After Danzo left, the air in the heavy rain was moist and sweet.
Night Light stood on a tree trunk, looking into the distance with binoculars.
On the other side of the Tree World Descent, Otsu was also guarding against the distance, as well as the fox.
The place Uchiha Madara chose was very remote; the rain here was heavier than in other parts of the Land of Rain, there were no people active nearby, and no Ninja had ever come.
Days passed, and Night Light and Otsu had no communication.
Night Light knew that Otsu had reminded Danzo a few days ago whether to kill Night Light to silence him. He should be Oil Aburame Ryoma from the original work.
Oil Aburame Ryoma, you'd better not leave Danzo.
It takes seven days to travel from the southern part of the Land of Rain to Konoha.
Even if Danzo returned to Konoha and discussed a plan with Hiruzen Sarutobi within an hour or two, and departed immediately, it would still take fourteen days to return.
On the first day after fourteen days, a large group of people appeared in the distance.
Night Light put down his binoculars, thinking, "Is the psychological pressure Uchiha Madara put on Danzo that great?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and the clan heads of the five great clans: Senju, Uchiha, Yamanaka, Inuzuka, Aburame, and the Hyuga Clan sent an Elder.
The clan heads and Elders from families like Yamanaka, Inuzuka, Aburame, and Hyuga came to be responsible for reconnaissance.
Senju Flower Wood and Uchiha Zhong were the two parties involved.
Each of them brought two guards, so the team looked unusually large.
With such military strength, if they said they were going to attack Hidden Rain Village, even Hanzo would tremble.
A super luxurious investigation team.
Night Light focused his gaze on Danzo; there was still a bandage over Danzo's right eye.
It's not over. After Danzo tasted the Sharingan, he could no longer resist the temptation.
Being able to revive, it's truly delicious.
Danzo gained too much from Uchiha Kagami.
The group landed around the Tree World Descent.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was wearing battle armor, and in his hand, he held the Adamantine Staff.
On the Adamantine Staff, a large ape's eye opened.
"Hiruzen, this is... the First Hokage's Wood Release?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi swung the staff, using some force to break the twisted and winding tree trunk. He said, "This strength, it is indeed Wood Release."
Everyone else looked at Senju Flower Wood, who, after seeing the Wood Release with her own eyes, was confused and bewildered:
"Advisor Danzo said Uchiha Madara used Wood Release? Not a Senju Ninja who awakened the bloodline on some battlefield?"
For Senju Flower Wood and Uchiha Zhong, this information was too outrageous to be false.
Danzo had no reason to fabricate such an incredible lie about this matter.
The others didn't respond. The Senju Clan hadn't produced a Wood Release bloodline in decades, and besides Nawaki, there hadn't been any exceptionally talented individuals in the Senju Clan in recent years.
People from Ninja clans like Yamanaka, Inuzuka, Aburame, and Hyuga immediately began reconnaissance, gathering intelligence from the vicinity.
Night Light and Otsu landed beside the high-ranking officials.
Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't look at Otsu of Root, but first looked at the fox of Anbu, asking:
"Fox, what happened? Tell me in detail from the beginning."
Night Light estimated that Danzo had already told the story once, so he briefly explained how they saw three Konoha Ninja controlled by Madara, and how they were controlled by genjutsu to fight each other.
Night Light pushed all the infighting of the squad onto Uchiha Madara.
Then he escaped, met Danzo, and Danzo took him back, where they encountered Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara controlled three Konoha Ninja and engaged in battle with Kato Dan's three-person team; Danzo brought him, Otsu, and Hei to assist.
Kato Dan's three-person team and Hei all died in battle.
Inuzuka Clan Head Inuzuka Hunter found seven bodies within the Tree World Descent.
Night Light proactively led the high-ranking officials to jump onto the Tree World Descent and came to the bodies, identifying them one by one.
When he identified Kato Dan, Senju Flower Wood's face instantly turned pale.
Through the gaps in the tree trunk, Kato Dan's lower face could be seen.
She had heard that her grandfather once dominated the Ninja World with Wood Release, but now seeing one of her family's most important descendants die here, Senju Flower Wood's heart bled.
Kato Dan was not only Tsunade's lover but also the clan head of the Kato Clan, a small Ninja clan affiliated with the Senju.
His death was a huge blow to the current Senju Clan.
Yamanaka Clan Head Yamanaka Kai said, "The heads of several bodies were crushed by Wood Release, so no information can be obtained from their brains."
Night Light stood on a tree trunk, and in the gap of the trunk beneath his feet was Kato Dan's crushed severed hand.
It was a gruesome sight; even if Senju Flower Wood had two hundred meters of surgical thread, she couldn't sew together half of Kato Dan.
After Senju Flower Wood was utterly despairing and raised no further questions, Night Light spoke again: "Hokage-sama, please follow me to the cave where Uchiha Madara once hid; there is important information inside."
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately said, "Let's go!"
As they approached the cave, even Hiruzen Sarutobi slowed his pace.
Uchiha Madara had left a deep impression on the then-young Hiruzen Sarutobi and others.
Not to mention Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others, even Senju Tobirama wouldn't have struggled for long against a peak Uchiha Madara.
The group entered the cave.
The cave was dug downwards, creating a towering, large cave beneath the mountain.
In the center of the cave, on a raised platform, was a stone chair.
Thick dust covered everything around, and one could imagine that for countless days and months, Uchiha Madara sat on that stone chair, leaning on his scythe, motionless.
He was too old, too old to be willing to move.
This world was boring and not worth his further attention.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood at the bottom of the steps, looking up at the stone chair, his expression tense, as if Uchiha Madara was still sitting there.
"Hokage-sama... Hokage-sama?"
Night Light called twice before Hiruzen Sarutobi came back to his senses.
Night Light said, "Hokage-sama, there's a very deep pit behind the stone chair. It looks like a giant... I can't describe it well, but it might be a giant, though I don't know what it is."
At this moment, except for Senju Flower Wood, all the high-ranking officials' attention was drawn to the information about Uchiha Madara.
They followed Night Light around the steps and stone chair, seeing a huge deep pit behind it.
Night Light said:
"I used a Shadow Clone to jump down and look; the deep pit contains the lower half of a large humanoid creature, with legs, knees, and feet.
Based on the proportions, there was once a giant over a hundred meters tall here."
Even Danzo's gaze was fixed on the pitch-black deep pit.
Night Light's goal was achieved; at this point, no one was pondering whether to silence him.
Everyone was very confused about what Uchiha Madara was trying to do, what this giant was, was it the Wood Golem Jutsu?
Or the Senju Great Buddha?
Night Light took out a scroll and handed the Third Hokage a drawing of the giant's lower half in the deep pit.
Otsu was very surprised beside him; had the fox been sending Shadow Clones into the cave these past few days just to draw?
Night Light thought to himself, "My former life's civil engineering brother, let me show you my drawing skills."
The Third Hokage looked at the drawing of the giant's lower half, shaking his head repeatedly. It was neither the Senju Great Buddha nor the Wood Golem Jutsu; it looked more like a malnourished, muscle-wasted giant.
After everyone had processed this news, Night Light spoke again:
"Hokage-sama, to the side, there's an area with a bed made of Wood Release, only big enough for a small child to lie on.
I don't know what Uchiha Madara did on that bed."
Everyone rushed to the side.
Night Light was completely relieved; no one was paying attention to Kato Dan anymore, and Danzo had no intention of silencing him.
The mystery surrounding Uchiha Madara was enough for these people to study for a very long time.