“Madara… please don’t go, okay?”
Senju Hashirama held Madara’s pant leg tightly, his pale face full of pleading.
He had searched for two long years and finally found Madara; he didn’t want to just watch him leave.
Perhaps if Madara left this time, he would never find him again.
No matter what, he had to find a way to make Madara stay.
“Let go,” Uchiha Madara said coldly, without turning his head.
He didn't want to be entangled by this annoying guy right now; he had only come to check on Hashirama because he was worried he might die here.
He hadn't expected this guy to fake his death again to deceive him…
He would absolutely not fall for Hashirama’s trick again.
“Madara, please don’t go,” Hashirama reached out his other hand and grabbed Madara’s wrist, “Can we talk?”
“Let go!” Uchiha Madara frowned, a little impatient, “I don’t want to waste time with you.”
Hashirama, that bastard, was still as clingy as ever.
If he weren't concerned about the other party's physical condition, he would have kicked him away long ago.
Given Hashirama’s current state, a kick would surely worsen his injuries, possibly putting his life in danger.
If that guy clung to him then, it would be troublesome.
He just wanted to get away from this troublesome guy right now…
“Madara, you’ve changed,” Senju Hashirama said with a wronged expression, “I looked for you for so long, but all you want is to drive me away.”
He had searched the entire Ninja World for two years, just to find his best friend’s whereabouts.
But when he finally found him, the exciting reunion he had imagined didn't happen; instead, this was the scene.
—Madara wasn’t even willing to talk to him, only wanting to get away.
This behavior made Hashirama very sad…
Uchiha Madara’s eyelids twitched wildly; he wished he could kick Senju Hashirama unconscious and then take the opportunity to leave.
But concern that Hashirama’s body couldn’t take it ultimately made him abandon the idea.
Madara turned his head and said impatiently, “Is there anything for us to talk about?”
Ever since he left Konoha Village, their relationship was no longer the same as before.
“Hehe, there’s so much we can talk about,” Senju Hashirama, recovering from his previous weakness, grabbed Madara’s hand and climbed up from the ground.
As long as Madara could calm down and talk, he could properly appease Madara, and it might even be possible to persuade him to return to the Village…
“What do you want to talk about?” Uchiha Madara stared at him coldly, his three black tomoe slowly rotating.
He just wanted Hashirama to finish speaking, then send him away.
He still had to work on realizing his dream; where did he have time to chat idly with his former best friend?
“Madara, I finally see you!” Hashirama gripped Madara’s wrist, tears of excitement welling in his eyes, “I really thought you were dead back then…”
Uchiha Madara tried to pull his hand away in disgust, but found that Hashirama was holding on very tightly, and he couldn’t pull it out after several attempts.
“Then how did you know I wasn’t dead?”
Madara keenly noticed the details revealed in Hashirama’s words and narrowed his eyes as he asked.
He had planned the use of Izanagi to fake his death for a long time, and with Hashirama’s intelligence, he shouldn’t have discovered it.
There must have been some unforeseen circumstances that led Hashirama to know the truth.
Could it be that guy, Senju Tobirama?!
Uchiha Madara believed it was Tobirama’s doing; it must be that guy who had ill intentions towards the clone he left behind, which led him to discover the problem with the body…
That guy always opposed him; if he could, he really wanted to kill Senju Tobirama.
“Haha, Renye told me about this,” Hashirama said with a cheerful laugh.
He sold Renye out without any hesitation in front of Madara.
“Renye…?” Uchiha Madara looked puzzled; he had never heard that name before.
“I’ll tell you a secret, Renye is Tobirama’s adopted son, you know?” Hashirama lowered his voice and leaned closer to Madara’s ear, saying mysteriously.
“Tobirama’s adopted son?” Madara was a little surprised; he hadn’t expected Tobirama to adopt a child.
Not only that, but this adopted child actually knew about his faked death.
This made him interested in the child.
“Interesting,” Uchiha Madara asked with interest, “Which clan is this kid from?”
To be able to see through his faked death, he was indeed very smart.
At least smarter than Senju Tobirama…
It was truly a pity for such a child to be adopted by Senju Tobirama.
“Renye is a member of the Uchiha Clan,” Senju Hashirama said with a cheerful laugh, “Hehe, didn’t expect that, did you?”
“What?!” Uchiha Madara’s eyes widened, saying in disbelief, “The Uchiha Clan?!”
It hardened, Madara’s fist hardened.
That bastard Senju Tobirama actually dared to adopt a child from their Uchiha Clan.
How in the world did that guy dare?!
And were those guys in the clan all idiots?
How could they agree to such a request?!
A child of the Uchiha Clan being adopted by Senju Tobirama—this was an absolute disgrace!
He had only been away from the clan for a few years, and these clansmen's spines had completely softened.
These spineless guys were simply unworthy of being his clansmen.
“Ever since you left the Village, Tobirama became even more wary of the Uchiha. I thought this approach was wrong, so I had him adopt an Uchiha child, hoping that by interacting with that child, Tobirama would let go of his hatred for the Uchiha…”
Senju Hashirama recounted the entire story in detail.
He did all this just so that when Madara returned to the Village, he would see his clansmen not being targeted.
But Madara did come back.
He came back with the Nine-Tailed to destroy the Village.
In the end, he had no choice but to kill him…
Uchiha Madara was utterly bewildered by the news.
No wonder Senju Tobirama adopted an Uchiha child; it turns out Hashirama, that bastard, was secretly behind it!
“That child wasn’t bullied in the Senju, was he?” Uchiha Madara narrowed his eyes, asking coldly.
Based on his understanding of Senju Tobirama, he would never easily accept an Uchiha child and would surely always be wary of him.
That child named Renye probably wasn’t very happy living with the Senju.
The feeling of being dependent on others was definitely not pleasant…
And all of this was due to the clansmen’s incompetence; they actually agreed to Hashirama’s unreasonable request, clearly having lost their fighting spirit.
If he hadn’t left Konoha, such a thing wouldn’t have happened…
However, the matters of the clansmen no longer concerned him.
When he left the Village alone, he completely lost any so-called clansmen.
He didn’t care whether Renye was doing well or not.
…
“Renye is doing very well in the Senju; we all like him very much,” Hashirama showed a bright smile.
“The food Renye cooks is very delicious. If you have time, I’ll have him make you some to try; I’m sure you’ll like it!”
Once you tasted Renye’s cooking, you would never forget it.
Uchiha Madara didn’t agree; it was enough that Renye wasn’t bullied by Senju Tobirama.
As for delicious food, he wasn’t interested at all.
Hashirama was just trying to trick him into returning to the Village again; this time, he wouldn’t be deceived.
He still had his unfulfilled dream to achieve.
“Alright, don’t follow me anymore,” Uchiha Madara pulled his hand away, “Go back to where you came from.”
With that, his figure sped away into the distance.
“Madara, wait for me!”
Hashirama hadn’t expected Madara to just run off again, so he quickly chased after him.
