Hashirama Senju, to protect the peace of Konoha and the Ninja World, killed his former best friend.
Afterward, he allied with the Uzumaki Clan, who possessed powerful sealing techniques, to seal the Nine-Tails. Hashirama Senju then married Uzumaki Mito, a princess of the Uzumaki Clan, and Uzumaki Mito became the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Naruto was stunned.
But then, he saw Uchiha Fugaku's notes.
Uchiha Fugaku: The Land of Whirlpools possessed powerful sealing Ninjutsu, which was in a league of its own at the time. Other Ninja Villages even had to ask them to seal their Tailed Beasts.
Buzz—
Naruto trembled all over.
Amazing!
Too amazing!
This First Hokage, his planning runs deep!
Even sealing Ninjutsu had to rely on Konoha.
How could the other Four Great Ninja Villages possibly cause trouble in front of Konoha?!
Ino Yamanaka: "Why is everyone so quiet?"
Uchiha Izuna: Hmph, that's why that Uzumaki girl just said that the downfall of the Land of Whirlpools was related to everyone.
Uchiha Izuna: That clan was indeed very powerful. They were distant relatives of the Senju, with equally strong physiques, and they possessed sealing Ninjutsu that no one else in the Ninja World really knew at the time. Their sealing Ninjutsu was something even the strongest among us, the Uchiha and the Senju, had to treat cautiously.
Uzumaki Kushina: "Just you wait, the Land of Whirlpools will be revived in Naruto's hands!"
Uzumaki Kushina: "Whatever you took back then, you'll have to spit it all out!"
The chat room fell into an eerie silence again.
The Uzumaki and Senju were distant blood relatives, and the clan excelled at sealing Ninjutsu. The clan head of the Uzumaki Clan, Uzumaki Ashina, also used his powerful sealing Ninjutsu to establish the Land of Whirlpools, Uzushiogakure. He was the patriarch of Konoha's sealing Ninjutsu, and today, the red Uzumaki symbol printed on the back of Konoha Ninja uniforms is the Uzumaki Clan's crest.
Seeing this, Naruto also understood the origin of his surname.
It wasn't Senju, but the Uzumaki Clan, distant relatives of the Senju, who also had strong physiques.
Naruto took a deep breath.
He suppressed the excitement in his heart.
He finally knew these things.
However, Naruto quickly became confused again.
All members of the Uzumaki Clan had red hair.
Their bloodline was extremely strong; even intermarrying with other Ninja clans would still result in red hair.
Seeing this, Naruto subconsciously looked at his own hair.
Blonde hair.
yellow flash... Minato Namikaze... Namikaze? Is it a very large Ninja clan, a very powerful bloodline?
Soon, Naruto's confusion was resolved.
Uchiha Fugaku: The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, had the members of the Senju Clan abandon the Senju surname and form their own families.
Uchiha Fugaku: Even the First Hokage's grandchildren, Tsunade and Nawaki, did not inherit the Senju surname.
'So that's it. If it were the Senju Clan, they could indeed suppress the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline within me, making my hair blonde.'
'Then... Minato Namikaze should be called Minato Senju.'
'But... Tsunade... is she the legendary Sannin? Oh right, she also has blonde hair.'
"Lady Tsunade, Black-Framed Naruto mentioned you~!" Shizune's eyes lit up.
"So he mentioned me, so what? Why are you so happy?" Tsunade rolled her eyes at her.
Big spender!
These three words appeared in many people's minds.
'Worried about conflict with the Uchiha, worried about clan members acting recklessly after he gained power...'
After the information he just received, Naruto had a preliminary understanding of Hashirama Senju, and subconsciously started thinking along these lines.
'Fortunately, otherwise, before the Uchiha Clan was annihilated, there might have been a Senju Clan annihilation as well.'
After that, there were some minor details recorded.
Tobirama Senju established the Ninja Academy.
Various ideologies, etc.
Including the Anbu, which he also created.
Looking at Tobirama Senju's information.
Naruto nodded repeatedly. Hashirama Senju's younger brother also seemed very capable.
Moreover, he developed so many Ninjutsu.
Later, after Tobirama Senju cultivated the first batch of talents, due to political factors, he took six disciples.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Uchiha Kagami, Homura Mitokado, Utatane Koharu, Akimichi Torifu.
Naruto silently noted down their names, then continued to flip through.
Konoha Year 18.
With the death of Hashirama Senju, the peace treaty between the Five Great Nations collapsed.
'Indeed!'
'But Konoha shouldn't be so passive, right?'
Hidden Cloud Village was the first to attack, with a large number of Ninja invading the Land of Fire.
Iwagakure and Hidden Mist Village erupted into war.
The First Great Ninja War broke out!
'Hidden Cloud Village attacked?'
'Other villages also started wars... It seems the other Four Great Nations aren't monolithic either, otherwise Konoha would have been gone long ago.'
The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, led his elite forces to battle.
The Land of Wind had a sparse population, barren land, and a weak economy. In this war, it did not participate much.
It was only after the future Second Kazekage took office that things greatly improved. The Ichibi Shukaku was put into combat, and the Second Kazekage developed a series of puppet Ninjutsu that could replace Sunagakure Ninja. From then on, the Land of Wind experienced a qualitative leap.
'Puppets?'
Naruto took a deep breath. Sure enough, with the historical documents, he was no longer an ignorant novice.
Konoha Year 20.
As the war progressed, a split emerged in Hidden Cloud Village. The hawkish faction and the conservative faction held different opinions. Ultimately, the Second Raikage decided to make a truce and alliance with Konoha.
'Is a truce and alliance that effective?'
'It's just words.'
However, an unexpected turn of events occurred.
During the alliance ceremony, the Gold and Silver Brothers staged a coup, killing the Second Raikage and injuring Tobirama Senju. Konoha's side used the chaos to escape but were pursued by the Gold and Silver Brothers.
Afterward, the Second Hokage tested his disciples' broader perspective and initiative.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was the first to step forward, and ultimately, he was appointed as the Third Hokage by the Second Hokage.
Tobirama Senju: "Oh, how I regret it!"
Tobirama Senju: "I should have agreed then!"
Uchiha Izuna: An incompetent excuse.
Tobirama Senju: "..."
Hashirama Senju: Madara... was I wrong?
What was originally for protecting his loved ones ended up becoming for protecting Konoha.
Hashirama Senju could already see what would happen in the future.
Uchiha Madara: I don't know.
Uchiha Madara simply responded calmly.
'That shouldn't be right!'
'Is the Second Hokage's combat power so severely diminished?'
'With Flying Thunder God, the Gold and Silver Brothers, who only got a little of the Great Fox's Chakra, shouldn't be able to kill them, right?'
'And... the Second Hokage developed so many Ninjutsu, it's impossible for him to be like this... Could it be that because he developed too many Ninjutsu, plus his age, his strength declined so severely?'
'However, the Second Hokage seems to be the one who truly embodied the Will of Fire.'
'Hmph, the Old Thing merely used the Will of Fire as a tool for brainwashing.'
Naruto sneered.
Uchiha Kagami also ultimately died in the First Great Ninja War.
Upon reading this, Naruto felt something was off.
The Second Hokage was very wary and vigilant of the Uchiha.
But he seemed quite good to his disciples.
'Because of the Uchiha's bloodline ability?'
This point wasn't detailed, so Naruto could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart.
But if that were truly the case, could it be understood that because of the Second Hokage's attitude towards the Uchiha, his disciples over-interpreted it?
Which led to the Uchiha's annihilation?
No, that's not right. Once Uchiha Madara left Konoha, the Uchiha's fate was already sealed.
After this, Konoha saw a succession of talented individuals.
...
Konoha Year 36.
Economic imbalance, war came.
Hashirama Senju's grandson, Nawaki, died in the war.
Konoha Year 37.
The Second Great Ninja War broke out in full force!
The Land of Whirlpools was annihilated overnight!