Naruto's Exam

"what's the situation?"

Inside the headquarters of the commercial giant Senju Group in a bustling city, Hashirama stared at Uchiha Madara in shock with his eyes wide open. At this moment, Uchiha Madara was no longer the familiar face he was used to. In his eyes, a pair of Sharingan instantly evolved from one magatama to two magatama.

"Madara?" Hashirama called out in confusion.

"Wait, I can't follow what you're talking about!" Hashirama frowned, holding his head in his hands, trying to sort out his thoughts. "You said Tobirama touched your brother? But isn't your brother safe and sound over there?"

The Second Hokage, who was also the Vice Chairman of the Senju Group, tapped the large screen in the conference room and pointed at the projected image.

"Brother Hashirama, didn't you realize? The young man with your face on his chest is actually Uchiha Madara from the future world."

"Hmm?" Hashirama looked puzzled.

Uchiha Madara restrained his usual arrogance, and the entire Uchiha family and core members of the Senju Group were all dumbfounded.

"This……"

"This is too much information. We need time to digest it." A young man from the Uchiha family spoke up. He is Uchiha Fire Core, Madara's cousin. He once took over the affairs of the Uchiha family temporarily after Madara left the company, demonstrating outstanding leadership skills.

Uchiha Hotaru looked at the black-haired young man on the screen and asked in surprise, "Are you saying that the young man wearing a high-end custom suit and looking like Madara-sama is actually Madara himself?"

Senju Tobirama nodded to confirm: "That's right."

"That face on Madara-sama's chest..." Uchiha Fire Core chose his words carefully, "Could you please explain in detail what that is?"

This question also troubled Minato Namikaze in the corner of the conference room, and the equally confused "ghost" Hashirama in the projection.

The Second Hokage was silent for a moment. He knew that this question involved the secrets of the Uchiha family, including the family history slate that was tampered with by Black Zetsu, the two sons of the Six Paths Sage, and the ancient origins of the three major families of Senju, Uchiha, and Uzumaki. More importantly, he had to mention the complicated relationship between him and Madara.

It's not that he can't reveal it, but it would be too lengthy to tell. Moreover, given the conflicts between the two companies caused by business competition, he might not be able to convince the other party with just a few words.

In addition, as the plot revealed by the video develops, just like the era he experienced, Black Zetsu's conspiracy will eventually be revealed. Therefore, it becomes more urgent to find a way to seal Black Zetsu and put it into practice before the Moon Eye Plan is implemented.

"Is there any reason that cannot be made public?" The young Senju Tobirama stood up and asked half-jokingly, "Is it because you ate Brother Hashirama's flesh that his face grew on your chest?"

Although Senju Tobirama usually looks mature and steady, he is actually generous and calm in nature, but his seemingly casual ridicule is unexpectedly close to the truth.

However, the Second Hokage was not in a position to mention the existence of "Hashirama cells" in front of the Uchiha family members. After all, until the end of the Fourth Trade War, although Madara and Hashirama's identities as the reincarnations of the Six Paths Sage had been confirmed, there was still no clear answer as to why Hashirama possessed this special "Hashirama cell", which made things even more confusing.

"I will explain this to you privately when we return to the Senju Group." The answer from the Second Hokage caused dissatisfaction among the Uchiha family: "Don't you trust us, the people of the Senju family?"

"No," the Nidaime Hokage replied, "I don't trust anyone for this matter."

On this important issue concerning Hashirama's safety, the only person he trusted was himself.

After the Fourth Trade War, even though it was explained that Madara and Hashirama were the reincarnations of the two sons of the Sage of the Six Paths, they still didn't know why Hashirama had these unique "Hashirama cells". In a way, Hashirama was like a walking, breathing, thinking miniature puppet of the sacred tree. For thousands of years, only Hashirama had these cells.

"Madara..." Seeing the heavy expression on the face of the young Hashirama, the young Uchiha Madara couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"I really didn't expect..."

"What didn't you expect?" The young Madara looked unhappy. He was still worried about the fact that his younger brother Hashirama was still brooding over his younger brother's affairs!

"Banara, I've always considered you a friend, how could you do this to me?" The young man Hashirama showed an expression of disbelief on his face: "I know I'm not delicious, but..."

Being misled by Hashirama's words, the young Uchiha Madara immediately yelled at the young Hashirama: "Who would want to eat your flesh?! Who would want to grow a stupid face of yours on their chest?! Who is it?!"

Frightened by Madara's roar, the young Hashirama sat on the ground in frustration: "Forget it, it doesn't matter, I'm ready to be devoured."

"Don't be depressed! Hashirama, stand up!"

"But..." The young Hashirama suddenly changed his tone, with a hint of cunning: "With so many people eyeing your weakness, you probably can't do it, right?"

After these words were spoken, the ninjas of the Uchiha family and the Senju family had different expressions, especially the current patriarchs of the two families - Uchiha Tajima and Senju Fusuma. They didn't even know that their eldest sons had known each other for a long time, and that their relationship seemed to be unusual?

When Senju Butsuma heard Hashirama mention "I treat you as a friend", he almost fainted; and when Uchiha Tajima learned that Butsuma's son actually knew that Madara's back was his weakness, his inner defenses completely collapsed.

At this moment, the two clan leaders, who did not yet know the true relationship between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, secretly decided that they would give these two troublesome sons a good lesson when they returned home.

[“Ban, what is your purpose? We are all the past, why do you want to revive?”]

[“I just want to complete Hashirama’s unfinished dream,” Uchiha Madara, with flying black hair, responded on the screen: “This world originally belonged to Hashirama, who was on the verge of failure, and I will create a new world through the Infinite Moon Reading, a beautiful, peaceful new world where everyone can live happily.”]