Naruto: Yes, Uchiha-sama.

Chapter 131 Hashirama Senju Doesn't Look Like a Ruler!

The ANBU ninja quickly found Hashirama Senju wandering outside, brought him to the door of the Hokage's office, gestured for him to come in, and Hashirama Senju nodded and stepped into the Hokage's office.

The ANBU ninja then slammed the door shut with lightning speed. He stood obediently outside, eyes downcast, pretending to be deaf and blind, silently chanting, "I can't see or hear anything."

He had no intention of getting involved in the affairs of the Hokage and Tobirama!
"boom!"

The sound of a door closing rang out.

Hashirama Senju was startled by the sudden sound. Just as he was about to turn around, he looked up and saw Tobirama Senju sitting in a chair.

Tobirama Senju crossed his fingers, striking a perfect commander's pose, and looked at Hashirama Senju with a gloomy expression.

Hashirama Senju instinctively sensed something was wrong. Under normal circumstances, he would have been verbally abused by his younger brother Tobirama for something, to the point of becoming withdrawn. So he chuckled awkwardly and said:

"Tobirama, why did you send someone to find me? And why do you have that face as soon as you get back? If work isn't going well, you can take a couple of days off, Tobirama. You don't need to start working immediately as soon as you get back."

"Health is the most important thing!"

"Brother, stop beating around the bush. While I was away from Konoha, something must have happened there that you've been keeping from me. Do you know what kind of harm your actions will cause to Konoha's future?!"

"No way. I haven't even been to a gambling den lately."

Hashirama Senju guessed what was going on, but he was still trying to mislead Tobirama Senju. There were some things he didn't care about, and Konoha could just turn a blind eye and let it go.

We can't investigate everything, can we?
What if something is found out?
"Enough, brother! You're still trying to hide it from me? Did you let the assassin sent by Takigakure go?"

"You are the Hokage of Konoha, representing the face and dignity of Konoha. How could Takigakure do such a heinous and outrageous thing? And you still want to hide this from me!"

"What if something happens to you? What will Konoha do?"

Tobirama Senju, too lazy to beat around the bush with Hashirama Senju, directly pointed out that Hashirama had secretly released the assassins from Takigakure.

Konoha must get to the bottom of this!

Who exactly planned this? Who exactly carried it out? Konoha must dig these people out from the root and find out the truth. And all of them must die!

The dignity of Konoha must never be challenged!

"Tobirama, I'm fine."

"Don't be angry, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

"Besides, you know my strength. Moreover, at that time, Akatsuki and Kumogakure were at a critical juncture in their negotiations. If news of my assassination attempt by Takigakure ninjas were to spread at that time, who knows what kind of trouble it would cause. That's why I had no choice but to conceal it."

Hashirama Senju scratched his head sheepishly.

He explained why he did it.

At a crucial moment in the negotiations between Kumogakure and Akatsuki, news broke from Konoha that the Hokage had been assassinated.

Hashirama Senju wasn't really an idiot; he was just innocent and kind, willing to make sacrifices and compromises for peace. From any perspective, being assassinated by a ninja of his status was a heinous act. Even during the Warring States period, when he was the head of the Senju clan, if a ninja clan had sent someone to assassinate him, the Senju clan would have certainly taken retaliatory action in kind.

In this case.

Who knows what kind of trouble the ninja world will get into, that's why he kept it a secret.

After saying that, Hashirama Senju let out a hearty laugh and dramatically flexed his biceps to show that he was perfectly fine, trying to ease the tense atmosphere!

"Alright, brother, I don't want to hear your explanations. You're always like this."

"I don't want to argue about this with you anymore."

"Let me state my position first."

“This matter must be dealt with seriously, and I will be fully responsible for it. You can just stay aside and watch, brother.”

Tobirama Senju felt rather helpless as he watched Hashirama Senju continue to joke around and try to get away with it.

My older brother is too soft-hearted. He always likes to do good deeds and easily trusts others, such as the inherently evil Uchiha Madara. It is only because of his terrifying strength that he has survived to this day.

Now that I know about this matter, I must handle it entirely; my elder brother just needs to stay on the sidelines and watch.

Tobirama, what do you want to do?

Hashirama Senju let out a heavy sigh, clearly having anticipated this outcome.

Once his younger brother, Tobirama Senju, finds out about this...

Given Tobirama's personality, there's no way he would turn a blind eye and pretend this never happened, just like I did.

“Brother, according to the rules of the ninja clan during the Warring States period, assassinating a clan leader without authorization is considered as declaring war on the ninja clan. Even though times have changed and the ninja clan has been transformed into ninja villages, some things still cannot be changed.”

"Konoha is declaring war on Takigakure!"

Tobirama Senju said it with absolute certainty.

Akatsuki has established its prestige throughout the ninja world through its war with Kumogakure. For the next few years, or even more than a decade, no ninja village will dare to provoke Akatsuki, and no ninja village will dare to launch an unauthorized attack on Akatsuki ninjas on missions. Kumogakure serves as a cautionary tale. If you dare to make a move, Uchiha Makoto, that inherently evil Uchiha brat, will indeed lead his ninja army to launch a full-scale war against you.

Konoha has been keeping a low profile and benevolent towards others in recent years. Now, even Takigakure, a small and unknown ninja village in the ninja world, dares to send assassins to kill the Hokage of Konoha, provoking Konoha's dignity. They are simply courting death!

Konoha must establish its authority this time.

Although the target of the demonstration was only a small ninja village, not a large ninja village like Kumogakure, as long as Konoha's retaliatory action was clean and efficient, wiping out Takigakure within three days would be enough to make the ninja world recognize Konoha's strength. Moreover, most importantly, the scale of the entire war could be completely controlled.

"Declaration of war?"

"Tobirama, isn't this a bit too serious?"

“I’m not injured at all, there’s no need for such a big fuss. Akatsuki and Kumogakure have only just reached a truce, and the ninja world has only recently regained peace. Now Konoha is about to launch another war against Takigakure. This peace in the ninja world is hard-won. Why don’t we try to make this a small matter and resolve it peacefully? Let’s negotiate with Takigakure first and see if there’s any misunderstanding.”

Upon hearing that Konoha was going to war with Takigakure, Hashirama Senju immediately shook his head vigorously.

The Akatsuki and Kumogakure villages had finally reached a truce, and the ninja world had just returned to peace. The peace he had been longing for had just returned, how could it be shattered by Konoha's own hands?

It's best to minimize the problem and resolve it peacefully. We should negotiate with Takigakure first and have an open and honest talk. There might be some misunderstanding!
"Big brother, when are you finally going to wake up?"

"This is a life-or-death struggle!"

"Konoha's face and dignity have been slapped in the face by Takigakure. If we don't deal with this seriously, how will the ninjas of Konoha have any face to show in this ninja world in the future!"

“There is no other choice but to go to war. Brother, you don’t need to worry about disrupting the peace of the ninja world. With Konoha’s strength, we can completely crush Takigakure. The war will be over in a few days.”

Tobirama Senju wore a look of exasperation. Negotiation, negotiation? All you know is negotiation, bro! The ninjas from Takigakure are coming to kill you! What's the point of negotiation now? Just charge in and kill him!
Where did you go, my brother who used to slaughter the Uchiha clan indiscriminately during the Warring States period?

Come back quickly!!
"No, I absolutely disagree with this!"

"Anything is fine, just no war."

"Even if Konoha has the ability to resolve the battle within a few days, that won't work. The other ninjas from Takigakure haven't done anything wrong; they're innocent. Once the war starts, it will only lead to the endless transmission of hatred. It's enough to just punish the ringleaders."

Hashirama Senju's attitude was very firm. No matter how Tobirama Senju tried to persuade him, he was unwilling to let the flames of war spread to Takigakure.

Such was the evil of the Warring States period: powerful ninja clans used their strength to bully weaker ninja clans.

The weak ninja clans would retaliate in anger, and even if they couldn't win, they would endure it and try to find allies. The weak ninja clans always had close families, while the powerful families always had enemies.

Eventually, wars would break out between ninja clans, triggering round after round of hatred and battles that continued for thousands of years.

He had finally managed to end such sins and hatred, and now Hashirama Senju was determined not to be tainted by them again.

Konoha's powerful strength is not meant to be used to bully others.

And in order to protect, to protect their family and friends, and to protect this hard-won peace.

Of course, he also understood the severity of the matter. If Konoha did not take retaliatory action, it would be a significant blow to Konoha's reputation and status. Therefore, he made concessions to Tobirama Senju.

Konoha needs an explanation.

Then let Takigakure execute the mastermind behind this.

In this way, Takigakure could be spared the ravages of war, and Konoha could have an excuse to let the matter drop.

Upon hearing Hashirama Senju's words, Tobirama Senju fell silent.

Only the ringleader is punished. Who is the ringleader?
That Takigakure assassin dared to assassinate the leader of Konoha, he must have been authorized by the higher-ups of Takigakure. Otherwise, where would he have gotten the audacity to come to Konoha and assassinate the Hokage?

Even a child could have imagined it from Tobirama Senju.
The higher-ups of Takigakure will definitely sacrifice the pawn to save the king, pushing this Takigakure assassin out as a scapegoat.

But was the main culprit in this incident the assassin from Takigakure?

Obviously not.

He was nothing more than a pitiful scapegoat, a victim of the stupidity of the higher-ups in Takigakure who carried out an impossible assassination mission.

The true culprits, the higher-ups of Takigakure, are still at large. They are unlikely to truly surrender until the last Takigakure ninja is killed!
Most importantly, Tobirama Senju didn't want a scapegoat; he wanted to use a war to establish Konoha's prestige in the ninja world, just like Akatsuki!

He wants to establish his authority through war!

The eldest brother proposed such a ridiculous plan. How could he possibly agree to something like this?

Even though I have so much to say and so many principles I want to tell my older brother.

Tobirama Senju didn't intend to continue.

My older brother has become obsessed with his own ideas.

The ninja clans abandoned their past hatred and formed ninja villages, and the ninja world did indeed enjoy a brief period of peace for a few years.

However, his elder brother was indulging in the false peace that had been established in the early years of Konoha.

Conflicts can arise between ninja villages, and old stories of ninja clans can repeat themselves. Madara Uchiha once mentioned this in a meeting, but it's clear that his older brother didn't really listen.

Madara Uchiha's idea of ​​unifying the ninja world and ending the war between ninja villages was astonishing, but achieving it would be fraught with difficulties. After a military victory, a whole host of problems and troubles would follow.

But
This guy is fantasizing about using so-called negotiation, dialogue, and mutual understanding—such bullshit theories.

How could doing this really bring about peace in the ninja world?
No one is as naive as the eldest brother.

If a powerful ninja village doesn't bully other ninja villages and fight for more benefits for its ninjas, then what's the point of its power?

Such a simple principle.

I've told my older brother before, but why can't he understand?
Brother, you don't look like the Hokage at all!
Senju Tobirama was filled with grief and came to such a tragic conclusion.

With a "bug" like his older brother standing on his head, how can he possibly govern Konoha?

Tobirama, why aren't you saying anything?

What do you think of this solution?

Seeing that Tobirama Senju remained silent, Hashirama Senju waited a while before impatiently inquiring about Tobirama's attitude.

"How was it? Of course it wasn't good!"

That's what Tobirama Senju was thinking.

Of course, he could never tell his older brother, Hashirama Senju, what was on his mind. His brother was so stubborn that he was beyond redemption.

"Let me think about it."

Tobirama Senju said this, giving Hashirama Senju a perfunctory reply.

Tobirama Senju, that wicked old devil with a belly full of evil intentions, had actually already come up with a plan—Makoto Uchiha, that naturally evil Uchiha brat, was indeed a master at manipulating public opinion. He wasn't incapable of such methods.

The eldest brother insisted on trying to settle things peacefully.

However, as long as I find a way to spread the news of the Hokage's assassination, and slightly influence public opinion within Konoha, I can achieve my goal.

No need to think about it.

What will the villagers and ninjas of Konoha do?

There was bound to be widespread anger and people clamoring to wage war against Takigakure.

And as the Hokage's older brother
So how should you handle this?

Hey, brother.

As your dearest younger brother.
I didn't originally intend to use this method of dealing with the Uchiha against you.

How
All this is for Konoha!

(End of this chapter)