The battle was almost a one-sided massacre.
Edo Tensei's immortality only prolonged their inevitable defeat in the face of absolute power.
Madara plunged black receivers into their heads, just as Satoshi had done to him back then. It seemed there was a bit of a personal grudge involved.
The ninjas of the Sealing Squad, who had rushed over, watched in stunned silence as Madara brutally beat the past Kage of other villages.
Two Genin capable of destroying the world, and a watermelon-haired man steaming all over.
"Sealing Squad!"
Guy shouted, "Quickly, seal them!"
"Yes!"
The clanging of chains and the crackling of activated Fuinjutsu interwove in the chaotic battlefield, accompanied by the unwilling roars of the Edo Tensei individuals and the muffled thuds of their bodies being forcibly restrained.
In the face of overwhelming military suppression and professional Fuinjutsu, their struggles quickly became futile.
This army of Edo Tensei Kage-level ninjas, capable of overthrowing nations, was quickly sealed like chickens and dogs under Madara's absolute power and the cooperation of Konoha's elite.
Kabuto had already sensed the rapid severance of the Edo Tensei connections, so he accelerated to his limit and disappeared into the vast night without looking back.
The plan failed, so he ran.
As the dust settled, the Sealing Squad members were busy with the final sealing work.
Madara, however, didn't even glance at the battlefield. He hoisted Gunbai and rushed towards Konoha at an astonishing speed.
Guy, Naruto and Sasuke exchanged glances and quickly followed him.
...
Amidst the ruins, Madara saw the scoundrel who had deceived him for decades.
"Black Zetsu!"
"You are clearly the Sage of Six Paths's son, yet you dared to impersonate my will, deceiving me for decades with that altered stone tablet."
"Looking across the entire Ninja World, from the Sengoku era until now, no one has ever dared to toy with me, Madara, like this. Today, I will personally grind you to dust."
Pfft!
Before he finished speaking, a black receiver appeared out of thin air and plunged fiercely into Black Zetsu's head.
Black Zetsu's dark body twisted and struggled violently, trying to escape, but the powerful force contained within the black receiver held him firmly captive.
He feared being sealed again, feared losing the chance to rescue his mother, Kaguya, forever.
"Madara, you've been deceived! I am not the Sage of Six Paths's son!"
"I am Kaguya's youngest son! That stone tablet was forged by Satoshi, he's the one who tricked you!"
By this point, Black Zetsu no longer cared about self-destruction. Even on his deathbed, he had to drag someone down with him.
If these two terrifying Uchiha fought each other, perhaps he could still find a slim chance of survival amidst the chaos.
Unexpectedly, Madara only heard half of what he said.
"So you admit you're not my will."
Black Zetsu: Your mother!
Black Zetsu no longer even had the strength to curse. He was 100% certain that few members of the Uchiha clan had normal minds.
That kid named Sasuke seemed alright, with a bit of logic.
The rest of them he had dealt with—Obito, Madara, Satoshi. Every single one of them had a thought process unlike normal humans.
Especially that damned white-haired Satoshi.
A perfectly good Uchiha, not learning his ancestors' skills.
Instead, he went and learned a set of insidious and cunning schemes from Tobirama, fooling his ancestor, Madara.
Coupled with his bizarre and imaginative way of doing things, one who didn't know might think he was an alien from outer space.
Bang!
Madara punched Black Zetsu in the face. Then came a storm of continuous blows.
He didn't care if this could kill Black Zetsu. He just wanted to vent his inner rage in this most primitive way.
Boom... Boom...
Konoha's training ground was smashed into bottomless pits, and the huge noise attracted more and more attention.
Some brave ninjas took a look and saw what appeared to be a spiky-haired person in armor beating up a black blob. Every now and then, he would pull out a black rod and strike it.
After an unknown amount of time, Madara finally stopped. He extended his foot and, like kicking trash, lifted Black Zetsu up.
Then, with a flick of his hand, the shapeless black substance arced through the air and slammed heavily at Satoshi's feet, who was observing with his arms crossed.
Madara said, "I seem to be unable to kill this thing. It's up to you."
His gaze swept over Satoshi, then returned to the Gunbai in his hand, which had accompanied him throughout his life's battles.
He was silent for a moment, as if bidding farewell to an old friend.
Then, with a flick of his wrist, the heavy Gunbai, making a whooshing sound, plunged deeply into the ground in front of Satoshi with a thud.
"Now, it's yours too."
After doing all this, Madara closed his eyes. "Hashirama, we're finally going to meet. If you dare to laugh at me, I'll fight you fiercely again."
Satoshi understood and symbolically formed a few hand signs.
Afterward—
Dust, characteristic of Edo Tensei, began to uncontrollably scatter from Madara's tall figure, emitting an increasingly bright, soft white light. Tiny paper scraps ascended like reverse-flowing fireflies, swirling upwards.
As the last speck of dust vanished into the night wind, Madara's figure completely disappeared from this land, as if he had never returned.
[Mission Progress Update]
[Successfully sealed the last member of Akatsuki, and the mastermind behind the Ninja World, the target Tobirama most feared: Madara]
[Mission Reward: Contract with Ten-Tails]
The moment the prompt sound fell, Satoshi's internal space violently shook.
A vast Chakra surged out of thin air, quickly condensing into shape, revealing a Ten-Tails in its initial shell state. It was incredibly ugly.
What was even more terrifying was that this newborn Ten-Tails shell seemed to possess its own will and instinct. By some unknown means, it began to frantically absorb the remaining Chakra from the dilapidated Gedo Statue.
Immediately after, Satoshi's own Chakra from Eight-Tails's tentacle was also drawn by an invisible force. It rapidly flowed into his internal space, being swallowed whole by the Ten-Tails shell.
Hiss...
Satoshi looked at the rapidly expanding Ten-Tails shell in his internal space, and even with his cheat, he couldn't help but gasp.
'If I add Nine-Tails, can I become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?'