Hearing Ito Hirofumi's words, Sakumo Hatake felt a surge of pride. Even after being dead for so many years, he was thrilled to know he still held such high esteem among the younger generation of the Hidden Leaf Village.
After summoning Sakumo, Ito received a message from his system.
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully summoning the spirit and gaining the summon beast Sakumo Hatake!
Now extracting a random ability from the target!
Congratulations, Host, you have acquired the Hatake Sword Technique!
The Host has automatically mastered the Hatake Sword Technique!]
Ito nodded quietly to himself. Sakumo's swordsmanship was probably the most valuable skill he had. Sometimes, Ito couldn't shake the feeling that his system was rigging things behind the scenes, always giving him the best bang for his buck. Not that he was complaining—it worked out in his favor!
After chatting briefly with Sakumo, Ito performed another summoning jutsu.
Spending a billion in wealth points, he redeemed another golden summoning opportunity from the system.
"Summoning Jutsu!!!"
As the flames of the soul coalesced, Ito's breathing quickened with excitement. This was truly one of the Hidden Leaf's legendary spirits!
Madara Uchiha couldn't stay seated any longer. He shot up, rushing to the front of the summoning circle, visibly trembling with emotion.
"Brother…" he whispered.
Hashirama Senju, standing nearby, stared at the figure in the summoning circle. "Whoa… that's… that's Madara's brother! Tobirama, you remember, right? His name's Izuna Uchiha!"
Tobirama Senju's mood soured instantly. Of all people, they'd summoned Izuna Uchiha? The guy he'd personally killed back in the day!
"Hmph! I remember him alright," Tobirama scoffed. "Just another evil Uchiha, claiming to be some flawless ninja. What a joke! I cut him down with a single Flying Thunder God Slash!"
Hashirama patted his brother's shoulder. "Tobirama, let it go. That's all in the past. We're all new people now, part of the Hidden Leaf Village. Don't say things that ruin our unity."
Ito glanced at Madara, who looked anxious, and chuckled. "Madara, relax! Your brother's been summoned—he's not going anywhere. You should focus on explaining things to him. He died during the Warring States period, so the Hidden Leaf Village is completely foreign to him."
Madara nodded quickly. "Got it, kid… Thank you."
"Hey, what's with the thanks?" Ito grinned. "Aren't you my teacher?"
Madara didn't reply, but the corner of his mouth twitched upward into a faint smile. Having a disciple like this didn't seem so bad. With his brother and that goofball Hashirama back, life was looking pretty good. Forget using genjutsu to bring peace to the ninja world—that was fake anyway. Since his disciple had big ambitions, Madara figured he'd just support him as a teacher. No shame in a master's will being carried out by his student!
As Madara pondered, Izuna Uchiha opened his eyes and immediately locked onto his beloved brother.
"Big Brother!!!" Izuna's heart swelled with joy.
But then he glanced around, and his expression turned grave. Damn it! Standing there were the Senju clan leader, Hashirama Senju, and that evil Tobirama Senju!
Izuna didn't care about the situation. In a flash, he positioned himself in front of Madara. "Big Brother, run! I'll hold off these evil Senju!"
Seeing his brother's first instinct was to protect him, Madara's heart warmed. "Izuna, calm down. It's not what you think. We're all already dead, but a lot happened after you passed that you don't know about…"
Izuna didn't relax, his gaze fixed on Tobirama, his Mangekyo Sharingan flaring to life. "Evil Tobirama Senju!!!"
Tobirama gritted his teeth, furious. "Hmph! Naturally evil Uchiha!"
"Evil Tobirama Senju!!!"
"Naturally evil Uchiha!!!"
"Evil Tobirama Senju!!!"
"Naturally evil Uchiha!!!"
"Tobirama Senju, I'll kill you!!!"
"What a joke! A defeated foe like you dares to threaten me? Who was it that got sliced in half by my blade back then? Didn't expect an evil Uchiha's blood to be red too, huh?"
Boom!
A loud thud rang out as Tobirama clutched his head.
"Big Brother, why'd you hit me?!" he protested.
"Tobirama, enough!" Hashirama scolded. "Izuna's revival is something to celebrate. He's Madara's brother, after all!"
Tobirama felt his heart shatter—again. This was the umpteenth time since his revival that he'd felt this way. His own brother was hitting him over an evil Uchiha!
Damn it! he thought. Mito, why aren't you stepping up? Big Brother's heart has been stolen by that evil Madara Uchiha!
Izuna shot a glance at Hashirama. "Hmph, evil Hashirama Senju, I'll—"
Thwack!
Izuna clutched his head, looking at Madara with a pitiful expression. "Big Brother… why'd you hit me?"
"Izuna, show some respect to Hashirama!" Madara barked.
Izuna's heart broke. His brother—his dear, beloved brother—had hit him for an evil Senju!
It was true, then. Back in the day, those sneaky Senju had been cozying up to his brother, and now they'd stolen his heart!
Unforgivable!
At that moment, the same thought echoed in both Izuna and Tobirama's minds:
"Evil Senju!"
"Evil Uchiha!"