Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-38812954-20191223174558

vs orochimaru in part 1 up against edo tobirama and edo hashirama, i noticed hiruzen apologizing for going to use the reaper death seal. a forbidden jutsu developed by the uzumaki clan. this indicated to me that hiruzen most likely has a good amount of forbidden jutsu up his sleeve, but doesn't use because of moral principle, code, practice, or constraints. i mean his "professor" title, couldn't just be hot air. or a name given to him, for him to just have it.

so can it be deduced that hiruzen was revered as a God of Shinobi, for being a forbidden jutsu master? 