Uchiha Obito:
"You know, you're right… I don't have those Hashirama cells. Let's set the whole 'unify the ninja world' thing aside for now."
"But hey, why don't we just ask the First Hokage himself? Since he's alive in this timeline, getting a few cells shouldn't be that hard, right?"
Namikaze Minato:
"Obito, that's not the right way to talk about the First Hokage."
Uchiha Obito:
"Sorry, sorry. Speaking of which, I haven't seen Hashirama-sama in a while now."
At that moment, Yuyue suddenly perked up.
"Huh… now that you mention it—where is Hashirama?"
Meanwhile – Year 2 of the Konoha Calendar
Location: Naka Shrine, Uchiha Clan Grounds
Deep beneath the shrine—a sacred place of the Uchiha—Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama stood together before the ancient stone tablet of their clan.
Madara:
"You're saying this stone tablet has been tampered with?"
Hashirama:
"Exactly. A being named Black Zetsu altered it. The Eye of the Moon Plan is a lie. It doesn't create peace—it turns all humans into White Zetsu puppets."
"Tell me, Madara—is that the perfect world you were aiming for?"
Madara scowled, not fully convinced.
"You're telling me all this, but where's the proof?"
He still remembered how Hashirama had once vowed to make him Hokage—only to take the position himself.
So perhaps… this was just another lie.
Hashirama scratched his head, frustrated.
He knew the truth—he'd seen the future in the group chat's videos—but he couldn't just show Madara a YouTube clip.
Unless Madara joined the group, he couldn't access any of it.
But then—an idea sparked.
"Madara, give me a second. I'll get proof."
He began waving his hands oddly in the air as if operating an invisible touchscreen.
Madara:
"..."
(What the hell is this? Some kind of new jutsu?)
Back in the Group Chat
Senju Hashirama:
"@Shinomiya Yuzuki (Group Leader), is there a way to let Madara see the videos from the group?"
After hours of absence, Hashirama was finally back.
Uchiha Obito:
"Man, the First Hokage is so busy he can't even reply. Being Hokage must be brutal."
He chuckled to himself.
In truth, Hashirama wasn't that busy—Tobirama handled most of the paperwork anyway.
At that very moment, Tobirama was overseeing cleanup from the earlier Madara-Hashirama fight. He sneezed mid-command.
"Earth-style team—fill this crater in!"
Shinomiya Yuzuki replied:
"First Hokage, there is a way. There's a 'pull' function that lets you add someone to the group and show them everything, but it only unlocks at Group Level 2—which we haven't reached yet."
"However, there's another method. Sharingan has the power to read memories. If Madara reads your memories, he'll see the future you saw."
"Just be careful. The group chat has protection systems. Anyone outside the group who tries to access its info could get mentally destroyed. So if a warning pops up, don't agree to anything blindly."
Senju Hashirama:
"Got it. Thank you, Leader!"
Back at Naka Shrine
"Madara, I've got a way to show you everything," Hashirama announced, eyes gleaming with excitement.
Madara raised an eyebrow.
"You expect me to believe you found proof by waving your hands in the air?"
Hashirama ignored the sarcasm.
"You can read my memories directly with your Sharingan. You'll see the truth for yourself."
Madara's eyes narrowed.
Memory-reading was an incredibly intimate act—it meant laying your heart bare, no secrets.
And Hashirama was just offering it?
"You're serious?"
"Come on, quit stalling."
Hashirama lay on the floor with his eyes wide open, giving Madara clear access to his mind.
Madara hesitated.
Was this all really true? Was his Eye of the Moon plan… a lie?
Finally, curiosity won.
Madara activated his Sharingan and began the Genjutsu.
[System Notification – Group Defense Mechanism]
Psychic intrusion detected.
Non-member attempting to access protected data.
❗ Do you want to destroy the intruder's spiritual link?
Hashirama (shouting in panic):
"NO, NO, NO! Cancel it! Cancel the protection!"
System:
✔ Protection Released.
☑ Memory Access Granted.
Inside Hashirama's Mind
Madara saw it all.
From his fake death at the Valley of the End...
To secretly cultivating the Rinnegan...
Implanting it in Nagato...
Controlling the Akatsuki...
Twisting Obito's mind…
Being revived via Edo Tensei…
Fighting the Five Kage…
Becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki…
Then being betrayed by Black Zetsu...
Reviving Kaguya Ōtsutsuki…
And finally—being discarded like a pawn.
It played out like a tragic film.
Madara's hands clenched into fists.
"My whole life… manipulated by that thing?!"
BAM!
Madara slammed his fist into the floor. The raw power blasted a hole through the shrine's stone base.
Despite his outward calm, rage boiled inside.
He stood silently.
Then he glanced at Hashirama, still lying there unconscious.
Wordlessly, he scribbled something on a small slip of paper, folded it, and placed it into Hashirama's hand.
Then, without looking back, he walked through the hole he'd made and vanished into the night.
Shortly After
Hashirama woke with a start.
"Madara?"
No response.
He looked down—there was something clenched in his palm.
A note.
He unfolded it, read the contents, and his eyes widened.
Then… he smiled.
"So that's your answer, huh? Alright, Madara. I'll play my part."
He crushed the note in his hand and left the shrine with purpose.
A new plan was already forming in his mind.