Land of Hot Water, hot spring inn.
After the four of them comfortably finished soaking in the hot springs, they returned to their respective rooms to prepare for rest.
"Kid, come with me."
Uchiha Madara stood at the doorway in a black robe, speaking softly toward the inside.
"Madara-sama, what do you need me for?"
Renya opened the door. The clothes on his body were somewhat similar to Madara's—both were black robes, just with fewer embellishments compared to Madara's.
The clothes were naturally bought by Renya after arriving in the Land of Hot Water.
Only Senju Tobirama refused to buy any, saying he had brought his own.
"Come to my room. I have something to tell you."
With that, he said no more and turned to leave.
Seeing this, Renya hurriedly followed.
After the two left, Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama opened their doors at the same time and looked at each other.
"Do you know what they're going to do?"
"I don't know either…"
Forget it, we'll ask that kid and Madara later.
The two did not follow and coincidentally thought the same thing in their hearts.
The hot spring inn's facilities were very simple. The living room only had a table and a few floor cushions.
By the time Renya arrived, Uchiha Madara was already kneeling on a cushion.
"Madara-sama, what did you want to tell me?"
Renya knelt in front of Uchiha Madara, not understanding what he wanted to say.
Making it all so mysterious…
"Kid, I want to revive my younger brother."
Uchiha Madara did not hide it and directly stated his plan.
After the trip ends, he would retrieve Izuna's body, have Renya use Edo Tensei to summon him back, and then personally use Rinne Rebirth to bring Izuna back to life.
"Madara-sama, I understand."
Renya was not surprised at all. That fat cat had accidentally let it slip earlier.
Seeing Renya's calm expression, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but feel surprised.
This kid was actually this indifferent.
He had originally thought that after learning his plan, Renya would react strongly—perhaps even try to stop him.
But in reality, Renya said nothing, as if he had already known about it.
Although he didn't know why Renya was so calm, as long as he didn't oppose reviving Izuna, it was a good thing.
"Kid, do you know?" Uchiha Madara said softly, "I originally had four younger brothers. The other three died in war when they were young. Only Izuna lived to adulthood."
Because of the deaths of his other three brothers, Madara swore to protect his last remaining brother.
Unfortunately, things did not go as he wished.
He failed to protect Izuna, who suffered severe injuries and ultimately died.
Madara blamed himself deeply for this, and all of it was caused by that damned war!
If there had been no war, the Uchiha and Senju wouldn't have fought.
His brothers wouldn't have died in battle.
Therefore, Uchiha Madara wanted to bring peace to the ninja world, so there would no longer be hatred, death, and the like caused by war.
The "Eye of the Moon" plan was the peace he envisioned.
But it turned out to be Black Zetsu's conspiracy, nearly leading to a great disaster.
Without the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Madara found himself unable to think of any other method.
During this period, he felt very lost, not knowing what he should do in the future or what he must do to achieve peace in the ninja world.
Uchiha Madara talked at length with Renya, while the latter did not interrupt and quietly listened from beginning to end.
In reality, someone didn't absorb much of it at all…
How long is Madara-sama going to keep talking?
Sitting like this for too long, my legs are getting numb.
I just finished soaking in the hot springs, I'm so sleepy… I want to go to sleep.
"Kid, what do you think of my method?"
Uchiha Madara raised his head and looked at someone who had drifted off, frowning.
"Huh?"
Renya snapped back to his senses. Seeing Madara's displeased expression, he looked completely confused.
What? What did old man Madara just say?
He had spaced out earlier and didn't catch anything.
Seeing this, Uchiha Madara was both annoyed and amused.
He had been talking for so long, and this kid hadn't listened at all!
As expected, this guy's intelligence wasn't great—no wonder he could score five points in cultural classes.
Better not ask him such high-level questions.
Even if he did, he wouldn't get any useful answers.
He might as well wait until Izuna is revived and discuss it with his brother.
"Nothing, I was asking if you're hungry." Uchiha Madara helplessly rubbed his forehead.
At the mention of food, Renya instantly wasn't sleepy anymore.
"Madara-sama, are you hungry? I'll have someone bring food right away."
Since they were out traveling, how could they possibly cook themselves?
"Alright."
Uchiha Madara nodded slightly. He hadn't eaten yet and was indeed a bit hungry.
...
Outside the hot spring inn.
"This should be the place."
Kakuzu looked at the inn in front of him, narrowing his eyes slightly.
The latest intelligence said that Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had entered here.
As long as he killed those two impostors, he would receive a bounty of up to one billion ryo.
One billion was waving at him!
Kakuzu greedily swallowed his saliva and, without hesitation, walked straight in.
Not long after he entered, two white heads popped out from not far away.
"Tobi-sama, the intelligence we provided didn't mention that Renya and Senju Tobirama were also here. Is that really okay?"
The White Zetsu responsible for the intel asked in confusion.
After all, Renya and Senju Tobirama were not weak. If the bounty hunter didn't have complete information and ended up being killed by the four of them, wouldn't that be its fault?
"It's fine. That guy dared to take on the mission to kill Madara-sama and Senju Hashirama. He must have his own methods. Even if he encounters Renya-sama and Senju Tobirama, he should be able to escape smoothly…"
Tobi said confidently.
It was the first time he had seen a bounty hunter dare to assassinate Madara-sama. This guy must have some terrifying ability!
Without absolute confidence, who would dare assassinate Uchiha Madara at his peak?
Unless he was a fool—otherwise, he might really be able to assassinate Madara-sama.
Black Zetsu-sama was right. The ninja world truly hid dragons and crouching tigers!
"Honored guest, are you here for the hot springs or to stay the night?"
Seeing Kakuzu enter, the attendant immediately approached him warmly.
Kakuzu ignored him and violently kicked open the first guest room. After finding it wasn't the so-called Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, he moved on to the second room.
"Sir, you can't do this, or I'll call for help!"
The attendant said coldly.
Kakuzu slapped him to the ground and glanced at him coldly.
"If you meddle again, I'll kill you!"
The attendant trembled in fear and no longer dared to step forward to stop him.
Just like that, Kakuzu kicked open doors one after another, searching for the two "impostors."
...
Inside the room.
"Kid, what's that noise outside?"
Hearing the commotion next door, Uchiha Madara frowned in displeasure.
Which idiot had no sense of timing? Didn't they know people were resting?
Before Renya could speak, the door was violently kicked open.
Both of them turned to look at the entrance.
Which suicidal fool dared to come looking for trouble with them?
Looks like he's tired of living.
The moment Kakuzu kicked the door open, he saw two pairs of scarlet Sharingan—and the overwhelming killing intent that followed, completely undisguised!
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