At the thought, Uchiha Madara narrowed his eyes slightly.
If he could get his hands on a technique like this, his plan would have a much better chance of succeeding!
And then, might he even be able to turn that fool Senju Hashirama into his summoning beast?!
Keh heh heh heh heh...
Just imagining Senju Hashirama becoming his summoning beast someday made the corner of Uchiha Madara's mouth curl upward.
With this technique, whenever he had nothing to do, he could summon that fool Senju Hashirama and have some fun with him!
Just thinking about it felt great!!!
He could even bring his younger brother back to life. Then the three of them could... No, no, no!
Then he and his younger brother could live happily together!
And Senju Hashirama?!
He'd just be a foolish summoning beast!!!
"Hey, Madara! Your mouth's practically curled up to your forehead!!! What are you thinking about? Why do you look so perverted?!"
A voice dragged Uchiha Madara out of his daydream and back to reality.
Damn it!!!
He'd just been imagining that fool Senju Hashirama becoming his summoning beast, only to look back and find that he was the summoning beast!
What did you call that?!
Was this one of those cases where the real clown was himself?!
Damn it!!!
"Hmph! Brat! What are you going to do next?! Let me make this clear first: even if I become this so-called summoning beast of yours, don't think you can order me around!"
"Honestly, I never thought I'd be able to order you around. In this world, the only person who could probably give you orders is Senju Hashirama..."
As Ito Hirofumi said this, he pictured a scene.
It was when the Allied Shinobi Forces faced Uchiha Madara in the future. At the time, Madara had been incredibly excited to see the reincarnated Senju Hashirama!
He'd immediately wanted to have an intense clash with him!
But Senju Hashirama had simply told Madara to wait a moment—he didn't have time for him just then!
And Madara had actually sat there and waited...
"Heh!!! That fool Senju Hashirama?! What gives him the right to order me around?! He's just a fool!!!"
"Enough, Madara. If you have any questions, we can talk about them later. For now, I'll release the Summoning Technique, and you'll appear in my Summoning Space!
"We can meet there whenever we want.
"I've been reverse-summoned to the Underworld for a while now. The people outside must be getting worried, right?!"
"Tch! Fine, brat..."
Uchiha Madara didn't really have a choice. There was no way to refuse the brat's arrangement right now, so he could only go along with it for the time being.
Once he uncovered the secrets the brat was hiding, perhaps he'd be able to obtain this incredible technique for himself!
When that day came, he'd make sure to deal with the detestable brat properly!!!
Kill him?! No, no, no! That would be far too easy on him!
He'd make the brat his own summoning beast!!!
Without realizing it, Uchiha Madara had already been influenced by Indra's Chakra.
Given Uchiha Madara's pride, becoming a summoning beast should have been even more unbearable to him than being killed!
But now, Uchiha Madara had no desire to kill Ito Hirofumi...
And Madara hadn't noticed how his mindset had changed without his knowing.
Ito Hirofumi formed Hand Seals and released the Summoning Technique. With a poof, Uchiha Madara vanished in a wisp of white smoke.
At the same time, Ito Hirofumi sensed a strange space inside his body. This must be the Summoning Space the system had mentioned!
He could sense the space easily with his chakra.
Though it was similar to the Sealing Space inside the Nine-Tails, the two environments couldn't have been more different!
The Sealing Space inside Uzumaki Naruto was a dark sewer.
But Ito Hirofumi's Summoning Space was full of verdant mountains, clear waters, birdsong, and fragrant flowers.
He could even clearly see the astonished look on Uchiha Madara's face as he entered the Summoning Space!
Without paying Madara any more attention, Ito Hirofumi contacted the system.
"System! Isn't it time to send me back?!"
[Please prepare yourself, host!]
With a poof, a cloud of white smoke flashed, and the Underworld fell quiet once more...
The next moment, inside a classroom at the Ninja Academy.
The classroom was packed.
Iruka-sensei, all the students, and the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi were there.
Ito Aoyama and Ito Taiga had also rushed over after hearing the news. Both looked extremely worried, and kept glancing at Ito Hirofumi's empty seat.
There was another person in the classroom as well: a one-eyed man with bandages wrapped around his arm. It was Shimura Danzō!
Danzō had somehow gotten wind of what happened and hurried to the Ninja Academy.
He didn't really care whether the students at the Academy lived or died. What mattered to him was that if Ito Hirofumi really had been reverse-summoned to some sacred land, the brat might one day rival that fellow Jiraiya!
If he could bring the brat into his Big Root...
Keh heh heh heh heh...
After all, he was the biggest Big Root in Konoha!
Surely the brat wouldn't refuse him, would he?!
Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Shimura Danzō without saying anything, though his eyes narrowed slightly.
Something had only just happened at the Ninja Academy, and Danzō already knew about it?
It seemed Danzō had his fingers in a lot of places...
Ito Taiga was frantic. How had his grandson vanished out of nowhere?!
He was about the same age as the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi. In fact, when he was young, he had served under Hiruzen.
"Hokage-sama... what exactly happened?!
How could my grandson, Haowen, have suddenly vanished?!
If he really was reverse-summoned, when will the boy be able to come back?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a long pull from his pipe...
"Taiga... I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about this.
The only person I know of who's been reverse-summoned while training in the Summoning Technique is my student Jiraiya!
But Jiraiya isn't in the village right now. I've already sent the Anbu out to look for him!"
Hearing this, Ito Taiga let out a long sigh...
Just then, a cloud of white smoke burst from Ito Hirofumi's seat with a poof!
A figure appeared on the seat.
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