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Sounds truly cruel.
However, Hiruzen Sarutobi, having accomplished his task, wore a relieved smile.
"I have made many mistakes in my life. To end up like this—is perhaps deserved."
"The Will of Fire has been passed on. Even in death, I have no regrets."
"If one day, I can meet my teacher, I can hold my head high and tell them I didn't shame the Will of Fire."
"I truly hope for such a day..."
Gradually, Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils lost their color. In his final moments, his gaze locked onto the pair of Rinnegan in his hand.
He hadn't been able to destroy them. For that, he was sorry.
Thus, when Uchiha Madara was revived and reclaimed his eyes, Konoha would face a terrifying opponent that even their combined strength might not overcome.
But now... he could only trust!
Trust that Konoha's Will of Fire could defeat all enemies!
The shell named Hiruzen Sarutobi—its pupils completely lost their light. Its body slowly slumped, falling heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
From the Shinobi World's perspective, he was likely dead.
In this dim basement, Hiruzen Sarutobi, bearer of titles like "The Professor," "The God of Shinobi," severed his connection with Konoha.
And the ultimate resurrection jutsu, unleashed by Nagato, who had influenced the Shinobi World for the next decade, at the cost of his life, finally bloomed in this moment!
Crack, crackle—
Dense cracks began to appear in the center of the heavy coffin lid. As if some peerless, ferocious beast was breaking free.
Finally, the lid could no longer withstand the pressure.
Bang!
A terrifying torrent of white energy instantly erupted, destroying everything before it.
The coffin was sent flying, shattering into pieces upon impact with the wall.
From within the white light, a man emerged, clad in Shinobi armor, his long black hair flowing. He stood with his arms crossed, surveying his surroundings with a disdainful gaze, and spoke arrogantly—
"Heh, finally, this day has come."
"That Nagato brat—has finally grown up."
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"Nagato is dead?"
Uchiha Madara stepped forward, emerging from the billowing white smoke.
His brow furrowed slightly as he scanned his surroundings with his chakra. For a Shinobi of Madara's caliber, the loss of sight didn't impede his combat prowess.
His overflowing chakra could easily be used to compensate, supplementing his other senses.
Forget sight; even if his other five senses—smell, hearing, taste, touch, and perception, were lost, he wouldn't lose his edge as a top-tier Shinobi.
Normal Shinobi relied on their six senses to track enemy movements, to react accordingly. The weaker the Shinobi, the more dependent they were on these senses. A Genin without sight, would lose their qualification as a shuriken-wielding Jinchuriki.
Though he had lost his sight, what Madara perceived now was a Transparent World!
Yes, Uchiha Madara, freshly resurrected by the Rinne Rebirth, his eye sockets empty. While Rinne Rebirth was the ultimate expression of Yang Release chakra, capable of restoring a body to its pre-death state...
It didn't mean it could replicate a kekkei genkai of the Rinnegan's caliber.
Otherwise, it would be a bug exploit.
Uchiha Madara, using the Rinnegan resurrected along with his body, uses Rinne Rebirth to revive Nagato. Nagato plucks out Madara's newly grown Rinnegan, then uses Rinne Rebirth again, growing another pair of Rinnegan.
An endless cycle?
Clearly, impossible.
A top-tier kekkei genkai wasn't like some—Human centipede from a Hentai doujinshi, an endless, self-perpetuating cycle of—pleasure.
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Returning to reality.
Uchiha Madara stood with his arms crossed. Eyes were windows to the soul, yet even without them, he exuded an undeniable aura of a powerful warrior's arrogance.
A Shinobi among Shinobi, a male among males!
In Uchiha Madara's transparent world, the bodies of Nagato and Hiruzen Sarutobi lay on the ground.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's hand lay limp, Madara's Rinnegan exposed to the air.
"Possessing my eyes, yet still meeting such a pathetic end..." Madara's voice betrayed no emotion as he strode towards his eyes. "And this one... Hashirama's student."
"It seems much has transpired in the Shinobi World during my absence."
"Where is Black Zetsu?"
Realizing something was amiss, Uchiha Madara's expression darkened.
He had been resurrected, a momentous event, yet Black Zetsu wasn't by his side. And in his transparent world, he could see Hiruzen Sarutobi's—missing soul, and the lingering traces of Black Zetsu's presence. This led Madara to a certain conjecture.
"A sealing jutsu that consumes the soul? The Dead Demon Consuming Seal?"
In a fleeting instant, Uchiha Madara pieced together the events, his expression softening slightly.
Black Zetsu, after all, was his will incarnate. Its loyalty was unquestionable. Even if sealed, it would manipulate events from behind the scenes to ensure his resurrection.
"If it's the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, I'll go to the Uzumaki clan's ruins, find the corresponding Shinigami mask, and summon the Shinigami. I'll beat it until it releases Black Zetsu's soul."
Black Zetsu had once told Uchiha Madara that it was his will incarnate. And to evolve to a higher state, he ultimately needed to achieve perfection, meaning Black Zetsu had to return to him, Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara trusted Black Zetsu implicitly. Their relationship was like—a naive Shinobi World virgin's first visit to a foot spa, trusting the technician's sob story about a sick younger brother and a broken home.
Reaching the two corpses, Uchiha Madara stomped his foot. A terrifying force sent the two Rinnegan, clutched in Hiruzen Sarutobi's dead hand, flying into the air.
Uchiha Madara caught the levitating Rinnegan, slowly inserting them into his empty eye sockets.
Sight restored—!
"Hahahahaha!" Uchiha Madara threw back his head and laughed, his wild, arrogant laughter echoing through the underground space.
A violent gust of wind erupted from Uchiha Madara, the laughter transforming into a tangible shockwave, rippling outwards. It even tore off the red Shinobi armor he wore.
Revealing a physique as chiseled as a sculpture.
As if the Thunder God's fury raged in the sky, shaking hearts.
The distant walls, as if struck by a colossal hammer, crumbled, dust and debris flying.
Uchiha Madara's absolute power had returned!
The power awakened in the final stages of his life, combined with his peak-condition soul and body, A perfect fusion, unmatched in the Shinobi World!
The wind died down, the rain cleared. Uchiha Madara felt invigorated.
"Such power... even Hashirama would be astonished!"
"Shinobi World, I have returned." Uchiha Madara said softly, flexing his wrists. Sensing the chakra hurtling towards him from behind, the piercing sound of something cutting through the air, he merely tilted his head slightly, evading the fatal blow.
In the next instant, Golden Flash Sage Mode Minato appeared beside Hiruzen Sarutobi's corpse. He lifted half of his body, his head raised, his eyes burning like a furious lion!
"You are—Uchiha Madara!"
Uchiha Madara nodded silently, the epitome of a powerful warrior.
And behind him, three Edo Tensei Kage slowly approached. Kabuto, the Edo Tensei caster, through the Second Tsuchikage's exposed eyes, saw Uchiha Madara's long, flowing hair.
His eyes were filled with shock.
His voice was somewhat hoarse, tinged with an undeniable yearning. "Uchiha Madara—such oppressive power. Those eyes—are they the Leader's?"
Kabuto, as a scientist, his dream, a living specimen, now stood before him.
How could he not be excited? How could he not yearn for it?!
The path to ultimate power, so close—What to do? Attack? Sneak up behind Uchiha Madara, deliver a Black Tiger Heart-Stealing Palm, seize his eyes, absorb his kekkei genkai?
In this moment, Madara was chosen, and also unique!
Kabuto's malice, naturally, didn't escape Uchiha Madara's notice.
It seemed, in this moment, Madara faced not only Minato Namikaze, but also the potential betrayal of the three Edo Tensei Kage.
But Madara's face showed no hint of panic. Instead, his eyes glinted with the playful amusement of a superior being.
Arms crossed, he said softly, "Head—held too high!"
What?!
Before Kabuto or Minato Namikaze could react.
Boom—!
Boom, boom, boom...
A massive shockwave erupted from Uchiha Madara, rapidly expanding outwards, mercilessly crushing everything in its path!
Bricks and tiles pulverized, the Edo Tensei bodies half-disintegrated by the sudden repulsive force, reduced to fine gravel.
The expanding shockwave was like a colossal beast, devouring everything!
It shattered Amegakure's underground structures, triggering a small-scale earthquake.
A sky full of dust billowed upwards, instantly obscuring everything in Amegakure. The already dim village, shrouded in rain, became even more gloomy.
Repulsive force, in Uchiha Madara's hands, possessed power comparable to a spatial cleave.
A mere warning strike was comparable to Nagato's full-power ultimate technique.
This was the true power of the Rinnegan!
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