Chapter 540 The only choice at the end

Hashirama was just naive.

It’s not like he’s really a fool. He does it knowingly that he can’t do it. It’s based on extremely special circumstances, such as the peaceful world of infinite dreams that Uchiha Madara wants to realize in the original work. In Hashirama’s view, , that is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, even if you really have to fight to the last person, it is impossible to bow your head and admit defeat.

Once they admit defeat, it means that everyone will fall into the eternal illusion.

Naturally, there is no escape route.

But it's different now.

Menma didn't make a completely unreasonable choice like Uchiha Madara, and Menma didn't belong to the alien world like Kaguya, the kind of enemy in the alien starry sky that the whole world needs to be wary of.

Menma is not here to 'plant trees'.

It's just that the method is a little rough and bloody.

In fact, it is to achieve peace in the ninja world. At least this, Hashirama can still judge.

From the beginning to the end, Hashirama really never doubted the authenticity of Menma's words about peace.

All he has always questioned is Menma's methods and his concern for the survival of Konoha Hidden Village.

This is why Hashirama wants to stop Menma.

And when he is already destined to fail.

The fearless struggle is not only meaningless, but will further increase the casualties of the Shinobu Village.

Why bother?

My brother and the monkey.

He was also completely suppressed and beaten by the white-eyed boy. If it weren't for the Flying Thunder God's technique, he would have been defeated long ago.

Rao is so.

Sarutobi Hiruzen has also lost an arm.

The attack of that boy with white eyes can actually destroy the body of filthy earth. He can do this.

Hashirama believed that Menma could definitely do it.

You must know the golden chakra giant sword just now.

It really made Hashirama feel frightened.

A strong aura of destruction hit his face.

It can be said that in front of Menma's golden giant sword, the chakra sword in Susanoo, the complete body of his former close friend Uchiha Madara, is as ridiculous as a child's toy.

The two are completely different.

Seeing Hashirama fall into silence.

Menma was also waiting for the moment, and didn't look anxious at all.

The initiative in the current situation is in his hands, so he still talks more at this last moment.

Not only out of respect for the first Hokage, but also because Senju Hashirama's status and prestige in the Hidden Leaf Village are unmatched by anyone. As long as Hashirama abandons his weapons and surrenders, the next series of things will happen. It will become very smooth.

Even the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, could not go against her grandfather's wishes.

Their Light Hidden Village can take over Konoha Hidden Village more smoothly.

Use the smallest casualties in exchange for the most stable transition situation.

Again, revenge is sincere, and peace is what Menma longs for.

He is not some kind of psychologically twisted Dark Avenger.

Not even the ultimate fantasyist like Uchiha Madara who abandons all reality.

Seek truth from facts and be down to earth.

That's Menma's style.

The reason why he looked down on Naruto was because his younger brother always only looked into the distance and never really saw his own feet. Talking about it was something that everyone could do, but actually realizing it was not a thing. Easy thing now.

"Boy Menma, can you really achieve the peace you talk about? Will you not face an endless cycle of revenge in the future?"

Hashirama slowly raised his eyes, looked up at Menma with a very serious expression, and asked word by word.

"You don't need to listen to what I say, just watch what I do. That's enough. Lord Hashirama, I dare not say that there will be no disputes in the future world, because that is unrealistic. As long as there are people, there will be There will be conflicts, which is inevitable, because family members and friends may often quarrel over trivial matters, let alone strangers. If you are talking about the kind of ideal peace where there are never conflicts or disputes, As for the world, I'm sorry, I can't do it. What I can promise is a harmonious world where children are educated, old people are provided for, and there is no war. That is the goal I strive for. "

Menma looked at Senju Hashirama with a steady expression, and said in a calm but firm tone.

Looking at such facial numbness.

Listen to such words.

There was also a hint of trance on Hashirama's face.

Menma is like a combination of him and Madara, idealistic but not naive, pragmatic but not going to extremes.

Every step feels like a steady one.

‘Can the young be educated and the old be taken care of? ’

Hashirama couldn't help but recall the time when he proposed to establish the Hidden Leaf Village decades ago. Wasn't that his dream?

So that children do not need to go to the battlefield, so that the elderly can live in the rear areas.

But what about the reality?

over the past few decades.

The ninja world has gone through three wars that swept almost all ninja villages. More than tens of thousands of ninjas died in the battles?

How many children went to war?

Kakashi graduated from the Ninja School at the age of five and became a Jonin at the age of twelve.

It seems that it infinitely demonstrates the 50/50 genius of this Hatake, but isn't this a display of the extreme sadness of Ninja Village?

A five-year-old child, holding kunai and other ninja tools to kill people?

What a crazy and twisted thing.

Menma wants to change this world. He doesn't want his descendants to live in such a terrible world.

Even for this.

Menma will do everything he can to change!

This is Menma's ideal, and it is Menma's determination.

Looking at Menma like this, Hashirama truly felt his failure for the first time.

'So I have always been a loser? '

Hashirama thought self-deprecatingly in his heart.

But even if he thought so, Hashirama still felt very uncomfortable at the moment, because Konoha was not only a ninja village founded by Hashirama himself, but also represented everything in his life.

As long as there was a glimmer of hope.

Hashirama was still unwilling to give up.

But now he had no other choice.

The village could not be saved, but the people had to be saved.

Just as Menma said, continuing to fight will only increase unnecessary casualties. Enough blood has been shed. Even if it is for the selfishness of a grandfather, Hashirama must surrender here.

"Maybe you are the right one, Menma boy. I give up. I will let Konoha surrender unconditionally. I hope that the future you create is really the future that everyone expects."

Hashirama took a deep breath and said with a hint of expectation and a little helplessness.

I don't have the ability.

Then I can only choose to believe Menma.

This is a judgment that does not require hesitation.

Because there is only one road in front of us, no matter what is ahead, at least it will not be worse than now.

At least these people can survive now, right?

"Believe me, this is the right choice, Mr. Hashirama."

Menma smiled lightly.

"Buzz!"

The next second.

As Menma retracted his chakra.

The huge red nine-tailed shadow also disappeared in an instant.

"Toneri!"

"Stop it, Tobirama, Monkey."

Menma and Hashirama shouted one after another.

Not far away.

Toneri, Tobirama, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had already noticed the situation of the two, stopped at the same time.

"Anika? We? Hey..."

After flying to a closer position, Tobirama took a look at his elder brother who was obviously in a very embarrassed state even though he didn't have any broken arms or legs, and Menma who was completely spotless. He wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed softly and swallowed it all back.

The distance between the two battle groups was so close.

The battle between his own Anika and Menma.

Tobirama still saw it all.

It was already very difficult for them to face Toneri, but they never expected that their own Anika was even more defeated and was no match for Menma at all. And judging from his posture, he didn't seem to have tried his best.

Even though Tobirama could sense that the Impure World Reincarnation Technique used by his granddaughter Tsunade could not really allow them to use their peak strength before birth, it was at least 80% to 90%. Tobirama thought it was at least 30% to 70% at first, but now it seems that he really overestimated his side.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also looked unbelievable.

When his master and apprentice faced the white-eyed boy, they were in danger and almost annihilated several times. He did not expect that the first generation would not have any room to fight back against Menma.

The battle just now.

Sarutobi Hiruzen certainly could not pay as much attention as his mentor.

But some of the battle scenes that he glimpsed in the gaps.

It was enough to make Sarutobi Hiruzen tremble.

This was not a battle of the same level at all.

It was like a strong man bullying a weak baby.

Sarutobi Hiruzen could not understand why Menma, who was only fifteen years old, could have such strong power! ?

Nine-tailed Fox?

It's impossible!

But no matter what the reason is, it doesn't matter anymore. They have already lost this battle.

From the beginning of the war to now.

It's only been 10 to 20 minutes.

This has to be said to be an extremely ironic thing.

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought they had at least a chance of a tie, but now it seems that everything is like a dream, so unreal, so trance-inducing.

Even if you don't understand, you still have to accept the reality.

The strongest first-generation Hokage in their ninja village couldn't beat Menma, and now they are actively accepting the outcome of defeat. What else is there to say?

Surrender.

Everything will come to a final rest here.

Originally, the Impure World Body would not have any extra emotional fluctuations, but at this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen truly felt the bitterness and heaviness in his heart, and everything was his own responsibility.

Because of his stupidity.

Because of his weakness.

That's why the current situation has happened.

He is the biggest sinner in the Hidden Leaf Village.

It can be said that at this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart was already devoured by full of regret.

Menma could have been the key to lead Konohagakure back to the top, but he personally sent him to the opposite side of the ninja village.

The death of his own child.

The destruction of Konohagakure.

It's all their own fault.

"Tobirama, Monkey, go to Tsunade and declare unconditional surrender. War is meaningless."

Hashirama patted Tobirama's shoulder and said softly.

"I understand, Anijia."

Tobirama nodded silently.

Anyway, they can't win, so they might as well surrender directly. Do they really have to wait until the other side kills all the people in their ninja village?

Tobirama has always been the one who knows the situation best.

Knowing that it's impossible, he will definitely not force it.

Pragmatism has always been Tobirama's biggest style of doing things.

After saying that.

Tobirama also looked at Menma, who was standing not far away and seemed to be telling Toneri something, with a complicated look.

"Swoosh"

This is also a leap, and he took Sarutobi Hiruzen away from the spot.

It started very fiercely.

It ended very suddenly.

This should be a normal development. Menma and Toneri's strength has reached the level of crushing. If they are delayed indefinitely by the brothers Hashirama and Tobirama, it will be a big problem.

And it was almost the moment when the battle was coming to an end.

On a high mountain far away from the Valley of the End.

Uchiha Madara, who was watching the battle from beginning to end, had a very cold expression.

From the beginning.

Uchiha Madara knew that his best friend would never be Menma's opponent, but what Uchiha Madara never expected was that the battle would be such a completely crushing situation.

The Mingshenmen Technique and the True Thousand Hands Technique that gave him a headache and were difficult to deal with in the past, Menma almost crushed them like chopping melons and vegetables.

The special Tailed Beast Jade Cannon released by the Nine-Tails.

It made Uchiha Madara feel frightened now.

That is already a power beyond the general level.

For the first time, Uchiha Madara doubted from the bottom of his heart whether he could defeat Uzumaki Menma.

And when he found that he had doubted himself inadvertently.

Uchiha Madara's expression became extremely ugly.

You know, in the past nearly a hundred years.

Even when he was about to die and temporarily entered the Pure Land to wait, Madara firmly believed that he was the right one, the one who was responsible for the great cause, and the one who would definitely succeed.

The dream world of the Moon Eye that was realized.

It will eventually be realized in his hands.

However.

Now!

He actually began to doubt himself!

But he had to doubt.

Because the strength shown by Menma was really too strong, so strong that even Uchiha Madara could not understand it.

Not to mention that there was also a special eye technique, Toneri (Black Zetsu would not tell Madara about the Samsara Eye, because he was the incarnation of Madara's will and could not know more ancient secrets than Madara.)

After weighing all aspects.

Madara found that it was really impossible for him to defeat Menma and Toneri, and it was impossible even if he tried his best.