Chapter 3

I don't know why I'm fighting!!!

This war has brought me no benefit at all, and he took away my brother!!!!

I utterly hate all of this!!!

3. A simple dream: that everyone can understand each other!!!

Just then,

The spiky-haired boy seemed to sense something.

He shuddered,

And shouted toward the rear.

"Hashirama!!!! I've told you countless times, don't stand behind me like that!!!!"

【Hashirama Senju: Hahaha!! After all these years, it seems young Madara was kind of cute back then…】

【Naruto Uzumaki: How does this guy even urinate with two streams? Is he kidney-deficient? …】

【Orochimaru: Hehe… I never expected the two founders of Konoha to have such an amusing side…】

【Tobirama Senju: If only I had been beside you, brother, you wouldn't have been corrupted by the evil Uchiha clan!!】

When Madara Uchiha saw this scene,

His face had turned as black as a pot bottom!!

He, the legendary dance king of Konoha,

When had he ever endured such an embarrassing moment!!!

To have this humiliating scene exposed,

He even wanted to give up on life!!!

The young Hashirama laughed heartily.

"Madara!! You're too sensitive!!"

"So this is your weakness!!! I'll remember this!!"

After playing around for a while,

The young Hashirama finally spoke.

"Madara… I believe… this war will surely end one day!!"

"Then we won't have to fight on the battlefield anymore!!!"

"Nor will our brothers and sisters need to fight on the battlefield!!!"

Although neither had revealed their surname to the other,

Both already suspected which clan the other belonged to,

So,

To remain friends instead of becoming enemies,

Neither mentioned their true identities.

Because they knew,

Once they revealed their identities,

They would likely lose the chance to remain friends.

Both cherished their hard-won friendship deeply!!!

The young Madara sighed deeply.

"Sigh… Hashirama, you make it sound so easy…"

"I can hardly see any hope of this day ever coming…"

"This world… I feel it's beyond saving…"

"Otherwise, why must even children as young as a few years old go to war?"

"And these adults think it's right—there's not a shred of guilt in their hearts!!!"

"My several brothers and sisters all died on the battlefield like this!!!"

【Orochimaru: Hehe… I never expected the former enemy of the God of Shinobi… to harbor such a dream? Peace… This contradicts what's recorded in Konoha's history…】

【Tobirama Senju: Hmph!!! The Uchiha clan is inherently evil—Madara is lying!! He's just using this to deceive my brother!!!】

【Root: I agree with Master Tobirama!!! The Uchiha clan's treacherous ambitions have always been clear to me!!! Otherwise, I wouldn't have…】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: Shut up, Root!!! Don't say another word!!!】

【Sasuke Uchiha: Third Hokage!!! What does this mean!!! Is our clan's destruction tied to Konoha!!!】

【Minato Namikaze: Sasuke Uchiha… Is this Fugaku's child? Has the Uchiha clan really reached this point??】

The young Hashirama sat up and firmly gripped Madara's shoulders,

And said with unwavering resolve.

"Madara!!! Believe me!!!"

"One day, a time will come when everyone understands each other and trusts one another!!!!"

"When that day arrives, the shinobi world will finally know peace!!!"

"I believe that day won't be far away!!!!"

"As long as we never give up, as long as we keep believing—peace will one day come to us!!!"

The young Madara was deeply moved by Hashirama's words.

He nodded.

"Hashirama, I believe in the future you speak of!!!"

"Though I still harbor doubts about your vision of universal understanding!!!"

"But I believe that day will surely come!!!"

Seeing this scene on the screen,

Uchiha Madara, who was watching, also fell silent.

And it was from that very moment,

that he was truly moved by Hashirama Senju.

He didn't know why, but on Hashirama Senju,

there was always a power that made others utterly convinced of him!!!

The moment he opened his mouth to speak,

he could immediately influence others.

And it was from that very moment,

that he truly regarded Hashirama Senju from the bottom of his heart as the closest friend of his entire life!!!

Because he knew,

that Hashirama Senju's purpose and dream were exactly the same as his own!!!

This point,

was truly too precious and rare!!!

Within the entire Uchiha clan,

his ideas were not accepted by his own father,

nor were they accepted by the other clansmen!!!

In the eyes of his father, Uchiha Tian Dao,

only the victory of the Uchiha clan was the most important thing of all!!!

Everything else, including the lives of the clansmen,

was nothing more than a means for him to achieve his own purpose!!!

Regarding this point,

Madara declared that he completely could not agree with this!!

4. Our stance is destined to never become friends!

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: This is the greatness of the First Hokage, my lord!! This is also the Will of Fire that we have inherited!!!】

【Orochimaru: Hehe... Sarutobi-sensei... does the Will of Fire truly exist?】

【Tobirama Senju: Monkey!!! Explain to me why the Senju clan perished!!!】