After listening to Uchiha En's words, Homura Mitokado was speechless for a moment.
As a Disciple of the Second Hokage, he knew the purpose of the Second Hokage establishing the Anbu better than anyone, but he hadn't expected Uchiha En, a junior, to see it so clearly.
"What? Nothing to say? It seems Elder Homura is also very clear about the dirty deeds your teacher did!"
"Uchiha En, even if you understand Tobirama-sensei's thoughts, it is not for a junior like you to criticize him!"
"Haha! Knowing you're in the wrong, you're starting to use seniority to pressure me? Since it's not for me to criticize, then please go talk to Senju Tobirama yourself, Elder Homura!" After speaking, lightning flashed on Uchiha En's body. He used the Body Flicker Technique to appear directly in front of Homura Mitokado and swung his blade down at Homura Mitokado's head.
"Ding~" A metallic clashing sound rang out. A middle-aged man with white hair blocked in front of Homura Mitokado.
After Uchiha En saw clearly who had blocked his attack, he was stunned for a moment, then revealed an intrigued expression. He teleported back to Asana's side and said in a slightly teasing tone: "Tsk tsk! Isn't this the great Nidaime(2nd)-sama Senju Tobirama? How come even after death, you are still bound by your own Ninjutsu?"
Senju Tobirama's face turned black instantly upon hearing this.
"Brat of the Uchiha Clan, haven't your Elders taught you to show some respect to your Seniors?"
"I am a very polite person in most situations, but it's different for certain people."
"It seems you are very dissatisfied with me! I just heard from Homura, you are a brat of the Uchiha Clan, right? Are you dissatisfied with me because of my policies toward the Uchiha Clan?" Senju Tobirama asked with a frown.
"No, no, no. The Senju targeting the Uchiha is a normal matter; I wouldn't be dissatisfied because of something like that.
My dissatisfaction with you doesn't just stem from your attitude toward the Uchiha. You were wary of all the clans, Nidaime(2nd)-sama, even your own Senju Clan!"
"You!" Senju Tobirama felt a turbulent storm in his heart upon hearing Uchiha En's words. Could it be that Uchiha En knew about that matter?
"Nidaime(2nd)-sama, I am very curious, how exactly did you manage to harden your heart to take action against your own clan?"
Hearing Uchiha En's words, Senju Tobirama calmed down instead. He said with a blank expression: "I did this both for the Village and for the Senju.
The Senju Clan, like the Uzumaki Clan, possesses vast Chakra and tenacious vitality, but aside from these, the Senju Clan doesn't have much of an advantage compared to the Uchiha.
Furthermore, as the clan that produced two generations of Hokage for the Village, the Senju Clan's status was too special. When I was serving as Hokage, I often heard clansmen saying that the next Hokage would also be from our Senju Clan.
When Big Brother founded Konoha, he didn't intend to turn Konoha into a Village ruled by the Senju."
"So that's why you decided to divide the Senju Clan, letting the Senju clansmen fall in love and marry commoners in the Village. This way, you dismantled the Senju Clan while also continuing the Senju Clan's Bloodline. I'm not wrong, am I?" Uchiha En somewhat understood Senju Tobirama's inner thoughts.
Senju Tobirama nodded and continued: "That's right. That is what I did at the time. In order to prevent the Senju Clan from being bound by the power of the Hokage, and to allow the Bloodline of the Senju Clan to continue, I had to do so.
However, I did this very secretly. Aside from the two Elders of the Senju Clan who supported me at the time, no one should know. How did you know?" Senju Tobirama asked curiously.
"I once heard a saying: If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it in the first place! Since you did it, it certainly left traces."
There were not many descriptions of the Senju Clan in the original work, nor was the reason for the disappearance of the Senju Clan mentioned. However, there was a character in the original work who was a member of Team Konohamaru, named Moegi Kazamatsuri.
And Moegi Kazamatsuri was the first Ninja after Senju Hashirama to naturally awaken Wood Release. This was very intriguing.
"Young man of the Uchiha Clan, it seems you really know quite a lot of things," Senju Tobirama said with a serious tone.
"What? Nidaime(2nd)-sama, are you going to kill me to silence me?"
Senju Tobirama did not answer. Instead, he changed the subject and asked: "Little girl behind, you are from the Hyuga Clan, right? Tell me about the situation in the Village!"
"Tobirama-sensei..."
"Homura, shut up! As the Hokage, I cannot listen to only your one-sided story. Little girl of the Hyuga Clan, tell me everything you know."
Asana nodded and started talking about the changes in the Village over these years.
Senju Tobirama's expression was somewhat wistful upon learning that Konoha had actually experienced two Ninja World Wars after his death.
"It seems Big Brother's choice was wrong."
"That's right. Where there are people, there will be conflict. Relying on mutual understanding can never achieve peace," Uchiha En said.
Senju Tobirama did not respond and instead looked at Homura Mitokado: "Homura, the little girl from the Hyuga Clan just said that during the Second and Third Ninja World Wars, you and Hiruzen did not appear on the battlefield; it was other Konoha Ninjas who were fighting bloody battles. Is this true?"
Homura Mitokado broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this: "Tobi... Tobirama-sensei, we were also doing it for the Village, we..."
"Heh! I didn't expect this! My Disciples would actually make these choices. No wonder these young people are so dissatisfied with you."
"Tobirama-sensei, this is all their slander! You cannot believe them!" Homura Mitokado argued.
"Slander? A major event must have happened to the Village tonight, right? I had already sensed the Nine-Tails Chakra leaking outside, and there are so many powerful Ninjas here; why weren't they sent out to rescue?
At a time when the Village was facing life and death, Danzo was still obsessed with the Uchiha Clan. Is this what I taught you?" After Senju Tobirama finished speaking, his Chakra erupted, and Homura Mitokado slumped to the ground.
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