The First Hokage Skipped Class! The Second Hokage Nearly Wiped Out a Clan!

The next morning.

Uchiha Linhai arrived at the lakeside as promised.

Hashirama Senju had not arrived yet.

So Linhai hung upside down from a tree branch, eyes closed, his hands flashing as he practiced the twelve basic hand seals with practiced ease.

Before long, the noisy shouts of children came from afar.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Jiraiya scurrying about with his head in his hands, Tsunade chasing after him with her little fists raised, while Hashirama Senju followed at the very back with a cheerful smile.

Linhai flexed his waist, flipped through the air, and landed steadily on the ground.

He walked over and bowed respectfully. "Good morning, Teacher."

Jiraiya pointed at Linhai and yelled:

"Old man! That bastard stole Princess Tsunade! Hurry up and beat him up for me!"

"Get lost!"

Tsunade punched Jiraiya flying, then hurried over to Linhai.

"Linhai, are you really not going to school anymore? Grandpa said you became his disciple. Can we play together from now on? You always ignore people at school."

Linhai smiled.

"I'm usually thinking about things, so sometimes I don't notice when someone talks to me. Besides, only by studying ninjutsu properly now can we live well when we grow up."

"Working hard at training is fine, but you can't miss out on childhood!"

Hashirama chimed in from the side. "I fought wars every day when I was young and never got to enjoy my childhood. I don't want you to repeat my mistakes. No training today. Come on, I'll take you to the amusement park and let you have some fun! We'll handle proper business tomorrow!"

Without giving them any chance to object, Hashirama grabbed Tsunade with one hand and Linhai with the other, then rushed straight toward Konoha Amusement Park.

At dusk.

"I'm falling apart..." Linhai trudged home with heavy steps.

Who would have thought that the dignified First Hokage had a stronger urge to play than a three-year-old?

This entire day had been torture.

Linhai grumbled inwardly: Could proper training really start tomorrow?

If he had not recognized Tsunade and Jiraiya, he never would have believed this was the world of Naruto.

The First Hokage looked completely ordinary, without even a hint of a master's bearing. I might as well train by myself.

Before he knew it, he had entered the Uchiha Clan's territory.

The Second Hokage had assigned the Uchiha a street in a corner of the village. It looked prosperous on the surface, but in Linhai's eyes, the place was steeped in oppression.

Anbu informants were everywhere, watching them around the clock.

As he passed through the streets, several clansmen looked at him with strange, worried expressions.

Linhai's heart sank.

Something happened again?

"No matter what world it is, only those with strength get a say. I can't let the Uchiha repeat the clan massacre tragedy from the original story." Linhai gritted his teeth.

He had been alone and helpless in his previous life. He had to protect the family bonds of this life to the death.

In the future, he would marry a few more wives and have more children. There were only a little over fifty people in the entire Uchiha Clan right now. That was far too few.

He pushed open the door.

His mother, Uchiha Nanako, came to greet him with a broad smile.

"Son, you're back?

I heard you spent the whole day at the amusement park with the First Hokage's granddaughter?

You already know how to look for little girls at six? When are you bringing your wife home for Mom to see?"

Linhai's face darkened, and he had no idea how to respond.

Just then, his father, Uchiha Hui, walked out from the inner room, his face as dark as water.

"Come outside. I have something to ask you."

With that, he headed straight for the backyard.

Linhai froze. Nanako softly comforted him, "Your father has been busy with official duties lately and under a lot of pressure. If he takes it out on you, Mom will deal with him. Go on."

The backyard, at the kunai training ground.

Uchiha Hui stood with his back to a wooden training dummy, his voice cold.

"Since ancient times, the Uchiha have never bowed their heads to the Senju.

Back then, your grandfather Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju founded the village, and the Uchiha Clan enjoyed boundless glory.

Unfortunately, your grandfather later betrayed the agreement and died in the Valley of the End.

From then on, our clan became a high-risk target under the village's watch."

Hui turned around, his eyes slightly red.

"As the clan head, I have yielded at every turn just so you could grow up safely.

You are the Uchiha's hope for the future.

But now, they will not even spare you!"

Hui pulled a life-saving scroll from his clothes and shoved it into Linhai's arms.

"Today, the Second Hokage ordered you to withdraw from school and said someone would take you out of the village for training.

That is the signal to make a move!

I have already arranged for trusted men to meet you at the secret passage. You will escape tonight!

Come back for revenge once you are strong enough!"

Linhai held the scroll, his face full of disbelief.

"Father, the First Hokage took me to the amusement park all day today. He didn't do anything. Isn't your reaction a little extreme?"

Uchiha Hui was stunned. "Play? The Second Hokage clearly said someone was taking you away..."

"You misunderstood." Linhai sighed. "Yesterday, the First Hokage accepted me as his disciple and promised to teach me personally. I hadn't had the chance to report it to you yet. The Second Hokage probably thought I was wasting time at school, so he told me to withdraw and train under the First Hokage."

Hearing this, Uchiha Hui felt as though he had been struck by lightning.

His attitude at the Hokage Tower today had practically been courting death!

"You brat! Why didn't you tell me about something like this sooner? You nearly caused a disaster!" Hui broke out in a cold sweat. "I'll deal with you when I get back!"

Whoosh!

Hui immediately used the Body Flicker Technique and vanished from where he stood.

Holding the scroll, Linhai curled his lip.

You people were the ones imagining things. Why blame me?

I only became the disciple of an ordinary old man. Did you really need to panic like this?

At this point, Linhai did not know that Hashirama Senju was known throughout the ninja world as the God of Shinobi.

He had completely mistaken this fierce man who had flattened the chaotic era for an ordinary old man who loved skipping class.

Inside the Hokage's office, the atmosphere had fallen to freezing point.

Uchiha Hui knelt on one knee, cold sweat streaming down his face.

"Second Hokage-sama, I was reckless and ignorant today. I have deeply realized my mistake. Please punish me!"

Tobirama Senju sat behind his desk, killing intent filling his red eyes.

A full half minute passed before Tobirama slowly spoke, his voice like an icicle in the depths of winter.

"After tonight, there would have been no Uchiha left in this world."

Hui's entire body trembled as though he had fallen into an ice pit.

"Do you know why I spared you?" Tobirama snorted coldly. "Because my brother would not allow it. I truly do not wish to see your clan again. The matter of my brother taking Linhai as his disciple should not be publicized. But that does not change my view of the Uchiha. The fact that you came tonight to beg forgiveness means you are at least a smart man. Since the matter was not made clear, I will let it go this time. There will not be a next time. Get out."

"Yes! Thank you, Second Hokage-sama!"

Hui scrambled out of the office. The clothes on his back were already soaked through.

They had been just one step away from the Uchiha Clan being wiped out tonight!

Watching Hui's departing figure, Tobirama snorted. "This clan head knows when to yield. The Uchiha got lucky."

Hashirama Senju walked out from behind the folding screen.

"Hui is a sensible man, and he manages his clan well." Hashirama smiled. "He was only so worked up today because he cares too much about his son. Tobirama, you do not have a son, so you do not understand the feeling of being willing to give up everything for your child. I'm not showing off that I have a son, of course."

The veins on Tobirama's forehead bulged.

"Enough! Shut up!" Tobirama slammed his hand on the desk and sprang to his feet, rage soaring to the heavens. "When I step down as Hokage, I'll definitely have seven or eight children! I'll have more than you!"

"You're already over forty, and you're talking about seven or eight children?" Hashirama jumped onto the windowsill and burst into laughter. "By the time you have grandchildren, my great-grandchildren will already be running errands! Hahaha!"

Swish!

Hashirama leaped out the window and fled at once.

"I want to have a son!!!"

Tobirama's furious roar rang out from within the Hokage Tower, making the Anbu guards outside the door tremble in fear.