Chapter 40: Dying the Ninja Way
Obito looked at the spot that covered his left eye with his hand in amazement:
"What are you...... What do you want to do?! ”
Madara smiled in a low voice:
"When I was a child, my father took a few of my brothers and I to observe the life of the wolves......
The old wolf king will always have a day when his physical strength is exhausted, and the new generation of young wolf cubs will take his place. ”
Madara raised his hands, and the two Bai Jue, one left and one right, helped him to stand up.
"The alternation of power is a bloody and brutal test.
If you don't pass my test in the world of monthly reading......
Then, you are still my pawn after all!
Give everything for my resurrection with that power of yours! ”
"Ahem......"
Madara coughed violently, bending over as if to cough up the entrails out of his mouth.
Obito wanted to get up, but was pressed in place by Ah Fei and another Bai Jue, and the warm touch sensation transmitted from his left eye to his brain.
Madara took the scythe that Hakujue handed him, and used it as a crutch to walk towards Obito step by step.
"You're not bad......
You barely passed this test.
This left eye, even if it is your trophy, the inheritance of Yin Yang and Illusion is in it. ”
With the help of Bai Jue, he slowly knelt on the ground in front of Obito.
"You're right, my Uchiha Madara's life shouldn't be lingering in dreams!"
He took out a handful of kunai from his bosom and handed it to Obito tremblingly.
"The alternation of royal power, the ascension of the new wolf king means the exile or death of the old wolf king......
I've lived long enough to walk......
Izumi and Pillar ......
I guess they can't see me in the underworld, and I'm lonely.
Obito, I remember what you said when I rescued you.
Will repay me......"
Speaking of which, the memory of being maddened by this little imp made the corners of Madara's mouth smile.
He stretched out his other hand and touched Obito's position, grabbed his head and hammered him hard, then continued:
"So, let me die as a ninja.
I, Madara Uchiha, shouldn't be lying on a sickbed struggling to die! ”
Madara's left eye was already in Obito's left eye, and because of the intercolumnar cells, Obito was now looking at the old man in front of him with wide eyes......
He shook his head subconsciously, and even though he had bitten his lip hard, tears could not stop flowing from his eyes.
Madara's fist slammed on his head again:
"Don't cry! What about the spirit that was going to kill me in the moon reading world just now?!
Gremlin...... Remember, as a true man of the Uchiha clan.
Since opening your eyes, only blood will flow from your eyes, and you will never shed a single tear in your life! ”
Blood flowed down the socket of Madara's left eye again, onto his face, and onto the corner of his mouth.
Madara stuck out his tongue and licked his own blood, with a fascinated expression on his face:
"I used to think I was longing for peace......
Thank you, little ghost! This battle in the world of Moonreading made me truly realize myself.
If you really complete the infinite moon reading technique, you will really create the ideal world......
Without the battle of iron and blood, without the drumbeat of war, without the roar of warriors, then where would there be a stage for my Madara Uchiha?
From the time I stepped on the battlefield back then, to this day, the blood in my Uchiha Madara's chest has never cooled! ”
He brutally grabbed Obito's hair with his hand:
"Thank you, little ghost! Compared to the conspiracy and planning that have been hidden underground for more than 40 years......
Sure enough, I still prefer the battlefield, even if it's unreal...... Even if it's the last ...... before the end of life"
"Why...... Why are you old man......
By this time, I have to say these ......"
Obito's sobbing voice made Madara's brow furrow:
"You guy, you can't be misunderstood, right?!
You and I are still enemies!
Will I, Madara Uchiha, wag my tail and beg for mercy on my enemies?!
Sympathy or something, there is no such word in my life at all!
I'm still holding a weapon in my hand! ”
As he spoke, he waved the kunai in his hand with great effort:
"Boy! Even if it's Konoha's pedantic village, the ninja code of ninja code should be on what to do with enemies armed with weapons, you don't need me to teach you anymore! ”
He shoved the end of the kunai handle into Obito's hand, and then held Obito's hand.
There was a sincere expression on his face with his eyes closed:
"Remember! Be a wolf, not a dog!
Even if it's to protect everything that is precious to you!
Be brave enough to show your claws and teeth and tear your enemies apart!
Let's do it......"
He pointed to the gap in the side of his loose breastplate:
"From here, stab down.
This is where the heart is, and if it pierces deep enough and fast, I'll soon lose consciousness......"
Obito felt the image of his new left eye on his brain, and the old man opposite him was enthusiastically discussing with him how to die......
His wrinkled face showed an unhealthy flush, although his eyes were closed, and there were no more teeth left in his mouth, he was full of pride when he talked and laughed, and he was no longer like the cold and gloomy old immortal before......
"How long do you want me to wait!?
You should understand, imp? ”
Madara has a lot of images in his mind......
After lurking in the dark, under the guidance of the black Jedi, his hands were stained with the dirty blood brought by the trick......
"Although I have done a lot of dirty things in the second half of my life......"
On the day when he and Tsuruma finally broke up, in that hearty and shocking battle, Tsuruma finally chose to kill himself in order to protect the village......
"Although I betrayed my friend because of my choice......"
On the former tall and flat cliff, the babbling ideals of the two teenagers finally became a reality after more than 20 years of hard work and the sacrifices of countless people, and a green leaf in their hands became the name of the village......
"It's also because this choice deviates from the ideals of the past......
But for me, Madara Uchiha!
Any sympathy and pity ......"
Madara grabbed Obito's hand with force, and Kunai penetrated through the gap in his breastplate and thrust into his own chest.
Blood ran down the corner of his mouth, and his weak voice continued to linger beside Obito's ear:
"It's all ...... Insult to me......"
Obito pressed his shoulder against Madara's body and asked softly:
"Is there anything else you want me to do for you?"
There was a meaningless moan from Madara's mouth, and finally a word came out:
“…… Return...... ...... home."
For the first time in his life, his silver-haired head finally bowed and rested against Obito's back.
Born in the Warring States, the two of them personally ended the legendary powerhouse of that troubled era.
Since the large barrel of wooden feather clothes separated the nine-tailed beast, he was the first man to submit the nine-tailed demon fox as his psychic beast.
The former patriarch of the Uchiha ninja clan, Madara Uchiha, finally fell on an ordinary day in the forty-seventh year of Konoha.