Chapter 761: He Is Uchiha Madara! (6.4k, Please Give Monthly Votes)

“There’s Nagato, Kakuzu, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Obito, Rin Nohara…”

Sasori unhurriedly recited the list of the support squad.

When Kankuro heard the first three names, he almost couldn’t hold back. Was the Akatsuki Organization having a team-building exercise? Why were they all villains?

Upon hearing Jiraiya’s name, Kankuro’s expression improved slightly. Finally, a righteous character had appeared.

“If all these people truly exist, then this Sasori might not be lying. There really is another world!”

Kankuro’s expression turned serious.

He recognized half of the people Sasori mentioned, and many of them were famously deceased, like Nagato, who had only recently died.

“And Muzuki Leader.”

When mentioning Muzuki, Sasori showed a hint of respect.

He had originally admired Muzuki, but after learning about the Edo Tensei Sasori’s life, he admired him even more.

“Leader? Is this Muzuki your captain?”

Kankuro asked curiously.

“He is the Leader of our world.”

Sasori answered concisely.

Kankuro nodded thoughtfully, believing Muzuki was someone similar to the commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

After confirming the information, Kankuro had his subordinates contact the command center and transmit all the intelligence.

Due to the shocking nature of the intelligence, everyone in the command center showed disbelief.

“A living Sasori suddenly appeared and helped them defeat the enemy’s assault unit, and he even claimed to be a Ninja from another world. Could it be that the intelligence Ninja of the assault unit was controlled by the enemy and is spouting nonsense to interfere with our tactics?!”

The Fourth Raikage slammed the table, looking on the verge of losing it.

“And he said his teammates are Nagato, Kakuzu, and Jiraiya. Do these people look like they could form a team?”

“Jiraiya…”

Tsunade looked bewildered, not expecting to hear that familiar name again amidst such strange news.

“Ao, please sense the situation of the assault unit.”

Nara Shikaku pondered for a moment before speaking to Ao.

“The enemy’s Chakra has all disappeared, which matches the intelligence of all seals being completed.”

Ao quickly sensed and reported.

The few people in the command center exchanged glances.

Although the intelligence sounded fake, the assault unit’s battle results were real.

“No matter what, this intelligence is too alarming to be easily believed.

The closest unit to the assault unit is Kakashi’s Third Unit, isn’t it?

Tell that Sasori that we will help him find his teammates. Then cancel the assault unit’s mission and have them return to assist the Third Unit.

This way, we can both protect this ‘visitor from another world’ and monitor him, in case it’s a scheme by Uchiha Madara.”

Ōnoki thought for a moment and said.

“This is the safest approach.”

Nara Shikaku nodded.

Since Sasori and Kakashi were teammates in another world, their relationship must be good.

Having this world’s Kakashi meet with Sasori was undoubtedly a good choice.

“Then let’s proceed with that for now.”

The Fourth Raikage nodded in agreement.

Although Sasori’s intelligence sounded very fake, Sasori had, after all, helped the assault unit, so they certainly couldn’t be rough with him directly.

Before the people in the command center could rest for a moment, two pieces of bad news immediately arrived.

Gaara’s Fourth Unit reported that they had encountered four Edo Tensei Kage.

Additionally, the intelligence department sensed that Darui’s First Unit had encountered a large army composed of White Zetsu and Edo Tensei Ninja, including famous strong individuals like the Gold and Silver Brothers.

The command center quickly made tactical adjustments, ordering the Fourth Unit to temporarily retreat and sending reinforcements to the First Unit. At the same time, the Tsuchikage left the command center to go to the Fourth Unit, deciding to personally block his teacher.

…

First Unit battlefield.

“It’s the Gold and Silver Brothers, who once killed the Second Hokage and the Second Raikage!”

“It’s Kakuzu of the Akatsuki Organization!”

“Those are Konoha’s elite Jonin, Asuma Sarutobi and Hyuga Hizashi.”

The Allied Shinobi Forces, looking at the enemies assaulting from the seaside, quickly recognized some of the more famous characters among them.

Among them, the Gold and Silver Brothers had the greatest reputation, and some Kumogakure Ninja began to sweat.

These were ruthless individuals who had killed two Kage. Although it was done by ambushing them with an elite unit, it was enough to prove their strength and methods.

“Where did this bring me? Is this still Rōran?”

After his daze, Jiraiya casually surveyed his surroundings, only to find Ninja wearing uniforms from various Villages behind him, and countless White Zetsu in front.

“I don’t think Rōran has an ocean.”

Orochimaru glanced at the endless sea and replied. Rōran was a country located in the desert.

“Perhaps this is the small fluctuation Muzuki mentioned.”

Kakuzu casually observed his surroundings and said.

Before their Crossing, Muzuki had reminded them many times that there might be a small fluctuation during the Crossing, but not to panic, just protect themselves and meet up with their teammates.

“That’s Jiraiya-sama and Orochimaru! Could it be that even they were Edo Tensei’d?!”

Some sharp-eyed Konoha Ninja noticed the three people who suddenly appeared in the middle of the battlefield.

The Ninja of the First Unit all gasped, their hearts sinking halfway.

The Gold and Silver Brothers, plus Orochimaru and Jiraiya—what kind of luck did they have?

Jiraiya and Orochimaru were Ninja on par with the Fifth Hokage, both legendary Sannin.

Equally shocked was Kabuto, who was observing all the battlefield movements.

“Orochimaru-sama!”

Through the Edo Tensei Ninja’s perspective, Kabuto looked at Orochimaru, utterly stunned.

He could, of course, tell that the three suddenly appearing individuals, including Orochimaru, were all alive.

Sasori’s words were confirmed: another world truly existed!

Kabuto took a deep breath, his expression returning to calm.

With Uchiha Madara as his trump card, neither Orochimaru nor Nagato mattered.

All the strong individuals that could be summoned by Edo Tensei had been summoned by him. Even if this Orochimaru from another world also knew Edo Tensei, he wouldn’t be able to contend with his Edo Tensei army.

He had now shed his snake skin and ascended into a dragon!

Orochimaru coming wouldn’t stop him either.

“Wait, why are there two Kakuzu?”

Someone noticed that the person next to Orochimaru and Jiraiya was also Kakuzu, but his attire and demeanor were different.

“And they don’t seem to be Edo Tensei. Look at their eyes.”

While Jiraiya and the others were surveying the battlefield, the Ninja were also closely observing them. Soon, they were surprised to find that the three, including Jiraiya, were not Edo Tensei Ninja.

The intelligence Ninja quickly reported this information to the command center.

All the Ninja in the command center were shocked. Sasori really did have teammates, and they really were Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

Immediately after, the command center quickly responded, telling the First Unit not to dwell on Jiraiya and their identities; they were allies who had come to help the Allied Forces.

Since there were many Konoha Ninja among the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the White Zetsu army didn’t look like good people, Jiraiya and the others quickly discerned which side was their mission’s aid target.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve been on a mission together, Orochimaru. Want to have a competition to see who eliminates more enemies? The loser treats the winner to yakiniku when we get back.”

Jiraiya looked at the approaching White Zetsu Edo Tensei army, laughing as he stretched his wrists.

“Then get ready to treat me.”

Orochimaru sneered, his lips slightly upturned.

Following Muzuki all these years, he had made significant progress.

“Summoning Technique!”

Jiraiya quickly formed hand signs and slammed his hand onto the ground.

A puff of smoke flashed, and a giant red Gamabunta appeared in front of Jiraiya.

“What’s going on? Am I still half-asleep?”

Gamabunta looked at the ‘resurrected’ Jiraiya, displaying an expression of existential doubt.

“This is a battlefield; there’s no time for distraction. Hurry and use Toad Oil.”

Jiraiya didn’t explain, he just jumped onto Gamabunta’s head and told him to use Ninjutsu.

Gamabunta then realized he was on a battlefield, converted Chakra into a large amount of Toad Oil, and spat it out in one breath.

“Toad Oil Bullet!”

As Gamabunta spat out the oil, Jiraiya immediately exhaled a large amount of flames, instantly creating a vast sea of fire hundreds of meters wide, directly clearing out the White Zetsu in front of him.

“Summoning contracts actually work in this world too.”

Orochimaru showed a surprised expression.

Obito and the others had brought their respective Nin-Beasts with them in order to summon them.

Orochimaru found Manda too troublesome, so he didn’t bother bringing him.

“Summoning Technique!”

Seeing this, Orochimaru also formed hand signs and released the Summoning Technique, wanting to summon Manda to work.

White smoke flashed, but nothing happened.

“Manda doesn’t exist in this world, or perhaps he’s dead.”

Orochimaru frowned slightly.

He naturally understood the reason for the summoning failure: the Nin-Beast he wanted to summon didn’t exist, and there were no other beasts to substitute, leading to this awkward situation.

“Haha, looks like you’re going to lose, Orochimaru.”

Jiraiya showed a triumphant expression.

“Then just watch.”

Orochimaru sneered, condensing a large amount of natural energy around his body.

The reason he didn’t bother bringing Manda was because with his current strength, Manda couldn’t provide him much help anymore.

“Wind Breathing Sage Mode!”

Orochimaru synthesized natural energy into Senjutsu Chakra, focused his breathing, and entered the Breathing Technique Sage Mode, emitting a cyan Chakra glow around his body.

“Sage Art: Vacuum Great Dragon!”

Large amounts of Wind Release airflow were exhaled by Orochimaru. The White Zetsu and Edo Tensei Ninja around him were all cut into pieces by the airflow.

Furthermore, the airflow rapidly converged into a giant white dragon, and a terrifying hurricane instantly swept across the entire battlefield.

The power of the wind was so strong that even the Ninja Allied Forces behind Orochimaru had to condense Chakra on their feet to prevent being blown away.

The giant dragon carried a large number of wind blades. Even Edo Tensei Jonin were quickly torn apart by the wind blades, and White Zetsu instantly died upon contact.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of White Zetsu turned into scattered White Zetsu fragments.

“Orochimaru, you actually mastered Sage Art.”

Jiraiya showed a surprised expression.

“Could this be the Breathing Stream Sage Art that Muzuki mentioned?”

Muzuki had previously spoken to Jiraiya, asking him if he wanted to learn the Breathing Technique Sage Art.

However, Jiraiya felt that Mount Myōboku Sage Art was good enough, and he was too lazy to go back, so he politely declined.

“As expected of the legendary Sannin, they’re both ridiculously strong!”

The two’s attacks left the Allied Shinobi Forces stunned, feeling as if they weren’t needed here. Jiraiya plus Orochimaru, along with the sealing unit, could defend the seaside.

“You don’t look so good.”

Kakuzu did not join Jiraiya and Orochimaru’s passionate comparison. Noticing the Edo Tensei Kakuzu, he directly rushed in front of him, stopping the Edo Tensei Kakuzu who was trying to steal the hearts of the Allied Forces Ninja.

“Are you mocking me by taking my form? I’ll make you look even worse right now.”

The Edo Tensei Kakuzu looked at the Ninja in front of him, who looked exactly like him but exuded a positive and energetic aura, feeling extremely displeased.

“Earth Grudge Fear!”

The Edo Tensei Kakuzu activated his Chakra, and large amounts of black threads burst from various parts of his body, shooting towards Kakuzu.

“Being this irritable won’t help you secure enough benefits in negotiations.”

Kakuzu shook his head and also condensed Chakra.

“Earth Grudge Fear!”

More black threads shot out from Kakuzu’s body, instantly overwhelming the Edo Tensei Kakuzu’s black threads and binding the Edo Tensei Kakuzu.

“How could this be…?”

Edo Tensei Kakuzu looked puzzled, unable to understand why this person in front of him also possessed Earth Grudge Fear.

This secret technique should only be known to him in the entire Ninja World.

“You don’t have a single heart right now, so it’s impossible for you to break free from my restraints.”

Looking at the struggling Edo Tensei Kakuzu, Kakuzu reminded him.

This was also why he immediately stopped Edo Tensei Kakuzu from taking a heart.

He understood Earth Grudge Fear too well; without a heart, Edo Tensei Kakuzu’s full power couldn’t be unleashed.

“Damn it, where did you get Earth Grudge Fear?”

Edo Tensei Kakuzu’s face darkened; this feeling of being defeated by an ‘imposter’ was simply too awful.

“The same as you, I snatched it from the Village.”

Kakuzu sent out a few masks to help the Allied Shinobi Forces kill enemies, then his main body sat on the ground and chatted with Edo Tensei Kakuzu.

“Impossible, I destroyed all the data after I stole Earth Grudge Fear.”

Edo Tensei Kakuzu retorted.

“It seems you still don’t understand. I’m not disguised as you; I am another you, the you from another world.”

Looking at Edo Tensei Kakuzu’s disheveled state, Kakuzu sighed.

“Although I had thought that the me who didn’t meet Muzuki probably wouldn’t be doing too well, you’ve really fallen on hard times. If this got out, people might question my abilities.”

As an old man, Kakuzu had experienced a lot. He couldn’t claim to see through everyone in the Ninja World, but he understood himself well enough.

He knew very well that if he hadn’t met Muzuki, hadn’t joined the Shinobi Sect, he would have lived like a walking corpse.

Having been hurt by the Village, he lost his life’s purpose and meaning of existence, constantly earning money just to fill the emptiness in his heart, but it was useless.

Even if he gained more money, he would only get a fleeting moment of joy at the moment of acquisition, and after the money accumulated to a certain amount, the satisfaction Kakuzu could get from money became even less.

The reason he still relentlessly pursued more money was simply because he didn’t know what else he could do besides this, or what in this world was worth doing.

Compared to the Village that would betray him, at least money would never betray him.

Edo Tensei Kakuzu’s face darkened. Just as he was about to curse, Kakuzu interrupted him.

“You like to hide your money in these places…”

Kakuzu revealed the places where he used to hide his money before joining the Shinobi Sect.

Edo Tensei Kakuzu’s face changed drastically. He had never told anyone where he hid his money, so it was impossible for a second person to know.

“When you were thirteen, you had a crush on a girl. She was…”

“When you were sixteen…”

As Kakuzu revealed more and more details, Edo Tensei Kakuzu’s expression became increasingly shocked.

This person, it seemed, really was ‘him.’

“Since we are both Kakuzu, why help those people? Shouldn’t you be helping me?”

Edo Tensei Kakuzu calmly said in a deep voice.

“Since you also have Earth Grudge Fear, you should know that those people aren’t worth trusting. Or do you want to experience being betrayed again?”

Hearing Edo Tensei Kakuzu still trying to turn him, Kakuzu smiled.

“Don’t play such petty tricks; it will only lower my opinion of you further.

Although we are both named Kakuzu, I was luckier. I met someone who could lead me out of my confusion.”

Looking at Kakuzu’s smiling face, an inexplicable anger rose in Edo Tensei Kakuzu’s heart.

He couldn’t help but mock:

“Out of confusion? You’ll settle down when you’re sent to assassinate the strongest person again.”

“I’m really sorry, our Ministry of Finance generally can’t participate in combat missions. This time, I put in a lot of effort to get this opportunity.”

Kakuzu shook his head with a regretful expression.

“I’ve learned a lot from Muzuki. If I can’t fight, wouldn’t that be a waste of all that learning?”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you, I am now the Minister of the Ministry of Finance of the Ninja World Alliance.”

Kakuzu explained in detail to Edo Tensei Kakuzu what kind of existence the Ninja World Alliance was, and how much power he, as the Minister of Finance, held.

Edo Tensei Kakuzu: …

Who the hell wants to hear you talk about that?

Edo Tensei Kakuzu grew more and more annoyed as he listened.

It wasn’t terrible to suffer himself; what was terrible was that his other self was doing too well.

“Aren’t you worried about being betrayed again?”

Edo Tensei Kakuzu asked the doubt in his heart.

Kakuzu understood himself, and Edo Tensei Kakuzu, having lived longer, naturally also understood himself.

Edo Tensei Kakuzu simply couldn’t imagine how Kakuzu had filled his empty heart and become a normal Ninja again.

“Betrayal?”

Kakuzu laughed twice.

“Do you know how I met Muzuki, the one who led me out of my confusion?”

Without waiting for Edo Tensei Kakuzu to speak, Kakuzu answered himself:

“I took on his bounty, wanting to kill him for the reward money, but his strength was too great. He instantly killed four of my hearts without even trying.”

Edo Tensei Kakuzu showed a surprised expression, not expecting that Kakuzu and the Muzuki he praised had met in such a way.

“That man’s magnanimity is so great it makes one feel inferior. Even to someone like me who wanted to kill him, he still chose to forgive.”

Speaking of the time he spent traveling the Land of Rain with Muzuki, Kakuzu’s face showed a hint of nostalgia.

At first, he had mocked Muzuki and his companions as idealists who didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth, but in the end, he became one of them, even a key member.

“That kind of world is impossible to exist!”

Edo Tensei Kakuzu heard Kakuzu talk about the Shinobi Sect’s ultimate goal and instinctively objected.

Kakuzu, seeing this, was not annoyed, merely smiled faintly and said:

“At least we have achieved peace in the Ninja World and united the Ninja World.”

The ultimate goal was indeed still very far away, but they had already initially achieved one of their original ideals, and that was enough.

The rest of the path would be left to the younger generation.

Kakuzu believed that after the Shinobi Sect’s ideals spread throughout the Ninja World, many excellent younger generations would emerge to complete the path they had not yet finished.

Edo Tensei Kakuzu was silent for a moment, then spoke:

“Has that Muzuki come? I want to see him.”

He wanted to see who this divine being was, how extraordinary he was, to have done so many things that he himself couldn’t even imagine as realistic.

“You’re in luck, he’s here, but I don’t know where he is right now.”

Kakuzu replied.

“Considering it’s ‘me,’ I’ll give you a chance.”

With that, Kakuzu took out a sealing scroll and threw it towards Edo Tensei Kakuzu.

Edo Tensei Kakuzu did not struggle, allowing Kakuzu to seal him.

On the other side, with Jiraiya and Orochimaru working together, the White Zetsu army was quickly annihilated, and most of the Edo Tensei Ninja were also sealed.

The few remaining Edo Tensei Ninja who weren’t sealed had come ashore before Jiraiya and the others made their move; they were left for the Allied Shinobi Forces to deal with.

After all, such a large Allied Shinobi Forces couldn’t possibly fail to stop a few Edo Tensei Ninja.

Boom!!

Suddenly, a powerful and terrifying aura rose on the field.

Gold and Silver Brothers unleashed powerful Tailed Beast Chakra, his entire body enveloped in dark red Nine-Tailed Chakra, becoming a dark red monster with six tails.

“You seek death, daring to seal Silver and Gold Brothers!”

Gold and Silver Brothers threatened in a deep voice.

With the immortal life and infinite Chakra of Edo Tensei, plus his own powerful Tailed Beast Chakra, Gold and Silver Brothers refused to believe he could lose to this group of juniors.

“Sirs, please help out a bit, this Gold and Silver Brothers is a bit tricky.”

Seeing Gold and Silver Brothers enter his half-Tailed Beast state, Orochimaru and the others had also finished clearing out the fodder, and Darui immediately shouted.

“Sage Mode!”

Jiraiya had already noticed the strongest Gold and Silver Brothers and had already completed the absorption of natural energy in advance, quickly synthesizing Senjutsu Chakra using natural energy and entering Sage Mode.

“Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon!”

Jiraiya first used a fast-casting, wide-range Sage Art to repel Gold and Silver Brothers, preventing him from harming too many Allied Shinobi Forces.

He then summoned a large Gamabunta to intercept his retreat.

“Wind Breathing Chakra Mode!”

Orochimaru concentrated his breathing to the extreme, entering the Chakra Mode based on the Breathing Stream Sage Art, further greatly enhancing his Wind Release abilities.

He lightly leaped, soaring directly towards Gold and Silver Brothers, casually shooting out a large number of sharp Sage Art Wind Blades.

With Orochimaru and Jiraiya, the two Sages, attacking together, Gold and Silver Brothers was completely powerless to resist and was sealed by the Allied Shinobi Forces in less than a minute.

“Although I don’t know what happened, it’s great to be able to deal with the enemy so easily.”

Shikamaru, who had just finished off Edo Tensei Asuma, watched Gold and Silver Brothers being easily subdued and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was originally part of Gaara’s Fourth Division, but due to orders, he came to provide support. However, with Jiraiya and the others’ help, Shikamaru’s squad, aside from sealing Asuma, didn’t help with anything else.

“The battle is finally over.”

The Allied Shinobi Forces Ninja relaxed considerably as they saw all enemies either dead or sealed.

Roar!!!

Just as everyone thought the battle was over, a giant humanoid monster, whose body color resembled withered wood, suddenly appeared on the battlefield. With its massive body, it simply swung its limbs and sent many Ninja flying.

Akimichi Choza and Akimichi Choji used their Multi-Size Technique together but failed to stop this giant humanoid monster.

Kitsuchi fully unleashed his Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall but could only barely trap the monster for a short time, unable to cause it any damage.

Just as all the Allied Shinobi Forces Ninja were drawn to the Gedo Statue, Obito, wearing a white mask, silently appeared next to the sealed Gold and Silver Brothers, picking them up.

“Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!”

Orochimaru was the first to notice the sudden appearance of the Masked Man. Having exited Sage Mode and Wind Breathing Chakra Mode, he merely threw a large snake towards him.

The snake passed through the Masked Man’s body and struck a Cloud Ninja.

“Orochimaru and Jiraiya? How are they alive again?”

White Mask Obito looked at the two resurrected individuals, frowning slightly, but didn’t pay too much attention, activating Kamui again to teleport himself away.

He would continue with his plan; even the resurrection of Konoha’s past Hokage wouldn’t matter.

He would become the second Six Paths Sage, and no one would be able to stop him from creating a beautiful world without war and eternal peace.

“Do you know that Masked Man?”

Orochimaru asked Darui and the others.

“Of course, he is Uchiha Madara, who started the Fourth Shinobi World War!”

Darui replied with a rare serious expression.

PS:

My energy and spirit have largely recovered today, but my mouth still feels bland, and I get tired quite easily.

This chapter is 6.4k words in total, so it’s a small burst.

Asking for monthly votes.

Taking two days off not only cost me several thousand yuan at the hospital, but the book’s ranking also dropped a lot.