Sky Curtain: Short Video Commentary on Konoha Villagers

The scene changes on the sky.

[Evaluation of all Hokage, with the First Hokage being Hashirama Senju]

As the God of Shinobi, Hashirama's personal strength is beyond doubt.

He personally ended the era of inter-family warfare and established a system of one country, one village—an achievement that is irreplaceable.

Konoha Village Street.

Cheers erupted from the crowd.

The villagers raised their arms, jumped around, and shouted loudly.

"The First Generation Lord is invincible!"

"Without the First Hokage, there would be no Konoha!"

"Zhong Cheng!!!"

Hidden Rock Village.

Onoki floated in mid-air with his hands behind his back.

"When Hashirama Senju was alive, he was indeed invincible."

Huang Tu replied with some confusion.

"Father, was the First Hokage's strength really that exaggerated?"

Onoki glanced at him.

"Exaggerated? You can't even imagine that kind of power."

However, when it comes to Hashirama Senju's political abilities, they were extremely poor.

The cheers abruptly stopped.

The villagers of Konoha opened their mouths wide, unable to utter a single word.

Konoha was founded,

Madara Uchiha turned his head to the side and looked Hashirama up and down.

"Terrible? That's an understatement."

The sky continued to roll.

Why do I say that?

[Because Hashirama was the strongest person in the entire ninja world at the time, the only one who could rival him was Madara from the same village.]

This also means that he could conquer the entire ninja world at any time if he wanted to.

Even if Hashirama did nothing and let Madara handle everything, a unified empire could still be achieved.

The entire ninja world fell silent.

Unification.

These three words struck the hearts of all those in power with a heavy weight.

"Unification?"

"Does this celestial canopy mean... that Konoha will annex the four great nations?"

The period when Konoha was founded.

Tobirama Senju stood under the tree, his mind racing.

"Unification..."

"Eliminate national borders, eliminate the barriers between ninja villages, and concentrate all resources together."

"Tianmu is right! If Big Brother and Ban join forces, they can definitely do it!"

"Once absolute centralization is established, the root cause of war will be completely eradicated!"

Meanwhile, Hashirama Senju used his simple mind to think about it.

"Unification? How many wars would that require? How many people would die?"

"I established this village for peace. If we go on to conquer other countries, wouldn't we just be back in the Warring States period?"

Madara Uchiha looked at him with a disappointed expression.

"Hashirama, you are too weak."

"Tianmu is right. As long as you let me do it, I can conquer the other four countries by myself."

"Only a unified ninja world can prevent conflict."

However, Hashirama insisted on creating a world where all the major ninja villages could coexist peacefully.

They also distributed the tailed beasts to various ninja villages.

He actually gave away his most powerful weapon to another country for nothing.

He believed that as long as everyone's strength was balanced, there would be no more fighting.

[But in reality, it has created more enemies.]

Forest on the border of the Land of Lightning.

Tobirama Senju leaned against a tree trunk, still unable to comprehend his elder brother's actions back then.

"Big brother is too naive."

"If we give the Tailed Beasts to others, they will only use them against Konoha."

"Balance? Only the weak pursue balance; the strong only need to set the rules."

"If other villages don't have tailed beasts, they don't even have the right to negotiate."

The sky screen continues to output.

He was able to keep things in order while he was alive.

His death immediately triggered the First Shinobi World War.

Then, during the several Shinobi World Wars, the number of people who died in the entire Shinobi world was no less than during the clan wars, and Konoha also suffered greatly.

Konoha Village, Hokage Building.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in his chair, silently making plans in his mind.

During the First Shinobi World War, Tobirama-sensei died in battle.

The second time, the third time...

Countless Konoha ninjas fell on the battlefield.

Jiraiya walked to the window and pressed his hands against the windowsill.

"Old man, Tianmu is right."

"The peace of the first generation was merely an illusion built on his personal military strength."

"Once he left, all his suppressed ambitions exploded."

The period when Konoha was founded.

Hashirama Senju stood up, his body swaying slightly.

The images that had been playing on the sky flashed through his mind.

Four-year-old Itachi Uchiha walks on a battlefield strewn with corpses.

Those severed limbs, that blood.

Was I wrong...?

Hashirama lowered his head and looked at his hands.

"I thought that as long as everyone had power, they would be wary of each other and there would be no war."

Madara Uchiha crossed his arms and spoke coldly.

"You are indeed wrong, Hashirama."

"Peace is not something given away by others, nor is it something achieved through balance."

"You gave them weapons, and they'll only use them to kill your people."

"How many future generations of Konoha have been killed by your naive ideals?"

Furthermore, Hashirama's performance in every diplomatic activity has been unlike that of a competent Kage.

The screen lights up.

Inside the spacious conference room, there is a huge round table.

The first generation of filmmakers from the five major nations gathered together.

The first Kazekage, the first Mizukage, the first Raikage, and the first Tsuchikage.

Hashirama Senju sat in the Hokage's seat, with Tobirama Senju standing behind him.

Hashirama pressed his hands on the table, his eyes looking like they were about to burst into tears.

"To be able to gather together like this, with the first Kage of the five great nations, for a Five Kage Summit..."

"I really..."

Hashirama's face suddenly turned red.

He slammed his head hard on the table.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud was heard.

"Hashirama shouted loudly."

"Thank you so much!"

Dead silence.

The entire ninja world was completely silent.

Everyone gaped in astonishment.

The mighty God of Shinobi is actually bowing down to the Kage of another village?!

People from other countries were also bewildered.

He's the benefactor who gave us the Tailed Beasts for free!

They gave us weapons, and now they expect us to kowtow?

In the celestial display.

Tobirama Senju froze, veins bulging on his forehead.

He leaned close to Hashirama's ear and whispered in a low voice.

"Big brother! What are you doing?!"

"You are the Hokage! You represent Konoha!"

Hashirama raised his head, two lines of clear tears streaming down his cheeks.

"But I'm so excited!"

Konoha Village Street.

The villagers all covered their faces.

"First generation sir..."

"Is...is this really our First Hokage?"

"It's so embarrassing... I don't even dare to admit that I'm from Konoha."

"Why is he kowtowing to others?!"

...

Kids, I lost 1,500 playing cards on the 8th, that was insane! I recovered a tenth of it on the 9th, it's so frustrating!