Seventh Reincarnation
The First Shinobi World War Begins

Shortly after Hashirama's departure, Ars landed at the site of the battle.

Seeing Madara's 'corpse' on the ground, Ars spoke without caring whether anyone heard him or not.

"I've felt bitterness in life and the most bitter thing is to hope in people."

The atmosphere remained silent, no one responded to his words. Still, Ars continued his speech.

"The principle of my life is that there is no absolute evil and absolute good. Kindness will be rewarded with more kindness. Crime will be avenged with more evil."

Other than the sound of running water and wind blowing, only Ars's voice was heard in the environment that was destroyed by the two strongest Shinobi of this era.

Seeing no response, Ars smiled faintly and said softly.

"Izanagi."

*Blub Blub Blub*

Not long after he said that, several bubbles appeared on the surface of the water, then the figure of a man with one eye closed appeared to the surface.

The man was none other than Uchiha Madara.

'The 'corpse' next to Ars suddenly disappeared as if it were a mirage.

"You don't look good, Madara. You lost." Ars is not surprised Madara is still alive.

"How do you know about Izanagi?" Madara was cautious.

He is badly injured at the moment, and has no faith against Ars. If the other party told Hashirama that he was still alive, it was the end for him.

"Don't be too surprised, did you forget I've lived in this world for over 800 years? I have even seen the first ancestor of the Uchiha Clan. It's not too surprising that I know so many secrets in this world."

In fact, Ars has looked at the creator of Jutsu Izanagi in the past.

Izanagi was one of the forbidden techniques that came from the Uchiha clan. It had the power to allow users to change reality according to their own will.

In combat, Izanagi is used to transform the real world into an illusionary world that can be controlled by the user. This gives users the ability to delete or modify events in battle as they see fit.

For example in Madara's case, he turned his death into an illusion.

However, the use of Izanagi has enormous consequences. When activating Izanagi, users have to sacrifice sight in one of their eyes. This means that after using Izanagi, the user will not be able to see with those eyes anymore.

In some cases, Izanagi users also have to sacrifice their lives as the price of this power.

Madara closed his blind left eye due to the side effects of Izanagi.

"What do you want?"

Seeing that Ars had no intention of taking action, Madara asked his purpose.

"I don't like problems, but that doesn't mean I'm afraid of problems. During my 'duty period' as a Guardian, you must not create trouble in Konohagakure Village. Otherwise, I'll be forced to take action."

"You didn't kill me?"

"You want me to kill you?"

Madara. He doesn't understand Ars's way of thinking.

If it was him, he would not have let go of any dangerous factors that could threaten his stability.

"All right, I agree." He compromised.

With his current condition, it was impossible to create any problems directly. He can only do the scheme behind the scenes.

"That's great. You know when to go forward and back."

Ars didn't want to kill Madara. Even though it was only a few years, he had considered her a friend. He didn't want to have the experience of killing his friend.

"I believe in you." Madara nodded without hesitation.

He knows Ars is not the kind of person who draws his words.

"Since this may be our last meeting, as friends, I'll give you two warnings before we part."

"What's that?" Madara.

"First, don't trust too much what's written on the Stone Tablet. Because maybe someone has changed the original writing of Rikudou Sennin. Besides, it's not just me who's survived his day."

Madara's pupils shrank sharply after debating it, he understood very well the implications behind Ars' words.

(Maybe I was wrong?)

A seed of doubt began to appear in his heart. The reason he had his mindset changed was because of the contents of the Stone Tablet. If what Ars says is true, doesn't that mean he has been manipulated by others?

Ars ignored Madara doubting himself, and continued.

"And second, beware of 'black'. That's it, goodbye, my friend."

Before Madara asked what he meant, Ars had disappeared.

Only Madara was left in the midst of the heavy rain that hit him.

"It's time to collect Hashirama's cells."

He felt his body getting weaker, if not treated immediately, he would die.

...

Three days have passed.

The people of Konoha are working together to repair the destruction of the village caused by Kyubi.

Due to his injuries, Hashirama decided to give up the Hokage position to his younger brother.

After the decision was made, Tobirama's inauguration as the Second Hokage would take place seven days later. However, he has been in charge of taking care of the problems that exist in the village.

On the other hand, Ars lives a lazy life.

"Haaa... Tobirama was too careful of me. I never did anything bad."

He smiled wryly while smoking a cigarette in his mouth.

Unlike Hashirama who was on good terms with him, Ars' relationship with Tobirama was lukewarm.

If Ars had previously been able to access the village's secret information, he could not. Tobirama restricted him from the upper echelon and treated him as if he did not exist

In addition to being unfriendly to Ars, Tobirama was also unfriendly to the Uchiha Clan.

Even during the reign of the First Hokage, Tobirama feared for the potential power of the Uchiha Clan and their Sharingan. He was worried that their power could be used to threaten the stability of the village or even trigger a war. Therefore, he took precautionary measures to control the Uchiha Clan, including close surveillance and their placement in the village police unit.

Tobirama's decision and treatment of the Uchiha Clan fell out of favor with most members of the clan, including Madara.

After Tobirama became the Second Hokage, he exiled the Uchiha Clan to the edge of the village as a result of the incident that occurred after the battle between Madara and Hashirama in the Valley of the End

"Unwittingly, the First Shinobi World War has begun. Madara, you really messed up the world." Ars took a breath.

He heard that the First Raikage, the First Mizukage, the First Tsuchikage, and the First Kazekage, the four of them had been killed by Madara.

As a result, the four other major villages declared war on Konohagakure Village.

"But it's none of my business, my job is to protect for 100 years. After that, I'll go to the next world." Ars said indifferently, and continued smoking.