Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Are you going to let them go like this, Rei-kun?"

Watching the Konoha trio gradually disappearing into the underground square, Orochimaru touched the head of the psychic snake he used to store some of Hashirama's cells, with some unquenched surprise in his tone:

"That one, is he the First Hokage who brought peace to the troubled times? If he is allowed to wander around after being reincarnated in the dirty land, won't he worry about causing any trouble?"

"What kind of trouble can it cause, Orochimaru?" Kaguya Rei also stared at the disappearing figures of the Konoha trio and asked in a nonchalant tone.

"Simply, make those Konoha ninjas who are communicating with Kirigakure stunned, and then do something irrational?"

Seeing Kaguya Rei's expression of having everything under control, Orochimaru said in a relatively casual tone:

"I won't speculate on whether other people will do this, but Tsunade, if she sees the reincarnation of the first generation Lord wandering around Kirigakure, she will definitely not be able to control her emotions."

"It doesn't matter, neither Jiraiya nor Senju Hashirama himself will let her do whatever she wants."

"Well, even if the First Lord can find a way to calm down Tsunade and let him communicate with the ninjas of Konoha after listening to your long speech, it won't be a good thing, right?"

Seeing that Kaguya Rei didn't think it was a big deal for Senju Hashirama to meet his Konoha junior, Orochimaru couldn't help but asked curiously:

"Even if you ask him to give the Will of Fire, which has gradually deteriorated, a major revision of his thoughts from top to bottom, is it insignificant to you, Lord Lian?"

"It can't be done."

Kaguya Rei said half in denial and half in emotion:

"Changes of will are always based on the subtle influence accumulated over time, supplemented by volcanic eruptions of inspiring ideas, as well as facts and practices that can complement and corroborate the ideas. Only by him can it finally be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people... At best, the speeches of the dead can only make the thinking of those who are already awake clearer. As for those who pretend to be asleep or those who are really asleep, they will not change easily."

"Is it because it is already the era of the Fourth Hokage?" Orochimaru asked pointedly.

"No, it's simply because the body you provided him is too weak."

Kaguya Rei shrugged and said with some gloating:

"A Senju Hashirama who can only display the strength of a Jonin cannot be as unequivocal as the god of ninja Senju Hashirama, and make the vested interests of Konoha give up the power they already hold because of their awe for him. The interests in their hands...the existing Will of Fire is one of the core tools for them to control the power in their hands. Even the proposer of the Will of Fire himself cannot easily take back the right to interpret the content of the Will of Fire from them. "

"But, asking Senju Hashirama to deliver some spiritual poison chicken soup to the ninjas of Konoha, pouring black water on it, etc. should still be very effective... After all, it can make even the first Hokage marvel and feel deeply. The concepts and thoughts must be something worthy of serious study by a junior like me, right?"

"You are really good at making the best use of everything, Lianjun."

Orochimaru looked at Rei Kaguya, who was narrowing his eyes and smiling brightly, sighed and shook his head, "The first Hokage personally explained the thoughts and ideas of the Fourth Mizukage to the Konoha ninjas, and praised them... I think... Just thinking about it is such a funny scene that one can’t help but feel chills all over.”

"Don't tell me you don't want to see it." Kaguya Rei raised her eyebrows and rolled her eyes at Orochimaru, whose expression was full of hypocrisy.

"Am I not...already watching?"

Orochimaru tapped his eyes lightly with his finger, and laughed suspiciously.

…

at the same time.

After walking out of the underground square illuminated by flickering candlelight, Jiraiya looked at the Kirigakure Village with only a thin layer of light mist floating in it, the warm sea breeze, and the bright spring scenery. He couldn't help but feel something in his heart. A kind of illusion that seems to be from another world.

"Oh, is this the Kirigakure Village more than thirty years later? I was still worried when I heard that the Fourth Mizukage mentioned that this place had been secretly controlled by Madara and was given the name of the Blood Mist. The atmosphere here will become particularly cold because of this. I didn't expect it to be so vibrant..."

Unlike the preoccupied and heavy-looking Jiraiya, Senju Hashirama, whose request for a walk around the ninja world of this era was approved, was much more positive and sunny. He used it as if for the first time. Country people entering the city generally have eyes full of novelty, looking east and west, as if they can imagine the scene of Konoha Village in their minds by observing the scene of Kirigakure Village.

"You are really optimistic, Shodai-sama."

Hatake Kakashi, who was also stuffed with information, looked at Senju Hashirama's active figure and said with a wry smile: "Should I say that he is worthy of being said to have settled the legend of troubled times? Obviously what the Fourth Mizukage said was so serious. , but can still put it behind without any pressure..."

"It's not that I ignore it, but those things are not things that a dead person like me should think about, Kakashi."

Senju Hashirama shook his head, raised his hand and touched Hatake Kakashi's silver hedgehog head, and said in a kind and somewhat helpless tone:

"Whether it is the current ninja world or the more distant future that Kaguya Rei said he and Jiraiya learned about together, they are all equally unclear to me, an old man who died decades ago. It's something that belongs to the future... A dead person who will never make any progress or change in any way, even if he thinks about it until his hair falls off, it will only increase his troubles. "

"Since my thoughts are meaningless for the present and the future, I can naturally ignore them."

"But, didn't you take the initiative to request that you don't want to return to the underworld immediately, but that you want to see around the ninja world again?"

Feeling Senju Hashirama's big hands that were thicker than his father's hands in his memory, Hatake Kakashi couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and asked in a much softer tone.

"I just want to see what the story I started becomes like before it reaches a turning point."

Senju Hashirama shook his head and said sincerely:

"This story has a beginning that is still full of dreams, but as its protagonist, I failed to implement my original beliefs to the end, nor did I do what I could do when I could do it. Do your best and leave a less successful example to the ninja world that is about to end my chapter..."

"But no matter what, it is still the story I started. Now that I have the opportunity to see what it looks like before the next big turning point, of course I want to fully take in the scenery of this life. .”

"Really...don't you have anything else you want to do, Shodai-sama?"

"Dead people should no longer use their own will to interfere with future generations... What's more, I was convinced to a certain extent by that guy the Fourth Mizukage. If I continue to talk too much in front of you, won't I? Is something bad?"

Senju Hashirama laughed and patted Hatake Kakashi on the shoulder, and said in a loud voice:

"The future belongs to you young people with extraordinary talents and intelligence. How do you view the philosophy of the Fourth Mizukage? How do you face the next era? How do you prevent everyone in Konoha from becoming the Fourth Mizukage?" What you want to see, or whether you should simply let Konoha and Kirigakure become a family, these are things you need to think about, and it’s not up to me to point fingers.”

"Okay, I'm going to Kirigakure to look around. You and Jiraiya-chan should go back and think carefully~"

After saying that, Senju Hashirama ignored the shocked looks of passers-by on the street, wore his Warring States-style armor, and walked toward the open casino not far away.