The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

"...Tobirama, what on earth has to be so mysterious?"

At the station of the Senju Clan, Hashirama complained somewhat to Tobirama who pulled him away from the training ground.

Tobirama looked at his stupid elder brother and couldn't help but sigh.

...Why is it that the eldest brother of other people's families is the pillar of support, while the eldest brother of his own family has to do all the work on his own...

Even so, Tobirama's temperament couldn't help but feel depressed for a while.

"Brother, do you still have the heart to practice here?" Tobirama asked.

Hashirama scratched his head: "Why are you not in the mood? Haven't the Shimada clan stopped attacking us? There are also Madara and Hanzo... Speaking of which, I really want to fight Hanzo."

Tobirama suddenly felt a pain in his liver: "Brother, why do you think the Shimada clan suddenly stopped?"

"Isn't it because Hanzo and Madara had an affair that they turned their guns around?" Hashirama asked in confusion.

Tobirama: "...Brother, do you think Uchiha Madara is the kind of person who hates the opponent just because of the outcome of a battle?"

Hashirama was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered the first time he and Madara met by the unknown stream when he was eleven years old, and the dream they shared on that cliff.

After a while, Hashirama shook his head: "Madara is not that kind of person."

Tobirama didn't know that Hashirama's thoughts had spread so far. Listening to Hashirama's answer, Tobirama nodded: "Yes, Uchiha Madara has a certain affection for people with similar strength to him.

Inexplicable appreciation, so the battle between him and Shimada Hanzo will not affect the Uchiha clan's next decision."

As he spoke, Tobirama sighed and said with a headache: "At first, I still couldn't understand why the Shimada clan suddenly attacked us. Now it seems that it is so..."

After hearing this, Hashirama gradually became serious. After all, he is now the leader of the Senju clan.

Just like in the Battle of the Valley of the End, he would kill his best friend Madara because of his identity as Hokage. As the leader of the Senju clan, he would never betray the family because of his personal relationship.

After a moment of silence, Hashirama smiled bitterly and said: "So, the Shimada clan and the Uchiha clan... may join forces to deal with us, right?"

Tobirama nodded helplessly: "There should be nothing wrong."

A complicated look appeared on Hashirama's face. He didn't say anything and just left silently.

"Brother? What should we do?" Tobirama said anxiously behind him.

He couldn't help but be impatient. Anyone who was targeted by two of the three most powerful families in the Fire Country would not have an easy time.

Hashirama didn't answer, but continued walking aimlessly.

Seeing Hashirama's state, Tobirama could only suppress the worries in his heart first.

Tobirama knows his eldest brother, he knows that Hashirama will not ignore the family because of these emotions, he just needs some time.

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"Why do we have to keep fighting?" Hashirama asked himself as he walked.

Looking at the somewhat hazy sky, he couldn't help but think of the day when his youngest brother Itama was buried.

At that time, with the grief and anger in his heart, he asked his father, could he force his child to die in order to win?

Senjubutsuma's answer to him was a heavy punch and a scolding: "Itama is a hero who died fighting for his family, not a child!"

But at that time, Hashirama was only forced to shut his mouth by the force of Senju Buddhama, but his mind was never convinced.

To this day, even though he has become the leader of the Thousand Hands Clan, he still does not agree with what his father said at that time.

But now, Hashirama is caught in an extreme conflict.

He could prevent those children from going into battle during normal missions, but when it comes to a real decisive battle with families like Shimada and Uchiha, Hashirama must let those children go to the battlefield even if he doesn't want to.

Again, without the power of these children, the Senju clan's basic combat power will lose a considerable part, and even Hashirama can't do anything about it.

Therefore, after the previous battle with the Uchiha clan and looking at the children who were killed and buried, Hashirama stayed alone in the room for three days without saying a word to anyone.

It's not that Hashirama is weak at heart, nor is it that Hashirama is stupid and rigid.

But any person, facing such a sharp contrast between their inner ideals and reality, and being unable to do anything about it, will not be able to help but fall into self-doubt.

Hashirama is an excellent leader, a reliable ninja, and the future "God of Ninja", but after all, he is a human being, not a god.

"I was powerless at that time, so why should I continue to watch now?" Hashirama asked himself.

He is no longer the young man who was forced to shut up in front of his father's power a few years ago.

Now he is the leader of the Thousand Hands Clan.

Hashirama believes that he is already capable of doing something.

Thinking about it, Hashirama secretly made up his mind.

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"...Are you sure you are from the Senju clan, not the Uchiha clan?"

At the station of the Shimada clan, Hanzo said to the second elder with some astonishment.

The second elder also seemed a little confused, but he still handed Hanzo the news from the Senju Clan's envoy.

Hanzo took the scroll, opened it and read it for a moment, then raised his eyebrows: "A meeting between the three tribes?"

To be honest, Hanzo really didn't expect Hashirama to make such a proposal.

Isn't this a variant of the Five Shadows Talk?

However, Hanzo was quite moved by Hashirama's request in the scroll.

"The three clans have made an agreement not to let too young ninjas go to the battlefield..."

Hanzo rubbed his chin.

He himself had actually had this idea for a long time. The only thing he could worry about was that if he did this and the Senju and Uchiha didn't do it, it would harm the family instead.

However, if the three tribes make a common agreement, it will be different.

Anyway, in the Country of Fire, the three families that can threaten each other are the three of them. To them, other forces are really weak and pitiful.

At least for the Shimada clan, even if one-third of their combat strength is reduced, Hanzo will not feel any pressure when facing those forces.

Moreover, the war between the three tribes of the Fire Country is no longer a war of genocide, but a battle for dominance.

Under such circumstances, it is most appropriate to make such an agreement to further reduce the scale of the war.

The more Hanzo thought about it, the more he felt that Hashirama's proposal was almost in his heart. He barely suppressed the urge to agree on the spot. Hanzo straightened his expression and then said to the second elder: "Notify everyone and convene a high-level meeting."

Although the second elder did not read the contents of the scroll, looking at the change in Hanzo's expression, he knew that the Senju clan might have made some big move, so he nodded immediately and turned around and left.

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