"Don't joke around."
Tsunade waved her hand helplessly, taking Akira's words as a joke.
"Grandfather really was incredible. He created an era, but even he failed to make the Ninja World truly fair. Just like when he foolishly handed out the Tailed Beasts back then."
"Not only did the Tailed Beasts fail to become a deterrent that kept the villages from going to war, but now they're being sent onto the battlefield."
"At least he died quickly enough himself."
Whenever she thought of it, Tsunade felt rather speechless.
Her grandfather's intentions had been good.
Unfortunately, there had been something wrong with his head as well. What was even more troublesome was that Grandfather Tobirama, who was always correcting Grandfather Hashirama, had been unable to do anything once Grandfather Hashirama made up his mind. So he had started supporting him instead.
Those two were really something else.
"Tch."
Akira looked Tsunade up and down. "You really are your grandfather's good granddaughter."
"But I don't think the First Hokage did anything wrong. The only mistake he made was not living long enough. If he could have lived forever, lasting through countless generations, there definitely wouldn't be any problems in the Ninja World now."
Could anyone really say Hashirama had been wrong?
Akira did not think so. They could not simply ignore war just because the Ninja World was destined to descend into war again.
Akira knew he did not possess Hashirama's breadth of heart.
But that did not stop him from admiring Hashirama's actions.
"That's true."
Tsunade thought it over, then finally warned him, "You'd better not dwell on all that nonsense. You Uchiha always like thinking about strange things. Every one of you has some crooked, twisted ideas!"
"Things like, 'You don't love me, but I love you,' 'Big brother is