Uchiha Makoto listened to the worries expressed by the Daimyo.
“If Your Highness permits it, I would actually be more than happy to help shoulder your burdens and solve your problems.”
As the saying went, sometimes the key to winning a game of Go wasn’t on the board itself, but beyond the board.
Problems like this were best solved using classical mechanics.
Damn it!
These vermin did nothing useful all day long!
Kill, kill, kill!!
Just kill them all and replace them with a new batch.
Wouldn’t that solve everything?
The Land of Fire had plenty of young people who wanted to make progress!
Regarding Uchiha Makoto’s suggestion, the Daimyo merely smiled.
“Those are just words spoken in jest!”
You shinobi only need to worry about cutting people down.
As the Daimyo, there was much more for me to consider.
Those nobles were actually quite wealthy themselves.
Daimyo, if you don’t play by the rules, then we’ll all walk away and start hurting each other!
Faced with the Daimyo’s attitude, Uchiha Makoto simply stared at him with a pair of dead-fish eyes, giving him a rather peculiar look…
You don’t trust me, do you…
Then he silently lowered his head and continued eating.
…..
The moon set, and the sun rose once again.
This was where the dream of the Leaf first began.
Shinobi from the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan gathered in the open space, while two enormous flags bearing the clan crests of the Uchiha and Senju clans fluttered in the wind.
Amid the joyous atmosphere, Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama shook hands, representing the two clans putting aside a thousand years of hatred and officially forming an alliance.
The clansmen of both sides witnessed this historic moment.
It felt almost like a dream, and everyone couldn’t help but cheer and celebrate.
Of course…
A thousand-year feud wasn’t something that could be resolved so easily.
Some people weren’t particularly happy about it, such as Senju Tobirama.
Senju Tobirama had always opposed the Senju and Uchiha clans making peace and forming an alliance.
Deep down, he simply didn’t want the Senju and Uchiha clans to become entangled with each other.
Because of this matter, in fact…
Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama had even gotten into a fierce argument.
“Big Brother, about forming an alliance with the Uchiha clan, shouldn’t you think it over again?”
“Although you’re the clan leader, you still need to listen to the opinions of the clansmen!”
“Listen to what the clansmen are saying!”
Senju Tobirama spoke like this, hoping to change Senju Hashirama’s mind about forming an alliance with the Uchiha clan.
The situation of the Senju clan was excellent right now.
It could even be described as having the enemy completely at their mercy.
Although Big Brother had shown mercy and let Uchiha Madara go a few days ago…
and had even tried to threaten suicide by stabbing himself with a kunai…
Big Brother, did playing dice rot your brain?!
But…
no matter what…
Senju Hashirama had defeated Uchiha Madara fair and square in a direct confrontation.
The outcome of the war between the two clans had already been decided!
As long as Senju Hashirama found another opportunity to kill Uchiha Madara, the remaining Uchiha clansmen would no longer be worth worrying about.
Senju Hashirama could lead the charge and slaughter them, while Senju Tobirama could stand to the side and shout himself hoarse.
The Uchiha clan could be completely wiped out with ease.
In fact, the day of the alliance was the perfect opportunity.
During the brief period before the alliance ceremony, Senju Hashirama could completely use his authority as the Senju clan leader to urgently contact the Uzumaki clan and summon Uzumaki clansmen skilled in sealing techniques.
They could set up a sealing barrier at the alliance site, allowing the Uchiha clan to enter but preventing them from leaving, while the Senju clan secretly prepared an ambush.
If everything was arranged properly, they could completely wipe out every Uchiha clansman in one fell swoop and eradicate the inherently evil Uchiha clan once and for all!
Senju Tobirama felt that although his idea was admittedly a little despicable, launching a surprise attack at the negotiating table…
was truly ruthless!
But!
The Senju clansmen would definitely understand.
After all, every Uchiha clansman had the blood of Senju clansmen on their hands!
If Big Brother Hashirama felt that it would damage his reputation…
Senju Tobirama could thoughtfully bear the infamy on his behalf.
As the deputy to the Senju clan leader, he had been prepared to shoulder such a burden since childhood.
Big Brother could remain that innocent, kind, pure-as-a-lotus Senju clan leader!
Victory was practically within their grasp!
How could they give it up?
Just imagining a bright future in which the inherently evil Uchiha clan disappeared from the shinobi world was enough to make Senju Tobirama so excited that he practically danced for joy.
Since they could completely destroy the Uchiha clan, why should the Senju clan go to all the trouble of forming an alliance with them…
Senju Tobirama simply couldn’t understand it.
Faced with the strategy Senju Tobirama casually proposed, Senju Hashirama couldn’t help sucking in a sharp breath.
His younger brother…
His thinking was simply too extreme.
This idea absolutely could not spread throughout the Senju clan…
Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous!
“Enough, Tobirama.
I’ve already promised Madara.”
“Your thinking is simply too extreme!”
“I absolutely cannot allow something like this to happen.
What you just said must never reach the ears of the clansmen!”
Senju Hashirama wore a terrifyingly grim expression as he issued his sternest warning to Senju Tobirama.
“I…
Big Brother, I’m doing all of this for the Senju clan!”
“Enough, Tobirama.
I’m the clan leader of the Senju clan!”
“Mutual hatred and mutual slaughter…
will never lead to a good result.”
In the end, Senju Tobirama was left speechless and was convinced by Senju Hashirama…
Big Brother’s iron fists really did hurt when they hit.
…..
Now that the deed was done.
The Senju clan and the Uchiha clan had formed their alliance, but everything had only just begun.
Establishing the village everyone envisioned would require not only an enormous amount of resources and a great deal of time, but also dealing with all kinds of maddening affairs.
There were countless problems, intertwined like thousands upon thousands of threads.
However, there were priorities.
All of the matters mentioned above were secondary contradictions.
Right now, the most important thing was to resolve the primary contradiction.
And the most important matter in front of them, in Senju Tobirama’s opinion, was…
who would be in charge of the village.
Senju Hashirama, however, didn’t think this issue was urgent.
The Senju clan and the Uchiha clan had already formed an alliance, so when it came to the village’s future, everyone could simply discuss it together.
At worst, they could decide it through a vote.
Rather than worrying about such a nominal issue, it would be better to think about how to build the village…
He needed to hurry up and use his Wood Release to produce more lumber for the houses that needed to be built over the next few days.
Now that was something worth doing.
“Tobirama, why are you always neglecting your proper duties?!”
“What’s important right now…
is for me to hurry up and use Wood Release to prepare the lumber we need to build these houses over the next few days.”
Senju Hashirama knew his younger brother all too well.
Instinctively, he felt that Senju Tobirama was trying to cause trouble and destroy the hard-won peace between the Senju and Uchiha clans.
“Big Brother…
you…”
“Damn it!”
Senju Tobirama’s blood pressure shot through the roof.
The Senju and Uchiha clans could form an alliance.
But that didn’t mean they could let the Uchiha clan walk all over the Senju clan, right?
The person in charge of the village had to come from the Senju clan…
After all, the Senju clan was the victor of this war.
And another thing!
Big Brother!
Do you have any idea who I’m doing all this for?!
If you weren’t my big brother…
Do you think I wouldn’t…
I would…
Damn it.