Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-38812954-20191223174558/@comment-32685487-20191223192919

Hiruzen was trained by Hashirama and Tobirama being groomed to be Hokage from a young age.. he had already surpassed Tobirama before Tobirama appointed him Hokage, he even says so himself that he is the strongest one there(Danzo and Kagami were present too along with Tobirama) and he could be the decoy and nobody contested his words except a jealous and hateful Danzo, Tobirama then appoints Hiruzen as Hokage and goes off to sacrifice himself to beat the KinGin Brothers and the Elite Kumo nin who were with them. Hiruzen in his prime is said to be the strongest Kage of his generation along with being a God of Shinobi and The Professor. His abilities are held that high by the author himself, shown by how the only other Shinobi to be given that title was Hashirama himself. It's just a shame we never got to see Prime Hiruzen going all in.