Chapter 186: Uchiha Madara? No, You Are Not Madara!

Uchiha Shisui turned sideways to dodge the incoming kunai.

However, upon seeing a special mark on one of the kunai, he frowned slightly.

"Got him!"

Flying Thunder God Slash!

'As expected, all Uchihas are arrogant.'

Senju Tobirama used the same technique he once used against Uchiha Izuna to target the Uchiha Shisui before him.

Among the regular kunai he threw, one was a Flying Thunder God kunai.

Swish!

However, just as Senju Tobirama gripped the kunai and instantly appeared at the Flying Thunder God marker to ambush Uchiha Shisui, he discovered that his kunai had only stabbed an illusion.

The real Uchiha Shisui had already used Body Flicker to flash to the other side.

"Be careful, Uchiha Shisui is known in the ninja world as 'Shisui of the Body Flicker.' He's extremely skilled in that technique," Sarutobi Hiruzen timely reminded.

"What a troublesome brat," Seeing that even his assassination attempt had failed, Senju Tobirama couldn't help but feel increasingly vexed.

"To contribute to Konoha and create peace, your Uchiha clan should feel honored!"

Eating people?

When did Konoha ever eat people?

"Honor? We were annihilated under false accusations, and we're supposed to feel honored?", Even someone as honest as Uchiha Shisui was shaking with anger at Senju Tobirama's words.

"After the Warring States period, it was Konoha who took your Uchiha clan in... don't you know? Even if the Uchiha were wiped out, it would have been justified. Yet now, instead of being grateful, you bear resentment toward Konoha. You're truly ungrateful wolves!"

In Senju Tobirama's eyes, the Uchiha clan were wandering spirits, and it was out of kindness from the Senju that they were allowed to stay.

So they should just obediently serve as tools for Konoha — but must never touch power.

"Took us in? It was clearly the cooperation between Uchiha and Senju that founded Konoha. You wanted to borrow the power of the Uchiha but didn't want to grant them status. Not only that, you baselessly oppressed and targeted them, labeling us an evil clan… and now you still expect the Uchiha to be grateful?"

Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but laugh in anger, "Second Hokage, your shamelessness is truly admirable."

"If you were truly guiltless, you wouldn't send the Uchiha to the front lines every war, nor entrust Konoha's security to the ever-diligent Uchiha. If you really believed we were evil, then you should've kicked us out when the village was founded!"

"But you didn't… you hypocritically accepted us, just to exploit our strength. And now you hypocritically accuse us of being evil? I think it's you who are truly evil!"

"Well said."

Papapa!

Just as he entered, Uchiha Kage heard Uchiha Shisui rebuking Senju Tobirama.

His words were reasonable and well-argued, so much so that Uchiha Kage couldn't help but clap.

"And who are you?"

As an old politician, Senju Tobirama didn't care at all about a youngster like Uchiha Shisui criticizing him.

But he couldn't find a valid point to refute Shisui right now, so he turned his attention to the masked man who had suddenly appeared.

To appear nearby without a sound, this masked fellow clearly wasn't ordinary.

And most importantly, the eye visible on his mask was also a Sharingan.

'Another Uchiha?'

'Wait, weren't the Uchiha wiped out?:

'Why are there still so many of them?'

"Orochimaru, you've really made quite a mess," Uchiha Kage ignored the dead man, Senju Tobirama.

"I clearly told you the weakness of Edo Tensei, and you still ended up in such a mess?"

He didn't expect that a few offhand comments would actually lead Orochimaru to stumble upon an improved version of Edo Tensei…

Fortunately, Orochimaru didn't give Senju Hashirama a high-precision body, or things would've been troublesome.

"Don't say that, Uchiha Madara-senpai. Don't you think this is lively and fun?", Orochimaru was a bit surprised, yet also seemed to have expected the masked man's arrival.

And out of sheer wicked amusement, he deliberately called the man "Uchiha Madara."

"Uchiha Madara?"

Upon hearing the name, Senju Tobirama immediately had a stress reaction, charging forward kunai in hand.

Flying Thunder God Slash!

No need for words, Senju Tobirama went straight for his ultimate move.

"Too slow."

Uchiha Kage ignored the kunai attack and directly reached out to grab Senju Tobirama's throat.

But the next second, Senju Tobirama's figure had already disappeared using the Flying Thunder God technique, leaving only his kunai falling through the air, "I said, too slow."

Swish!

Just as Senju Tobirama's figure reappeared behind him, Uchiha Kage's longsword slashed backward.

"What?"

There was no time to react, Senju Tobirama, about to ambush, could only watch as the gleaming blade slashed toward his neck.

Then came a spinning vision, flipping from sky to ground.

"I've wanted to do this to you for a long time… but now… venting on a corpse just doesn't feel satisfying," Uchiha Kage retracted his blade, not even glancing at the now-decapitated Edo Tensei Tobirama on the ground.

"You… you're not Uchiha Madara…", Though only his mouth remained able to move, Senju Tobirama still stubbornly spoke.

"Of course not. Madara was killed by me with my own hands. How could he still be alive?", Senju Hashirama, who had been mostly silent, suddenly interjected.

If it were truly Uchiha Madara, he would've sensed it long ago, no need to send Tobirama to probe.

"Who I am doesn't matter."

Uchiha Kage didn't hold any particular grudge toward Senju Hashirama, if anything, there was some nostalgia.

But of course, he didn't show that.

"Now, hand over the bodies I want, Orochimaru."

In a flash of lightning, the masked man not only easily countered the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama's Flying Thunder God technique, but also landed a direct hit.

This scene stunned everyone present.

Uchiha Kage still remembered the last time they met, he was like a helpless baby in front of Senju Tobirama.

And because of that, Tobirama haunted his dreams for a long time.

He had dreamed countless times of that night, that cold, blood-soaked, murderous night.

Back then, Tobirama had used the very same Flying Thunder God Slash, piercing his body with a longsword and pinning him to the wall.

But today…

Facing the same move, Uchiha Kage could effortlessly sever the enemy's neck.

Even though the hand hidden in his sleeve trembled, he didn't know if it was from excitement or lingering fear of Tobirama…

But now.

He had personally severed his nightmare.

He would never tremble before anyone again.

"Bodies? Aren't they right in front of you?", Orochimaru gestured at the regenerating Edo Tensei Tobirama and the contemplative Edo Hashirama.

"They're only parts. I want the whole."

Edo Tensei only required part of a corpse's flesh to summon the dead.

So the full bodies must still be in Orochimaru's possession.

Of course, now that Orochimaru had used Edo Tensei to summon Tobirama and Hashirama, their actual corpses weren't that important to Uchiha Kage.

He just needed their souls.

"All right, so you know this technique too."

To prove he wasn't just a slippery snake, and to avoid immediate conflict with the masked man, Orochimaru reluctantly took out two prepared space scrolls from his robe.

"Wait! Orochimaru!", Just as Orochimaru brought out the scrolls, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't stay seated any longer.

No need to think, this masked Uchiha obviously intended to use the corpses for Edo Tensei, resurrecting the previous Hokage to do evil.

'Better to keep them in Konoha's hands…'

If future wars could be fought with perfect Edo Tensei ninja and the foresight of the "Future Notes," Konoha's unification of the ninja world was guaranteed.

"Those are the remains of past Hokage, how can they be treated as trade goods?"

Extend, Enma!

Already having summoned Enma the Monkey King, Sarutobi Hiruzen now wielded the transformed Adamantine Staff and thrust it between Orochimaru and Uchiha Kage.

BOOM!

The pierced roof tiles burst into the air.

The thick staff created a massive divide between Orochimaru and Uchiha Kage.

"Teacher, still the same, always jumping in at the worst possible moment," Orochimaru frowned slightly and withdrew his hand.

"Do you want to dance too, Third?"

The scarlet Sharingan slowly spun like a windmill. Facing the staff planted before him, Uchiha Kage merely turned his head and glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen in the distance.

Buzz!

For some reason, Sarutobi Hiruzen trembled all over at the sight of that Sharingan.

In that moment, it felt like a terrifying black shadow emerged from his body. That shadow bore his own face, but with a devilish grin. He reached out to dispel it, but the shadow instantly turned into a giant bloody mouth that devoured him whole.

"Hokage-sama! It's genjutsu!"

Just before the black shadow could completely consume him, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly heard Uchiha Itachi's voice.

'Damn it, I fell into a genjutsu that easily?'

Clatter!

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