Starting From Being Adopted by the Second Hokage!

At night, Renya lay on the bed, thinking about the cause of the battle at the Valley of the End.

After the founding of Konoha, the Uchiha clan's position in the village had always been awkward.

The two men had differing ideologies.

Madara predicted that after Hashirama, Senju Tobirama would become Hokage, and the Uchiha might face annihilation.

He was deeply concerned about Konoha's future and believed that only by following his own path could he protect the Uchiha clan.

Years of war had made the Uchiha hate conflict...

And fear power.

Madara, who had always revered strength, found himself unrecognized by the villagers and unsupported even by his own clan.

This left Madara feeling isolated and powerless. He decided to leave Konoha in search of "true peace."

That so-called peace was none other than the Infinite Tsukuyomi—an illusionary ninjutsu, the contents of the Uchiha stone tablet altered by Black Zetsu.

A world where everyone would live immersed in illusion.

To Madara, wasn't that a kind of peace as well?

And the battle at the Valley of the End was key to Uchiha Madara awakening the Rinnegan.

According to the stone tablet, to activate the Rinnegan, he needed Hashirama's cells.

So, Madara controlled the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha and clashed with Hashirama.

This battle was also his way of saying goodbye to the past.

"The peace of the ninja world is about to end..." Renya murmured softly.

After the battle at the Valley of the End, there wasn't much time left for him to grow stronger.

If nothing unexpected happens, during that fight, Senju Hashirama would be seriously wounded and would pass away not long after.

By then, the other ninja villages, who had long coveted the Land of Fire, would definitely launch a war the moment they learned of Hashirama's death, aiming to seize this rich and fertile land.

The First Great Ninja War would break out.

War is cruel. Without enough strength, survival is almost impossible.

If Renya remembered correctly, the First Ninja War lasted for many years, and several Kage-level powerhouses died during it.

Senju Tobirama was one of those who perished in this war...

The war dragged on for a long time. Renya only knew a few major battles, but he had no way to influence the overall course of the war.

For example: the Second Raikage attacked Konoha, and Senju Tobirama resisted. After prolonged fighting, the two sides decided to form an alliance.

But during the alliance ceremony, the Gold and Silver Brothers launched a coup, killing the Second Raikage and seriously injuring Senju Tobirama.

To protect his subordinates, Tobirama stayed behind alone to block the Gold and Silver Brothers.

In the end, both sides perished together.

Besides that, the fighting between Kirigakure and Iwagakure was also intense. The Second Mizukage and Second Tsuchikage perished in battle as well.

Knowing all this didn't help Renya. With his current strength, he couldn't change the course of the war.

At most, he could warn Senju Tobirama in advance that the alliance meeting was dangerous, so that Tobirama could prepare—or maybe convince him not to attend the ceremony at all...

If he could change Tobirama's fate, that wouldn't be bad either.

That old guy's political abilities were at least better than Sarutobi Hiruzen's.

Under his leadership, Renya would have a higher chance of survival on the battlefield.

Although, he couldn't rule out the possibility that this old guy would deliberately send him on a suicide mission.

From what Renya knew of Tobirama, the probability was low—but not impossible...

To Tobirama, the safety of the village outweighed everything.

If Renya's death could bring value to the village, Tobirama would surely send him to his death without hesitation.

In the end, having strong power was the most important thing!

"I've still got a few years. I will become stronger!" Renya clenched his fists. "Starting now, I'm doubling my training!"

...

Meanwhile, in Senju Tobirama's room.

Senju Tobirama tossed and turned in bed. He usually slept well, but tonight, he was uncharacteristically sleepless.

His older brother's strange behavior today had left him confused and uneasy.

He didn't know what his brother was worried about.

Right now, the village was thriving, and the villagers lived in happiness.

Thanks to his brother's deterrence, no other nations dared to start a war, and the ninja world had achieved peace for the first time since the Warring States era.

In such an environment, he couldn't understand what his brother was so worried about.

Senju Tobirama fell into deep thought.

"What could be troubling big brother so much that he's lost his appetite and sleep?"

Suddenly, a name flashed in his mind.

If there was any potential threat, it could only be that guy—Uchiha Madara.

Senju Tobirama's expression grew heavy as he murmured softly:

"Could Uchiha Madara be plotting something?"

Ever since Madara defected from Konoha, he had vanished without a trace, as if he had disappeared from the world.

Tobirama had even sent people out to search the ninja world for signs of Madara, but unfortunately, they found nothing.

Senju Tobirama understood how terrifying Madara could be.

If Madara were to take extreme actions, only his big brother could stop him.

"I hope I'm wrong..." Tobirama muttered.

The Uchiha were a bunch of dangerous lunatics—and Madara was the most dangerous of them all.

There used to be two like him, but Tobirama had accidentally taken out one of them.

Now only one remained.

It was unimaginable what would happen if Uchiha Madara launched an attack on the village. How many innocent lives would be lost?

At that thought, Senju Tobirama immediately sat up and strode out of the room.

He was a suspicious person. As long as something was even remotely possible—even if the odds were low—he wouldn't sit idly by.

To prevent this from happening, he needed to summon the sealing team and reinforce Konoha's barrier, in case Madara tried to break in.

The twilight bled across the sky like blood.

As if foretelling that something terrible was about to happen.

Just as Tobirama opened the door, a deafening roar echoed from the distance, making his eardrums ache.

Immediately after, an enormous and violent chakra surged across the land.

He instinctively turned toward the sound.

A massive crimson fox approached Konoha, its nine gigantic tails sweeping through the forest, toppling trees like matchsticks.

"That... that's the Nine-Tails?" Tobirama leapt onto the roof.

The moment he saw the beast, his pupils shrank sharply.

He had heard tales of the Tailed Beasts.

He even heard that Kumogakure had tried to capture the Nine-Tails, but it was so powerful that nearly everyone sent was killed.

Two of them had been swallowed whole by the Nine-Tails.

Inside its stomach, they miraculously survived by consuming the beast's flesh and blood.

They lasted two weeks inside its belly before being spat out.

But thanks to this, they were blessed with the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Senju Tobirama was puzzled.

"Why would the Nine-Tails appear here?"

At that moment, the Nine-Tails' blood-red slit pupils turned toward Konoha.

Tobirama noticed its eyes—and his breath caught.

"Sharingan?!"

He saw three tomoe spinning in the Nine-Tails' eyes!

And not just that—standing atop the Nine-Tails' head was a familiar figure.

Clad in red armor, wielding a scythe and a war fan.

"Uchiha Madara!" Tobirama's expression grew grim.

What he feared the most… had finally come to pass.

Uchiha Madara... had really returned!

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