Konoha: Prepare to defect, the system is coming.

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A gentle breeze swept by, dispersing the smoke that lingered on the battlefield.

The powerful souls summoned from the Pure Land stared in astonishment at the Sage of Six Paths, but their gazes then fell upon the woman who had been temporarily sealed away.

"So this is the mastermind behind this war? Didn't the Sage of Six Paths say she was sealed away?" The First Kazekage crossed his arms and asked in surprise.

"You're focusing on the wrong thing." The First Raikage narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Madara and Hashirama, and said in a deep voice, "How come those two are still alive?"

"Yeah, why aren't those two dead yet?" the First Mizukage said, dissatisfied.

"If these two guys are alive, will our village still be alright?" the First Tsuchikage said with some worry.

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Listening to the incessant arguing of the souls, the Sage of Six Paths rubbed his forehead, somewhat at a loss as to how to handle the current situation.

The moment he sensed his mother's chakra aura disappear, he gathered the power of a group of strong individuals and pulled everyone in the Origin Sphere back to the real world.

but.

The Sage of Six Paths never expected that he would actually bring his mother back as well.

Noticing that everyone's gaze was constantly lingering on him and his mother, the Sage of Six Paths remained silent for a while before slowly getting up and approaching his mother to carefully observe her.

“Hagoromo.” Kaguya gazed at the old man before her, a tear welling up in her eye, but she quickly regained her previous coldness.

Noticing that his mother's appearance was still the same as it had been a thousand years ago, the Sage of Six Paths sighed deeply, then looked at Madara and Hashirama, who were standing to the side, ready to fight, wanting to ask what had happened.

Madara Uchiha seemed to know what he was going to ask, and said indifferently, "The dead have no right to interfere in the world of the living."

The bird, with its eyes fixed on its nose and its nose on its heart, also failed to answer the Sage of Six Paths' question.

"I'm sorry!" Hashirama said slowly after a long silence, "You have hidden some things from us. Kaguya Otsutsuki is not as evil as you described."

I could choose to seal her away, but that wouldn't change anything; it would just postpone the outbreak of war, like the Five Kage Summit did.

As he spoke, he glanced at the summoned souls of powerful beings and found that many of them were familiar faces.

Hashirama bowed ninety degrees to the souls, his voice filled with apology, "I'm sorry, my initial thinking was too naive. Judging from the way the Tailed Beasts are used, distributing them to various villages did not prevent the outbreak of war, but instead brought about an even greater war."

Upon hearing this, the powerful souls looked at Hashirama with a more complex expression.

They all guessed this outcome, except for the First Hokage who foolishly believed that distributing the Tailed Beasts would bring peace to the ninja world.

Hashirama Senju slowly straightened up, staring directly at the floating souls, and said in a deep voice, "Although I hate to admit it, my actions have not brought peace to the ninja world."

Before Hashirama could continue, the First Raikage suddenly interrupted him.

"Hashirama Senju, you don't need to apologize to us. I actually admire your magnanimity. You are a true monster, not in terms of your Wood Release, but in terms of you as a person."

He looked up and glanced around, his gaze finally settling on the Hidden Cloud Village. He continued, “You possess the power to easily quell chaos and crush all enemies. We combined are probably no match for you. Yet you chose to sit at the negotiating table and give us the Tailed Beasts, these ‘weapons of war,’ like gifts, just to exchange for a ‘possibility’ of peace.”

"In all my years, this is the first time I've met someone like you. Your ideas may be ridiculed, but your spirit will not." The First Mizukage adjusted his straw hat, his gaze falling on Hashirama, and said with a faint smile, "The God of Shinobi, truly deserving of the title."

The First Kazekage also looked at Hashirama, and without saying anything long, bowed slightly, saying, "On behalf of Sunagakure, I thank you for your generosity, which has brought life to Sunagakure."

The First Tsuchikage took a deep breath upon hearing the words of the three.

But when his gaze fell on Hashirama Senju, he suddenly said, "Hokage, you are so powerful that you make me despair, and so naive that I find you laughable."

But I will not laugh at someone with ideals. If your ideals come true, it will be a miracle; if they fail, it will be within my expectations.

He paused for a moment, then said, "Compared to the Sage of Six Paths, I'm more inclined to believe you, because I've seen you bow down to the enemy for the sake of peace."

Whether it's distributing the Tailed Beasts or convening the Five Kage Summit, all your failures stem from methodological flaws, not from flawed values.

As soon as he finished speaking, the venue fell into a deathly silence.

Hashirama's gaze swept over the group of souls, and finally he bowed again, whispering an apology.

Then, he turned to look at the Sage of Six Paths, and noticing the complexity in the other's eyes, he said, "I don't know what kind of despair Madara and your mother went through to believe that creating a false world was the only answer?"

"But I understand that the suffering in this world is real."

"War, loss, hatred. Madara lost Izuna, I lost Itama, we've both tasted this bitterness. They want to end it all with the Infinite Tsukuyomi, I understand that better than anyone."

Upon hearing this, both Madara Uchiha and Kaguya Otsutsuki fell silent.

Although the two experienced different kinds of suffering, they did indeed, as Hashirama said, want to end it all with the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Hashirama stared straight at the Sage of Six Paths and continued, "Your mother, as the progenitor of chakra, saw humans harming each other in war, wasting their chakra."

She believed that withdrawing their chakra and allowing them to merge into one within the peaceful illusion of "Infinite Tsukuyomi" was the best protection.

"Your mother was used as a tool, hunted down by her tribe, and then sealed away by her son for a thousand years. She was never truly understood."

"Her obsessive and irrational behavior was not driven by ambition."

Kaguya Otsutsuki slowly raised her head and, for the first time seriously observed Hashirama Senju, her eyes showing an emotion called "confusion" for the first time.

She thought that she would be sealed away the moment she was defeated, but to her surprise, the other party not only did not seal her away, but even understood her.

"Motor!"

Hashirama tilted his head slightly and looked at Madara Uchiha again. "He is constantly losing. Madara was never an avenger, but in his own perception, he became a 'savior' who bears the sins and pain of the whole world."

He knew the world would not understand him, would hate him, but he was willing to bear all the infamy, just to create a perfect world "without loss, without pain."

"He correctly diagnosed the world's diseases, but prescribed the most deadly remedies. He was not a demon, but a victim utterly destroyed by war and loss."

"The Uchiha clan has never been madmen, but a clan of love."

Madara Uchiha crossed his arms, staring intently at the man looking in their direction, his eyes revealing a mixture of friendship, jealousy, admiration, and resentment.

Hashirama's talk-no-jutsu was the strongest he had ever witnessed in his decades of life.

Hashirama's charm was the strongest charm he had ever witnessed in his decades of life.

It always makes people want to follow.

"I don't know if Madara and your mother's methods are what this world needs." Hashirama took a deep breath, his eyes instantly hardening.

"But true peace is not about finding fulfillment in dreams, but about having the capacity to love, protect, and surpass one's past self, even amidst suffering, in reality."

He paused slightly, his tone becoming more animated, "Where the leaves dance, the fire will never die. The firelight will continue to illuminate the village and allow new leaves to sprout."

This sentence is very famous

Everyone living in the ninja world knows that this is the Will of Fire of Konoha.

The older generation sacrifices themselves, placing their hopes on the next generation, believing in the children of the future, and paving the way for them.

"The Will of Fire!" The First Raikage's chest heaved violently as he repeatedly chewed on the phrase "The Will of Fire."

He raised his head and looked at Hashirama Senju again, and Hashirama was also staring at him, without a trace of the arrogance of a top ninja, only a sincerity that could melt the hardest ice.

"I intend to strengthen the alliance system. If one major power is not enough, we will unite all countries. If the current alliance is fragile, I will use ten times, a hundred times, more sincerity and time to consolidate it."

"I, Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, am willing to spend the rest of my life kneeling before any other Kage, begging for understanding and cooperation."

silence

A long silence followed.

The entire battlefield fell silent after Hashirama Senju spoke.

The summoned powerhouses were stunned for a moment, then burst into a loud, unrestrained laugh.

One of the heroes, whose voice boomed like thunder, gave Hashirama a strong thumbs-up, his eyes filled with both reminiscence and admiration, "Hahaha! Hokage, oh Hokage!"

All these years have passed, and you're still so naive, so admirably naive, and so adorable!

His laughter subsided, and his expression shifted to one of trust that transcended life and death. He said loudly, "It is because of you, it is because of this unfading innocence, I, the First Raikage A, will believe in you one more time. I believe you will bring true peace to the ninja world."

"Compared to that bullshit Infinite Tsukuyomi, you are more trustworthy. I, the First Tsuchikage Ishigawa, will trust you one more time," another old man said slowly.

"Lord Hashirama, I am Uzumaki Ashina, the first leader of Uzushio Village."

"I am the First Mizukage, Byakuren."

"The First Kazekage Fierce Fight"

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Ultimately, all the voices converged into a resolute torrent.

"Hashirama Senju, enough with the nonsense. We trust your naive, foolish persistence. Just go for it! We're watching you from the Pure Land!"

Seeing the souls of so many powerful individuals, and being willing to believe in the man before her, even Kaguya felt a slight wavering in her heart.

She also understands that her approach was too extreme, depriving everyone of the right to choose and create their own future.

But she did it.

Before Kaguya could continue thinking, the man spoke again, "Sage of Six Paths, as for your mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki... although she wasn't an innocent and carefree girl, she possessed the self-awareness of adolescence and the rebelliousness of a young girl."

Hashirama Senju stepped forward, his gaze piercing, his voice resounding, "I will embrace her adolescence, her rebellion!"

Upon hearing this, Kaguya Otsutsuki's pupils suddenly contracted, and she stared at the man in astonishment.

She betrayed the entire Otsutsuki clan, refusing the fate of being devoured by the God Tree as a "living sacrifice," swallowing the Chakra Fruit, and remaining on Earth through her own power.

She wants to establish her own rules, completely negate the existing world that she is dissatisfied with, and cover it with what she considers a "perfect" dream world.

Her love and hate are both extremely "absolute".

Was she actually in puberty, as humans call it?

at this time.

The Sage of Six Paths froze on the spot, his aged face showing an almost blank expression for the first time. On the other side, Uchiha Asuka, Uchiha Madara, and the others stared wide-eyed, their minds blank, like tree stumps struck by lightning, instantly losing all ability to think.