Hashirama Senju stopped five meters away from Tianqi. Looking at Tianqi's familiar face, he recalled Madara in his youth and sighed. Hashirama Senju did not mock Tianqi but spoke in the tone of an elder.
"Tianqi, looking at you now, I feel like I've returned to the days I spent with Madara. Although Madara was stubborn and extreme, he once had love in his heart. Although I don't know why he completely abandoned love later, I know that you still have great love in your heart now. Tianqi, come back to Konoha with me. With your current strength, Konoha will definitely treat you well."
After hearing Hashirama Senju's words, Tianqi looked at him with disdain. He had expected Hashirama to say something else, but instead, Hashirama was still advising him to go back. Tianqi said with a contemptuous expression, "My dear Uncle Hashirama, I'm so angry I can't help but laugh. I don't know whether to call you naive or an idiot. Can I even go back now?"
"What you said is true. Even if Konoha forgives us and lets us return, will the families of the ninjas killed by the Uchiha accept it? Even if the families do accept it, with my strength, no one will dare to attack us now that I'm back in Konoha. But what about when I get old and die? Will the Uchiha, who started the war, still have a chance to live? Have you thought about these things?"
"..." After listening to Tianqi's words, Hashirama Senju also fell into deep thought. Yes, as long as Tianqi still had the ability, the Uchiha would definitely be fine. But if Tianqi got old and lost his ability or died, he couldn't guarantee whether the Uchiha would still have a way to survive.
He didn't consider whether the families of the dead ninjas could accept it. Since the ninjas had gone to the battlefield, they were prepared to die. No matter how sad the families were, it was useless. Could the dead come back to life?
Seeing that Hashirama Senju remained silent, Tianqi clasped his hands together, preparing to burn his last bit of chakra and life energy for a final gamble. "Hashirama Senju, you agree with what I said, right? I advise you to stop using your talk-no-jutsu. I've said it before: your talk-no-jutsu can only fool Madara a little. I won't fall for it. Do you really think I have no chance to fight you? I have to say, you've underestimated me!"
In an instant, Tian Qi entered immortal mode, and the exclusive immortal mask appeared on his face. His body frantically absorbed natural energy.
Tianqi glanced at Tsunade, who was sitting weakly on the ground in the distance due to insufficient chakra. "Tsunade, please forgive me. It seems I can no longer walk with you on this journey. I'm sorry."
Tsunade also noticed Tianqi's gaze. She saw death in his eyes. As if she had thought of something, she tried desperately to walk towards Tianqi, but she was powerless. She could only crawl slowly while shouting loudly, "No! No! No, Tianqi!"
Tianqi didn't hear Tsunade's words. At this moment, he concentrated his mind and began to break through the limitations of his body. Tianqi prepared to imitate the Eight Gates method and use chakra to break through the limitations of his body in order to gain greater power.
Recalling the feeling of powerlessness I experienced during my battle with Hashirama Senju, I initially thought it was a problem with my body. However, it seems that wasn't the case. There was a mysterious force hindering me. Hmph, I don't care what kind of mysterious power you are. This time, I'll release all the restrictions on my body and see how you can stop me then.
As Tianqi absorbed natural energy, he gradually broke free from the restrictions. After breaking free from the fifth layer of restrictions, Tianqi's skin turned red, and a surge of violent chakra erupted from his body.
"Oh no, Tianqi is going to burn himself out completely! No, I can't let Madara's son disappear like this!" Seeing Tianqi unleashing his chakra, Hashirama Senju knew what he was going to do. In order to protect his old friend's bloodline, he rushed forward without hesitation.
Just as Hashirama Senju was about to touch Tenchi, Tenchi gathered his powerful chakra and prepared to break through two layers of restrictions, shouting, "Break the sixth and seventh restrictions for me!!"
"Bang! Bang!" Tian Qi successfully broke through the sixth and seventh restrictions. The chakra around him condensed into a solid jet and shot out. Senju Hashirama, who was about to touch Tian Qi, was instantly bounced away.
"Give me the eighth restriction..." Just as Tian Qi was about to break through the eighth restriction, a voice interrupted him.
"Uchiha Tenki, stop right now!" Mitokado Homura shouted loudly. Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu finally arrived at the battlefield with a group of Uchiha clan members at the last moment.
Tianqi looked at the bound elder and the clansmen, young and old, and stopped his attempt to break through to the eighth level of chakra restriction. He stared at the elder and the others in shock. How could they have been captured? Takahashi Shinichi was such a waste. Even the basement was discovered by Konoha. They really overestimated him.
When Hashirama Senju saw that the Konoha ninja had captured Uchiha Tenki's clansmen, he breathed a sigh of relief. Surely Tenki wouldn't go crazy for the sake of his clansmen.
"Uchiha Tenchi, surrender now, or I won't be polite!" Koharu Utatane held a kunai to the elder's neck and shouted threateningly at Tenchi.
A dozen or so Uchiha people watched as their families were captured by Konoha ninjas, and they desperately crawled towards the sky. Uchiha Sen was the fastest, as his father's life was in danger and he had to move quickly. Unfortunately, they had exhausted their chakra and crawled too slowly.
Faced with the threat of Koharu Utatane, Tianqi finally gave up on breaking through the restrictions, lowered his clasped hands, and the unique immortal mask disappeared from his face. He decided to give up.
He could die if he died, but he couldn't take so many of his people with him. Among them were young children whose lives had just begun. Tianqi wouldn't be so selfish as to sacrifice children for his own desires, nor could he do such a thing as sacrificing his people. It seemed he could only wait for an opportunity.
Seeing Tianqi give up, the elder shouted desperately, "Tianqi, don't give up! Don't forget what you promised me! You said you would lead the Uchiha clan to the true peak and reclaim our glory! Have you forgotten all of that? You must not give up because of us!"
Tianqi deactivated Sage Mode and knelt dejectedly on the ground. "Elder, I'm sorry. I may not be able to keep my promise to you. I haven't forgotten what I said, but I can't be so selfish as to sacrifice you all for the glory of the Uchiha. I can't do that."
Hearing Tianqi's words, Hashirama Senju also showed a gratified smile. Tianqi was ultimately different from Madara. Although Tianqi was crazy, he still had love for his clan in his heart.
Seeing Tianqi like this, the elder was not happy that Tianqi had compromised for them. Instead, he was furious. "Uchiha Tianqi, stand up! How can you kneel down so easily as the clan leader? I would rather die than see you so servile!" The elder said, and was about to commit suicide with the kunai around his neck.
Koharu Utatane reacted quickly. Seeing that the Uchiha elder was about to commit suicide, she quickly put away her kunai and kicked the elder to the ground. "Hmph, you think you can kill yourself? Dream on."
"Uchiha Tenki, I advise you not to make any rash moves, or I'll kill this old guy in no time," Koharu Utatane threatened Uchiha Tenki while stepping on the elder's body.
Tianqi felt a mix of emotions seeing the Grand Elder being treated this way, but there was nothing he could do about it for the time being.
That damned Koharu Utatane dared to threaten me! If my eye power hadn't been depleted in the battle just now, temporarily preventing me from using the Mangekyou Sharingan, I would have used Kamui to snap your head off.
"Grandma, I'll put up with you for two more minutes. Once my pupil power recovers a little, I'll definitely kill you." That's right, Tian Qi was just pretending to compromise. He was waiting for his pupil power to recover. As soon as his pupil power recovered a little, he could immediately save the Grand Elder and the others.
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