You Guys Break Up!

The Uchiha and the Hyuga Clan in a prearranged marriage?

Meitoku exploded on the spot.

He stood up, glaring fiercely at Chiken. "I've put up with you for long enough. The Uchiha have no shame; we of the Hyuga Clan still do!"

This roar stunned everyone.

They never expected Meitoku, usually so amiable, to erupt with such intensity.

"The Uchiha have no shame? You old fossil, don't push your luck!"

"What ideas could my innocent and kind little son possibly have about your daughter?" Chiken retorted without caring who was at a disadvantage.

"I only suggested this for the sake of our clans' friendship. Are you trying to destroy the harmony we've maintained all this time?"

Meitoku immediately rolled up his sleeves, losing his temper. "Old man, don't give me that. If you've got the guts, let's settle this one-on-one!"

Chiken, never one to shy away from trouble, quickly rose to the challenge. "Bring it on! I'm not afraid of an old fossil like you!"

The two men, growing increasingly heated in their insults, incited their followers to join in the shouting match.

The Third Hokage watched with a headache as both sides hurled insults back and forth.

He was the only outsider in the room. If he didn't do something quickly, the meeting room would be destroyed.

He stood up, trying to mediate. "Everyone, calm down. You're both clan heads; why are you acting like children, resorting to fighting when you can't argue your point…"

"Give me, your Hokage, some face, will you?"

"Hmph!" X2

Chiken and Meitoku both snorted, each refusing to back down.

However, they had to respect the Hokage's position.

Otherwise, how could they continue to live in Konoha?

"In my opinion, you're both just children…" the Third Hokage muttered inwardly.

Fortunately, the situation didn't escalate. Otherwise, as the head of Konoha, he would have had to step in and stop these two childish clan heads.

That would have made the scene even uglier.

Outside the Hokage Building.

Both sides were still listing each other's faults.

"Old fossil/Old man, you just wait!"

After delivering their threats, the two clan heads led their respective clans away in opposite directions.

"Finally, those two deities are gone…" The Third Hokage secretly breathed a sigh of relief after watching them leave.

What if it was like this every day?

The Uchiha and the Hyuga Clan would probably be at odds for a while.

Seeing that the matter was settled, he quickly returned to his office.

He had a strange feeling that today's Konoha Daily would have a major scoop.

"Pfft…"

Back in his office, the Third Hokage nearly choked on his own saliva as he looked at the news in the paper.

Konoha Daily:

Uchiha and Hyuga Clan Achieve Century-Long Reconciliation? See How the Two Clans' People Interact Harmoniously!

The Key to a Certain Uchiha Boy and a Certain Hyuga Girl Becoming Friends!

Which is Konoha's Strongest Clan?

After searching through the entire newspaper, the Third Hokage finally found a small, inconspicuous corner with news about a fire at the Ninja Academy.

Putting down the newspaper, he felt utterly exhausted.

He didn't even need to think about it; he knew that the Uchiha were behind this.

This scene was a perfect replica of what had happened with the Senju.

It seemed the Uchiha and the Hyuga Clan were destined to be eternal enemies.

"I'm so angry! I knew that old man was no good!" Meitoku returned to the Hyuga Clan compound, still fuming.

"What's wrong, Father? It's rare to see you so angry." The Hyuga brothers beside him trembled.

"It's that old devil Chiken of the Uchiha! He really has no shame!"

"..." The two brothers didn't dare to respond.

Even the usually refined and elegant Meitoku was so angry, which showed that the other leader must be a ruthless character.

"What's that?" Meitoku asked, looking at the newspaper in Hizashi's hand.

Hiashi knew something was about to happen, but before he could stop him, the other man snatched the initiative.

"I have never seen such a shameless person!" Meitoku's anger flared even higher after reading the newspaper.

"..." X2

"Where's Nao?" Meitoku asked the two brothers, noticing that one of the protagonists of the incident was not in the house.

"Our sister went to the clan training grounds early this morning."

Meitoku, filled with anger, strode quickly towards the training grounds.

"Brother Hiashi, nothing will happen to our sister, right?" Hizashi, usually so taciturn, was still concerned about his sister.

"Don't worry, Hizashi. Father never has the heart to hit our sister..."

"Still, we should go and see what's happening."

The Hyuga brothers followed closely behind, heading towards the clan's training grounds.

Inside the Uchiha compound.

"That old fossil is no good, a complete smiling tiger!" Chiken grumbled to Shin, who was inspecting the factory assembly line.

"Shin, listen to me! You must cut off all contact with that Hyuga girl!"

Inside the Hyuga training grounds.

Meitoku had just said something similar to Nao, echoing Chiken's words.

"Why, Father? Shin is my first friend," Nao said, her voice icy.

"Don't look at me like that. Blame that old man for wanting a toad to eat swan meat!"

"That old fossil even looks down on us Uchiha! My son is a genius who awakened his Sharingan at the age of five!"

"..."

Shin was speechless. What was going on?

"I just wanted to provoke that old fossil, but I didn't expect him to be so shameless!"

"Father... I don't want to," Nao's voice trembled slightly.

Meitoku remained unmoved. "So what if he's a five-year-old Sharingan genius? I still don't agree to you being friends!"

"Old man, calm down."

"Calm down? Calm down my ass!"

"I don't care. If you still consider me your father, break off all contact with that little girl immediately!" Chiken declared, making a final decision.

At that moment, both Shin and Nao felt a sense of absurdity.

How could they become enemies so soon after becoming friends?

Perhaps it hadn't reached that point yet, but it seemed difficult for the two families to coexist peacefully in the future.

Maybe they could both learn from Hashirama and Madara's experiences?

That night, in an underground space not far from Konoha.

Zetsu was reporting recent intelligence to Madara.

"Oh? That child has awakened the Sharingan? And it's a double tomoe?"

This information caused a slight flicker in Madara's otherwise impassive expression.

"Yes, Madara-sama. And the Hyuga rejected the Uchiha's marriage proposal. The scene was truly spectacular~"

After listening to Zetsu's account, a cold smile crept onto Madara's lips. "The Uchiha are really declining..."

"Just a Hyuga girl. If it were in my era, I would have just kidnapped her."

"So, why didn't Madara-sama kidnap Hashirama Senju back then?"

Madara's lips twitched slightly at the question. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but Hashirama's strength was too great to kidnap!

Seeing that he didn't respond, Zetsu continued to ask, "Do you need me to kidnap that little girl?"

"No need. Let it happen naturally."

Madara decided to observe Shin, the future executor of his plan, more closely.

For now, he still had the patience to wait.

"Understood, Lord Madara, I'll take my leave."

After Zetsu excused itself, Madara stared blankly at the dark ceiling of the cavernous space.

His left eye's pupil was unfocused, as if recalling some past event.

"Hashirama, this shinobi world is still the same as it was in our day. Because of the mutual animosity between clans, their children can't even be ordinary friends..."

"This kind of world... I will completely change it..."

At that moment, Madara's self-muttering whispers echoed throughout the underground space.