Hashirama Senju was currently in a body created by Impure World Reincarnation.
Madara, however, had arrived in her actual flesh-and-blood body.
Hashirama saw Madara glaring at him with a savage expression.
Only he understood the emotions behind that look.
Back then, for peace in the Shinobi World, for peace in Konoha... I stabbed you in a surprise attack. I never thought we would meet again after all these years.
Those words echoed in Hashirama's mind.
Yet Madara seemed to hear his thoughts and threw back her head in laughter.
Her laughter was bleak, sorrowful, and a little crazed.
"Peace? Hashirama, do you see? Even though you resorted to any means to ambush me, even marrying into the Uzumaki Clan for your so-called peace, didn't the Fourth Shinobi World War still break out?"
The moment Madara said that,
everyone on the battlefield froze.
Naruto was stunned too. After learning that Madara Uchiha was a woman, he had certainly wondered about the gossip.
But he had never imagined there really was something between those two.
Something personal that was impossible to explain clearly.
"Madara, it's been so long. Can you still not let it go?"
Hashirama looked at Madara apologetically as he spoke.
"Let it go? I'll never forget how my younger sister died, and I'll never forget how you betrayed me."
As she spoke, Madara seemed to remember something and turned toward Naruto and Sasuke atop the Wood Human Technique.
"Hahaha... Hashirama, you've only just regained consciousness, so you don't know yet, do you? The Land of Fire has already fallen."
At those words, the entire battlefield fell silent.
After all, Naruto Uzumaki had only recently destroyed the Land of Fire and replaced it with the Land of Shadow.
Given Hashirama Senju's popularity and strength, everyone was now worried that his