"I oughta thank his ancestors for eight generations!!! Hahaha, hahahaha…!"
Uchiha Tajima was still cackling wildly off to the side.
Uchiha Madara couldn't take it anymore and quickly grabbed his father's arm. "Father, enough with the laughing!"
"Hm? What's that, my dear son?! How can I not laugh with joy over something this great?! Wait, don't tell me you pulled this off?! That's my brilliant son for you!!! Heh heh heh heh…!"
Madara was starting to feel exasperated. "Father, I didn't do it! And… and…"
"And what? Spit it out already!" Tajima was confused. His son wasn't the type to hem and haw like this!
Madara sighed. "And… our Uchiha clan is gone! Wiped out!!!"
"WHAT?!"
"NANI?!"
The two voices belonged to Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Izuna. Izuna, having just been revived through a summoning jutsu, was completely unaware that the Uchiha clan had been eradicated!
"Father, it's the truth. Not only was the Senju clan wiped out, but our Uchiha clan was too! So please, stop laughing so loudly—it's really not a good look…"
Tajima's eyes instantly turned blood-red with rage.
"You useless son!!! Is this how you lead as clan head?! What the hell happened?! How did our Uchiha clan get wiped out?! Who's responsible for this?! I'll curse their ancestors for eight generations!!!"
On the other side, Senju Butsuma overheard this and suddenly felt a strange sense of balance in his heart. His Senju clan was gone, sure, but the Uchiha were gone too?! And this guy had the nerve to mock him just moments ago?!
"Hahaha… I'm dying laughing! Who would've thought the mighty Uchiha clan would bite the dust too?! Weren't you just laughing your head off, Tajima?! Go on, keep laughing! What's stopping you? Born without a sense of humor or something?!"
"Arghhh!!! Senju Butsuma!!! I'm gonna kill you!!!"
"Hah! Bring it on, Uchiha Tajima!!!"
"Senju Butsuma!!!"
"Uchiha Tajima!!!"
"…"
Ito Hirofumi couldn't take it anymore. The fiery passion between these two old-timers was stronger than any bromance in the Hidden Leaf Village! Things weren't calming down anytime soon, so he decided to go ahead and use a golden summoning scroll on his own.
"Summoning Jutsu!!!"
While the shouting match continued in the background, a soul flame began to take shape nearby, forming… a green-skinned, watermelon-headed figure!
Ito froze for a moment. Wait a second—wasn't this the legendary man who kicked the Seven Ninja Swordsmen into the Three Lucky Treasures?! Might Dai, the father of Might Guy!!!
His earlier guess was spot-on. The system wasn't going to let him exploit any loopholes. Might Dai only reached Kage-level strength when he opened the Eight Gates, but that was still considered Kage-level power. Only a golden summoning could bring him out!
Might Dai opened his eyes, looking utterly confused. He'd died years ago, sacrificing himself to protect his son and his friends by opening the Gate of Death. So what was going on now?!
As he stood there, puzzled, the passionate shouting echoed from afar…
"Senju Butsuma!!!"
"Uchiha Tajima!!!"
"Senju Butsuma!!!"
"Uchiha Tajima!!!"
"…"
Might Dai didn't know who these two were, but man, did they sound full of passion and youth!!! With a whoosh, he leaped out of the summoning circle and landed right in front of Tajima and Butsuma.
"This is youth!!!"
Both Senju Butsuma and Uchiha Tajima froze. Hold up—who was this green-skinned, watermelon-headed weirdo?!
Might Dai, seeing that his arrival had stopped their shouting match, rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Heh heh… go on, keep shouting! That's the spirit of youth right there! Youth must never stop!!! This is youth!!!"
After a moment of stunned silence, Tajima and Butsuma ignored the random idiot who'd popped up and turned their furious glares back on each other.
"Senju Butsuma!!!"
"Uchiha Tajima!!!"
"This is youth!!!"
Ito Hirofumi was completely done. Was the system trying to make things even more chaotic?! First, a pair of old frenemies, and now this green-skinned, youth-obsessed weirdo!
Still, Might Dai's appearance did come with a perk.
[Congratulations, host! You have successfully summoned the spirit of Might Dai!]
[Now extracting one random ability from the summoned spirit!]
[Congratulations, host! You have obtained the Eight Gates Technique!]
[The host has automatically mastered the Eight Gates Technique!]
In an instant, all the knowledge and skills of the Eight Gates flooded into Ito's mind. He understood it perfectly. As long as his physical condition was strong enough, he could open all eight gates with ease! Physical condition? That was the least of his worries! With the Uzumaki clan's bloodline and the reincarnated chakra of Indra and Asura in his body, once he reached his physical peak, he'd probably be able to open all eight gates without breaking a sweat!
And that kind of power? It'd be downright terrifying…
Just imagine—unleashing Night Guy with a fully powered Susanoo! Holy crap, the thought alone was exhilarating!!!
While Ito was hyped up over here, and Might Dai was all about that youthful vibe, Uchiha Fugaku, on the other hand, was in tears. Like, actual tears.
Six chances! He'd used six chances already!!! That meant six hundred million of the fourteen hundred million he and Minato had brought back was gone! And still, his wife hadn't shown up!!!
Watching Minato and Kushina being all lovey-dovey over there, Fugaku felt his heart shatter.
"Wife!!! Why haven't you shown up yet?! Come back to me~~~ I can't handle this alone~~~ Come back~~~ Wife!!! I miss you!!!"