Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 555 Goodbye, My Best Friend

"Who are you…"

Just as if he had just woken up from a long slumber, Madara Uchiha had just opened his eyes, his consciousness still in a hazy state.

Before he could even figure out his current situation, the figure that came into view made his somewhat numb brain start to work again.

Isn't this the container I use to store my 'eyes'?

It seems the plan is progressing smoothly; it's already time to use reincarnation to resurrect myself.

"Hmm, this aura... my intuition was right!"

He stretched his stiff neck and slowly turned his head to the side. The only person he cared about also turned his head, and their eyes met.

They could be described as having a telepathic connection.

"Madara... I never thought we'd meet again."

"The current situation is somewhat unpleasant."

Upon seeing his former best friend, Hashirama Senju, who had been summoned by Edo Tensei before, he realized his current predicament.

Once again, he was resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation.

"Situation?"

He was initially puzzled as to why Hashirama had been resurrected along with Madara, but after looking down at his hands, it took him a while to realize what was happening.

"Impure World Reincarnation?"

Looking up in Nagato's direction, a fleeting look of doubt crossed Madara's eyes.

"What's going on with Obito and Black Zetsu?"

This impure body, apart from having a relatively clear consciousness, has almost no chakra left. Apart from moving its neck, it probably can't even walk normally.

Aside from his inner doubts, he couldn't do anything else for the time being.

"It's time to show your strength!"

Taking two steps forward, Nagato came behind Hashirama and Madara, spread his hands, and began to slowly prepare.

In just a short while, two black iron rods appeared in his hands.

Nagato reached out and pressed the two black iron rods into the heads of the God of Shinobi and the Uchiha Ancestor. He took a step back, opened his Rinnegan wide, and stared intently at the changes in the two.

Although these two were Kabuto's trump cards, Kabuto had warned him beforehand that their bodies were specially prepared.

Once they are summoned, their strength will be very close to that of the person in front of them. At that time, there will be very few people in the entire ninja world who can control them.

Aside from the Fifth Hokage, he was the only other holder of the Rinnegan.

Considering the reputations of these two individuals, he did not neglect them and added an iron rod made using Yin-Yang Release to the Rinnegan.

With this enhancement, even if these two are as powerful as the legends say, he is confident that he can control these two puppets at will.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

As Nagato shoved the two black iron rods into Hashirama and Madara's heads, puffs of white smoke rose around them, accompanied by a sound like water and fire clashing.

"Now, everything will be foolproof!"

Seeing the chakra continuously gathering around the two of them, Nagato nodded in satisfaction.

Putting everything else aside, just this kind of chakra is something that ordinary people can't compare to. Even he himself is slightly inferior.

However, with the suppression of the Rinnegan and the iron rod in their minds, even if they are powerful, they are powerless to resist his manipulation.

"Go, keep all the allied ninjas outside the canyon."

"Whether it's the Fifth Hokage or the Allied Shinobi Forces, don't let anyone come and disturb me. Buy me some time."

"Um...you're a child of the Uzumaki clan, aren't you!"

As the first Hokage, even now, controlled by Nagato, he still opened his mouth, attempting to use his persuasive skills:

"Although I don't know what's happening outside, I can sense the atmosphere of war."

"No matter what, war only brings pain and hatred to both sides. Even the victorious side has to face the death and injury of their loved ones and friends."

"We should all sit down and have a proper talk. Only in this way can we prevent the seeds of hatred from taking root and sprout, and only then can our children have a happy future."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the First Hokage displayed his talent for persuasion, rambling on and on about the pros and cons of the war to Nagato.

"How could a leader of a great power like you understand the suffering of small countries like ours?"

Despite the First Hokage's earnest pleas, Nagato remained unmoved. His own childhood experiences and the constant turmoil that plagued the Land of Rain were all orchestrated by the First Hokage, so naturally, he didn't give him a friendly look.

"You great powers, relying on your own strength, shamelessly enjoy peace, yet you transfer war, death, and hatred onto us small nations. How dare you even mention peace to me?"

Nagato gave the First Hokage a cold glance, not giving him a chance to continue arguing. The purple ripples in his eyes trembled.

"Your peace is hell for us small countries!"

After saying this, Nagato had no interest in even glancing at the First Hokage again and directly forced the puppet to move.

"Well…"

Just as the First Generation was about to say something, he felt his body involuntarily take a step and rush towards the distant battlefield.

"...I'm definitely not a good persuader!"

While running involuntarily, the First Hokage complained to his best friend beside him, his mood was low, and he was not at all like the famous God of Ninja.

"Ban, tell me, was all my effort back then really wrong?"

Nagato saw the hatred in his eyes clearly, especially the hatred the other party had for Konoha or the Five Great Nations. He couldn't help but doubt whether everything he had done back then was right.

"Isn't this obvious?"

"For the sake of their own villages, so that the villagers can continue to enjoy a peaceful and stable life, large countries will inevitably turn these small countries into battlefields and buffer zones."

"What's left for them, besides a country ravaged by war, civilians living a life worse than death, is hatred.

"Where there is light, there is also darkness; where there is a concept of winners, there must also be losers. In order to protect love, hatred will inevitably be born. This is a cause-and-effect relationship that cannot be separated."

"This is the reality of the world!!"

Why did I and Hashirama part ways?

One reason is that Hashirama stood him up, promising to make him the First Hokage but ending up becoming the First Hokage himself.

Furthermore, it's because he had already foreseen that under Hashirama's ninja world order, the future of the ninja world was already predetermined.

Madara Uchiha wanted a bright red new world.

It is a world without killing, war, darkness, or losers.

(End of this chapter)