"I roughly understand. It seems my heart isn't dark enough." Kazuki sighed softly.
"It seems you understand."
Mito paused, then added, "Whether it's Hiruzen or Danzo, they were both taught by Tobirama. Some things were passed down from Tobirama, but they lack Tobirama's courage and spirit."
"Even if Tobirama wanted to do something, he wouldn't need to be as secretive as Danzo. Instead, he would use strong-arm tactics to make others obey him, and he was often right."
"Besides Hashirama, I've never seen Tobirama compromise with anyone. And Tobirama compromising with Hashirama wasn't because Hashirama was always right. It was simply because Hashirama was Tobirama's older brother, and the two brothers had a very strong bond. Tobirama also greatly respected Hashirama."
"Actually, Tobirama didn't support the initial establishment of Konoha. He was eventually persuaded by Hashirama and subsequently took on many responsibilities that originally belonged to the Hokage."
"Tobirama valued the Senju Clan greatly. He spent half his life fighting for the Senju Clan, but for Konoha, he chose to disband the Senju Clan."
"Madara once mentioned eradicating the Five Great Nations to make Konoha the only ninja village in the Ninja World. I knew that at that time, Tobirama actually supported Madara, he also believed it was necessary. Tobirama had already foreseen the current situation in the Ninja World."
"It was just that Hashirama didn't agree back then, and we lacked talent, which forced us to cooperate with the Daimyo and establish the one-country, one-village system."
Kazuki said, "Everyone has their own thoughts and beliefs. Perhaps for the Second Hokage, Hashirama was the most important person in his early life?"
"Just like the Uchiha clan, many people consider their brothers to be extremely important."
Kazuki shook his head slightly and chuckled, "This is like a ninja way."
"Perhaps." Mito's eyes flickered slightly.
"If it were you, how would you deal with Danzo?"
"Targeting Danzo? I would raid the Root base and find all the incriminating evidence. I believe there should be a roster of Root members in the Root base, right? As long as I get the roster, I can target Danzo."
Kazuki thought for a moment and said, "Of course, I could also use genjutsu to control Danzo. Even if there might be corresponding Sealing Jutsu in his mind, I am confident that I can make him reveal everything I want to know."
Many high-ranking Konoha officials actually have corresponding Sealing Jutsu. This is primarily to prevent enemies from obtaining Konoha's intelligence through special means if they fall into enemy hands.
Of course, these Sealing Jutsu are sealed by themselves. Otherwise, how could they allow others to do something to their minds?
Danzo undoubtedly also has a safeguard, and it is a Sealing Jutsu that was researched by Tobirama, innovated by combining the inheritances of the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan.
After Kazuki said that, Mito fell silent. If it were Kazuki's genjutsu, it really might be possible to break those Sealing Jutsu.
Kazuki's Sharingan in just its three tomoe state was already more powerful than Madara's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, not to mention the Rinnegan.
Mito had a feeling that if Kazuki wanted to, he could completely and violently control the Nine-Tails directly through her. If such a thing had been said before, she would never have believed it. But Kazuki has surpassed the previous Madara in all aspects. It's just unknown what level Madara has reached in his Rinnegan state.
"Perhaps your idea is also correct. It's just that everyone's situation is different." Mito sighed.
"What do you plan to do next? If there's a need, I can step forward."
Mito intended to pave the way for Kazuki. This was not for Kazuki himself, even though he was no different from her own grandson in her eyes. However, Mito generally wouldn't interfere in such matters.
In the past ten years or so, Mito, apart from helping Hiruzen successfully become Hokage, mostly existed as a mascot. But if she really stepped forward, let alone Danzo, even Hiruzen would probably be in for a tough time.
Mito was not doing this for Kazuki, but for the entire Konoha. If Kazuki were to act in the style of the Uchiha clan, too many people in Konoha would probably die.
She admitted that some of those people indeed deserved to die, but some were actually not deserving of death. They were deceived by Danzo's words, and everything they did was for Konoha. These people should not die. As long as she was willing to step forward, many people would be willing to listen to her.
"No, thank you. You have been out of worldly affairs for so long, and I don't want you to ruin your reputation in your later years. Those people won't understand why you would do this, they will only think you are too lenient with me." Kazuki smiled wryly and shook his head.
"Besides, dragging things out might not be without benefits for me. I need time to grow."
Can you still grow?
Mito was stunned. However, feeling the Chakra aura on him, it seemed that Kazuki's Chakra was still growing at a visible rate. This amount of Chakra was almost three times that of Hashirama back then.
If someone had said this before, she would never have believed it, but now that Kazuki was standing in front of her, she had no choice but to believe.
Kazuki's Chakra was still rapidly increasing, and it was unknown how far he could grow in the future, but unfortunately, she wouldn't live to see it.
However, the Sage of Six Paths's Chakra within Kazuki's body was always a hidden danger. She acknowledged Kazuki, not the so-called Sage of Six Paths.
"Yes, time is on your side." Mito gave a bitter smile.
She estimated that with her condition, she wouldn't last more than a year.
Even though Nine-Tails was very well-behaved now, at the end of the day, it's Chakra was simply too immense, and the effort she usually needed to suppress the it's Chakra was considerable. In fact, if Nine-Tails wasn't so well-behaved now, it would probably have changed Jinchuriki already.
As a woman who had lived through the Sengoku era, Mito was already very content. She had many children and grandchildren.
Nawaki had shed his former impulsiveness and grown. Tsunade was considered one of Konoha's top experts, and with Kazuki around, Konoha's safety for the next forty or fifty years was assured. Many of the Uzumaki clan members who were scattered abroad had come to Konoha.
She could peacefully go to the Pure Land to meet Hashirama.