[Land of Rain, a Village Near the Land of Earth]
Uchiha Madara, wearing an Akatsuki robe and a mask, sat casually on a dry well outside the village. Several Akatsuki members followed behind him, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan among them.
On the other side, facing off against them, was a group of Iwa ninja.
Most of these Iwa ninja were arrogant and looked hostile.
The leading Iwa ninja looked at Madara with contempt.
"You are that so-called Akatsuki organization? I've heard of you, quite fond of meddling, huh? Now you're meddling in our affairs?"
Madara glanced at him and said lightly, "Oh, do you know, this is no longer the Land of Earth's territory?"
These words amused several Iwa ninja.
A seemingly younger Iwa ninja laughed loudly, his expression fierce.
"Exactly because it's not the Land of Earth's territory, we can do whatever we want!"
Madara asked, "So this is your reason for recklessly looting civilians on the Land of Rain's soil?"
That Iwa ninja said, "We little masters only rob supplies, not much killing, already giving your Land of Rain face."
"If you make us unhappy, we'll wipe out your village and people together."
Madara's tone showed faint mockery, "Is this what that brat Two Scales taught you?"
Several Iwa ninja were stunned, then realized Madara was talking about the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.
"How dare you disrespect the Tsuchikage-sama, you must be tired of living!"
All the Iwa ninja looked at Madara with the gaze of seeing a dead man.
This behavior, on the surface, of course was not allowed.
As long as the aftermath was handled, kill whoever needed to be killed, and the matter wasn't blown up, even the Tsuchikage would turn a blind eye.
So, what was there to fear?
Since these Akatsuki members were seeking death, they wouldn't mind helping them along.
The leading Iwa ninja glanced at his companions and decisively made a throat-cutting gesture.
"Akatsuki people, kill them all, not one left."
"Kill some villagers too, dare to seek outsiders for help, must let them learn a lesson, next time obediently hand over supplies!"
After speaking, the surrounding Iwa ninja started surrounding the Akatsuki people.
Madara looked at Yahiko and asked, "So in the past, when Akatsuki mediated such conflicts, you still spared these scum?"
These people, Madara truly looked down upon.
Yahiko showed an awkward expression but still said, "Yes, if people die, hatred spreads, and conflicts are even harder to resolve."
Madara looked at Yahiko as if looking at an idiot.
He said, "Then let me tell you another way to eliminate hatred."
"Just kill all these people, and without any leaks, so-called hatred won't spread."
After speaking, Madara pressed on the wellhead with his hand and flew out toward the charging Iwa ninja.
He got faster and faster, charging head-on toward an especially confident-looking Iwa ninja.
That Iwa ninja saw Madara daring to charge and immediately shouted arrogantly, "Know why I dare rush first? My taijutsu is very strong..."
However, before he could finish his sentence, he saw Madara's kick.
The speed didn't seem fast, but the timing of the kick caught him at his most uncomfortable moment.
He realized it and tried to dodge, but his body couldn't keep up.
He could only watch Madara's foot getting closer... closer...
Crack!
His whole head was kicked by Madara into a 180-degree rotation.
There was still a trace of disbelief in his eyes.
Madara landed slowly, speaking even more arrogantly, "Still daring to make noise during battle, seeking death."
This scene frightened the surrounding Iwa ninja. Everything happened too fast, so fast they weren't mentally prepared.
While they were stunned, Madara already looked at them and said lightly, "Then let's dance together."
After speaking, he charged into the crowd.
The group screamed "bad!" and exerted all their strength to attack Madara.
However, Madara elegantly and gorgeously dodged every strike, casually taking away life after life.
In just a moment, more than a dozen Iwa ninja had fallen, completely lifeless.
The Akatsuki members were all stunned watching this scene, 'This is our new leader?'
'This kind of battle is simply art.'
Unfortunately, the only one who always shouted "art" , Sasori, was busy tinkering with some strange tools and hadn't come.
Meanwhile, the remaining few Iwa ninja were already scared stiff.
This wasn't a battle, it was clearly a slaughter.
They immediately abandoned everything else and fled.
While fleeing, they muttered, "Monster, this is a monster!"
A faint mocking smile appeared on Madara's lips, 'Now they want to run? Too late!'
He formed hand seals, "Fire Style, Dragon Flame Release Song Technique!"
Immediately, from his mouth, small fireballs sprayed out, turning into little fire dragons, swiftly and precisely chasing the fleeing Iwa ninja.
Some Iwa ninja were hit by the fire dragons, screamed miserably, and then turned into charcoal.
Some tried to use Earth Style Earth Flow Wall to block, raising walls in front of them, but they were directly pierced through by the fire dragons, which continued toward the targets with undiminished power...
Just like this, amidst the miserable screams, soon, no Iwa ninja remained alive.
Only then did Madara pat off some dust that had stained his uniform during the battle.
He turned to look at Nagato, Yahiko, and the others, and said slowly, "Do you remember what kind of decree Hanzo the Salamander issued?"
Yahiko spoke bitterly, "All invaders, kill without mercy!"
Madara nodded and pointed at the fallen Iwa ninja, "Then, were they invaders?"
Yahiko said, "Yes."
Madara said, "Since they were, there was reason to kill them."
"Since Akatsuki aspires for peace, we should all the more understand, hard-won peace is often destroyed by these kinds of people."
"Therefore, facing these kinds of people, we need not talk about peace, need not talk about understanding. Otherwise, it's unfair to the villagers oppressed by them."
Yahiko lowered his head and said solemnly, "Actually, I understand this reasoning."
"I just worried before, after all, they are big nation ninja. Dying here might cause war."
Madara shook his head, "Blind tolerance will only make the enemy inch forward further."
"The Land of Rain clearly has a demigod, but have you seen the slightest fear from these Iwa ninja?"
"If it were the Hanzo who once dared to declare war against the Three Great Nations, even given a hundred guts, they wouldn't dare be this arrogant."
Yahiko couldn't help but nod.
After Madara became leader, he brought many changes Yahiko hoped to see.
The biggest change among them was, no longer weak.
Indeed, being stuck between the Three Great Nations, weakness would only bring destruction...
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