As Sasuke was about to be struck down by Setsuna Uchiha, Fugaku Uchiha rushed over and shoved Sasuke aside, taking the blow himself.
Sasuke stared blankly at the scene, his mind numbing from shock. Looking at the fallen Fugaku Uchiha, tears welled up in his eyes, forcing him to shut them tightly.
Setsuna Uchiha sneered coldly, "How touching. Guess you'll both die together then."
Just as Setsuna raised his blade again to strike Sasuke, a Flying Thunder God kunai shot straight toward his head.
Startled, Setsuna immediately executed a teleport jump to evade.
Had he hesitated for even a moment, Minato Namikaze would've killed him.
Minato had already teleported to the spot where the Flying Thunder God kunai had struck moments ago.
Placing his hands on both Sasuke and Fugaku, Minato activated the Flying Thunder God jutsu once more, teleporting them away from the battlefield.
Minato summoned a healing Katsuyu onto Fugaku's body before returning to the battlefield to face off against Setsuna.
"Hmph. You're still hanging around, huh, Minato Namikaze?"
Minato glared coldly at Setsuna, "Who exactly are you?"
With Madara Uchiha resurrected, Setsuna no longer needed to hide his identity. He removed the mask covering his face.
Setsuna said in a low, menacing voice, "You probably don't recognize me. Back then, that bastard Tobirama Senju locked me inside Konoha's prison. My name... is Setsuna Uchiha!"
Minato recalled a fire years ago that had engulfed the prison, killing many criminals, yet during the headcount afterward one person had remained unaccounted for.
A surge of killing intent radiated from Minato, "So it was you! You caused that prison fire years ago!"
"What if it was? As for what comes next, your future holds only one path—living within the world created for you by Lord Madara. But not you specifically, because I will kill you right here and now!"
Setsuna and Minato vanished at the same moment, clashing fiercely in battle.
Elsewhere:
Sasuke held tightly onto Fugaku, crying out in agony as Katsuyu began mending Fugaku's wounds. A gruesome gash stretched from his forehead down to his chest.
Weakly lifting his hand, Fugaku gently brushed his hand across Sasuke's face, "So you've awakened it too... the Mangekyo Sharingan..."
At this moment, Sasuke had finally unlocked the Mangekyo Sharingan—it was a six-pointed star shape.
"I'm not dying just yet. While my left eye still retains its vitality, Katsuyu, please transplant my left eye into Sasuke."
The horrifying wound across Fugaku's face had taken out his left eye.
"Father..."
"Don't cry. Your duty now is to fight for the protection of Konoha and the ninja world. Everyone needs your strength. I may not be able to continue this battle, so Sasuke, fight with my eyes, fight for both of us."
Fugaku Uchiha directly plucked out his left eye.
Sasuke wiped away tears from his face and nodded firmly. "I understand, Father. I will fight—for both of us!"
Katsuyu started the transplantation of his left eye onto Sasuke.
The battlefield was now divided into three parts.
The Allied Ninja Forces were locked in battle against the White Zetsu army and Root ninja.
Minato Namikaze was fighting against Setsuna Uchiha.
Obito, Shisui, and Itachi, along with the Four Kages, were battling against Madara Uchiha.
However, Obito's group was at a complete disadvantage because they couldn't even see Madara Uchiha's shadow.
Obito was faring somewhat better thanks to Kamui's Intangibility, but both Itachi and Shisui had sustained injuries of varying severity.
Even with the addition of the Four Kages, the situation didn't improve much—they were still at a disadvantage.
"Tch, what should we do now?"
Shindai was also thinking of solutions—facing an enemy that couldn't be seen or sensed.
Shindai suddenly had inspiration—even something invisible and undetectable must have a physical form.
Shindai manipulated his Iron Sand to sweep across the area.
Sure enough, the Iron Sand attached itself to something solid and outlines began to appear.
Shindai shouted toward Obito and the others, "Those outlines covered in Iron Sand—that's what's attacking you!"
Seeing the outlines didn't help much, but at least they could now avoid the attacks.
Shindai also tried sneaking up on the enemy.
Silently, Shindai maneuvered the Iron Sand to attach onto Madara Uchiha's body.
Then, Shindai formed hand seals.
[Magnet Release! Gravity Field!]
Shindai attempted to use the Iron Sand stuck to Madara Uchiha's body, compressing him onto the ground using a gravity field.
Yet, Madara Uchiha stood there like nothing happened, completely unaffected.
[Magnet Release! Iron Sand World Method!]
Changing tactics, Shindai transformed the Iron Sand covering Madara Uchiha's body into sharp spikes, attempting to pierce through him.
[Shinra Tensei!]
Madara Uchiha unleashed an immense repulsive force centered on himself, flinging away all the Iron Sand on his body—and everything else around him.
The Four Kages, Obito, and the others were all thrown back by this powerful force.
Shindai was also sent flying backward.
After stabilizing midair, Shindai unfolded all his scrolls and summoned every puppet he had ever created.
[Auto-Attack Mode: Activate! Target: Madara Uchiha!]
All the puppets rushed toward Madara Uchiha.
The shadow clones from Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan phase returned into his body. Madara himself appeared to no longer wish to toy around. After forming a hand seal, he slammed his hands onto the ground.
[Wood Release! Bloomed Forest Descent!]
Multiple trees erupted from the ground, overwhelming everything around as an entire forest materialized in an instant. The trees bloomed with countless flowers, continuously releasing pollen.
The Four Kages inhaled the pollen and were immediately poisoned, their bodies paralyzed. Other ninja who inhaled it collapsed, falling unconscious. Meanwhile, tree branches destroyed Shindai's puppets one by one.
Obito, Itachi, and Shisui activated their Susanoo once again, using these spectral warrior forms to block the toxic pollen.
Shindai quickly took out a gas mask and put it on.
Madara Uchiha turned his gaze toward a certain direction.
Shindai also looked in that direction and his expression suddenly changed.
It was Naruto and B!
Since Naruto, B, and Kushina Uzumaki had been traveling with the Five Kages' group, they had naturally arrived at this battlefield as well.
At first, they believed that if everyone joined forces, they could finally take down Madara Uchiha. But even united, they couldn't stop him—let alone defeat him.
In other words, Naruto, B, and Kushina Uzumaki had practically walked right into a trap.
Madara Uchiha dashed toward the location where Naruto and his companions stood.
Shindai blocked Madara's path, attempting to intercept him.
[Supernova Shindai!]
Shindai condensed a Supernova Shindai in his hands and hurled it at Madara.
However, Madara deflected Shindai's Supernova Shindai using his war fan. At the same time, he swung the fan toward Shindai as if it were a blade.
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