Hiruzen was chosen by hashirama and tobirama both chose him to be there successor out of all the senju,uchihai,hyuga clan and all the other clans alive he was chosen because the 1st&2nd saw he was special
old hiruzen would beat allot of these so called elite ninja
but prime hiruzen=1st,2nd,madara
prime hiruzen>all of the other kages,minato,naruto,j-man,oro,5th,3rd,itachi,sasuke,kabuto,kakashi.gai yamto, and so on
not all at once but would kill them all in 1v1 or some 2v1
old hiruzen would beat allot of these so called elite ninja
but prime hiruzen=1st,2nd,madara
prime hiruzen>all of the other kages,minato,naruto,j-man,oro,5th,3rd,itachi,sasuke,kabuto,kakashi.gai yamto, and so on
not all at once but would kill them all in 1v1 or some 2v1