Under the cover of night…
The Uchiha clan compound.
Uchiha Madara, clad in pure black armor, gathered the surviving members of the Uchiha clan.
Not long ago, the battle between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had come to an end.
This also meant that the long struggle between the Senju and Uchiha clans had finally been decided.
Unfortunately…
Uchiha Madara had lost…
and the Uchiha clan had lost as well.
Senju Hashirama, this monstrously overpowered freak with absurd stats, had defeated Uchiha Madara by a narrow margin.
Going by the Senju clan’s usual methods, Uchiha Madara should have been mercilessly killed…
and the surviving Uchiha would have been hunted down by the Senju like stray dogs.
But fortunately…
The current head of the Senju clan was Senju Hashirama.
He had known Uchiha Madara since they were children.
Even though the conflict between their clans had forced them onto the battlefield, their repeated clashes had nevertheless forged a deep bond between them.
Senju Hashirama had not only spared the defeated Uchiha Madara, but had instead wanted to pursue their childhood ideal together once more—to establish the village they had always dreamed of.
However, Uchiha Madara did not trust Senju Hashirama’s words.
He was determined to die, and to that end, he posed Senju Hashirama with a difficult question.
“Reconciliation?”
“Give me back my brother’s life first!”
“Hashirama, either you kill your brother, Senju Tobirama, or you kill yourself right now!”
Uchiha Madara believed that the dilemma he had presented was impossible for Senju Hashirama to solve…
because in Uchiha Madara’s eyes, Senju Hashirama would never kill his own brother.
As for suicide…
Uchiha Madara did not believe that Senju Hashirama would choose to kill himself for his sake, either.
But what surprised Uchiha Madara was that Senju Hashirama was actually willing to exchange his own life for peace between the Senju and Uchiha clans.
And then…
Uchiha Madara was completely won over.
The Senju succubus was terrifying indeed!
….
Uchiha Madara looked at the clansmen before him.
After taking a deep breath, he slowly spoke in a somewhat hoarse voice, “My fellow clansmen, the battle between the Uchiha and Senju ends here.
I have decided to accept the Senju clan’s truce agreement and put an end to this conflict…”
“From now on…
the Uchiha clan will work together with the Senju clan to establish a shinobi village…”
The atmosphere was deathly silent.
The Uchiha were all stunned by Uchiha Madara’s decision.
A thousand years of blood feud—was it really going to end just like this?
Before dying, those clansmen who had fallen at the hands of the Senju had still been shouting that the Senju clan must be completely destroyed and that the Uchiha would avenge them.
Moreover…
what difference was this so-called truce agreement from a surrender agreement?!
“The proud Uchiha will never surrender!”
But…
ideals were beautiful, while reality was harsh.
After briefly venting their emotions, the Uchiha gradually regained their rationality.
The Uchiha clan had actually already lost.
Uchiha Madara had been defeated by Senju Hashirama and had survived only because of the bond he had shared with Senju Hashirama over the years.
Senju Hashirama’s overwhelming strength was enough to extinguish the resentment and flames of revenge burning in the hearts of the Uchiha present.
At that moment…
Amid the gloomy atmosphere, Uchiha Makoto stepped forward.
Yes, he was a transmigrator.
In his previous life, as a die-hard anime fan, he had spent years hanging around Bilibili, Tieba, Zhihu, and various other websites, playing keyboard warrior online.
Then, one day, he received the favor of a truck and ended up in this damn Naruto world.
Uchiha Makoto still remembered the excitement he had felt when he first transmigrated.
He had transmigrated!
He was a cheat-enabled protagonist!
He even had a system!
And then, very quickly…
That excitement turned into disappointment, or rather, despair.
The system was like this:
[Shinobi Village Prosperity System: The more prosperous and powerful the shinobi village under your command becomes, the more generous the rewards Uchiha Makoto will receive.]
[System Activation Condition—Become the leader of a shinobi village.]
Damn it!
Become the leader of a shinobi village?
What kind of crappy activation condition was that?
Uchiha Makoto had transmigrated far too early in the timeline!
The Hidden Leaf Village hadn’t even been founded yet!
Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata…
the characters Uchiha Makoto had been so familiar with in his previous life hadn’t even been born.
All those nights he had stayed up watching anime and following the plot, all that supposed advantage of foresight was completely useless in this timeline!
He had transmigrated into the Warring States Period!
The Warring States Period was so chaotic that it wasn’t just shinobi fighting to the death—even ordinary people were practically beating each other to death.
He had survived until now entirely because he had been cautious enough.
Whenever he went on a mission, he did everything he could to gather intelligence and always prepared his trump cards, such as explosive tags and military rations…
And, of course, there was one most important point!
Whenever danger appeared, he had to make sure to put his teammates in front of him first!
So what if he possessed the Three-Tomoe Sharingan?
Uchiha Izuna was the owner of the Mangekyo Sharingan, and wasn’t he still killed because of Senju Tobirama’s scheme?!
Besides…
Why did he have to become the leader of a village?
According to the progression of the story, the Hidden Leaf Village would soon be established.
The First Hokage of the Leaf would be Senju Hashirama.
The Second Hokage…
Without a doubt, it would be Senju Tobirama.
Even Uchiha Madara couldn’t compete with Senju Tobirama, so there was even less reason to mention himself.
As for competing for the position of Third Hokage…
if his opponent were Sarutobi Hiruzen, Uchiha Makoto believed he might actually have a chance.
But that would require waiting until Senju Tobirama died during peace negotiations between the Leaf and the Hidden Cloud…
and that would be many years from now.
Uchiha Makoto didn’t think he could wait that long.
It was fine to say, “Don’t look down on the poor youth,” but there was no way he could accept, “Don’t look down on the poor old man!”
The only way to activate the system was to find a way to establish his own faction!
Create his own shinobi village!
And now was the best opportunity!
….
“Lord Madara, our Uchiha clan is going to reconcile with the Senju clan and make peace?”
“You’ve got to be kidding!”
“Our fallen clansmen are still waiting for us to avenge them!!
If we stop now, then what about the clansmen who were fighting alongside us not long ago?
Did they die for nothing?”
“I absolutely cannot accept this!”
Under the gazes of everyone present, Uchiha Makoto walked up to Uchiha Madara and spoke indignantly.
He knew that the Uchiha and Senju joining hands and jointly establishing the Hidden Leaf Village was inevitable.
But if he wanted to establish his own faction, he had to find a way to separate himself from the Uchiha clan.
And the thousand-year blood feud between the Uchiha and Senju was the perfect excuse.
Ideally, he could lead a small portion of the Uchiha clansmen away from the Uchiha clan.
The emotions of the Uchiha present were stirred up by Uchiha Makoto once again.
One after another, they began cheering him on.
Uchiha Makoto’s words were highly infectious.
If Uchiha Madara was willing to lead the Uchiha into battle one more time, they were willing to follow him through life and death!
But Uchiha Madara felt terrible at that moment, and a dark shadow appeared across his face.
He could understand what the Uchiha clansmen were thinking…
but the clan had already shed far too much blood.
A thousand-year blood feud was nothing more than you killing me and me killing you, generation after generation without end.
If he wanted to put an end to all of this, then bloodshed might be unavoidable…
even if the blood belonged to his own clansmen…
That’s right!
I’m doing the right thing!
Most importantly…
Hashirama…
Hashirama, when faced with the members of the Senju clan, you would probably make the same choice, wouldn’t you?