Sharpening the Knife for Tsunade

At that very moment, Makoto Ito saw the Second Hokage's fury and smiled faintly. After waiting so long, the moment had finally arrived!

After laying the groundwork for so long, it was finally my turn to take the stage!

Hashirama Senju: Let it go, Tobirama... Didn't Makoto Ito just say that some of our Senju Clan members had completely integrated with the civilians? The Ninja World was one big family to begin with. If they integrated, then so be it...

Hearing Hashirama Senju's words, Makoto Ito froze!

Holy shit, there are actually people like this in the Ninja World!?

Should he call Hashirama Senju broad-minded, or call him a brainless idiot?

Was this the legendary influence of Asura? It was absolutely terrifying!

Tobirama Senju: ????? Big brother, how could you say something like that? Our Senju Clan is gone! Our family is gone!

Madara Uchiha: I told you he was an idiot, but he wouldn't listen! Look, isn't he an idiot?

Hashirama Senju: Right, Makoto Ito, do you know Tsunade? Could it be that even she...

Minato Namikaze: Lady Tsunade was taken in as a disciple by the Third Hokage! She became a powerhouse renowned throughout the Ninja World!

But later, after the deaths of her younger brother and lover, her overwhelming grief drove her to leave Konoha...

Tobirama Senju: What? You mean Tsunade is still alive?

Makoto Ito: She is indeed alive, but she has already lost all faith in life. She also developed hemophobia. Every day, she does nothing but gamble and drink herself senseless. She hasn't returned to Konoha for many years...

Tobirama Senju: Tsunade used to be so lively and cheerful, yet she became like this. She must have been utterly disappointed and heartbroken, right?

Hashirama Senju: That girl has really suffered. But it's good that she's still alive...

Tobirama Senju: What a pity. Tsunade is a girl. If she were a boy, that would be great! Then she could restore the Senju Clan's glory! Our Senju Clan would still have a chance to rise again!

On the podium, the Third Hokage was still speaking at length, explaining his Will of Fire.

Watching this scene, the Second Hokage grew angrier and angrier!

"Damn it! How did I end up choosing such a thing to be the Third Hokage? Danzo would've been better suited to be Hokage!"

Tobirama Senju: How was I so blind back then that I chose something like him? If circumstances allowed, I'd tear him apart with my own hands!

Tobirama Senju: Makoto Ito, can this group chat let me come out for a while? I'll go up there and slap him twice!

Makoto Ito: Letting you out is impossible, but you can give me all your abilities! Then I'll go up there and slap him twice for you!

Seeing Makoto Ito still trying to get benefits at a time like this, everyone was dumbfounded and speechless.

Tobirama Senju: In your dreams! You want me to give you all my abilities just so you can slap him twice? Where do you think you'll find such a good deal?

Makoto Ito: You're already dead. Wouldn't it be a pity for all those abilities to be buried with you? You might as well pass them on to me!

Tobirama Senju: Stop right there! I've already taught several bastard disciples! I don't think you're any better than them! Every last one of you is a damn asshole!

Makoto Ito curled his lips. As expected, this old guy wasn't so easy to fleece.

But after thinking it over, Makoto Ito spoke again.

Makoto Ito: First Hokage, Second Hokage, don't you want to revitalize the Senju Clan?

Tobirama Senju: What good is wanting it? There aren't any men left in the Senju Clan. How are we supposed to revitalize it?

Makoto Ito: Ahem... Isn't there me? I'll revitalize the Senju Clan! It is my bounden duty to revitalize the Senju Clan!

Tobirama Senju: You? What the hell do you have to do with the Senju Clan?

Makoto Ito: How do I have nothing to do with it? I heard that my mother's older sister's second aunt's younger maternal uncle's younger brother's uncle's second granduncle's younger sister's husband's fourth maternal granduncle's younger brother's eldest nephew married a wife, and his wife was a descendant of the Senju Clan!

Makoto Ito proceeded to spout this nonsense with a completely serious expression...

Tobirama Senju: Uh... Could you repeat that relationship you just described?

Makoto Ito: That's not important! What's important is that I really am related to the Senju Clan!

Tobirama Senju: So what?

Makoto Ito: How is that useless? Doesn't that show that I have deep ties with the Senju Clan? I can revitalize the Senju Clan too!

Tobirama Senju: But even so, you don't have Senju Clan blood. How can you revitalize it?

Makoto Ito: I don't, but don't you two?!

Tobirama Senju: Tch. In the end, you're still trying to get benefits out of us.

Makoto Ito: Second Hokage, you can't put it like that! How is this getting benefits? It's a mutually beneficial arrangement! You help me become stronger, and I help you revitalize the Senju Clan! This benefits all of us! Isn't that right?

Hashirama Senju: That works too...?

Makoto Ito: Of course it works! It works absolutely, completely, undeniably well! Starting today, I can even change my surname to Senju! From now on, I'll be Senju Makoto!

Makoto Ito: And most importantly! Your granddaughter is still alive, isn't she? When the time comes, you help me become stronger! At worst, I'll marry your granddaughter! Then the child we have can take the Senju surname, right?

Hashirama Senju: ??????

Tobirama Senju: ??????

Hizashi Hyuga: ?????

Minato Namikaze: ?????

Tobirama Senju: Well, aren't you something. Your wishful calculations were so loud I could hear them all the way in the Pure Land!

But at this very moment, Tobirama Senju was indeed carefully considering what Makoto Ito had just said!

Having Makoto Ito change his surname to Senju was unrealistic, after all. He wasn't a member of the Senju Clan!

However, as Makoto Ito had just said, if he married Tsunade and their child took the Senju surname, then that child would absolutely possess pure Senju Clan blood!

Tobirama Senju: Big Brother, I actually gave it some careful thought just now. There's nothing wrong with what that brat Makoto Ito said. Our Senju Clan has already been wiped out; you could say there's no saving it!

But now, a variable like Makoto Ito has appeared! And most importantly, he can inherit our bloodline through the Chat Group!

If he inherits our bloodline, then he'll possess the Senju Clan's blood! And if he then joins with Tsunade, the child they have will certainly possess the purest Senju Clan bloodline!

Hashirama Senju: This...