Kakuzu would never understand backstabbing and scheming. He was only interested in two things: fighting and money. Otherwise, he would never have accepted the mission to assassinate the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama. There were other people in Takigakure with strength comparable to his, but those people were far too sharp to take the job. They knew what the consequences would be. Success would make everyone happy, but failure would turn them into scapegoats the village could offer up to appease Konohagakure. Besides, was Senju Hashirama really so easy to kill? If he could be killed that easily, Uchiha Madara would have been the First Hokage long ago.
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