The next morning.
Early in the morning…
Senju Tobirama got up bright and early, unable to wait any longer.
He went to the office that his big brother, Senju Hashirama, had just built using Wood Release.
The moment he stepped inside…
He saw a man with black, non-mainstream hair standing in the office.
At the same time…
That man noticed Senju Tobirama as well.
“Che…
The inherently evil Uchiha Madara!
Senju Tobirama!!”
“You really are like a ghost that refuses to go away…”
“Why is he pestering my my big brother, Hashirama again?!”
However, knowing that Senju Hashirama was biased and that his heart had already been stolen by the inherently evil Uchiha Madara…
Senju Tobirama could only keep those words to himself.
Of course, Uchiha Madara was thinking the same thing…
For Hashirama’s sake, I’ll put up with Senju Tobirama for now!
The two merely glanced at each other with identical deadpan expressions, neither showing the slightest bit of goodwill.
Then Senju Tobirama walked straight over to Senju Hashirama.
“Big Brother, these are the results of the questionnaires I’ve collected over the past few days…
Take a look.”
“Questionnaire?”
Senju Hashirama spoke with confusion as he reached out and took a stack of papers from Senju Tobirama’s hands.
Then…
He began reading.
As expected…
Uchiha Madara also leaned his head over to take a look.
Anything Hashirama wanted to see—even a piece of toilet paper—Madara would have to take a glance at it and see what was written on it.
[Questionnaire Survey Report on Making Senju Hashirama the Person in Charge of the Village!]
A single line of huge black characters on the page stated Senju Tobirama’s intentions loud and clear.
But when Uchiha Madara suddenly joined in…
Senju Tobirama wasn’t nervous in the slightest!
Because every result had been personally provided by the Uchiha clan members themselves.
And to make the results even more credible, Senju Tobirama had specifically instructed the big sister responsible for the “questionnaire survey” to make absolutely sure that every Uchiha clan member signed their own name on the questionnaire containing their answers.
It was practically foolproof!!
And now that this inherently evil Uchiha Madara happened to be here, this was the perfect opportunity to show him Senju Tobirama’s methods!
Your own clansmen have already been forced to speak for you…
This is the secret of statistics that I’ve mastered!
The village leader’s throne belongs to Big Brother!
Uchiha Madara, regret it!
Curse your fate for not having a brain as clever as mine!
Thinking of this…
A confident and satisfied smile appeared on Senju Tobirama’s face.
He was already looking forward to the expression on Uchiha Madara’s face when he learned the survey results.
It would surely be an ugly expression, utterly enraged after having his worldview shattered!
“Agreed…”
“Yes!”
“I think that’s fine!”
Senju Hashirama flipped through the questionnaires one after another.
The results left him astonished.
“I’m actually this popular?!”
“It would be understandable for the Senju clan members to support me, but I never expected that the vast majority of the Uchiha clan members would support me too!”
As for Uchiha Madara’s thoughts…
“My Hashirama really is amazing!”
“He’s already won the support of the Uchiha clan members so quickly…
Looks like the day when the Senju and Uchiha clans finally put an end to their generations of hatred will arrive very soon!”
Time passed little by little.
Soon, Senju Hashirama reached the end of the questionnaire report.
“According to the public opinion survey, Senju Hashirama has already received approximately eighty percent support.
This proves that…
Senju Hashirama becoming the person in charge of the village is the will of the people!”
This was a summary personally written by Senju Tobirama.
According to his plan, over the next few days, these survey results and the conclusion would spread throughout both the Senju and Uchiha clans.
He would build momentum for his big brother, Senju Hashirama, and leave Uchiha Madara not even the slightest opportunity to become the person in charge of the village.
At this moment, Senju Tobirama’s smile faded, and a sharp glint appeared in his eyes.
He carefully observed Uchiha Madara’s expression.
Unfortunately…
He didn’t see the reaction he had been expecting.
There wasn’t the slightest hint of anger on Uchiha Madara’s face.
Instead…
Was that a little bit of excitement?
Senju Tobirama felt as though he had thrown a punch into a cloud of cotton.
Was this really reasonable?
It shouldn’t be!!
Senju Tobirama began to doubt his own judgment.
After all, according to common sense, any clan leader in the shinobi world would become furious upon seeing such a survey report.
His own clansmen had actually rebelled!
When choosing such an important position as the village leader, his own clansmen weren’t supporting him or even giving him a single vote?
What an outrage!
They were all disloyal and needed to be dealt with using an iron fist!
However…
Senju Tobirama soon remembered something.
The inherently evil Uchiha clan had brains that didn’t quite work normally.
And this was especially true of Uchiha clan members who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
The Uchiha Madara standing before him possessed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, making him even less someone who could be judged by common sense!
But someone who couldn’t be judged by common sense was often extremely dangerous!
The inherently evil Uchiha clan…
Evil.
Truly far too evil!
Still, at least…
For the moment…
Everything was under his control.
Thinking this, Senju Tobirama cleared his throat and looked toward his big brother.
“Big Brother, I told you long ago that you becoming the person in charge of the village was absolutely the will of the people!”
“No one is more qualified than you to take on the position of village leader.”
After saying this, Senju Tobirama secretly glanced at Uchiha Madara from the corner of his eye.
The result was…
No reaction whatsoever.
Uchiha Madara still wore that same deadpan expression.
Even though Uchiha Madara also believed that his Hashirama was completely qualified to become the person in charge of the village…
He simply didn’t want to show Senju Tobirama, the murderer of his younger brother, the slightest bit of goodwill.
“Madara, what do you think…
Actually, I think you’d be more suitable than me…
Why don’t you do it?”
Senju Hashirama continued to support Uchiha Madara as always.
Madara, you’re more suitable than me!!
“Big Brother, what are you even talking about?!”
“The Senju clan members support you becoming the person in charge, and the Uchiha clan members support you becoming the person in charge too…
Everyone believes in you, and you’re still…”
Senju Tobirama, who had been waiting in vain for Uchiha Madara to become furious, was the one who broke down first.
He hurriedly spoke before Uchiha Madara could say anything…
He was genuinely afraid that Uchiha Madara would simply agree.
Big Brother, as your younger brother, I didn’t just cook the food for you.
At this point, I can practically say I’ve already chewed it up and fed it directly into your mouth!
But…
Why the hell are you not even looking at it, only to spit the food straight into Uchiha Madara’s mouth?!
I’m working myself to death for you, for the Senju clan…
If you’re not hungry, you could at least give the food back to me!
I’m exhausted…
I want to die!
Faced with Senju Tobirama’s frantic breakdown…
Uchiha Madara’s expression remained utterly calm.
His eyes showed neither anger nor sadness.
If anything…
It was an indescribable look of contempt.