What is the significance of Chapter 47?
What is the significance of Chapter 47?
The Uchiha group retreated quickly, completely escaping the battlefield in just over ten seconds.
Kazuhiko held Yan Yi in his arms, his mind filled with a thousand questions...
Just now, when Yan Yi asked him to stop the Thousand-Armed brat from being killed, his expression clearly carried a hint of pleading. Although he later gave her the look one would give an enemy, something still felt off to Kazuhiko...
Kazuhiko discreetly observed Yan Yi's face, but Yan Yi's gaze seemed never to leave that Senju brat, and his expression... could be described as expressionless, revealing absolutely nothing about him.
"Third Young Master..."
"Hmm? What's wrong, Brother Yan?"
Yan Yi's heart skipped a beat. When she saw that Itama was about to be killed, she was so anxious that she inadvertently revealed her true feelings.
Now that things have settled down, the details will likely come back to mind one by one...
Yan Yi had no choice but to pretend nothing had happened. However, Kazuhiko only gave Itama a meaningful look, then shook his head and didn't ask any further questions.
Having spent so much time together and been his teacher for so long, he considered himself to know his adorable younger brother quite well.
However, it seems that Yan Yi is hiding many things...
......
Hashirama sat motionless on the ground, utterly dejected, staring blankly in the direction where his younger brother had been taken away.
Can't see clearly...
The massive black flames continue to burn, and they probably won't stop until all the organic matter is completely burned away.
"Big brother..."
Tobirama was filled with remorse and pain. He was the first to notice his brother's abnormality, yet he had failed to fulfill his responsibilities as an older brother...
If it were possible to have a slightly better mindset back then, would his father have been able to stop beating and scolding him? Would there have been no subsequent incidents where his father forcibly sent him out to gain experience?
So, will his younger brother be taken away as a prisoner by the Uchiha, just like today?
The two brothers stood quietly in place as more and more clansmen came to their aid. Before long, the number had grown to fifty or sixty people. Even Fojian arrived at the scene in full gear.
But so what?
Itama has already been captured by the enemy and may be tortured to death. What's the point of coming here now?
Buddha stared in disbelief at the black flames before him, having already roughly guessed what had happened...
"Hashirama...I..."
The monk felt a lump in his throat, wanting to comfort his eldest son, but realized he had no right to say anything.
If I hadn't forced Itama out for that so-called "growth," how could four elite ninjas of my clan have perished here? How could my own son have been captured by the Uchiha?
"Don't say anymore, Father... Eldest brother needs some peace and quiet..."
Tobirama's eyes were filled with disappointment. When he saw his father's face, he felt that the man who had once led the Senju clan to live in peace and prosperity had become an absolute stranger.
Cruel, cold-blooded, and ruthless.
Tobirama didn't even find it incongruous to apply every negative adjective to his father. What wrong had his brother done? He was just kind-hearted...
Why? Why force him to do things that only the devil would enjoy?
"It was my fault..."
Buddha sighed deeply, his hand gripping the knife trembling uncontrollably...
He knew that once Itama was taken away by the Uchiha, hellish torture awaited him. He couldn't even imagine what would happen to his son if the cruelty that even powerful ninjas couldn't endure was subjected to...
"It's too late to say anything now that things have come to this..." Hashirama muttered to himself, his head bowed.
My third brother just died in battle not long ago, and now even my fourth brother is about to be captured. What will happen next? Will it be Tobirama's turn?
Extreme resentment and hatred erupted within Hashirama, like a volcano about to erupt, still holding back its final moments. When it finally erupts, it will indiscriminately destroy everything around it...
Tobirama rarely shed tears, but this time... the helplessness and resentment he felt facing Amaterasu's black flames pounded fiercely against his heart...
"Big brother..." Tobirama tried to hold back, but his eyes were already wet, though the tears hadn't yet spilled over.
"We must save my brother... and for that, we must pull ourselves together now."
Tobirama walked over to his older brother Hashirama and put his arm around his shoulder.
He cannot lose his elder brother, nor can he let his elder brother be dragged into that meaningless cycle of hatred. He needs to wake up!
But often, the more clear-headed a person is, the more pain they feel. Even someone as strong as Tobirama is about to break down.
His eldest brother was his last hope, his only hope. As long as his brother could pull himself together, there was still a glimmer of light for the future...
Hashirama shuddered, and upon hearing his brother Tobirama's words, tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.
Tobirama is right... How can I be so depressed here? My fourth brother is waiting for me to save him!
Fojian felt ashamed to face his two sons. Seeing them like this, Fojian suddenly felt that he was not worthy of being a father.
He couldn't stop Hashirama and Tobirama from crying; he truly couldn't utter words like "glorious death" or "bearing honor" now...
When did the Mori clan become like the Uchiha... living only in a vortex of hatred?
......
Itama didn't remember what happened. In his hazy and confused state, he seemed to hear his older brother's voice... Was it his older brother who came to save him?
However... indeed, my elder brother shouldn't have risked his life for a good-for-nothing like me. And my father, even if he knew he was being captured, would most likely have chosen to sacrifice himself, right?
It's so cold...
When Itama woke up from his dream, his whole body ached. Just as he tried to move, a sharp sound of chains pierced his mind.
"...I..."
As Itama regained his senses, his memories gradually became clearer... So, he had been captured, or rather, by him...
The man in the cell lowered his head and glanced at his body in the dim moonlight streaming into the cell...
He was only wearing shorts to cover his body, his hands were fixed to the wall with iron locks, and his feet were also tightly bound by specially made metal shackles.
It's so cold...
A surge of intense resentment and sadness welled up inside him; he didn't know why he had ended up in this state.
His mindset was completely shattered; he could no longer deceive or numb himself. The reality was that he had been captured by the Uchiha and imprisoned in a dungeon as a war criminal.
You never know when you might be tied to an execution ground by the Uchiha clan and have your life ended in front of everyone.
However... what hurt him the most was that boy.
"Waaah... I can understand... Yan Yi... but... waaaah..."
Even though he kept telling himself that he was in the wrong for killing the other party's people, the coldness in Yan's eyes and the unwavering punch he delivered when they met again shattered Itama's heart.
Do I really have the right to be sad...?
He kept reflecting on himself, but the sadness he felt did not lessen in the slightest.
The moonlight gradually faded, as if it were already very late.
met free