"The future?"
Tobirama Senju continued explaining his reasoning. "In the past, both my elder brother and I made some wrong decisions. Though those decisions were initially born of hope, events seldom unfold as we wish. As circumstances change, those intentions become distorted."
"Back then, Older Brother intended to distribute the tailed beasts among the various powers to balance their strength. He believed that once they had sufficient means to defend themselves, the ninja villages would be wary of one another's strength, and that would end the fighting and bring peace."
"But Older Brother overlooked one prerequisite for that idea: someone as powerful as him had to stand above the Shinobi World, someone whose strength could not be surpassed even with the tailed beasts. Even with such formidable fighting power, they could never scale that wall. That was the real reason the other powers feared taking action. So after his death, no matter how I tried to maintain the balance, the Shinobi World ultimately descended into even larger wars."
"The same was true of me. During my lifetime, I developed many techniques and made many arrangements for the clans, including the Uchiha Clan. My only aim was to guide the future toward a more peaceful, healthier course of development... But once I died, events likewise failed to follow the course I had anticipated. War even forced children back onto the battlefield... Hmph. It was like returning to the Warring States Era we least wish to remember. Better left unsaid."
The Third remained silent.
"But I also believe that, however imperfect the results, there was nothing wrong with the reasoning behind those decisions. Even viewed from the present, our vision back then offered a better future than what we have now.
"Yet no matter how admirable the intended goal, its implementation often