Hashirama Reborn

Everyone stared at the strange creature on the ground in confusion. It looked like an abandoned rock, lying quietly among the chains. If it weren't for its slightly undulating body silently proclaiming the existence of life, no one would have believed that it was a living thing.

Its flat body is covered with spikes, making it look both weird and scary, and the long tongue that sticks out from between its fangs makes hoarse sounds from time to time, adding a bit of mystery and terror.

At this moment, a loud bang shook the sky, as if the whole world was shaking. Everyone looked up and saw the huge figure of the three-tailed beast suddenly appearing in the sea near the Whirlpool Country. It stretched out its thick neck, and its huge left eye exposed was lowered, observing the strange creature with a sharp gaze.

Samehada!

The Three-Tails said in a deep voice, with a hidden joy in his voice. Hashirama, who followed closely behind, jumped lightly and landed steadily in front of the strange creature on the ground. He stretched out his hand curiously and gently poked the flat body. Looking at the creature that began to struggle, a surprised expression appeared on his face.

Is this Samehada? What a strange-looking fish. What kind of fish is it? Hashirama couldn't help but ask.

The three-tailed beast seemed a little dissatisfied with Hashirama's evaluation. It said unhappily: Samehada is not strange! Its voice revealed a firmness to protect its friend.

Seeing this, Hashirama quickly scratched his smooth hair and smiled apologetically: I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else, it's just that your friend's appearance is so rare, I was curious for a moment...

After listening to Hashirama's explanation, the Three-Tails' voice calmed down a little, and it swung its three thick tails, splashing huge waves. It didn't care about the fearful and hostile looks of the humans beside it, and looked at Hashirama's curious face, and said proudly: Of course it's rare, there is only one Samehada in the world!

Oh, so precious!

Listening to Hashirama's admiration, the Three-Tails nodded its huge head in agreement and said happily: Samehada is the only creature that survived the erosion of my chakra. It usually sticks to my stomach and is responsible for helping me clean up food residues. It can also absorb food from my stomach, extract a large amount of chakra, and then send the pure chakra back to my body. We have lived together for a long time, and it is my friend.

At this point, the three-tailed beast's tone revealed a hint of pride and tenderness, as if he was recalling the years he and Samehada had spent together in the lonely deep sea. After a pause, he spoke hesitantly: As for the appearance... Samehada didn't look like this before. Maybe it's because he has been eroded by my chakra for too long, so Samehada's appearance is closer to me.

After all, it is the only living thing that can stay by my side and has not died.

After listening to the explanation of the Three-Tails and feeling the loneliness and desolation in his words, Hashirama was stunned. In his original concept, the tailed beasts were a group of monsters that possessed great power but only knew how to destroy. Therefore, in his last life, he firmly chose to seal all the tailed beasts, hoping to balance the power between the major ninja villages by distributing the tailed beasts and maintain world peace.

However, such a decision ultimately led to the tragedy of the Jinchūriki and a larger war. The act of distributing the tailed beasts could not bring peace at all. The existence of the tailed beasts only made the wars between ninja villages larger in scope and lethality. The tragedy of a Jinchūriki and the three Ninja World Wars have already demonstrated the fallacy of sealing the tailed beasts.

Especially after experiencing the Fourth War, Hashirama witnessed with his own eyes that the tailed beasts and Naruto had a mutual understanding and developed a deep friendship with each other. He began to realize that even the tailed beasts were not only destructive and cruel, but in the deepest parts of their hearts, they also had feelings and warmth.

Hashirama asked himself why Naruto, a child, could do what he couldn't do. It was not until his soul left his body and he looked at Naruto chattering next to the Uchiha boy and Uchiha Sasuke, who had an impatient look on his face but had no intention of avoiding him, that Hashirama suddenly realized.

It turns out that I was too arrogant.

Compared to Naruto who has always been steadfast in his ideals and pursuit of Sasuke, his self-confidence was so inflated due to the support of his family and the establishment of Konoha that he ignored all problems and contradictions.

He trusted his own power and influence too much and ignored the feelings and needs of others. This self-centered attitude made it impossible for him to truly understand and respect others, nor to establish true trust and cooperative relationships, which led to Madara's disappointed departure and the decline of Konoha in its later years.

He did not fully consider the potential threat of the tailed beasts to human society, nor did he foresee that the Jinchūriki would have to endure tremendous pain and sacrifice as a result. This arrogant attitude made him mistakenly believe that everything was under his control, which resulted in the Jinchūriki and the ninja world being plunged into endless battles and suffering.

Looking at the interaction between Naruto and Sasuke, Hashirama couldn't help but feel relieved before his consciousness dissipated. Although they had different backgrounds and experiences, they were able to understand and support each other and grow together. If he had also... at that time, would there have been a different ending with Madara?

Given a chance to do it all over again, Hashirama decided that he would change his attitude and behavior to avoid making the same mistakes again.

Especially now that he had the opportunity to face the kindness that the tailed beasts showed to other creatures, and saw the friendship between the Three-Tails and Samehada, it confirmed for him that all the tailed beasts were sentient creatures, and they were not incomprehensible monsters that only knew how to destroy.

Thus, a new idea came into Hashirama's mind: if he could communicate well with the tailed beasts and understand their emotions and needs, perhaps he would not need to seal them and could achieve peaceful coexistence between the tailed beasts and humans.

Thinking of this, Hashirama reached out without hesitation and destroyed the heavy chains that bound Samehada. Samehada was shocked by the sudden freedom, and the next second, he suddenly jumped up, swung his sharp tail, and launched a fierce attack on the human in front of him. Hashirama was prepared and quickly summoned branches to block Samehada's attack.

Under the astonished gaze of everyone, Hashirama controlled the tree branches to send the struggling Samehada to the Three-Tails, and said happily: Samehada has been found, you can take your friend back anytime.

The Three-Tails looked at Hashirama with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He slowly stretched out his chakra and gently wrapped Samehada, as if expressing the joy of reunion. Feeling the familiar chakra breath, Samehada paused in his struggling, and then rubbed the hard body under him docilely, automatically found a good position, and lay down without moving.

Looking at the harmonious scene in front of him, Hashirama was so moved that he couldn't help but say: "Three-tailed, if you are not in a hurry to leave, would you like to try our food? My cooking skills are pretty good!"

The Uzumaki tribe members who have remained silent: !!!

The Senju tribe members who were equally silent: !!!