"Hey. Ryun, you are not actually planning to forcibly extract the Six-Tails from this child's body to give to Tsunade, are you?" Hashirama Senju said, word by word, his anger visibly rising.
Tobirama Senju could no longer remain seated. "Big brother, can you please stop dreaming those unrealistic dreams about everyone being able to understand each other?"
Uzumaki Mito watched her husband and his younger brother bicker, remaining silent. She sighed.
"If it weren't for big brother's stance back then, to distribute the Tailed Beasts equally, how could enemy nations have used them to start wars? You were already wrong once before. Could it be that today you will still stop Ryun and change his line of thinking, to follow you down the wrong path again?" Tobirama Senju roared.
Hashirama Senju's face remained gloomy. He always felt that Ryun Uchiha's approach to this matter was improper. Then, Uzumaki Mito spoke up. "Hashirama, Little Ryun's method is not problematic. What the second brother says is also correct. Is this not all for Konoha's sake?"
"Before Little Ryun revived you, the safety of Konoha rested entirely on his shoulders. He defeated the Rain-nin, fought the Suna-nin, intimidated the Kumo-nin and Iwa-nin. In every battle, he was the first to step forward."
"He has established countless military merits, both major and minor. Every single thing he has done has made Konoha stronger and more prosperous. And now, he wants to take the Six-Tails for a shinobi of his own village. Is there any problem with this?" Uzumaki Mito snorted coldly.
Hashirama Senju was speechless. He turned his head away, still dissatisfied in his heart. His original intention in founding Konoha included achieving peace in the ninja world. But Ryun Uchiha acted without hesitation, which made him very uncomfortable. Wasn't this just bullying the weak?
Tobirama Senju snorted coldly. His big brother's political sensitivity and personality were simply a complete mess, relying entirely on his power to make up for it. In terms of governance, Hashirama Senju was even worse than Madara Uchiha!
"Big brother, if you disagree, then let's vote again. Counting sister-in-law, me, Ryun, and Madara and Izuna! Presumably Madara has received the news of victory and is rushing back." As Tobirama Senju's words fell.
"Hey, White Hair, talking about people behind their backs isn't good behavior!" Madara Uchiha stood at the door, the corners of his mouth raised. Behind him followed Izuna Uchiha. Izuna Uchiha glanced at Utakata in Ryun Uchiha's hand, then looked at Hashirama Senju's expression, and immediately had a guess in his heart.
"Madara, you came just in time. We are preparing to vote now, regarding..." Hashirama Senju said gently, pulling Madara Uchiha over and explaining the matter in detail.
The smile on Madara Uchiha's face gradually faded. He looked at Hashirama, frowning as if he were looking at an idiot.
"So you mean to say, you want my great-grandson to return the Six-Tails Jinchūriki to the Land of Water and also apologize to them?" Madara Uchiha's voice was calm, showing no emotion.
At this moment, Madara Uchiha referred to Hashirama as 'you', not calling him 'Hashirama'.
Izuna Uchiha shook his head, walked to Ryun Uchiha's side, first looked at Tobirama Senju, "Dog thing." Then he patted Ryun Uchiha's shoulder. "Well done. Worthy of being my grandson. The Six-Tails as a betrothal gift is also quite good."
Tobirama Senju: "???" But seeing that their stances were currently unified, he would not bother with the crimes of this inherently evil Izuna Uchiha!!!
He snorted coldly and continued to look at Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. For the first time, he hoped his big brother would get beaten down. He was too foolish.
"Madara, don't you understand? You were also at the first Five Kage Summit! That summit was very successful. The five great nations signed a treaty, and the ninja world was peaceful for over twenty years!" Hashirama Senju said, grabbing Madara Uchiha's shoulders and shaking him slightly.
Madara Uchiha snorted coldly, using chakra to push Hashirama Senju back. "How many times have I told you, those countries have the hearts of wolves and ambitions of conquest. After you died, they immediately used the Tailed Beasts you gave them to start wars. From that moment on, it proved you were wrong."
"Now my great-grandson is setting things right, taking the Tailed Beasts back. Yet you, the revived First Hokage, want him to return them! If I weren't familiar with your character, I would almost think you were the Kage of one of the other four countries?"
"Instead of caring about the fair rights of other villages and other countries, you should think about how to strengthen Konoha, how to make Konoha more powerful!" Madara Uchiha said many words, each sentence like a sharp knife stabbing into Hashirama Senju's heart.
Hashirama Senju looked at his younger brother and his wife. As a result, Tobirama Senju turned his head away, while Uzumaki Mito was instructing Ryun Uchiha on how to extract and seal a Tailed Beast.
Hashirama Senju was emo. He walked to the corner, sat on the ground, hugged his knees, buried his face between his legs, looking completely dejected, nothing like the gloomy expression he had when arguing earlier.
Madara Uchiha snorted coldly. This time, he did not plan to comfort Hashirama. He had gone too far, nurturing tigers to become a threat, bowing and scraping to enemy nations. He could not do that.
According to his nature, if other countries had requests for him, well then, they should kneel down, kneel properly for a few days, then kowtow to him once, and only then would he consider helping them. Note: consider.
Ryun Uchiha saw that the atmosphere was somewhat cold, so he stepped forward. "First Hokage-sama. Have you forgotten who the Hokage is supposed to protect?"
"As the Hokage, the Hokage of Konoha Village, the first duty is to protect the safety of the villagers. Which village's? Konoha Village's!"
Hashirama Senju did not speak, only raised his head to glance at Ryun Uchiha, his eyes complex. Everyone supported Ryun Uchiha. Could it be that he was really wrong?
"From the very beginning until now, my hands have been stained with the blood of no less than ten thousand people. But what I gained were reparations from various countries, and I gained Tailed Beasts. The reparations were used for village economic construction, for settling the wounded, and rewarding the soldiers."
"The Tailed Beasts are given to our own people, to enhance the strength of our village's shinobi, to increase Konoha's bargaining chips. I don't know where Lord Hashirama thinks this is wrong?" Ryun Uchiha said coldly.
"Also, speaking of the first Five Kage Summit, Lord Hashirama insisted on selling the nine Tailed Beasts that you and great-grandfather captured at low prices to other countries, and even kowtowed to their Kage. What did you gain?"
"The combat power of the other four nations doubled. After you died, war broke out immediately. The Tailed Beasts were directly used as battlefield forces, killing each other." Ryun Uchiha analyzed for Hashirama Senju.
Hashirama Senju did not dare make a sound, because he had recently been reading the history of recent years and knew that what Ryun Uchiha said was true. But he just couldn't get over the psychological hurdle of harming the life of another Jinchūriki to obtain power for his own granddaughter.
"Therefore, please be sensible, Lord Hashirama. Otherwise, not to mention me, the other four probably won't sit idly by either." After saying this, Ryun Uchiha picked up Utakata and went to find Tsunade.
Madara Uchiha and Izuna Uchiha stood where they were, to prevent Hashirama Senju from flying into a rage, being unable to listen to reason, and trying to go in to stop their great-grandson.
Uzumaki Mito used Adamantine Sealing Chains to lock the door, preventing Hashirama Senju from entering.
Tobirama Senju then said with a smile, "In that case, big brother, just wait here. I will go in and see if there is any help needed."
Tobirama Senju walked to the door and glanced at his sister-in-law. Uzumaki Mito said, "Go right in. The Adamantine Sealing Chains won't stop you."
Tobirama Senju nodded. His body passed directly through, completely unaffected, supremely smooth.
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