"You two should give this matter some careful thought yourselves. That is more or less all I have to offer in terms of ideas and suggestions."
Seated in the Hokage's office, Xia Yan tapped lightly on the desk. Having taken the discussion this far, he had said enough.
He was no fool. Naturally, he could tell why Tobirama Senju had deliberately brought up the past to provoke Hashirama Senju.
The reason was simple. Wasn't he just hoping Hashirama Senju would also make up his mind to stay?
In that case, why wouldn't Xia Yan lend a hand and help Hashirama Senju make that decision?
After all, having Hashirama Senju stay would certainly be a good thing for him.
Besides, the position he had offered really was what he had previously had in mind.
Hashirama Senju was relatively simple-minded, perhaps because of the traits Asura had always possessed.
Although he was different from Indra and his descendants, who were all lunatics, he was still a hot-blooded idiot.
If he let him get involved in politics, Xia Yan genuinely feared he would end up infuriating him to death.
Sometimes Xia Yan really admired Tobirama Senju. He had such foresight, yet had the rotten luck to end up with an older brother who kept landing him in trouble.
Of course, Tobirama Senju was quite capable of doing the same to his brother. If he hadn't run his mouth, he might not have driven Madara Uchiha away.
Even if Madara Uchiha's departure had, in some respects, been inevitable.
Black Zetsu wasn't particularly powerful, but he could still do plenty of damage.
Even without showing himself, he had all sorts of underhanded ways to influence Madara Uchiha.
Coupled with Hashirama Senju's decisions back then, his departure from Konoha might have been inevitable.
It just might