Uchiha's personal opinion

"Send someone to inform the Senju clan..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said, "We should at least meet that mischievous Konoha princess..."

"As ordered!"

The attendant ninja immediately obeyed and left.

……

Tsunade's identity is her greatest protection.

Her existence is also a symbol of maintaining the unity of Konoha.

For Uchiha Tokumitsu, although Tsunade's idealism can be annoying at times, her attitude doesn't actually affect the Uchiha clan. In fact, their moderate tolerance makes the Uchiha clan seem like they know what's good for them and how to behave.

But this does not mean unprincipled tolerance and concession.

Therefore, Uchiha Tokumitsu has no intention of making any concessions in his approach to this Sunagakure incident.

For the Uchiha clan, which came to power through a violent coup, Sunagakure, a ninja village that defied the world, was a natural ally!

……

Tsunade entered the Uchiha clan's territory for the second time.

The first time was on the orders of her great-grandmother, Mito Uzumaki, to go to the Uchiha clan's territory to thank Tokumitsu Uchiha for saving the remnants of the Uzumaki lineage. During the subsequent return visit, Mito Uzumaki, on behalf of the clan, announced a complete reconciliation with the Uchiha clan, and the two sides no longer dangled in the old story of the "Battle of the Valley of the End".

However, after Mito Uzumaki passed away, the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the Hokage lineage deteriorated, and the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan severed their ties, returning to a state of complete estrangement.

Especially after Tsunade led the reunification of the Senju clan by bringing back the branch families, there were many open and covert struggles within the village. However, due to differences in methods and strength, all of the Senju clan's schemes failed.

After the establishment of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Tsunade was not content to remain idle. She frequently submitted proposals in the Senate to create influence and try to gain more say.

Especially after the Sand Village Incident, Tsunade transformed into the most radical militant in Konoha, repeatedly proposing to send troops to "uphold justice" and restore the "legitimate" status of the Land of Wind at the Senate meeting.

Of course, her behavior is understandable.

In Uchiha Tokumitsu's eyes, the reason why Tsunade spoke out so frequently in the Sunagakure incident, which was originally unrelated to Konoha, was simply to maintain the authority of the "one village, one country" system and to reinforce the historical contributions of the Senju clan.

Because the most crucial position of Hokage has been effectively abolished within the "political correctness" left behind by the Senju clan, the Senju clan can only ensure the clan's survival and revitalization by maintaining its influence; otherwise, in another twenty or thirty years, no one in Konoha will remember the founding clan.

Tsunade stopped outside a teahouse mentioned by the messenger ninja. Several Uchiha Jonin standing guard at the door nodded to her and opened the door for her.

"Tsunade..."

Uchiha Tokukan sat in the hall, with his fiancée Uchiha Makoto beside him. When Tsunade entered, the two of them stood up and bowed.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Deguang-kun."

Although Tsunade disliked Uchiha Tokumitsu, who had a blood feud with her master, they were now meeting as high-ranking members of the village, so that personal grudge had to be put aside.

After Tsunade was seated, the attendant ninja closed the hall door, creating a secret meeting space for everyone inside.

Makoto Uchiha obediently picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for each of them, then obediently sat back down next to Tokumitsu Uchiha.

Although the amount of dog food was small, it still filled Tsunade's mouth completely.

"I wonder if Tokumitsu-kun's invitation today indicates his intention to formally launch a military campaign against Sunagakure?"

Tsunade cut straight to the point.

"Sunagakure is one of the five great nations of the ninja world. Its power is immense, and its ninja army is brave and fierce. How could it possibly have any intention of waging war against us!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu flatly refused.

"Konoha swept through all nations in the Second Shinobi World War, invincible. Why then does Tokumitsu-kun now fear the enemy like a tiger?"

Tsunade frowned and used a provocation tactic.

"Konoha has been ravaged by war for a long time, and people now yearn for stability. It is not appropriate to start another war at this time..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu shook his head. "Besides, what harm has the Sand Village Incident done to Konoha?"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's expression immediately changed, but she quickly regained her indifference.

This is the absolute point of contention between the two sides.

Uchiha Tokumitsu was a reformer by nature and welcomed Sunagakure's initiative to seize power from the daimyo and nobles. In addition, sending troops to conquer the desert was a difficult task, and even if Sunagakure was defeated, there would be little benefit. Therefore, he had no motivation to start another war.

Moreover, his target has always been Kirigakure in the Land of Water and Madara Uchiha hiding behind it. All his current actions are designed to mislead Kirigakure, so he has no intention of opening a second front.

"Such fear of the enemy is not the behavior of a Konoha ninja."

Tsunade frowned and questioned.

She had long been aware of the delicate nature of the Senju clan's current status.

Although she was elected as a permanent member of the Senate, her voice remained in a "Schrödinger's cat" state; she herself was unsure whether the voice of the Senju clan was effective.

The reason why the Senate repeatedly proposed to send troops to attack Sunagakure was also an attempt to create a topic and gather potential supporters.

Of course, in addition to these factors, the daimyo's plea and the desire to uphold the "one village, one country" system established by her grandfather were also among the reasons that prompted Tsunade to act in this way.

"Hime Tsunade, which do you think is more harsh, the environment of the Land of Wind or the environment of the Land of Rain?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said leisurely.

"...The Land of Wind".

Tsunade's brow twitched, but she still answered truthfully.

Although the Land of Rain, with its constant torrential rain, is a harsh environment, it only slightly weakens the combat methods of the Konoha ninjas, who are skilled in various techniques. Apart from being relatively effective against fire-style ninjas like the Uchiha clan, the Konoha ninjas do not experience much difficulty adapting to the Land of Rain.

Even so, in the early stages of the war in the Land of Rain, the Konoha ninja still suffered a great loss on the battlefield.

If it weren't for the fact that the Rain Ninja were too exhausted to fight anymore, and the fact that the northwestern border defense forces had moved south to provide support, the Hokage's faction would have had difficulty maintaining the existence of the Rain Country Expeditionary Army.

"Yes."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded. "The village's only defeat in the Second Shinobi World War occurred on the battlefield in the Land of Rain..."

"Since the environment in the Land of Wind is even more hostile, and the strength of the Sand Village is even greater than that of the Rain Village... if we were to launch a military campaign, how many ninja troops should the Leaf Village must gather?"

"Isn't the role of ninjas to protect the country?"

Tsunade remained relentless.

"But what does the Sand Village incident have to do with Konoha?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu's temper flared up as well.

He felt he had explained himself clearly enough, so why was he still being so irrelevant?

Doesn't the Senju clan understand the principle of "starting from strength"?

“De Guang Jun… your thoughts are extremely dangerous.”

Suddenly, Tsunade uttered these words.

"Ok?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was somewhat confused.

“Ninjas belong to ninjas, and nobles belong to nobles… Your actions are violating this principle.”

Tsunade also became very calm.

"so what?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu tilted his head.

"The power wielded by ninjas is far too destructive for ordinary people, and they are not suited to appear publicly in the secular world to avoid causing unnecessary panic..."

Tsunade sighed, "This is one of the reasons why Grandpa established the ninja village..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu was even more confused.

"Is being driven by nobles the fate of ninjas?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu coldly said, "Why can't ninjas replace those corrupt nobles? Why should ninjas obey those so-called hypocrites?"

"Ninjas cannot become rulers!"

Tsunade's tone gradually became more intense.

"My experience in the southern islands of the Land of Water has taught me that even the Kaguya clan can govern a region well, as long as they don't levy exorbitant taxes like the nobles!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately retorted, "As long as we don't cause trouble, as long as we don't engage in extravagant formalism, and as long as we always maintain the strongest military force, then ninjas can rule all places very well!"

"Tsunade, in the name of the Governor-General of Konoha, I hereby formally reject all proposals and motions to send troops to Sunagakure."

Uchiha Tokumitsu concluded.

After saying that, he got up and left with Uchiha Makoto.

Tsunade remained silent in the room for a long time.

"That brat..."

After a while, Tsunade chuckled self-deprecatingly, poured out the cold tea in her cup, and poured herself a fresh glass of water.

"Transforming villages into nations..."

Tsunade couldn't help but sigh.

He then shook his head.

Uchiha Tokumitsu's attitude is already very clear.

In Tsunade's eyes, Uchiha Tokumitsu upheld the same ideology of "unifying the ninja world" as Uchiha Madara, another founder of Konoha.

However, at the beginning of Konoha's establishment, due to the existence of Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha abandoned his original plan to unify the ninja world and instead supported his close friend's one village, one country system. But as the conflict between the two sides' ideologies intensified, the final result was that Madara Uchiha left Konoha and was defeated and killed in the Battle of the Valley of the End.

Now, a figure similar to Madara Uchiha has emerged again in the Uchiha clan, but no one in Konoha can control him.

Tsunade's attempt also failed during this meeting.

When Uchiha Tokumitsu used his power to coerce her, Tsunade found that she didn't have any good ways to deal with it.

"Wood Release..."

Tsunade once again recalled the bloodline limit power that her grandfather relied on to subdue the ninja world.

Unfortunately, apart from Hashirama Senju himself, no other Wood Release ninja has emerged from the Senju clan, which is the root cause of the Senju clan's current predicament.

"Really..."

Tsunade shook her head helplessly, no longer thinking about the things that were bothering her, and got up to leave.