Chapter 230: Hashirama’S Doubts, The Man From The Future
"This is impossible!"
Hashirama refused and looked at Mizuki with shock.
Unify the ninja world and establish absolute peace? What kind of crazy idea is this?
Hashirama stared at Mizuki and said word by word: "Peace that comes from suppressing with strong force is just a false peace."
"Wherever there are people, there will be struggle. Relying on force to suppress it will only result in the accumulation of hatred. When the hatred reaches its ultimate level, it will definitely explode."
"At that time, the ninja world will be devastated and destroyed."
"Your strength is very strong, and your idea of unifying the ninja world may really come true. But you will always die one day. When you die, the ninja world will immediately be in chaos."
Mizuki scoffed.
"First Hokage, you ended the chaotic Sengoku era and established the Ninja Village era of one country and one village."
"You think that the ninja world can be peaceful in this way, but in fact, there are still constant wars between countries and villages, and the scale of the wars is even greater."
"Facts have proven that the one-country-one-village approach is wrong."
"Because each country has its own interests and demands, and the daimyo and village leaders of each country also have their own ambitions."
"For their own ambitions, they use conspiracy, create tragedies, instigate war, and treat human life as nothing, like Danzo."
"To achieve true peace, the only way to achieve true peace is to unify the shinobi world."
"If the entire ninja world can have only one voice and everyone in the ninja world has a common pursuit, then war will never happen again."
"Even if there are ambitious people who secretly want to cause trouble, they won't have any chance."
“As long as everyone has enough to eat, is warmly clothed, lives a happy life, has someone to rely on when old, and has something to support him, then peace will be around the corner.”
Mizuki's words made Hashirama think deeply.
But soon he said: "You are too naive. The ninja world is so big that it is impossible to have only one voice. Careers can still accumulate power in secret and find ways to create chaos."
"There will also be various internal conflicts, just like the Uchiha clan."
"Your strength is very strong, but there are some conflicts that cannot be resolved by strong force alone."
Mizuki shook his head.
He knew that he couldn't convince Hashirama so easily, and he didn't expect that these few words would make Hashirama support his plan.
"But you have to admit that the unification of the ninja world is definitely stronger than the current one-country-one-village model."
"In addition, there are stronger enemies outside the ninja world. If the ninja world is not unified and its power is not concentrated, the losses will be very heavy when facing external threats in the future."
Hashirama frowned.
"What is the stronger enemy outside the ninja world that you are talking about?"
Mizuki shook his head and just said: "You won't believe it if I tell you, but their spies will appear soon, and you will understand then."
"Their power is beyond your imagination. Even if I am the current one, I may not be my opponent."
Hashirama asked: "Are you talking about the Ōtsutsuki clan?"
Mizuki didn't expect that Hashirama actually knew about Ōtsutsuki, probably from the news sent back from Mount Myōboku.
"The Ōtsutsuki are just one of them. There are more powerful races in the universe than just the Ōtsutsuki."
"The toad clan of Mount Myōboku, the snake clan of Ryūchi Cave, and the Katsuyu sage of Shimobone Forest all originally came from the universe."
"There may be countless powerful races like them in the universe."
"If the ninja world continues to suffer from internal strife, it will be destroyed sooner or later."
Mizuki's words made Hashirama deep in thought.
He felt that Mizuki was exaggerating and sensationalizing, after all, the ninja world had existed for thousands of years.
But thinking about the Ōtsutsuki clan, he became worried again.
What if the enemy is really coming?
Just because it hasn’t come for thousands of years doesn’t mean it won’t come again in the future.
Orochimaru was ready, and Mizuki used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take him to the Namen Hall of the Uzumaki clan.
Hashirama stood on the rooftop for a long time without thinking about the reason.
"Hey, my wisdom is not good at thinking about these things. I'd better find a smart person for reference."
Hashirama left the Hokage Building and came to Nara's house.
"Shikaku, you said, which one is more conducive to peace, the one-village system or the unified system of the ninja world?"
Hashirama asked directly without saying anything.
Nara Shikaku: "..."
How come you have to use your big moves when you come up? Is this something I can think of?
I'm just a small staff officer in Konoha. I usually think about things in the village. When the war comes, it's enough to help Hokage with the layout of the battle force.
It's beyond my ability to think about peace in the ninja world.
"Hashirama-sama, you should ask the daimyo this question!"
"I, I don't know!"
Hashirama said: "The daimyo is too far away. I urgently need to know the answer now."
"You should weigh it quickly and tell me."
Shikaku pondered, analyzing and comparing from various angles.
Finally, he had an answer.
"From a peaceful perspective, a unified ninja world is more peaceful than one country and one village."
"At least, there will be no external conflicts after reunification, and internal conflicts do not necessarily have to be resolved through force and war."
"Of course, this is just my prediction. I don't know the specific direction, because the ninja world has never been unified."
After Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, the Sage of Six Paths passed down Chakra, and the number of ninjas in the ninja world began to increase.
The two sons of Sage of Six Paths, Ashura and Indra, fought endlessly, so that the ninja world entered the long Sengoku era.
Countries fought against each other, families fought against families, and they were never unified.
Therefore, Nara Shikaku has no reference and can only rely on his own imagination to predict.
Hashirama nodded, but then shook his head.
"Although reunification is more conducive to peace, the process of reunification will cause a lot of killings, and there will definitely be a large number of opponents for a period of time after reunification."
Lu Jiu said: "This... long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. If you want to have long-term peace, some sacrifices are always inevitable."
Hashirama has nothing to say.
When the Sengoku era was ended and the one-country-one-village system was established, many sacrifices were also made.
So he understands it deeply.
Peace is always so hard-won.
At this time, Hashirama asked a new question: "What if there are other more powerful enemies outside the ninja world that attack the ninja world? For example, the legendary Ōtsutsuki clan."
Shikaku's face turned serious.
"If there is really a powerful foreign enemy attacking the ninja world, then unification is the best choice."
"Even if they are not unified, the ninja world must unite and there must be no internal strife. Otherwise, mankind will not be far from extinction."
After finishing speaking, Shikaku asked: "Shodai, is there really an invasion by a foreign enemy?"
He had to worry.
Hashirama said: "Don't worry, I just assumed that the ninja world has not been invaded by foreign enemies for thousands of years, how could it suddenly appear..."
But before he finished speaking, Hashirama suddenly raised his head and looked up at the sky.
In the sky above Konoha, a person appeared out of nowhere.
I saw that this person had pale skin, light blue hair, white eyes, no eyebrows, a high ponytail, and a pair of forehead protector-shaped horns on his forehead.
He was dressed in white, holding a fishing rod and carrying a fishing basket.
The fishing rods and fishing baskets are all emitting red light, which looks extraordinary at first glance.
"Is this the Konoha Village of twenty years ago? So, where was the Nine Tails Jinchūriki when he was a boy?"
Below, Hashirama frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
Hashirama can feel the powerful Chakra in this person's body.
Shikaku reminded from the side: "Hashirama-sama, this person has white eyes, can fly, and has a horn-like object on his forehead. He is very similar to the legendary Ōtsutsuki clan."
"Haha, you actually know the Ōtsutsuki clan, so you are quite well-informed."
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Ōtsutsuki Urashiki. I come from the future 20 years later. This time I came through time and space with the help of the Ōtsutsuki clan's Noble Phantasm 'Plough' to seize the Nine Tails Chuck from the body of the young Uzumaki Naruto."
"So, can you guys tell me, where is Uzumaki Naruto?"
"Don't worry, I don't like killing people, I just want Nine Tails."
Ushiki spoke politely, but he did not try to hide the arrogance on his face.
An attitude that says I look down on you and don’t want to dirty my hands.
Hashirama and Shikaku looked at each other in horror.
We just talked about a foreign invasion, and now it’s here?
"Could it be that the unification of the ninja world that Mizuki said is the only correct path for the ninja world to take?" Hashirama's heart began to waver.
At this time, Shikaku said loudly: "Uzumaki Naruto has defected to Konoha and is now in Phoenix Village in the Kingdom of Birds."
Urashiki frowned.
"Naruto Uzumaki defected? Why don't I know this history?"
"Didn't he always live in Konoha and eventually become Konoha's Seventh Hokage?"
Urashiki immediately realized something was wrong.
"You lied to me!"
"Hmph, I treated you politely, but you actually lied to me, trying to lure me away, and then hide Naruto Uzumaki, right?"
"Since you don't know what's good for you, then don't blame me for being rude!"
With that said, Urashiki broke into the barrier and waved the fishing rod in his hand towards Shikaku.
The fishhook was connected to the fishing line and flew towards Shikaku.
Hashirama reacted very quickly and clasped his hands together.
"Sage Art. Myojin Gate!"
The Myojin Gate fell from the sky, and Ushiki was instantly suppressed below.
…
In the Uzumaki clan's Namidon Hall.
Mizuki removed the Shinigami mask from the wall and handed it to Orochimaru.
The unconscious Sasuke was also taken out of the Kamui space by Mizuki.
"Orochimaru, let's do it!"
"Sasuke's body is given to you."
"Don't worry, you won't die. Even if you die by mistake, I can revive you."
Orochimaru has no objection since everyone is here.
So he later put on a Shinigami mask.
With several gloomy and terrifying laughter, the shadow of Shinigami appeared behind Orochimaru.
Orochimaru glanced at the unconscious Sasuke on the ground. Without hesitation, he held a ninja sword and directly separated his belly.
Shinigami behind him also removed the knife from his mouth and separated it from his belly.
The next moment, two soul lights emerged from Shinigami's belly.
Immediately afterwards, Mizuki flashed in front of Orochimaru. The Liushen toilet water had been opened and handed under Orochimaru's nose.
His mental power increased instantly. Orochimaru immediately used Living Corpse Reincarnation, and the White Snake Sage came out of his mouth. He rushed towards Sasuke at a very fast speed and drilled it into Sasuke's mouth.
Mizuki ignored Orochimaru and looked at the two soul rays of control.
One is Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other is Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.
"Heretic. Rinne Tensei Technique!"
The green light shrouded Minato's soul. As for the Third Hokage, Mizuki was annoyed just looking at him and didn't care about him at all.
The soul of the Third Generation, left unattended, gradually faded away and entered the pure land.
Soon, Rinne Tensei Technique was completed.
When the green light dissipates, Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato appears.
The fastest man in the ninja world is resurrected!