The Tsundere Uchiha Madara

Looking at the three-story mansion that had suddenly appeared before him, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but grin.

Then he turned to look at the lumber he'd chopped, and the bizarre foundation he'd made earlier with Earth Release...

Damn it!!!!!

If he'd known this kid had an ability like that, would he have gone to all that trouble chopping trees?!

Damn it!!!

This kid had clearly done it on purpose just to make a fool of him!

At the thought, Uchiha Madara glared at Ito Hirofumi with open hostility. You couldn't hide the look in your eyes when you wanted to kill someone.

Of course, Ito Hirofumi had no idea that Uchiha Madara already wanted to kill him. He was still thinking that after building the guy such a huge mansion, Madara would surely teach him properly, right?

Having an excellent teacher was very important for a ninja, of course, unless you were a cheat...

At that moment, everything about Ito Hirofumi rubbed Uchiha Madara the wrong way. Somehow, he'd ended up as this kid's summon, and then the kid had shown up to laugh at him while he was building a house!

With that thought, Uchiha Madara kicked the mansion door open.

BANG!!!!

Kid! Is there anything else you need? If not, I'm going to bed!!!

Of course, Ito Hirofumi wasn't about to let Uchiha Madara go to bed just like that. After all, Madara had promised to teach him.

His father, his grandfather Ito Aoyama, and Ito Taiga were all elite jonin, but compared to Uchiha Madara, they didn't even come close!

So Ito Hirofumi followed Uchiha Madara into the mansion as if he were entering his own home...

Ito Hirofumi was actually quite curious about this Summoning Space. Here, he was practically a creator!

In fact, if he wanted to, he could easily suppress Uchiha Madara in this space!

And whatever he wanted to create, he could make it appear with ease here—but only within this space.

Anything created in the Summoning Space couldn't be brought into the real world...

The mansion was still completely empty inside, without a single thing—not even basic furnishings.

Seeing this, Ito Hirofumi snapped his fingers again. Tables, chairs, sofas, coffee tables, and all sorts of other things began appearing throughout the mansion.

Uchiha Madara watched the scene with considerable curiosity...

He couldn't sense any chakra flowing at all. In other words, all these things had appeared out of thin air. What an incredible ability!

This damn kid was getting harder and harder to figure out.

And why did he keep feeling such a deep connection between himself and this damn kid...?

What was going on?!

If the kid's surname were Uchiha, that would make sense. But his surname was Ito; he had absolutely nothing to do with the Uchiha Clan!

So where was this strange feeling coming from?

Once all the furniture had appeared, a dining table appeared as well, and all kinds of delicious food began appearing on it.

Uchiha Madara was practically as good as resurrected now. His body was entirely flesh and blood, and the moment the food appeared, he caught its delicious aroma.

"Kid... you can make food, too?!"

"Mm-hmm!" Ito Hirofumi didn't say anything else. He just hummed and raised an eyebrow.

"Tch!"

Uchiha Madara felt a little annoyed at the sight.

Ito Hirofumi paid no mind to his reaction and sat down at the table...

"Madara, come have something to eat!"

"Hmph! You damn brat, are you trying to tempt me with food?! Then all I can say is that you're mistaken. I'm the mighty Ghost of the Uchiha! I'm Uchiha Madara!!!

"You think some strange food will make me grateful to you?!

"Let me tell you: impossible!! Absolutely impossible!!!

"I'd rather jump off this mansion and die from the fall than eat a single bite of your food!!!"

Grrr...

A strange sound rang out, and Ito Hirofumi stared oddly at Uchiha Madara's stomach.

Uchiha Madara felt embarrassed. He'd just made such a bold claim—why couldn't his stomach have had a little more self-control?!

Damn it!!!!

Back in my day, what kind of delicious food hadn't I tried?!

But now that he thought about it, he'd never actually seen the food this kid had made!

What was all this stuff?

Why did it look so strange...?

And that smell... it really did smell amazing!!!

"Madara, quit being tsundere! It's just a meal together. What's the big deal? Besides, I never thought one meal would buy you off!

"Even if you feel wronged and humiliated about becoming my summon, I haven't forced you to do anything for me, have I?

"And we only have a Summoning Contract between us. I can't force you to do anything—you'd have to agree to it yourself!

"Besides, you've already been resurrected. You're a living, breathing person now. If you don't eat, you'll starve to death!"

"Hmph! I'd starve to death?! What a joke!!!

"There are plenty of animals around here. I can just hunt a couple! Wouldn't grilled meat taste better than this stuff anyway?!"

At that, Ito Hirofumi held out one hand in a gesture of invitation...

"Then go ahead!"

Ito Hirofumi understood that someone as strong as Uchiha Madara was incredibly proud. Becoming his summon was something Madara would find impossible to accept!

But Madara couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't resist the System's power, and he couldn't attack Ito Hirofumi, either.

Besides, Ito Hirofumi had no intention of ordering him around. More importantly, even if he did, Madara wouldn't obey...

So he might as well get on good terms with the tsundere Uchiha Madara first.

He did have some ideas about the future, and those plans would need the help of powerful people. The mighty figures he could summon through the System were his greatest assets!

As for Konoha, that was his home base.

First, he'd build a force of his own, then become Hokage of Konoha. With Konoha as his base and these powerful spirits from the past at his side, he'd swallow up the entire Ninja World!

And when that day came, he could become an emperor for the ages in the ninja world...