Chapter 254 Tobirama’s doubts

When he was walking back to the inn where his family was resting with Tobirama, Hashirama's tense shoulders finally relaxed. He turned around and looked Tobirama up and down, but his expression was still full of uneasiness. "Hey, Tobirama, you really don't feel uncomfortable, right?"

Tobirama hesitated for a moment, his expression slightly complicated, "If you must say it, my stomach is not feeling well."

Hashirama suddenly panicked and shook Tobirama's shoulders vigorously, "Did they force you to eat something? Poison?! Why didn't you tell your brother earlier! Spit it out quickly!"

"It's not poison..." Tobirama was dizzy, "It's just that they kept asking me to eat dessert and I was a little full."

"…What do you want me to do?"

"Let me have dessert." Tobirama said with a wooden face, "But looking at their posture, I reasonably suspect that they want to eat themselves to death - big brother, why are you crying?"

Hashirama's tears fell, and he hugged Tobirama's thighs without paying any attention to the gazes of passers-by, "Wuwuwu - I thought they would do something bad to you, so I tried so hard to negotiate with them, just thinking about going back to find you as soon as possible, wuwuwu - but Tobirama, you have been leisurely eating dessert! This is too much! It's really too much! Wuwuwu!"

"Let go! You idiot brother! Aren't you ashamed?" Tobirama pushed Hashirama hard, but the strength difference was too great and his struggle was in vain. "Really? I'm fine! Stop crying! Even if you want to cry, let me go! Do you hear me?"

Tobirama's loud shouting also attracted the attention of his fellow tribesmen. A deep voice came from above the two of them, "Hey, you two little guys are back - what's going on? Did Hashirama spend all the mission money again?"

Tobirama raised his head to look at the person who spoke, as if he saw a savior, "Uncle Atsushi."

The tall male ninja jumped down, grabbed the crying Hashirama with one hand and tore it off, "Alright, it's not a big deal, you can make more money if you lose it - and you are the older brother, don't always do things that make your younger brother embarrassed, can you be a little more careful?"

Hashirama sniffed, "But I really feel so wronged! I was so worried, but Tobirama said that he ate too much during this period and his stomach was uncomfortable!"

Senju Atsuji raised his eyebrows, thinking that this was not something that would happen in a casino, so he looked at Tobirama who was sorting out his clothes, "Tobirama-chan, you guys don't look like you're going out for fun, do you?"

Tobirama looked around, looked up at Senju Atsuji, and lowered his voice, "The two of us were just abducted by the Uchiha people, but they didn't hurt us in the end... Can we go up and tell them in detail?"

The relaxed smile on Senju Atsuji's face disappeared immediately. He picked up Tobirama by the waist with his other hand, jumped onto the roof, and went back to his room through the window. After putting both of them down, he pushed the door open and walked out. When he came back, an adult ninja followed him. "Go ahead, Tobirama, tell me everything you know."

Tobirama nodded, ignoring his eldest brother's frantic winking behavior, and recounted the various circumstances that led to their chance encounter with each other in the casino and then to Hashirama being taken away for a private conversation.

"Is it that evil brat Uchiha Ling again?" Senju Atsuji stroked his chin and looked at Hashirama who pursed his lips and turned his head to the side, "Tsk tsk, you went out to relax but happened to run into that troublesome Uchiha brat. I don't know whether to say you are lucky or unlucky...

It looks like we can't relax here any longer. Momoyama, you stay here and look after the children. Send a message to Fusuma, asking him to try to pry open the mouth of that brat, Hashirama. I'll go find Genichirō and get this mission done quickly."

"Okay, leave it to me." Senju Momoyama frowned and looked at Hashirama, then raised his hand and patted Tobirama's shoulder, "It's really hard for you to be implicated by Hashirama and worry about him all day long."

"I'm scared too!" Hashirama stood up again when he saw Senju Atsuji leave. "If I hadn't left a good impression on Uchiha Ling when I met him before, we might not be able to come back today!"

"You are so proud, kid?! Get ready to be scolded when you get back—" Senju Momoyama chuckled, "It's been a long time since I saw you running around in a Manchurian land being chased by Buddha."

Hashirama shrank back again, looking quite depressed.

Tobirama glanced at his eldest brother who was squatting in the corner drawing circles, then looked up at Senju Momoyama, "Uncle Momoyama, are all the Uchiha people really crazy?"

"Huh? Why do you ask so suddenly?"

Tobirama lowered his eyebrows and said in a muffled voice, "I just feel that they are a little different from what I imagined and what the clan described."

Senju Momoyama sat down right where he was, patted the ground beside him, and motioned for Tobirama to sit over, "Why did Tobirama say that?"

"Whether it's what I learned in clan studies or what I heard when I was on a mission with my seniors, they all said that the Uchiha were all lunatics who acted on emotion and disregarded the rules. However, the few people I met today were not like that."

Tobirama sat upright, confusion in his scarlet eyes, "Uchiha Masaki seemed to hate us to the core, but he was willing to tolerate my existence and give me a chance to live just because I was young. He even, uh, noticed that I had food all over my face, and helped me wipe it while complaining - although he seemed to regret it afterwards.

Uchiha Eiji seemed to be extremely nasty to me, and kept trying to stir up my emotions so that I would express my dislike actively. However, every time Uchiha Masaki had murderous intentions towards me, he was able to change the subject in time, and at the same time he was very attentive to everything around him.

But what concerned me most was Uchiha Ling. No matter what he was doing, his chakra rarely fluctuated violently. Moreover, compared to the other two who did not deliberately conceal their hostility and occasional murderous intent, Uchiha Ling was a person with very dull emotions.

But such a person who could be said to be somewhat indifferent was fully respected by the other two. I was threatened by the two of them just because I asked why Uchiha Ling could still maintain his voice in their clan that admired the strong.

And his chakra also has a very strange feeling. Compared with Uchiha Masaki and Uchiha Eiji's chakra which is full of sickening coldness, Uchiha Ling's chakra only gives people a cool feeling, but also carries a sense of disaster that is hard to ignore...

In short, I feel that although they may be tough opponents, they are not crazy. Rather, they act in a very methodical way. So why do people in the tribe say they are crazy?"