Hearing his younger brother say this, Senju Hashirama's expression turned a bit sour.
Uchiha Yuzuru raised an eyebrow and asked, "I heard that in order to get others to sign a Peace Treaty, you even kowtowed to them?"
Senju Hashirama was sulking and speechless, while Senju Tobirama couldn't help but complain, "More than that..."
"If I hadn't proposed using money to buy the Tailed Beasts, Big Brother was prepared to give them away to those Ninja Villages for free."
Uchiha Yuzuru didn't expect such a thing and couldn't help but tease, "First Hokage, you truly are a 'Ninja' indeed."
Seeing the two of them joking at his expense, Senju Hashirama muttered, "For the sake of peace, I am willing to make some sacrifices."
"Dignity and such... I don't care about that."
Uchiha Yuzuru snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "But everything you've done has had the exact opposite effect."
"If all nine Tailed Beasts were sealed in Konoha, even if you died, would the other Ninja Villages dare to harbor ill intentions toward Konoha?"
"Ultimately, everything you've done is nothing more than self-gratification."
"Not only did you fail to achieve peace for future generations, but you brought nothing but trouble."
Senju Hashirama opened his mouth, momentarily speechless.
Uchiha Yuzuru felt refreshed and continued, "Furthermore, your original intention for founding the Ninja Village was to end the war and protect children from having to fight and kill on the battlefield, wasn't it?"
"But during the Ninja World Wars, not only did the scale of the wars expand to an unimaginable degree, but the children from the Ninja Academy still had to graduate early to fight on the front lines."
"No longer fighting as Family units, these children instead became the ones who died in the greatest numbers."
"Every Ninja World War continues until there's a gap in the new generation before it stops; then the nations lick their wounds for over a decade, quietly gathering strength for the next Ninja World War..."
"Is it wrong for me to say that the system you created is completely like a child's impulsive game of house?"
Senju Hashirama spread his hands, unable to find any reason to refute, because the facts had already occurred, and anything he said would seem pale and weak.
Senju Tobirama sighed, patted Senju Hashirama on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Big Brother, with your talent, it's already very good to have achieved this much; there's no need to blame yourself so much."
Senju Hashirama choked up, feeling even more miserable.
Seeing Senju Tobirama's reaction, Uchiha Yuzuru frowned.
Think he's talking about him and not you, do you?
He said unhappily, "Second Hokage, you're not much better than the First Hokage."
Hearing this, a look of dissatisfaction appeared on Senju Tobirama's face: "Then tell me, what problems do I have?"
"During your reign, you were dedicated to suppressing the Ninja Clan and were full of hostility toward the Uchiha Clan, leading to increasingly severe internal divisions within the Village."
"You directly appointed Sarutobi Hiruzen as Hokage, making the Village's Jonin voting system a mere formality."
"Most importantly..." Uchiha Yuzuru snorted coldly, "Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Koharu Utatane—all four of those guys were trained by you!"
"In a way, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say you are the source of the chaos."
Being criticized to his face like this by a brat from the Uchiha Clan, Senju Tobirama's face turned pale with anger.
But since what the other party said was true, he had no way to refute it.
Finally, he could only say sullenly, "Don't just keep criticizing us; why don't you tell us about the system you want to establish?"
Uchiha Yuzuru smiled, "I want to establish a unified nation in the Ninja World, integrating everything within it."
"Resources will be allocated uniformly, there will no longer be distinctions between nations, and a complete selection mechanism will be established."
"Uniform tracks, uniform script, uniform measures, uniform norms..."
Uchiha Yuzuru patiently explained his ideas briefly, leaving both Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama feeling quite stirred.
"Uniform tracks, uniform script, uniform measures, uniform norms..."
Senju Tobirama murmured, repeating the words.
Even he, who had always harbored a deep dislike for the Uchiha Clan, was somewhat shocked by Uchiha Yuzuru's words.
What kind of magnanimity must one possess to be able to say such things!
After a moment of silence, Senju Tobirama couldn't help but ask, "Although your ideas sound very good, how can you guarantee that future generations will continue to follow the rules you've set?"
"Just like us, after only three generations, various systems have already been altered beyond recognition."
"After you die, what if another ruler like Sarutobi Hiruzen comes to power? What then?"
Hearing Senju Tobirama's concerns, Uchiha Yuzuru waved his hand, "Small. Your vision is too small."
Senju Tobirama asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Uchiha Yuzuru said calmly, "I have long since considered your concerns, which is why I made a decision at the very beginning of my planning."
"What decision?"
"I'm casting aside my humanity!" Uchiha Yuzuru said slowly. "I want to become an existence that surpasses the Six Paths Sage, using eternal life and infinite power to suppress all Careerists who dream of destroying the unification of the Ninja World!"
As his voice fell, both Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama were stunned in place.
Surpassing the Six Paths Sage?
Eternal life and infinite power?
Such a thing sounds completely like a fairy tale!
Senju Hashirama couldn't help but ask, "Yuzuru, can such a thing really be done?"
"Of course. An Immortal is omnipotent."
Senju Tobirama gave a cold sneer, seemingly finding an opportunity to mock: "The Six Paths Sage only exists in ancient legends; it's not even certain if such a person existed."
"Even if the Six Paths Sage truly existed, didn't he end up dying just the same?"
"And... how could you possibly become an existence that surpasses the Six Paths Sage?"
Seeing the provocative look in Senju Tobirama's eyes, Uchiha Yuzuru raised an eyebrow, "It's simple. I just need to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."
Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama looked at Uchiha Yuzuru somewhat blankly and asked in confusion, "Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?"
Aren't there only nine Tailed Beasts in the Ninja World?
What on earth is the Ten-Tails?
Could it be... that this Uchiha brat in front of them has lost his mind?
Seeing their confused expressions, Uchiha Yuzuru said slowly, "There's no need to doubt the existence of the Ten-Tails."
"The original Six Paths Sage was the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, possessing eternal life and great power."
"The reason he died was simply because he took the initiative to extract the Ten-Tails from his own body."
Senju Tobirama countered, "But there are only nine Tailed Beasts in the Ninja World in total, and we've never heard anything about a Ten-Tails."
Uchiha Yuzuru chuckled and explained, "Because the Ten-Tails is the collective form of the nine Tailed Beasts."
"After the Six Paths Sage extracted the Ten-Tails from his body, he divided it into nine Tailed Beasts, which is how the nine Tailed Beasts we know today came to be."