I, The New Hokage of Konoha - Chapter 213
“Weak? No! As the hero of the Shinobi War, the hero of the Sharingan, Uchiha Madara, you are not insignificant to Konoha,” Yuki calmly said.
Madara, with a mocking smirk on his face, replied, “Hero? A champion? Haha~ Those are just false and useless titles to deceive the world.”
“Believe what you want,” Yuki shrugged indifferently.
He was not Naruto, and he didn’t have the ability or interest in trying to redeem a fallen individual with words.
He’d rather think about how to eliminate his opponent with the time he had.
“By the way, your left eye was taken from Kakashi, right? So, how is Kakashi now?”
Yuki hadn’t expected Madara to choose to take back his own Sharingan, as in the original story, he never had such intentions, even during the Fourth Great Ninja War.
It was a misconception.
“Kakashi? He was just a waste who relied on the Sharingan to make a name for himself. I don’t have time to waste on such a person,” Uchiha Madara said indifferently.
“Very well,” Yuki nodded, hearing Madara’s meaning in his words. “With Kakashi’s talent, he’ll be better off without that Sharingan.”
After his inner thoughts, Yuki lost interest in speaking further.
However, Tsunade, standing nearby, said, “I remember you, Uchiha Madara! You’re a disciple of Tobirama, right?”
That’s why she found him familiar before.
As a close friend of Jiraiya of the Sannin, who often visited the latter’s home, she had seen a framed photo of Tobirama, Kakashi, and the three disciples.
Wasn’t the Uchiha boy with the goggles who looked a bit foolish the same guy standing in front of her now?
“Despite how well Tobirama and Jiraiya treated you, you turned out to be a traitor who betrayed his own clan and village,” she said, her anger directed at Madara, the man who had betrayed his teachers and wiped out his own clan, possibly causing the deaths of Jiraiya and even Naruto on the night of the Nine-Tails.
She couldn’t fathom why Uchiha Madara, who had been portrayed as a kind and friendly person by Tobirama and Jiraiya, had become this.
But since he had done what he had, no simple “I’m sorry” could make amends.
At this moment, seeing Tsunade’s stern expression and her intent to hold him accountable, Uchiha Madara sneered and coldly said, “Blame it on Konoha for not protecting the ones I was willing to give my life for. No, it should be blamed on this false world without hope. So, now I’m going to create a true world!”
“What false, true? What are you talking about?” Tsunade questioned as if sizing up a madman. She then turned her gaze toward Sasuke and asked, “It’s not because of this old man passing on some crazy ideology to him, right? When you left the village back then, even though you were the Uchiha clan leader, none of the Uchiha were willing to follow you. What? Do you still want to come back and try again?”
“How can small-minded people like you understand the great truth?” Madara turned his gaze from the disrespectful granddaughter of Hashirama to her, calmly saying, “This time, returning to the Shinobi World, it’s not about returning to power, but about tearing down and rebuilding everything. Everyone in the future Shinobi World will be grateful for what I’m doing.”
“Grateful?” Tsunade chuckled mockingly.
Seeing this, Madara shook his head and lost interest in this woman.
His greater interest lay with Yuki than Tsunade, who had inherited Hashirama’s bloodline but not his power.
“Enough of this talk. Now…”
“Lord Madara!” Suddenly, someone rose from the ground beside him and hurriedly called, “A thousand-strong Konoha force is on its way! Uchiha Shisui leads it!”
“Uchiha… Shisui?” Madara raised an eyebrow.
He was quite unfamiliar with the person who sounded like a relative of his own clan and could clearly sense fear in the messenger’s voice.
“Shisui, who also activated the Mangekyo Sharingan, is now one of the most loyal followers of Senju Hashirama. Madara, the opportunity to defeat Uchiha Shisui is gone. We should withdraw and reconsider our options,” the messenger quickly advised Madara.
Although Madara had recovered somewhat, he was still far from his peak state.
Faced with a thousand Konoha ninja and the reinforcement led by Uchiha Shisui and Tsunade, who had also regained much of her strength, it was clear that continuing the fight head-on would likely lead to their entrapment here.
“I didn’t expect someone from the Uchiha clan to also activate the Mangekyo Sharingan.” Madara expressed his surprise before looking deeply at Yuki. “Our fight will have to wait until next time.”
Madara was no fool.
Yuki’s strength was on par with his, and with the arrival of reinforcements, there was no guarantee of victory in a direct confrontation.
He had spent years planning for his return and wasn’t about to waste his life before achieving his ultimate goal – the fulfilment of his lifelong wish, the Eye of the Moon Plan.
Therefore, after hearing the advice from the messenger, Madara nodded and immediately turned to leave.
As a survivor of the Warring States Era, he knew when to retreat when the situation turned unfavourable.
“Don’t even think about running!”
At this moment, seeing both Madara and Sasuke trying to escape, Tsunade chased after them without hesitation.
“That impatient nature of yours hasn’t changed.”
Yuki, who had come forward, could only follow suit.
He didn’t believe they could stop their opponents.
In fact, they couldn’t.
The first to break out, Tsunade, quickly halted in her tracks.
The reason was that Madara’s long-range Kamui had already covered the area ahead.
With this opportunity, Madara had already teleported far away with Sasuke.
“Damn it!”
Tsunade smashed a boulder beside her with frustration.
“Until next time.”
Yuki, who had arrived beside her, comforted her while gazing at the receding figures of Madara and Sasuke.
Though the mission had succeeded in defeating Pain, it had brought forth a more formidable opponent in Madara.
It couldn’t be considered a complete success, but at least it had exposed his last cards.
This meant Yuki didn’t have to worry about what changes might occur in the future.
Until next time.
When they meet again, he’ll have a big surprise for all of them.
…
A few minutes later, a thick cloud of smoke accompanied by the sound of rapid.
Footsteps swept in from not too far away.
Yuki, now wearing clean clothes after Tsunade’s assistance, stood quietly waiting in place.
Soon, as the commotion subsided, a synchronized, resounding voice of a thousand people rang out at this moment:
“Lord Hokage! Lady Tsunade!”
“You’ve worked hard,” Yuki waved his hand.
After a brief exchange, Uchiha Shisui, who led the thousand-strong ninja army, approached. He first greeted Tsunade beside Yuki and then said to Yuki, “I’m sorry, Lord Hokage, for arriving late.”
“Not too late. If you want to blame someone, blame the enemy for being too strong,” Yuki said with a wave of his hand, looking at the devastated battlefield around them.
Even he hadn’t expected Madara to be resurrected at this moment.
All his preparations had been aimed solely at defeating Pain.
The battle against Madara had been a coincidental encounter.
Otherwise, he would have brought a large contingent of Konoha’s top forces to confront them, and he would have loved to see Madara try to “dance” under those circumstances.
Uchiha Shisui’s initial mission with the thousand-strong ninja force wasn’t to reinforce this location but to station themselves near the borders of Fire, Wind, and Earth in response to the escalating situation.
The fact that they arrived so quickly on their own initiative was already commendable.
“Enemy?” Seeing the devastated battlefield, Shisui couldn’t help but be surprised. “Who was strong enough to fight Lord Hokage and still escape?”
“Uchiha Madara,” Yuki said directly.
“Uchiha… Madara?” Shisui’s face showed a sudden surprise.
He thought he had misheard. How could someone who had died many years ago suddenly reappear?
“Indeed, it’s Uchiha Madara. That old man crawled out of his coffin again,” Tsunade confirmed with a displeased expression. “And Uchiha Madara, the one who caused trouble during the Nine-Tails attack.”
“Uchiha Madara… Uchiha… Madara?” In this instant, hearing this explosive news, Shisui’s brain was somewhat overloaded and needed time to process.
Uchiha Madara, who had died many years ago, had returned to life. Moreover, Uchiha Madara and Madara Uchiha, both from the same clan, had returned to oppose Konoha.
What kind of twisted tale was this?
If it weren’t for the fact that Yuki and Tsunade were the ones speaking, Shisui would have thought they were joking.
Seeing this, Yuki briefly explained, “There’s a jutsu called Izanami, which can bring the dead back to life. That’s how Uchiha Madara came back. As for Uchiha Madara, he never died in the first place; after all, his body was never retrieved.”
“I see,” Shisui nodded, starting to grasp the situation.
However, he soon looked serious.
Uchiha Madara and Madara Uchiha… Both from the Uchiha clan?
This was not good news for the Uchiha clan members who had finally broken free and found happiness in Konoha.
Whether it was Shisui now or the other Uchiha clan members who would receive the news later, they had no goodwill towards Uchiha Madara and Madara Uchiha, who had become enemies of Konoha.
After all, the current Konoha was their true home.
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