Chapter 46: The Devil-Insane Hashirama, the Senju Clan Had to Disband (Ch 46)

Konoha Village, Shadow Rock to the north.
Haruki followed Tsunade and strolled through the forest where there were almost no buildings and only green plants and tree shades everywhere.
There are only a few narrow paths along the stream.
After walking for more than ten kilometers, we finally saw a group of dark brown wooden houses surrounded by bamboo fences not far away.
“Senior Taohua actually lives in a place like this?”
“The old man wants some peace and quiet. Come on, follow me in.”
Tsunade was in front, pushing open the bamboo door.
As soon as you enter, you can see an old woman lying on a wooden chair, leisurely basking in the sun.
The wooden chair swayed slightly back and forth, pulling at her jet-black hair.
Senju Momoka opened her eyes, and her sharp eyes fell on Qingguang.
At this moment, Qingguang had an illusion that this old man saw through everything.
“You are… Jing’s child, Qingguang?”
“Yes, Taohua-senpai.”
Taohua stood up and raised her hand to smooth the hem of her plain blue shirt: “Let’s talk inside. It’s getting cold. I can’t stand staying outside for too long.”
After taking off their shoes, Harumitsu and Tsunade sat on the tatami, and Momoka sat opposite them.
“It seems that it is this child who made you determined to compete for the position of the Fourth Hokage.” Momoka looked at Tsunade with a smile.
“What? Can’t I just want to be Hokage?”
“My grandfather is the Hokage, my second grandfather is the Hokage, my teacher is the Hokage, and I also want to become the Hokage and protect this village. Is there any problem with that?” Tsunade argued.
Qingguang kept silent and just watched quietly.
“Tsk, who are you kidding?”
“Girl like you, who is lazy and only knows how to drink, and like your grandfather, has developed a bad habit of gambling, can you be so cruel as to run for the position of Hokage in the future?”
Senju Momoka knew Tsunade too well. She didn’t have much contact with Tsunade on a daily basis, but when this girl was a child, she was the one who secretly protected her and grew up.
I don’t know how many assassinations from other countries’ ninjas he had prevented for her.
Tsunade came forward, raised her hand to cover Taohua’s ear, and whispered: “Ahem, great-aunt, please give me some face and don’t say these things in front of my little brother.”
Taohua shook her head and chuckled: “I see, it’s about now that you can call me great aunt.”
“If you really decide to become the Fourth Hokage, the Senju clan will naturally support you.”
“I have already told Shu Lian about this matter. He can be trusted.”
There was nothing wrong with these words, but after hearing them, Tsunade felt a little uncomfortable and frowned slightly.
“Grandma, grandpa disbanded the Senju clan in order to prevent another Hokage from ascending to the throne like my second grandpa did.”
“Konoha is everyone’s Konoha, not the Senju’s Konoha.”
“Otherwise, civilian ninjas will never have a chance to rise to prominence in the future.”
As the granddaughter of Hashirama Senju, Tsunade’s inheritance of the will of fire can be said to be of good origin.
This Will of Fire is not the Will of Fire written by Sarutobi Hiruzen in the textbook of Ninja School.
After hearing this, Taohua did not blame Tsunade. Instead, her eyes became a little dazed and she was stunned for a while.
“As expected, when people get old, they tend to reminisce about the past. You are just like your grandfather.”
“But do you really think your grandfather’s actions were right?”
Before, Tsunade would have firmly believed that this was right, but now, she had personally felt the true colors of the village’s top leaders at the Jonin meeting yesterday.
The Senju clan was disbanded with the original intention of taking the lead in integrating other ninja clans into the civilian population, but the result is the current situation.
After the loss of the Senju clan, this group of ninjas not only failed to get along more harmoniously with the civilians, but after the death of the two Hokages, Hashirama and Tobirama, they divided up everything in the village more unscrupulously.
Just because, there is no longer the behemoth called Thousand Hands above their heads.
As for the Uchiha, until recently the Uchiha was in danger and unable to protect himself. It was only in recent days that the relationship with the village has eased a lot.
Seeing that Tsunade was silent and even clenched her fists, Taohua also lowered her eyes.
“In the beginning, it was your grandfather who took the lead in making the decision to disband the Senju clan. Your grandfather was good in everything except that he was too kind and thought too highly of people’s hearts.”
“Even though your second grandfather and I objected repeatedly, most of the clan members at that time had already accepted grandpa’s philosophy, and some were even obsessed with it. This was also the foundation for the establishment of Konoha. If the Senju were not disbanded, the family would only be divided, and even the same clan would kill each other.”
“Just like… your grandfather killed Madara, he will also kill those tribesmen.”
She recounted these memories that were hidden deep in her heart and sealed away one by one.
Momoka remembered very clearly how Hashirama looked when he returned from the Valley of the End that day, covered in wounds.
The red armor was broken into pieces and fell off, with the inner armor full of holes. He was drenched in the rain, holding the long blade tightly in his hand. The blood on the blade dripped onto the ground along the edge mixed with rain.
His eyes were red and full of sadness, tears of blood were streaming down his cheeks, but his expression was like that of a ghost, and he kept repeating the same sentence.
[If someone threatens the village, even if it’s a brother, a friend, or even my child, I will never forgive them]
At that moment, Tobirama and Momoka knew that disbanding the Senju clan was the will of Hashirama Senju, the will of the “God of Ninja” that could not be violated.
It is precisely for this reason that Taohua has remained silent in the village, never interfering in any decision-making in the village, and even treating her own son, Senju Shulian, with extreme strictness.
He was able to become the leader of the jonin squad thanks to his personal efforts, and even Momoka put a lot of obstacles in his way.
Everything was a backup plan that she and Tobirama had put together, a safety measure to prevent Konoha from continuing to go crazy.
Medical ninjas, senior ninja squads, and ninjas who inherited or did not inherit the surname of the Senju clan will all be connected by the core of Senju Junrei.
As long as the interests of those ninja clans are not touched, the already disbanded Senju clan will not be feared by the ninja clans and Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Senju Juri’s performance in the senior ninja class was upright and without any personal feelings, which was also the situation that Sarutobi Hiruzen and those ninja clans wanted to see the most.
Only a “commoner ninja” like this sitting in this position would not favor individual ninja clans, even if it is the Hokage.
At first, when she heard the first remarks, Tsunade thought Taohua was slandering her grandfather, but after hearing these things, she realized that if it was her grandfather, Hashirama, he might really do that kind of thing…
“So, all of this is a backup plan left by you and Second Grandfather?”
“If I am not convinced by Haruki and do not intend to become Hokage, then what should I do with this plan?”