"Kid!!! What did you just say?!!!"
Madara Uchiha's heart was reeling after hearing Hirofumi Ito's words.
What was with this kid?! How did he know so much about Madara's plans?! Had Obito Uchiha screwed up? That useless fool! Not only did he fail, but did he spill the entire plan too?! And what was Black Zetsu doing? Useless, all of them!
Seeing Madara grit his teeth, Hirofumi could only shrug and say, "Look at you, getting all worked up again!"
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"Kid, where did you even hear about this?!" Madara demanded. "Or… has my plan already been exposed?!"
"Nah, your plan's still chugging along just fine," Hirofumi replied casually. "It's just that something unexpected happened. I mean, look at you—you're basically back from the dead, right?"
"Then how do you know all this?!" Madara pressed.
"Don't ask me, man. I don't even know!" Hirofumi shot back with a grin.
"Damn it!!!" Madara growled, exasperated.
This kid, Hirofumi Ito, was acting like some carefree punk. Worse, he seemed way too comfortable around Madara, chatting like they were old buddies. No trace of the usual nervousness a junior would have around a legend like him! And to top it all off, Madara couldn't even do anything about it—he was a summoned beast now!
Damn it!!!
"Kid, what do you want?!" Madara snapped.
"I don't want anything!" Hirofumi said, throwing his hands up. "I've told you a million times, it's all about the Spirit Realm and—"
"Stop, stop, stop!" Madara cut him off. "I don't care about that nonsense! What I want to know is what you're planning with me!"
Hirofumi's eyes widened in mock surprise.
"What could I possibly want with you?! I'm not trying to steal you from Hashirama Senju or anything! My orientation's crystal clear—male, into females!"
"Enough!!!" Madara roared. "Kid, I'm serious! What are you trying to do?!"
Hirofumi paused, caught off guard by the question. What did he want to do? Honestly, he'd never given it much thought before.
Back before he got the system, his plan was simple: lay low and coast through life. The ninja world was way too chaotic for a small fry like him or his Ito clan to handle. With threats like Obito Uchiha, the Akatsuki, Madara himself, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and a bunch of alien weirdos, why bother getting involved? He figured he'd just enjoy messing around with chakra, train as much as he could, and wait for Naruto Uzumaki to save the world. Then maybe settle down with a nice wife, like Ino Yamanaka—she was pretty, came from a good family, and seemed kinda into him.
But that was the old Hirofumi.
Now? He had the system. He had a path to power. So why couldn't he be the main character of this story?
He'd always loved Naruto—the passion, the friendships, the bonds. Why couldn't he be the one to shake things up? The system had said he could only summon the spirits of the Hidden Leaf for now, but if he became the ruler of the ninja world, he could bind all the spirits in the Spirit Realm.
Getting stronger… unifying the ninja world… that sounded pretty damn exciting!
Hirofumi swallowed hard, his mind racing.
Madara's plan was the Infinite Tsukuyomi, right? To bring "peace" to the ninja world through a false illusion. His intentions weren't bad, but the execution was all wrong, and Black Zetsu had played him like a fiddle.
But now, with the system on his side, could Hirofumi bring true peace to the ninja world?
He looked at Madara, a cautious but bold idea forming. "How about… we unify the ninja world, just for kicks?"
Madara's eyes narrowed, finally giving the kid in front of him a proper look.
"Unify the ninja world? You?!" he scoffed.
"Not just me!" Hirofumi shot back, grinning. "You! And them!"
"Them?!" Madara's voice was sharp. "What do you mean, kid?!"
"I mean, besides you, I can contract other spirits! Just like I did with you! I could summon all the legendary ninja who've died, bring them back to fight, and crush the ninja world with overwhelming power! We could unify it… maybe even bring true peace to the whole world!"
Madara's pupils trembled at Hirofumi's words. True peace for the ninja world—that had always been his dream. It was why he'd helped found the Hidden Leaf, why he'd left it, why he'd planned to become the Ten-Tails' jinchuriki and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
And now this kid was saying he could summon other spirits? Did that mean… could his brother be brought back too?!
Madara's breathing quickened. "Kid! You said you can summon other spirits?!"
Hirofumi could tell from Madara's urgency what he was thinking. There were probably only two people in the world who could rattle Madara like this: his old friend Hashirama Senju and his brother, Izuna Uchiha.
But there was a catch. Hirofumi could only summon spirits tied to the Hidden Leaf, and Izuna had died before the village was founded. Strictly speaking, Izuna wasn't a Hidden Leaf spirit. Hirofumi wasn't even sure if he could summon him.
"Yeah…" Hirofumi said carefully. "But there are limits. Right now, I can only summon spirits from the Hidden Leaf, and it comes with a cost. But if I unify the ninja world, I could summon every spirit in the Spirit Realm!"
Madara didn't respond right away, lost in thought.
"What a reckless kid…" he muttered finally, a faint smirk forming. "But… interesting. Summoning the dead, binding the entire Spirit Realm—that's a wild trick. But you know what, kid? Unifying the ninja world… that's exactly what I've been trying to do!"