"To gain someone's complete trust, you had to make them believe you were their friend. In short, you had to stand behind someone before you could stab them in the back. Are there villains in the Senju Clan?"
Uchiha Madara could not help frowning at that moment, mulling over Uchiha Makoto's words.
Someone he trusted would stab him in the back?
Did Uchiha Makoto mean Hashirama? Could Hashirama do something like that to him?
No!
Absolutely impossible!
This was Uchiha Makoto's biased slander against Hashirama Senju, born of the hatred between their clans!
First, Hashirama was not that kind of person!
Second, he was Hashirama. Third, Madara was Madara... Hashirama and Madara, for a hundred years, no changing!
In only an instant, Uchiha Madara dismissed that possibility in his mind.
Hashirama would definitely never do that, but a villain certainly would!
Did the Senju Clan have a villain?
According to Hashirama, theoretically, no—but objectively, yes.
Then who was this villain?
In another instant, Tobirama Senju's image abruptly appeared in Uchiha Madara's mind.
If it was Tobirama Senju, then it really was possible!
"But it is only a possibility!"
"I will personally snuff out that possibility!"
From the bottom of his heart, Uchiha Madara looked down on Tobirama Senju. In his eyes, there had always been only Hashirama.
A mere Tobirama Senju could not possibly stir up much trouble in Uchiha Madara's eyes.
"Uchiha Makoto, you are worrying too much!"
"I will protect the Uchiha Clan. I promised Izuna with my own mouth!"
"And I have already discussed it with Hashirama. He loves peace!"
"Hashirama will never indulge the villains of the Senju Clan. Hashirama and I will settle these matters properly."
Uchiha Madara spoke with utmost seriousness.
He truly believed in Hashirama Senju now, and he truly believed that he and Hashirama Senju could make the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan shake hands and reconcile.
But—
Uchiha Makoto merely nodded perfunctorily, while inwardly launching into a frenzied tirade.
Damn it.
Hashirama, Hashirama, all you ever think about is Hashirama!
Your younger brother Izuna even personally said before he died that he hoped you, his older brother, could avenge him.
Hashirama Senju only got stabbed by a tiny kunai. With Hashirama Senju's inhumanly terrifying recovery ability, the wound would damn well scab over within seconds!
I really have nothing to say to someone with a love-addled brain!
"Lord Madara, I know that you and Hashirama Senju have been completely honest with each other and want to build a ninja village belonging to both the Uchiha and Senju. But that would only turn open warfare into covert struggle."
"I know the Uchiha are at a disadvantage right now. But forget that whole compromising-for-the-sake-of-survival routine. The Ninja World is vast; there will always be a place for the Uchiha Clan to gain a foothold!"
"Once the ninja village is established, it will become a situation where you are among us and we are among you. That is where the Uchiha Clan's future will be ruined!"
After taking a deep breath, Uchiha Makoto still chose to press on.
Even though he knew that Uchiha Madara had already been captured by that Senju Succubus, Hashirama Senju, and was dead set on bringing the Uchiha Clan along as a "dowry" to renew his old romance with Hashirama Senju, he still had to persuade him. If it proved impossible, he could then reasonably "start a new venture" himself.
Even a starved camel was bigger than a horse. If he was going out to start his own business, Uchiha Makoto really wanted to take a portion of the family assets with him.
Even a tiny portion would be precious wealth. Uchiha Makoto truly did not want to experience the nightmare of starting out as a lone commander with nothing.
Of course—
More importantly, words of advice like these were actually a long-term investment.
Because only a few years after Konoha was founded, Uchiha Madara would break with Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju. In the end, he would defect from Konoha through the front gate alone, and not a single Uchiha clansman would be willing to follow him. For a clan leader to end up in such a state was truly miserable.
At that point, who would Uchiha Madara think of?
Without a doubt!
Naturally, it would be him, the great prophet!
The thought of Uchiha Madara angrily defecting to his side to oppose his former "old lover," Hashirama Senju, was hilarious. It was enough to make any chaos enthusiast rejoice!
And there was no need to worry that Uchiha Madara would "seize power."
Lord Madara should have absolutely no interest in the position of ninja village leader. Otherwise, he would not have directly left Konoha.
After all, if he had truly wanted to compete with Tobirama Senju for the position of Second, Tobirama Senju probably could not have competed with Uchiha Madara, because the gap in their raw strength was simply far too vast.
Before absolute power, all the schemes employed by the Naturally Evil Tobirama Senju would be futile.
Besides.
Just imagine it: Konoha was looking for its Second Leader, and Uchiha Madara's good brother brought wine and meat to seek the support of Hashirama Senju, the First. Hashirama Senju would probably raise a flag in excitement!
When it came to Uchiha Madara—
Hashirama Senju: "I support Uchiha Madara. He said he would bring peace to the Ninja World!"
And Tobirama Senju beside him—
Hashirama Senju: "Tobirama, you have so many people supporting you. You will be fine without me!"
Unfortunately, Uchiha Madara was unwilling.
He took one look at the ancestral Stone Tablet and instantly believed its ridiculous fabricated story as though he had lost his mind. He was completely deceived by Black Zetsu—the Otsutsuki heir, the Ninja World's most filial son, and a master plotter who had been scheming for a thousand years!
Therefore, Uchiha Madara's future ending had long since been decided.
Lord Madara, you will definitely throw yourself into my arms!
Even if Uchiha Madara wanted him to carry out the Moon Eye Plan with him, Uchiha Makoto would go all-in on Uchiha Madara without hesitation and accomplish great things at his side.
He would first squeeze some value out of Uchiha Madara. In any case, by the time Madara awakened the Rinnegan, he would already be old and frail, on the verge of death.
He had a cheat!
There was no reason his growth rate should be inferior to Uchiha Madara's!
Uchiha Madara listened to Uchiha Makoto's words from beginning to end without saying a word.
He was considering Uchiha Makoto's words.
They did sound quite reasonable, but... Uchiha Madara had already been captured by the Senju Succubus!
"Alarmist nonsense, utterly alarmist nonsense!"
"The Uchiha's affairs are in my hands now, and the Senju's affairs are in Hashirama's. Hashirama and I have already laid everything bare. As long as we join forces, what in this Ninja World could the two of us possibly fail to accomplish?"
Uchiha Madara spoke, looking extraordinarily confident. Uchiha Makoto simply stood there and quietly watched him show off, waiting for the day he would be slapped in the face.
That day, he would have to ask Uchiha Madara, "Lord Madara, why didn't you look for the problem in yourself when you failed to become the Second?"
"Answer me!"
"Look me in the eyes!"
"Tell me why?"
"Why, baby, why?"
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