Chapter 370: Tobirama Joins In
Madara once again sneakily appeared outside Naruto and Sasuke's "love nest."
Over the past few days, he had often used the excuse that he was "about to grow mushrooms" on his body, going outside to read while basking in the sun.
At the same time, he used this opportunity to observe the situation of his neighbors.
At first, observing didn't seem like much.
But once he did, it immediately brought him a pleasant surprise.
That member of his clan, the reincarnation of Indra's chakra, was astonishingly careless. He even brought Uzumaki Naruto, who was under genjutsu and unable to move, outside to sunbathe.
For Madara, this was a heaven-sent opportunity.
He finally understood. So Uchiha Sasuke had merely forced the reincarnation of Asura's chakra into this situation.
If that was the case, then taking some for himself was only reasonable.
During this time, Sasuke had also noticed Madara's peeping behavior.
After all, with Madara's current strength, it was difficult for him to observe secretly without being detected.
But Madara didn't care. He simply observed openly.
He didn't believe Sasuke could guess what he was planning.
And even if he did, could Sasuke really keep Naruto with him at all times?
If Sasuke truly brought Naruto everywhere he went, people in the Amegakure Village would probably start thinking the two had some kind of improper relationship.
Sure enough, today Sasuke left alone again, giving him another opportunity.
"Heh heh heh."
Madara walked up to the front door.
Unlike last time, when he sneaked in through the window, this time he intended to take back what was rightfully his, openly.
Click.
He twisted the doorknob.
It was locked.
Thud.
Madara kicked the door.
His leg broke.
While waiting for his Impure World Reincarnation body to regenerate, Madara calmed down and began thinking again.
So he walked over to the window instead.
Only to find… the window was locked too!
This Uchiha Sasuke had gone too far. He really trusted no one!
Thud.
Madara punched the glass in frustration.
His hand broke.
If he were still alive, he might have shed two lines of tears by now.
Too weak!
It was all because he lacked power.
Damn Tobirama!
Fortunately, the principle still applied: a gentleman is not inherently different, he is simply good at using tools.
The biggest difference between humans and animals is that humans know how to use tools.
If he, Uchiha Madara, could use this broken, crippled body to kill those bandits before, then dealing with a mere pane of glass was nothing.
Swallowing his pride, Madara found Sasuke's clothes hanging outside to dry. He picked out an ugly yellow pair of pants, then took out the scissors he had asked Hashirama to buy for him.
Because he was so weak, he couldn't even tear open book packaging, which was why he needed the scissors.
Successfully pulling out the elastic waistband from the pants, Madara revealed a triumphant smile.
Then he selected a suitable branch, struggled to plant it into the ground, and used the elastic to create a simple projectile device.
In other words, a slingshot.
"Mm… sigh."
After making the slingshot, he realized he couldn't even pull it.
So he had to apply principles he had just learned from books, lever systems and pulleys, before finally managing to draw it.
Bang.
Crash.
Seeing the shattered glass scattered across the ground, Madara was so moved he almost cried.
But then he paused.
Something felt wrong.
The former him could summon meteors with a flick of his hand. And now, breaking a window with a pebble made him this happy?
Wasn't that just… tragic?
His emotion shifted from "almost moved to tears" to "almost crying from sadness."
Meanwhile, Senju Tobirama watched everything through the surveillance system, his expression growing rather strange.
"Madara really knows how to bend and stretch. No wonder he faked his death and hid for so long. If not for Shiromo, we might have died several times without ever realizing it."
"Damn Uchiha!"
As Tobirama muttered, he suddenly thought of something and revealed a sly grin, the exact same kind of grin Madara had while climbing through the window.
A grin like Tom the cat sneaking into a room.
Tobirama then had someone notify Uchiha Hikari, telling her there was something interesting here that she might want to see.
Hikari was surprised when she heard.
Wasn't this obviously that Senju old man trying to mess with her?
Sure enough.
The moment she arrived at the surveillance room, she saw the screen, Madara rummaging around Naruto's pants.
She didn't fully understand what was going on, wasn't this crossing generations?
Hikari figured maybe that "inherently self-entitled" Senju Hashirama was playing some strange illusion game.
But regardless, Tobirama's intentions were obvious to anyone.
"You think showing me this kind of thing will disgust me?"
Enraged, Uchiha Hikari immediately activated her Susanoo. The skeletal arm grabbed Tobirama.
This stubborn Senju old man clearly knew she hates this "shinobi world of bonds" more than anything, yet he still invited her here to watch something like this. His intentions were despicable.
"…What a pity."
Tobirama didn't immediately escape using Flying Thunder God. Instead, he sighed.
A pity?
What was a pity?
He had miscalculated.
He originally thought Hikari would hesitate a bit before coming.
If that were the case, by the time she arrived, she would have seen… more "censored" scenes between Madara and Naruto.
But unexpectedly, she came too quickly.
Madara hadn't even started yet.
Wait.
Tobirama suddenly realized something.
She had come too decisively, as if her real purpose wasn't to watch the surveillance, but to find an excuse to attack him.
Damn it!
Just as Tobirama tried to activate Impure World Reincarnation, his body suddenly went limp, and the technique failed.
Looking down, he saw the mark of the Yachihoko appearing on his body.
His chakra… had been completely drained!
Impure World Reincarnation granted "infinite chakra", but that didn't mean unlimited reserves, it only meant it would regenerate endlessly.
As long as the absorption rate exceeded the regeneration rate, it was possible to completely drain an Impure World Reincarnation body of chakra!
"So you like 'bonds,' do you?"
Hikari glanced at the surveillance screen, then dragged Tobirama outside.
Once outside, she took to the air, flying above Naruto and Sasuke's home.
Inside the room below, Madara was busy with something.
Hikari's Susanoo skeletal arm casually tossed Tobirama down like a piece of trash.
Boom!
Tobirama crashed through the roof like a meteor and fell into the house.
Inside, Madara was startled, thinking his actions had been discovered and someone had launched an attack to stop him.
But when the dust settled.
Huh?
Wasn't that the "damn Tobirama"?
It had only been a few days. How had he become so pathetic?
Lying there motionless?
Madara looked up at the broken ceiling. The sky was empty, Hikari had already left.
Then he looked back down at Tobirama, who lay still, eyes closed, showing no movement.
Madara couldn't help but suspect.
Was this a trap?
Was Tobirama trying to lure him into making a move, so that Hashirama would have an excuse to deal with him?
(End of this chapter)