Ryou's heart slowly sank, and his eyes grew dull and lifeless, like a husband who oversleeps.
Obito watched anxiously; Ryou had been controlled by Madara's Sharingan.
Obito was no fool; he now understood what kind of person the old man who saved him was the ultimate killing king, Uchiha Madara.
If Madara obtained Ryou's forbidden jutsu to restore his youth, he would destroy Konoha.
Obito struggled with all his might, but in the end, he could not escape Tobi's control.
This piece of shit, how is he so strong?
"Who are you?"
"&&#@!"
"(*´･д･)?"
Everyone present, including Black Zetsu who was still in the shadows, showed a look of confusion because they couldn't understand Ryou's accent at all.
Madara asked again, "What do you do?"
"&&#@!"
Still incomprehensible. What kind of accent was this?
The more Madara listened, the more his brows furrowed.
"What are you trying to do?"
"&&#@!"
"Cough, cough, cough—"
Madara was so angry that his breathing became uneven, looking as if he were about to stop breathing.
Black Zetsu was so anxious he almost jumped out to pat Madara's back to smooth his breathing; at this moment, Madara could drop dead at any time.
"Damned brat, you dare play me!"
Madara felt that Ryou hadn't been controlled by the genjutsu at all. Releasing the control, he angrily channeled the lightning attribute Chakra within his body.
"Kid, let's see if I don't shock you to death!"
As soon as the genjutsu was released, Ryou felt his scalp go numb; he was being shocked by Madara.
"Ancestor, stop shocking me! I'll talk, I'll tell you everything!"
Obito only felt a chill run across his scalp; Madara had completely stopped acting and exposed his bloodthirsty nature.
Ryou wailed as he was shocked; he had been lured out of the Village by Madara and was now being electrocuted.
This incident once again made Ryou deeply realize—don't believe in scams!
After a while, Ryou told Madara the truth.
"Ancestor, it's not that I don't want to give you my life, it's just that I really don't know how."
Madara tapped his cane: "Drag him away and bury him in the toilet."
Tobi immediately rushed forward with a look of joy.
Ryou quickly retreated and shouted, "Wait, I have skills! I still have skills!"
"What other skills do you have? I'm telling you, if you can't restore my youth, you won't see tomorrow's sun."
Madara felt his old eyes blurring, seeing double as he looked at Ryou. Between using genjutsu and shocking him, Madara was clearly straining himself.
He secretly loathed this aged and decaying body; how he needed a young one!
Ryou swallowed and then said, "Ancestor, I know of a forbidden jutsu called Dragon Life Reincarnation. This technique can sacrifice one's own life to make someone else young again."
Madara stared at Ryou: "Are you lying to me again, kid?"
Ryou quickly swore: "Ancestor, I'm really not lying this time. I swear by my ancestors of eight generations that if I'm lying, my ancestors will never find peace in the Pure Land."
Madara nodded, believing Ryou this time.
But the shocking still had to happen.
"Aaaah! Ancestor, why are you shocking me again?"
"You brat, aren't your ancestors my elders? Don't use your ancestors to swear anymore."
"Understood, understood!"
After a brief silence, Madara asked Ryou, "Do you know this technique?"
Ryou shook his head: "I don't."
Seeing that Madara was about to shock him again, Ryou quickly added: "But I know where it is! It's in Kusagakure. This technique is a unique Kekkei Genkai of the 'Grass Flower Group' in Kusagakure."
"Kusagakure, 'Grass Flower Group'?"
Madara was puzzled.
Madara's intelligence was actually quite complete; he even knew how to undo the Edo Tensei developed by Tobirama.
But he was not omnipotent. The Ninja World actually hid many life secret arts, but Madara only focused on his Rinne Rebirth Jutsu, subconsciously ignoring these forbidden jutsu.
Black Zetsu in the shadows was also very confused. Even with his thousand years of hiding, he didn't know about this secret. How did Ryou know?
Ryou had seen the movie version, of course!
Ryou wasn't lying. In the Naruto movie 'Blood Prison', Naruto was about to be killed by Satori when Ryūzetsu saved him using the Dragon Life Reincarnation Jutsu.
However, the effect was to save a dying person. Madara's situation was that he was about to die of old age and wanted to return to youth.
He wanted to return to his absolute peak.
In the original work, Madara was resurrected and restored to youth because of the Rinne Rebirth Jutsu. Logically, resurrecting Madara should have brought him back as an old man.
Because he died of old age.
But the one resurrected was Madara at his peak. Combined with Edo Tensei, Rinne Rebirth Jutsu resurrects a person to their most peak state, or possibly even stronger than when they were alive.
Rinne Rebirth is superior to all life secret arts, so it's no wonder Madara wasn't interested in others.
Madara took a deep breath and instructed White Zetsu, "Zetsu, go to Kusagakure and capture the person who knows this forbidden jutsu."
"Yes!"
Because Tobi had left Obito once before, Obito was now able to speak.
He cursed at Ryou, "Ryou, do you know you're harming people? To think you're still a Medical Ninja of Konoha, you're absolutely monstrous!"
I can't deal with Madara, but can't I deal with you, Obito?
Ryou kicked Tobi away, his Chakra turning into lightning attribute Chakra.
"Shock!"
"Aaaah—"
"Ryou, you piece of work, when did you learn Lightning Release?"
The notion that Ryou only knew Rasengan was false.
Ryou's Chakra natures were Yin, Yang, Fire, and Lightning.
He was a rare Uchiha Ninja whose Chakra possessed the Yang attribute, which was why he could become a Medical Ninja and learn Medical Ninjutsu.
Ryou had mastered a few C-rank Fire and Lightning Release Ninjutsu himself, taught to him by Mikoto's father in his early years, but he hadn't been able to use them due to his physical condition.
As for the Rasengan, he developed it to trick Minato out of the Flying Thunder God, but that old monkey Hiruzen kept a close eye on him.
As soon as Ryou's technique was developed, the Anbu came to check the water meter, though Ryou took the opportunity to bargain and get promoted to Chunin.
Otherwise, being a Genin in his thirties, he really would have had to start over.
Now that Ryou had White Zetsu cells in his body.
His Chakra natures had increased to include Earth and Water, and a large amount of Yang had been replenished.
There were even more Ninjutsu he could practice now.
"Ryou, you traitorous dog, as a Konoha Ninja, I will never beg for mercy from a rogue ninja like you!"
Obito had the life of a cockroach; even with Ryou shocking him like this, he refused to bow his head.
"Hmph!"
Ryou snorted coldly. He had long known that this guy was an ungrateful wolf, so he had no expectations of him.
Now it was every man for himself; if Ryou wanted to protect himself, he had to find a way to stall Madara.
If the forbidden jutsu of the 'Grass Flower Group' in Kusagakure didn't restore Madara's youth, Ryou still had other tricks.
Like Orochimaru's Living Corpse Reincarnation; when all else failed, he would drag Orochimaru into the mess.
Even if he had to die, he would take a bunch of people down with him.
On the other side, Madara couldn't help but fall into a deep sleep; he was simply too old.
He had never truly recovered since his great battle with Hashirama. The Rinnegan, awakened by combining the powers of Indra and Asura, was even more of a burden to Madara; wearing them would drain him to death.
So they were being nurtured with Nagato.
If he were in his prime, he could properly discipline an unfilial descendant like Ryou right now.
But for now, he could only shock him while believing half of what he said... Konoha, Hokage Building.
"Hiruzen, who told you to let Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Minato come back? Do you know that without their deterrence, Kumogakure and Iwagakure are starting to stir?"
"Danzo, I am the Hokage. I don't need to explain my actions to you!"
Minato arrived at the Hokage Building with his team to hand over a mission before preparing to head to Kirigakure frontline; hearing the shouting in the Hokage Building gave him a headache.
Three days, and they were still arguing. It seemed Hokage-sama was truly under a lot of pressure this time.
Inside the Hokage's Office.
Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado were pressuring the Third Hokage alongside Danzo.
"Hiruzen, you were truly arbitrary this time, ordering the execution of Ryou without even consulting us."
"Do you know how furious the Daimyo is this time? The Village's war funds have already been cut by the Daimyo."
The Third Hokage exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "I will go to the capital to explain to the Daimyo myself, but my decision will not be wrong. Ryou's forbidden jutsu is an evil art, a wicked technique that absorbs the lives of others."
"As Hokage, I will never tolerate the existence of such an evil art."
Danzo said, "Hiruzen, there's no such thing as an evil Ninjutsu in this world! If the Village obtained his forbidden jutsu, elderly Ninjas could become young again."
"With these Ninjas replenished, Konoha wouldn't have to struggle so much to defeat those clowns."
The Third Hokage looked at Danzo and said, "It's you who wants to restore your youth, isn't it, Danzo?"
Danzo stared at Hiruzen with his one eye: "What of it? Hiruzen, you're also an old man in your fifties. Can you still wield Enma now?"
The Third Hokage stood up and slammed his desk: "Even at seventy or eighty, I can still wield Enma!"
"Because as Hokage, my duty is to protect the Village and its people. I will never use the lives of the villagers to trade for my youth."
Danzo replied, "Hiruzen, we won't use the lives of villagers for experiments. We can use bandits, outlaws, and Ninjas from enemy nations."
The Third Hokage asked again, "And when they are used up?"
"..."
Danzo was speechless.
"Danzo, do you really think human lives are like leeks, that once you harvest one crop, another will just grow back?"
"All three of you, get out! I'll carry the pressure from the Daimyo myself, but I'm telling you, no matter who it is in the Village, if anyone tries to toy with life, I will break their hands."
"Hiruzen, you'd better watch out. This time, no matter what, you will have to take the blame and resign."
As the aura of the Shinobi Hero erupted, the three of them could only leave behind some harsh words and slink away.
Danzo reviewed the situation, getting angrier the more he thought about it. He had just been intimidated by Hiruzen's aura and failed to suppress him.
The Ninja World is never short of people!