If Uchiha Madara knew what was going through Deidara's mind, he'd probably bash his head in and let Deidara personally experience the simplicity of a punch.
But you can't really blame Deidara.
After all, Uehara Naraku has always been very modest in his demeanor but very high-profile in action. Such a thrilling battle shouldn't end just like that!
This is too hasty!
The opponent is Uchiha Madara, after all!
"Honestly, I think it seems a bit fake..."
Sasori of the Red Sand had a subtle expression as he slowly turned his gaze to the oldest one, Kakuzu: "Kakuzu-senpai, didn't you fight with the First Hokage before? Shouldn't you be able to gauge Uchiha Madara's strength from that?"
"Wait a minute!"
Before Kakuzu could answer, Deidara quickly interrupted: "According to Sasori-senpai, Kakuzu was defeated by the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara was also defeated by Senju Hashirama, so..."
Deidara pushed his mini telescope up his nose, slowly looking at the recovering Uchiha Madara, then glanced at Kakuzu, his voice gradually growing serious: "There is only one truth..."
"Hahahaha!"
Hidan slapped his thigh in laughter, "You idiot, you don't think Kakuzu is as strong as Uchiha Madara, do you?"
"Do you think I'm as stupid as you?"
After cursing Hidan, Deidara wrapped his arm around Kakuzu's shoulder and chuckled, "I just suspect that back when Kakuzu fought the First Hokage, he was eight hundred meters away and threw a shuriken at him, hahaha..."
"..."
A vein throbbed on Kakuzu's forehead.
Sooner or later, he'd take down this fool Deidara to collect a bounty!
The topic in the Akatsuki was obviously getting off track. Of course, as long as Deidara and Hidan were around, the Akatsuki rarely stuck to topics.
It's not just the Akatsuki.
The people from Konoha were also a bit confused.
Jiraiya was almost speechless when he saw Uehara Naraku's simple punch shatter the Complete Form of Susanoo!
"What's going on?"
Jiraiya originally thought this would be a tough battle.
He even planned to step in and support after Uehara Naraku's defeat, along with Might Guy and others, but Uchiha Madara was unexpectedly defeated just like that?
Hatake Kakashi widened his Sharingan, also in disbelief: "If I'm not mistaken, it was Uehara Naraku who merely punched, and shattered Uchiha Madara's Susanoo..."
"..."
Everyone naturally turned their eyes to Hatake Kakashi. This battle was unbelievable enough; your commentary is way too far-fetched!
That was Uchiha Madara!
That was the Complete Form of Susanoo!
How could it be shattered by a single punch?
Only two people truly knew the truth, and one of them was Uehara Naraku. He just felt unprecedented weakness in his body; the massive life energy and Sage Chakra inside had been completely drained by that punch!
Strictly speaking, that punch was indeed invincible; unfortunately, the energy consumption was huge, basically, it completely exhausted all his energy uncontrollably!
Whether life energy or Sage Chakra energy, when Uehara Naraku threw that punch, his chakra directly dropped to 1 point!
If someone ambushed Uehara Naraku right now...
It would mean he could only use Endless Fury, which requires no energy, to save his life, wait one second to recover chakra, and then continue using invulnerable life-saving skills...
The energy consumption of that punch was simply too shocking!
Luckily, after defeating Uchiha Madara, he used Calm Attitude to restore 20% of his chakra, plus the ten-fold recovery effect under Sage Mode, recovering 8640 life energy points and 4320 Sage Chakra points a second.
It would take only a minute or two for Uehara Naraku to return to peak condition, not even enough time for a chat!
But...
Uehara Naraku discovered another problem.
Using the Serious Punch skill secretly causes hair loss!
He actually lost a hair. Given his vigorous life energy, it's impossible for him to lose hair!
The hair fell off sneakily.
It's simply absurd.
As for the other person who felt the power of the Serious Punch...
Uchiha Madara.
His body was still slowly recovering.
But Uchiha Madara was still filled with shock and confusion, because that punch was absolutely overwhelming. Madara even felt that Senju Hashirama's True Thousand Hands couldn't withstand it!
This Uehara Naraku kid is obscenely strong!
Therefore...
Uchiha Madara contacted Black Zetsu again, intending to give Black Zetsu a step down.
Because Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Uehara Naraku was actually on their side.
Uchiha Madara didn't ask whether Black Zetsu wanted to reconcile, he just asked directly: "Black Zetsu, what's up with this kid?"
"..."
Black Zetsu fell silent upon hearing the voice from within.
If Uehara Naraku's surname were Uchiha, and he could effortlessly use the power of the Rinnegan, Black Zetsu indeed wanted to tell Uchiha Madara something.
Madara, stop contacting me; I'm afraid Uehara will misunderstand.
But there were no 'ifs.'
Black Zetsu had to pin all hopes on Uchiha Madara because the Rinnegan that could turn the Ten-tails into a Jinchuriki was originally Uchiha Madara's.
Furthermore, Uchiha Madara also had part of Indra's and Asura's chakra, making him the most suitable candidate to trigger the Infinite Tsukuyomi.