“Hmph, although Uchiha Madara is powerful, he doesn’t care about our clan members at all. He just abandons them on the battlefield. His heart only holds his brother, and no other clan members exist in his mind. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been defeated back then!”
Upon hearing Uchiha Raimon mention Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Feng immediately said angrily.
But he also believed in the possibility.
After all, although he disapproved of Uchiha Madara’s actions, he highly acknowledged his strength. If anyone in the Ninja World could harm Senju Hashirama, then, without a doubt, it could only be Uchiha Madara, the Asura of the Ninja World.
Because, in the final era of the Sengoku period, two transcendent masters emerged.
Whether it was Senju Hashirama, the God of Shinobi, or Uchiha Madara, the Asura of the Ninja World, both had reached an extraordinary level of power.
And their battles were almost always evenly matched, with victories and losses on both sides.
The most crucial point was that their growth rates were almost identical.
At worst, one was slightly ahead of the other.
This meant that neither of them could gain an absolute advantage for their respective clans to achieve victory.
With both sides mutually restraining each other, the remaining battles had to be left to their clan members.
And after excluding Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, in the clan struggles, the Uchiha Clan was precisely superior to the Senju Clan. Originally, the Senju Clan could suppress the Uchiha Clan by sheer numbers, but as the Uchiha Clan also began to grow in population, the Senju Clan had to rally more allies to barely contend with the Uchiha Clan.
Even so, the Uchiha Clan, with its many masters honed on the battlefield, still held its own.
Until that most crucial battle.
Uchiha Madara fled with his brother, leaving behind a large number of clan masters who were defeated by Senju Hashirama. A portion of the elites were even largely cut down by Senju Tobirama, who seized the opportunity while Hashirama was defeating others.
And from then on, this led to the Uchiha Clan’s high-end combat power no longer being significantly stronger than the Senju Clan’s!
Not to mention, after he awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he once again issued a decisive battle against the Senju Clan, causing the loss of most of the clan members who should have avoided his sharp edge.
Therefore, since Uchiha Madara’s two failed decisive battles, the Uchiha Clan had lost trust in Uchiha Madara and no longer regarded him as their clan leader, because this person completely disregarded the clan’s overall situation for his own emotions.
Thus, when the people present mentioned the former clan leader, Uchiha Madara, there was no respect in their tone.
“If he hadn’t betrayed us in that battle, perhaps that was the best chance to wipe out the Senju Clan! You must know that at that time, Senju Hashirama had definitely not learned the so-called Sage Mode. Later, even if Madara obtained a more advanced eye, he still lost against Hashirama, who possessed Sage power!”
“However, if that prediction is true, and Senju Hashirama really did forcibly extract a large amount of Chakra and was about to die, it also shows that Madara still had some use, at least exchanging his own death for a great enemy of the clan. It seems the power of those eyes is indeed extraordinary; even Senju Hashirama, the God of Shinobi, had to expend his lifespan to win!”
Uchiha Yue said with a sigh, touching his Mangekyo eyes, understanding the immense power contained within them. He truly couldn’t understand how, with such power, Madara had fought to a draw in the early stages when Hashirama didn’t have Sage Mode.
Could it be that simply because they were good friends, he could disregard the clan’s war and hold back?
Uchiha Yue couldn’t quite understand this line of thinking.
“Hmph! From the very beginning, I felt that Senju Hashirama was a great enemy of our Uchiha Clan. Unfortunately, at first, Madara always prevented us from interfering in his battles with him. I could see that Madara had the upper hand at that time, but the result… it was truly raising a tiger to cause trouble later!”
Uchiha Feng said suspiciously, then his face showed a sarcastic expression: “I just don’t know if Madara regrets holding back back then, bringing such trouble to the clan. If Senju Hashirama had been dealt with from the start, then, with the power of our Uchiha Clan, we would have swept across the entire world long ago. How could we have fallen to the point of being schemed against and harmed by Senju Tobirama now?”
“Exactly, it’s just a pity that our Uchiha Clan couldn’t glimpse the so-called Sage power. If he hadn’t been so headstrong, not believing in the clan’s power, and unwilling to use it against Senju Hashirama, how could he have failed and dragged the entire clan to be buried with him…” Uchiha Raimon also said, exasperated, recalling how in every battle, Uchiha Madara was always alone, completely disregarding the clan’s battlefield, and directly taking Senju Hashirama away from the fight.
It was as if, while he and his old rival were fighting intensely, the clan’s side was completely forgotten by him.
Such an unpopular clan leader, it’s no wonder all the clan members later refused to follow him.
You must know that whether it was the Izanagi ability of the Sharingan that Uchiha Madara possessed, or this inheritance in his own hands, both could rewrite the battle situation at that time.
If Uchiha Madara hadn’t fled when the battle was most evenly matched, then with one of them sacrificing their Sharingan, the unfavorable battle situation for the Uchiha Clan could have been changed instantly, turning the tide. After all, the effect of Izanagi is not just on oneself, but can be repeatedly applied to a large number of people and environments.
Thus, when the Uchiha Clan was facing defeat in battle, activating Izanagi would instantly restore clan members who had died or run out of Chakra.
This way, even by attrition, they could wear down the Senju Clan.
At the very least, they could drag the other side down with them.
Not to mention, having such a combat method that the opponent could never anticipate.
“Did Uchiha Madara not think of sacrificing one of his eyes to completely eliminate his opponent, Senju Hashirama? Or was he truly deceived by the friendship between them, always reluctant to kill him?”
Uchiha Raimon was full of doubts, but then he thought of the mental issues that often plagued the Uchiha Clan, and he couldn’t help but sigh, “Forget it, what’s done is done, it won’t change the outcome. Let’s not dwell on Uchiha Madara’s problems anymore!”
“Anyway, that guy is already dead.”
“What an idiot, to have a power like Izanagi and still be killed by Senju Hashirama!”
“It seems he really has a problem with his brain!”
Uchiha Raimon was absolutely certain.
After all, the reason the Uchiha Clan believed they could jointly establish Konoha Ninja Village with the Senju Clan, rather than being defeated and surrendering, was because they truly possessed the power to reverse the battle situation. This was the real reason.
Even if a Ninja possesses extraordinary power, to put it bluntly, they are still just human.
Even someone as strong as Senju Hashirama is not a god.
In the Ninja World, any Ninjutsu has the power to be countered, and it is precisely because of this that the Uchiha Clan did not want to commit the entire clan’s future to a single battle. Even if they occasionally defeated Senju Hashirama, if the opponent escaped, and the Uchiha Clan exposed Izanagi, a powerful Ninjutsu, they would surely find a way to counter it, causing the Uchiha to lose this life-saving trump card. Not to mention, Uchiha Madara never trusted the clan; he always left the battlefield alone with Senju Hashirama.
Even if he himself lost the battle, the clan members were still fighting.
Unfortunately, he ultimately chose to reconcile with the Senju Clan.