"Uchiha Ren, what are you trying to do?!"
"Calm down!"
Senju Tobirama finally revealed a trace of panic.
Uchiha Ren had delivered a string of threats before storming out of the laboratory. Now he had returned, dragging an unconscious death-row prisoner behind him.
He was obviously planning to use the Impure World Reincarnation.
And the person he intended to resurrect?
It had to be that bastard Uchiha Izuna!
Who else could it possibly be?
His elder brother?
"I am perfectly calm!"
"As for what I'm planning to do…"
"Obviously, I'm going to let you meet your old friend, Uchiha Izuna."
"Haven't you always wanted to see him again?"
"Today, I'll grant your wish!"
Uchiha Ren sneered.
"Now you know how to panic?"
"Too late!"
"Ninja Art: Impure World Reincarnation!"
Uchiha Ren had no intention of wasting more time arguing with Tobirama.
He had already given the man a chance to confess.
Unfortunately—
Tobirama had failed to seize it.
A flash of white light enveloped the condemned prisoner.
The intense pain jolted him awake, and amid his agonized screams, his body crumbled into ash and dust.
Before long—
Uchiha Izuna's face emerged from the Impure World Reincarnation vessel.
Uchiha Izuna had arrived!
"This place…"
Izuna wore standardized black armor bearing the Uchiha Clan crest across the back.
His eyes swept warily across his surroundings.
His memories remained frozen several decades in the past.
He had been gravely wounded by Senju Tobirama's ambush.
The Uchiha Clan's medical-nin had been helpless to save him.
After struggling to survive for several days, his condition had continued to deteriorate.
Before his death—
He had entrusted his eyes to his beloved elder brother.
Filled with endless regret, he had finally died in Uchiha Madara's arms.
"That is—!"
"SENJU TOBIRAMA!"
"AAAAAAAH!"
The instant Uchiha Izuna saw Tobirama, he attacked without the slightest hesitation.
His hands moved faster than his mind could react.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
However, the enormous fireball he imagined never appeared.
Instead, a flame no larger than an egg floated into the air—
Then extinguished itself before it had even crossed the room.
Damn!
As expected of a legendary veteran from the Warring States era!
Standing nearby, Uchiha Ren widened his eyes in amazement.
He had just been preparing to introduce himself.
He hadn't expected Izuna to launch a jutsu the instant he saw Tobirama.
Fortunately—
To prevent any unforeseen accidents, Uchiha Ren had deliberately chosen an ordinary condemned criminal as the sacrifice.
The man hadn't even been a shinobi.
As a result, the resurrected Uchiha Izuna was extremely weak.
"Lord Izuna, please calm down."
"This is Konoha. Several decades have passed since your death."
"After you died, Lord Madara and Senju Hashirama reconciled. They ended the thousand-year feud between the Uchiha and Senju Clans and jointly established a shinobi village."
"I am Uchiha Ren, the Third Hokage of Konoha."
Uchiha Ren hurried forward.
He first revealed his Sharingan to establish his identity, then introduced himself and briefly explained the major events that had taken place since Izuna's death.
"My brother…"
"He was simply too kind!"
"In the end, he still chose to trust Senju Hashirama?"
"Hmph!"
"The Senju Clan was the Uchiha Clan's enemy!"
After hearing Uchiha Ren's explanation, Uchiha Izuna frowned deeply.
In the end, his brother had still ignored his final warning.
The hatred between the Uchiha and Senju had accumulated over a thousand years.
How could anyone simply decide to let it go?
Besides—
Before his death, he had left his Mangekyō Sharingan to his brother.
Surely Madara had awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and utterly crushed the Senju Clan.
Then, out of consideration for Senju Hashirama, he must have mercifully spared the rest of them.
His brother had truly forgotten their father's teachings.
Only a dead Senju was a good Senju.
Had Izuna still been alive, he would never have let the Senju Clan off so easily.
Even if Madara had pleaded for them, Izuna would have exiled the entire clan to some barren wasteland, just like the Chinoike Clan.
Sigh…
His brother was still far too gentle.
Far too kind.
Uchiha Izuna continued muttering inwardly, filled with regret that his beloved elder brother had failed to exterminate the Senju Clan.
He had been much too merciful!
Still—
It was understandable.
His brother's heart had always been so gentle.
Sigh…
Izuna could only forgive him.
"Hmph! Uchiha Ren, why are you explaining so much to Uchiha Izuna?"
"What does Konoha have to do with him?!"
Senju Tobirama complained bitterly from the side.
That naturally evil Uchiha brat had truly resurrected the irritating Uchiha Izuna.
He was definitely plotting something!
"What did you say?!"
"Konoha is a shinobi village founded by the Uchiha Clan!"
Hearing Tobirama's irritating voice, Uchiha Izuna immediately fired back.
The Senju Clan had only escaped extermination because of his brother's mercy.
Madara had even been willing to overlook past grudges and forgive the Senju Clan's crimes.
Yet Senju Tobirama showed no gratitude whatsoever.
He actually dared spout such arrogant nonsense!
His brother truly had been too merciful!
The Senju Clan was indeed a naturally evil clan!
They had to be exterminated completely!
"Konoha was founded under the leadership of the Senju Clan!"
"If my elder brother hadn't shown mercy to Uchiha Madara, the Senju would have wiped out your entire clan!"
"Bullshit!"
"My elder brother was invincible beneath the heavens!"
"Senju Hashirama wasn't even worthy of carrying his shoes!"
"You know nothing about the unique power created when two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan are fused!"
Faced with Tobirama's outrageous claim, Uchiha Izuna immediately refuted him.
His elder brother possessed the power of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan!
"Hmph. Foolish."
"Uchiha Ren, tell him the truth."
"Explain carefully how Uchiha Madara was beaten into the ground by my elder brother and forced to establish Konoha."
"And then tell him how Madara was defeated again before fleeing the village with his tail between his legs!"
Tobirama raised his chin proudly.
Having an overwhelmingly powerful elder brother really did allow him to act however he pleased!
"That's a lie!"
"Isn't it, my descendant?!"
Uchiha Izuna turned toward Uchiha Ren, disbelief covering his face.
He desperately hoped Ren would refute Tobirama's words.
The stone tablet within the Uchiha compound recorded the method for awakening the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
He had even left his own Mangekyō Sharingan to his brother!
Madara should have successfully awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
Those eyes possessed limitless ocular power and would never again risk blindness.
That meant his brother could freely wield the divine power of the Uchiha Clan—
Susanoo!
How could his brother possibly lose after obtaining the power of a god?
The naturally evil Senju Tobirama had to be lying!
"Lord Izuna…"
"It is all true."
"Lord Madara lost to Senju Hashirama, and Konoha's First Hokage was Senju Hashirama."
Uchiha Ren fell silent for several seconds before reluctantly revealing the truth.
He didn't want to let Tobirama feel triumphant.
He desperately wanted to contradict him.
Uchiha Ren had not resurrected Uchiha Izuna so Tobirama could flaunt his superiority without restraint!
Unfortunately—
Reality was cruel.
Tobirama was telling the truth.
Uchiha Ren couldn't fabricate a story for Izuna while Tobirama was standing right beside him.
Senju Hashirama truly had been stronger than Uchiha Madara.
It was strange.
Indra's talent had clearly surpassed Asura's by an enormous margin.
The difference between them could practically be described as heaven and earth.
Indra had not only inherited the Sage of Six Paths' ocular power from birth, but also possessed unparalleled creativity.
He had created hand seals from nothing.
If the Sage of Six Paths was the source of chakra among humanity—
Then Indra was the source of human ninjutsu.
Without Indra, the modern ninjutsu system would never have existed.
As for Asura—
His performance had once been inferior even to ordinary disciples of Ninshū.
Later, when the two brothers competed for succession, the old Sage of Six Paths had even needed to interfere and pass his Six Paths power to Asura before Asura could finally win.
Yet somehow—
The reincarnations of Asura possessed greater natural talent than the reincarnations of Indra.
It completely overturned the natural order!
Perhaps the truly powerful one was Senju Hashirama—
Not Asura.
What a tragedy.
"It's fake!"
"All of it is fake!"
"I don't believe you!"
"How could my brother possibly lose to Senju Hashirama?!"
"I made so many preparations for my brother's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan…"
Uchiha Izuna could not accept reality.
He began shouting uncontrollably.
He could tolerate losing to Senju Tobirama himself.
But his elder brother absolutely could not lose to Senju Hashirama!
Had everything he painstakingly prepared for Madara been meaningless?
Uchiha Ren watched Izuna lose control and sighed inwardly.
In the anime, Uchiha Izuna's performance had been deeply disappointing.
One could even say he had been embarrassingly weak.
Neither of the abilities within his Mangekyō Sharingan had ever appeared.
Even the Susanoo residing within those eyes had never been revealed before Senju Tobirama killed him with a single combination.
When Uchiha Ren watched the anime in his previous life, he could simply attribute it to plot convenience.
But now—
This world was reality.
There had to be a reasonable explanation.
Uchiha Izuna likely occupied the same role as Senju Tobirama.
Both were strategist-type commanders.
Izuna naturally wouldn't reveal his final trump card from the beginning.
Moreover, after repeatedly using the Mangekyō Sharingan, he had probably already noticed his ocular power weakening and his eyesight deteriorating.
To preserve a complete pair of Mangekyō Sharingan for Uchiha Madara, his fighting style had become increasingly conservative.
He would only use those eyes when forced into a desperate situation—
Treating them as a final killing move that could catch his opponent off guard and reverse the battle.
Unfortunately—
Senju Tobirama was an insidious old schemer.
He had secretly developed a space-time ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God Technique.
The mechanics of the Flying Thunder God were outrageously powerful.
It could practically be said that Tobirama had developed it specifically to counter the Uchiha!
When activated, the enemy could not predict the attack.
It excelled at killing opponents in an instant and could be woven into even the most inconspicuous taijutsu movements or ninjutsu.
It was almost impossible to defend against.
It specifically countered the Sharingan's exceptional observational abilities.
Even Uchiha Obito, who had awakened the absurdly powerful defensive dojutsu Kamui—
Allowing him to make his body intangible and evade nearly any attack—
Had still been tricked by Namikaze Minato.
And Obito had already been extremely familiar with Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique.
Therefore, when Uchiha Izuna faced Tobirama's deliberate ambush, he hadn't even had the opportunity to activate Susanoo.
Unless—
He used Izanagi to rewrite reality.
But Uchiha Izuna, who loved his brother more than his own life, had abandoned that option and endured the fatal wound.
For the sake of Madara's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan—
Izuna had willingly sacrificed his life.
Yet after obtaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Madara still failed to defeat Senju Hashirama.
It truly was heartbreaking.
Putting himself in Izuna's place, Uchiha Ren could understand why he couldn't accept it.
Uchiha help Uchiha.
Uchiha Ren silently mourned alongside Uchiha Izuna.
Senju Tobirama, however, was completely different.
He couldn't suppress the smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.
He watched Izuna's miserable breakdown with unmistakable delight.
This felt amazing!
Absolutely amazing!
I must protect my dignified image.
I cannot laugh wildly like a naturally evil Uchiha.
Tobirama thought this inwardly, his mood soaring to unprecedented heights.
"Uchiha Izuna, that brat Uchiha Ren didn't tell you everything that happened afterward."
"Back then, my elder brother defeated Uchiha Madara, and together they founded Konoha."
"Naturally, my brother became Konoha's First Hokage."
"And I—!"
"I became Konoha's Second Hokage!"
"My face was carved beside my brother's on the Hokage Rock."
"I earned the respect of every shinobi clan and villager in Konoha."
"My name will be praised by Konoha's clans and villagers for generations to come!"
"As for you, Uchiha Izuna—"
"You are nothing more than an obscure nobody who cannot even compare to a single hair on my body."
"Even the children of the Uchiha Clan know my name as Konoha's Second Hokage."
"But you?"
"The descendants of your own clan threw your memory into the rubbish long ago."
"In another few decades, no one will even burn paper money for you during the holidays!"
Whenever Tobirama dealt with an Uchiha, he always pushed his advantage as far as possible.
He showed no mercy whatsoever as he launched his second assault.
However, Tobirama possessed enough self-awareness not to mention Uchiha Madara too much.
He focused his attacks entirely on Uchiha Izuna.
After all—
Madara was currently alive and well in Konoha.
That black-hearted bastard Uchiha Ren was even determined to whitewash him.
Madara's future reputation would certainly be excellent.
How irritating!
"What did you say?!"
"You became Konoha's Second Hokage?"
"You?"
"What makes you think you deserve it?!"
"Where is my elder brother?!"
Uchiha Izuna was once again provoked by Tobirama.
Even if his elder brother couldn't defeat Senju Hashirama, crushing Senju Tobirama should have been as easy as stepping on an ant.
The position of Second Hokage should obviously have belonged to Madara!
"He defected."
Tobirama drove another blade into Izuna's heart.
"You must have been scheming behind his back!"
Uchiha Izuna completely lost control.
His rage had reached its peak.
Today—
He absolutely had to beat Senju Tobirama senseless!
"Lord Izuna, calm down!"
"Please calm down!"
Uchiha Ren hurriedly restrained him.
Every machine in this laboratory was incredibly expensive.
If they damaged even one—
His heart would bleed.
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