Uchiha Madara had revived again.
And this time, it was truly a real revival!
Madara took the Rinnegan from White Zetsu and "snap," placed it into his right eye socket.
"Where's the other one?" Madara asked.
"It'll be delivered to you soon by Black Zetsu," came the reply.
Madara nodded. "Make him hurry."
After that, Madara's eyes swept across the battlefield.
He had just revived, and his memory of reality still lingered at the battle with the Divine Tree.
Seeing the huge Divine Tree and several tailed beasts on the battlefield now, the clever Madara roughly guessed what had happened in the meantime:
"Obito has become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki himself."
"He actually managed to break the curse I placed on his heart."
"Though judging by the situation, he's probably already lost."
"Speaking of which, I can sense Hashirama's chakra! ( ˝ᗢ̈˝ )" Madara's expression suddenly lit up with excitement, and he began scanning the battlefield for Hashirama's figure!
Soon, he saw a massive wooden Buddha not far away!
"Is it the true Thousand-Hand? Somehow, it doesn't seem as imposing as before."
"Senju Hashirama's mind is currently controlled by Orochimaru, so he can't use his full power," White Zetsu advised.
"I see. Once I deal with this side, notify Orochimaru to release control over Hashirama. I want to have a proper fight with him! ୧⍢⃝୨"
Having said that, Madara turned to look at the nine tailed beasts not far off.
"Pathetic, Obito. Becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, yet still having the tailed beast chakra ripped from your body."
"But that just makes things easier for me. վ--0027ᴗ--0027 ի"
After saying this, Madara waved his hand: "Summoning Jutsu!!"
At the same time, Obito's body started to mutate, as if something inside him was about to burst out!
The next moment, a huge Demonic Statue of the Outer Path shot out and vanished!!
Nearby, Kakashi and Rin: (꒪⌓꒪) ,--003d͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪ ‧̣̥̇)
Rin: "What the heck is going on?"
Black Zetsu, possessing Obito, answered Rin's confusion: "Uchiha Madara has already revived."
"Ninjas, don't think you can win so easily! Your chakra should return to the ancestor now! ╰_╯"
With that, Black Zetsu controlled Obito's left hand, slowly reaching toward the Rinnegan in his left eye socket…
At the critical moment, Obito's consciousness broke free from Black Zetsu's control, shouting:
"I absolutely cannot let Black Zetsu succeed!"
"The Rinnegan's ocular power is terrifying! Madara must never collect both Rinnegan!"
"Kakashi, take my eye! Give it to Shinju! Ծ‸ Ծ "
"Shinju can maximize this eye's potential!"
Struggling to speak, Obito began to fight Black Zetsu for control over his body…
Nearby, Kakashi, though still a bit confused, decided to trust Obito and reached to extract Black Zetsu's Rinnegan…
"You can try, but I can instantly kill Obito…" Black Zetsu threatened Kakashi with Obito's life.
Kakashi: "…"
Obito: "Don't worry about me. I was already a sinner on the brink of death!"
"Kakashi, whether you dig out the eye or destroy it, if you don't act fast, it'll be too late!!"
Just as Kakashi was about to act again, Rin stepped forward, chakra blade appearing in hand: "I'll do it. I'm a medical ninja!"
As she spoke, Rin reached toward Obito's eye socket!
Black Zetsu, seeing this attempt from the Edo Tensei body, quickly made Obito's body retreat!
However, since Obito was still resisting, Black Zetsu's control was not smooth and was soon overpowered by Kakashi and Rin together!
Just as Rin prepared to extract the eye, a huge wooden Buddha hand descended from the sky!!
"Whoosh!!"
Kakashi, quick-eyed and fast-handed, grabbed Rin and dodged backward!
"Boom!!"
The massive wooden hand hit the ground; Kakashi let out a slight sigh of relief.
Rin gently tugged Kakashi's sleeve and pointed to the sky…
Kakashi looked up again and saw countless wooden Buddha hands falling like raindrops!!
The one launching these attacks was Senju Hashirama, standing atop the massive wooden Buddha!!
Kakashi: Σ( ° △ °|||)︴
We're doomed!
This really can't be saved!!
In the entire ninja world, the only one who could possibly withstand the Hokage's perfected Buddha might be Shinju…
"Rin, I'll try to use Kamui to send you to the space-time," Kakashi said seriously to Rin during this tense moment.
"But I'm not very skilled with Kamui; there might be some accidents… but trust me, I'll save you!"
Rin: "What about you?"
Kakashi, unsure, answered: "I'll send you in first. I'll be there soon."
Kakashi was lying; he wasn't skilled enough with Kamui to freely send himself in and out like Obito.
Rin: "Forget about me. I'm an Edo Tensei body. Even if I'm torn apart, I'll revive. You need to hurry and leave…"
Not far from them, Black Zetsu couldn't stand it any longer!
"You two really know how to chat!"
"The hands are about to land, and you're still talking so much! (′д｀σ)σ"
Rin knew Kakashi stubbornly wanted to save her because her death had become a mental knot for him.
She advised: "There's no time to hesitate, Kakashi. You've always protected me well; this time, you really don't need to worry about me…"
In the end, Kakashi chose to listen to Rin and preserve himself.
He used Kamui to send his body into the space-time…
Inside the space-time, Kakashi opened his eyes, sighing in relief: "Thank goodness, it worked… wait! Where's my lower body! ∑(°Д°)"
"My lower body didn't transfer!! (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)"
Meanwhile, outside the space-time, Rin also noticed Kakashi's incomplete lower body…
Rin showed a speechless expression: "Since when did Kakashi become so unreliable?"
Though she said this, she still chose to protect Kakashi's half-body…
She was an Edo Tensei body; losing herself wouldn't matter. But losing Kakashi's body would ruin his remaining life!
"Whoosh—!!"
Countless wooden hands descended with piercing sound!!
Rin formed seals and shouted: "Water Release! Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
She couldn't think of any defensive jutsu, so she used the Water Dragon Bullet to clash with the Buddha hands, hoping to block them, or at least slow their descent…
However, the effect of the Water Dragon Bullet exceeded Rin's expectations!!
The water dragon she produced was thick and long!
Its head held high, majestic and imposing!!
Not only did it slow the descent of the wooden hands, it even pierced through them directly!!
Rin: (⊙o⊙)
I'm actually… this strong?!
…
Meanwhile, Mount Myōboku.
A small hut beside the temple.
Shinju pondered: "Should I cancel Rin's Edo Tensei?"
"She was summoned using my clone as a sacrifice, and contains my clone's chakra. Does that count as me participating in the battle…"
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