The Innocent Man Bears No Blame, but His Treasure Brings Him Ruin!

"The Uzumaki Clan shares its ancestry with our Senju Clan of Konoha. Both descend from Asura, the Sage of Six Paths' son. You could call them distant blood relatives."

"That bond is why Konoha and the Land of Whirlpools forged an alliance to last for generations, and why the Land of Whirlpools enjoyed decades of peace."

"But what Hashirama gave them, Hashirama also took away..."

Kagami Uchiha sighed and continued:

"At the First Five Kage Summit, Lord Hashirama gathered with the other villages' Kage in the Land of Iron to sign a peace treaty. There, he proposed distributing the Tailed Beasts among the villages."

"As everyone knows, the Tailed Beasts wield devastating power. Perhaps Lord Hashirama hoped that giving each village one would make the nations wary of one another and preserve the peace."

"Shikata, do you see the danger hidden in that plan?" Kagami Uchiha paused and looked at Shikata Nara.

Shikata Nara lowered his head in thought. After a moment, he looked up, uncertainty in his voice:

"Could the problem lie with the Tailed Beasts?"

"Exactly. Lord Hashirama may not have cared about their power, but apart from him and Madara Uchiha, who in the entire Shinobi World could say they didn't fear it?" Kagami Uchiha nodded slightly, then went on:

"To be clear, Lord Hashirama's ideal was unquestionably noble. Peace in the Shinobi World was never his dream alone!"

"But he overlooked one thing: in this world, everyone possesses Chakra. Everyone has power. In a world like that, his ideal was too idealistic. Calling it a fantasy wouldn't be unfair."

Shikata Nara's heart jolted at his words.

"Lord Hashirama had barely died before the First Shinobi World War broke out. We even fought Iwagakure in the Land of Grass not long ago."

"Given Ōnoki's ambition, would he