"So, you're going to bring the entire Konoha to surrender to you...?"
Hashirama Senju fell silent.
"This is your only choice. If you choose to use your influence to help me persuade Konoha to surrender, then the Konoha Ninja can be preserved. If they refuse to surrender, then I will have no choice but to unleash a massacre."
Didaze spoke to Hashirama Senju.
He didn't care about attracting a bunch of traitors, after all, before the village was founded, the hatred between the Uchiha and Senju was much deeper than that between Iwagakure and Konoha.
Even so, the two families still came together to establish Konoha.
Furthermore, the Uchiha Clan later came to regard themselves as part of Konoha. If it weren't for Hiruzen Sarutobi them too hard, the Uchiha would never have had any thoughts of rebellion.
Didaze believed that if he unified the world, although the villages might initially resist, the new generation would completely accept it after a decade or so.
I'll only give you one minute.
Didaze stared at Hashirama Senju, waiting for him to make a decision.
I agree.
Hashirama Senju sighed again, but his face showed a relieved expression.
"Come on up."
Didaze descended from the sky and Hashirama Senju onto the Giant Bird.
Didaze certainly didn't trust Hashirama Senju that much; he simply believed that Hashirama Senju was definitely no match for him, even in close combat.
Didaze's current strength is such that it's not an exaggeration to say he has one foot in the Six Paths.
He possesses three bloodline limits, is a Jinchūriki of a Tailed Beast, and is even a super-enhanced version of a Tailed Beast, along with Sage Mode and Dragon Veins that are extremely well-suited to him.
The only difference Obito Didaze and Obito, the Ten-Tails, is their Truth-Seeking Orb.
He even felt that in a one-on-one fight, Obito, the Ten-Tails- Tails, couldn't beat him.
Didaze quickly arrived at the battlefield with Hashirama Senju.
The battlefield was incredibly brutal.
The battle between Iwagakure and Konoha was fierce, with corpses strewn across the battlefield and rivers of blood flowing.
"Stop it, everyone!"
" Sage Art: Gate of the Great God!"
Hashirama Senju summoned a large number of Gate of the Great God, covering the people fighting at the forefront.
Those who were covered instantly lost their will to fight and stood there dumbfounded.
"Listen to me, I am Hashirama Senju First Hokage of Konoha!"
Hashirama Senju amplified his voice with Chakra and shouted it down to the ninjas below.
Hashirama Senju's voice reached the ears of every ninja.
"It really is... the First Hokage?"
The Konoha Ninja were somewhat incredulous.
"Wasn't the First Hokage dead a long time ago?"
Another Konoha Ninja stood there, stunned.
" The First Hokage has surely come to help us. With the First Hokage here, we are bound to win!"
Those at the squad leader level quickly used Hashirama Senju's appearance to boost morale.
"What happened? Did Didaze lose to Hashirama Senju?"
As Kari looked at the Clay Giant Bird in the sky and Hashirama Senju Clay Giant Bird standing on its back, his brows furrowed involuntarily.
Although his desire to fight was suppressed by the Gate of the Great God, it didn't mean his mind was also suppressed.
"The ninjas of Konoha..."
Hashirama Senju continued speaking, while Kariya listened with a frown.
The Konoha Ninja below listened with great excitement.
"We've already lost... Let's surrender..."
Hashirama Senju said something that shocked the Konoha Ninja.
"Impossible! This is definitely not the First Hokage!"
"This is definitely Didaze in disguise; he's definitely not the First Hokage!"
All the Konoha Ninja went mad; they couldn't accept being betrayed by their most trusted First Hokage!
In their view, the First Hokage for their surrender represented a betrayal of Konoha!
How could Konoha surrender? They have always been the strongest ninja village; how could they surrender to a mere Iwagakure?
"Really!"
A smile appeared on Hunting's face.
He knew it definitely wasn't Hashirama Senju had captured Didaze.
Judging from this situation, it seems Didaze has captured Hashirama Senju!
"As expected of someone I respect!"
Hunter also gave a thumbs-up to the sky, looking at Didaze in the sky with excitement.
"Now, anyone who still wants to attack..."
" Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
"That means you're my enemy!"
After Hashirama Senju finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and a large number of trees appeared. Under Hashirama Senju's powerful control, the areas not controlled by Gate of the Great God were filled with trees, and anyone who wanted to continue fighting was hung up by the trees.
Hashirama Senju's personality wasn't actually that assertive.
However, he understood the situation clearly.
If he didn't do that, then if Didaze dropped a Clay Bomb, the Konoha Ninja would inevitably face total annihilation.
Rather than being wiped out, let him be the villain.
"As expected of the First Hokage, he was willing to bear a bad reputation just to let them live."
Didaze said with a smile.
"I've figured it out. A village... cannot be above people..."
Hashirama Senju lowered his eyes, seemingly looking somewhat sad.
Hashirama Senju had figured it out before he died.
Ban said he's changed, and he really has.
During that period, the village had just been built, and his mindset was no longer the same as before.
But when Madara died at his hands and uttered his last words, Hashirama Senju felt an overwhelming sense of regret.
It could even be said that Hashirama Senju's death was largely due to his remorse after killing Madara Uhaba; one could say that Hashirama Senju died of depression.
In his final moments, he realized that no one in the village was ever truly important.
Because a village needs people to come together to become a village, but conversely, a person does not need a village to become a person.
If he hadn't killed Madara Uchiha back then, Madara Uchiha might have eventually repented, just like he once did. No matter how much he hated the Senju Clan, he still ended up founding Konoha with him.
" Lord Hashirama, why are you helping Iwagakure!"
The Konoha Ninja were filled with wails of despair.
They were initially unwilling to believe that this was the real First Hokage, but now that he had used Wood Release, they had no choice but to believe it.
However, Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage of Konoha and one of the founders of Konoha, was actually helping Iwagakure!
"..."
"Boom!!"
Didaze threw a C5: Sun hit a barren field.
The wasteland instantly transformed into a bottomless crater, Konoha Ninja immediately swallowed back what he wanted to say.
Their confidence stemmed from the First Hokage; they believed that once a fight broke out, the First Hokage would not help Didaze.
But judging from the current situation... even the First Hokage might not be able to defeat Didaze!
Moreover, with such a wide-ranging attack, it's likely that not many of the 40,000 would survive a single strike.
"We surrender... we surrender..."
The Konoha Ninja all knelt on the ground.
Those who were stubborn and unwilling to kneel were also persuaded to kneel by those around them, and soon all 40,000 people of Konoha were kneeling on the ground.