couldn't defeat Madara Uchiha now. If he could, he would definitely subdue his former friend and make him give up everything and follow his orders. But for now, he could only try to persuade him.

"Haha, Hashirama, what nonsense are you spouting? Don't you know the era of the ninja villages ended a long time ago? These ninjas haven't played your old ninja village games for ages. Hahaha, they've already turned against their own country's daimyo!"

"Besides, sacrifice? Ridiculous! Your thinking is still stuck in ancient times, Hashirama. You don't think your resurrection is an exception or something very difficult, do you? We have already conquered life and death. We just need to wait for the truly perfect resurrection technique to be developed, and then I will lack nothing!"

"Come, Hashirama, join me and become my subordinate. Let us fight against the parallel world together!"

Upon hearing Hashirama Senju's words, Madara Uchiha burst into laughter, thoroughly mocking Hashirama's foolishness and backwardness.

"How...how could this be..." Hashirama Senju was struck dumb. He couldn't believe that the perfect ninja village system he had created, which could bring lasting peace to the ninja world, had been abandoned by those ninjas, who instead turned their attention to attacking the daimyo and usurping his position. Why...why did they dare to do this?
Aren't they worried about unrest? Don't they know how many people will be sacrificed in the process?
Hashirama Senju felt his resolve crumble; he couldn't accept this reality.

Because he died young, and because he rushed over without understanding anything, Hashirama Senju still believes that the ninja village system he created is perfect. He never imagined that after his death, war would start again, and the intensity of it would far exceed any previous battle, with an unprecedented number of deaths.

He founded the village to end the war and the era when children had to go to war, but... unfortunately...

In fact, that is indeed the case. Even in the original timeline, he was hastily resurrected and quickly brought to his knees. He had no chance to understand what the world after his death was like. Once, he was summoned by Orochimaru to go to Konoha to carry out the Konoha Crush Plan. He was controlled throughout the process and had no chance to understand the history of the ninja world.

The second time was during the Fourth Shinobi World War, where he was summoned and used as a super weapon. Kabuto Yakushi only told Hashirama Senju about the history after his death when he had nothing else to do after eating.

Therefore, from beginning to end, Hashirama Senju was unaware that a fierce war had broken out after his death, far exceeding his imagination, and still believed that the ninja village system was perfect.

That's why he couldn't believe that his invincible ninja village system was no longer in operation.

"Hashirama, you need to go and see for yourself what's really going on in this world. From the very beginning, you were wrong, terribly wrong!"

Madara Uchiha shook his head and left, leaving Hashirama Senju alone to ponder quietly.

Later, Hashirama Senju actually went to learn about the development of the ninja world after his death. After he learned about it, he fell silent. The war never disappeared. After he died, his younger brother also died in a sneak attack by the Hidden Cloud Village, and then the war broke out.

Adults and children alike risked their lives for the bounty. The peace he had envisioned showed no signs of coming. The fighting continued, and it became even more brutal.

"How could this happen... Did I really make a mistake? Madara..."

Hashirama Senju stared blankly at the documents in his hands. He remembered why he had stopped Madara Uchiha from inviting him to rule the world: to avoid bringing more suffering to the world. He knew that ruling the world would inevitably involve many sacrifices. However, the establishment of ninja villages was different. The ninja villages had allied with major powers and become their mercenary armed forces.

The daimyo gained weapons, and the ninjas gained money. Isn't this a win-win situation?
However, this was just his imagination. In reality, the wonderful future he envisioned never came to pass. The world became worse, the damned continued to die, and the war never ended.

In that foreseeable future...

(End of this chapter)