Hashirama hesitated, scratching the back of his head. "Uh... better not. It'd feel like we were monitoring them. Let them have fun. I'll continue observing them after we return to the village."
"Alright, we'll do as you say, Shishou."
After finishing their discussion about Jiraiya and the others, Hashirama turned to Torikaze. "Did you come here just to chat with me, or was there another reason?"
Torikaze waved a hand. "No other reason. It was too boring staying at home, so I came over to have some tea with you."
"By the way, how is the training of those three kids, Kakashi and the others? They had a one-year interruption. Can they pick it back up?"
Hashirama naturally knew about Torikaze training the Kakashi Squad, and he had been keeping an eye on their progress as well.
"There's no problem. The three of them are very diligent. Now that the Kakashi from the Another World has joined them, his foundation is much weaker than that of Kakashi and the other two."
"Our two worlds are joined together now. There's no need to distinguish between this world and the other one anymore. Any promising seedlings should be properly nurtured. If a crisis truly comes in the future, it won't just be us old folks carrying the burden."
Hashirama had always feared that Konoha would have no successors among its shinobi. After all, Torikaze had said that many outsiders would invade the Shinobi World in the future.
Peace could be shattered in an instant. By the time that happened, it would already be too late to think of ways to grow stronger.
As shinobi, they had to remain vigilant even in times of peace. No matter when it was, they could not discard or erase the profession of shinobi.
"You can rest