[NARUTO] Night of the Full Moon

As innocent as ever.

But now, there is no room for change.

"I will not forgive...anyone who hurts my brother!" After only a moment's pause, Madara's long knife slashed out with an indomitable momentum.

For the first time, Sasuke saw Madara swinging his sword with all his strength.He couldn't even clearly see Madara and Hashirama attacking and blocking each other, let alone rushing to their aid.

Maybe they themselves don't want anyone to interfere in the battle between the two of them.

Sasuke only heard the clang of weapons clashing, and then Madara stepped back in front of him and stood still.

His eyes gradually turned scarlet, and Madara tightly clenched the hilt of the knife in his hand. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes suddenly turned into double Magatama Sharingan.It's like asking the other party to accept reality in this way.

He is... Madara Uchiha.

It was obviously the first time that Hashirama saw Madara's eyes, and his expression clearly became sad.Despite their hostile surnames, they were originally close friends, confidants who could only understand each other.

But the current situation does not allow them to say more words that deviate from the family.

Madara declared the end of the friendship, and Hashirama couldn't even argue.

Just the surnames of Senju and Uchiha were enough to set a death sentence for everything.I should have expected this day to come.The two drew their swords at each other, fighting each other for the sake of their families.

Hashirama's mouth opened and closed, but in the end he only issued the command "Retreat".

In the past, Madara could still fight to a draw with him, but if he activated his Sharingan...he would be no match for him, and no one in this team could beat him.

Senju's team came quickly and retreated quickly.After Uchiha regrouped their combat strength, they still returned to their original alert state.

Izuna had caught a glimpse of someone heading towards Sasuke before. She stepped down from the fighting position and immediately came over to ask how Sasuke was doing, but was the first to see Madara's unfaded red eyes.

"Brother, your eyes are open!" Quan Nai was overjoyed, and her words of surprise also attracted everyone's attention. Everyone saw the three magatama in Madara's eyes.

"Madara's eyes are open!" "That's great!" "No wonder those Senju guys run so fast." The nearby tribesmen cheered.

"Sasuke, are you okay..." After the surprise, thinking of the medium through which the Sharingan opened his eyes, Izuna immediately stepped forward to check on Sasuke's injuries.

Even though Sasuke said that he was fine, he still pulled up his sleeves and turned them around twice, and almost touched his whole body, so he almost had to take off his clothes for inspection.The result was indeed nothing except a little bruise on the chest and loss of strength.

"It's not a big problem. Look, you scared my brother. I just told you not to come here in such a hurry. I've been worried about you before..." Izuna scolded her like a barrage, looking at Sasuke who was also nervous earlier. When he was a little tired, he finally let him rest.

Uchiha Madara opened his eyes to protect his younger brother Sasuke, and Senju Hashirama, the eldest son of the Senju clan, could not match him.

The news quickly spread everywhere, and the military morale was greatly boosted.

Only Sasuke knew why Madara opened his eyes this time.

Madara should... attach great importance to Hashirama as a friend.

"That sword missed." After the rotation, Sasuke came to Madara who was hiding alone in the shadow of the tree, touched the marks on the armor and said this without thinking.He seemed to be lamenting his luck.

"Maybe I think I'm too young."

Sasuke's voice was low.Ninjas have excellent five senses. Although there are no clan members nearby, they still want to avoid being overheard.

Madara turned his head and looked at the mark left by the blade that scraped against Sasuke's abdomen.Unexpectedly, Sasuke could still speak for Hashirama despite almost suffering a fatal injury.

Madara touched the mark on Sasuke's wrist that was scratched by the flying gravel, and sighed softly: "He is the enemy."

I don't know if he is trying to convince Sasuke not to feel compassion for his enemies, or if he is trying to remind himself of their hostile status.

Of course he knew what kind of person Hashirama was.Because the enemy is only a half-year-old child, it is completely normal for him to hold back.

Being kind to the enemy, this fatal innocence, is also the reason why that soul shines.

As for Hashirama's identity, it was certainly not completely unguessed before.But as long as they haven't actually faced each other with swords, they can still deceive themselves and ignore the traces of their actions.This is the tacit understanding between Madara and Hashirama.

But so far, they have faced each other in front of each other, and no one can escape this reality.They are the people who bear the blood feud, Uchiha and Senju, they are enemies.

They can be tit-for-tat enemies, or strangers who don't know each other, but they cannot be sympathetic friends.

Sasuke also understood what Madara meant.But long before he accepted the deep-seated hatred of Uchiha and Senju, Tajima told them: If there were not those nobles who appointed ninjas for their own interests to expand their territories, there would be no wars, and there would be no tasks that put the major ninja clans on opposite sides. Hatred will not spread, and ninjas will be just ordinary people who can use chakra.

Coupled with the education he received in a peaceful era, Sasuke regarded the greedy nobles as his enemies more than the Senju.

To him, Senju Hashirama was more than just the first generation of Konoha Village, the founder of a peaceful era.

"As long as they threaten each other's interests, all ninjas may be enemies." In the same way, friends may be born.

Madara obviously also thought of his father's original words, isn't the Senju... the real enemy?

Just because Senju is enough to be the enemy of Uchiha, so he is usually placed in that position?

Yes, although Akatsuki's arrangements have been restrained, the real enemies they have to deal with now should be the nobles of the Uesugi clan.He couldn't see it as clearly as Sasuke.

"Sure enough, we still can't be blinded by blood and hatred. We must follow the enemy's purpose to find the real person behind the scenes." Madara sighed, and a lot of the depression in his chest dissipated, "Otherwise, we will just solve those individuals If it is a chess piece, the counterattack will be endless."

If you kill someone, you shouldn't blame the knife.

Sasuke raised his eyebrows slightly. He just relayed Tajima's meaning. He really hadn't thought about what Madara said.Can you guess the enemy's purpose and find the real person behind the scenes...?

"It seems very profound..." I always feel that I have missed some key points.

"Huh?" Madara, who had sorted out his thoughts, was in the mood to answer his brother's questions, "Everyone has their own purpose in doing things. But like us here, in order to guard this pass, we are actually following the clan's arrangements for other arrangements. , guarding the gate itself is just a part of the task, for a larger goal. As for the arrangements made by the clan, it is also because it has received relevant tasks and is preparing to achieve this task. "

Madara's eyes turned to the battlefield further away: "As you said before, we and other ninjas are enemies. We fight on the battlefield to snatch tasks and resources. Killing itself is not the purpose, resources are."

Killing is not an end in itself.

"what."

Just like that guy, in order to measure that ridiculous measure.

But... Sasuke thought about the power that Madara used when he fought Hashirama before, which was completely different from that in his usual sparring.Killing unarmed tribesmen will not gain any benefit in exerting one's own strength.Then why do that?

Or is it just to make him an orphan from the genocide and let him rely on the power of darkness and hatred to grow into an existence that can rival it?

"Sasuke?" Madara noticed that Sasuke's aura had changed.

"I don't understand. Is he just a murderous lunatic?"

Madara paused for a moment and realized who Sasuke was talking about. He thought about it before answering: "It is not ruled out that there are people like this who do it just because they enjoy the process of killing. But if it is so determined from the beginning, A lot of details that can reveal the truth will be left out.”

Intelligence gathering is also a basic quality for examining ninjas.

It seems that he still needs to work harder at this point.

"I know." Sasuke nodded.

Just as these words fell, Sasuke's figure also disappeared here.

"What happened?" someone on patrol asked.

It's still very eye-catching for a person's chakra to disappear out of thin air.

"It's okay." Madara shook his head, "He's back."

Sasuke's matter is not a very hidden secret in the clan. After just explaining it like this, the visitor didn't ask any more questions.

After knowing that Sasuke was back, Izuna was relieved. After all, it was usually more dangerous at night.Although Senju's ninjas have already visited once today, no one can guarantee that there won't be another wave of people.

After Sasuke came back, all the minor wounds on his body had disappeared.

The two moves he used against Hashirama this time were not useful because of the huge disparity between the enemy and us, and he still couldn't fight with the intention of killing the opponent.

You can't... show mercy to your opponent.

Sasuke sighed.

Even though he said that, he really couldn't put the opponent to death for the moment.

But if Madara opens his eyes, there is one thing he can still help with.

That is - the eye drops specially developed for Sharingan blood stains that were developed after the village was founded.

Because he is the only Uchiha in the village now, this eye drop has almost become his special tribute.However, since this is the case, it should be much easier to find a hospital to buy the formula for making eye drops.

It was also approaching the death anniversary of a clan member, so no one would be suspicious if they said it was a sacrifice to the clan members.It was used by the tribesmen in the past, and everyone should understand it.

Although he couldn't tell what was strange, Sasuke still subconsciously concealed the fact that he could return to the Sengoku clan.