Tobirama Senju Residence.
"Kid, how does it feel to become a ninja?"
Tobirama Senju noticed the Ninja Headband on Renye's forehead.
"Not bad. It wasn't difficult," Renye said.
Tobirama Senju could not help reminding him, "Be extra careful when carrying out missions. One careless mistake could cost you your life."
"I know, Uncle."
Renye did not need to be reminded of something like that.
He valued his life very much...
Tobirama Senju murmured softly, "Good, as long as you know."
After all, he had lived with Renye for four years. It would be a real shame if the boy carelessly died while carrying out a mission.
Fortunately, he was only a genin now, and there would be a jonin leading the team, so he would not encounter much danger.
"Kid, go cook."
Tobirama Senju watched Renye enter the kitchen and sighed.
"I'll have to cook for myself from now on."
After becoming a ninja, Renye would have less time to return home.
Sometimes, when he was out carrying out missions, he might not return for several days.
That meant no one would cook for him anymore.
Tobirama Senju somewhat regretted agreeing to let Renye graduate early.
Now the household was directly short one cook.
From now on, every meal would be one less meal.
He shouted toward the kitchen, "Kid, make a few more dishes today."
After dinner, Renye went to the training ground to practice his swordsmanship.
He drew his sword, then suddenly noticed a notch in the blade. It had probably been caused when he blocked Shuriken earlier that day.
It hurt him terribly to see it, considering how much money he had spent on it.
Renye sighed. "Sigh, once I have money, I absolutely have to buy a good sword!"
A high-quality katana would cost at least 500,000 ryo.
He would need to save for at least several years.
"I'll make do with this for now." Renye sheathed his sword.
Tobirama Senju happened to notice this scene and fell into thought.
The kid had been here for four years, yet he seemed never to have given him a gift.
Since Renye wanted a good sword, he would give him one.
He happened to have kept a katana in his collection all this time...
With that thought, Tobirama Senju spoke. "Kid, I'll give you a sword as a gift for becoming a ninja."
"Really?" Renye's eyes lit up. Just when he was sleepy, someone brought him a pillow.
He quickly thanked him. "Thank you, Uncle!"
"Come with me." Tobirama Senju headed to the study.
"Uncle, where's the sword?" Renye looked around but did not see any sign of one.
Tobirama Senju said nothing. He walked over to the bookshelf and pulled out a book.
"Creak—" A door appeared in the corner of the study.
Renye was somewhat shocked. He had not expected there to be a hidden door here.
He had been here for so many years without discovering it, and he silently marveled to himself:
That old man Tobirama Senju really hid things deeply!
Renye followed Tobirama into the secret room, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
The walls of the secret room were lined with densely packed scrolls.
There was no need to guess; they were all Forbidden Technique scrolls.
As expected of the Master of Forbidden Jutsu!
At that moment, Renye noticed a katana on the innermost shelf, glinting with a cold light.
One look was enough to tell that it was a fine sword!
Tobirama Senju looked at the sword and sank into reminiscence, murmuring softly:
"I seized this sword after defeating an enemy on the battlefield."
"Actually, I truly never wanted to kill him. I only wanted to test a newly developed technique."
"I never expected him to die..."
The more Renye listened, the more something felt off. The owner of this sword could not possibly be...
Tobirama Senju tossed the sword to Renye. "This sword was a weapon of your Uchiha Clan. Giving it to you can be considered returning it to its rightful owner."
Renye understood at once. This sword really had belonged to Izuna Uchiha.
The moment the sword entered his hand, he knew it was a fine blade!
It might not even be inferior to Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword.
As expected of the young master of the Uchiha Clan. Unfortunately, Tobirama Senju had killed him.
From what that old man had said just now, it sounded like it had even been an accident?
Renye felt that Tobirama Senju's words probably meant this:
Wait, what? I only stabbed you once, and you died like that?
I really never expected you to die! Were you really that fragile?
Faced with an opponent like Tobirama Senju, Renye could only observe three seconds of silence for Izuna Uchiha.
"Don't worry, Lord Izuna. I'll cherish this sword!" Renye muttered.
"You know Izuna Uchiha?" Tobirama Senju was somewhat surprised.
He had not expected Renye, this kid, to know about something that had happened more than a decade ago.
Not only that, but he had even guessed the sword's owner from just a few of his words.
Only then did Renye realize that he had let something slip. Still, there was no need to hide it. He could just find an excuse and muddle through.
"I heard the elders of the clan mention it before. Lord Izuna was killed by you..."
At those words, Tobirama Senju showed a conflicted expression and said in a deep voice, "Actually, I never wanted to kill him..."
Although he had held the thought of killing Izuna at the time, he had not truly wanted to kill him.
He had only wanted Izuna Uchiha to witness the Flying Thunder God Technique he had newly developed. He had never expected the other man to die just like that.
Tobirama Senju had also been shocked when he learned the truth back then.
Later, he blamed himself for it for a long time. He truly had not done it on purpose.
Who knew Izuna Uchiha would not pull through?
It had to be because Madara had not gotten him medical treatment in time, which led to Izuna's death.
Then Madara pinned Izuna's death on him...
"Damn Madara Uchiha!" Tobirama Senju gritted his teeth.
Renye: "???"
How had this suddenly been dragged onto Madara Uchiha?
Could this old man really be turning things upside down and blaming Izuna Uchiha's death on Madara?
Well, based on what Renye knew of Tobirama Senju, it was actually quite possible.
He wondered what expression Madara Uchiha would have if he found out.
Somewhere in the Shinobi World.
A long-haired man dressed in black, with a Flame Fan slung diagonally across his back and a scythe in hand, suddenly sneezed without warning.
This man was Madara Uchiha, who had defected from Konoha four years ago.
He had seen through Konoha Village's true nature. The person to succeed Hashirama as Hokage would be Tobirama.
That meant the Uchiha Clan was destined to be wiped out one day.
It was precisely because he had seen this that he called on his clansmen to leave the village, yet not a single person had been willing to follow him.
This incident had completely disappointed him in his clansmen.
Those shortsighted fools did not deserve to be his clansmen!
It was not that Madara Uchiha had been abandoned by his clansmen. Madara Uchiha had abandoned them...
In the end, Madara Uchiha left the village alone to achieve true peace.
The Stone Tablet of the Uchiha Clan recorded words left behind by the Sage of Six Paths.
Infinite Tsukuyomi could pull everyone into a dream, allowing every person to live the life they wanted.
Thus, Madara Uchiha decided to activate Infinite Tsukuyomi and thereby bring peace to the world.
"Reality is too cruel. What is so bad about dreams?"
But the prerequisite for activating Infinite Tsukuyomi was possessing the Rinnegan.
However, he had found a method for Awakening the eyes on the Stone Tablet...
He was now preparing to carry out the first step of his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan—controlling a Tailed Beast.
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