Chapter 26

Two families,

What's recorded on their scrolls must surely be true!!

If someone with intent connects the records of both families,

They can naturally deduce these clues!!!

And restore the original truth of the matter!!!

But…

This is another paradox!!!

Because the Senju and Uchiha clans could never possibly achieve this!!!

"Alright… Hashirama, I admit your information did surprise me."

"But what does it mean?"

"Even if all this is due to our ancestors."

"Yet the feud between our two families has already taken shape…"

"What can we, right now, change?"

"My hands are stained with the blood of your brothers and sisters; your hands are stained with the blood of my brothers and sisters!!!"

"This is an unchangeable fact!!! …"

The boy Madara frowned.

Shaking his head, the boy Hashirama let out a light laugh.

"Who says this can't be changed…"

"Madara, do you remember the principle I told you before?"

"As long as you possess sufficient power, you can change everything!!!"

"If you can't change it, it simply means you're not strong enough!!!"

"I tell you this only so you won't let irrelevant things blind your eyes!!!"

"You can't change the situation… but that doesn't mean… I can't!!!"

"Because I am Hashirama Senju!!!! So I can change everything!!"

As he spoke these words,

the boy Hashirama's smile stretched impossibly wide!!!

And upon hearing this,

the boy Madara's displeasure reached its peak.

"So you're saying!!! You think you're strong enough?!?! "

The boy Hashirama took half a step backward,

shrugged, clenched his five fingers, and made a "please" gesture toward the boy Madara.

"If you say that, you clearly don't understand the gap between us…"

"Madara, do you want to dance?"

24. Mangekyo Sharingan? He just activated it?!

As Hashirama spoke these words,

the boy Madara immediately felt the entire aura of his companion shift.

Madara felt as if something utterly terrifying had locked onto him.

His whole body sank as if into quicksand,

unable to move at all.

"This… this is impossible!!!!"

"I… I…"

The boy Madara felt the figure across from him was no longer human.

Unnameable, utterly terrifying!!!

This was the only thought left in his mind.

At the same time, he felt deep resentment.

Even a trace of anger.

Anger at himself!!!

He realized he was afraid of Hashirama Senju across from him!!!

This was a reflex from his body's instinct!!!

A biological warning from a lower being facing a superior one!!!

If the boy Madara and Hashirama Senju fought,

and lost to Hashirama Senju,

the boy Madara believed,

this wouldn't be unacceptable,

but he couldn't tolerate that he lacked even the courage to strike!!!!

Yet at the same time, he felt profound confusion,

he didn't understand why Hashirama Senju could be this strong?!?

The boy Hashirama crossed his arms over his chest,

standing in place, staring at the boy Madara across from him.

Watching how the boy Madara could still move under the pressure of his aura,

The young Hashirama raised an eyebrow.

"Interesting…"

"It seems you're stronger than I imagined, Madara. I underestimated you."

"In that case, how about this? …"

Having said that,

the young Madara felt an even stronger aura surging from across the way.

He felt his entire body being pressed tight by a great mountain,

and his heart being gripped hard in someone's fist.

The young Madara even felt he could barely breathe.

"D… damn it!!!"

"Move, damn it!!!! Move!!!"

The young Madara screamed furiously inside his heart.

As if doing so could bring some strength to his stiffened limbs,

and let him move beneath the young Hashirama's pressure.

At the same time,

three crimson tomoe,

slowly surfaced within the young Madara's eyes.

Three-tomoe Sharingan!!!!

In the span of only a few days,

the young Madara had actually leapt straight from one tomoe to three!!!

The crowd outside the screen had already witnessed the young Madara's awakening,

so they naturally knew

that only a few days had passed between the two.

【Orochimaru: Heh heh… I suppose one has to say, as expected of the man fated to be the rival of the God of Ninja? Uchiha Madara… actually awakened a three-tomoe Sharingan at this age.】

【Tobirama Senju: Hmph!! No matter how many times I see those eyes, they still disgust me. Darkness… brimming with hatred. Those are ill-omened eyes!!!!】

【Shimura Danzo: Teacher, rest assured. The power of the Uchiha clan—I will firmly grasp it in my own hands. I won't let it go astray. I will properly use this power to protect Konoha, and I won't fail your expectations!!!】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: Danzo!! Even now you're still coveting the Uchiha's power!!! You've already gone astray!! Don't make mistake upon mistake!!!】

【Fourth Raikage: Heh… What kekkei genkai, what Sharingan—it's all heresy… Only the body is the strongest weapon!!!】