Chapter 89 Sigh

Terumi Mei slowly raised her head, surrounded by endless white branches. Each branch seemed to have some kind of spirituality. They collided and swayed with each other, looking triumphantly as if they were watching their group of losers.

Higher up, the masked figure sat quietly on a strange tree monster with endless eyes. The blue eyes under the mask were as cold and deep as an ancient well without waves.

The setting sun broke through the dark clouds that were about to disperse, like a candle piercing through the curtain with circular holes. The flaming red light shone behind Hashirama, reflecting him like a statue looking down at the world indifferently. god.

"Boiling Escape·Qiao Mist Technique!"

Terumi Mei spit out a piece of green acid mist from her mouth, and the countless white branches and vines behind them that were still surrounding them instantly rotted into a ball of black mud.

After doing this, Mei Terumi's knees softened and she almost fell to the ground.

She said eagerly to the remaining ten Kirigakure ninjas:

"The passage has been opened. You go quickly. I will come to the rear."

"But……"

"It's nothing but, if I don't leave, I won't have a chance..." Terumi Mei turned her head and glanced at Hashirama. Even after he opened such a big gap, the other person was still as steady as a rock, without any intention of taking action. His cold eyes were always fixed on him.

"Let's go together! Terumi Mei-sama!!" Chojuro cried with tears. He was tightly tied by a branch from the beginning. Terumi Mei saved him regardless of the danger.

Terumi Mei shook her head slightly, she was vaguely aware of Hashirama's thoughts.

There are so many people here, everyone can leave, but she can't leave.

She wiped the blood stains on her face, her voice was particularly tired:

"That Hashirama, he doesn't mind if you live or die, so you can still survive if you evacuate now, but if you wait any longer, you will really have to die."

"His target has been me from beginning to end. I can't leave. If I leave, none of you will survive."

"Now, let's go!!!"

After listening to Terumi Mei's words, several Kirigakure ninjas looked at each other silently, and one of them directly knocked out Chojuro with a knife, who was crying and planning to "use his life to open up a way for Terumi Mei-sama". Just before rebirth, the group of people quickly ran towards the exit.

They were quite decisive. They turned around and ran away after knowing that they would not be of any use if they continued to stay. This was the style of the Kirigakure ninjas who prioritized their missions. Accompanying Terumi Mei to death had no practical significance. The enemy was too difficult to deal with. After experiencing so many battles, they were already dead and wounded, and their escape at this time was not to survive, but to convey information.

Konoha troops.

Hyuga Ningqi.

Between Thousand Arms Pillars.

Possible Kirigakure spies.

Sword Hidden Village in the Country of Waves.

The above information needs to be carried by these Kirigakure ninjas in their own bodies. This is the reason why they must live.

Soon, this group of defeated soldiers successfully escaped from the shackles of this strange white mountain forest under the cover of their leader.

Terumi Mei looked at the direction in which they disappeared, her eyes relaxed, and when she turned around to face Hashirama again, her expression had become extremely calm and calm.

"Why do you look so relieved?" Hashirama tilted his head and supported his chin with one hand, "Do you really think they can escape smoothly?"

"What do you mean?" Terumi Mei frowned.

"It's not interesting. It's the same reason you met me today. If they dare to kill the islanders on this island like other defeated soldiers during their escape to vent their anger, I won't give them a chance to get out of the Country of Waves alive. "

Hashirama's gentle voice had a certain chill to the bone. Although Mei Terumi felt that her subordinates would never commit such an animal act of killing innocent people, she still couldn't help but frown.

Is this person hypocritical, or does he really care about the safety of the people of Wave Country?

But no matter what.

"We did not kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

Terumi Mei emphasized every word, refusing to bear moral responsibilities that do not belong to him.

Seeing that she refused to admit it, a sneer came from under the mask. Hashirama stretched out his hand and pointed lightly in a certain direction, "There is a mountain village over there. More than 400 people in it all died a few hours ago. The leader Yes, this is it.”

A dry corpse was lifted out by a white branch. This was Kirigakure Jonin Fushisha. Looking at this familiar face, Terumi Mei shook her head gently. She didn't know whether she didn't believe it or felt unbelievable. .

"In addition, there are more than 800 innocent islanders affected by the war between you and Konoha. The homes where more than 5,000 people live have been destroyed. Such tragic losses are why I killed so many of you. , Isn’t it too much?” Hashirama asked.

"What about Konoha? It was because they chose the battlefield here that so many people from the Land of Waves were implicated. They are the culprits. Have you looked for them?!" Terumi Mei no longer questioned the Kirigakure ninja. The number of innocent people killed, but asked why the other party didn't go to Konoha to settle the score.

There were many reasons, but the masked man only picked one and said:

"Because I am Senju Hashirama, the founder of Konoha."

"I am the first person responsible for Konoha's decline into the cruel and tyrannical state it is today."

"I will make up for my mistake soon."

The huge white-eyed tree slowly disappeared and returned to the state of a thin seedling. This was a sign that the white-eyed essence in its body had been consumed. If it continued to be consumed, it would require the lives of 50,000 people in the Land of Waves. .

Hashirama fell to the ground from mid-air and touched the extremely delicate eyes on the seedling.

Hashirama didn't do much in this battle. Apart from fighting the Kirigakure ninjas who could damage the Byakugan tree, he only consumed a large amount of chakra and Byakugan essence to activate the perfect "Byakugan Planting Chapter" in the Shiba space. "The secret method of "The White-eyed Tree" temporarily evolved the white-eyed tree from the seedling stage to the mature stage, and the methods of fighting enemies derived from it were somewhat endless. Even Hashirama himself was surprised by the terrifying killing power displayed by the mature white-eyed tree.

This is just the white-eyed tree in its mature stage. There will be a flowering period and a fruiting stage after that. By then, what kind of power will the white-eyed tree have?

It can only be said that the secret method obtained through the almighty power of Zhiju Space was indeed spent most of Byakugan's essence, and it indeed has unlimited potential.

The seedling retracted underground with a "swish" sound. It has now returned to Jianyin Village on the top of the mountain. The white-eyed tree in the seedling stage has shallow roots and can still move freely, but it will not be able to do so when it matures. At that time, it can only be borrowed. The root clone of the white-eyed tree brings the influence of the sacred tree to other places.

Terumi Mei didn't notice the tiny white-eyed tree sapling that suddenly disappeared. Of course, even if she did, she would just think that Hashirama had canceled the psychic technique, and her vision limited her cognitive ability.

She was thinking about what Hashirama had just said, and then carefully looked at the figure in front of her, recalling the way he spoke and acted. She couldn't help but open her mouth, widen her eyes, and her eyes were horrified as if she saw a ghost:

"... You can't really be the God of Ninja... Senju Hashirama, right?"

"What do you think?" Hashirama asked calmly.

Terumi Mei felt that her thoughts were extremely chaotic for a while. She tended to think that the other party was telling lies, but the wood escape method this guy showed from beginning to end dazzled her. The terrifying white giant tree with eyes all over its body, if it weren't for Among Senju Hashirama, who else is qualified to control such psychic beasts to help out?

She stared closely at the mask on Hashirama's face, guessing the appearance behind the mask. If he was really Senju Hashirama, how old would he be?

How did he survive until now?

Why is he in the Land of Waves and not in Konoha?

There were many and complicated thoughts, but Terumi Mei finally took a breath and asked the most critical question related to herself with some helplessness and discouragement:

"... Then may I ask, Lord Hashirama, why are you targeting me?"

"This question..." Hashirama was about to speak when he suddenly seemed to feel something and looked in a certain direction.

Terumi Mei was a little confused, but still followed his gaze.

The sound of rustling came from far to near, like many bees buzzing closer.

It wasn't until those countless figures appeared from the woods that Terumi Mei finally got a clear look, her eyes slowly widening.

Those... weren't bees, they were countless people from the Land of Waves carrying pots and pans, supporting each other.

The leader was an old man on crutches and wearing a white turban.

Perhaps because they were familiar with Hashirama's style, they did not come over, but muttered something unknown on the battlefield where the corpses were piled up. Then a furious young man raised his long knife and slashed at the corpses on the ground.

He chopped the body into seven or eight pieces before finally giving up.

Terumi Mei's expression changed after witnessing this scene with her own eyes.

"what are they doing?!"

Insulting the bodies of their Kirigakure village ninjas?

Even if they, Kirigakure Village, were defeated, they wouldn't be so humiliated, right?

Hashirama didn't speak, just watched quietly.

Soon, under the command of the old man wearing a white turban, they fell to their knees in large groups like wheat blown by the wind, crying and shouting something.

"Thank you, Lord Hashirama, for upholding justice for us!"

"Thank you Lord Hashirama for avenging us!"

"Thank you, Hashirama-sama!"

"Thank you!"

"Thank you!"

Terumi Mei glanced at Hashirama, who was always calm, and then at the thousands of villagers from the Land of Waves who were kneeling not far away.

It finally dawned on me.

She looked extremely complicated for a moment.

There is no doubt that what Hashirama said before that the war between them and Konoha caused heavy losses to the Kingdom of Waves is true.

This group of people all worshiped Hashirama from the bottom of their hearts, and they all truly hated the Kirigakure ninjas who brought them disaster.

"Are they thanking you?" Terumi Mei's voice was a little low.

"No, they are just begging me." Hashirama said calmly. He ignored the kneeling villagers, took Terumi Mei, and turned around to walk towards the Kengakure village on the mountain.

"Please?" Terumi Mei didn't hear this meaning from the simple words of the villagers.

"The purpose of gratitude is to request that they hope that through this way of showing kindness, they can allow me to stay in the Country of Waves and protect them from another invasion by foreign enemies like Kirigakure Village." Hashirama So explained.

Terumi Mei's face had muscles twitching. She didn't know that the villagers' grateful behavior could be interpreted in this way. Although she was a little annoyed by the people's disrespect for the corpse of the Kirigakure ninja, she could also understand the simple emotions in the hearts of those people.

Who treats them well.

Who treats them badly.

They know everything.

If such simple people were allowed to hear Hashirama's comments about their grateful behavior, it would probably break their hearts.

And it looks like...

"You don't seem to care about those villagers." Terumi Mei asked with some confusion.

Interpret gratitude as a request... Even though he has such a harsh interpretation of people's emotions, Hashirama still stands up for these people and becomes Kirigakure's enemy. Isn't it very contradictory?

Hashirama glanced at Terumi Mei, as if he saw through what she was thinking, shook his head and said, "I protect them and it has nothing to do with them."

"My purpose is to right the wrongs of this world, so that everyone can have the power to protect themselves."

"It just happened that my first step to correct the world fell on the Country of Waves, and on those of them."

"You may think I'm mean, but that's what I think."

"——The best way to achieve peace is not to pray for a savior, but to find ways to make themselves the savior."

"I can't stay in the Country of Waves all my life. The seeds of peace need to be sprinkled in every corner of the world. Before the last fruit of peace matures, they must all work hard to become heroes who can stand up and prevent disasters from happening."

Terumi Mei frowned, because she had just come into contact with the other party, and the information she received was not enough to support her detailed analysis, so she did not quite understand the specific meaning of Hashirama's words.

Righting the wrongs of the world?

Achieve world peace?

Titles like this have no basis in actual behavior, so Terumi Mei can only lament Hashirama's "ambition" with a slight sense of irony in his heart.

"So, Hashirama-sama, what do you want to do with me?" Hashirama did not restrict her behavior, but Terumi Mei has personally experienced the other party's strength. Even if there are no shackles on her body, it does not prevent her from becoming a de facto of prisoners.

"Did you fall in love with my beauty?" She pretended to be shy and lifted up her skirt, revealing her smooth and smooth thighs.

Hashirama didn't even look at her, and said calmly as he walked:

"The wrong status quo in the Blood Mist in Hidden Kiri Village needs to be corrected. I don't want to cause too serious killings during the operation, so I need a suitable person to contact all parties in Hidden Kiri Village."

Hashirama's cold attitude did not dampen Terumi Mei's confidence in her appearance. After all, she was an antique from decades ago. It is understandable that she cannot accept the open spirit of the new era.

But the meaning of the other party's words was somewhat beyond Terumi Mei's expectation. Although he sent Zabuza and Haku with the intention of cooperation from the beginning, Terumi Mei did not take a fancy to them at that time. The entire team was almost destroyed in front of Hashirama, and she clearly realized the weight of Shiro's previous warning:

"Then let Mr. Hashirama talk to them."

Before "chatting", who would have thought that "chatting" with Hashirama would cost such a heavy price!

Terumi Mei stroked her forehead:

"If you need my cooperation, just say so. Why..."

Hashirama glanced over.

Terumi Mei's voice stopped suddenly because she remembered that from the very beginning, it was she and others who took the initiative to approach the Kenyin Village with the intention of "flattening" the newly established Ninja Village.

A silent sigh fell gently.