[Tenten: "Bad news—Lady Tsunade's been run through!!"]
[Sarada Uchiha: "She'll be okay… right?"]
[Chōchō Akimichi: "Seconded. This Madara is vicious!"]
[Hashirama Senju: "Madara, you've gone too far this time!!"]
[Tobirama Senju: "I told you, big brother—stop associating with that Uchiha."]
[Izuna Uchiha: "Hah. My brother doesn't care to deal with you, anyway."]
Madara's gaze swept the field, voice gone arctic. "That leaves the other Kage. Who's next?"
Tsunade lurched to her feet with a sharp snort.
Her fist crashed into Susanoo's greatsword—then hammered Madara a second time.
Cracks skittered across the blue ribs.
Gasps flew through the chat. Impaled like that and she's still moving?
Madara's eyes narrowed; Yasaka Magatama fanned out from his hand.
The explosions flung Tsunade like a cut kite, tearing vines until she cratered into a distant wall.
When the smoke cleared, she staggered up again.
Madara studied the sealing lines glowing on her skin, then understood.
"So that's your trick. Same as Hashirama—regeneration without seals."
Blood at her stomach had already knitted closed.
"I'd hoped to use your own method against you," Tsunade said coolly.
"You think to beat me with my techniques?" Madara's tone turned scornful.
Ōnoki's palms flashed—Dust Release shrieked toward Madara.
Madara lifted one hand and simply drank the light away.
"Old fool. Did you forget my Rinnegan absorbs ninjutsu?"
"I scraped your chest with Dust Release earlier," Ōnoki shot back, frowning. "It works."
"Oh, that?" Madara's lips curved. "I only wanted you to admire Hashirama's face. Thought it'd break your spirit. Seems I only fired you up."
Tsunade stepped in, eyes hard. "You used a Wood Clone to slip our combined assault. True. But from another angle—it means we forced you there. You had no choice."
The chat pounced:
[Sarada Uchiha: "Exactly—Grandpa Madara was cornered and had to clone!"]
[Boruto Uzumaki: "So he's not that big a deal after all…"]
[Inojin Yamanaka: "Yeah, what's the fuss?"]
[Shikadai Nara: "Do we win?"]
[Tsunade: "We do."]
[Tenten: "Lady Tsunade is 🔥. Five Kage, press him!"]
Hope stirred. If Madara needed a clone to escape, then he'd been pressed—right?
[Sasuke Uchiha: "Heh. Looks like Madara's running out of steam. If I felt like it—"]
[Itachi Uchiha: "My foolish little brother… stop posing."]
Madara glanced at Ōnoki behind him, then at the others circling.
"After all, it is five against one."
Mei lifted her chin, unbothered. "Call it what it is. We must win even if it's five-to-one. Don't whine about numbers—we're honoring your power by meeting it together. You are Madara Uchiha."
Madara chuckled—and laced his fingers.
Vines split; twenty-five wooden bodies stepped out of the earth.
Each bore half the original's strength.
They fanned out, five to a Kage, surrounding them like a closing hand.
Silence rolled across the watchers.
"This," Madara said mildly, "is my five-to-one. Don't call it cheating—you're the Five Kage."
He tilted his head, amused. "Question—should these clones use Susanoo… or not?"
Mouths hung open. Even the Kage froze.
So that's what he meant by five-on-one—
—one Kage versus five Madaras.
[Rasa (Fourth Kazekage): "I'll go first—I'm crying."]
[Gaara: "So this… is Madara Uchiha's power."]
[Fourth Raikage A: "…"]
[Mei Terumi: "…Horrifying."]
[Tsunade: "Grand-uncle… just what kind of monster did you face?"]
[Madara Uchiha: "What's wrong? No more swagger?"]
The bravado drained from the crowd. They'd thought Madara overrated—
—but the man kept tearing up their assumptions.
Is it that I, Lord Madara, can't lift my blade… or have you gotten cocky?
On the screen, twenty-five Madaras split into five squads—each Kage facing five opponents at once.
[Boruto Uzumaki: "I thought Dad could beat Madara… I'm rethinking that."]
[Mitsuki: "His power is… staggering."]
[Iwabe Yuino: "Sarada, your clan is terrifying!!"]
[Shikadai Nara: "We seriously thought the Uchiha weren't that scary at first…"]
[Inojin Yamanaka: "Is this even human? One Madara stressed the Kage—now it's twenty-six at once…"]
[Ōnoki: "Madara Uchiha… what a ruthless surprise."]
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