Chapter 35: The Hand 1 Tribe Never Disappeared, Future Trouble

After they finished lunch, they sat in the living room, drinking tea and chatting idly.

"Kushina, where did the rest of the Senju clan go? Why are you the only ones living in the Senju clan land?"

Liuyun took the initiative to ask this question. Kushina lives in the Senju clan's territory, so she should know the reason to some extent.

"Where did you go? You didn't go anywhere... Aren't you still in Konoha Village?"

Kushina tilted her head, not quite understanding what Liuyun said, but after a moment she realized why Liuyun asked that.

"You want to talk about why they are hiding their real names?"

Liuyun was a little surprised when he heard this, but he nodded quickly.

"I heard about this from Grandma Mito."

"Legend has it that the Senju clan originated in the era of the Six Paths Sage. The original origin of this surname does not refer to the descendants of a single person. The Senju clan is not the Senju of one person, but the union of a group of people..."

“A group of Thousand Hands?” Liuyun murmured.

In the original work, Ashura, the second son of the Six Paths Sage, eventually became the successor of the Ninja Clan. He was always surrounded by a group of followers. Perhaps the Senju Clan was born from that time.

After explaining the origin of the Senju, Kushina then went on to explain the specific reason for hiding her real name.

"It is said that when Konoha was founded, because the Senju clan was the largest, many privileged classes emerged from the clan."

"They believe that Konoha was founded by the Senju clan, and that the Senju clan should have absolute leadership among all clans, and that the Senju clan should be superior to others..."

The Senju clan was too powerful back then, and the weight of this surname was too important, so important that no family dared to offend them.

From that time on, the villagers of Konoha began to change their respect for the Senju clan from... to fear!

Senju Hashirama believed that when the power of a small group reaches a certain level, it will affect or even destroy the stability of Konoha, and the more united the Senju clan is, the greater this possibility will be.

Even Senju Tobirama cannot deny this!

"They became increasingly arrogant, and they put all the clans of Konoha under great pressure. Later, the first Hokage did not want his clan to be superior to Konoha, so he took the initiative to erase the family name and disbanded all the clans despite everyone's opposition."

"Except for the Second Hokage who resisted most fiercely, who retained his surname, no one else's surname is allowed to be retained, including the descendants of the First Hokage. They are no longer allowed to retain the Senju surname."

Hashirama Senju was afraid that Konoha, which he had built with great difficulty, would eventually fall apart, so he made up his mind and dismissed everyone on the spot, and the Senju clan split up from then on.

The original territory of the Senju clan covered an extremely vast area, and the properties were countless. However, after the split, all these things were divided among the clan members. Now, the so-called clan territory is actually only two manors left.

One belongs to Hashirama Senju, and currently Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Kushina live there. The other belongs to the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, and currently Tsunade and her brother live there.

"In fact, the Senju clan has always been there. 'It used to be the Senju clan, but now it's Konoha,' which was said by the first Hokage. It is precisely because of this sentence that the anonymity and the branch family can be accepted by other clansmen."

"!!!"

When Kushina said this, Liuyun's eyes widened.

'It used to be the Senju of one group of people, and now it's Konoha of one group of people.' As a time traveler who is familiar with the subsequent plot of the original work, Liuyun couldn't help but sigh that Hashirama Senju has a broad mind and a long-term vision.

The Senju clan was integrated into Konoha. Although they lost their surname and certain privileges, they actually preserved everyone's identity!

The Uchiha clan, which was barely able to compete with the Senju clan, became the object of fear by others instead of the Senju clan.

The false title of "the largest clan in Konoha" has caused the Uchiha clan to suffer ever since.

The Uchiha clan was still complacent, they thought that their old rival, the Senju clan, had fallen... but they didn't know that their clan had become the new object of fear among the villagers, and would soon become the target of public criticism, hated and ostracized by everyone in Konoha.

If you fail to see the essence, the ultimate result will be destruction.

If the Senju clan had not retreated, they would have been the ones to die. If the Uchiha clan had not retreated, no one would have tolerated them, and their extermination would have become inevitable.

And the more united they are, the faster they will die.

Does the Uchiha clan really want to rebel? Does Uchiha Fugaku really want to rebel?

No, they had to resist because they had no way out!

It is not a good thing for a family to be too prosperous. The cake of Konoha is so big. If you take one more bite, others will have one less bite. Over time, it will form a confrontation. If there is no far-sighted and capable person to resolve these conflicts, it is inevitable that the two sides will become enemies.

In the five major ninja villages in the ninja world, I have only heard of ninja families being destroyed because they influenced the villages, but I have never heard of any family completing a coup and replacing the village.

The family model of the Warring States Period has been replaced by the village. Ninja families who do not know how to adapt and cannot see the trend of the times will eventually decline and perish.

'No wonder Tsunade and her brother have never really revealed their last names in the entire 700-plus episodes of Naruto anime...' Liuyun thought secretly.

"Mito... Grandma, how is your health now?"

After getting a general understanding of the Senju clan, Liuyun asked the second question.

"Grandma Mito? She's fine!"

Kushina was a little surprised and didn't understand why Ryuun asked about Uzumaki Mito.

"Very good..."

"Yeah, she's in very good health!" Kushina said with a smile.

Liuyun nodded upon hearing this. The main reason why he cared about Uzumaki Mito was the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Of course, the more important reason is Kushina as the 'container of the Nine-Tails'.

Becoming a jinchūriki is a very unfortunate thing. Ryuun really hopes that Uzumaki Mito can live longer, preferably another ten or twenty years... In this way, he will have enough time to grow and finally rewrite Kushina's life.

As long as she doesn't want to become a Jinchūriki, Liuyun will not allow anyone to force her.

Although he is still very weak now, he firmly believes that as long as he works hard, with his knowledge of the Hokage, he will definitely be able to gain enough power before Kushina becomes the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Not to mention being able to stop Konoha, but he was confident that he could take Kushina away from Konoha.

Unconsciously, he has regarded this little girl as his forbidden delicacy, and the importance of Kushina in Liuyun's heart has also increased as their relationship has grown.

They seem to be just classmates now, but their relationship has already quietly deteriorated.

The two of them already have each other in their hearts, and the fact that they spend every day together proves that their relationship is special.

Although it's not as exaggerated as "one day without seeing you feels like three years", I am subconsciously willing to stay with the other person.

Unless Liuyun has no more interactions with Kushina, or wants to change his training target... otherwise he has to overcome the hurdle of becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

It is obviously impossible to ask him to give up this little cutie in front of him!