Chapter 229

In Senju Hashirama's heart, as long as he knows that he is wrong, he is still a companion or a family member. He does not even care whether others have really changed their ways.

"But if they knew they were wrong, they would change. After all, they are also part of the village, and they..."

Senju Hashirama looked at Bei Xuan blankly, wanting to refute but what he saw and heard made him not know how to speak. The meaning of the village is to protect children, but...

"The shadow of fire illuminates the village, and new leaves will sprout. But when the shadow of fire also begins to compete for the few nutrients, and the new leaves turn into dead leaves, will they still sprout?

Grandpa, once people's greed is turned on, it can't be turned off. Since you came out of the Warring States Period, you should have met more people than me.

Will those who continue to take risks for profit change? If you want to make this big tree better, you must prune out some rotten branches and get rid of borers in the tree. "

Bei Xuan stretched out his hand and handed the leaf that was very familiar to Senju Hashirama in front of Senju Hashirama.

"spot……"

Senju Hashirama took the leaf with a hole in a daze, recalling that he was unconsciously pulled back to the past. At that time, he and Madara were also standing in this position. At that time, Konoha had just been established, and there were many ninja clans. Not joined.

And he was not Hokage at that time, and Madara also looked forward to protecting the village after becoming Hokage.

Yes, the meaning of Konoha to me seems to have transcended many things. The memories of Senju Hashirama brought up what he said before he killed Madara with his own hands.

Putting the cart before the horse...Madara, I seem to be really wrong.

The village of Konoha was established to protect brothers and children, but in my heart, it became that I would give up both brothers and children for the sake of the village.

But I am obviously doing it for the village, but now I am entangled with the people in the village. They are hurting the village, but now I question Beixuan because they are people from the village.

I'm like this... I'm really unqualified, Madara, if you had become Hokage, wouldn't Konoha be better now?

Senju Hashirama loosened his fingers, and the breeze blew and brought the leaf down to the direction of Konoha.

"Just go ahead and do it, Beixuan. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I'm already a dead person, it's really rude to be angry with a junior."

Senju Hashirama looked at the Konoha that had only floated out a little and fell under the Hokage Rock because of the opening of the hole, and then started to laugh.

"Brother..."

Senju Tobirama took a step forward and looked worried. As Senju Hashirama's younger brother, he was the one who understood his elder brother's thoughts best.

"No need to say anything, Tobirama, I am not as smart as you and I always do things based on my own temper. Now that I think about it, I have really caused you too much trouble, hahahaha.

Bei Xuan, just go ahead and do it. As long as it is the right thing you understand, I will support you. As you said, wherever the leaves of Konovo are flying, the fire is also endless. The shadow of the fire illuminates the village, and the new leaves are born. will sprout.

If only you could have been born decades earlier. If you had been around at that time, Madara and I would not be where we are now. But it is not too late. I will bring him back to Konoha and live well. Apologize to him!

I hope he can still forgive me, hahahahaha! "

Senju Hashirama looked at the entire Konoha Village and laughed, but there was sadness in the laughter.

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was welcoming the Konoha ninja back to the village, suddenly froze. Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly turned his head and his eyes fell firmly on the stone statue of the First Eye of Hokage Rock.

He would never mistake the familiar chakra that flashed just now. It was definitely that man's chakra!

'Releasing chakra on the Hokage Rock...are you expressing your dissatisfaction with me, Hashirama-sensei...'

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes fell on the cheering crowd, which contained many children, and there was a hint of bitterness in the corner of Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth.

After simply calming down, Sarutobi Hiruzen reached out and took off the Hokage hat on his head, and raised his hand while looking at the cheering villagers around him.

"Everyone!! Now that the war is over, Konoha has once again ushered in peace. Although we have won the victory, there are still many compatriots who have fallen into eternal sleep.

All this is due to my dereliction of duty as Hokage, so after tomorrow's mourning meeting, I will resign as Hokage, and the new Hokage will be elected by the villagers and jounin as usual.

I believe you all know some of the treaties between the various villages. I'm sorry, but it was my negligence in failing to strictly control the negotiation team that caused the village to suffer such losses.

Although the negotiation team has been punished, this is ultimately my dereliction of duty. "

After saying that, Sarutobi Hiruzen put his hat on his chest with a 'painful' look on his face, as if he had deeply realized his mistake.

I thought that the villagers would try to persuade him to stay or comfort him, but the venue that had been lively and cheering just now was completely silent.

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and saw that all the villagers had expressionless faces, and some even had disgust in their eyes. The scene fell into silence for a while.

After a moment of silence, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes fell on Orochimaru, who was standing at the front of the team with his hands folded and an expressionless expression on his face.

"Hiruzhan! This is just the mistake of the negotiation team. How can you take these mistakes on yourself! And your contribution to Konoha is obvious to all. Who else would be the Hokage over you!"

Seeing the silence, Mitomon Yan immediately stood up and tried to persuade Sarutobi Hiruzen to stay, giving him a way out to prevent him from losing face again.

"Yan, I have made up my mind. I am no longer qualified for the position of Hokage. The Fourth Hokage will run for election among Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Minato Namikaze.

The election time is as I just said. The election meeting will officially begin after the mourning day. Everyone is very tired after traveling through mountains and rivers. Let's disband on the spot."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said the last sentence, put on his hat and turned to walk towards the Hokage building.

After arriving at the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen took off his Hokage robe, jumped out of the window and quickly rushed to the location of the Hokage Rock.

Soon Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at the location of the Hokage Rock, stood on his own stone statue, looked around nervously, but found nothing except the gentle breeze.

"Don't you want to see me......"

Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at the top of the stone statue of Senju Hashirama, his eyes were gloomy, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The person he was looking for had already gone to the casino to relax.