Chapter 183: How Could We Not Impure World Reincarnation Madara?
"Hahahahahahaha!"
When Senju Tobirama saw the blue Susanoo skeleton, he immediately burst into wild laughter.
Before today, who would've imagined that the usually calm, rational Second Hokage could laugh like this?
This laughter was on par with the Four Great Uchiha Maniacal Laughers.
The sheer creepiness of it made Uchiha Hikari break out in goosebumps. She hurriedly hugged Shiromo's arm and hid behind him, afraid that this naturally unhinged Senju old geezer had finally snapped and was about to do something worse than a beast.
While Tobirama kept laughing like a madman, Shiromo ignored him completely and continued with the final cleanup.
Under Nagato's control, the Susanoo skeleton dispersed.
The overturned table and scattered instruments suddenly floated up into the air and returned neatly to their original positions.
Tobirama's laughter stopped abruptly.
He stared at the restored table and equipment, frowning.
"..."
The goosebumps on Uchiha Hikari only got worse.
Laughing hysterically one second, instantly calming the next, wasn't that textbook mental illness?
They always said the Uchiha clan had mental problems. Had this naturally unhinged Senju old man studied the Uchiha so much that he'd been contaminated too?
"That's Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan ability, Limbo: Border Jail. If even that can be used, then the account hijacking is truly complete."
Among everyone present, only Shiromo could see the Limbo clones.
And precisely because he could see them, he could confirm that the Rinnegan had indeed been hijacked.
Because the Limbo clone didn't look like Madara.
It looked like Nagato.
Although there was only one, equivalent to Madara's one-eye state, just being able to manifest a Limbo clone was already enough.
In the original story, whether it was Nagato himself or the masked man who later swapped in a Rinnegan, neither of them ever showed any sign of gaining powers beyond the Rinnegan's basic abilities.
"Limbo: Border Jail?"
Tobirama looked at Shiromo, asking for an explanation.
"It's basically a kind of shadow clone that doesn't split chakra evenly, and that normal people can't see or sense."
Shiromo gave a very intuitive description.
Tobirama was familiar with shadow clones and quickly understood.
Earlier, when he couldn't sense anything happening over there, he'd thought Nagato had gained telekinesis.
"You say normal people can't see it, so the Ōtsutsuki clan definitely can, right?"
"Even with Rinnegan abilities, that innately evil Uchiha Madara only knows how to bully the weak. It's truly disgusting."
Tobirama spoke with righteous indignation as he despised Madara.
Now it was easy to see why Madara hated the Second Hokage so much.
Not only did he hijack his account, he was even insulting him here.
No wonder Madara had so many black rods but didn't stick more into Hashirama, he insisted on shoving them all into Tobirama's head.
Over on Shiromo's side, the process continued.
Hikari returned the absorbed chakra, and Shiromo withdrew the natural energy.
The final stage was complete.
"How does it feel?"
Orochimaru stepped forward to ask.
"I can still use them, but it's difficult. Unless…"
Nagato picked up the stone Shiromo had given him earlier.
Right now, he could still use Susanoo and Limbo without relying on any external tools, but it was extremely taxing.
When Kakashi joyfully used a perfect Susanoo, that was because Obito 'ashes after a hundred battles' had transferred all his remaining chakra over, including part of the Ten-Tails Six Paths power.
And that was with the original account owner consenting to the remote login.
Nagato was straight-up hijacking the account. Being able to do this much was already impressive.
The key point was that "unless."
It was obvious that when Nagato's body had been filled with natural energy earlier, using Limbo and activating Susanoo hadn't taken much effort at all, even though he'd been physically and mentally drained from having all his chakra sucked dry.
"Wait, I have a question."
Tobirama suddenly thought of something and stretched out a hand to stop Shiromo.
"How did Madara who defeated the Five Kage appear in the first place?"
Tobirama was referring to the Madara from the original timeline in Shiromo's story.
"He was brought back by Yakushi Kabuto with Impure World Reincarnation."
"...Yakushi Kabuto?"
Tobirama looked at Orochimaru. "Your assistant?"
Before Orochimaru could answer, Tobirama suddenly looked a little dejected.
Orochimaru and Kabuto were allies now, so how were they supposed to Impure World Reincarnation Uchiha Madara?
If Madara didn't show up, how could Tobirama personally witness his eyes getting hijacked?
Surely they weren't going to revive Madara, a massive threat, just to make him happy, right?
He couldn't do something that irresponsible.
Eh?
Wait a second.
Tobirama suddenly realized something.
That was just inertia thinking.
The ones Orochimaru resurrected this time, including himself, retained most of their original strength.
But what about the kind from the Konoha Crush during the Chunin Exams?
They could deliberately create a low-quality Impure World Reincarnation body, making Madara's usable power even lower than what Tobirama and big brother had back then.
Even if Madara knew how to undo the Impure World Reincarnation contract, at most he'd just be an unkillable weakling.
Wouldn't that make it even easier to bully him?
Besides, Tobirama could simply control Madara before he had any chance to act.
That way, not only could Madara personally witness his eyes getting hijacked, but all the blackmail material Shiromo had once threatened Tobirama with could be used on Madara instead.
"Hiss..."
Tobirama sucked in a sharp breath.
The only remaining problem now was, where to get Madara's body material?
They couldn't seriously keep turning illusion into reality just to fetch it, right?
So Tobirama asked Shiromo about it.
"Black Zetsu should know. I'll help you ask later."
Shiromo gave his answer.
In the original story, the reason Kabuto could obtain Madara's material was most likely because Black Zetsu made a backup move when the masked man became uncontrollable.
After Madara's death, his corpse would definitely be known only to Black Zetsu.
Leaving the laboratory, Shiromo went to find Kakuzu.
Coincidentally, Hanabi and Fū were lining up to receive their living expenses.
"Kakuzu, do you know where Black Zetsu went?"
"He probably went to watch movies again. I don't know why he likes movies so much."
Kakuzu casually flipped through his ledger and gave the answer.
As someone who counted every bounty in person, Kakuzu naturally knew every transaction inside out.
Earlier, when Black Zetsu secretly took money to buy movie tickets, Kakuzu only needed to reconcile the accounts, and since the cinema and films themselves were partly under their ownership, it was instantly obvious.
Kakuzu hadn't minded, just recorded it.
Looking back, Black Zetsu had gone to watch movies again recently.
"Alright then."
Shiromo could only put Madara's corpse issue aside for now.
Let "Black Zetsu" watch more movies.
It was basically a passive, continuous way to increase favorability, no reason to waste or interrupt it.
"Um, could you teach me how to train? I've developed a new move recently!"
Hanabi tugged on Shiromo's sleeve just as he was about to leave.
(End of this chapter)