Chapter 19

He also felt Uchiha Obito's skepticism toward him.

His heart jolted.

He realized he had just revealed too much emotion.

This was not a good thing.

Uchiha Obito might already be suspecting him!!!

……

【Hashirama Senju: Hahaha!!! I never thought, Madara!!! We two actually have such an unusual relationship!!!】

【Madara Uchiha: Hashirama!!! Shut up!!! There is no possibility between you and me!!! We are destined to stand on opposite sides!!!】

【Sakura Haruno: Do you two feel… that the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara have an unusually deep connection…?】

【Ino Yamanaka: I feel the same—something about this just feels off… unnatural…】

【Tenten: I remember… Uchiha Madara never married or had children in his life… Such a powerful ninja—shouldn't he have expanded his clan? … Could it be…?】

【Hashirama Senju: Hahaha!!! Madara, do you see?! Even these young ninjas have figured out our relationship!!!】

【Tobirama Senju: Brother… please stop talking… don't say any more…】

【Madara Uchiha: What relationship? There is no relationship between us—you don't have the Sharingan, and I don't have Wood Release!!!】

18. Asura? That name sounds vaguely familiar!

As the young Hashirama continued his research,

he finally realized,

that

the origins of the Senju and Uchiha clans ran far deeper than he had imagined!!

Their ancestral founders were actually brothers!!!

And this fact,

could not be fully discerned from clan records alone!!!

The young Hashirama was able to deduce so much

because

he had also gathered information from some members of the Uchiha clan.

Thus,

he was able to cross-reference Senju clan history

and reconstruct it all!!

And only then did the young Hashirama uncover this earth-shattering secret!!!

In truth, this secret

could be discovered simply by comparing the records of the Senju and Uchiha clans,

revealing the deep connection between the two families!!

But…

no one had ever done this before!!

And the young Hashirama could understand why no one had done it!!!

Because since he could remember,

the Senju and Uchiha clans had been mortal enemies!!!

Whenever members of the two families met,

they would fight to the death!!!

How could there ever be a chance to sit and talk?!

Let alone discuss clan history!!!

It was utterly impossible!!!

【Tobirama Senju: …This can't be right… our Senju clan and the Uchiha clan… have such a deep connection?!】

【Madara Uchiha: Looking at this… and adding our own Uchiha clan records… it seems we truly share an extremely deep origin!!!】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: I never knew the Senju clan had such a secret… I am truly ignorant…】

【Orochimaru: Heh… it seems the rumors I found in unofficial histories were true… I thought they were just baseless tales…】

【Naruto Uzumaki: Hmm… this makes sense—the Senju clan has incredibly strong physical bodies… the Uchiha clan has immense spiritual power… and the two clans seem like perfect opposites…】

【Kushina Uzumaki: Come to think of it… our Uzumaki clan shares some similarities with the Senju clan… could it be…?】

【Naruto: Senju… Uchiha… what? So according to this, Sasuke could awaken Wood Release??!!】

【Sasuke Uchiha: Bai Chi!!! Don't be an idiot yourself and drag me into it!! You're embarrassing me!!!】

【Fourth Raikage: Fourth Hokage… is this your child with Kushina? … I can't see any resemblance to either of you…】

【Minato Namikaze: Hahaha… Naruto is so adorable—he definitely takes after Kushina…】

【Hashirama Senju: Excellent!! This is the true inheritor of the Will of Fire!! Young successor, I see a reflection of myself in you!!!】

At this moment, the young Hashirama continued organizing the information he had gathered.

As he kept researching,

he finally uncovered the origin of the Senju clan.

The ancestor of the Senju clan

appeared to be a man named Asura!!!!

For some reason,

when he saw the three characters "Asura,"

The young Hashirama always felt there was something familiar about it.

Even,

he felt these three characters carried a certain亲切ness,

but the young Hashirama could swear

that this was absolutely the first time he had ever seen this name!!!

"Strange… why does this name give me such a familiar feeling…"

"As if it weren't my first time seeing this name…"

The young Hashirama racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

He placed the scroll he had been holding back onto the shelf.

The answer he had been seeking,

he had basically already obtained it completely!!

Through these records,

he had also pieced together a background story.

The ancestor of their Senju clan was called Asura,

and the ancestor of the Uchiha clan was called Indra.

The two of them were originally blood brothers,

but their father had only one heir.

Both brothers were equally outstanding,

and in order to choose an heir,

their father ultimately held a competition!

Asura and Indra were in a village with similar circumstances,

a village that survived on the sap of the Divine Tree; without the Divine Tree, they would face death.

Asura did not forcibly demand that they destroy the Divine Tree,

but instead relied on his own strength to dig a well,

and in the end the people were moved by Asura's spirit of perseverance,

Asura gave them his own chakra, and ultimately succeeded in digging to the water source.

Indra, on the other hand, was the exact opposite,

Indra, relying solely on his own outstanding ability, unconditionally gave the villagers a water source, thereby smoothly destroying the Divine Tree.

But this ultimately led to the villagers later fighting over the water source and heading toward destruction.