Naruto: Let's take a look at the blind Uchiha

After hearing what Madara said and looking at his still relaxed attitude, Hashirama finally relaxed his breath, but soon thought of the word "maybe" in Madara's words, which was full of uncertainty. He immediately stood up and rushed across the river angrily, holding out his hand to Madara, "Since you are grateful, don't always use rhetoric to perfunctorily deal with me. Give me something practical in return."

Madara silently pulled out the iron rod and smiled kindly, "I only want to beat you up here, do you want that?"

"We clearly agreed on this, didn't we?! You're carrying a weapon again?!" Hashirama stopped in his tracks, looking horrified, "And how on earth did you hide such a long one before?!"

"I won't pass on the skills I learned from my brother." Madara snorted and raised his chin while leaning on the iron rod. "But you actually want to use up the favor now... Well, Yuyi's actions towards you guys will probably be crazy recently. You should find a way to remind your tribesmen to set up defenses."

"Ah? Why?" Hashirama stopped making trouble. "Hasn't the war situation been quite stable recently? While the three clans are fighting each other, the Uchiha clans are quietly fading from our sight..."

"Who knows," Madara shrugged, "I just happened to hear that those feathered people came back with injuries all over their bodies, and they kept cursing the damned Thousand Hands brats, saying that they would definitely take revenge on them. Go back home and find out who did what in your family."

"Damn Senju brat? He should be talking about the information brought back by Itama..." Hashirama touched his chin, and after a brief thought, he looked up at Madara, "But we haven't taken any action yet? It's true that Itama was caught by your brother before - your family hired someone to do it, and we ended up taking the blame, right?"

"I don't know. I don't pay much attention to this kind of thing - but maybe?" The corner of Ban's mouth twitched. "I'll go back and ask my deputy. He usually pays attention to this kind of thing. Next time I'll listen carefully before telling you. This time you just try to figure out how to deal with the situation yourself."

Hashirama ruffled his hair in annoyance, his eyes unconsciously shifting to the bushes behind him when he came here, "There is no problem this time... But let me tell you, Madara, aren't you also pushing the matter away like me? Where do you get the right to always say that I am unreliable?"

"Leaders only need to grasp the general trend, there is no need to be comprehensive - and it is a blessing for them to be able to help me."

"...I think you have to give in. Your personality is terrible, much worse than mine."

Madara silently raised the iron rod and bared his teeth, "...Are you looking for a fight, you bastard?"

Hashirama immediately shook his head and raised his hands in surrender.

After exchanging some information that had been thoroughly confirmed by both parties, Madara was the first to say goodbye - he had already made enough noise and reserved information for the next time they met, so he should be able to buy some time to leave, right?

[Let's go to the nearest patrol point first. The communication environment over there is no longer safe. I should also think of a way to increase my leverage. As expected, I am still too weak. I need to continue to strengthen my training... But——]

The moment he could no longer feel the gaze coming from behind, Madara immediately restrained his idle attitude, quickened his pace and left quickly, but when he reached out and touched the stone in his arms, a smile rose unconsciously at the corner of his mouth [Skipping stones... What a good idea, I will use this to scare him after I have mastered the technique. ]

As for Hashirama, who was left by the river, the smile on his face faded only after he could no longer see Madara's leisurely figure leaving. He turned back to the river bank from which he came and said in a cold voice, "Did you see anything that satisfied you?"

"Too naive, Hashirama. I am extremely disappointed that you trust Uchiha from the bottom of your heart." Senju Butsuma walked out slowly from the bushes. "If this information is false even once, the clan will suffer immeasurable losses. As the heir -"

"As an heir, you must be careful with your words and actions, and you must not easily entrust your trust to others... I have memorized this sentence a long time ago."

Hashirama looked at his father on the other side of the river and lowered his eyes, "But, father, all trust is not achieved overnight. The path you provide for me may be safe, but... this way of sticking to one's ways and seeking safety makes me unable to see even a little future.

We will still have to fight meaningless battles in the future, our people will still not have peace, our children will still have to take up arms and face death prematurely, and even worship "sacrifice" - is this the future you expect?"

Qian Shou Fu Jian's first reaction was shame. After all, in his heart, although he had done a lot of practical things for the clan, he had not been a good father. He even sent his young children to the battlefield in the hope that they would set an example for the clan.

But what followed was the anger of being questioned and offended, "Hashirama, don't you——" Don't you understand what it means to be the clan leader? !

But he couldn't say the second half of the sentence as Qian Shou Fu Jian looked at his eldest son's eyes which were filled with sadness and indifference.

And Hashirama didn't seem to want to get an answer from his father. He walked calmly until he reached the side of the Senju Butsuma. Then he stopped and said, "Father, it's not wrong to seek stability, and it can indeed bring peace, but the world will not become a better place because of our concessions...

I already live in a disgustingly terrible era, and there is no escape - but I hope that Tobirama and the others will have choices in the future, and that my children will not have to be pushed into the battlefield by me like you did to Watama and Itama.

So please stop me, otherwise, only my life will end here, so that I can give up the pursuit of peace... If the end of this road is that I will be against you, I will never give in. "

Hashirama did not yell as usual, but the sound, which did not even have any ups and downs, made Senju Butsuma realize for the first time that the brat he always thought was useless had grown up and had his own thoughts and direction.

Hashirama stood quietly with his back to him one meter away from the Thousand-armed Butsuma, and his fists in his sleeves clenched and unclenched unconsciously, but all of this turned into numbness filled with sadness after a long period of silence between the two of them.

[As expected, there is no way to get support from father?] Hashirama closed his eyes tightly, and when he opened them again, the sadness had been completely replaced by determination, [I'm sorry, father, I always seem to fail your expectations... Ha, I'm really unfilial.]

"Next time you come, remember to find someone to follow you."

Hashirama paused as he was about to take a step forward and looked back at Senju Butsuma in disbelief.

"You don't need to report anything to me, but you should at least leave a way out for possible emergencies..." Senju Butsuma sighed and stepped past Hashirama, "I hope you can remember that the Uchiha people have changeable personalities. You can never give them all your trust."

Hashirama followed, "But they are recognized as trustworthy in the ninja world - and when Madara lies, his eyes will unconsciously wander, and his hands will also make small movements. There was nothing unusual in his behavior just now, which means that the information is credible..."

Senju Butsuma finally couldn't hold back and slapped Hashirama on the back of his head, then grabbed his son by the back of his collar, "Uchiha, Uchiha, you're a Senju and you keep talking about Uchiha all day long?! You're such a disgrace!!"

After the noisy and awkward father and son left, the crow that had been perched on the shady branch finally stopped preening its feathers and flapped its wings to fly towards the Uchiha clan's territory.