Hokage: Unable to persuade Madara, I chose to build my own ninja village.

Chapter 70 Madara Uchiha: Hashirama, stop asking me for money, I'm afraid Mito will misunderstand!

A commotion broke out among the crowd.

A group of people argued heatedly, their faces turning red, and at one point it even seemed like it was about to escalate into a fight. Fortunately, the Uchiha clan members who were on routine patrol nearby noticed the situation.

So they came over immediately.

The leader of the Uchiha clansmen maintained his usual cold expression, his Sharingan eyes flashing with two tomoe. Holding a black iron rod, he pointed it at the group and shouted, "What are you doing?!"

"Don't you know that engaging in group fighting violates Konoha's regulations?"

"Would you like to come with me to the garrison headquarters for tea?"

Upon seeing that it was a patrol team of Uchiha clan members, the group immediately scattered in panic like birds and beasts, not daring to stay any longer.

They can't afford to offend the Uchiha clan.

The Uchiha clan members responsible for patrolling will not easily let go of thugs who disrupt village order or engage in gang fights in public places. Whether they are villagers or ninjas, they will all be dealt with severely.

The crowd they had just encountered was just a group of ordinary villagers and ninjas, and they had no way to resist, so they could only curse inwardly as they left.

"Hmph, these people are really cowards!"

They ran away as soon as they saw us!

The Uchiha clansman leading the group looked at the villagers who immediately chose to disappear on the spot, and a smug smile appeared on his face. At this moment, the Uchiha clansmen following behind him also laughed.

They really enjoyed this feeling of being powerful and influential. At first, they thought that Tobirama Senju was deliberately tormenting the Uchiha clan by always assigning them all the daily patrol duties in the village, claiming that the Uchiha clan was the founder of the village and that protecting the village's daily safety was their duty.

Now that he's enjoying the taste of power, his mindset is slowly changing.

That's how the Uchiha clan should be!

A strong person is awe-inspiring!

The village I must protect!

Let those restless fellows behave themselves in the village.

This is the responsibility of the Uchiha clan!

A potential mass brawl was abruptly averted, but the core "inherent flaws" at the heart of the argument spread even further.

Of course, most people in Konoha now just treat this as a joke, and very few people actually believe that Konoha has any inherent flaws.

Because Konoha is very powerful now.

What happened just now was merely the work of a small group of attention-seeking clowns trying to grab people's attention. Anyone who believes that is either a fool or an idiot. (Hashirama Senju is an exception; he was just naive.)

However, Makoto Uchiha has already achieved the result he wanted. A seed has been planted, and all that is needed now is to keep watering and fertilizing it so that the seed can take root and sprout.

In any case, Konoha was at its peak from the start.

Since Hashirama Senju's death, Konoha has been on a downward spiral.

Once the village started to decline.

Especially during times of war.

All sorts of demons and monsters will appear, and then fallacies and heresies will rapidly proliferate until they become mainstream.

Hashirama Senju was still immersed in the grief of the failed operation. He really didn't expect the atmosphere in Konoha to be so bad. In just two nights, all the money in the money box had disappeared. This was a test of humanity, and humanity could not withstand the test.

However, he has not chosen to give up. Even if Konoha really has some inherent flaws, he still wants to save Konoha from its predicament. This is the village that Hashirama Senju built with his own hands.

"Looks like I need to take on some missions and find a way to make some money."

Hashirama Senju thought to himself.

Because Tobirama Senju had already stated in the Hokage's office that he could no longer provide any funding for this absurd project, Hashirama Senju now had to earn the money himself to fund the project.

Hashirama Senju wasn't worried about making money.

Considering Hashirama Senju's strength.

There are practically no missions in the ninja world that he can't complete. If he encounters difficulties, he just needs to push through them. The only thing he needs to consider when taking on a commissioned mission is the distance to the mission.

If the mission location is too far away, it will greatly affect his efficiency in completing the mission.

"Let's go find Ban first. I don't think I've ever teamed up with him for a quest before."

Hashirama Senju didn't linger. As was his habit, he planned to do the mission with Madara Uchiha, so he headed straight for the Uchiha clan's territory.

"Lord Hashirama."

"Lord Hashirama, you've come to see Lord Madara again."

As they passed through the Uchiha clan's territory, the Uchiha clan members they encountered greeted Hashirama Senju.

The Uchiha clan has always admired the strong, and Hashirama Senju was a powerful ninja they respected. Hashirama Senju responded with a smile.

Hashirama Senju quickly found Madara Uchiha sitting on a rock reading a book.

"Ban, I'm short on money lately."

Hashirama Senju had barely uttered half a sentence, before he could even invite Madara Uchiha to join him on the mission, when Madara immediately put down the book he was reading, "Romance of the Warring States."

"Hashirama, don't ask me for money. You still haven't paid me back the money you borrowed from me last time!"

"And last time, after you lost all your allowance, you borrowed money from me again, gambled all night at the casino, and didn't come home. Later, when you came home in the early morning, Mito Uzumaki hung you up with a Vajra Chain and beat you, and even told everyone that I borrowed money from you."

"After that, Mito Uzumaki came to see me personally. She said if I lent you any more money, she would beat me up too. I think Mito Uzumaki was serious, after all, she was gritting her teeth when she spoke. You know, I've never liked fighting with women, and if a fight really broke out, the scene would be very ugly."

Madara Uchiha looked at Hashirama Senju in front of him and spoke in a serious tone.

That day, Uzumaki Mito gritted her teeth and had a look of jealousy on her face. Uchiha Madara remembered it clearly, as if he had done something heinous and wronged Uzumaki Mito. He had only lent some money to Hashirama, what was the big deal!

Hashirama Senju's younger brother.

Even the inherently evil Tobirama Senju lent money to Hashirama!

Why is Mito clinging to me like this?

And they even started threatening me.

Madara Uchiha was not afraid of Mito Uzumaki's threats at all. If Mito Uzumaki really took advantage of him and wanted to fight, he would not surrender without a fight. However, considering that the scene would definitely be very ugly.

You also need to be mindful of Hashirama's reputation, and also take care of your own wallet!

Therefore, we must do everything we can to avoid this possibility and absolutely cannot lend Hashirama Senju another single penny.

Madara Uchiha made it clear that he would never lend Hashirama Senju a single penny again. Even if Hashirama begged him this time, he wouldn't lend him a single cent. Mito Uzumaki, that woman, was watching him closely.

"Ban, you've misunderstood!"

"I came here to invite you to do a mission together. Remember the 'Love Box' plan I told you about before? The mission failed, and the two million disappeared within two or three days, but I absolutely won't give up!"

Hashirama Senju scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. It was still somewhat shameful that he had lost all his money gambling and was then hung up and whipped by Mito Uzumaki with the Adamantine Chains. However, he believed in himself and would do it again next time. Hashirama Senju was confident that he would win back his losses one day.

However, Hashirama Senju quickly clarified that he hadn't come to borrow money from Madara, but rather planned to do missions with Madara to earn money.

"Hmph, boring."

After hearing Hashirama Senju's explanation, Madara Uchiha's expression immediately relaxed. As long as it wasn't about borrowing money, he wasn't afraid of Mito Uzumaki, but rather that Hashirama Senju would be caught in the middle.

However, Madara Uchiha still maintained a cold and aloof demeanor.

Hashirama Senju had previously thought the idea of ​​the charity money box was outrageous, but now that so many people were moving to Konoha, there were bound to be some with ulterior motives.

If you just leave the money box by the roadside, the money will disappear in no time.

Even so, he and Hashirama Senju made 50 boxes and put 4 ryo into each one. However, he had already anticipated the outcome of checking the boxes, so he did not go with them. Rather than wasting time, he would rather read "Romance of the Warring States" again!

Madara Uchiha personally felt that if these boxes were placed on the ninja clan's territory, it might have an effect. After all, the ninja clan members still have some sense of face. Even if they wouldn't be generous enough to take money out of their own pockets to give to the boxes, they wouldn't take all the money out of the boxes in just two days.

If Hashirama, that idiot, continues to leave the box on the street...

That would still be a waste of effort.

"No time. This plan is pointless. I want to stay home and catch up on 'Romance of the Warring States' every day!"

Madara Uchiha remained as arrogant as ever. He felt that the plan was both a waste of effort and boring, so he had to make Hashirama Senju beg him first before he would reluctantly agree.

"Ban, let's do some missions first. The author of this book only updates once a day, which is too slow. You can save it for later, and then you can read it all at once when you come back after completing the missions!"

"Wouldn't that be better?"

Hashirama Senju began to persuade Madara Uchiha, and Madara Uchiha then began to seriously consider Hashirama Senju's suggestion.

This author updates way too slowly.

"When will the three brothers finally achieve their great cause?"

Madara Uchiha recalled the plot in his mind. Although it wasn't a story about ninjas, the plot was something Madara Uchiha really missed.

In particular, the three brothers swore brotherhood in the Peach Garden, and after many hardships, they worked together to strive for their common ideals.

This story reminded Madara Uchiha of himself.

He and Hashirama did indeed realize their childhood dream, but in the process, Madara Uchiha lost his younger brother forever.

Unreachable is always in turmoil.

Madara Uchiha longed to see a perfect ending in this story, where his brothers would still be by his side when his great cause was accomplished, thus making up for the regret in his heart.

My thoughts quickly returned to reality.

"Then I'll reluctantly agree, although I don't have much hope for your plan."

The standard procedures have been completed.

Madara Uchiha reluctantly accepted Hashirama Senju's invitation to team up, but Hashirama immediately beamed and plopped down on the rock next to Madara.

I haven't checked today's update yet.

"How's the plot going?"

Hashirama Senju is also a loyal fan of "Romance of the Warring States" and follows the updates every day. Today, he was busy checking boxes and didn't come, so he didn't have time to check the latest update.

"The author of this dog-themed program cut off again at a crucial moment."

"What a bastard!"

Madara Uchiha said indignantly.

It's one thing for this author to update slowly, but they also have a particular fondness for stopping at crucial moments!

"He really is a bastard!"

The atmosphere of the conversation was quite pleasant at first. With Uchiha Madara taking the lead, amidst laughter and chatter, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara cursed Uchiha Shiro, the author, for half an hour. Afterward, the two quickly began to discuss the plot of the story with great interest.

This process.

Inevitably, predictions about the following plot have begun.

"I think the three brothers' future is probably going to be very difficult. There have been rumors recently that the final outcome will be a bad one, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"impossible!"

"How can you believe rumors and gossip?"

"This author has always treated the three brothers as the main characters of the story. Although their struggles have been full of hardships, the current plot can be described as advancing triumphantly. The fierce attack from the enemy in the north was directly burned away by a single fire!" (Battle of Red Cliffs)

Madara Uchiha spoke with absolute certainty.

He couldn't accept that the story he'd followed for so long would end badly; it had to be a satisfying ending.

otherwise

"Ban, don't get agitated. It's just a rumor. Of course, I also hope that the story will have a happy ending, just like how you and I achieved our ideals together."

Senju Hashirama sensed that Uchiha Madara was agitated and immediately spoke to comfort him. Upon hearing these words of comfort, Uchiha Madara's eyes suddenly darkened. Was this really a good ending?

Hashirama, you also have a younger brother, Mito Uzumaki, and a son.

I have nothing left.

"Ban, what's wrong?"

Hashirama Senju keenly sensed Madara Uchiha's change in mood and asked him what was wrong. Madara suppressed his emotions, remaining as calm as ever, and finally said, "It's nothing, let's go do our mission!"

Madara Uchiha stood up from the rock and walked forward on his own. Hashirama Senju watched from behind and for a moment felt a strange sense of loneliness about Madara's figure.

but

Hashirama Senju didn't think much of it.

I realized I was overthinking things, and immediately followed.

(End of this chapter)