Senju Tobirama's head was buzzing with pain.

The top leaders of Konoha Village were in a state of chaos.

To be honest, Sarutobi Hiruzen is quite capable. In the two or three months since he took office, many ninjas in Konoha Village have spoken very highly of him.

The small ninja clans are grateful to Sarutobi Hiruzen for the redistribution of resources. The large ninja clans are divided into two levels, one is the top Senju and Uchiha, and the other is the ninjas of other families except these two founding clans.

The Senju clan was under pressure from Tobirama Senju, and the Uchiha clan did not raise any opinions due to their past with Uchiha Madara. Although other major ninja clans such as the Hyuga clan and the Inoshika-cho clan were evaluating and watching, their overall attitude towards Sarutobi Hiruzen was relatively gentle and friendly.

If nothing unexpected happens, as time goes by, Sarutobi Hiruzen's position as Hokage will become more and more stable, and he will eventually become the true Third Hokage of Konoha.

But something unexpected happened.

First of all, Uchiha Afei and Uchiha Madara suddenly appeared. Although Uchiha Afei now seems willing to stay in the village to help, Senju Tobirama could not forget Uchiha Afei's initial hatred for Konoha.

Although Senju Tobirama has confirmed that Uchiha Afei is not a direct descendant of Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Afei is indeed an Uchiha and possesses the Wood Release cells of Senju Hashirama.

In the future, the Senju clan is dead and only Tsunade is left. The Uchiha clan has completely disappeared. What is Uchiha Afei thinking?

What's even more troublesome is that due to the existence of Uchiha Madara, the village can no longer do anything to Uchiha Afei, and even has to find a way to control Uchiha Afei.

The Uchiha clan was reluctant to fight for the rights of the village because of the incident in which Uchiha Madara led the Nine-tailed Demon Fox to attack Konoha, but now the situation has completely changed.

Because Uchiha Madara is not dead!

The Konoha Village will be wary of the Uchiha clan because of Uchiha Madara, and will also further support the Uchiha clan because of Uchiha Madara's survival.

After all, Uchiha Afei has demonstrated one thing with his own actions: only Uchiha can deal with Uchiha!

What? The Senju clan?

I'm sorry, but the strongest group of Senju ninjas from the Warring States Period to the present were all killed in the First Ninja World War. If it weren't for the appearance of Asuga, Senju Tobirama would have died long ago!

The next problem is the trouble with the Hyuga clan and the moon.

The Hyuga clan is suspected of colluding with foreign clans and plotting against the second Hokage of Konoha. Even if Tobirama Senju doesn't care, his disciples must care! Otherwise, how will Sarutobi Hiruzen face the elders of the Senju clan and Uzumaki Mito?

As a result, the Hyuga clan's problem has not been resolved yet, and the moon exploded again.

Now the whole world is saying that Konoha coveted the power of Tsukuyomi Mikoto and sent a large number of ninjas into the moon. They not only blew up the moon, but also took away Tsukuyomi Mikoto's divine power, forcing Tsukuyomi Mikoto to fall from the moon to the mainland (that is, Susanoo). Now the whole mainland has set off a craze to find the god of Tsukuyomi Mikoto.

At the same time, other ninja villages and dignitaries from various countries believed that Konoha had mastered the power of God.

Even though Senju Tobirama had sent a letter to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the other four ninja villages, stating that Konoha did not have the power of gods and that they were all rumors.

But this is not something that he wants to clarify and others will believe it!

——You said there is no such thing in Konoha, I don’t believe it!

Now the focus is no longer on what Konoha thinks, but what the countries and ninja villages across the continent think. In fact, Konoha’s most troublesome thing right now is to dispel the doubts of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

As the daimyo who controls the country, even if the daimyo entrusts the country's military to Konoha, it does not mean that he is happy to see the ninjas obtain the power of the gods.

——You ninjas are gods, then what is my name?

What's even more troublesome is that Konoha is not only facing a serious external situation, but also unrest within.

Let’s not talk about Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Afei in the Konoha Hospital. Just the fact that Hashirama Senju took a group of people to the moon cannot be concealed at all!

The team carrying out the mission includes big clans such as the Senju, Uchiha, Nara and Akimichi, as well as several small clan ninjas such as the Hatake. They witnessed the battle on the moon firsthand, and although they were seriously injured due to the space travel and are currently recuperating, they and the families behind them also want an explanation.

For example, who is the enemy, and how the moon exploded in the end.

Because the moon exploded, Konoha couldn't even clean up the battlefield or look for clues, let alone find out the truth about the Hyuga collusion with foreign tribes to harm the village's Second Hokage.

The last and most depressing thing for Senju Tobirama is himself.

As the living Second Hokage, he is currently the biggest destabilizing factor in Konoha.

There is no second sun in the sky. The second generation is alive and has regained his previous powerful strength and strong control over the Senju clan. Who cares about the third generation?

Or does it mean that the Second Hokage is willing to follow the orders of the Third Hokage?

Even if Senju Tobirama is willing, the Senju family may not be willing. Uchiha Madara is still recuperating in the village. Will the Uchiha be willing to follow Senju Tobirama and follow Sarutobi Hiruzen's orders?

Stop joking. Uchiha can bow to Tobirama Senju, but if he bows to Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of Uchiha Madara, then Uchiha Madara will most likely beat up the entire Uchiha clan and Sarutobi Hiruzen together.

What upset Senju Tobirama the most was that his disciples also split into two sides.

Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En were naturally willing to follow Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Danzo clearly raised the banner of obeying his teacher Senju Tobirama and even pulled Uchiha Kagami to stand on the stage with him.

Uchiha Kagami doesn't want to get involved in the internal struggle of Konoha's upper echelons, but he has no choice. The existence of Uchiha Madara makes it impossible for the Uchiha clan to bow down to Sarutobi Hiruzen, so he can only stand on the side of Senju Tobirama first.

And at this chaotic moment, sister-in-law Uzumaki Mito also came to see Senju Tobirama.

"Where did Hashirama go?" Uzumaki Mito's face was not very good. "Didn't I tell you before? Kazuhiko returned to the village after completing his mission. Hashirama devoted himself to the village during his lifetime and had no time to spend much time with Kazuhiko. I didn't say anything, but now he is dead and his mission is over. Could it be that you, Tobirama, sent him out to work again?"

Senju Tobirama took a deep breath and felt his head full of lawsuits.

"...I don't know where my elder brother has gone. Anyway, from what I sense, he is not in the village." After a pause, he added, "Uchiha Madara is not here either. Maybe my elder brother has chased Madara out of the village."

After hearing this, Uzumaki Mito was so angry that he slammed the door and left the Hokage Building.

Senju Tobirama felt extremely upset. His eldest brother had disappeared, his family was busy with blind dates with the Uchiha clan, his disciples were divided, the attitudes of the various clans in the village were ambiguous, the Hyuga clan insisted that they were innocent and the village was slandering them, not to mention the increasingly serious public opinion abroad...

Even though everything in front of him turned into a mess, Tobirama Senju's naturally serious character still made him grit his teeth and deal with it.

First, he dispatched medical ninjas to treat the team members who were sent to the moon for a mission, then he asked the border and garrison forces to increase their alert levels, met with the chiefs of each ninja clan in the village, temporarily appeased the Hyuga clan, and then sent Sarutobi Hiruzen to bring Danzo and Uchiha Kagami to the capital of the Land of Fire to meet the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Although the possibility is low, Tobirama still hopes to dispel the concerns of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

With a new round of war likely to break out at any time, there must be no problems with Konoha's rear area and financial backers.

After a busy day and night, thanks to the efforts of Senju Tobirama, the situation finally did not deteriorate any further.

Just when Tobirama breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt something was wrong; it was too quiet around him.

Senju Tobirama suddenly looked towards the corner of the Hokage's office: "Who?!"

Uchiha Madara's figure slowly emerged like water waves.

Senju Tobirama's heart tensed up. He said in a deep voice, "...What do you want?"

Uchiha Madara narrowed his eyes and looked up and down at Senju Tobirama.

Yesterday, Uchiha Madara was filled with rage at Izawa Sugi's verbal attack, but he couldn't vent his anger directly - if he really took action, wouldn't it mean that Izawa Sugi was right?

So Uchiha Madara left the village and ran to the nearest Mist Village base he knew.

Uchiha Madara also had his own allies after leaving Konoha Village. Although he looked down on these ninja villages, he always had to have enough sources of intelligence when he went out. The Hidden Mist Village isolated overseas was a good partner.

Especially after the death of the Second Mizukage Hozuki Gengetsu, the Third Mizukage was neither from the Mizunoe clan nor the Hozuki clan, and could only temporarily rely on the support of the Kaguya clan, whose brains were not very good, to barely take the position.

In order to stabilize his own position, the Third Mizukage needed a powerful ally to help him deal with his disobedient subordinates, and Uchiha Madara was the foreign aid that the Third Mizukage dared not think of, let alone order. Besides, if Uchiha Madara came to him, did the Third Mizukage have the qualifications to refuse?

Uchiha Madara obtained a large number of situation and intelligence documents of various countries from the secret intelligence base in Kirigakure Village, and also intuitively felt the changes across the continent caused by Izasugi's bombing of the moon.

At the same time, he discovered something that annoyed him.

The speed at which intelligence flows among countries is too fast. Konoha has just blown up the moon, and then the whole world seems to know what Konoha is doing and begins to discuss the impact of Konoha's actions.

This shows that someone is manipulating public opinion and intelligence dissemination.

Does this technique seem familiar?

At that time, rumors spread everywhere in Konoha that Uchiha Madara dug out his brother's eyes for power. At that time, Uchiha Madara thought that it was the bastard Senju Tobirama who was secretly doing this to help Senju Hashirama run for the position of Hokage.

Now, after listening to Izawa Sugi's evaluation of Senju Tobirama, and looking at the changes in public opinion that gave him such a strong sense of déjà vu, Uchiha Madara had to admit that Senju Tobirama might not be as despicable as he thought, and that there was indeed someone else who spread rumors in Konoha Village and caused him to be betrayed by his own people.

After realizing this, Uchiha Madara wished he could bite his back teeth to pieces.

It's obvious.

The stone tablet of the Uchiha clan's land was modified artificially. Someone deliberately let him know the Infinite Tsukuyomi technique, and then instigated the people of Konoha and the Uchiha clan, making him completely disappointed with the village and family, and instead pursuing the world of dreams, and finally implementing the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan to achieve the goal of the enemy hidden in the dark.

In other words, since the establishment of Konoha, all the suffering, resentment, misunderstanding and resentment that Uchiha Madara encountered were manipulated by the mastermind behind the scenes! !

Uchiha Madara was so angry that he almost went crazy. He wanted to find the culprit immediately and kill him.

Who knows the truth about the enemy?

Ah Fei and Ah Shan.

But these two little bastards never gave in, and the examples they cited were also very magical. What kind of enemy can be described by tofu sushi and the Rinnegan?

In the end, after much thought, Uchiha Madara returned to Konoha Village.

Yes, the village built by him and Hashirama is indeed the most powerful armed military group in the entire continent. If you want to thoroughly investigate and capture the enemy, is there any faster way than to join forces with Konoha?

No more.

Uchiha Madara walked into the Konoha Hokage Building with his Rinnegan openly. He watched quietly as Tobirama Senju easily sorted out the confusing situation gradually, exchanged opinions with the various families skillfully and experiencedly, and successfully obtained promises from many families: if the war broke out again on the mainland, each family would be willing to send more people to the garrison, and even the Uchiha were no exception!

Senju Tobirama is not Senju Hashirama. Senju Hashirama is happy to be friends with everyone, but Senju Tobirama is better at establishing various systems, regulating the behavior of ninjas through rules, and using rhetoric and interests to make the various races compromise as much as possible.

Putting aside past grudges and prejudices, if the partner is Tobirama Senju...

Uchiha Madara closed his eyes, suppressed the complexity and entanglement in his heart, and asked Senju Tobirama: "Have you seen Hashirama?"

Senju Tobirama frowned: "... Didn't Big Brother go out with you?"

"It seems you don't know yet." Uchiha Madara curled his lips. Although he decided to cooperate with Senju Tobirama, he would still be happy if he could see this guy suffer. "Yesterday, Shan used the Ghoul Sealing Technique to seal Hashirama in the body of the god of death. In this way, even if someone uses the Earth Reincarnation Technique again, they will not be able to summon Hashirama."

Senju Tobirama: ???

Senju Tobirama was so upset! He just didn't take care of the two naughty kids in the ward for a day, so how come his elder brother was stuffed into the stomach of the god of death? !

"Seal the Dead? Are you sure it's Seal the Dead?!" Senju Tobirama couldn't believe it. "After using Seal the Dead, the soul of the caster will be taken away by the god of death!"

Uchiha Madara described the appearance of the Grim Reaper with a smile, and at the end he said: "Ashan threw something to the Grim Reaper, and the Grim Reaper seemed very happy. He did not do anything to Ashan and left happily."

Senju Tobirama's body swayed, his vision went dark, and his voice trembled: "Someone, Anbu? Go and get Shan... No, I'd better go over there!"

"Wait, there's one more thing."

Uchiha Madara continued with a smile: "Ashan told me something that I am very interested in."

Uchiha Madara relayed Izawa Sugi's long speech to Senju Tobirama: "...He said that compared to the family alliance, you are the one who really wants to flatten the world and unify the ninjas. He intends to cooperate with you to create a ninja alliance. What do you think?"

Senju Tobirama was stunned after hearing this. He moved his lips, and there was confusion and bewilderment in his bright red eyes. After a long time, he lowered his eyes slightly, and his eyelashes blocked his complicated look.

"...It's too late. If we had done this when Konoha was first established, and directly leveled the ninja world before other ninja villages were established, with the power of you and your brother, we might have been able to accomplish this."

Uchiha Madara raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully: "It seems that you have really thought about it."

Senju Tobirama said coldly: "Ninjas want to pursue the strongest and solve all problems once and for all. Big brother would think so, you would think so, and of course I would think so too."

Even though Senju Tobirama is not as powerful as Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, he is still one of the strongest men in the entire continent. Now that these two have disappeared from the battlefield, in a one-on-one fight, Senju Tobirama is not afraid of any enemy!

If that's the case, why can't he pursue to be stronger? Why doesn't he dare to think about it?

It was as if Uchiha Madara was meeting Senju Tobirama for the first time. He looked carefully at the person in front of him, and his eyes involuntarily turned into the Rinnegan.

Being stared at by such eyes, Senju Tobirama subconsciously tensed his body and became more alert.

"...Well, Shan said so too."

Uchiha Madara closed his eyes, and his eyes returned to the purest darkness.

"Senju Tobirama, don't you think now is the best opportunity?"

Uchiha Madara put aside his prejudices and faced Senju Tobirama with a rare peaceful attitude.

"Now the whole continent is hostile to Konoha. No matter how Konoha sends troops, how it counterattacks, or how it fights, it will not attract attention from all parties. Have you ever thought about taking this opportunity to expand the influence of the village as much as possible, or even push back and take over those ninja villages together to establish a ninja alliance?"

"If it was just you, or just me, or even anyone in the village who said that, I wouldn't have any hope."

Uchiha Madara said: "But the one who said this is Shan, a descendant of Senju and Uchiha who may have come from the future or another world and has seen different futures."

"I'm going to give it a try."

He crossed his arms over his chest, raised his chin slightly, and looked towards Senju Tobirama.

"What about you? Are you interested?"

Senju Tobirama looked at Uchiha Madara in shock. He asked uncertainly, "Are you inviting me to join forces with you to flatten the world?"

Uchiha Madara nodded: "Yes, you are deaf."

Senju Tobirama subconsciously looked out the window. Although there was an additional planetary belt in the sky, the sun still rose from the east. There was no problem!

Senju Tobirama couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

"Why do you do this? Or, why you?"

Uchiha Madara said calmly: "When we founded Konoha, Hashirama and I swore to end the Continental War, but do you think the war is over?"

Senju Tobirama was silent.

The war was not over, it just changed from between two families to between two ninja villages.

"As for why it's you..."

Uchiha Madara said with some disdain, "I don't want to join forces with you either, but you are Hashirama's younger brother. Now that Hashirama is dead, you are indeed the closest and most useful helper to us in the entire continent. Who else can we find if not you?"

Perhaps there are indeed one or two people whose strength level is almost the same as Senju Tobirama, but the distance between them in terms of thinking is huge.

Uchiha Madara is so arrogant that even Senju Tobirama is despised by him, let alone others.

Senju Tobirama: "..."

Thank you so much!

"What are you going to do?" Senju Tobirama asked Uchiha Madara tentatively.

Uchiha Madara said straightforwardly: "I don't know! If it were my idea, I would demolish them one by one!"

Senju Tobirama raised his hand to his forehead.

"Your method is totally useless. Konoha cannot send people to guard other ninja villages for a long time. When we withdraw, the ninjas from other ninja villages will gather together again to form a force."

"So it's because Konoha has few people?"

"No, because they don't consider themselves Konoha ninjas at all, they are ninjas from other villages!"

Senju Tobirama sat in the Hokage's seat somewhat dully.

"Even in Konoha Village, the ninjas of each family still stick to their family names and honors and have not completely integrated into Konoha, even within the village. How can you ask other ninja villages to abandon their own villages and completely integrate into Konoha?"

Uchiha Madara was silent, but then he said nonchalantly: "That is something for Shan and Fei to consider. We only need to consider how to take down the village."

Senju Tobirama: "..."

He covered his heart and almost couldn't breathe.

What bothered him most was the Uchiha who only cared about what was in front of them, their own pleasure, and their own moods!!

Uchiha is really too easily controlled by emotions, completely uncontrollable!

"Anyway, are you going to do it?"

Uchiha Madara felt that what Izawa Sugi said yesterday was very much to his liking. No matter what Senju Tobirama thought, he would first set up the Ninja Alliance, and then flatten the entire Ninja world. Even if he, Senju Tobirama, was unwilling, he would rack his brains to think about how to do it!

"If you don't do it, I'll find another ninja village to do it."

Uchiha Madara threatened Senju Tobirama rudely.

Senju Tobirama almost fainted.

Trash Uchiha Madara! Why didn't big brother beat this bastard to death? !

"...Do you think I can't stop you?"

"Are you sure? It was Sugi who instigated me to do this. Be careful or they and I will come together to destroy Konoha in the future."

Senju Tobirama was furious. He thought angrily, this is not a negotiation of cooperation at all, this is a threat! It is forced to get on the car! It is forced to rebel!

But sadly, Uchiha Madara's threat was terrible and effective.

Senju Tobirama thought about it again and again. He wanted to delay time: "I want to think about it..."

Uchiha Madara sneered: "Give me your answer now. If you agree, I will immediately return to live in the Uchiha family. If you object, I will directly take the Nine-Tails in Uzumaki Mito's body to another ninja village."

Senju Tobirama's heart collapsed. Finally, he took a deep breath and looked suddenly at Uchiha Madara.

"Okay, I agree to cooperate with you, but Madara, I need a promise from you."

"Once this really starts, the village will have no way out. Can you guarantee that no matter what happens, no matter what happens, can you guarantee that you will not betray the village again?"

At this moment, Senju Tobirama's expression was as sharp as a knife, even aggressive.

"Banara, I don't believe you, and the village doesn't believe you either. You asked me to cooperate with you, but who can guarantee that you won't betray the covenant? Can you guarantee that I'm not your second eldest brother?"

He angrily questioned Uchiha Madara, "Do you know how my elder brother felt when he fought you when you brought the Nine-Tails to destroy the village?"

Uchiha Madara was silent for a long time, and he slowly said: "Hashirama, he lied to me."

Senju Tobirama was shocked: "Huh?"

"The peace I expect is not the peace that Hashirama created."

Uchiha Madara looked out of the window calmly. From this angle, there were many buildings in Konoha Village and many ninjas were shuttling between the rooftops, giving the village an image of peace and stability.

"Does it look good?" Uchiha Madara's eyes flashed with a cold light, "But this is all false. The struggle still exists, between families, families and villages, villages and the Land of Fire... The war has never subsided."

Senju Tobirama was confused at first, but then he seemed to understand something.

He opened his mouth, looking confused: "So, the ideal peace in your mind is one without any fighting? I mean, there is no fighting for rights in the village. People are... um, they are..."

"…openness and mutual trust."

"You dream faster!!"

Senju Tobirama's eyes were almost rolled up to the sky. He never expected that Uchiha Madara was actually a more naive person than his elder brother! !

It’s speechless enough that his elder brother wants to be good friends with all the ninjas, but Uchiha Madara wants to be a caring and sweet baby to everyone!

Uchiha Madara's face was not very good. His figure was exposed by Sugiyama yesterday, and he was rejected by Senju Tobirama today. At this moment, he suddenly found that Senju Tobirama seemed to be a little similar to Sugiyama!

"My ideal world has a premise, that is, ninjas must be unified under an alliance organization. As for what happens after the alliance, we will talk about it when the time comes."

Uchiha Madara said rudely: "Anyway, are you going to do it or not?"

"...Until this goal is achieved, you will not betray the village?"

"I will not betray my cooperation with you."

Senju Tobirama let out a long breath of frustration.

If you can't beat him, then join him. If he is in control, maybe things won't be as bad as you think?

"Okay, as long as you don't regret it, I agree to cooperate with you."

Senju Tobirama stretched out his hand, and Uchiha Madara tentatively held it.

At this moment, someone sneaked in through the window. It was Izawa Sugi.

Izawa Sugi said hurriedly: "Second, Tobirama! Help me borrow the Death Mask... Uh..."

Izawa Sugi originally wanted to borrow the Death Mask of the Uzumaki clan's Namen-do from Senju Tobirama to summon the God of Death and summon the unlucky Senju Hashirama again. But what did he see instead?

Uchiha Madara, who was always angry with the heavens, the earth and the air, actually shook hands with Senju Tobirama, who had devoted his life to making trouble for Uchiha!!

Not only did the two men not fight or confront each other, but they shook hands in a peaceful atmosphere!

To Izawa Sugi, this scene was like the nine-day divine thunder crackling into his face, and his mind was filled with lightning and thunder.

Ize Shan took a deep breath, and then his eyes became blurry, his body swayed, and his legs went weak.

The next second, he fell from the window sill and hit the bushes with a thud.