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［Fourth Raikage - A］: Damn it!
Although the Raikage's soul was practically exploding in rage, in this situation… no one really cared.
"Hidden Cloud Village shinobi…"
"Retreat—all of you!"
After Kitahara Kaede rescued Samui, she finally made her decision.
"This battlefield… is no longer one we can participate in."
She made the difficult call.
"We can…"
"Finally…"
"Retreat—?"
The Hidden Cloud ninjas were stunned.
Some of them were trembling.
Though the Shinobi World War had already occurred three times—and the Hidden Cloud took part in each one, always fighting fiercely—
But this time…
"My comrade…"
"Just now…"
"Melted right beside me…"
"My teammate came back…"
"But tried to stick an explosive tag on Uchiha Madara, only to get tagged himself…"
"And exploded on the spot…"
From the original 3,000 Cloud ninjas, only about 1,200 remained. And among those 1,200, over 300 were on the verge of mental collapse.
They couldn't comprehend it—was this what a godlike shinobi looked like?
"Madara, is that enough?"
The Edo Tensei-revived Hashirama Senju stood calmly, eyes locked onto Madara, expression like still water.
"As expected of you." Madara stomped the ground. "You only protect your Konoha."
"That's why you didn't participate at all earlier—because this was the Hidden Cloud, not the Leaf."
"Because that was something we built together," Hashirama said.
"..." Uchiha Madara actually fell silent for a moment at those words...
［Tobirama Achievement - Izuna］: I've got a bad feeling about this.
［Tobirama Senju］: What kind of bad feeling?
［Tobirama Achievement - Izuna］: I'm afraid your brother might talk my brother into something.
［Tobirama Senju］: …That's… not good at all.
［Tobirama Senju］: I don't want Uchiha Madara coming back.
［Tobirama Achievement - Izuna］: …My brother would never come back!
"Hashirama, don't you see it yet?"
"What you did was wrong."
"Only the strongest—absolutely strongest—only personal power, is what's real."
"So…"
"If we had joined forces from the beginning, this world could've remained peaceful."
Uchiha Madara said calmly.
"If the two of us joined hands…"
［Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi］: If the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara had joined hands, things definitely would've turned out differently.
［Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi］: If they teamed up, four villages would've vanished instantly.
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: …Ugh… Uchiha Madara is truly terrifying.
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: And the scariest part is—he still hasn't gotten serious!
［Kakashi Hatake］: He's not serious yet?
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: That's right.
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: Because… when Madara bullied me in the past, he used Susanoo.
［Kakashi Hatake］: Susanoo?
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: It's a special ability of the Uchiha Clan.
［Cowardly - Ōnoki］: But Madara's Susanoo is ridiculously powerful!
［Minato Namikaze］: That's not all, right?
［Tobirama Senju］: What is it, Minato?
［Minato Namikaze］: He still has the Rinnegan.
［Everyone］: ...
With those words, the group chat fell silent.
Because…
Uchiha Madara with the Rinnegan… was more terrifying than they imagined.
They'd seen Kitahara Kaede use the Rinnegan—they knew how horrifying it was.
［Tobirama Senju］: Big Brother, if you can't beat him later, just run. Kitahara Kaede will help, I'm sure of it. It's embarrassing to rely on the younger generation, but as long as we survive—it's not shameful.
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: …
［Tobirama Senju］: Onii-chan!?
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Mm… alright.
Meanwhile—
Black Zetsu had already vanished, but Obito remained.
Obito was hiding behind the scenes, watching the battlefield below.
The Ten Tails that Madara had previously summoned had disappeared, and the moon had started returning to its original orbit.
Yet Uchiha Madara remained.
And of course, Obito couldn't leave.
The reason was simple.
He still hoped… to get Madara's Rinnegan.
Yes.
At first, he didn't want them. Then he realized how insanely powerful the Rinnegan were—but by then Nagato had grown too strong.
So it was difficult to retrieve them, and Obito tried to cultivate his own Rinnegan.
He failed.
But now…
Damn!
Uchiha Madara is this strong? Just with taijutsu, he blew through the entire Hidden Cloud?
Obito felt true fear.
Because…
He knew the moment he even thought about betrayal…
He was done for.
But at this moment—
Uchiha Madara started to get serious.
And his version of serious was—
"Hashirama. Perhaps you could suppress me in the past—but now, I've obtained new power."
"Let me show you!"
"And first of all—!"
Uchiha Madara's eyes narrowed.
"Bang!"
Tobirama Senju suddenly slammed into the ground like a ragdoll, face first.
"..." Tobirama.
"..." Tobirama.
He hadn't even reacted.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Six black rods pierced into Tobirama's body.
［Tobirama Achievement - Izuna］: …
［Tobirama Achievement - Izuna］: …
［Tobirama Achievement - Izuna］: !!!
［Tobirama Achievement - Izuna］: Go, Big Brother!
［Tobirama Senju］: I swear I'm going to mute you.
［Big Dumb - Hashirama］: Tobirama, are you alright?
［Tobirama Senju］: …It's strange. I feel like I was suddenly ambushed—and I couldn't even react.
［Minato Namikaze］: Yeah… We didn't even see Madara take out the black rods.
［Minato Namikaze］: One moment you were standing—the next, you were X'd.
［Tobirama Senju］: …Minato, your phrasing is weird, but you're right. I didn't see the attack at all—and then boom, I was hit.
"See? The proud Tobirama Senju—utterly defenseless against my new power."
"So… Hashirama!"
Uchiha Madara abandoned Tobirama and charged straight at Hashirama Senju.
［Tobirama Senju］: Big brother, be careful!
"Wood Style: Clone Technique!" Hashirama remained calm. With a hand seal, he created four wood clones instantly.
Boom boom boom!
The clones jumped into action—defense and counterattack.
But shockingly, they attacked air.
At the moment Hashirama's real body clashed with Madara—he was blown back.
And it was then that everyone noticed—
There were four Uchiha Madaras surrounding him!
Uchiha Madara had four other versions of himself around him.
Were they clones?
No—
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