Don't Pity Me Just Because I'm a Delicate Flower

Although Uchiha Madara was very interested in what Ito Hirofumi had just said, Hirofumi was still just a kid to him, no matter how you looked at it!

And a kid as weak as a chicken, at that...

He had his own plans right now. Although that kid, Ito Hirofumi, had said earlier that he'd been deceived, Madara wasn't about to give up on his plan so easily!

After all, it was the dream he and his best friend shared!!!

If he could give up on his dream so easily, he wouldn't be Uchiha Madara!

Still, he could keep an eye on this kid. The fact that he could say something like that was proof enough that he was no ordinary child!

His thoughts were practically identical to the ones Madara had had when he was young!

As these thoughts crossed his mind, Madara felt momentarily dazed. He sensed something in Ito Hirofumi that seemed to come from the same source as himself!

For an instant, it was as if he were looking at his younger self...

The corner of Uchiha Madara's mouth curled into the faintest smile. Without a word of hesitation, he picked up the food on the table and began to dig in!

Watching this, Ito Hirofumi's mouth curled to the side again!

The Crooked-Mouth Dragon King had made a limited-time return!!!

Just as Uchiha Madara took a bite out of a pig's trotter, a voice suddenly rang out from thin air...

Madara froze when he heard it.

Wasn't that his own voice?!

The next moment, Uchiha Madara had a very bad feeling!!!

Why did those words sound so familiar?!!!

"...You think a few strange foods will make this old man grateful to you?!

Let me tell you! Impossible!! Absolutely impossible!!!

I'd rather jump off this villa, I'd rather fall to my death right here! There's no way I'll eat a single bite of your food!!!

..."

When the voice from thin air fell silent, Ito Hirofumi looked at Uchiha Madara, who was still gnawing on the pig's trotter, with a faintly amused expression.

Madara's face went from white to green, green to purple, purple to red, and finally back to white...

That was quite the colorful transformation!!!

"You!! Wretched!! Brat!!!!"

Ito Hirofumi put on an extremely surprised expression.

"Oh my!!! Where did that voice come from?! How strange! And why does it sound so familiar?!

Hmm... Not just familiar, either. I feel like I've heard it somewhere before?!

Where was it?

Madara... Don't you think those words sounded awfully familiar, too?!"

Bam!!!

Uchiha Madara hurled the pig's trotter in his hand away with all his might. He was reluctant to throw it, but he did it anyway!

Because that pig's trotter was really delicious...

"Brat!!!

Didn't you want me to teach you how to train?!

Then let's go! Quit eating!

Today, I'm going to give you a proper lesson!

I'll show you what training is!

What the hell training is!

What the hell a hell of a training is!!!!"

Uchiha Madara knew he couldn't attack Ito Hirofumi, because that strange power would stop him. But as long as he didn't intend to kill the other man, that power didn't seem to restrict him!

If he couldn't attack him, then surely he could teach him, right?!

Teaching ninjutsu, teaching taijutsu—if he was going to teach him, he'd have to get physical, wouldn't he?!

Hehehehehehehe...

Brat!!!

Today, this old man would teach you what the hell the Ghost of the Uchiha was!!!!

Uchiha Madara couldn't be bothered to finish eating. He grabbed Ito Hirofumi by the collar and dragged him out to the open ground beside the villa.

Ito Hirofumi was thrilled. Wasn't this exactly what he'd been waiting for?!

It wasn't possible to get Uchiha Madara to fight on his behalf just yet, but Madara had already agreed to teach him how to train!

Seeing Uchiha Madara's furious expression, Ito Hirofumi knew he wouldn't hold back while teaching him!

Madara was probably hoping to use the excuse of training him to give him a good beating, too.

But Hirofumi didn't mind!

As long as he could get stronger, that was all that mattered!!!

After all, this was Uchiha Madara. Even if Hirofumi got beaten to a pulp, there was no shame in it. And maybe, if Madara beat him up enough, he'd even awaken his Sharingan!

After all, he had Indra's Chakra now...

Thinking this, Ito Hirofumi decided to stoke the fire a little more!

"Madara, don't disappoint me!

Didn't you say you'd teach me how to train?

If you spend all this time teaching me and I still can't get stronger, you'll be the one who looks bad!

The mighty Ghost of the Uchiha, Uchiha Madara, can't be worse than a Chunin teacher at the Ninja Academy, can he?!

I have to say, even though Iruka-sensei isn't very strong, he's really good at teaching students!

Uchiha Madara can't be worse than a Chunin teacher, can he?

That would be a real joke!!!"

"Hmph!!! Brat! Just watch!!!"

Uchiha Madara couldn't stand the idea that Ito Hirofumi thought he was inferior to a Chunin teacher!

A Chunin?!

What was that supposed to be?!

He could kill a whole bunch of them with a single ninjutsu!!!

"A ninja's battles are all about speed, precision, and ruthlessness!"

As soon as he said this, Uchiha Madara flung Ito Hirofumi into the air!

The next instant, Madara vanished. Before Ito Hirofumi could even react, Uchiha Madara had appeared behind him!

Bam!!!!

One punch! Just one punch!

Ito Hirofumi went flying.

And because Uchiha Madara had no intention of killing Ito Hirofumi, the system's power didn't restrain him...

"Brat! Your reactions are way too slow!

Is that all you've got?

You're a complete loser!

I've never seen anyone more useless than you!!!

You're not even as good as a six-year-old kid from the Uchiha Clan!!!

Slow speed! Slow reactions! No strength! No stamina! You're terrible at everything!!!

And you still want to unite the Ninja World?!

Don't ever say something like that again! You'll make people laugh their heads off!!!!"

Seeing that he could finally teach the hateful brat a lesson, Uchiha Madara began to taunt him mercilessly!

He launched a verbal attack, too!

At that moment, Ito Hirofumi was incredibly excited. Uchiha Madara really was going to teach him. The system wasn't restricting his actions, which meant he had no intention of killing Hirofumi!

Hehehehehehehe...

The Crooked-Mouth Dragon King made another appearance!

"Madara!!! Come on!!! Don't pity me just because I'm a delicate flower!!!"

Bam!!!!

Ito Hirofumi went flying again...

"Wretched brat! That expression of yours is way too perverted!!!

A ninja should avoid unnecessary movements and expressions during a fight!!!

They'll leave you dead without a trace!!!"