"Stop this, Madara." Hashirama scanned the surrounding ruins, then looked at Madara with an angry expression, and said, "If we keep fighting like this, Konoha will be destroyed."
"Haha, let it be destroyed if it's going to be destroyed." Madara wore a wild laugh on his face, glaring fiercely at Hashirama, and said, "Konoha has long been rotten, wouldn't it be better destroyed?"
Hearing Madara's words, Hashirama fell silent. Listening to the wails and sensing the blood, that helplessness, fear, hatred...
He could feel it all...
Konoha...
Is crying!
Hashirama lifted his head, sighed, and looked helplessly at Madara, saying, "Can't we all just sit down and talk?"
"Just like when we went to sell the Tailed Beasts back in the day, everyone gathered together peacefully and chatted slowly. We could definitely find a solution. Why must we always..."
Have people die...
"You are too naive." After hearing Hashirama's words, Madara fell silent for a moment, took a deep breath, shook his head, and said quietly, "Hatred is not so easily soothed."
Pointing at the masked man riding the Nine-Tails...
"Do you know him..."
"Uchiha Fugaku, a missing-nin from the Land of Whirlpools." Hearing Madara's words, Hashirama nodded and said, "I know Konoha wronged him, wronged the Uchiha clan, but..."
Tears welled up in his eyes...
"Enough people have already died."
"Yes." Madara sighed, shook his head helplessly, and said, "You all wronged him..."
A trace of reminiscence appeared in his eyes...
"Back when I was a teacher in the Land of Whirlpools, I met this kid..."
The corner of his mouth lifted slightly...
"Although he always had a stern, cold face like me, he was serious and responsible in his work, and very concerned about the education of the children in the clan."
Back then, when Uchiha Iketo acted up and he pointed at his face and loudly scolded him, he still hung his head and listened quietly...
He...
"Was more like a clan leader than me, a clan leader controlled by hatred."
A teenager in his teens, leading the remaining clan members to survive in a foreign country, was not easy, especially when hatred...
Always accompanied him, controlled him, but for the sake of the Uchiha clan...
He hid it away...
Endured for so many years.
"I..." Hashirama heard Madara's words, was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, looked at Madara, sighed, and said, "Konoha wronged him..."
However...
"Haha." Madara's face wore a ferocious, wild laugh as he stared at Hashirama and said disdainfully, "Konoha has always been like this. Everything is for Konoha, everything is to protect Konoha. Once something goes wrong, it's just a matter of saying..."
"'Sorry' and it's over?"
His eyes widened, the Mangekyō Sharingan spinning incessantly...
"Hashirama, do you know what I learned in the Land of Whirlpools?"
He placed his hands behind his back...
"Let me tell you."
He charged towards Hashirama...
"Your set of 'if everyone gives a little love, the world will be a better place' is far too naive."
He swung his leg sideways in a kick...
"People all have desires, always have, they simply cannot be eliminated. So..."
Although blocked by Hashirama, Madara twisted his body and spun back with a kick, roaring loudly...
"If you want everyone to be equal, everyone to live freely and happily..."
His speed kept increasing...
"I saw in the Land of Whirlpools that only..."
"True realization is possible under the constraints of the law."
As Hashirama failed to react in time, he directly punched him in the face...
Then, he stopped, quietly watching Hashirama fly away, sighed helplessly in his heart, and turned his head to look at Uchiha Fugaku, who was still wreaking havoc...
Perhaps allowing him to cause such destruction here was a trampling of the law.
But...
Who would know?
Anyway, he was already a dead man...
...
Uchiha Fugaku completely ignored Sarutobi Hiruzen's roar. He wore a mask and was playing the part of Uchiha Shin precisely to hide his identity, right?
Although his heart was now filled with hatred...
His mind wasn't completely clouded by hatred. How could he possibly reveal his true identity like this?
Frowning as he watched the Third Hokage jumping around like a monkey...
"Damn it."
His gaze gradually turned icy cold...
"I don't have time to play with you anymore."
He stomped on the Nine-Tails' head, and instantly the entire Nine-Tails became covered in purple armor. He said coldly, "Armored Susanoo."
"Damn it." Sarutobi Hiruzen's face turned grim as he looked at the now 'clothed' Nine-Tails. This move...
He seemed to have heard his teacher mention it.
Anyway, once the Nine-Tails put on this 'clothing,' its attack and defense power increased greatly, especially seeing the long swords held in the Nine-Tails' two hands...
It was obvious that the Nine-Tails in this state had definitely become stronger.
Looking at the sea of ruins that was Konoha before him, he stared with fury in his eyes at the one-eyed masked man...
"This can't go on any longer." Sarutobi Hiruzen brandished his staff, a determined look in his eyes, and muttered, "I must find a way to get close to him."
Otherwise...
There was no way to control him.
And also...
Looking at the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara not far away...
A wave of bitterness welled up in his heart...
Konoha is truly plagued by misfortune.
Then, he charged directly towards the masked man...
...
"Captain Nagato, what is our mission here in Konoha?" A whirlpool ninja wearing the Uzumaki symbol of the Land of Whirlpools looked at the ruined Konoha before him, fell silent for a moment, and said, "It seems our task is already completed?"
Right now...
What more trouble are they supposed to cause?
Probably no matter how much trouble they caused, it couldn't compare to this, directly tearing down the entire Konoha.
He looked at Captain Nagato, who was also deep in thought beside him, and hesitated...
"Should we still go in?"
"..."
How should I know?
Nagato was completely bewildered by the scene before him.
He came to cause some trouble for Konoha, not to destroy it.
What was going on now?
They had just arrived, and Konoha was already mostly destroyed. Maybe...
They should just turn back?
It seemed like there was nothing left for their Land of Whirlpools to do here anyway.
He stretched...
It seemed now that Konoha's army wouldn't be able to trouble the Land of Whirlpools. After all...
With Konoha about to be destroyed, who would still be in the mood to invade another country?
Aren't they afraid Konoha would really be destroyed?
Nagato raised his hand, turned to look at his team, and was just about to give the order to return when...
"What are you all doing here?"
A familiar voice suddenly came from behind...
Everyone was startled, looking towards the source of the voice. However, when they saw the red-haired young man standing before them with a smile on his face, they were stunned...
"Lord Jun?!"
...
"I don't know what you've been through, and I don't know what that person has endured." Hashirama raised his hand to block Madara, saying with a serious expression, "But I don't want to see anyone else sacrificed like this anymore, Madara."
He pressed his palms together, took a deep breath, and looked calmly at Madara...
"Come with me to stop him. This can't go on any longer."
"Wood Human Technique."
He summoned the Wood Human and sent it charging towards the Nine-Tails...
"If the Monkey really did wrong, I will personally sanction him."
However...
"Susanoo." Madara used Susanoo to block the Wood Human, looking calmly at Hashirama, and said, "You are too naive, Hashirama."
Pointing at the masked man...
"That kid came to Konoha with a heart set on death."
The Susanoo swung its long sword, slashing forward...
"You and I cannot stop him, unless..."
His eyes narrowed, looking coldly at Hashirama...
"We kill him."
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