"Yuu, we know you're not drunk. Enough already." Senju Rinma finally couldn't bear to watch any longer.
Indeed, after Uchiha Madara was defeated, he left Konoha and even controlled the Nine-Tails for one final battle against him. He was gravely wounded and died as a result. Strictly speaking, Uchiha Madara had killed him.
But from the friendship they had shared since childhood during the Warring States period, to becoming rivals on the battlefield, to—
Building Konoha together and becoming each other's most precious companion.
The name Konoha had been chosen by Uchiha Madara based on Hashirama's Wood Release.
Likewise, the title of Konoha's leader, "Naruto," had been chosen by Hashirama based on Uchiha Madara's specialty, Fire Style. With feelings like that, although they were now enemies, softhearted Hashirama Senju couldn't bear to see Uchiha Madara in such a miserable state.
Tobirama Senju glanced at his elder brother, then silently nodded at Yuu, acknowledging the sentiment.
In the past, nothing would have pleased him more than seeing Uchiha Madara suffer.
But Uchiha Madara was truly too miserable right now. Since his elder brother had said so, he naturally went along with it.
At that moment, Uchiha Madara's face, which had re-formed due to the traits of the Reanimation Jutsu, was twisted beyond recognition. His features were all distorted together, making him look utterly ridiculous.
That excruciating pain, terrifying beyond measure and acting directly upon the soul, could strip a person of everything.
Whether it was dignity or willpower, neither held any value before such unbearable agony. This was simply not pain a human being could endure. He had already been suffering from lingering pain because Saiki Yuu had previously done something unknown to him, and now this had been added on top of it. He was on the verge of having