What could be done...
What could be done?
Could they make it through tonight? Even if they sent the message out now, and in the best-case scenario, the Kage of the other hidden villages believed him and immediately chose to cooperate in eliminating this second Madara Uchiha, they would probably only arrive to see a destroyed Konoha and their corpses.
Besides, even if the other hidden villages' reinforcements arrived in time, they might not be able to handle him! This Uchiha Nobuhiko's goal was probably to obtain the power of the Nine-Tails, just like Madara Uchiha had.
There was no room for negotiation or compromise.
Tonight would decide whether the village lived or died!
The bitter smile slowly faded from the Third Hokage's face. He lightly clenched his teeth, and his fists tightened as well.
Madara Uchiha... Though he had not lived through that era, he had come infinitely close to the age when Konoha possessed two gods. Even his teacher, the Second Hokage, had spent nearly his entire life living beneath Madara Uchiha's shadow.
He knew Madara Uchiha well, and because he knew Madara Uchiha, he understood the Uchiha Clan well. Thus, although he felt that his teacher, the Second Hokage's policies toward the Uchiha Clan were improper and even carried many hidden dangers, he had ultimately continued those policies.
Madara Uchiha.
Perhaps to everyone who had lived in that era, as well as everyone standing at its final endpoint, it was a name like a nightmare.
It was the deepest, darkest, and most untouchable shadow and darkness in the hearts of everyone at that time.
Madara Uchiha had betrayed Konoha.
In truth, no one had expected it. Although Madara Uchiha's prestige had been far inferior to that of the First Hokage, his other teacher—
At the time, not