Compared to the notorious Danzo.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's reputation was simply too good! Even when he died in battle.
Orochimaru, once his prized disciple, had thoughtfully upheld his title as the strongest Hokage!
Ordinary people had no idea that the Edo Tensei First Hokage and Edo Tensei Second Hokage were pale imitations.
All they knew was that the Third Hokage, despite his old age, had fought the First Hokage and Second Hokage alone, along with Orochimaru, one of the Sannin!
In the end, he sealed the First and Second Hokage and even crippled Orochimaru!
Though he later died in battle, facing such a luxurious lineup of opponents meant that even death was glorious!
Who dared thump their chest and swear they could kill the First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Orochimaru's combined lineup by themselves?!
To those who did not know the truth, the Third Hokage was practically absurdly badass!
However, having once possessed God's Perspective, Bai Yue knew full well that Hiruzen Sarutobi had the weakest combat power among the Hokage. Even compared with all the Kage from the other villages, he was nearly at the bottom!
Only the Fourth Kazekage could compete with the Third Hokage for the title of weakest Kage.
Could this be killing with praise?!
There was no reason for it, was there?!
The Hyuga Clan had joined Konoha purely because Konoha had been founded together by Number One Under Heaven and Number Two Under Heaven! That was why the Hyuga Clan had unhesitatingly chosen to become Konoha's Third Shareholder!
And beyond that—
The Hyuga Clan's reason for joining Konoha had been equally simple!
It was for survival!
Compared to the Sharingan, which placed a massive burden on outsiders and thus had terrible cost-effectiveness—
The Hyuga Clan's Byakugan was a Universal Socket that could be plugged in