“Big Brother, I support you becoming the person in charge of the village!”
“The Senju clan also supports you becoming the person in charge of the village!”
“Even the Uchiha clan members will support you becoming the person in charge of the village!”
Senju Tobirama firmly stated his position.
Strength, prestige…
and that pure heart that yearned to bring peace to the shinobi world—Senju Hashirama had countless virtues, and Senju Tobirama understood every one of them.
Although his big brother’s brain wasn’t always working properly, there was absolutely no problem with him becoming the person in charge of the village.
As his younger brother, Senju Tobirama would make up for his big brother Senju Hashirama’s shortcomings when it came to brains!
“But…
I still think Madara is more suitable.”
Faced with Senju Tobirama’s full support, Senju Hashirama pondered for a moment before still deciding that Uchiha Madara was more suited to become the person in charge of the village.
The reasons for this were extremely complicated.
It wasn’t merely because Senju Hashirama felt that he wasn’t good at management.
Part of the reason was that Senju Hashirama felt Uchiha Madara had given up too much in order to make the Senju and Uchiha clans shake hands and make peace…
He and the Senju clan owed Madara far too much!
Tobirama, you do too!
You owe Uchiha Madara far too much as well!
Senju Hashirama wanted to use this opportunity to make it up to Uchiha Madara…
Madara, I saw everything you gave up for this.
You didn’t let me down, so I absolutely won’t let you down either!
So, both emotionally and logically…
Madara was qualified to become the person in charge of the village.
That was what Senju Hashirama thought.
In an instant!
Compromise…
helplessness…
and the frustration of seeing someone who refused to live up to their potential—all sorts of emotions filled Senju Tobirama’s heart.
No matter how many brilliant strategies Senju Tobirama had up his sleeve, no matter how profound his schemes were or how capable he was of pacifying the entire shinobi world, even he was now feeling incredibly frustrated…
Because his big brother had already surrendered first!
Senju Hashirama wasn’t cooperating with him.
Instead, he was actively dragging him down!
“Madara, Madara, Madara…
You only know Madara!”
“What exactly is so great about that inherently evil Uchiha Madara?!”
“I should have…
back then…
Damn, I regret it!”
Senju Tobirama kept muttering to himself internally, but in the end, he still had to face reality.
Uchiha Madara absolutely could not become the person in charge of the village!
“Big Brother, I’m not going to argue with you about this right now!”
“Anyway, I don’t agree with letting Uchiha Madara become the person in charge of the village.”
“Forget it…
Let’s decide who will be in charge of the village through a vote.”
There was no other way!
Senju Tobirama could only helplessly come up with a compromise.
Since his big brother wasn’t cooperating with him, he could only use an election to push his big brother onto the position of village leader.
“All right.”
Senju Hashirama nodded.
Since Tobirama had already put it that way, if he continued insisting, his younger brother really was going to get angry.
Besides, Senju Hashirama felt that this method was fair.
He believed that with Madara’s abilities, Madara would definitely win everyone’s support and smoothly become the person in charge of the village.
“Then it’s decided!”
Senju Tobirama let out a long sigh of relief.
Big Brother, you’ve finally decided to listen to me!
Just leave it to your little brother to personally help you ascend to the position of village leader!
…..
That night.
Senju Tobirama didn’t sleep.
He was thinking of ways to ensure that his big brother would successfully win the position of village leader with a high number of votes.
First of all, Senju Tobirama felt that it was necessary to make Big Brother, as well as everyone else in the village, believe that Senju Hashirama was more suitable than Uchiha Madara to become the person in charge of the village!
For this purpose…
Before holding a democratic vote to select the village leader, Senju Tobirama decided to conduct a survey within the village.
He would use the survey results to build momentum for his big brother!!
As for the members of the Senju clan, Senju Tobirama wasn’t worried.
Senju Hashirama’s prestige within the clan was extremely high.
If they were voting for the person in charge, the Senju clan would definitely support Big Brother!
The most important group was still the Uchiha clan!
Although Senju Hashirama’s strength and bearing had already won over some members of the Uchiha clan, there was still a large number of Uchiha clan members who supported Uchiha Madara.
They were the key!
And to make absolutely certain of the outcome…
Senju Tobirama decided to find a way to manipulate the survey results.
But how should he manipulate the survey results?
Simply falsifying the survey results by hand was obviously out of the question!
Such a method was far too crude, and it wouldn’t stand up to scrutiny.
It would be exposed far too easily.
Senju Tobirama immediately discarded the idea.
After racking his brain for a while, a brilliant idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
The next day…
Senju Tobirama sent a gentle, alluring big sister wearing black thigh-high fishnet stockings to infiltrate the Uchiha clan and conduct a survey among its members.
The big sister held her questionnaire and approached the Uchiha clan members, asking them a series of questions.
Big Sister: “Mr.
Uchiha, are you worried that the number of shinobi without missions will increase?”
Uchiha Clan Member: “Of course.
If shinobi can’t get missions, they might end up robbing and looting ordinary people.
That would harm civilians!”
Big Sister: “Are you worried that the rate of young children from the clan being sent to the battlefield will increase?”
Uchiha Clan Member: “Yes.
I don’t want the children of our clan going to war.
They can have a much better future!”
Big Sister: “Do you think shinobi are becoming increasingly undisciplined?”
Uchiha Clan Member: “Without a doubt.
The brutality of war has caused many shinobi to lose their sense of discipline.”
Big Sister: “Do you think young people welcome authority and leadership?”
Uchiha Clan Member: “Of course!”
Big Sister: “Then you think they’ll be willing to embrace challenges, right?”
Uchiha Clan Member: “Yes!”
Big Sister: “If Senju Hashirama becomes the person in charge of the village, would you support him?”
Uchiha Clan Member: “Uh…
I suppose I would…”
Big Sister: “Thank you for supporting our survey.
Please sign here.”
….
After a busy day.
The big sister had collected enough completed questionnaires to return to Senju Tobirama’s office.
Inside the office.
Senju Tobirama looked at the questionnaires spread across his desk and eagerly picked them up, going through them from beginning to end.
Just as Senju Tobirama had expected, the survey results showed that support for his big brother becoming the person in charge of the village had already surpassed half, reaching as high as eighty percent.
All that remained was to hand these survey results over to his big brother…
Of course, he would remove all the irrelevant questions from the beginning and leave only the final one!
Normally speaking, a reputable, conscientious, and ethical researcher would never do something like this…
But everything was for the sake of this village!
If that was the reason, then Senju Tobirama felt that bending the rules just a little was completely acceptable!
In an unusually good mood, Senju Tobirama even opened a bottle of alcohol for himself.
As a qualified shinobi, he normally never drank, but…
today was an exception.
He wanted to celebrate this hard-won survey report.
“Big Brother, I’ve gone to such lengths for you!”