Shimura Sasuke paid no heed to Hashirama's bitter expression and said in a somewhat joking tone, "Failure once isn't frightening. What's frightening is being unable to move on after failure. I trust that the Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama known as geniuses aren't the sort who can't accept defeat!"
Tobirama's eyes lit up as he looked at Shimura Sasuke and interjected, "Please enlighten us, sir!"
Shimura Sasuke shook his head. Tobirama's gaze was full of aggression, and Shimura Sasuke naturally knew what he was thinking. Unfortunately, he could not offer Hashirama any material assistance, much less support the Senju Clan in going to war with the Uchiha Clan. The situation was no longer in his hands. Thinking this, he spoke with a slightly awkward expression, "Even I wouldn't dare show the slightest sign of wanting to contend with Sato before him now. But judging by what Sato is doing, I really want to know what the Uchiha Clan is thinking. Before Akiyama Nobunori died, to be honest, none of us ever regarded you as a threat. Who would have thought that something like the Uchiha Clan would emerge!"
After hearing Shimura Sasuke, Hashirama replied, "What they want is to unify the ninja world of the Land of Fire!"
Tobirama seized the chance to add, "Or perhaps something even greater!"
Shimura Sasuke frowned tightly at Tobirama's words.
"Greater?!"
Tobirama spoke seriously, "The ninja world under heaven!"
Shimura Sasuke was stunned. Setting aside the rest of the world, the Land of Fire alone had over a hundred ninja clans. Integrating them would be unimaginably difficult. Yet the Uchiha Clan's gaze had already moved beyond the Land of Fire and toward the entire world. The four words "far-sighted vision" suddenly surfaced in Shimura Sasuke's mind.
"Do you think they possess that kind of