Madara, Have You Forgotten Your Brother Izuna?

"Hashirama. I have already felt your sincerity."

"All of this is for the Uchiha Clan!"

Uchiha Madara's eyes fixed on Uchiha Makoto before him.

The blood feud between the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan could not be allowed to continue. For the sake of lasting peace, he had to suppress the other voices within the clan!

Very soon.

Chakra surged within Uchiha Madara, and an indescribable pressure instantly bore down on Uchiha Makoto.

"Lord Madara, have you forgotten Lord Izuna's dying wish?"

"We must avenge him. We must take revenge on the Senju Clan."

Faced with that immense pressure,

Uchiha Makoto immediately felt overwhelmed, his breathing turning rapid. He decisively brought up Izuna Uchiha.

Izuna Uchiha had died by Tobirama Senju's own hand. Even if Uchiha Madara was willing to abandon his revenge against Tobirama Senju because of Hashirama Senju, Izuna Uchiha would forever remain an unresolved regret in Uchiha Madara's heart.

At the mention of Izuna Uchiha, Uchiha Madara's expression visibly changed.

Within just a few breaths,

Uchiha Makoto felt the pressure on him lessen drastically.

It really worked!

Izuna Uchiha had a special effect on Uchiha Madara. He could even offset Senju Succubus's control over Uchiha Madara!

In the future, he had to find a chance to firmly seize hold of Izuna Uchiha, this useful tool!

Thinking this, Uchiha Makoto continued looking at Uchiha Madara.

Now was the perfect time to build up his image.

It would inevitably be difficult to leave the Uchiha Clan in the future and remain active in the Ninja World as a Rogue Ninja. He would also need to establish a ninja village. When Uchiha Madara later led the Uchiha Clan to establish Konoha, he could always use his identity to gain something in Konoha.

"Izuna... Izuna, I'm sorry."

"Hashirama, for the peace between the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan, he was even willing to sacrifice his own life."

"I'm sorry, Izuna. I can't avenge you."

Uchiha Madara took a deep breath and buried his hatred deep within his heart. His eyes passed over Uchiha Makoto as he began his speech.

"Clan members, Izuna was my dearest younger brother. He died at Tobirama Senju's hands. I once swore to avenge him, to personally take Tobirama Senju's head and offer it before Izuna's grave. But I have given up now, because there is no meaning in doing so. Killing Tobirama Senju will not bring Izuna back. It will only deepen the hatred between the Uchiha and Senju. We have fought for far, far too long. It is time to end all this."

"Hashirama and I have a dream!"

"One day, in a ninja village jointly established by the Uchiha and Senju, Senju clansmen will be able to sit together with Uchiha clansmen and share the bond of brothers. One day, the Uchiha Clan will change. Though you are still full of objections now and oppose my decision, someday the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan can be as close as flesh and blood, moving forward hand in hand."

Uchiha Madara spoke with genuine emotion. His voice was slow, steady, and powerful, painting the Uchiha present with a vision of the future—commonly known as selling them a dream.

Yet this speech, which felt inexplicably familiar to Uchiha Makoto, truly moved the Uchiha clansmen present.

The battle between the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan had lasted far too long and grown increasingly cruel, so cruel that even children only a few years old had no choice but to go to war.

Children should have been growing up happily beneath the clan's protection, free of care and worry, rather than dying on the battlefield.

If the hatred continued, their children would repeat the same tragedy. That was something the Uchiha clansmen present did not wish to see.

The endless battles, constant slaughter, and dire circumstances had all steadily bred war weariness within the Uchiha clansmen.

If things could truly be as Uchiha Madara said, if war could end and the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan could coexist peacefully in the future, then such an outcome was not impossible to accept.

The living had to keep looking forward.

The situation was instantly reversed.

Naturally, this was also within Uchiha Makoto's expectations.

Uchiha Madara was originally the Uchiha Clan's leader and its strongest member. He was the leader currently acknowledged by the Uchiha Clan.

Once he had made up his mind, eighty or ninety percent of the Uchiha clansmen would obey.

Not to mention that the current situation was extremely unfavorable for the Uchiha Clan. The Uchiha clansmen had very few choices left.

Battle reports could lie, but the front lines could not. The Uchiha Clan's defeat on the main battlefield was beyond dispute. As the Uchiha Clan's leader, Uchiha Madara had already surrendered first. If they continued stubbornly resisting and sought revenge against the Senju Clan, their ending would be doomed.

Hashirama Senju's giant Buddha and Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God would not show mercy to the remaining Uchiha who stubbornly resisted and had no value to be united.

"Lord Madara, it seems your mind is made up."

"If that's the case... then revenge... I can only..."

Uchiha Makoto showed a deeply troubled expression. After several rounds of inner struggle, he finally "reluctantly" agreed to let go of his hatred toward the Senju Clan.

"But, Lord Madara, I still do not trust the Senju Clan."

"If you want to gain complete trust, you must make people believe you are their friend. In short, you must stand behind someone before you can stab them in the back!"

"There are villains within the Senju Clan!"

"A feud of a thousand years will not disappear so easily."

Uchiha Makoto said this.

Lord Madara, you are going to die miserably in the future!

First, Hashirama Senju would sneak up behind you and stab your heart with a blade. Later, Black Zetsu would also sneak up behind you and stab your heart with his hand.

This could be considered his hint and warning to him.

Of course, what Uchiha Makoto said now was not aimed at Hashirama Senju.

Because Hashirama Senju truly could be called a friend, and the Uchiha Clan could also gain Hashirama Senju's trust. As for him stabbing Uchiha Madara in the back later, that was all "mutual consent"!

It could even be said that it was a little bit of "romantic fun" to deepen the bond between Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju.

But there was a "villain" in the Senju Clan!

Who was that "villain"?

The answer was obvious—Tobirama Senju, that Naturally Evil Old Ghost Senju. He was a stinking bug lurking in the shadows, forever suspicious of the Uchiha Clan and forever harboring ill intentions.

In Tobirama Senju's view,

the Uchiha Clan was an extremely diseased clan. The Sharingan's evolution required chakra born from extreme emotions. That meant the stronger an Uchiha was, the more likely he was to become extreme, and the more extreme an Uchiha was, the stronger he became.

If such Uchiha did not receive proper guidance, they could easily become dangerous elements within the village. Such Uchiha had to be closely monitored and regarded with perpetual suspicion!

Tobirama Senju would constantly seek opportunities to use the Flying Thunder God to appear behind such Uchiha and leave a technique mark, then viciously finish them off with a stab when necessary!