Chapter 271
"Well..."
Senju Hashirama's expression remained unchanged as he said calmly, "I can suppress things like the Nine-Tails with one hand. It's no big deal. After all, the Nine-Tails can't hurt anyone."
As he spoke, Hashirama glanced at Uchiha Madara with a hint of provocation. "Madara, don't you agree?"
"That's right..."
Uchiha Madara frowned, then nodded reluctantly. "Kurama is just a pet. It can't hurt anyone at all."
Although Madara often found Hashirama irritating, as an old friend and rival, even he couldn't completely ignore some of Hashirama's pointed remarks.
Silence.
Witnessing this casual exchange between two legendary figures, the gathered ninjas fell into a stunned silence. The Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Fourth Raikage A, Orochimaru, and others glanced at Hashirama and Madara in confusion.
Something felt... odd.
"Why does it seem like there's something extra between them...?" Ōnoki muttered under his breath.
"Tch..."
Catching the looks being exchanged, Madara snorted, clearly annoyed. "That massive screen in the sky must be something devised by the Fifth Hokage—Uchiha Yuta—for broadcasting previously unknown moments. Kurama's just the first example."
He paused for a moment, his expression cooling. "Next, Uchiha Yuta will likely target someone else. If any of you have skeletons in your closet... you'd better start sweating."
Shock spread instantly.
"What do you mean, Lord Madara?!"
"Is the Fifth Hokage trying to expose people through these broadcasts?!"
"I've never done anything shady... right?"
"If certain things are shown, this could get ugly fast..."
Panic rippled through the crowd. Among the most concerned were the reanimated Kage and renowned shinobi: the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, Sakumo Hatake, the former Raikage and Tsuchikage, and various past leaders from the Five Great Nations.
They exchanged uncertain glances. Madara's warning wasn't unfounded.
If Uchiha Yuta's broadcast exposed personal secrets—just as it had embarrassed Kurama—the fallout could be massive.
"Damn it... Is Uchiha Yuta trying to stir things up even after death?" thought Hiruzen Sarutobi, breaking into a cold sweat.
He had a bad feeling.
He knew what he'd done.
And he knew the consequences if it were exposed to the entire ninja world.
He would be utterly disgraced.
A traitor in the eyes of his own village.
Even the Fourth Raikage A, and the elderly Tsuchikage Ōnoki, showed grim expressions as they stared at the screen, each recalling moments they'd rather the world didn't see.
After all, their past political tactics weren't always... honorable.
Farther away, Black Zetsu stood in total disbelief.
He hadn't expected that the giant floating screen—crafted by Uchiha Yuta—was simply meant to live-broadcast embarrassing famous scenes. The current target: Kurama.
If his identity as the manipulator behind the scenes was revealed next...
Would Madara strike him down immediately?
"How the hell did Uchiha Yuta come up with this?" Black Zetsu muttered, cold sweat forming on his dark face.
The only silver lining was that his mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, had been resurrected through other means. At worst, he could retreat and regroup. Once she regained full power, the ninja world would face true madness.
And then there was Uchiha Obito.
Beneath his swirling mask, his mind churned.
If his past—manipulating the Akatsuki, masquerading as Madara, orchestrating chaos—was aired publicly...
Would he, too, suffer the same social death as Kurama?
After all, he had even killed his own sensei's wife, Kushina Uzumaki, and caused the death of the Fourth Hokage.
And all of it, for a dream of an ideal world.
Now, it seemed that dream might be on the verge of public execution.
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