"Mm-hmm, I know. Go on."
"Please get to the point. There's no need to repeat all this tired old rhetoric."
Uchiha Nan dug at his ear with a finger. Hearing such words was enough for him; perhaps only an idealist like the First Hokage in all of Konoha would take them seriously.
The Tobirama Senju before him was a vicious, black-hearted old schemer. His words carried no persuasion whatsoever, especially since Nan was an Uchiha—one of the people Tobirama discriminated against by race.
Damn brat!
Seeing Uchiha Nan's indifferent expression, Tobirama Senju felt his anger becoming difficult to contain again.
"Brat, this is important!"
Tobirama Senju spoke harshly, his expression utterly serious. Uchiha Nan reined in his own expression somewhat, and Tobirama continued:
"Konoha does not belong to one person, nor does it belong to one clan. It belongs to everyone in Konoha."
"And the Senju Clan has already produced two Hokage."
"Within the clan, people have begun saying that Senju is Konoha. While my elder brother and I were alive, we could suppress the clan's ambitions. But my brother is dead now. When I die as well, if the Third Hokage Position is still passed to the Senju Clan, who will be able to restrain that force?"
"Touma certainly has the ability and qualifications to become Hokage, but he bears the Senju name."
Tobirama Senju stated his reasons calmly, his face expressionless.
Impressive!
Uchiha Nan looked at Tobirama Senju in a completely different light.
In ancient times, once a dynasty lasted three generations, it basically gained momentum of its own. So long as there was no ruler as disastrously incompetent as a godsend, its reign could generally last for more than a century.
The Hokage Position was much the same. If Tobirama Senju truly passed the position to Senju