"Little Renye, do you think there was something wrong with what I did?"
On the road, Hashirama Senju suddenly asked.
When he had decided to spare the Takigakure High Command earlier, he had noticed Little Renye's conflicted expression. He seemed not to agree with his decision.
Hearing this, Renye hesitated for a moment before ultimately nodding, then shaking his head.
"Uncle Hashirama, as long as you're happy."
"Is it really that simple?" Hashirama raised a brow, his wide sleeves rustling in the evening breeze.
He could see the confusion in Renye's eyes, just like the look Tobirama had given him when he had let the Uchiha Clan Members go years ago.
"If it were Tobirama, he'd probably say I was too soft-hearted right now, wouldn't he?"
Renye said in agreement, "I think Uncle Tobirama is right."
Hashirama: "..."
He had thought Renye was different from Tobirama, that he could understand his good intentions.
Unfortunately, Hashirama had been wrong. Renye, like Tobirama, disapproved of his habit of sparing enemies.
All he could say was that Renye truly had been raised by Tobirama...
"Ninjas should be decisive and ruthless. They absolutely shouldn't do what you did, Uncle Hashirama." Renye continued, "You only get one life. Sparing an enemy only increases the risk of your own death."
After all, not everyone knew how to repay kindness...
What if he spared an enemy one moment, only for them to launch a sneak attack the next?
To Renye, such saintly behavior, with its enormous risk of backfiring, would never happen to him.
The only reason Hashirama could act this way was because of his overwhelming strength.
No one in the Shinobi World could threaten him, so he could do whatever he wanted.
If an ordinary ninja dared to do the same, the grass on his