"Was it really as he said? Was it far more prosperous than the Warring States period and the Shinobi Village Era, with no wars or conflicts, children no longer having to go to battle, and people living their own lives?"
Madara Uchiha sighed inwardly when he saw the longing in his younger brother's eyes. In the end, he had still let his brother down.
That was exactly what the Shinobi Villages had been like back then.
He had thought the Shinobi Villages would be the road to peace, but only after they were established did he understand that it was impossible for people to understand one another. The Shinobi Villages were merely larger shinobi clans.
War would not disappear just because the Shinobi Villages had been established.
On the contrary, war would erupt even more rapidly after his and Hashirama's deaths.
As it turned out, his guess had been correct. After his death, Hashirama also passed away before his serious wounds had healed, and war erupted immediately after the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, took office.
People's hearts could never be satisfied.
As long as people existed, ambition would never disappear.
The Empire was the same. Perhaps once Uchiha Kyu was gone, internal strife would also appear during a power vacuum in the Empire.
He simply did not know how Uchiha Kyu would resolve such a matter—whether he would ignore it or already had a plan.
Madara Uchiha asked, "Are you planning to head to the Empire now, or wait until things here are over and return with them?"
"Let's return together. There's no need to rush. Things here aren't finished yet, are they?"
Uchiha Izuna's gaze gradually turned cold. It was time to settle the grudge between himself and Senju Tobirama.
He had not settled their grudge before because he