Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 513 The Mental World of Uchiha Madara

Judging from Madara Uchiha's tone, Aokiji vaguely sensed that Madara might have figured out the mechanism of his eye technique.

His pupil technique seems invincible, but it actually has quite a few weaknesses. First, it is not completely undefendable; if you react quickly, you can dodge it.

Second: The casting range is very short.

Three: The consumption of pupil power is enormous.

Fourth: There is a time interval.

"Things won't be like this anymore."

With Madara Uchiha's help, the ice on the Ten-Tails' body cracked and spread like tree branches, covering its entire body in the blink of an eye.

Just as the Ten-Tails was about to break through the ice, Madara Uchiha's eyes widened, and something severed his connection with the Ten-Tails.

"Can't move?"

Madara Uchiha looked astonished, his gaze shifting downwards. Wood began to grow from his chest, flowing towards Tsunade, or more accurately, towards the wooden sword in Tsunade's hand. Unexpectedly, the two became connected.

"This is a ninjutsu my grandfather taught me. It can resonate with Sage Chakra, thereby restricting movement."

Tsunade, holding a wooden sword, began to explain.

The wooden sword pierced Madara Uchiha's body, implanting a seed within him. Through a resonant connection, the seed took root and sprouted within Madara, thus restricting his actions.

Damn it, Hashirama, even now you're still stopping me...

"Don't think that just because you think this is enough..."

Madara Uchiha was speaking when he suddenly paused and stopped talking.

"This technique is not just about binding you."

Tsunade held a sword in one hand and formed a hand seal with the other, her eyes closed to better concentrate her chakra.

Ultimately, the Ten-Tails is also a Tailed Beast. Since ordinary Jinchuriki can extract Tailed Beasts, then the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki can also extract them.

"Oh no, oh no..."

Madara Uchiha suddenly realized something, and his face lost its previous composure, showing a panicked expression. He could move his body a little, but that was far from enough.

At this moment, if Aokiji were to use his eye technique, it would burn his own brain, rendering him unable to do anything for five seconds, and the tailed beast would likely be extracted.

"ah--!"

Madara Uchiha roared hysterically, trying to break free from Tsunade's Wood Release restraints.

Most of his abilities were unusable, except for the Truth-Seeking Ball behind him, which he could barely activate.

If Tsunade's spell is interrupted, he can regain the ability to act.

But how could Aokiji let such a thing happen? He flipped his hand and infused it with the power of the Six Paths, turning it as black as Amaterasu. His eyes locked onto the Truth-Seeking Ball's trajectory, and with a grab, the Truth-Seeking Ball froze in his palm.

At this moment, the cooldown of the eye technique had passed. Aokiji gathered chakra in his eyes, opened them wide, and transparent flames burned straight into Madara Uchiha's brain.

Madara Uchiha, who had just been making a racket, suddenly became dazed and lost consciousness.

Without Madara Uchiha's stubborn resistance, Tsunade was able to extract the tailed beast much faster, but that wasn't enough time to extract the Ten-Tails within five seconds.

and……

Many shadow clones appeared around Madara Uchiha at some point, seemingly created by using his last bit of chakra to protect his main body.

Without time to think, Aokiji also summoned shadow clones. These clones were not used to deal with Madara Uchiha, but to protect his main body and Tsunade.

Aokiji placed one hand on Tsunade's hand to strengthen the chakra connection, while his other hand formed a hand seal as he gazed intently at her.

In an instant, Madara Uchiha and Aokiji's gazes met, and their chakra became connected.

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Aokiji entered Madara Uchiha's mental world, felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, and something was directly injected into his mind.

Memories flooded in like a tide, flashing past him like a revolving lantern. Though it was only for a blink of an eye, Aokiji saw them all very clearly.

These are some of Madara Uchiha's more important memories from his lifetime.

Madara Uchiha was born in a time of war and displayed extraordinary talent from birth. In addition, as the son of the current clan leader, the entire Uchiha clan placed high hopes on him.

However, deep down he didn't really want to be a ninja; he didn't want to hurt anyone.

Young Madara Uchiha was always thinking, why do we have to fight all the time? Can't we just sit down and talk things out?

In those days, not only did adults disobey him, but even his peers didn't understand him.

Gradually, he stopped communicating with people, and the more he talked, the more out of place he seemed.

Every time he got his hands dirty with blood, he would go to the stream to skip stones and clear his mind.

At this time, a boy entered his heart. He was a very simple person, and more importantly, he had the same dream as him.

For the first time, Madara Uchiha felt that he might no longer be alone, and that someone could truly understand him.

However, this happy period didn't last long. The father found out that he often met with a person his own age and knew the identity of that person.

His name is Hashirama Senju, and he is the eldest son of the current head of the Senju clan.

The Senju and Uchiha clans were sworn enemies for many years, and the Senju's father ordered him to kill Hashirama.

He was in great pain because of this, but he could not disobey his father's orders.

On the appointed day, Hashirama's father was in the same situation as his father.

Since neither side was absolutely certain, they decided to stop there.

Madara Uchiha was both happy and sad about this.

What makes me happy is that I don't have to kill Hashirama.

Could it be that he and Hashirama can never be like they used to be...?

This caused young Madara Uchiha immense pain, and he began to understand what loss meant...

He also awakened his Sharingan as a result.

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In his youth, in order to continue the bloodline, the clan arranged a marriage for him at an early age.

During the Warring States period, ninjas had extremely short lifespans, and Madara Uchiha was no exception, so he had to prepare for marriage.

The woman was a typical Yamato Nadeshiko type. Madara Uchiha neither liked nor disliked her, so he agreed to the marriage.

However, something unfortunate happened.

On the night of their wedding, the Uchiha clan let their guard down, allowing their enemies to unite and launch a coordinated attack.

In this battle, his betrothed wife tragically died in the fighting, and Madara Uchiha felt very guilty about it, feeling powerless for the first time.

He fears no one when fighting alone, but his individual strength is ultimately limited.

Some time later, his father died in a war. Madara Uchiha was very sad, but not so sad.

It's not that I don't love my father, but when something becomes a daily occurrence, my subconscious stops feeling anything.

After his father's death, as the strongest member of the clan and the eldest son of the former clan leader, the position of clan leader naturally fell to him.

During this period, the Uchiha clan's fighting strength was greatly diminished due to the previous defeats, and other ninja clans united to besiege the Uchiha.

Misfortune struck one after another when two traitors emerged within the clan, adding insult to injury for the already perilous Uchiha clan.

And this clansman was none other than himself and Izuna's best friend.

Betrayed, he and his younger brother Izuna were filled with grief and anger, and they each sought out the two clansmen to fight to the death.

After a fierce battle, Madara Uchiha and Izuna each killed the traitor, but they couldn't feel happy at all; on the contrary, they were even more tormented...

The two clansmen were not traitors, but rather staged a self-inflicted injury to infiltrate the enemy, steal intelligence, and ultimately have their deaths awaken Madara and Izuna's Mangekyou Sharingan, thus protecting the Uchiha clan.

Knowing the truth, Madara and Izuna Uchiha were overcome with grief, which touched their hearts that had long been numb.

On this day, Madara Uchiha understood that sacrifice was precisely for the sake of not having to sacrifice.

The two thus awakened their Mangekyou Sharingan.

The two brothers used the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan to greatly increase their strength, instantly turning the tide and defeating the various ninja clans.

During this process, Madara Uchiha gained a profound understanding of the importance of power. He realized that with power, nothing is impossible, and personal strength can be greater than anything else.

The expansion of power awakened Madara Uchiha's childhood dream: to use those eyes to unify the entire ninja world, to end wars, bloodshed, and suffering.

Using the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, he was almost unstoppable. Why "almost"? Because he encountered a high wall that he couldn't push down no matter what.

And this wall is the space between the columns.

This guy is so strong he's practically a monster. Even though I have the Mangekyou Sharingan, I still can't defeat him.

Even after fusing with his younger brother Izuna's eyes, his eyes evolved to an unprecedented level for the Uchiha clan.

After his defeat, Hashirama convinced himself through his strength and personal charisma.

Two people with shared ideals created a village, named Konoha, and established a system of one village per country, which was followed by other countries. The two entered a honeymoon period, and everything was developing in a good direction.

However, this state did not last long...

(End of this chapter)