Dilemma

The next day, at the crack of dawn.

Madara Uchiha had already opened his eyes. After getting up and washing up, he planned to go out.

The stone tablet and the future kept lingering in his mind, keeping him awake at all, but the stone tablet... he dared not speak of it easily.

Although that kid seemed to know quite a lot, he didn't know if the kid knew about the stone tablet, which concerned the ultimate secret of the Uchiha clan.

When two opposing elements interact, they create a myriad of phenomena!

Will he be killed by Hashirama in the future?

It's ridiculous!

If that kid doesn't know this secret, then this is his chance; he can prepare in advance.

Madara Uchiha recalled the events recorded on the stone tablet in his mind again, but after a moment, he put his thoughts aside, took a deep breath, composed himself, and pushed open the door.

The moment he pushed open the door, Madara glanced at the clansmen who were already waiting behind it, nodded indifferently, and then walked towards the Hokage's temporary office.

The future Hokage Building is under construction, but it is not yet completed. Therefore, Konoha Village is temporarily using a dilapidated wooden house as the Hokage's temporary office.

Before long, he arrived at the Hokage's temporary office. But when he pushed open the door and saw Tobirama Senju handling affairs inside, he was taken aback. Then, he frowned and glanced around.

"Where's Hashirama?"

"Stop looking." Tobirama Senju frowned slightly when he saw Madara Uchiha enter, but quickly regained his indifferent expression. "My brother is still sleeping! Besides, it's still early. Do you want to disturb a child's sleep like you did yesterday?"

"Ridiculous! A child?" Madara scoffed disdainfully. "Six years old is already ready for the battlefield."

"But wasn't the purpose of establishing ninja villages precisely to prevent our children from going to the battlefield?" Tobirama Senju said with a mocking smile. "As expected, Madara Uchiha, born evil, only has war in his mind!"

"!!!"

Upon hearing Tobirama Senju's mockery, Madara Uchiha's forehead veins bulged.

He just couldn't get along with that despicable person!

However, thinking about what happened today, he didn't continue arguing with that despicable Tobirama Senju. He turned around and prepared to grab Hashirama.

"You should be getting ready by now!"

Tobirama Senju's voice came again, causing him to stop in his tracks and instantly activate his Mangekyou Sharingan. But before he could say anything, Tobirama Senju's voice rang out once more.

"If your future self chose to defect, will your present self also choose to defect? ​​Madara Uchiha, born evil!"

"You were spying on me?!" Madara Uchiha turned around abruptly, his eyes flashing red light as he stared directly at Tobirama Senju with a mocking expression. "You really are a despicable bastard!"

"I was monitoring the Uchiha clan, but I must say, seeing what the future holds, my opinion of them has changed somewhat. At least it seems those guys also yearn for peace and didn't defect with you, their clan leader." Tobirama Senju, completely unconcerned about Madara Uchiha's awakened Mangekyou Sharingan, his chakra surging, a mocking smile playing on his lips, "As for you… after seeing that wicked face of yours last night, I don't even need to monitor you, I can guess what you're really like!"

"?!"

This guy...

Upon hearing Tobirama Senju's words, Madara Uchiha's gaze deepened as he looked at him.

It must be said that although this guy is despicable and shameless, he is smarter than that naive Hashirama.

However, this guy was right about one thing... If he really did defect, wouldn't the future Uchiha clan members really follow him?

But Madara quickly regained his composure, a mocking smile playing on his lips. "But I also guessed... if someone like you became the Second Hokage of Konoha, the future of the Uchiha clan would be very bleak."

"Perhaps!" Tobirama Senju didn't deny Madara Uchiha's words, but although he said that, a slight smile appeared on his lips. "However, it seems that the Uchiha clan is still living peacefully in the village. Didn't you see it yesterday? The inherently evil Madara Uchiha!"

As soon as those words fell, the sarcasm and mockery were so overwhelming that Madara Uchiha could no longer contain his anger. With a loud 'boom,' his massive chakra exploded forth.

Faced with this scene, Tobirama Senju on the other side did not back down at all, and his chakra also exploded.

The two streams of chakra collided and confronted each other, neither gaining the upper hand. Only the simple, dilapidated wooden house began to tremble under the influence of the chakra, and countless plumes of dust fell from the roof.

But just as Tobirama Senju pulled out the Flying Thunder God kunai, Madara Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan began to spin.

"That's enough!"

A roar broke the standoff between the two.

Hashirama Senju, who had appeared unnoticed, glared angrily at the two men before him. "What are you two doing? I can feel your chakra even in bed! Didn't I say that the feud between the Senju and Uchiha clans ends with us? Neither of us can start another fight!"

"..." x2

Upon hearing the appearance of Hashirama Senju between them, Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha exchanged glances and then simultaneously withdrew their chakra.

They knew that... with Hashirama Senju (the eldest brother) here, they couldn't possibly fight each other.

"That's more like it~" Seeing that the two of them were behaving themselves, Hashirama Senju didn't ask what had happened earlier. His serious expression disappeared at that moment, and he returned to his usual cheerful expression. "Honestly, I was sleeping soundly and you two woke me up."

"You idiot... what time is it?" Hearing Hashirama Senju's words, Madara Uchiha raised an eyebrow and couldn't hold back any longer, roaring at Hashirama, "How can a ninja be so lax?"

"Oh dear, oh dear, I've been quite busy these past few days, haven't I? I've been chatting with the future and arranging for the ninja clans to join Konoha." Hashirama Senju chuckled and waved his hand. "After you left last night, more ninja clans came over, so I was dealing with things very late."

But this excuse...

"I handled it last night." Tobirama Senju bluntly exposed his lie, then resumed his calm tone, "And now that you're here, let's begin!"

As he spoke, he looked at Madara Uchiha with a meaningful gaze, "Someone is already impatient."

"So early?" Hearing Tobirama's words, Hashirama scratched his head. "It's not really appropriate to disturb a child's sleep!"

"No, it's almost time." Tobirama Senju glanced at the clock on the wall. "That child got up around this time yesterday too."

"Alright! Alright!" Upon hearing this, Hashirama Senju immediately took out a bead, infused it with chakra, and the bead instantly emitted light, but disappeared after a short while.

Seeing this, the three raised an eyebrow, realizing... the person opposite them hadn't gotten up yet.

Hashirama Senju continued to channel chakra into it, but there was still no response until the sixth time.

The familiar window finally lit up, and Shi Jian appeared there, looking like he had just woken up, yawning and saying in a helpless tone, "Um... could you call me again around noon?"