Madara's Request: Accompanying Madara to Meet Senju Hashirama

Madara's Request: Accompanying Madara to Meet Senju Hashirama

"Jobu, you don't have anything to do today, right?"

"Mm, no. My training is already over. Is something wrong?"

"It's Hashirama, Senju Hashirama. He said he wants to talk with me. I want you to come with me so we can hear what Hashirama has to say."

"Sure."

It wasn't surprising that Uchiha Madara continued to stay in contact with Senju Hashirama. In the anime's storyline, even after the two were discovered by their respective clans and fought a major battle, they still secretly met up like a pair of young lovers.

However, in this timeline, Uchiha Tajima and Butsuma Senju died much earlier than in the original plot.

Having become the Uchiha Clan's leader so early, Uchiha Madara spent nearly all his time handling the clan's affairs aside from training. Whenever he had the time, he also had to guide the younger generation of the clan and improve their strength.

Over time, he had contacted Senju Hashirama less and less.

Likewise, Senju Hashirama had inherited the position of Senju Clan leader at a young age. If not for his overwhelming strength and a younger brother capable of thinking hundreds or thousands of thoughts in an instant, he might not even have been able to hold the position of the Senju Clan's current leader.

By comparison, the gap between their strength was not great now. One had already mastered Wood Release and possessed the Senju Clan's powerful physique, allowing him to use Wood Release as ordinary ninjutsu.

The other had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. After adapting to and mastering it, Uchiha Madara could now easily activate the Second-Stage Susanoo. When consumed by fury or fighting in earnest, he could even erupt with the third stage of Susanoo.

It was just a pity that excessive use of the Mangekyō Sharingan would lead to the loss of one's sight.

Uchiha Madara did not know that information yet, and Uchiha Jobu had not told him.

Thus, as he accompanied Uchiha Madara toward the small river to meet Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Jobu wondered whether a fight would break out.

If they really fought, he should still warn Uchiha Madara. If he could avoid using the Mangekyō Sharingan, he should. Otherwise, if the Mangekyō's ocular power was overdrawn and caused him to lose his sight, Uchiha Madara would certainly lose his ability to fight for a while.

They soon arrived by the small river. Looking at the figure standing on the opposite bank, killing intent flickered through Uchiha Jobu's eyes.

"Tobirama Senju."

The person standing beside Senju Hashirama was the true power behind the Senju Clan, Tobirama Senju, the man known as the Master of Forbidden Techniques.

"Hashirama! What do you mean by this? Is this how you plan to talk with me?"

Uchiha Jobu felt the terrifying aura surging from the furious Uchiha Madara beside him. He felt as though he were standing in the midst of a storm, battered by violent wind and rain.

He had to admit it: as the Six Paths Family's second son, his talent for ninjutsu was truly terrifying. Even without awakening Indra's chakra yet, he already possessed Kage Level strength.

Moreover, according to the plotline, the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan would go to all-out war within a year or two. Several brutal battles would exhaust the ocular power in Uchiha Madara's pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.

At that point, unless Uchiha Madara chose to transplant Izuna Uchiha's eyes, he would have no choice but to inject Hashirama Cells.

He had let his thoughts wander too far. Uchiha Jobu quickly pulled himself back and looked at the somewhat embarrassed Senju Hashirama across the river. "Madara, put away your aura. Since Senju Hashirama wants to talk with you, then talk things over properly. Leave Tobirama Senju to me."

Uchiha Madara's eyes darkened as killing intent flowed through them. His overwhelming aura continued to sweep outward and intimidate everything around him. Hearing Uchiha Jobu's words, he froze for a moment before silently nodding. He signaled Senju Hashirama, then turned and left.

After Uchiha Madara left, Senju Hashirama followed him. The two close friends knew each other well enough to understand what Uchiha Madara's look meant.

Tobirama Senju spoke from across the river. "What do you want to talk to me about?"

What could he possibly talk to Tobirama Senju about? Naturally, how to kill him.

Was he supposed to sit down and have tea first?

Uchiha Jobu truly wanted to make a move. It was because Tobirama Senju had played a little trick during the exchange, suddenly resorting to deceit and destroying the Sharingan that was meant to be returned. That had caused Izuna Uchiha to become completely Shimura Danzō-like.

"What I want to talk about isn't important. What's important is what you think Senju Hashirama will discuss with Madara."

Tobirama Senju frowned. He knew his elder brother well enough—always clinging to impractical fantasies.

That was why he was worried. He truly feared that his elder brother might suddenly surrender to the Uchiha Clan and start saying that the Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan could put aside their hatred, and that the Ninja World could surely come to understand one another as well.

Tobirama Senju had long been sickened by just how naïve his elder brother was. If the Senju Clan did not need Senju Hashirama's formidable strength, Tobirama Senju would sometimes want to give his elder brother a vicious lesson.

After thinking for a moment, he glanced in the direction his elder brother and Uchiha Madara had left and said, "The Senju Clan can never reconcile with your Uchiha Clan."

"Hilarious. That's truly hilarious. Do you think I was asking whether you want to reconcile with the Uchiha Clan?"

"Hmm? Then what do you mean?"

"My meaning is simple. No matter what your elder brother Senju Hashirama says, the Uchiha Clan will not agree to it. Once Madara returns, the Uchiha Clan will declare war on the Senju Clan. Wash your neck clean and wait to die."

"If you can't wait, you can make a move now. I could deal with Izuna Uchiha, and I can easily deal with you too."

Uchiha Jobu narrowed his eyes, searching Tobirama Senju for possible openings. But he discovered that Tobirama Senju truly deserved to be called a crafty bastard. The figure standing on the opposite bank was not his real body at all.

Shadow Clones could indeed fool the eyes of most ninjas, but for users of ocular techniques, seeing through a Shadow Clone was still possible.

Unless one increased the amount of chakra and used more chakra to create a high-quality Shadow Clone, Shadow Clones were not much different from ordinary clones in the eyes of ocular technique users.

"You're using a clone to talk to me. Are you afraid I'll suddenly attack? How amusing. Let me see... where is your real body hiding? In the forest? Underground? Or in the water?"

"Uchiha Jobu, you can see through my Shadow Clone? As expected of the evil Uchiha, with eyes filled with evil power."

"Yes, yes. In your eyes, every Uchiha is evil. Whoever you call evil is evil. I completely agree. But do you dare let your real body come out?"

Honestly, Tobirama Senju did not dare. The last time on the battlefield, he had nearly been severely wounded by the Shikotsumyaku. The memory was still fresh in his mind.