Naruto: Yes, Uchiha-sama.

Chapter 188 Hashirama, how can I confess to you? I want to tattoo your face on my chest!

Akatsuki Village.

Makoto Uchiha arrived at a research institute in the innovation park, where the person in charge, Itagi, personally came out to greet him.

"Lord Light and Shadow, I have not slacked off on the matter you entrusted to me. I have been diligently studying it and have now made some progress."

As Banmu said this, he quickly presented his research results.

Ever since Makoto Uchiha set his sights on Bird Shit Island, research into fertilizer technology has been ongoing without pause.

There has been some progress so far.

Although the current technology is not perfect, with the help of high-purity phosphate rock, it is still possible to produce products such as fertilizers.

Uchiha Makoto has always wanted to undermine the foundation of the nobles of the Land of Fire.

Their foundation lies in the land they possess; with land, they can grow food.

People will starve to death if they don't eat food.

This is a very simple reason.

The last time Akatsuki Village promoted the conversion of rice paddies to mulberry fields, they acquired only a small amount of land, which caused chaos in the Land of Fire. Due to the pressure of reality, Uchiha Makoto currently has no way to directly use force to settle scores and seize the land from them.

Then we'll have to take a roundabout approach.

Now that we have fertilizer, we can really compete with those big landowners in the Land of Fire.

"You have to learn the essence of a simple life. If you can't seize land, you can still play around with agricultural associations. If you operate them properly, it can be a monopolistic business."

"Sometimes a soft knife is more terrifying than cutting flesh directly with a knife."

"The fertilizer business is just bait, and ultimately, it's used to manipulate grain prices."

Looking at the research results before him, Makoto Uchiha couldn't help but smile, and a rough outline of a plan appeared in his mind.

"How is the research and development of high-yield crop seeds progressing? This is also a core part of the plan."

"Lord Light and Shadow, we have already begun the selection process, but it takes time. Seedlings cannot grow overnight."

"I see."

Makoto Uchiha nodded; this was indeed a very real problem.

Seeds obtained through seedling cultivation need time to mature.

It's difficult to get results quickly.

But there is a way.

"Lord Hashirama, it seems you've never been to Akatsuki Village before."

After a long journey, Tobirama Senju finally returned to Konoha, which he had been away from for a long time.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Having witnessed the prosperity of the big city in Akatsuki Village, returning to the small town of Konoha, Tobirama Senju felt a sense of déjà vu as he approached the village, even though he had only been in Akatsuki Village for less than ten days.

With this feeling of loss.

After returning to Konoha, Tobirama Senju did not immediately review the documents he had processed while away from Konoha as he usually did. Instead, he planned to first find his elder brother, Hashirama Senju—to promote internal reforms in Konoha, he needed a powerful figure to keep things in check.

The identity of the First Hokage is really more useful than that of the Kage!

"Brother, we can't keep doing nothing like this."

"What future can one have by hanging out with that Uchiha Madara every day? He should be shouldering some of the responsibilities of Hokage."

With that thought in mind, Tobirama Senju wandered around Konoha for a while.

He searched all the places where Hashirama Senju usually frequented, and even went to gambling dens, but he still couldn't find any trace of Hashirama Senju.

no way.

Tobirama Senju had no choice but to return to the Hokage's office and contact a Konoha ANBU ninja through special means.

This ANBU ninja was under the direct command of Tobirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju's task for him was to closely monitor Hashirama Senju's movements during this period.

This kind of task is extremely dangerous.

—The shadow Hokage monitors the real Hokage; if an ordinary person gets involved in this kind of thing, they can easily disappear without a trace.

But a higher-ranking official can have a crushing effect.

What was transmitted back was a series of secret codes used by the secret service.

Tobirama Senju quickly scanned the codes and soon analyzed their true meaning in his mind, thus learning about Hashirama Senju's recent activities.

"Go to the Valley of the End every day?"

"Why do Big Brother and Madara Uchiha travel so far to the Valley of the End every day?"

According to the Anbu ninjas, the Valley of the End is located on the outermost edge of Konoha. It would take most of the day to go there and back. Konoha ninjas would not usually travel that far to such a desolate and uninhabited place.

Senju Tobirama immediately had a bad feeling and quickly continued to press for answers.

"It seems like they're practicing some kind of combined attack ninjutsu."

"????"

Tobirama Senju was filled with questions.

Madara Uchiha and his older brother teamed up to practice combined attack ninjutsu—such an unfamiliar combination of terms.

However, he quickly realized that this was probably to capture the Two-Tails. These days, Tobirama Senju had been so focused on the internal reforms of Konoha that he had almost forgotten about this matter.

For a while.

Senju Tobirama couldn't help but feel curious.

He had originally planned to go back to work if he couldn't find his older brother for a while.

Although he didn't know exactly how powerful the Tailed Beasts were, he knew all too well the strength of his older brother, Madara Uchiha, and he absolutely had to see the power of their combined ninjutsu!

After giving some instructions, Tobirama Senju immediately set off for the Valley of the End.

Then he almost died there.

It wasn't that any thugs wanted to deliberately murder him.

It was like gods fighting, and innocent bystanders were caught in the crossfire; a massive, high-density chakra burst from two miles away almost struck him.

When we finally reached the Valley of the End.

It was only then that Tobirama Senju realized just how terrifying that power was.

The towering wooden figures, stretching as far as the eye can see, are clad in blue Tengu armor. With a casual punch, they shatter a mountaintop, and with a sword thrust towards the sky, they create a hole in the heavens.

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

"I knew it! Our combined strength is just too powerful!"

"How could a mere tailed beast possibly defeat the two of us?"

Madara Uchiha began to laugh wildly as usual.

Ever since he read the contents of the family stone tablet, he had been eager to verify them.

The result was exactly as described on the stone tablet.

His chakra has an amazing compatibility with Hashirama Senju's, and the power of Susanoo can be easily transferred to Hashirama Senju's wooden puppet.

The combined strength of two people is not as simple as one plus one.

Madara Uchiha could sense a mysterious chakra being born under the combined power of the two of them. And it vanished in an instant.

Although it is extremely subtle and almost negligible, and cannot be felt at all unless one consciously perceives it, it truly exists—since this chakra truly exists, then the contents of the stone tablet can also be confirmed as true.

After laughing wildly, Madara Uchiha seemed to have triggered a side story and began to think.

Fortunately, Hashirama Senju quickly interrupted him.

"Ban, don't be careless."

"The power of the tailed beasts is too great; we cannot let our guard down."

"I know, I know, so now it's my turn to take control. You were the one manipulating things just now."

"Don't rush, don't rush, I want to play some more."

"No, Hashirama, you're cheating again!"

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The two fought for control like children, unintentionally unleashing a few "unremarkable" attacks.

But on the ground, Tobirama Senju...
"But just now I felt like I heard Tobirama's voice, like he was calling for help."

"what?"

"It's an illusion. You must be imagining things. He didn't go to Akatsuki Village."

"Okay, let's continue."

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju played around for another ten minutes or so before dispelling their ninjutsu and returning to the ground.

"Brother."

Tobirama?!

"You want to kill me?!"

"Uchiha Madara, did you do this on purpose?!"

Tobirama Senju looked extremely disheveled, with unkempt hair and torn clothes in several places.

He was already being cautious enough.

However, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had come to this deserted Valley of the End on purpose, so the two of them were having a blast testing their ninjutsu without considering the presence of other people around them—the radius of the explosion almost turned the surrounding area into a wasteland.

By the time Tobirama Senju realized something was wrong, it was too late. But he was lucky; he managed to run back as fast as he could and survived, instead of dying inexplicably.

"Cough cough cough, Tobirama, calm down first. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to come here."

"Tch~~ Who knew you'd be nearby? I didn't think the aftershocks of that attack would kill you. You'd be too pathetic."

Hashirama Senju hurriedly apologized to Tobirama Senju in a fawning manner—it turns out the cry for help he just heard wasn't a hallucination!

Madara Uchiha, on the other hand, was more direct.

His words struck at Tobirama Senju's very core.

Tobirama Senju glared at Madara Uchiha with hatred, and then that was the end of it—the truth was really too hurtful.

Fortunately, he's gotten used to it.

And then he witnessed the ninjutsu that his older brother and Madara Uchiha were currently training in.

Tobirama Senju was completely relieved about the capture of the Two-Tails.

If they still can't defeat the Two-Tails, Konoha must immediately organize the forces of the six great ninja villages to jointly subdue it. How can such a powerful force be left unchecked in the ninja world?
Of course.

Tobirama Senju also planned to take this opportunity to have a chat with Hashirama Senju.

The development of Akatsuki Village exceeded his expectations, so Konoha must learn from Akatsuki Village's every move, learn from Akatsuki Village's experience, and use Konoha's resources to achieve a leapfrog development.

And all of this wouldn't have been possible without the support of his older brother.

Only with his elder brother's full support could Tobirama Senju have the absolute confidence to launch internal reforms.

"Big brother, I have something to discuss with you. It's very important. For the sake of Konoha, you must support me this time."

"What? Is it that serious?"

"Didn't you go to Akatsuki to mediate the dispute between Kirigakure and Iwagakure? Did the negotiations break down?"

The first thing Hashirama Senju thought of was the conflict between Kirigakure and Iwagakure. This matter had caused quite a stir in the ninja world before. Although public opinion was later suppressed by Makoto Uchiha, as the Hokage, even if he was just a figurehead, he always knew more about the situation than ordinary people.

"No, the negotiations went very smoothly."

"The problem has been solved."

no way.

Tobirama Senju could only give a general account of what had happened in the past few days.

"The Six Shadows Talks. That's a great idea."

“Uchiha Makoto, he is a genius. I actually had similar ideas about maintaining peace in the ninja world a long time ago, but they were not as comprehensive as Uchiha Makoto’s.”

"Big brother, do you feel the same way? Sometimes, I feel like I'm always living in Uchiha Makoto's shadow, but I've let it go now."

—I'm a plagiarist!
And the Six Shadows Conference was mentioned.

Hashirama Senju's eyes lit up.

In order to maintain peace in the ninja world and resolve the increasing conflicts between ninja villages in the future.

He wanted to establish an organization specifically to handle this matter, but he had only just come up with a rough framework in his mind when Uchiha Makoto had already started implementing it and made considerable progress.

Now, Kirigakure and Iwagakure have both agreed to this, and even a draft outline of the charter for the Six Kage Summit has been drawn up.

If we can gain the support of Sunagakure and Kumogakure, the Six Kage Summit will be a success!
Perhaps one day ninjas will be able to help each other across borders and work together as a unified whole.

Tobirama Senju remained noncommittal on this matter.

No one understood better than him that Makoto Uchiha's purpose in establishing the Six Kage Summit was to completely overturn the ninja world order.

The Six Kage Summit might turn into a base for spreading extremist ideologies in the ninja world.

But these words cannot be said to my elder brother directly, because he wouldn't believe me, and Makoto Uchiha wouldn't admit it either; he might even turn around and accuse me!
However, setting aside subjective factors...

From an objective point of view, the Six Kage Summit, if used properly, can indeed maintain peace in the ninja world; the only thing to do is to be wary of Uchiha Makoto.

Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha, who remained silent, showed little interest in the Six Kage Summit.

In his opinion
The so-called Six Kage Summit only delayed the outbreak of the Ninja War and could not fundamentally solve the problem.

Ninja... Hmm... It seems to be called the tool attribute—that's what Makoto Uchiha said last time.

Madara Uchiha still can't fully understand the theories that Makoto Uchiha used to talk about.

However, this does not prevent him from agreeing with some of Uchiha Makoto's views. If the ninja world does not undergo some earth-shattering changes, large-scale wars between ninja villages are only a matter of time.

—If the contents of the stone tablet are true, then the Infinite Tsukuyomi technique must also be true.

Madara Uchiha still can't forget the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Rinnegan, or having Hashirama's face tattooed on his chest.

He was just struggling.

Should I tell Hashirama about this?
Madara Uchiha knew Hashirama's personality very well; given Hashirama's character, he probably wouldn't accept this path to achieving peace.

Then he'll be all alone on this road.

Even a powerful figure like Madara Uchiha longed for a companion by his side—Hashirama. How can I convince you?!
(End of this chapter)