06 MADARA GOLDEN AGE (fic)
My only Brother
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Madara POV, Madara's life before Konoha, Warring States Era, Uchiha-centric, graphic violence, mostly canon compliant, seinen style, madaracore
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The four men release their chakra and let themselves fall from the ceiling without a sound on the floor. They have been separately training for a month to learn how to both knead and reduce their chakras, a very counter-intuitive way to use it, and it takes a lot of mental strength to hold it for a long period. Well done, it makes them almost undetectable. This technique can’t be used in combat since it limits the amount of chakra, but it’s a perfect jutsu that Izuna invented for espionage activities and to avoid most sensors' radar. I take out from a file a set of cards, each of them with a personalized symbol. I put down the first card in front of me, representing the first person I recognize.
“Hikaku, my dear cousin. The best talent of this season, Shimora said. An impeccable sense of strategy, not scared of going first line. However, many superiors note a lack of respect for authority. If you weren’t so quarrelsome, you’d have been assigned to missions with men under your command…”
“I’ll do better, I promise!”
I sigh. “Clearly, the blood runs thick in the family…”
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