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[Today's observation of Kitahara Kaede (^_-) group has opened.]

[Daily observation permission for Kitahara Kaede: 3 hours activated!]

[Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts.]

[Current members of the Kitahara Kaede (^_-) observation group: (10)]

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Hashirama Senju: Finally, we can talk again! The afterlife was driving me crazy.

Tobirama Senju: Calm down, Brother. Don't make a fool of yourself.

Hashirama Senju: The afterlife is really boring.

Minato Namikaze: First Hokage-sama, what kind of place is the afterlife?

Hashirama Senju: Kakashi, why are you so interested? Dying isn't a good thing. You're still so young... Don't tell me you're thinking of killing yourself?

As the First Hokage, Hashirama did quite like Kakashi.

He certainly didn't want the younger generation to do something like commit suicide.

Minato Namikaze: Um, it's not like that. I wanted to ask about my father... He has already passed away.

Minato Namikaze: So I wanted to ask around a little.

Oh.

"..." Hashirama Senju.

So Kakashi was talking about how the Konoha White Fang had abandoned a mission to save his comrades, only to ultimately choose suicide under the pressure of public opinion.

That was a tragedy.

It was also... a sorrowful outcome under Hiruzen Sarutobi's rule.

Something that could not be avoided.

Tobirama Senju: Kakashi, I'm sorry. If I hadn't chosen Hiruzen...

Minato Namikaze: Second Hokage-sama, it's already happened. Please don't say such things anymore.

Hashirama Senju: Sorry, Kakashi.

Hashirama Senju: If you're talking about your father, then I may not be able to give you an answer. Because in the afterlife I was in, there was only me.

Hashirama Senju: It was incredibly lonely. All I could see were barren mountains. No matter how I moved forward, I could never cross them.

Hashirama Senju: I could feel time moving, but I