Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 253 I, Madara, am willing to claim the title of Strongest [Part 2]

By the time Sakumo Hatake reacted, Madara Uchiha had already swept across with his Uchiha fan.

With a muffled thud, Edo Tobirama was sent flying backwards beside Hatake Sakumo.

"Who goes there?!"

Sakumo Hatake frowned. Before him stood the First, Third, and Fourth Hokage, all with solemn expressions.

"I never imagined you'd be controlled one day... Madara!"

Edo Tensei Hashirama looked at Uchiha Madara in front of him and coldly snorted and roared.

Madara Uchiha steadied himself and looked at the reanimated Hashirama in front of him. Madara Uchiha revealed a mocking smile: "Controlled? Hashirama, you are still so naive."

"I wasn't controlled. The effects of the Impure World Reincarnation on me were long ago lifted!"

Edo Tensei Hashirama stared wide-eyed at Uchiha Madara, then gritted his teeth and said, "If that's the case, why are you siding with the mastermind behind it all?!"

Madara Uchiha looked at the reanimated Hashirama with a mocking expression: "Even now, you already have the answer in your heart, don't you? If that's the case, why deny it?!"

Stop deceiving yourself.

Why am I standing here? Well, that's because...

I was behind all of this! Hahahaha!

Edo Tensei Hashirama's face suddenly darkened, and he slammed his hands together, causing countless tree roots to sprout from the ground and reach out to grab Uchiha Madara.

Madara Uchiha sneered, making no move whatsoever, and stood there quietly.

Just as the tree roots were about to touch Madara Uchiha, a tremendous repulsive force suddenly erupted from in front of Madara Uchiha.

The surrounding tree roots were directly pushed aside by this repulsive force.

"What?!" Edo Tensei Hashirama's eyes widened as he looked up sharply at the sky, where a masked figure floated silently.

"That's... the power of the Rinnegan!" Naruto suddenly realized.

"This is the same power that destroyed Konoha last time! It's just much stronger than this time!" Naruto shouted.

After Konoha was attacked last time, Hokage Tsunade and Jiraiya investigated and found information about the Rinnegan.

Afterwards, information was also shared with some important ninjas—mainly those who were powerful.

Therefore, Naruto also knew about the Rinnegan.

The impure Hashirama looked solemn, his Rinnegan...

Isn't that the eye of the legendary Sage of Six Paths?

Even if he doesn't care about many things, he still knows about this kind of thing.

"Who is this person?!" Edo Tobirama asked solemnly as he approached Edo Hashirama.

"I don't know, but his strength is definitely not weak." As Edo Tensei Hashirama said this, he clapped his hands together, and huge, thick trees rose from the ground and rushed towards Uchiha Madara.

Madara Uchiha grinned maliciously and charged directly at Hashirama.

"Hashirama! This scene looks so familiar... We had a battle like this back then, didn't we!"

The reanimated Hashirama said coldly, "We are already dead; we shouldn't disturb the world of the living!"

"Hehehe, only you would be so naive!"

Has the world become a better place after we die? Has war stopped? People are still dying!

Admit it, Hashirama! You failed! You did not bring peace to the world! Only I! Only I could have done it…”

"boom"

The roar of a chakra cannon made Madara Uchiha swallow back what he was about to say.

Wearing a mask, Obito raised his hand and used Shinra Tensei to deflect the cannonball.

The shells exploded in mid-air but did not harm Madara Uchiha or Obito in the slightest.

Madara Uchiha looked coldly at Sakumo Hatake, who was standing next to the chakra cannon: "Do you want to die?"

Sakumo Hatake glanced up at Madara Uchiha and scoffed disdainfully, "Speaking of which, we also have a Madara Uchiha over there. Although we don't know why he left Konoha, the village doesn't have a good impression of him because of what he did."

Madara Uchiha's battle with the Nine-Tails and Hashirama Senju took place before Yua arrived in Konoha with a group of refugees.

In other words, Madara Uchiha had already caused a great disturbance in Konoha with the Nine-Tails.

However, because so much time has passed and the village has become too wealthy, many elderly people still cling to the past. Since Madara Uchiha is dead, there's no need to keep bringing it up every day.

The main reason is that the Sarutobi clan created a so-called "documentary" about the founding of the village by the First Hokage in order to increase their prestige. It contained many outrageous things, such as Madara Uchiha being extremely wicked, and Hashirama Senju having two wives who were jealous of each other. These were basically just hearsay.

Later, the Uchiha clan, not wanting to be forgotten, also funded the production of a documentary about Madara Uchiha. Their version was much more objective, and they didn't try to whitewash Madara's control of the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha. They simply told the truth, so anyone interested can learn about this history.

That's why almost no one in Youya's village talks about these things anymore.

After all, wouldn't it be better to take out your phone, log in to the latest social networking app, Qiuqiu, and chat with people nearby?

Why waste time on this?

Therefore, Sakumo Hatake was not wrong; he did indeed know something about Madara Uchiha.

"Furthermore, the First Hokage did everything he could to end the war and make the system of one village per country deeply rooted in people's hearts."

There can be no lasting peace in this world, but we can achieve a superficial peace by using checks and balances among various parties.

You probably haven't learned the content of the first lesson in the third-year political science class at the Ninja Academy, have you?

Sakumo Hatake raised his head, and lightning gradually appeared in his eyes.

Madara Uchiha frowned: "What?!"

Sakumo Hatake, head held high and chest puffed out, said to Madara Uchiha with a proud expression: "I am the captain of the Hokage's Guard. The Third Hokage, Lord Yua, is undoubtedly the most virtuous and powerful Hokage in the entire ninja world! Since the Hokage took power, the entire ninja world has not experienced a war for more than 20 years. It is hard for you to imagine, but for us, it is a fact!"

Don't let your inability to do it...

Just deny everything about others!

Sakumo Hatake's body transformed into a bolt of lightning, and in just an instant, the lightning pierced through Madara Uchiha's body.

Under Madara Uchiha's shocked gaze, the world darkened in the next second.

Sakumo Hatake's figure completely disappeared into the darkness.

Just as Madara Uchiha was wide-eyed, preparing to search for Sakumo Hatake's whereabouts...

His body had been completely torn apart...

When Obito forcibly used Shinra Tensei to break through Sakumo Hatake's Dark Descent Technique, what he saw was Madara Uchiha's body, already torn apart...

However, the next second, the shattered fragments gradually coalesced into the figure of Uchiha Madara: "Not bad, not bad at all! With such speed, I, Madara, would call you the strongest speed ninja in Konoha."

But... that's all.

"I'm so sorry, but the body resurrected through Edo Tensei can only be dealt with using sealing techniques."

Even after Madara Uchiha's body recovered, his eyes never transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

In reality, the two eyes he used were not kaleidoscope eyes.

It was Obito's inventory.

As for his own eyes...

Here with Obito.

However, Obito originally had a pair of kaleidoscopes.

That was the Mangekyou Sharingan that Uchiha Setsu from the world of Yua.

but……

These eyes... are now in "his" eyes.

For the time being, there is no need for "him" to appear.