Tears of the Era

Senju Hashirama had deliberately begun letting Tobirama take over more Hokage affairs. After approving this plan, he retreated even further behind the scenes.

His days were exceedingly leisurely. Whenever he had nothing to do, he took his son around to have fun or accompanied his wife, Uzumaki Suiling, on lake outings and sightseeing trips.

Previously, Hokage affairs had kept him too busy to spend time with his family. Even if it had only been a political marriage, Hashirama still felt he had wronged his wife. Thus, during whatever time he had left, he chose to spend more of it with his wife and son.

Besides that, what Hashirama enjoyed most was standing atop Hokage Cliff and looking out over Konoha. No matter how troubled he was, the moment he stood there and looked upon the village, all his worries vanished.

The Uchiha Clan's position within the village had plummeted. Because of the Battle of the Valley of the End, the villagers had begun to harbor a faint hostility toward the clan.

To reassure them, Hashirama gave Uchiha Yutaka a senior elder's seat, allowing him to attend high-level meetings. However, his status was far inferior to what Shin and Madara had once held.

Whenever meetings were held, his right to speak was tightly suppressed by Senju Tobirama. He could not even interrupt; he was little more than a decoration. But that was simply how this world worked. In the past, everyone had respected and feared the Uchiha and granted them such lofty status because they possessed strength worthy of it. Now that Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Madara had departed with half the clan, the remaining Uchiha were still powerful, but they could no longer shake the village's overall balance. Giving them an elder's seat was already a considerable courtesy.

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