Mito knew that the Uchiha clan was a clan that valued emotions deeply.
Kazuki was a very filial child, and he also considered Kushina, Mikoto, Rinka, and Nawaki as good friends. As long as he had such friends, there was no need to worry about Kazuki going astray.
If Izuna had not died back then, perhaps Madara would not have taken that path.
Of course, if Izuna were alive, Madara probably wouldn't have shaken hands and allied with Hashirama.
Even though Madara's strength surpassed Izuna's, the one who always handled the Uchiha clan's affairs was Izuna, the deputy chief.
Izuna was an old-school Uchiha, very similar to Tobirama in that regard. If Izuna were still around, the situation would have been different.
Mito did not want Kazuki to follow a path similar to Madara's, where in the end, he would have no one left to support him.
This child is very good, truly very good. He deserves a better future.
"What will you do about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?" Mito then asked Kazuki.
"Nine-Tails Jinchuriki? Actually, I'm quite hesitant. If Kushina becomes the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and gains Nine-Tails' recognition, her strength will greatly improve. Moreover, as far as I know, Nine-Tails also possesses Sage Mode."
Kazuki said with a slight hesitation, "Once Nine-Tails genuinely cooperates, if I train Kushina, her strength won't be much worse than Madara's and the First Hokage's during the Valley of the End period."
"Of course, it's very likely she won't be able to defeat them. After all, they fought their way through the Sengoku era, and their combat experience is not comparable to that of ordinary ninjas."
Madara's strength during the Valley of the End period was immense, but not entirely insurmountable.
Didn't the future Naruto also fight by relying on Nine-Tails?
Naruto in Sage Mode was very powerful.
Don't forget, even at the end of Shippuden, the Nine-Tails used by Naruto was only half of Nine-Tails' power.
First it was the Yang Nine-Tails, then the Yin Nine-Tails.
And if Kushina becomes the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki later, she will have the complete Nine-Tails inside her.
Without a Jinchuriki, Nine-Tails would naturally fear Madara, but when cooperating with a Jinchuriki, it might not fear Madara from the Valley of the End period.
In the future, when fighting those Otsutsuki, wasn't it also in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode?
"Nine-Tails also has Sage Mode?" Mito was startled upon hearing this.
She hadn't expected Nine-Tails to have such an ability. If that's the case, then Hashirama's victory at the Valley of the End was rather fortunate?
It was also fortunate that Madara didn't gain Nine-Tails' recognition. If Nine-Tails had willingly cooperated with Madara and then entered Sage Mode, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Don't forget, Madara eventually revived, while Hashirama died from Chakra exhaustion. If Madara had borrowed the power of Sage Mode, it's hard to imagine the outcome.
"Yes, and it's the purest form of Sage Mode. The nine tailed beasts were with the Sage of Six Paths back then, so they naturally learned a lot of things."
Towards the end of his sentence, Kazuki became uncertain. It seemed that Sage Mode might very well be an innate talent of Nine-Tails.
At least, he hadn't seen any other tailed beasts master Sage Mode. Perhaps this was because Nine-Tails was actually the closest to the Ten-Tails.
"Is that so?" Mito nodded thoughtfully.
Sage of Six Paths! She wondered what kind of person he was.
"However, being a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is still dangerous. I suspect Madara is just a visible target. Some things are too coincidental."
"Madara and Hashirama cared so much about each other. To put it bluntly, if Madara were a woman, grandma Mito, there probably wouldn't have been any room for you, would there?" Kazuki said, his words shocking to the extreme.
Mito was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. She had to admit, although Kazuki's idea was a bit rebellious, if she thought carefully about the relationship between Madara and Hashirama, if Madara really were a woman, there might truly have been no place for her.
"Perhaps it's truly so." Mito sighed softly, acknowledging Kazuki's thought.
"I've observed and investigated previously. It seems that during the thousand-year-long war between the Senju and the Uchiha clan, it wasn't just Hashirama and Madara, who wanted to reconcile, but they always failed. It seems there was an unseen, powerful hand hindering the two clans from reconciling."
"Moreover, as far as I know, before Madara controlled Nine-Tails, the First Hokage hadn't learned Sage Mode yet, had he?" Following this, Kazuki asked again.
"That's right." Mito frowned, recalling the past.
"Although the Shikkotsu Forest contract has always been a tradition of the Senju clan, for a long time before that, Hashirama hadn't learned Sage Mode. At that time, he felt a crisis, so he specifically went to learn Sage Mode."
"But he didn't expect such a thing to happen. It was fortunate that he learned Sage Mode."
Kazuki nodded understandingly. Initially, he thought that Hashirama had learned Sage Mode before Madara awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
But thinking about it carefully, if Hashirama had learned Sage Mode by then, Madara would probably have doubted his entire existence.
If he dared to approach Hashirama with Nine-Tails, then it was highly likely that Hashirama had not used Sage Mode in front of Madara before.
"Now that I recall carefully, it seems Madara and Hashirama's strengths were always quite similar." Mito's eyes were filled with nostalgia.
"I heard Nine-Tails say before that they were the reincarnations of Indra Chakra and Asura Chakra. If that's the case, it doesn't seem incomprehensible."
"But listening to you, it seems that every time Madara's strength increased, Hashirama's strength would also increase accordingly, always subtly stronger than Madara's."
Kazuki smiled and said, "So, don't you think there's an unseen, powerful hand secretly manipulating things in the Ninja World?"
"Asura and Indra, Madara and Hashirama, aren't they very similar?"
Mito's pupils suddenly constricted. How did Asura and Indra fall out? Weren't those two brothers?
In the end, the two brothers fought to the death, and even their respective descendants fought endlessly.
Perhaps behind the Ninja World, there truly was an unseen, powerful hand in control.
Mito looked at Kazuki. Could it be the Sage of Six Paths?
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