"Have you found me? Indeed… from the fake Madara, I heard that you have a very unique ability to perceive individuals."
Under the hood, Kabuto's serpentine eyes glimmered with caution, his tone solemn.
But the next moment, he raised his hands slightly, and a white snake tail slithered out from behind his cloak.
"In that case, I will make you two my puppets as well!"
"Sigh… an idiot. Even if your strength surpasses Orochimaru, your IQ doesn't even come close."
Guts sneered, then glanced at Shisui.
"Have you gotten used to those eyes?"
"Basically, yes. A little rushed… but manageable."
With a sharp tug, Shisui ripped off the bandages around his eyes revealing a pair of six-pointed Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
Kabuto's face twitched. That pair of eyes…
"You recognize them too? Then listen carefully, Shisui you can't kill this guy," Guts reminded him.
"I know," Shisui said, frowning. "I'll use genjutsu to control him and force him to undo Edo Tensei. Sensei, leave him to me."
"Originally, I only planned to show you the path. Killing him is easy… but if you kill him too quickly, Edo Tensei can't be released."
Guts chuckled lightly.
Feeling underestimated, Kabuto's expression turned icy.
"It seems I was truly looked down on. You speak of killing me so casually… yet you don't realize I am the closest existence to the Sage of Six Paths today!"
In the next moment, Kabuto slammed his hands to the ground.
Boom!
The stalactites in the cavern twisted like living serpents, and razor-sharp stone pillars erupted toward Guts and Shisui.
Chakra surged in Shisui's eyes. The dark green, third-form Susanoo burst forth, its massive sword cleaving every stone spike.
Boom! Puff! Puff! Puff!
Smoke and debris filled the cave.
When it cleared… Guts was gone.
Only Shisui remained.
"You're alone now," Kabuto's voice echoed faintly, seemingly from every corner.
"Confident in your new eyes, Shisui?"
From deep within the cave, his voice slithered:
"But I've cut off your line of sight. My snakes sense heat, I can track you without seeing. Your eyes are meaningless to me."
Shisui's Eternal Mangekyō flickered as he calmly observed the scattered chakra in the cave.
"I don't need my eyes to kill you, Kabuto. Your defeat is certain."
Meanwhile, on the battlefield where Uchiha Madara had appeared
Jiraiya, Gaara, and the allied forces stared in disbelief.
Kurotsuchi frowned. "So… he finally took off his mask?"
"No," Gaara denied immediately. "Look closely his face is cracked. That's a reanimated corpse. He and the masked man aren't the same person."
Hanabi's eyes widened. "Then the real Uchiha Madara died long ago?! The masked guy calling himself Madara… is actually someone else?!"
"Yes… we were completely deceived." Jiraiya gritted his teeth.
Madara, arms crossed, gazed down from the rock.
"The forehead protectors say 'Shinobi,' but your outfits differ… A coalition of the Five Great Villages?" He spoke with detached calm.
"So this is a proper war." Second Tsuchikage, still retaining some sanity muttered.
"It was all his plan… but it seems things aren't going smoothly."
Madara's gaze shifted slightly. "Who performed this Reanimation Jutsu?"
"I… do not know—"
Halfway through, Second Tsuchikage's eyes glazed over white as Kabuto hijacked his voice.
"I'm Kabuto, his collaborator. But I have no time to explain I'm being attacked by another troublesome Uchiha."
Madara's eyes narrowed, and a sneer curved his lips. "Hmph. A rat hiding in the dark."
"Oh, don't worry," Kabuto's voice boasted through the puppet body. "I can handle him without a problem."
The connection cut off. Madara clicked his tongue. "Arrogant fool."
Whoosh—!
A storm of yellow sand surged, grabbing at Madara like an enormous hand.
Madara blurred and leapt down from the cliff, landing atop the moving sand.
His mere presence crushed the hearts of the coalition forces.
The suffocating pressure wasn't quite like Guts' Conqueror's Haki, which could knock men unconscious but it was enough to make them sweat cold.
So this… is the man who rivaled Hashirama.
"Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
With a single hand sign, Madara unleashed a roaring sea of fire, tens of meters wide.
A simple B-rank technique… but its power rivaled S-rank destruction.
This was Uchiha Madara.
"Shinra Tensei!"
An invisible wave of repulsion crushed the flames, scattering them like sparks in a hurricane.
Madara froze mid-step. Repulsion?
Only the Rinnegan should…
The smoke cleared, revealing Hinata with her blue-patterned Tenseigan.
Madara's lips curled in amusement. "In my era, no Hyuga possessed such eyes. Interesting…"
"If that's the case—" His voice dropped, deadly calm. "I'll get serious."
HO—HO—HO—HO—!!!
A dark blue, double-faced, four-armed Susanoo roared into existence, its chakra shaking the battlefield.
"The same technique as Uchiha Sasuke!" a Konoha shinobi shouted.
"That thing's tough! Focus fire on one point!" Jiraiya commanded.
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