"All right, there's no need for you two to say anything more. Let the past stay in the past for now. The most important thing is to take care of the village. My older brother, Monkey, and I will deal with Namikaze Naruto. You two just need to stabilize things within the village. Don't let anything else disgraceful happen. Understood?"
After learning some of how Konohagakure had developed and of the major events that had taken place since his death, Tobirama had to admit he was deeply disappointed in his students. They had all been promising talents in their youth, yet why had they grown more foolish with age?
That was right—foolish!
Even Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage.
After learning about some of the things he had done in his old age,
Tobirama had been so angry that he'd almost laid hands on the successor he had personally chosen!
He had done well enough in his youth.
He had even led Konoha to victory in two Shinobi World Wars.
So why had he stumbled at several crucial moments later in life?
When it came to the Uchiha Clan, too, Tobirama truly thought his four students had been unbelievably stupid. It wasn't that they couldn't take action against the Uchiha—but they should have chosen the right strategy, shouldn't they? The Uchiha Clan clearly had forces they could divide and exploit, yet they had chosen the crudest, most simplistic, foolish, and reckless approach of all—wiping out the entire clan!
What benefit had that brought Konoha at the time?
It had only shown the foreign shinobi villages how weak Konoha was!
If the current situation weren't so unsuitable, and if his students weren't all over seventy years old,
Tobirama would have liked to wash them away with a Water Style jutsu!
They had