Chapter 494 Ling: ...Ah?

"I see, the child has met his father."

"Yes, Lord Tajima agreed to the child's request and asked Lord Izuna to take him around the clan tomorrow. He is currently staying at your house."

Yata squatted on Ling's shoulder and adjusted the feathers of his wings before continuing, "Do you have any other plans for the child?"

"Hmm... Is Haiming in the clan?"

"Yes, Lord Haiming completed the tasks assigned by the clan a week ago. Now he is mostly helping Lord Anruo to teach those children in the clan who have no ninja talent."

"Then tell Haiming and me tomorrow and guide them there," Ling curled his fingers and gently rubbed Yata's chin, "The Blood Pond is already facing its end, it's time to give everyone another push - haha, it's no wonder I like that kid, right? He can always find a way out of the deadlock that gives me a headache."

"I understand. I will go and tell Lord Haiming tomorrow morning." Yatagarasu shook his feathers, "Then I will tell him first--"

"Tell me more about the recent changes in the clan. I think Madara will have to catch up with the kid for a while."

Yata was stunned, and looked at Hashirama who was crying and laughing in front of Madara, "...If I'm not mistaken, that child is the young patriarch of the Senju family, right?"

"Yes, it's him. Although many of his behaviors disgust me, at least his willingness to risk his life for a little information about his family makes me think he has some merits."

Yata looked at Ling who was chuckling and tilted his head in confusion, but soon gave up thinking about the erratic behavior of humans and began to report the intelligence of the tribe to Ling.

On the other side, Hashirama stopped talking after talking to Madara for a few words, and looked towards Ling's position frequently in a state of uneasiness.

Madara noticed his worry and said, "Tobirama will be fine."

"Really?" Hashirama turned his gaze back, "Madara, you are not just saying empty words to comfort me, are you?"

"Didn't you trick Tobirama into coming to our house before the New Year? At that time, my brother sent him back early the next morning. Many of the clan members should have seen Tobirama's face. As long as he is not stupid enough to wear clan uniforms to our Uchiha, most of the clan members will turn a blind eye."

"…But there is only one set of clan uniform missing from the cabinet in the door room—the kind used for rituals, with the clan emblem prominently displayed."

spot:……

Hashirama:……

After a brief silence, Madara spoke again, "Izuna - my brother should be at home these days. My brother seems to like Tobirama very much and always mentions him at home. If he can meet Izuna, probably nothing will happen. Even if he is caught by patrolling tribesmen, as long as he can tell them in time that he is here to find my brother, nothing should happen except for some physical pain..."

Hashirama knelt on the ground somewhat exhausted, and said weakly, "Madara, please stop talking. I am even more uneasy. It is better to say that my mind is full of bad premonitions..."

"…Perhaps you can think of something else to distract yourself. My brother will not go back on his word since he promised to ask for you. Besides, my brother probably likes Tobirama more than you think and will not let anything happen to him."

[Yeah, your brother already has two younger brothers, but he still wants to snatch my brother away.] Hashirama sniffed and looked around, "What kind of place is this? The lake looks disgusting."

"…That's human blood. Even if you want to give me the impression of being naive, shouldn't you consider my intelligence a little? Can't you smell such a strong smell of blood?"

Hashirama looked up at Madara's disgusted expression and laughed dryly, "Because the reverse summoning requires passing through the Wet Bone Forest, I used medicine to stop my sense of smell before coming out, and it hasn't recovered yet... Have you completely taken over the Pool of Blood?"

Madara snorted and looked away, "Well, the sealing technique given by the dead red-haired man is very useful. I can go home and have a good New Year."

"Speaking of which, there is something I have been wanting to ask for a long time." Hashirama got up from the ground and walked away from the blood pool with some disgust. "Attacking the blood pool will not actually do you any good, right? Why do you want to fight them to the death?"

"I do not know."

"… Madara, even if you say you don't want to tell me, that's more true than what you said."

"No, I really don't know." Madara shook his head slightly. "In the beginning, apart from the clan's initiative to gather strength to defeat the people who dared not show up, my brother has been trying to gain benefits for the clan, so that the clan insisted on sending forces to kill them all. I was just a member responsible for the execution."

"Ah? No, what does your brother want?" Hashirama had a tangled expression, "Don't tell me it's because they attacked Senju and Uchiha at the same time last time and ended up affecting Izuna."

Madara thought seriously for a while, raised his hand and tapped his temple, "Maybe, my brother is a little different from others."

Hashirama still had a complicated expression on his face, "...what do you mean?"

"Because while killing Blood Pond, my brother always told me that he admired Blood Pond, and even excitedly discussed some of Blood Pond's fighting habits with Brother Xiansi... In other words, from my brother's own perspective, he didn't want to kill Blood Pond completely, and he might even want to keep it to fight against him."

Madara sighed helplessly, "But what my brother actually did was mostly contrary to his own expectations - and how should I put it? My brother always gives people a strange feeling when it comes to distinguishing right from wrong..."

[On the one hand, he wanted to keep the blood pool, an unstable factor, to cause more trouble for himself, but on the other hand, he was determined to get rid of the blood pool for some reason...] Hashirama frowned slightly, "Brother Yi told me about that matter. He said that your brother doesn't have a clear sense of right and wrong. He just judges the right and wrong of a matter based on his own emotional feedback."

"…Although I heard a very useful statement, I feel uncomfortable when I think that it was that red-haired guy who said it," Madara sighed, shifting his gaze to look at Ling who was still talking to Yata, and spoke after a brief thought, "But he may have hit the nail on the head - Tsk, does that damn red-haired guy really have no other intentions towards my brother?"

[Even though Ban hates Brother Yi so much, he still admits what he said...]

"But rather than guessing those useless things, I am more inclined to believe that my brother's behavior is illogical due to long-term hard work, so I decided to imprison him and let him have a good rest as soon as I am able to defeat him. This is much more useful than those observations. My brother even encouraged me because of this."

"…Although this isn't the first time I've said it, I want to repeat it again - whether it's you or Tobirama, the attitudes of you younger brothers towards your older brothers are really scary. Oh, by the way, your Uchiha brothers are scary too."

"Really?" Madara tilted his head, "I think our brotherly relationship is much better than the relationship between you and Tobirama."

"That's not the case! Although the relationship between me and Tobirama can't be considered normal brothers, the brotherhood between you Uchiha is really twisted! No, I should say that you who think this kind of twisted emotion is normal are all sick in the brain!"

Plop—Boom—

Ling, who was just saying goodbye to Yata after explaining everything, heard a noise coming from the side and couldn't help but frowned, "Yata, what happened?"

Yata blinked his small eyes and said, "Madara-sama just suddenly attacked and kicked the child into the blood pool. Now the two of them are stepping on the water... fighting in a bloody way."

Ling: ...Ah?