Chapter 021: The Most Miserable Person in the Shinobi World, Uchiha Izuna Joins the Group! (Seeking Data)
[Descendant Chat Group (^_-)]
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: ...
Terumi Mei fell silent instantly.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: Ahem, how should I put this... I just wanted to demonstrate my friendliness toward Konoha as the next Mizukage.
[Tobirama Senju]: Mizukage, don't lie.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: Tell me, what's the current state of Kirigakure?
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: ...
Terumi Mei's spirit form pursed her lips.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: Fine, but Konoha has to take responsibility for this too.
Terumi Mei knew that the weak had no right to fairness.
Though she was the Mizukage candidate, she wasn't the Mizukage yet. And even if she became the Fifth Mizukage, all she had to rely on was a broken Kirigakure.
In its current state, Kirigakure couldn't be anyone's support.
Thus, she was weak and helpless.
But her opening statement wasn't bad—she'd already painted herself as a victim.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: I'm just a junior—I couldn't stop the Great Shinobi Wars.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: But Kirigakure has been suffering under the influence of your Konoha's rogue ninja, Uchiha Madara.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Madara?
[Tobirama Senju]: That guy, huh.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: Yes.
Noticing the strong reactions from the two Hokage, Terumi Mei secretly sighed in relief before continuing with a mix of truth and lies.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: Though Kirigakure is still one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, it's already as good as dead.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: Since the Third Great Shinobi War, Kirigakure has been enforcing the "Bloody Mist" policy—or perhaps even earlier. The Bloody Mist refers to forcing Kirigakure shinobi to kill each other, survival of the fittest.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: The requirement for the Chunin Exams was to kill your comrades.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: This led to Kirigakure having the highest number of rogue ninja.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: Currently, Kirigakure has the most missing-nin of any village.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: But after investigation, we found that the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, was being controlled.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: Well... I tried to assassinate Yagura to end the Bloody Mist, but I discovered he was under a genjutsu.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: And the Fourth Mizukage was also the Three-Tails' Jinchūriki. Normally, Jinchūriki are resistant to genjutsu.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: The only ones who can control a Jinchūriki—or a tailed beast—would need the Sharingan.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: And the only Sharingan user strong enough to control our Fourth Mizukage... could only be Uchiha Madara.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: So Kirigakure has been under control this whole time, forced to kill each other.
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: And Konoha has to take responsibility for this!
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: ...
[Minato Namikaze]: ...
After Terumi Mei finished speaking, all three of Konoha's Hokage fell silent.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Are you sure it's Uchiha Madara?
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: I've never seen him, but only an Uchiha could have that kind of power. If not a rogue Uchiha from Konoha, then who else?
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: And the Uchiha only exist in Konoha.
[Minato Namikaze]: Are you certain the Fourth Mizukage was controlled?
Minato asked at this point.
Tobirama, meanwhile, had already pieced things together.
When Minato was the Fourth Hokage, the Nine-Tails attacked the village—and the perpetrator was a masked man with the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Even in Tobirama's era, Mangekyō users were rare.
People like Uchiha Madara... or Uchiha Izuna.
[Ding!]
Just then, a system notification sounded.
[Uchiha Izuna has been invited to join the Descendant Chat Group (^_-)]
[Tobirama Senju]: ...
[Tobirama Senju]: Well, let's just ask him directly!
[Tobirama Senju]: Though asking him might not help.
[Tobirama Senju]: After all...
Despite his usual stern expression, Tobirama's lips curled slightly at this moment.
[Tobirama Senju]: This guy died before Konoha was even founded.
And at the same time...
[Welcome, Uchiha Izuna, to the Descendant Chat Group (^_-)]
[@Izuna, your old acquaintance Tobirama Senju is here.]
[This group also livestreams KitaGen Fūma's activities for 3 hours daily.]
[Uchiha Izuna]: ???
[Uchiha Izuna]: !!
[Uchiha Izuna]: Tobirama Senju! You bastard!
[Uchiha Izuna]: I see you!
[Future Mizukage - Terumi Mei]: Why is this Uchiha so emotional?
[Minato Namikaze]: Well...
[Minato Namikaze]: According to historical records, this Uchiha Izuna—if that's really his name—was Uchiha Madara's younger brother.
[Tobirama Senju]: And he was the one I cut down during the war between the Senju and Uchiha clans.
[Tobirama Senju]: Right when he was showing off his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Tobirama answered matter-of-factly.
[Ding!]
[Thanks to Tobirama's explanation, Uchiha Izuna has been awarded a new title—Tobirama's Achievement.]
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: ????
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: What the hell is this?
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: What kind of stupid title is this?!
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Now, now, Izuna, calm down. I'm actually really happy to see you here.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: It eases some of the guilt I've carried all these years.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: I've always felt bad for Madara because Tobirama killed you.
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: ...
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: ...Your voice and tone sound familiar. Who are you?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Me? Uchiha—no, I mean, Hashirama Senju!
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: ???
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: Hashirama Senju? Hashirama?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: That's right.
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: And Tobirama is here too?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Yep.
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: Then what about my brother? If Tobirama killed me, my brother must've avenged me, right?
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: Oh, you're a spirit too. So you're all dead. As expected of my brother.
[Tobirama Senju]: Hahaha...
Tobirama suddenly burst into laughter.
His spirit clutched his stomach, bending over as if in pain from laughing too hard.
[Tobirama Senju]: Let me tell you something.
[Tobirama Senju]: Your brother didn't avenge you. Instead, he joined forces with my brother to establish a village.
[Tobirama Senju]: The village is called Konoha. Your brother named it.
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: ...
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: ...
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: My brother... didn't avenge me... and then... made peace with Hashirama Senju?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Your brother was just being open-minded.
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: ...
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: What kind of nonsense is this?
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: Impossible! My brother swore to protect me with his life!
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: This... can't be real!
Izuna was completely unable to process this.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Well, Izuna, it's understandable that you're upset. But... this just proves how noble your brother was.
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: Then what about my brother? Did he at least become the village leader?
[Tobirama Senju]: No.
Tobirama answered immediately.
[Tobirama Senju]: He became Konoha's first rogue ninja and was abandoned by the Uchiha clan.
[Tobirama's Achievement]: ...
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: Then... what is this place?
[Tobirama Senju]: Most people here are from Konoha. Congratulations—you've walked right into the lion's den.
[Tobirama's Achievement - Izuna]: ...Damn it!
At this moment, Izuna experienced the same despair as Terumi Mei.
He had stumbled straight into a nest of Konoha shinobi!