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At Sasuke Uchiha’s home…
The Uchiha Clan’s territory was vast.
Right now, there wasn’t a single person inside.
The Konoha 11 all knew what had happened here, so none of them brought up anything that would scratch at Sasuke’s nerves.
Sasuke was the only one home.
“Hey! Let me tell you guys! I just gave that bastard a real hard kick right in the balls!”
“Hahaha! Kiba! You really are shameless!”
“Tch! Shino! You say that like you’re some kind of saint?! You were stomping people from behind the whole time, weren’t you?! Blowing out every single one of those guys’ backsides! And you have the nerve to call me shameless?!”
“Bullshit! That move is called the Root-Cutting Kick!?!”
“You’re the one talking bullshit! Does the Root-Cutting Kick involve blowing out people’s backsides?! You’re just as shameless as I am!”
“You’re the shameless one!”
“No, you are!”
“…”
“Okay, you two, stop arguing. Honestly? What Sasuke and Sakura did was the really brutal part! One of those guys had his front teeth knocked clean out!”
“And I seriously didn’t expect it — Hinata, you always seem so gentle, but just now you were surprisingly fierce!”
“Right? I never expected Sakura to hit that hard. One punch and the guy’s teeth went flying!”
“Yeah, yeah — but honestly, the coolest thing was when Hirofumi said ‘My father is Aoyama Ito.’ I may have borrowed that line myself!”
“Seriously! My father is Shikaku Nara!”
“Hahahahahaha…”
“…”
The Konoha 11 all chimed in, one after another, and Sasuke Uchiha’s home filled with noise.
For a moment, Sasuke felt a little dazed.
How many years had it been since his home was this lively?
This feeling really isn’t bad at all.
“Hey! You little brat!”
Hirofumi’s mind stirred.
That was Madara Uchiha, calling out to him from the Summoning Space.
He took the grilled meat Ino Yamanaka had cooked for him and channeled his Chakra inward, slipping into the Summoning Space.
Sasuke didn’t notice.
He was too busy fighting with Naruto Uzumaki over a piece that had already burned to a crisp.
The two of them went back and forth, one throwing out “Sasuke-bastard,” the other firing back “Narutard”, loud and chaotic as ever.
Hinata Hyūga wanted to grill a few pieces for Naruto too, but after thinking about it for a long time couldn’t work up the nerve.
That fierce, intimidating energy from earlier had long since vanished without a trace.
Especially when Hinata thought about how she had actually stepped forward and said those things to Naruto’s face, those cheeks burned.
Hinata picked at the grilled meat in silence, sneaking glances at him when no one was looking.
Inside the Summoning Space.
Madara Uchiha’s expression was not good.
Hirofumi had already told him that the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out, and Madara had prepared himself for it, at least somewhat.
But sensing just how empty and vast the Uchiha Clan’s territory had become, actually feeling that hollowness stretch out around him, something still dropped in his chest.
Even though they were all people who had betrayed him…
They were still his clan.
He truly never expected that the Uchiha Clan, once so glorious, would end up like this.
He understood the twists and turns behind it.
He was no naive fool.
The way one dynasty replaces another was the simplest thing in the world.
And Madara had noticed something else long ago: there was no trace of the Senju Clan anywhere inside the Hidden Leaf Village.
Both of them.
The Uchiha and the Senju — the two clans who had founded the Hidden Leaf together, both at the peak of their power, completely gone.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Impressive methods indeed.
For some reason, Madara already found himself looking forward to seeing Tobirama Senju’s face when the news landed.
That person who had “evil Uchiha” at the start of every sentence and “evil Uchiha” at the end.
What kind of expression would Tobirama make upon learning that the Senju Clan had also vanished without a trace?
“Hey! Madara! Why the sour face? Bad mood?…”
“Obviously. Even though they betrayed me, they still carried the Uchiha name.”
Hirofumi understood what Madara meant.
When Madara had left the Hidden Leaf all those years ago, not a single member of the Uchiha Clan had followed him.
He held Madara’s gaze steadily.
“The past cannot be recovered. But the future can be changed. Some people exhaust themselves scheming and still can’t make a ripple. Others make one choice and turn the whole world upside down. Who can say what the future holds? Perhaps one day everyone will walk in this world again.”
Madara Uchiha’s pupils contracted slightly. The source of this chapter is g.com.
He understood exactly what Hirofumi meant.
This strange ability could revive the dead and summon those who had passed on back to the living world.
His own body was already in a remarkably complete state of revival, all it would take was for Hirofumi to perform the Summoning Technique, and he could step into the real world in an instant.
Hirofumi was telling him: the people who had already died had a chance to return.
“Big words for a little brat. Got any alcohol?!”
“Of course.”
And so, while Hirofumi ate grilled meat outside, inside the Summoning Space he and Madara Uchiha settled in for a quiet drink.
“Your Summoning Technique must come with a cost.”
After one cup, Madara looked at him.
Hirofumi gave a noncommittal nod.
“Of course. How could an ability like this come for free?”
Madara understood.
Yes, how could it?
Then Hirofumi added:
“That said… the cost isn’t really a problem for me.”
Madara paused.
“What kind of cost? Tell me.” A beat.
“I’ve been missing an old friend.”
Hirofumi’s eyes lit up.
An old friend.
Sure.
Everyone knows that means Hashirama Senju, best friend in the world, and Madara is just too proud to say it plainly.
Not that it matters.
This is good news.
The only thing to fear is Madara Uchiha having no wants.
But he has one, which means this is very easy to handle.
Want that old friend back?
Then help me go out and earn some serious money.
Bring in a few billion, maybe tens of billions, and every last one of those old friends comes right out on command.
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