Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 514 Uchiha Fan

As Konoha began electing its first Hokage, Madara Uchiha and the village began to develop a rift.

Even though Hashirama promised to let him become the second Hokage, Madara Uchiha knew in his heart that this was impossible.

After Hashirama abdicates, the Second Hokage will most likely be his younger brother, Tobirama.

Residing behind Hashirama was already Madara Uchiha's limit; to be relegated to the position of Tobirama was something Madara Uchiha could never tolerate.

During this process, he also discovered that while the village appeared peaceful on the surface, there were hidden dangers of infighting and backstabbing.

Most members of the Uchiha clan are arrogant by nature and easily offend others. If someone takes advantage of this personality trait in the future, the Uchiha clan could very well become cannon fodder used to prove, highlight, and achieve their own success.

Madara Uchiha told his clansmen about this, intending to lead them away from the village and create a village belonging to the Uchiha clan.

However, the clan members did not agree with this idea, and even believed that Uchiha Madara, the clan leader, was resentful because he did not become the First Hokage.

Madara Uchiha felt both surprised and ashamed.

Because he did not fulfill his brother's dying wish to protect the Uchiha clan, but what could he do? Saying more would only incite rebellion among the clan members.

Madara Uchiha insisted on leaving Konoha to find the true peace he desired.

During this journey, he rescued a girl from the local tyrants and bullies. Some time later, he went back to visit the girl he had rescued, but she realized what was happening and tried to poison him.

Madara Uchiha asked, puzzled, "Have I done anything to wrong you?"

The girl answered decisively, "No."

Madara Uchiha asked again, "Then why did you kill me?"

The girl continued, "Because if I don't kill you, someone will kill me, Daddy, Mommy..."

"Aren't you afraid I'll do the same?"

"I'm not afraid."

Why?

"Because you are a good person..."

Uchiha Madara: ...

Madara Uchiha let the girl go and then silently walked away...

Some time later, he passed through a place where local tyrants and bullies were again bullying men and women—a phenomenon common in the world.

Madara Uchiha robbed all the money of these local tyrants and even killed them.

Some time later, Madara Uchiha returned to this place, thinking that this time the girl's situation wouldn't repeat itself.

However, this time it was disappointing again.

The departure of a group of nouveau riche and tyrannical people only leads to the emergence of a new group.

Moreover, this new local tyrant and evil gentry was born from his past as a poor man. Not only that, but he was even more despicable than the local tyrants and evil gentry of the past.

Madara Uchiha didn't understand the motivation behind this behavior, so he used his Sharingan to control the poor man who had risen from poverty and asked him why.

The man said he wanted to release the pain he had suffered, but he dared not reach out to the rich, as it was risky and he would lose his hard-won status. At this time, the poor people who were once in the same class as him were the best targets for bullying, because they dared not resist and had no ability to resist.

Upon hearing this, Madara Uchiha's worldview was shaken.

Madara Uchiha did not deny that there were people like Hashirama in this world, but how many people like him were there in the world?

The prosperity of the world is for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

This is the main theme of this world. There are always lights like Hashirama shining in, but they are quickly drowned out by the darkness of the main theme.

From then on, Madara Uchiha embarked on the path of the Infinite Tsukuyomi without hesitation.

This world we live in is made up of lies and full of hypocrisy, so what does it matter if he uses illusions to create it?

At least everyone is happy...

……

When Aokiji came to his senses, a figure came into view with an unpleasant expression: "The guy who dared to look into other people's memories."

Aokiji did not answer that question. He looked around and saw that Madara Uchiha's mental world was predominantly blue, with faint white halos occasionally floating around it, creating a beautiful interplay of colors.

"Your mental space is quite beautiful."

"I have no interest in listening to your nonsense."

Behind Madara Uchiha, a Truth-Seeking Ball floated in front of him, sculpting into a black tin staff, which he held in one hand.

The spiritual world cracked open, and trees kept emerging from it, piercing the ground.

Aokiji glanced at it and felt something.

These tree roots will absorb Madara Uchiha's chakra, eventually absorbing the tailed beast within him.

It seems he needs to protect these tree branches to prevent them from being destroyed by Madara Uchiha in his spiritual world, thus delaying the extraction of the tailed beast.

Five seconds pass in the blink of an eye, but five seconds in the mental world are incomparable to five seconds in the external world.

Aokiji wasn't sure of the exact conversion time; all he could do was delay Madara Uchiha as much as possible.

Aokiji summoned the Radiant Pattern, infusing it with Six Paths Chakra, causing the blue flames to turn a jet-black color, resembling Amaterasu.

Driven by his will, Aokiji sculpted it into a black ice sword, gripped the hilt, pointed the tip forward, and smiled as if he had thought of something.

"What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about what words I could use to talk you out of it," Aokiji said self-deprecatingly. "But I don't think I'm very good at that kind of thing."

Madara Uchiha coldly said, "Boring. Now that things have come to this, what else do you want to say?"

"Strength is the most powerful language."

Madara Uchiha narrowed his eyes and watched silently. These were the words he had taught Aokiji in the past.

"I understand your point of view, but if some things are taken to extremes, problems are bound to arise."

Aokiji raised his ice sword and pointed it forward: "I will use your own methods to subdue you and stop you."

"If you can do it, feel free to give it a try."

Madara Uchiha flicked his staff, and several Truth-Seeking Balls responded, propelling him forward. At a speed faster than the blink of an eye, he was about to pounce on his enemy when he was engulfed by several black flames mid-air. His speed decreased, and he eventually lost momentum.

Almost the instant the Truth-Seeking Ball hit the ground, the two launched attacks at the same time.

"Bang."

The tin staff and the ice sword clashed, producing a crisp sound.

Aokiji released his left hand from the ice sword and unleashed the Ice Soul Palm, which he had been preparing for a long time, at Uchiha Madara.

Just as it was about to make contact with Uchiha Madara, the black tin staff suddenly changed from a liquid state into a gourd-shaped ball of paper, blocking the palm strike.

"This is……"

Aokiji was startled; the chakra he had gathered in his hand was rapidly dissipating.

No, more accurately, it's absorption.

Madara Uchiha smiled.

Uchiha rebound...

The fan, having absorbed chakra, suddenly unleashed a shockwave.

As the weapon slipped from his hand, Aokiji was sent flying. He rolled a few times on the ground, quickly stood up, and looked at the weapon in Uchiha's hand, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

Madara Uchiha transformed his staff into the shape of a flame-shaped fan passed down through generations of Uchiha, and casually smashed it on the ground: "It's definitely more convenient to use this way..."

Although this is not a true flame fan, it is more powerful than the original because it is essentially a Truth-Seeking Ball.

However, Madara Uchiha was not satisfied with this. The Truth-Seeking Balls behind him fluttered and all gathered and merged into the fan. Just by looking at it, one could clearly feel that this fan was going to become even more troublesome.

Madara Uchiha used his other hand to form a hand seal, gathering the chakra in his mouth and transforming it into a red fireball, which he then shot out.

Immortal Technique: Samadhi True Fire

This is a high-level ninjutsu, second only to Amaterasu, and neither strong winds nor torrential rains can extinguish it.

Madara Uchiha focused his gaze, adding Amaterasu's black flames to the Samadhi True Fire.

After doing all this, Madara Uchiha wasn't finished. With a wave of his fan, the flames expanded and formed a fiery tornado of intersecting black and red, blazing fiercely and moving with lightning speed.

(End of this chapter)