The Day of the Three Gods' Farewell

The next morning, Kyosuke received a summons from the Clan Head.

When he arrived and saw Madara's expressionless face and Izuna's furious one, he had a rough idea of what was going on.

"Sigh, they found out after all."

It wasn't really surprising. If Uchiha Tajima couldn't discover something like this, he probably would have been overthrown long ago.

"Kyosuke!" Izuna immediately started questioning him, "Big brother is being foolish, why are you messing around with him too?"

Hearing this, Kyosuke picked at his ear with his pinky finger, too lazy to answer a brat's persistent questions.

"Hey, you guy."

"That's enough!" The Clan Head stopped his younger son's actions. He understood that Kyosuke was now fearless and wouldn't take such a minor matter seriously.

Accusing him of colluding with the enemy?

What a joke. He had only been on the front lines for a few days, how could he possibly have any secret contact with the Senju?

The clan members weren't fools; they wouldn't believe such a story.

Even if they presented evidence of the two meeting, he could easily brush it off by saying he was following Madara, which would then make things truly troublesome.

Tajima knew this very well. Last night, he was merely trying to scare his son.

He knew his own children best. Madara was good in all aspects, except that he often let his emotions cloud his judgment.

In the past, it was Izuna, and now Kyosuke had become one of them.

However, upon closer thought, it might not be a bad thing. If his son could control the situation, perhaps he wouldn't have to continue targeting them.

"Kyosuke," Tajima didn't mention his own involvement at all. Instead, he directly asked, "I discovered a member of the Senju Clan, a boy about Madara's age. Do you want to come along?"

"A pointless test," Kyosuke met everyone's gaze and indifferently nodded in response, "Of course. If we can capture him, we can definitely force Senju Butsuma to retreat."

Looking at him at this moment, Tajima wished Kyosuke was his own son.

If he had known the young man had such talent earlier, he should have adopted him directly. That would have solved all the problems.

"That's right," Tajima clapped his hands with satisfaction, praising, "As expected of a general in command of a region, Kyosuke, your consideration is indeed sound."

"Let's do that. We'll capture him and use him as a bargaining chip with the Senju."

With that, the group immediately set off towards the river where they had met last time.

It was near the Hokage Rock of Konohagakure.

To protect his son's reputation, Tajima hadn't brought any subordinates. He thought it was foolproof, but he soon regretted it.

By the river, Madara and Hashirama gazed at each other across the distance, exchanging thoughts with their eyes.

"Madara, do you remember our first meeting?"

His heart stirred, Madara smiled, picked up a stone from the ground, and slowly carved on it with his Chakra-infused fingers, "Of course, I remember. You lost to me when we skipped stones."

"Come on, you were the one who lost."

Another moment of silent contemplation passed. Suddenly, both of them threw stones and then caught rocks flying from the opposite bank.

"Hurry!"

"Ambush!"

From the jungle behind them, Kyosuke sighed with a bit of emotion, "What a deeply touching scene."

Turning and glaring at him fiercely, Tajima and his son leaped out of the bushes. Unexpectedly, two figures also appeared on the other side.

On one side, the three Uchiha father and sons: Tajima, Izuna, and Madara.

On the other side, the three Senju father and sons: Butsuma, Tobirama, and Hashirama.

As the only outsider, Kyosuke felt somewhat excluded.

As he slowly walked out, the two contemporary great clan heads were already exchanging insults about each other's families from across the distance.

Ignoring the two bickering clan leaders, Kyosuke looked at the figure with ash-colored hair.

"Senju Tobirama, the most outstanding theorist in the Hokage world, creator of countless famous Ninjutsu."

At the same time, he was also someone Kyosuke disliked quite a bit.

In his opinion, even without Black Zetsu causing trouble behind the scenes, Senju Tobirama would have eventually targeted the Uchiha.

This man was the true hardliner. Even after establishing the village, he never let go of the hatred in his heart for the Uchiha.

Of course, he was smart and knew how to use the theory of threat to his advantage.

He ordered the Senju Clan to integrate and completely merge into Konohagakure, successfully avoiding the possibility of being targeted in the future.

It was a bold idea. It preserved the already dwindling clan members and directly pointed the spearhead at the Uchiha, who refused to yield.

It could be said that Obito and Danzo were merely executors; he was the true culprit behind the destruction of the Uchiha.

On the opposite bank, Senju Tobirama frowned slightly, feeling that the guy harbored a deep malice towards him.

People often say that when you vaguely feel someone dislikes you, don't doubt it; they definitely find you incredibly annoying in their hearts.

But Tobirama couldn't understand. This was his first meeting with the guy, so where did this baseless resentment come from?

"Perhaps this is the Uchiha."

Soon, the two Clan Heads simultaneously decided to end their verbal battle.

Senju Butsuma felt a desire to retreat. The other side had a numerical advantage. He himself was fine, but he feared the two children might get hurt.

Tajima, on the other hand, decisively chose to act.

"Madara, Kyosuke, Izuna, take down those two brats for me."

Fire Style: Great Fire Whirlwind!

Several fire tornadoes roared towards them, their terrifying power causing the entire river to boil.

"Attack!"

Facing his father's pressure, Madara gritted his teeth and drew his short sword, charging forward.

Across from them, Hashirama couldn't help but shout, "Madara, don't abandon our promise."

"This idiot," Kyosuke twitched the corner of his mouth and shot out a specially made Kunai.

The target: Tobirama Senju.

"Kyosuke!" Hashirama still had the presence of mind to yell. He was well aware of the opponent's strength; honestly, Tobirama was likely no match for him right now.

However, he hadn't expected Tobirama's defeat to be so sudden.

Tilting his head to avoid the strangely shaped Kunai, Tobirama sneered, formed Hand Seals, and a massive stream of water suddenly gathered around him.

Water Style: Water Wall!

In his hands, the defensive Water Wall could also be used offensively.

Being on the opposite bank of the river, he possessed a natural geographical advantage.

Before he could even make a move, a heavy blow from behind nearly knocked him unconscious on the spot.

The water wall shattered. Kyosuke gripped Tobirama's neck with one hand, his posture filled with wildness.

"Tobirama!" Hashirama's heart leaped. His Chakra surged, gathering immense strength, and he kicked Uchiha Madara flying with a single blow.

"Let him go, Kyosuke." Hashirama used the Body Flicker Technique, appearing before Kyosuke and throwing a punch.

Actually, Kyosuke could have carried Tobirama Senju off the battlefield.

After a period of strenuous training, the Flying Thunder God Technique could already achieve preliminary teleportation with a person.

But he hesitated for a moment and abandoned the tempting idea.

To deal with potential threats, Senju Hashirama's existence was a necessity.