Comparison of the two Hokage: Both ninja worlds are devastated.

As a race with long lifespans and the ability to travel between stars, and in the latest setting, the Otsutsuki god has even entered a higher dimension, it's impossible that they have nothing of value.

"Are you reminiscing about life or recalling your brilliant past again?"

Uehara Shinmei was pondering,

Suddenly, a figure appeared behind me.

His gaze paused, he tilted his head, and looked at Tsunade, whose face was full of smiles.

With a slight hint of doubt on his face, he said:

"Isn't... it wise and mighty enough?"

"Haha, that's right, it's the same feeling, the same familiar taste, as expected of you."

Tsunade laughed, but her eyes held a rare tenderness, as if she were doting on a rebellious child.

Usually, whenever Uehara Simo was in this state of inexplicably confident narcissism,

She would always strike back without mercy.

Even if one truly agrees with and believes in this, believes in the man's strength, and approves of what he has done,

It is also rarely shown on the surface.

It's roughly like this: I, Tsunade, even though I've given birth to six children and am called the Hokage's wife, I still won't lose face and will never admit it even once.

However, at this moment, that inherent stubbornness seemed to have suddenly vanished.

The same words can evoke completely different feelings.

Chapter 116 Some people's loneliness is out of helplessness, while others' loneliness is a choice.

“Mikoto once told me that you are actually a very lonely person, more lonely than anyone else.”

She told me,

Some people are lonely simply because they are lonely, because they are alone, because they crave interaction with others of their kind.

Some people are lonely.

But it stemmed from the fact that no one could resonate with his inner world, no one understood what he did, and no one could see the scenery he saw through his eyes.

The world always views a hero's sacrifices and judges a wise man's choices with its shallow perspective and trivial pursuits.

She also said,

For some, loneliness is a helpless feeling.

His loneliness is a choice.

He chose to become that kind of person and to do those kinds of things.

I was dismissive of those words when I first heard them.

Who is Uehara Siming? He has a harem of wives and concubines, friends everywhere, and seems to be able to strike up a conversation with anyone in just a few words.

Even I don't know how I was tricked into going home.

He was also the chosen one revered by all, the Fourth Hokage who attracted worldwide attention, a leader, a pioneer, and a wise man.

Those who want to flatter him could probably stretch from the easternmost edge of the ninja world to the westernmost.

How could someone like that be lonely? Isn't that a joke?

But just now, seeing you standing alone under the moon, I suddenly realized what Mikoto felt.

I finally understand the saying, "Those who know me say I am worried, those who do not know me ask what I seek."

No wonder you like Mikoto so much; it turns out I've never truly understood you.

Tsunade hugged Uehara Shimei from behind.

Two streams of tears flowed down her cheeks.

She wasn't a sentimental person by nature.

But at this moment, for no apparent reason, many, many things came to mind.

He recalled Jiraiya wanting to take him as a disciple, saying, "For a cause like peace, life is merely the cheapest gamble."

I remembered the time when my teacher was murdered, and we were playfully fighting. His eyes looked so helpless then.

I recalled the time when I was waiting to become Hokage, and the question, "What good is the position of Hokage to me? What good are the people of the world to me?"

Recalling his departure from the village to travel, he suddenly broke down in shock and wept.

I recalled how he was willing to sacrifice his lifespan to cultivate difficult physical techniques and the inevitably fatal Eight Gates through methods that pushed his limits.

……

She seemed to have gained some enlightenment.

Suddenly, I began to truly understand the heart of a great person, and to understand that unique perspective.

Suddenly I saw the weight of what some beings carried on their shoulders.

Suddenly I understood why some powers could be so strong.

From "How could someone like this be lonely?" to "How could someone like this not be lonely?"

Even with her iron will, Tsunade's heart couldn't help but melt at this moment.

Like in the ending of some works, the villain who was originally a great evil is actually discovered to be a giant who endured humiliation and sacrificed everything for the world, the people, all living beings, the country, and so on.

Tears streamed down my face in an instant, and my heart ached unbearably.

For some inexplicable reason, Uehara Siming suddenly remembered a legendary book she had once read.

Life's regrets flow like an endless river.

This is an incredibly healing book; after reading it, I almost wanted to kill the author and the classmate who recommended it to me.

He was crying his heart out at two in the morning and couldn't stop no matter how much they tried to comfort him, which eventually alarmed the school.

Then, a school bully who had never bullied him suffered an undeserved misfortune.

"Ahem, um... do you think it's possible?"

Is it true that I'm simply a lecherous and vulgar person, and not actually that sentimental or complicated?

"Don't try to fool me again. Do you think I'm stupid? That comparison video exposed everything about you."

As soon as Uehara Siming finished speaking,

Tsunade, however, was extremely dissatisfied and bit his shoulder.

As she chewed, she suddenly broke down and burst into tears.

He kept repeating it in his mouth:

"Even Mikoto could see it. Even Mikoto could see it. I must be such an idiot."

Uehara Shinmei really wanted to tell Tsunade that she might have misunderstood.

After all, their bond was already at 100%, it couldn't be higher, and he didn't want his woman to carry such a heavy psychological burden.

Tsunade is just a bit arrogant; she's actually a very nice person.

Everything is done decisively and efficiently, without any hesitation or procrastination.

This kind of arrogance can sometimes be flirtatious, making it quite cute and not annoying.

Compared to some materialistic women in her past life who were beaten senseless by boxing and only wanted to reap the benefits without feeling ashamed, she was many times better.

In terms of personal charisma alone, he is in no way inferior to the protagonist.

However, faced with this situation, where explanation is merely a cover-up, and a cover-up is the truth,

What else could he do? He could only try to comfort her as much as possible.

More importantly, he understood that as the comparison videos continued,

There are some things that you may never be able to explain without exposing the system, so accepting the praise is the only option.

……

Nobody knows,

Just as Uehara Shinmei was embracing Tsunade and having a heart-to-heart talk,

In the primeval ninja world, in a dark and damp cave...

Two other people were also having a heart-to-heart talk.

"One against seven, don't you want revenge?"

As descendants of the Sage of Six Paths and the founding family of Konoha, they were manipulated like this by the Hokage, to the point that their bloodline was almost wiped out.

Don't you feel even a trace of anger?

Something completely black, it was hard to tell if it was a person or some other strange creature.

His body trembled slightly.

A thin membrane of chakra stretched out from his body, easily isolating the Amaterasu Flame, which was known as the inextinguishable flame, from him without causing any harm.

He looked at the utterly shocked and desperate Itachi Uchiha with despair.

His face was full of a calm smile.

Although his strength was weak, his body was a genuine Six Paths level being. Without true Six Paths Immortal Power, he couldn't cause any damage at all.

However, this power should be used at the most critical moment; it only appears weak if it is not squandered.

"What do you want to do?"

"One against seven, don't ask me what I want to do, ask your own heart, ask your own anger what it really wants to do?"

He possessed the same power as Madara.

You are already the most magnanimous person in the world. Now you have the ability to salvage everything and change everything.

Like Uehara Siming, he killed countless people, but became the savior of even more, didn't he?

Black Zetsu carefully manipulated Itachi Uchiha's heart.