Facing Hashirama's proposal, Madara was momentarily stunned. He decided to act a little tsundere.
Madara: "Unless you kill Tobirama!"
Tobirama: "???"
Hashirama: "No, but if you're with me, maybe we can share a brother."
Tobirama: "???"
And so, Madara was moved by Hashirama's words and softened his heart, agreeing to the alliance right then and there.
It's worth mentioning that the name "Konoha" was actually given by Madara.
So, Konoha's other nickname should be "Uchiha Madara Plaza."
After the registration of the name Konoha, major clans gradually joined, forming the complete Konoha.
The merging of clans into a unified village reduced the frequent wars in the Shinobi world, and the village system began to take shape.
In a way, during Madara's career, he did act like a living Bodhisattva.
"That's how my older brother joined Konoha."
In the Third Hokage's time, Izuna looked at his older brother shaking hands with Hashirama on the screen, lost in thought.
"That's right. If your older brother hadn't agreed to the alliance, Konoha's formation might have been delayed."
"During the Warring States period, people died every day. If the alliance was formed earlier, fewer people would have died."
"From this perspective, Madara can truly be considered a living Bodhisattva."
Even though the Third Hokage had personally lived through that period, he couldn't help but feel emotional when seeing Madara agree to the alliance on the screen.
"If my older brother hadn't agreed to the alliance, those Uchiha who had surrendered to the Senju would have definitely suffered later."
"That's true."
"But in the end, they betrayed my older brother. These people truly deserved to die."
Jiraiya and the others, wanting to have Izuna persuade the reanimated Madara, naturally shared some things that had happened back then.
When Izuna learned that Madara had left Konoha and not a single person from their clan wanted to follow him, all betraying his beloved older brother, he immediately burst into laughter and said: "Such an Uchiha, it's good that they were wiped out."
He even wanted to see with his own eyes that so-called "Uchiha Clan Slayer" hero.
Of course, Sasuke wouldn't let Izuna see Itachi.
After all this time, Itachi's body was deteriorating day by day, and he was in such a condition that he could die at any moment.
If Izuna knew that the one who wiped out the entire Uchiha clan was this sickly mess of a person, wouldn't it make him think that the Uchiha clan members after that were nothing but weaklings?
As the head of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke had the responsibility to uphold the clan's dignity and couldn't let anyone disrespect the clan.
Even if the one disrespecting the clan was an elder from within the Uchiha clan.
"By the way..."
Just thinking about Itachi's deteriorating body, Sasuke immediately turned his gaze to Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru."
"Hm? What should you call me?"
Seeing Orochimaru's face full of smiles, Sasuke paused for a moment before continuing, "Uh... Teacher."
"Mm, that's more like it. Now, speak up, my dear disciple, what's on your mind?"
The way Sasuke addressed Orochimaru caught the attention of everyone in the room, except for Izuna.
Until now, Sasuke had never called Orochimaru "teacher" in public.
Everyone thought that Orochimaru didn't care about how Sasuke referred to him.
But now, it was clear he cared a lot.
Given Sasuke's personality, if nothing special had happened, he wouldn't have changed his way of addressing him.
For a moment, everyone was eager to know what exactly happened to make Sasuke change his tone.
"Sasuke, did you fall into Orochimaru's hands on something?"
Nearby, Naruto Uzumaki stared at Sasuke with a serious expression and said, "If that's the case, tell me, and I'll make that perverted sage cut off his research funding."
"Hehehe."
Before Sasuke could speak, Orochimaru, with a playful smile, said first, "Naruto, don't say nonsense. Sasuke doesn't have anything on me. He simply respects me, right? My lovely disciple."
Orochimaru didn't have Sasuke's secrets, but he had grasped his weakness.
As long as Sasuke was still the head of the Uchiha clan and cared about the clan's reputation, Orochimaru could continue to control him.
When it came to not acting like a human being, Orochimaru had Sasuke at his mercy.
"Yes, I deeply respect Orochimaru-sensei. Naruto, don't interrupt."
"…Alright."
Having brushed off Naruto, Sasuke continued, "Sensei, I think it won't be long before I need to use Itachi's clone body."
"I've prepared Itachi's clone body already, both male and female. Which one do you want to use for him?"
"Hm."
Sasuke paused for a moment before answering, "After all, he's my older brother, so I can't go too far."
"Hmm, I'm glad you think that way, Sasuke. I'm relieved."
"As the saying goes, 'only the overworked ox will break the plow,' so let him rest for a while as a woman, right?"
Orochimaru: ???
"Wait, are you sure you're speaking human words?"
Sasuke nodded seriously and replied, "Of course, it's human speech. Think about it. Men can endlessly plant seeds, but once a woman gets pregnant, she can rest for ten months. Such a good thing, I'm excited just thinking about Itachi's happiness."
"I don't think Itachi would be happy about that."
"Don't worry. I'm his brother, I know him well. He'll definitely be happy, and maybe even moved to tears."
Hearing Sasuke's somewhat crazed words, Izuna was completely stunned.
How deep is the grudge?
Izuna, who didn't know that the entire Uchiha clan was wiped out, carefully approached Obito and softly asked, "What exactly happened between Sasuke and his older brother?"
"Huh? You're asking me?"
"Yes."
"Well, you've come to the right person."
Obito's expression became strange, but he excitedly began telling Izuna about the brothers' past.
[After allying with the Senju, the Uchiha clan split into several factions.]
[They were: the Uchiha who voluntarily surrendered to the Senju during the battle where Izuna was injured and could not resist.]
[The few crazy fanatics of Madara during the brother's defense battle. (They're basically all gone now.)]
[Take note, this is also one of the foreshadowings for Madara's departure.]
[As for the fence-sitters and neutral parties, they're irrelevant. They don't really have a role.]
Ahem, after Madara "married" into the Senju, the Uchiha clan began living a good life and completely ignored Madara.
Hashirama, on the other hand, spent his days with his "beloved wife," sightseeing and strolling the streets.
But this seemingly perfect man behind the scenes was extremely irresponsible.
As for the village, he left the management to others.
As for the family, he ignored the in-law issues.
Madara and Hashirama might've patched things up, but Madara never forgave Tobirama.
Under the same roof, Madara felt uncomfortable whenever he saw Tobirama.
And Tobirama feared Madara's glare and the illusionary sword he could use on him.
"Heh, so you're afraid too?"
Under the light screen, Madara crossed his arms, smirking slightly, and looked sideways at Tobirama.
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