"Ryotenbin*" was not Onoki's surname, but his title.
As the grandson of the First Tsuchikage, Onoki also belonged to the "Kamizuru Clan", so his full name was actually "Kamizuru Onoki."
However, after being Tsuchikage for decades, no one had used this name to call him. Ordinary people called him "The Third", "Tsuchikage", or "Ryotenbin no Onoki*."
Therefore, when Zhang Miao called him "Little brat from the Kamizuru Clan", Onoki's thoughts instantly returned to the past.
More than fifty years ago, Konoha was just established. At that time, in order to establish a friendship with Konoha, Onoki, who was still a thirteen-year-old youth, followed his master Second Tsuchikage to Konoha.
Unfortunately, the master and disciple unfortunately met Madara, and the request for an alliance between Iwagakure and Konoha was mercilessly rejected by Madara.
Moreover, in the face of Madara's overwhelming power, Mu and Onoki were seriously injured. Madara's words "Do you want to keep dancing?" became the nightmare of the young Onoki.
Now that he saw the Gunbai Fan in Zhang Miao's hand, Onoki immediately thought of Madara, and under Zhang Miao's deliberate guidance, he directly connected Zhang Miao's identity to Madara.
Because in his view, there was no one else who could defeat him so easily except Madara.
Zhang Miao looked down at the fear, shock, anger, and disbelief flashing across Onoki's face, and knew that his plan had succeeded.
So he repeated his trick once again.
"Transformation jutsu!"
Zhang Miao's body suddenly emitted a burst of white smoke, and his appearance changed again.
His previous appearance as the short and old Onoki immediately changed into a tall and sturdy man with long hair, wearing dark red Ninja Armor on his body.
If it wasn't Madara, who was it?
All of this was done in front of Onoki, because at this time, Onoki had already determined that he was Madara, so even if he used the Transformation jutsu in front of Onoki, Onoki would only think that he only reverted to his original state.
Sure enough, after seeing the transformed Madara, Onoki's eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes were full of fear.
"You... You really are Uchiha Madara!"
Looking at Onoki's frightened face, Zhang Miao suddenly grinned and slowly descended from the sky with the Gunbai fan in his hand, and then looked at Onoki with disdain.
"I haven't seen you for more than fifty years. I didn't expect you to still be so immature. Do you want to keep dancing?"
"Hiss..."
Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Onoki sucked in a breath of cold air again. At the same time, he couldn't help but take two steps back, and his voice also began to tremble.
"You... You are actually still alive? And you are exactly the same as fifty-two years ago. How is this possible?"
"Hmph!"
Just as Onoki finished speaking, Zhang Miao snorted and revealed a cold smile.
"Now that I have obtained the body of an immortal, time can no longer erode me. Therefore, I will complete what I have not accomplished fifty years ago. I will start from Iwagakure first!"
"Hiss..." When Zhang Miao said this, Onoki sucked in a breath of cold air again, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes. "I won't let you succeed!"
Just as he was about to swear to fight to the death, Zhang Miao appeared behind him and patted his shoulder lightly.
"Don't be agitated. I won't do it now. I will wait until you finish fighting with Sunagakure before I do it. How about this? If you can beat Sunagakure in ten days, then I will let Iwagakure go. What do you think of this idea? Think about it carefully!"
With that, Zhang Miao used the Body Flicker jutsu again and disappeared.
When Zhang Miao's figure completely disappeared, Onoki seemed to have lost all of his strength and directly sat down on the ground.
Then he gasped for breath.
"Huff... Huff..."
From his hurried breathing, it could be seen how much pressure he had just endured. Seeing this scene, Kitsuchi, who was standing behind him, could not help but ask him.
"Father, is that person Uchiha Madara?"
"Yes, he is Uchiha Madara!"
At this time, Onoki no longer had the heart to care about the previous. Hearing Kitsuchi's question, he immediately closed his eyes, and a trace of pain flashed on his face.
"Fifty years ago, when my teacher the Second Tsuchikage and I went to Konoha, we met him, but we were no match for him. Madara is terrifying, and there is only one person who can defeat him, and that is the God of Shinobi: Senju Hashirama!"
"But..."
Hearing Onoki's words, Kitsuchi immediately frowned.
"But Senju Hasirama is already dead, doesn't that mean no one can resist him? Do we have to beat Sunagakure in ten days according to what he just said?"
"Of course it is impossible!"
As soon as Kitsuchi finished speaking, Onoki immediately shook his head.
"Even if Sunagakure is weaker than us Iwagakure, they are not an enemy that can be defeated in ten days. If we pay a huge price to defeat Sunagakure, then what can we use to resist Madara?"
"Then...father, you mean..."
"We need to negotiate!"
At this point, a light flashed in Onoki's eyes, and he clenched his fists.
"Immediately arrange for people to go to Sunagakure to negotiate the end of this war. No matter what conditions Sunagakure offers, you must agree to all of them. You must end the war with Sunagakure within ten days, and then gather the strength of the whole village to deal with Madara. There is no time to lose, go now!"
"Yes, father!"
Hearing Onoki's words, Kitsuchi was surprised, but also admired Onoki's decisiveness, so he immediately nodded and turned to leave.
After Kitsuchi left, Onoki once again returned to Tsuchikage's office, preparing to deal with Madara.
In Onoki's view, this was already the moment of life and death for Iwagakure, so he could not afford to slack off in the slightest.
At this time, he was like a nail that had been nailed to the Tsuchikage's office. He did not even leave to eat or sleep, in order to make the best preparations before the showdown.
On the sixth day, the envoy who went to Sunagakure to negotiate returned to Iwagakure, at the same time bringing back Iwagakure and Sunagakure's negotiation documents.
After seeing this document, Onoki did not bother to calculate his gains and losses. He immediately sent someone to transfer Iwa ninjas back to the border defense and began to prepare to fight Madara to the death.
However, what Onoki did not expect was that Madara did not come on the tenth day.
In Onoki's heart, Madara was not the kind of person who wouldn't give up easily, so he did not take him lightly and continued to be on guard.
Half a month had passed, but Madara was still nowhere to be seen. Onoki chose to continue waiting.
However, a month passed, and Madara was still completely silent. This time, Onoki was suddenly stunned.
"What's going on? Did Madara come to play with me that day?"
Just as Onoki was puzzled, Kitsuchi once again came to Tsuchikage's office and looked at him with surprise.
"Er... Father, did you not go to my place last night?" .
Onoki, "... "
Hearing Kitsuchi's words, Onoki suddenly had a bad premonition...
*TL Note: It's his title "Ōnoki of Both Scales" (両天秤のオオノキ, Ryōtenbin no Ōnoki)