It was no surprise that Minato Namikaze had this question. After all, he and Hizashi Hyuga had once been from the same generation!
And when he became Hokage, Hizashi Hyuga had also been considered his subordinate. The two had gotten along fairly well in private!
Besides, Hizashi was quite strong. How had he died so young? More importantly, Hizashi Hyuga was the younger brother of the Hyuga Clan head. Logically, he should not have been in much danger, and the possibility of his death should have been very low. So how had he died in the prime of his life?
Hizashi Hyuga fell silent upon hearing Minato Namikaze's question...
Makoto Ito noticed this as well and found it incredibly interesting! Most importantly, they were about to meet the Third Hokage, and the Third Hokage would soon be preaching his Will of Fire. Was the true reason behind Hizashi Hyuga's death about to be revealed now?
Minato Namikaze: Hizashi, why aren't you saying anything? Was it because of some war? Or did you encounter some enemy?
Madara Uchiha: Hmph! What else could it have been? The Ninja World is so chaotic! Wars never cease! What's so strange about someone dying? Especially in today's Ninja World. Back in the Warring States Period, even children barely over ten had to go to the battlefield! Wasn't death the most ordinary thing there was?
Hashirama Senju: Madara! Isn't the Ninja World getting better now? It's moving toward our dream! Could you stop being so hostile?
Madara Uchiha: Is there anything wrong with what I said? You idiot! Why did you insist on giving away the Tailed Beasts back then? Why didn't I go with you to the first Five Kage Summit? Tobirama Senju was an idiot too! He actually agreed to let you give away the Tailed Beasts! He was usually pretty smart, so why did he act like such an idiot at a critical moment? If I had been Hokage back then, I would have directly suppressed the entire Ninja World and unified it! Then there probably would never have been any more wars!
Hashirama Senju: ...
Hearing Madara's words, Hashirama Senju did not say anything else. Instead, he pondered carefully. Had he really been wrong back then?
Tobirama Senju: Madara, stop talking! Thinking about it now, my big brother really was quite an idiot back then!
Minato Namikaze: Uh... I thought we were discussing how Hizashi died?
Hizashi Hyuga: Lord Minato, I... I was... I died protecting my brother!
Madara Uchiha: You died protecting your brother? Hizashi Hyuga, I acknowledge you! You're a good younger brother!
Izuna Uchiha: Big brother! If it were me, I would die to protect you too!
Madara Uchiha: Mm!
Hashirama Senju: Hizashi Hyuga, your big brother truly had an outstanding younger brother!
Tobirama Senju: What do you mean by that? Are you saying your younger brother wasn't outstanding?
Hashirama Senju: I didn't say that!
Tobirama Senju: Then shut up, big brother!
Minato Namikaze: So that's how it was! Well done, Hizashi! You're an outstanding ninja!
At this very moment, Minato Namikaze had already imagined an entire dramatic scene. For instance, on a battlefield filled with danger, Hyuga Hiashi was in mortal peril! Hizashi Hyuga stepped forward and blocked a fatal blow for his brother!
It had to be said, Minato Namikaze's imagination was truly powerful!
Hizashi Hyuga: Uh...
But before Minato Namikaze could imagine any further, someone ruthlessly shattered his fantasy!
Fugaku Uchiha: Hehe! This is fucking hilarious! I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore! My stomach hurts from laughing!
Tobirama Senju: Evil Uchiha! Why are you being so sarcastic? Are you jealous that he has such an outstanding younger brother? If you have something to say, just say it! Stop with the sarcastic nonsense! You sound like you've got some kind of disease!
Fugaku Uchiha: I'm being sarcastic? You have no idea how Hizashi Hyuga actually died!
Hashirama Senju: ??? Didn't he die protecting his brother on the battlefield?
Izuna Uchiha: Is there some huge scandal here?
Minato Namikaze: Didn't he die in battle?
Makoto Ito: Hehe... Died in battle? Who told you that? I really have to admire your imagination, Fourth Hokage!
Minato Namikaze: Is there some hidden truth?
Fugaku Uchiha: Forget it, forget it. I won't say any more. Let him explain it himself!
Minato Namikaze: What exactly happened to Hizashi? Hurry up and tell us!
Seeing this, Hizashi Hyuga had no choice but to reveal the truth...
Hizashi Hyuga: Sigh... This was what happened! Because of the Nine-Tails Attack, Lord Minato, you died sealing the Nine-Tails! Konoha's strength was also weakened like never before!
After that incident, Kumogakure sent people to Konoha!
Tobirama Senju: Kumogakure came to Konoha to cause trouble???
At the mention of the Land of Lightning and Kumogakure, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju could barely suppress his anger!
Hizashi Hyuga: Thinking about it carefully now, they really had come to cause trouble! But at the time, they used an alliance as a pretext!
Tobirama Senju: Damn it, keep talking! What exactly did they do? Why did you die? And did they make any excessive demands of Konoha?
Hizashi Hyuga: They did not make any excessive demands, but what they did was even more excessive than making demands!
Kumogakure sent a delegation to visit Konoha. But what none of us expected was that they used this opportunity to try to abduct the eldest princess of our Hyuga Clan, Hinata Hyuga!
Tobirama Senju: What did you say?
Hashirama Senju: They actually did something like that?
Madara Uchiha: Hehe! Hashirama! Do you see it now? This is the village you once gave two Tailed Beasts to. Now they even dare to shit on Konoha's head!
Hashirama Senju: Madara! Shut up. This old man was not wrong back then, and this old man does not regret his decision!
Madara Uchiha: That's why I say you're foolish! You're just an idiot! With your and my strength back then, we could have easily swept through the entire Ninja World! Yet you insisted on being softhearted! Always going on about benevolence and morality!
Konoha was merely suffering the bitter fruit you planted back then! If you and I had joined hands to suppress the entire Ninja World, would there still be so much bullshit?
At this moment, Hashirama Senju in the Pure Land was feeling extremely dejected...
He did not even continue to argue against Madara Uchiha's words...
Had he really been wrong back then?
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