"Even without a weapon?" Gento asked in shock, Hino and Atsushi may not have been the best in the Uchiha but they certainly weren't weak. To defeat two Sharingan users without relying on anything else was quite a feat.
"Yes, without a weapon." Hino confessed with gritted teeth, Tadashi saw the Uchiha's frustrated expression but urged on.
He had to confirm something.
"Did he ask you anything?" Hino scrunched his eyebrows for a solid minute or so before looking up at Tadashi with gleaming eyes, he finally remembered!
"Yes, he asked me if-" Madara's reaction was as fast as light as he flashed behind Tadashi, grabbing onto his attendant's collar and yanking him backwards.
"What's going on?" Gento asked in shock, hands resting on the hilt of his katana.
"Open the door." Madara ordered, Gento immediately did as he was told and the two of them retreated to the entrance.
"What is going on?" Tadashi uttered in shock, Hino grabbed onto his hair with shaking hands and shrieked in pain, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.
"It must've been a jutsu that activated once certain requirements are met." Madara guessed, releasing Tadashi and glancing at Hino with a flat expression. "I'm guessing that the enemy didn't want Hino to reveal what he'd asked."
"W-What happened, Tadashi-sama? Why is Hino-san like that?!" One of the guards asked in panic, watching as black chakra started to build up around the man.
"It's the enemy's jutsu, both of you should leave and call up a meeting right away." Tadashi ordered, after two Uchiha gladly left, Tadashi returned his attention back onto Hino.
"Can't we go save him, Sensei?" Gento pleaded with a pained expression, Hino was not exactly that close to him but they had been friends, so Gento felt useless as he stood there.
"You see that black chakra?" Gento nodded in response to Madara's question.
"With that much unnatural chakra building up, it means he's probably about to blow up soon." Madara explained, watching as Gento tightened his grip on his katana.
"There's a chakra barrier around him too, cutting it won't do anything." Madara pointed out. Especially with your level, if you try then you'll be gravely injured.
"A chakra barrier?" Gento activated his two-tomoe Sharingan and finally saw the almost-transparent chakra barrier around Hino.
"But we can't just watch him explode! Sensei, we have to do something." Gento turned to his master with hope but saw the helplessness in the man's eyes and felt his shoulders weaken. The hopeful sparkle slowly faded away from the boy's brown eyes as the silent reply dug into his ears.
Madara observed the young Uchiha and let out a silent, long sigh. Gento's hope-lost eyes reminded himself a little of how he'd been previously. And he'd wanted to lay low as well...
"Humph, you owe me inarizushi later, Tadashi." Madara started to walk over to the mysterious purplish chakra barrier but was stopped by Tadashi.
"Don't do something so risky, even I know that my body will disintegrate under such pressure. Besides, you don't have the Sharingan and-" Madara interrupted Tadashi with a sigh and gave him a smile.
"As always you still worry too much." Madara pointed out. "Such chakra levels cannot disintegrate me."
"But-"
"We won't know till we try. Besides, that kid is looking pretty discouraged." Madara said pointing over at Gento, Tadashi saw this as well and pursed his lips stubbornly.
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Red String of Fate
FanfictionWhen Madara was defeated, he finally realized how many regrets he had carried with him. His clan had used him as a weapon against the Senju, he was blinded with hatred and swore to take revenge for his brother, in the end he couldn't achieve anythin...
