"Monkey!"
"Have you become unpopular to this extent?" Tobirama Senju sighed in disappointment.
Hashirama Senju remained silent.
Madara Uchiha watched the three master and disciples with playful eyes, completely taking on the posture of a spectator enjoying a show, which made Tobirama Senju feel a sense of absolute mortification.
Hearing this sigh from Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt as though the very spirit and vitality had been drained from his entire body.
This sigh was Tobirama Senju's disappointment, and even more, it was a total negation of his, Hiruzen Sarutobi's, entire life.
Hiruzen Sarutobi!
The Third Hokage!
He had lived his entire life within the political correctness of "Tobirama Senju."
That Hiruzen Sarutobi could become Tobirama Senju's disciple was an example deliberately set up at the very establishment of Konoha, done so that the major ninja clans could rest easy regarding the Senju Clan.
That Hiruzen Sarutobi could become the Hokage also relied on Tobirama Senju's final, designated testament.
Precisely because he did not obtain power through his own strength, he had to hold high the great banner of Tobirama Senju.
Whatever Tobirama Senju supported, he had to support regardless of right or wrong. Whatever Tobirama Senju disliked, he had to follow along and dislike as well.
To negate Tobirama Senju was to negate the very legality of his own power.
At this moment,
that very legality of his power directly pronounced him unqualified.
He could care less about anyone else's questioning of him, but Tobirama Senju's attitude was something he could not ignore.
"No!"
"This is not my fault, but the selfishness of the ninja clans. They are always thinking of their clan's interests and completely fail to consider the village."
"The actions of Hiashi Hyuga and the others today precisely prove that I am right," Hiruzen Sarutobi argued