A few days later, outside the gates of Sunagakure.
Senju Hashirama looked at this familiar place with a pensive expression.
Back when he first came here, his military strategist Tobirama was on his left, and his warrior Madara was on his right.
Upon seeing the three of them, everyone in the village had been scared out of their wits.
Madara had even suggested that instead of negotiating peace, they should simply wipe the village out.
Tobirama, who had always maintained a guard against Madara, had surprisingly agreed with the proposal, and the two of them had even spent a whole week debating whether that was enough time to unify the five great nations.
However, that idea had been shot down by Hashirama at the time.
He had insisted on pursuing peace as much as possible to avoid causing further casualties.
Thinking of this, Senju Hashirama felt a stir of what could only be called regret.
He should have just wiped them all out back then; at least fewer people would have died.
Ah, such is life.
Uchiha Reki and his companions sized up the battered, rundown gate and whispered a few complaints among themselves.
"I haven't heard any news about a war breaking out anywhere recently, so how come this gate looks like it was hit by a bomb?"
"Well, you have to admit, those sand dunes actually look pretty nice."
"I wonder if there's any place in Sunagakure where you can watch pretty big sisters take a bath."
Chapter 78