Mito and Hashirama had rebuilt the leadership of the Uzumaki Clan and the Senju Clan.
Whether they could move toward a better future depended on them.
The Senju Clan now had three to four hundred members, with Hashirama still serving as acting clan head.
That was because the Senju Clan could now be said to be suffering from a severe lack of talent.
The abilities granted by their bloodline had grown so faint that they could practically be ignored.
Among the four hundred clan members, Hashirama did not believe there were any shinobi capable of shouldering great responsibility.
However, while there were no particularly brilliant rising stars, there was no one who had fallen into decline either.
Though everyone's strength was fairly ordinary, they all worked hard.
Especially now that they had returned to the Senju Clan, every member felt an intense sense of urgency.
They constantly wanted to improve themselves and prove that they deserved the Senju name.
If they merely took pride in their surname and refused to work hard, they would sooner or later become a laughingstock.
The Senju Clan had declined for so long that it was no different from having completely vanished.
Now, the revival of the Senju Clan had been carried out with such fanfare that all of Konoha knew about it.
If these clan members did not strive to improve themselves, then all that awaited them was the ridicule of the villagers.
Fortunately, the people of Konoha were naturally competitive.
Though the Senju blood within these people had become extremely diluted, they still carried the blood of the Senju Clan.
The spirit of hard work and struggle was engraved into their genes.
After all, without the Senju Clan's efforts, there would be no Konoha today.
Likewise, the Uzumaki Clan faced the same situation,