To the south of the Fire Country, the grandfather and grandson of the Rope Tree between the pillars who had traveled all the way south to this place wandered to a beach near the sea.

Unlike his grandfather, who was looking at the scenery, the purpose of this trip was to collect wild rice plants from all over the world for hybrid research.

Standing on the beach, the Rope Tree's gaze stopped at 10 o'clock, where there was a weedy bush in front of it, and among the weeds, there seemed to be a few wild rice plants.

With his eyes lit up, the rope tree walked quickly in the direction of the weeds.

The pillar, who was looking out at the sea, noticed his grandson's movements, turned his head to look at the rope tree, and followed.

The rope tree arrived first, crouched down, and prepared to collect samples.

Standing behind the rope tree, he bent down to watch his grandson's movements curiously.

"The fire escapes, the fire is extinguished."

At this moment, a very familiar voice between the pillars suddenly sounded from a distance, followed by a huge wave of fire.

"Be careful!" Shouting, the pillar didn't care about anything else, reached out and grabbed the back collar of the rope tree's clothes, and took him away from the place in an instant.

"Hahahaha! Between the columns, we're meeting again, let's have a fight! "When I came out for a stroll, I met a friend, and Madara Uchiha's hands itched for a while.

"Uchiha bastard! Give me death! ”

It is not the pillars that curse, but the rope tree that is so angry that it is red-eyed.

Thrown to the ground by the pillar, he quickly stood up and glared at Madara Uchiha, his hands already sealed.

A dozen thumb-thick vines with sharp leaves rushed out from the foot of the rope tree and rushed towards Madara Uchiha, who had just landed in the distance.

Being insulted and attacked by a junior, Madara Uchiha's face turned a little colder, and in the face of the vines attacking from all around, he did not perform ninjutsu, but walked through the vines as flexible as a snake with a gorgeous body, and rushed straight towards the rope tree.

Dodging all attacks with ease, Madara Uchiha rushed to the outspoken junior within a few breaths.

"Little imp who doesn't know how to be polite, let me teach you well!" As he spoke, Madara Uchiha raised his leg sideways, and a whip kick kicked Rope Tree in the face, who couldn't react.

A figure appeared between Madara Uchiha and the rope tree as if out of thin air, and it was none other than Tsuruma, who raised his right hand and blocked Madara Uchiha's whip leg with his arm.

After blocking the attack, Tsuruma looked up and looked at Madara Uchiha, and said with a serious expression, "Madara! This time it's you who are wrong! ”

The cold expression changed, and Madara Uchiha was really angry, "Tsuruma! Do you think I'm not even qualified to teach juniors? ”

"No, you're wrong with the fire you just planted." Corrected by the column.

"Humph!" Madara Uchiha is even more angry, what's wrong with me setting fire to you?

"Really?" With a sneer, Madara Uchiha's hands were sealed, and he was about to release the fire escape.

"You're wrong! Do you know what you just burned? You burned the food of millions of people in the future! Standing behind the pillars, the rope tree took a step forward, stood beside the grandfather, and excitedly accused.

Stopping the action of the seal, Madara Uchiha looked at the rope tree with cold eyes, "Little ghost, what nonsense are you talking about?" It's just a bunch of weeds. ”

Admit what you do, but what you don't need, the arrogant Madara Uchiha, won't admit it!

"There's a couple of wild rice plants in that pile of weeds, you know what that means? If we can cross these wild rice with the rice we eat, we will hopefully hybridize rice that can grow in areas eroded by seawater. In that case, these mudflats, as well as saline-alkali land, will hopefully be turned into rice fields! The more he talked, the more angry he became, and Rope looked at Madara Uchiha angrily, if it weren't for his lack of strength, he really wanted to beat this bastard fat.

The expression was still as cold as ever, but Madara Uchiha's gaze no longer met that of Rope Tree, but returned to Tsuruma.

Pillar nodded, indicating that he was right about the rope tree!

Seeing Tsuruma nodding, Madara Uchiha found himself as if he had, maybe, perhaps, maybe he had done something a little wrong.

"It's just a few rice plants, I'll help you find a few more." It is impossible to admit mistakes, Madara Uchiha only slowed his tone.

"Do you know what rice looks like?" Rope looked at Madara Uchiha with disdain.

"For the sake of the face between the pillars today, I forgive you once!" Stimulated by the disdainful eyes of the junior Rope Tree, Madara Uchiha glanced at him with a look of disdain for argument.

After speaking, Madara Uchiha flew directly up and disappeared into the air.

Seeing Madara Uchiha leave, Tsuruma secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after the last fight, he knew that he was not the opponent of Madara Uchiha who had the eye of reincarnation, let alone protect the rope tree under his hands.

"Rope tree, don't be so impulsive next time. If Madara does make a move, I'm not sure I'll be able to protect you. After Madara Uchiha left, Tsuruma turned to look at the rope tree beside him, and said in a serious voice.

"I know, I just couldn't get angry! Not next time, Grandpa Tsuruma! Rope tree is still angry, but he knows that grandpa said these words for himself.

"Hahaha! Don't be wronged, it was Madara who did something wrong just now, you're right! It's just that in the future, without touching the bottom line, we still have to ensure our own safety as the first priority. With a smile, Tsuruma raised his hand and rubbed his grandson's head.

"Hmm!" Looking at Grandpa, Rope Tree replied.

"Well, this place has been burned down, but I'm sure there will be one nearby! I'll look for it with you. ”

"Okay, grandpa!"

After saying that, the two of them went their separate ways, looking for the existence of wild rice near the burned weeds.

In the distance, Madara Uchiha, who flew away, landed in the woods hundreds of meters away from the mudflat.

Standing under the tree, with the excellent vision brought by the reincarnation eye, Madara Uchiha looked through the gap between the trees, paying attention to the actions of the pillar and the little ghost.

Seeing that the two were looking for something separately, Madara Uchiha guessed that they should be looking for some wild rice again.

After listening to Nawaki's words, Madara Uchiha, who has lived from the Sengoku period to the present, of course understands the potential value of wild rice, and he also knows that he has indeed inadvertently burned a very precious thing.

However, knowing and correcting mistakes and not admitting mistakes is the character of the vast majority of the Uchiha clan, just like the bloodline.

Isn't it just a wild rice? I'll just find you another one!

Madara Uchiha thought so and did the same.

Ten minutes later, on the edge of the woods, Madara Uchiha saw several plants that were suspected to be rice.

This must be some kind of wild rice!

With a smile, Madara Uchiha bent down to uproot the rice plants.

Walking out of the woods and onto the mudflat, Madara Uchiha walked towards the imp not far away.

"Madara, what are you going to do?" Tsuruma, who has always been vigilant, discovered Madara Uchiha for the first time.

Facing the pillar that came to him in an instant, blocking the way ahead, Madara Uchiha threw a few "wild rice" plants in his hand to the ground.

"This is the wild rice you're looking for, and I, Madara Uchiha, never owe anyone."

When the words landed, Madara Uchiha didn't give Tsuruma a chance to speak, and after smugly glancing at Tsuruma and the rope tree who had arrived, he turned and left.

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The rope tree, who came quickly, ignored Madara Uchiha and squatted at the foot of the pillar, picking up the "wild rice" on the ground and observing.

"This.... This is not rice at all, this is black wheat! Bai rejoiced, and the rope tree stood up and said loudly.

The rhythm of walking was chaotic for a moment, as if feeling embarrassed, and Madara Uchiha disappeared in an instant.

"Hahahaha!" Looking in the direction in which Madara Uchiha had disappeared, Tsuruma burst out laughing.

Driven by the columns, the rope tree on the side also laughed, "I said he didn't know what rice looked like." ”

Standing behind the trunk of the tree, hearing the bastard's trademark laugh from the pillars, Madara Uchiha almost broke his defenses in annoyance.

The right hand slapped on the trunk of the tree, leaving a palm print directly, and Madara Uchiha decided to go with them.

Tetsu blushed, and Madara Uchiha restarted, he was going to go to the nearby village first, and first get a detailed understanding of what the damn rice looked like.