Kazuma's little trick might have scared off ninety-nine percent of the Uchiha, but there was one man it couldn't frighten: his teacher, clan leader, and current boss-Madara Uchiha.
When word reached him, a flash of anger immediately crossed Madara's face.
Without another word, he stormed straight into Kazuma's house to personally test the truth of the rumors.
After kicking open Kazuma's gaudy gold front door with a bang, Madara grabbed him by the collar and threatened:
"I'm going to beat you flat right now. Go fetch Hashirama if you dare."
Seeing the man himself turn up at his door, Kazuma was stunned. He trembled like a frightened chick and, in his panic, called for Izuna instead of Hashirama.
"Huh? No, please, Teacher Madara, I was wrong! Hashirama-no, Teacher Izuna, save me!"
As Madara closed in, his enormous fist poised to come crashing down, Kazuma couldn't decide whether to dodge. He sobbed Izuna's name, hoping his teacher would come save his life.
He would have been better off leaving Izuna out of it. The moment he mentioned him, Madara's expression darkened, and he ruthlessly pinned Kazuma to the floor.
If he had only mentioned Hashirama, the unlucky brat would merely have been beaten half to death. But now that he had brought up Izuna, he was completely doomed!!!
Kazuma was instantly buried beneath Madara's raining fists and feet. He howled without stopping, his backside beaten raw and not a single patch of him left unbruised.
"Aaaaah! Mercy!!!"
That day, Kazuma's screams pierced the sky and startled every member of the clan compound.
Passing Uchiha pounded the ground with their hands, rocking back and forth with laughter until they could barely breathe.
Kazuma's reputation as the master of Money Release had barely begun to spread before it was utterly destroyed, leaving him