On the endless lake surrounding Hidden Rain Village:
Madara stood at the forehead of his Complete Body Susanoo, staring gravely at Rinjin, who was nearly as tall as the Susanoo itself. His heart was slightly shocked.
Once upon a time, when Rinjin fought him, he only relied on his indestructible body and incredible speed.
Now he'd even learned the Akimichi clan's Super Expansion Jutsu.
This meant the Susanoo's size advantage was completely useless against him.
Most troublesome of all, Rinjin's strength was already terrifyingly powerful—now that he'd become this massive, who knew how strong he'd gotten!
Could the Susanoo withstand a beating from him?
Madara had no confidence whatsoever about this question.
For a moment, looking at Rinjin who seemed slightly sluggish in front of him, Madara made up his mind.
Whether he could win or not, he'd mock him first.
With that thought, the Susanoo instantly reacted.
Its azure, seemingly solid fists quickly merged at its chest, taking a sword-drawing stance, then its right hand suddenly swung forward.
In an instant, a blinding beam of light was drawn by the right hand—unsheathing meant slashing.
The incredibly sharp light blade swept across, its aftershock alone splitting the distant lake surface and the hills at the lake's end in two.
However, Rinjin standing in front of Hidden Rain Village remained completely unmoved.
Except for his black combat jacket being sliced open at the chest, the skin beneath showed not a single scratch.
Three seconds later, as the massive sword light disappeared, Rinjin belatedly looked down at his chest.
"Uh... old man, this thing of yours doesn't seem very effective!
Let me handle this instead!"
With that, Rinjin raised both palms and began pushing forward like a street thug in a fight.
His massive hands blocked out the sky, instantly slapping against the mighty Susanoo's chest and actually making it stumble backward.
The ground shook and mountains trembled. The Hidden Rain villagers who had quickly gathered below looked up at this scene, cold sweat pouring down their backs.
This level of brawling was incredibly rare!
Two-hundred-meter-tall giants—they were almost as tall as the fifty-story Hidden Rain Tower in the village center.
Outside the village, Rinjin groped all over Uchiha Madara's Complete Body Susanoo like an old pervert.
At this moment, his body's advantages were fully displayed.
Under the Lightning Release Chakra Mode's enhancement, even though his body had grown massive, the speed of electrical transmission through his enlarged nervous system hadn't slowed much—Rinjin's speed remained in the normal range.
First, a monkey-steals-peach move to divert attention, then reaching out to press the Susanoo's forehead, blocking Uchiha Madara's vision.
After that came various eye-poking, throat-locking Leaf Village taijutsu secrets—basically every dirty trick in the book.
Below, the faces of all the Hidden Rain ninja turned dark in unison.
What had started as a magnificent battle had been ruined by their Daimyo again...
That's right—their Daimyo was still the same old pervert who'd hit on the tofu lady at the market...
On the other side, Uchiha Madara standing at the Susanoo's forehead also had a dark expression.
This damn rogue Rinjin had absolutely no martial virtue—one massive hand firmly gripped the Susanoo's head, completely blocking his vision.
At this moment, Madara only regretted not having Byakugan that could see around corners.
Most disgusting of all, his chakra was rapidly depleting, indicating the Susanoo was constantly taking damage.
He couldn't just sit there and take it!
Determined, Uchiha Madara's hands quickly formed seals, preparing to first use Wood Release to restrict Rinjin's movement.
Just as he was about to complete the seals, the massive hand gripping the Susanoo's head suddenly applied force.
In an instant, the Susanoo's seemingly solid head was actually crushed to pieces, azure fragments falling like glittering stardust.
Seeing this, Uchiha Madara stopped forming seals and poured chakra at full power to maintain the Susanoo's head.
If Rinjin was afraid of physical contact with him, wasn't he equally wary?!
The Edo Tensei immortal body might look impressive to others, but against this guy, it might not work at all!
Who knew if Rinjin would crush him with one slap, then seal him while he was recovering.
The battle continued.
Having lost his vision, Uchiha Madara couldn't worry about anything else—he controlled the Susanoo's four arms to throw wild punches.
Didn't matter if they hit or not, just swing randomly.
On Rinjin's side, he ducked his head, one hand yanking the Susanoo's tengu nose while the other chopped down hard on its forehead like splitting bricks.
The two completely undignified fighters put on a street thug combat tutorial outside Hidden Rain Village.
Watching his lifelong reputation about to be ruined, Uchiha Madara couldn't take it anymore.
He could accept being defeated, being sealed, but absolutely couldn't accept his image falling to rock bottom.
Come on, I'm Uchiha Madara!
Getting my nose grabbed and head pounded was way too humiliating!
If Hashirama found out about this, how could I face anyone?!
The Susanoo extended three arms simultaneously, barely blocking Rinjin's heavy chop aimed at its forehead.
At the same time, Madara pushed off with his feet and instantly retreated from the Susanoo.
This fight was impossible!
Better let that hothead Obito deal with this bastard Rinjin!
Muttering irritably, Madara suddenly had an idea.
Rather than fighting this piece of shit Rinjin to the death here, why not let that kid Obito become an incomplete Ten-Tails jinchuriki?
When that time came, he'd slack off on the sidelines and let Obito clash head-on with this bastard.
Although this approach was very risky, he was Uchiha Madara—would he care?
Mind made up, Uchiha Madara, still mid-air, quickly formed hand seals, and twenty to thirty Wood Clones appeared behind him.
The next second, the Wood Clones scattered like arrows in all directions, rushing toward every corner.
Then, incomplete Susanoo after incomplete Susanoo appeared around Hidden Rain Village, while Madara's real body charged toward the Fire Country border.
He wanted to lure Rinjin to the battlefield while not letting Rinjin see through his intentions.
Faced with twenty to thirty Susanoo, Rinjin unhesitatingly canceled his Super Expansion Jutsu, his body rapidly shrinking as he landed at the Hidden Rain Village gate.
"Kagami, I'm leaving these clones to you. I'm going after Uchiha Madara."
Hearing this, Kagami nodded seriously and quickly turned to gesture to the guards on the city wall.
Seeing this, Rinjin nodded with satisfaction, his gaze sweeping to Nagato standing motionless nearby and Shisui beside him.
"Shisui, take a few people and find whoever's controlling this guy from behind the scenes."
"You got it!" Shisui answered, cracking his knuckles.
Nodding, Rinjin's gaze turned to Riie in the distance, then he gave his orders:
"Have the village prepare for large-scale combat!
From now on, we're taking over this war!"
"Right!" Riie nodded.
Having arranged everything, Rinjin formed a single-handed seal, activated Flying Thunder God, and instantly vanished.
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