Butsuma led the clansmen to wait outside the clan grounds ahead of time. When he saw the wedding procession, he was overjoyed at first, but then his expression darkened upon noticing several people dressed in red and bearing festive decorations. He hurried forward and asked, "Why are people injured?"
Tobirama said angrily, "Wasn't it Uchiha Madara? He led a group of men to ambush us halfway there! Fortunately, we drove them off in time. Only a few people suffered minor injuries, and no one died."
Butsuma flew into a rage. "That damned Uchiha Madara! To come cause trouble at a time like this—when he gets married, I'll pay him back a thousandfold! I definitely won't let him have an easy time!"
Hashirama remained silent. Even considering his relationship with Madara, he felt that Madara had truly gone too far this time.
Shusen, meanwhile, inexplicably wanted to laugh. If he remembered correctly, Madara was apparently an unmarried old bachelor for life. His future father-in-law's plan to wreak havoc at Madara's wedding would probably fall through.
After viciously cursing Madara a few more times, Butsuma stopped wasting time and quickly had the bridal sedan carried into the clan grounds.
To celebrate, the nearby Senju clansmen threw out several strings of one-hundred-blast explosive tags as firecrackers. The deafening explosions echoed through the valley, making the ground tremble without end.
The wedding customs of the Warring States Period could not be summed up by the word "fierce" alone.
After entering the Senju clan grounds, strange expressions appeared, to varying degrees, on the faces of Shusen, Ashina, and the other Uzumaki clansmen.
The Senju clan grounds were far too shabby. The roads were muddy and full of potholes, and over a hundred wooden houses had been built without any planning, clustered together in utter disorder.