The Number One Hokage World Where the Plot Begins to Deviate

Hashirama's sudden change of heart completely disrupted Madara's thoughts, leaving him stunned and at a loss.

They had only been apart for half a day.

How could Hashirama have changed so much?

Did he already anticipate my intentions and deliberately use the Hokage Position to placate me?

No, how could my Hashirama be this clever?!

Or was this just a joke?

"Hashirama, this joke isn't funny."

Hashirama immediately swore, "Madara, I'm not joking, I'm serious!"

"I've already decided to let you inherit the Hokage Position!"

"Tomorrow, I will officially write my will and inform the Land of Fire and all other clans that you will succeed me as Hokage. No one can object!"

Although this was autocratic and undemocratic.

In Hashirama's eyes, the Village's safety was far more important than any democracy...

Madara stared at Hashirama, trying to find even the slightest flaw in his eyes.

Unfortunately, Hashirama remained incredibly sincere.

Based on his understanding of Hashirama, he could almost be certain that Hashirama was serious this time!

And once Hashirama got serious, no one could change his will, not even his younger brother Tobirama!

Madara took a deep breath before saying slowly:

"I had originally planned to leave Konoha."

"A few days ago, I even gathered my clan members to prepare to leave with me, but unfortunately, no one was willing to follow me."

"The long Warring States Period had already made them tired of war, and they cherished the hard-won peace even more."

"I didn't expect you, Hashirama, to pull a move like this, catching me completely off guard!"

Hashirama was startled.

This indeed aligns with the future. Madara was already preparing to leave Konoha.

"Madara, you..."

"Hashirama, you've just become Hokage, and though you are the Popular Choice, immediately and autocratically announcing the Second Hokage's successor will inevitably face great Resistance, even affecting the Hokage's Reputation..."

"I don't care!"

"As long as you can stay. You are my brother, and I sincerely hope you can continue to assist me!"

Hashirama persuaded him with fiery enthusiasm.

He absolutely did not want Madara to leave, nor did he want to personally kill Madara in the future.

Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

Such a future must not happen!

Madara fell silent again. Hashirama's enthusiasm moved him, warming his heart.

It was like a wife who was about to run away from home due to a minor conflict, suddenly being retained by her husband's open-hearted care. He was even willing to change himself and go against the entire village.

Who could resist such love?

Madara couldn't help but waver...

"Hashirama, I want to know, what made you suddenly change your decision? This doesn't seem like a choice you would make..."

Hashirama paused, thought for a moment, and felt there was nothing to conceal. He spoke directly:

"Madara, you cannot leave the village. Doing so will only lead us further apart, and one day I will kill you with my own hands!"

"Hashirama, what did you say? Do you really think you can kill me?"

Madara became agitated and shouted loudly.

His affection for Hashirama was genuine. But the competition and sparring between them was also a kind of fun. Facing Hashirama's boastfulness, he was naturally very displeased.

The way he said it made it seem like Hashirama was certain of victory over him.

How could he tolerate this?

"Madara, don't get excited, that's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?"

"It's like this, today I unexpectedly received help from a Sage, and traveled through to the future. I saw many bad news that should not have happened in the future. Among them were many stories about you..."

Madara: "Huh?"

Even the resolute Madara, after hearing such outrageous truth, couldn't help but doubt life.

He even worried if Hashirama had become foolish from being Hokage?

Or was he still dreaming and hadn't woken up yet?

Hashirama wasn't angry, of course he knew such a strange tale was unbelievable.

He immediately pulled Madara, and they both sat down.

Then, very meticulously and solemnly, he recounted all his recent experiences and observations to Madara.

The more Madara listened, the more his heart pounded.

He couldn't help but secretly gasp at the future trajectory of the entire Shinobi world.

Although many of the future stories sounded utterly outrageous; upon careful analysis, they fit each person's personality and expectations very well.

A large portion even coincided with Madara's own speculations about the future.

This made Madara involuntarily believe him a little.

Especially the part about him preparing to defect from the village, capture the Nine-Tails, and then attack Konoha... and so on.

Although Madara hadn't fully confirmed it, he already had this idea and plan in his heart. He hadn't told anyone these thoughts, yet Hashirama had revealed them all.

This was enough to explain many things.

To take a step back, based on Hashirama's intellect alone, he couldn't have concocted such an outrageous yet plausible story...

"Hashirama, is this why you changed? What a story!"

"Madara! This isn't a story, this is the real future, I witnessed it myself!"

"Whether it's real or not, I'll judge for myself."

"Madara, believe me! I really need you. According to the future development, I will likely die in 15 years. At that time, Tobirama won't be able to maintain the hard-won peace!"

"But you're different. As long as you don't leave the village and succeed to the Hokage Position, perhaps the First Shinobi World War won't even break out."

"The peace of the entire Shinobi world can be maintained. Only you can do this!"

Hashirama earnestly persuaded him.

This was also a solution he had come up with after much contemplation after witnessing the future.

As long as Madara stayed in the village and took over the Hokage Position, with his prestige and deterrence, the First Shinobi World War wouldn't happen at all!

As for Tobirama?

His younger brother, who almost fell into the hands of two 'Humanoid Foxes', was truly pathetic!

For the future of the village, he had to sacrifice his own brother, Tobirama.

"Hashirama, you're truly naive! Even if I succeed to the Hokage Position, how long can I live? After I leave, the Shinobi World War will still be unavoidable..."

"I know! But this can at least maintain peace for a while longer, allowing us to find other methods that are more conducive to peace."

"What methods?"

"You and that guy Tobirama, planning to enfeoff the Tailed Beasts to maintain the military balance of the major Ninja Villages in the Future? What a naive and foolish idea!"

"However, it's exactly like something you would do."

Madara sneered.

In his opinion, this was an act of utter stupidity.

Giving away strategic 'weapons' to other Ninja Villages?

This was maintaining peace?

This was digging their own grave!

It wouldn't maintain peace, but would instead only ignite the ambitions of other villages, leading to a crazy arms race between nations...

Just like the US-Soviet Cold War.

Atomic Bombs, Neutron Bombs, Hydrogen Bombs, Dirty Bombs...

A crazy arms race, each side building bigger and more ruthless weapons than the other!

In the context of the Ninja World, it would be equivalent to frantically researching Tailed Beasts and continuously developing their power; the essence was the same...

Hearing this.

Hashirama broke out in a light sweat, feeling a bit embarrassed.

According to future developments, this was indeed a 'plan' he had personally spearheaded and promoted.

"This plan to enfeoff the Tailed Beasts does have many drawbacks and needs improvement. I am also thinking about it..."

"Hashirama, placing your hopes on the foolish people of the Future is inherently wrong!"

"Madara, how can you speak of our juniors like that! It is our responsibility to guide and nurture the children. Besides, there are still excellent junior ninjas in the Future!"

"Hashirama, why are you so naive?!"

This was, in a sense, the biggest difference between Hashirama and Madara.

They both yearned for peace.

But Hashirama advocated for the inheritance of love, believing in the future junior ninjas and hoping to pass down the Will of Fire from generation to generation, achieving a peace of 'mutual understanding and mutual deterrence.'

Madara, on the other hand, did not believe in his juniors, only in himself. His decades of planning ultimately came down to himself, attempting to eliminate all threats with his own power and achieve eternal peace.

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