The First Clash of the Three Gods

"Kyosuke, stop!"

Uchiha Madara had never dreamed things would develop to this point.

He had thought the two of them would get along well. Who knew Kyosuke would strike to kill the moment they met?

Sure enough, peace through mutual understanding was nothing more than a foolish wish that only the two of us shared.

Madara was caught in the middle, unable to choose, while the other two were thoroughly enjoying their fight.

Facing Kyosuke's lightning-fast slash, Hashirama's right arm suddenly radiated a massive blue glow—the visible sign of Chakra being excessively condensed.

"Damn, does it have to be this ridiculous?"

Only after truly facing him did Kyosuke understand why Uchiha Madara had been suppressed by this guy his entire life.

That terrifying Chakra was no different from a humanoid Tailed Beast.

During the Fourth Great Ninja War, when facing Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Uchiha Obito, Hashirama had solemnly remarked that this guy's Chakra Amount was greater than his own.

Just listen to that utterly insane statement.

It showed just how terrifying the God of Ninjas' Chakra truly was.

Without any armor to protect himself, he resolutely condensed his Chakra to defend against Kyosuke's full-force blade.

"It has the heaviness of earth, yet also contains the cutting force of wind. What a terrifying fellow."

After exchanging a direct blow, Kyosuke intended to test his skill in ninjutsu.

But the bowl-cut idiot gave him no chance at all. He raised a leg and kicked straight at him, the violent force making even the air wail.

Besides his Chakra Amount, the monstrous strength he had been born with was Senju Hashirama's second greatest weapon.

It could be said that the Yin Seal and monstrous strength Tsunade had spent her life studying were merely Hashirama's passive abilities.

Kyosuke had already sensed the limitations imposed by his body when facing Uchiha Madara. With Hashirama, that gap was instantly magnified several times over.

Bang! After taking that kick, Kyosuke was sent straight to the top of a tree more than ten meters tall.

"Kyosuke." Uchiha Madara blankly raised a hand, as if intending to stop them.

The next second, a piercing chirp seized all his attention.

"So this is the Lightning Release Ninjutsu spoken of throughout the outside world." Madara temporarily forgot his conflict. The instincts of a strong man made him look forward to their next exchange.

His Sharingan locked firmly onto Hashirama. At first, Kyosuke had merely wanted to test the God of Ninjas' mettle.

Now, he had changed his mind. The kappa-like bowl cut irritated him just by looking at it. Who the hell had given him that hairstyle?

For that alone, he would first make this bastard eat a Chidori.

Once he made up his mind, the birdlike chirping immediately grew several times louder. The wildly dancing currents caused even the tree branches to violently crumble.

"What terrifying Lightning Release Ninjutsu." By contrast, Senju Hashirama was more astonished by the technique itself.

He had heard his friend shouting and knew that those earlier remarks had come from the youth before him.

Besides, although the youth's attacks were fierce, he could not feel any killing intent at all.

That meant the youth was not fighting with the intention of killing him.

"I understand." Hashirama's eyes lit up. He believed he had figured out Kyosuke's thoughts. "He must be testing me. No matter what we do in the future, we must possess the strength to change everything."

"As expected of a wise man who can see through to the answer. Every move he makes carries profound meaning beyond my reach."

His palms suddenly came together. The next second, deep purple Chakra surged out of his body.

Hashirama began to unleash his power with all his might.

Chakra far surpassing that of a Jonin made the surrounding ground rumble without end.

"Come, witness my resolve!"

"Bowl cut, get the hell down!"

Sand and stone shattered, the earth overturned, and the two figures rapidly closed the distance between them.

"Both of you, stop it!!!"

Just as they were about to collide, a war fan suddenly thrust itself between them, perfectly blocking the two bursts of Chakra that were about to erupt.

Uchiha Reflection! To avoid hurting them, Madara had deliberately weakened the force of the rebound.

"Fuck, this sneaky bastard!" Pulling himself free from a crack in the rocks, Kyosuke slumped onto the ground. It took him a long while to finally catch his breath.

On the other side, Hashirama quietly crawled out of the river, his expression unspeakably ugly.

Not long ago, he had personally seen Madara piss in that river. Now he had swallowed a bellyful of its water. If he could be happy about that, it would be a fucking miracle.

As for Madara, unable to think of a better solution, he simply decided to beat up both idiots.

He would beat them until they listened.

"A sneak attack from behind? Madara, you've fallen low."

"Cut the crap. If you've got the guts, come at me together."

"Fine. Kyosuke, let's team up and take him down first."

Half an hour later, the three future gods of the ninja world were all lying by the river, bruised and battered.

To punish that sneaky bastard, Kyosuke directly teamed up with Hashirama and forcibly pinned Madara to the ground for a thorough beating.

But as they fought, the two of them started bickering among themselves, eventually turning it into an indiscriminate three-way brawl.

"Shameless Uchiha Clan."

"Heh, your Senju Clan isn't any better."

With the Sharingan exposed, there was no point in continuing to hide their identities.

However, both sides were pleased to find that their friendship had not changed in the slightest because of their opposing positions.

"We're still too weak." Kyosuke touched the bruise on his face and spoke in a low voice. "This world is far more dangerous than we imagined."

In his mind, the Otsutsuki Clan far beyond the heavens quietly came into view.

Even excluding Kaguya, who was sealed on the moon, there was no shortage of threats within the ninja world itself.

The Jashinism that had been active for years, the Sage of Six Paths hidden in the Pure Land of Bliss, Jigen, who was somewhere eating and chanting prayers, and Black Zetsu, who was constantly preparing to scheme against the Uchiha Clan.

None of them were easy opponents. If Kyosuke had to deal with them alone, he would either be exhausted to death or annoyed to death.

For the sake of the future, he had to protect these two idiots by his side.

They could not foolishly let others scheme against them. Instead of wasting their minds on that, they should think about how to enter the realm of the Six Paths Level.

"Yeah, our strength still isn't enough." Hearing this, Hashirama became even more certain of his own thoughts.

Lying on the ground, he began describing the beautiful vision in his heart.

It would have been better if he had said nothing. Once he started, nearly every sentence drew ridicule from Kyosuke.

"What do you mean everyone lives separately? Establishing a village requires the daimyo's financial support."

"Idiot, without the daimyo's guarantee, would ordinary people trust a group of heavily armed ninja?!"

"Did you come up with the idea of forced intermarriage using your ass?"

"There is no permanent peace. Sooner or later, you'll understand that."

Listening to the two argue, Madara smiled with relief. It seemed being a sneaky bastard had not been for nothing.

The road ahead was difficult. He only had to think briefly about resolving hatred to know how much resistance it would face.

Turning his head to look at Kyosuke's swollen cheek and Hashirama, who could not see out of one eye, Madara felt thoroughly refreshed.

More refreshed than he had ever felt before!