Transcript of Tazuna "Hashi" Go's Radio Address
May 1st 1932
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HASHI: My fellow Wave citizens. A decade ago our country was fair, prosperous, and beautiful. I had a beautiful, wonderful wife and a loving daughter, and I was content with my work. Those memories of joy, memories of peace and happiness, are firmly in place in my heart. It is these memories being memories that has given me both strength, and placed my country in peril. Gato... How long have we tolerated his presence in our nation? How long have we seen the warning signs, yet did nothing? His business gobbled up ours, his ships dominated our waterways, the politicians in his pockets were the ones who got elected. I saw this, I wrote about it. I took the nom de plume of "Hashi", a bridge. A bridge away from the lies and misinformation Gato spewed, and to truth.
The truth is, Gato's grip on our nation has bled it dry. His thugs have committed the most heinous of crimes against our citizenry. His monopoly over our nation's waterways choked the life out of the vibrant nation I knew. His politicians have risen to the highest posts in the land, and obeyed his every whim, as though mere slaves to him. And in the midst of this economic collapse, he has pushed our nation to the brink of war with one of our closest allies, the Republic of Fire, just to keep the truth from getting out.
It is thus with immense satisfaction that I say to you, say to everyone now, that Gato is dead. He has been slain, his flagship and secrets taken, by a most incredible group of ninja. Two initially employed by him, and four employed by me. The former were tricked, however. Gato intended to merely use them to eliminate my own ninja, whom I had hired to bear witness to the situation our country was in themselves. I cared little for my own life. As long as the word got out about what was happening, as long as the truth did not die with me, I could face death without fear. These ninjas though... They have done far more than I could have ever asked of them.
With their assistance, we have the records, the documents, the writings, everything to prove just how badly Gato has abused this nation. How he has, in fact, hampered our recovery from the Crash for his own selfish ends. How he intended to slaughter his own ninja and cover up the situation, how he would pass off this crisis as mere overreaction and not only embarass our nation, but embarass the Republic of Fire, who has produced such excellent ninja as these.
Colonel Kakashi Hatake. Ex-Colonel Zabuza Momochi. His apprentice, Haku Momochi. Genin Third Class Sakura Haruno. Genins Third Class Sasuke Uchiha and last but certainly not least, Genin Third Class Naruto Uzumaki. These heroes, Naruto and Zabuza in particular, acquitted themselves honorably and helped to save our nation from Gato. It is they who are to be thanked for this service. For now, President Koshinuke is finished. I ask you, all of you in Wave, follow the example set by these heroes, the example they set for us. Rise up, reject this oppression! Soldiers, do not serve a government that asks you to betray your country! Your oaths of loyalty! I say again, Rise up, and demand freedom and justice for all!
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(Following this address, several other people spoke, including Zabuza Momochi and Naruto Uzumaki. Each sharing their experiences. Naruto Uzumaki himself attracted a great deal of acclaim from his belief in everyone's precious people. He later went off the air, at the insistence of Tazuna's daughter Tsunami, who wished to "treat his wounds and get him to bed". Zabuza seemed ready to say something in response, but was cut off by Tazuna's quick introduction of Sakura Haruno, who said little but encouraged the nation to freedom.)