Chapter 357 Hashirama: Am I Really Wrong? (1/2)

After listening to the woman's description.

Madara spoke first:

"Tsk! Are these ordinary people killed in your name?"

"Hashirama, do you understand? This is the consequence of indulging those moths..."

Madara folded his hands, looked at Hashirama, and said with a sneer as expected.

Although he did not expect the nobles to be so cruel and perverted, he was clearly aware of the ugly human nature that had been corrupted by those moths.

This is very consistent with the behavior of those moths.

And this taunt from Madara was like a heavy hammer hitting Hashirama's heart, causing his anger to skyrocket.

"Tobirama!"

Hashirama roared so loudly that he almost paralyzed Tobirama! My whole body was shaking suddenly!

Different from the previous playfulness, Tobirama knew very well that the eldest brother was really angry this time!

"Brother, I really don't know this!"

Tobirama quickly defended.

These days, he and Zhujian and others basically lived in the imperial palace in the center of Daming Mansion, and didn't pay much attention to what happened outside.

Naturally, I don't know that the nobles are expropriating people in the name of Hokage.

If he had known, let alone agreed, he would have killed all those nobles long ago!

Why wait until now?

"You really don't know? I'm only asking this once!"

"Brother, you understand me! How could I be so heartbroken and crazy?"

Tobirama also had a reason.

He was only greedy for money to develop his own village, and to disgust the senior officials of the Fire Nation who had made things difficult for him before.

But you can never abandon your bottom line just for the sake of greed!

Before, Tobirama was the first one who wanted to take down the Daimyo and others in one fell swoop. How could he collude with them again?

"call--!"

Hashirama breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he made sure his brother Tobirama wasn't involved.

But the fire in his heart was still as strong as a prairie fire.

On the one hand, they are angry at those aristocratic lords who are greedy and crazy.

On the other hand, he also regrets that he and Tobirama actively provoked this bandit suppression plan.

Although the girl's father was directly killed, the ones who killed so many people were the noble lords of Daming Mansion, their samurai and lackeys.

But the fundamental reason was that he controlled the tailed beast to rob the Daming Mansion, which led to a series of subsequent tragedies.

You shouldn't have agreed to Tobirama's outrageous plan!

Hashirama's subconscious self-accusation and annoyance is due to his character.

When encountering problems, you will not immediately blame others, but reflect on your own mistakes and problems.

This is not common. Ordinary people like to criticize their teammates crazily when playing games. How many people can really reflect on themselves subconsciously?

"Tobirama, I really shouldn't have agreed to this plan in the first place."

"Brother, it's not your fault. Who wouldn't have expected that they would be so crazy!"

"That's your fault?"

"You can't blame me entirely! I just want to make some money to develop the village..."

"We still have to blame those beasts. Even if we didn't come, they would still exploit and squeeze these ordinary people until they are driven to death..."

"In their eyes, these people are not even slaves..."

Tobirama is not a fool, and he naturally distinguishes the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction.

The tailed beast's attack was just an excuse for the noble lords to intensify their exploitation.

Even if there are no tailed beasts, are you saying they won't continue to exploit them?

With a heavy tax of 70%, even Megatron would have to exclaim "Awesome" when he comes!

Born in the troubled times of the Warring States Period, ninjas were already suffering and tired enough, but these ordinary people would only suffer more and be more tired...

"Why……"

Hashirama sighed and glared at Tobirama again.

"I'll teach you a lesson later!"

"ah?"

"Take care of mother and son, and wait for me to come back."

"Brother, where are you going?"

Hashirama looked at Madara, who immediately raised his lips and understood. Then he and Hashirama set off together, walking in the opposite direction towards Damingfu City.

"Go deal with some people and some things!"

At this point, regret is useless, and Hashirama is not the kind of coward who sticks to regret.

What he has to do now is to make up for everything as quickly as possible!

You know, the daimyo and the nobles still owe Konoha a billion!

It is estimated that similar forced expropriation is still happening everywhere. It is not known how many people will be killed and how many families will be destroyed...

This must end immediately!

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On the way back, Hashirama and Madara were extremely fast.

Like two arrows leaving the string.

In just ten seconds, they passed through thousands of meters of streets and arrived at the Central Imperial Palace.

This daimyo palace was destroyed by the tailed beast and initially rebuilt by Hashirama.

Seeing the two Hashiramas returning, servants immediately rushed to inform the Amachi Daimyo.

But Hashirama and the others were faster, passing through the servants and attendants, rushing directly into the hall, and found the current Daimyo Gao Tianzhi.

When he saw the Hokage Hashirama returning, Daimyo Amaji was immediately happy.

He quickly got down from the throne and greeted Hashirama with excitement and respect.

Like those nobles, after witnessing Hashirama's strength with his own eyes, the daimyo would more or less remain in awe for a short period of time.

"Hokage-dono, why are you back?"

"Is there anything else you need?"

Daimyo Tianzhi asked cheerfully. Now, no matter what Hashirama needs, he is willing to try his best to meet it.

After spending a few days with him, he has basically figured out Hashirama's character. He is an out-and-out good guy.

As long as his bottom line is not touched, this Hokage is easier to talk to than any other ninja.

Otherwise, his palace and the entire imperial residence would not have been rebuilt so quickly.

And he is best at handling this kind of good guy!

"Dear Daimyo, I have a few questions I want to confirm with you."

Hashirama's face was cold and he went straight to the point.

"Please tell me, Hokage, I will tell you everything I know!"

"A few days ago, officials and nobles from the entire daimyo prefecture forcibly collected the so-called [suppression pay] in the name of the Hokage. Did you know about this?"

The Daimyo of Tenji was stunned, and then got angry:

"Is there such a thing? I don't know anything about it!"

"Do you know that these people are levying heavy taxes and killing people in the tax collection?"

"I don't know anything about it. How did the Hokage know about it?"

Hashirama stared at the daimyo, trying to find a flaw on his face, but the latter looked stunned and seemed to be completely unaware.

"Dear Daimyo, I'll ask you one last time, do you know about it?"

"I..."

"Don't rush to answer, please think it over! You are the lord of the entire Fire Country and the spiritual symbol of the country. If you know and are willing to admit it, everything can be corrected. Everyone makes mistakes, I understand!"

Hashirama stared at the other party and warned word by word.

Very solemn and resolute.

This is not only to interrogate the daimyo, but also to interrogate the last morality and justice in his heart.

"I..."

A trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the Daimyo Tenji, but he finally gritted his teeth and denied:

"I really didn't know! If this is true, I will definitely punish the criminals severely! Give an explanation to the Hokage!"

"Really don't know? Alas..."

"Dear Daimyo, ninjas have many ways to know the truth."

"In this case, I can only offend you."

"Ban, please."

Hashirama turned around and called out to Ban, which was why he brought Ban with him.

And seeing that the situation was not right, this Konoha ninja seemed to really dare to offend him.

The Daimyo Tenji was also a little panicked.

"What do you want to do? I am the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, the master of the entire country! You..."

"Why bother talking so much nonsense, it would be much easier to just kill him?"

Madara frowned and complained, but still cooperated with Hashirama, instantly casting illusions to confuse the Daimyo Tenji.

Order him to tell all the truth he knew.

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After a few seconds, the Daimyo Tenji, who had finished telling everything, suddenly woke up.

When he recalled everything that had just happened, he realized that he had told the truth.

His face was ashen and he collapsed to the ground.

Obviously.

He lied!

He did know!

Although he was not the mastermind of this matter, it was a group of nobles and officials who proposed it to him, but he finally agreed to it out of his mind!

He didn't have to pay a penny from his own pocket, and he only needed to make those untouchables who were not even livestock suffer.

He could raise 3 billion commissions, how cool is that?

He might even get a little more, isn't it wonderful?

Anyway, those untouchables can't turn the world upside down.

Even if there is an uprising or something, he can use their money to entrust ninjas to quell the rebellion.

It's absolutely foolproof!

He can even collect taxes in the name of the Hokage; he can not only ruin the reputation of the Hokage and the ninjas, but also pocket all the benefits.

Isn't it killing two birds with one stone?

Although the somewhat rational Daimyo Tenji eventually succumbed to greed and agreed to or even condoned the nobles' extortion.

He even deliberately left Hashirama and others in the Imperial Palace to prevent them from contacting the outside world and reduce the risk of exposure.

Who would have thought that Hashirama and others, who had just been happily sent away, would immediately return to interrogate him.

This is obviously a revelation!

But Daimyo Tenji still refused to accept his fate. He originally thought that if he refused to admit it, he would not bring trouble upon himself!

With Hashirama's good-natured character, it should be easy to deceive him.

At most, he could push a few nobles to take the blame and kill them afterwards, which would be an explanation.

But who would have thought that ninjas actually had illusions! And dared to use illusions on themselves!

Naturally, everything was exposed at this time.

"It's so ugly! Hasi Lama, I've said it before, right? There's no need for this kind of worm to exist. It's much easier to just kill it."

When he heard that Madara wanted to kill him, the Daimyo Tenji panicked and begged for mercy:

"Wait! Don't kill me!"

"You can't kill me!"

"I'm the Daimyo. How can you ninjas kill the Daimyo? Kill the master of this country?"

"If you dare to do something to me, the entire Fire Country will not let you go!"

"You can't do this..."

"Let me go, okay?"

"I'm willing to correct my mistakes. I will execute all the nobles and officials involved. I will compensate for everything."

"I'm willing to pay double compensation."

"Mister Hashirama, please let me go this time!"

"I will definitely support Konoha Village with all my strength in the future and support more ninjas!"

The high Daimyo threatened and begged at the same time; his eyes were tearful and he cried bitterly, as if he had really realized his mistake.

He also vowed to do his best to compensate.

He only asked Hashirama and the others to let him go.

Madara frowned and looked coldly indifferent, extremely contemptuous of this beast-like guy, and didn't even bother to take a second look.

"Hashirama, you won't be reluctant to do it, right? Let me do it for you..."

"No, I'll do it myself!"

Hashirama's face was expressionless and extremely decisive.

With a clap of his hands, a sharp wooden thorn came directly out of the ground.

Without waiting for the daimyo to react, he penetrated it completely from bottom to top!

A great name from the Fire Nation died suddenly on the spot!

The eyes full of horror and astonishment after death seemed to still be in disbelief, unable to imagine that these ninjas actually dared to kill him!

Looking at the corpse of the daimyo, Hashirama didn't regret it.

He has already given the other party a chance, and it is also the last chance, a chance for redemption that touches the moral bottom line in his heart.

Unfortunately, the other party still wasn't sure.

Until the last moment, he was still deceiving Hashirama and himself.

A liar who has no repentance and thinks he can get away with it until his death, really thinks he can change his ways? Change your mind?

That is absolutely impossible!

Hashirama is just stupid sometimes, but he's not really stupid.

This kind of selfish name that regards human life as nothing is a cancer to the entire Fire Nation, and there is no need to exist at all.

As Hokage, Hashirama naturally has the true determination to eradicate the cancer!

"Tsk, it would be an advantage for this guy to die like this."

"It's a pity that my pupil technique is not Tsukuyomi, otherwise I would have allowed this guy to go to the illusion world and torture him for ten days and ten nights before he died!"

Madara looked at the body of the Amachi Daimyo without any regret, and even felt that such a beast was too cheap.

He actually gave the other party pain, Hashirama was so kind!

Hashirama, on the other hand, stared at the corpse of the Daimyo, obviously filled with emotions.

Killing the daimyo of his own country was indeed a moral and bottom-line breakthrough for him.

"Madara, was I really wrong?"

Hashirama asked in a murmur.

"Wrong? You mean killing this moth?"

"No. I want to ask if the path I am adhering to is wrong? Can people really understand and care for each other?"

This matter has made Hashirama deeply aware of it.

These high-ranking daimyo and nobles have completely regarded the people at the bottom as another species inferior to beasts.

Expropriation and expropriation at will, life and death.

Can these two people really understand each other? Are we tolerant of each other?

Hashirama could not see answers or hope, he only saw endless bullying and exploitation in the future...

"Of course it's wrong, very wrong."

"Haxi hot mom, you have to understand that not everyone can experience the love you convey like me!"

Madara raised his lips, no one understood Hashirama better than him, not even Tobirama!

"Why……"

Hashirama sighed, with a hint of exhaustion in his tone.

"What? Are you ready to give up on yourself? This is not the Hashirama I know. Is it necessary to be sad about the death of these moths?"

"Nothing. But I still need your help."

"explain."

"Help me control the attendants outside and ask them to summon all the officials and nobles in the city!"

"Hashirama, have you figured it out?"

Madara felt happy and a little more excited.

Apparently he had guessed that Hashirama was preparing to go on a killing spree.

"Maybe you're right."

"Killing cannot solve all problems, but at least killing can solve a large part of the problems!"

"This is a mistake made by Tobirama and Konoha. In order to make up for the innocent people who died tragically, I am the only one who has to bear this sin!"

Hashirama raised his head, his eyes were a little less kind and a little more determined.

It seems that he has completely returned to the state of the powerful [God of Ninja] during the Warring States Period.

Hashirama is merciful, but when it comes to ruthlessness, even Madara is a little inferior.

It's not that honest people don't get angry, but they don't get angry easily.

When he is really ruthless, he is ten times more ruthless and decisive than those seemingly vicious guys!

Today, none of the nobles and high-ranking officials involved in this matter can escape!

This imperial residence made of wood will become the cemetery for all of them!

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