Uchiha Madara was being forced backward step by step.
His strength was overwhelming, but he hated fighting while restrained—
and Gaara's sand was constantly dragging him away from the densely packed Allied Shinobi Forces.
"NOW!!!"
Gaara shouted, seeing Madara leaping across his sand to evade capture.
CHIRP~~~
A sound like a bird cry echoed.
Madara lifted his head coldly.
Above him—
a massive blue chakra sphere had formed.
"Super Giant Rasengan!!!"
Naruto roared as he charged downward, the enormous Rasengan swelling in his hand!
"Earth Style: Added-Weight Rock!!"
Ōnoki struck the ground with both hands.
RUMBLE!!!
The earth under Madara surged upward, pushing him directly toward Naruto's incoming Rasengan.
For a moment—
Madara seemed cornered.
He couldn't retreat.
He couldn't dodge.
A perfect kill-zone.
But then—
The viewers saw Madara's Sharingan twist—
the tomoe shifting, distorting—
BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!
A massive explosion erupted above Madara.
A shockwave swept the battlefield, blowing dozens of shinobi away.
Then…
A gigantic blue humanoid silhouette rose from the flames.
Susano'o.
As the smoke cleared, everyone stared, speechless.
Madara stood inside a colossal blue warrior, completely unharmed.
Ōnoki's face darkened.
"So… his eyes have already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan."
Naruto's Super Giant Rasengan hadn't even scratched Susano'o.
The towering warrior—
majestic like a god—
drained all hope from the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Then, in Susano'o's hands, two massive swords materialized.
The shinobi army panicked, unleashing ninjutsu of every element—
Fire Style!
Water Style!
Lightning Style!
Wind Style!
Earth Style!
But when these techniques struck Susano'o…
They barely counted as itching powder.
Not even a crack appeared.
Madara moved.
The Susano'o swords fell.
Each swing reaped lives by the dozens—
shinobi screamed, scattered, exploded into dust.
To Madara's Susano'o, they were lambs lining up for slaughter.
"BOOM!!"
The earth ruptured—
and dozens more died instantly.
No one knew how victory was even possible.
Madara's combat power was simply divine.
But even so—
Gaara and the remaining shinobi refused to give up.
"Are you ready, Naruto!?"
Gaara shouted.
Naruto was gathering natural energy—
and at last, he opened his eyes, sage markings appearing around them.
"Sorry! Kept you waiting!!"
A shrill sound tore through the battlefield.
A spinning white Rasenshuriken appeared in Naruto's hand.
"Everyone!! Back up!!"
His face was deadly serious—
this was their strongest counterattack.
"Go, Naruto!!"
Gaara sent a massive wave of sand toward Susano'o.
"If Madara's Susano'o is like Sasuke's—unbreakable from the outside…
then we target the sand under his feet!"
It was a feint.
While his sand buried half of Susano'o, Gaara concentrated—
His sand wrapped around Madara's ankle.
YANK!!
Madara was forcibly ripped out of Susano'o.
Now exposed—
he faced Naruto's incoming Rasenshuriken head-on.
"What—?"
Madara's Mangekyō twisted again—
the pattern shifting—
The Rasenshuriken reached his chest—
And dissolved into nothing.
As if swallowed by quicksand.
Naruto landed heavily, staring wide-eyed at the impossible scene.
Gaara and the others were just as stunned.
Madara's eyes—
they were no longer Mangekyō.
They were—
Rinnegan.
"Why… why did his eyes turn into Rinnegan!?"
Naruto yelled, his mind blank.
Madara snorted.
He hadn't expected to be forced to reveal the Rinnegan by these insects.
He leapt back, returning to the Second Tsuchikage's side.
And then—
that Tsuchikage spoke, but his voice had changed—
silky, eerie.
"Just as I predicted… The ultimate evolution of the Sharingan—
is the Rinnegan."
The entire Naruto world froze.
This information shocked them to the core.
Rain Village — Akatsuki Base
Nagato trembled.
"The ultimate form of the Sharingan…
is the Rinnegan!?
Then… what does that make MY Rinnegan!?"
All his life, he believed that the heavens entrusted him with the Rinnegan to bring peace to the world.
But this revelation—
Nagato was a Uzumaki.
Only Uchiha possessed the Sharingan.
So how…
how could an Uzumaki be born with Rinnegan?
Unless—
Unless it was given to him.
His mind raced.
In Akatsuki, there was a man claiming to be "Uchiha Madara"…
whose true face no one had ever seen.
But the real Madara was clearly Edo Tensei in the video.
Meaning—
The man beside him…
was a fake.
And perhaps—
the one who implanted the Rinnegan in him.
A chill ran through Nagato's soul.
He had been dancing in someone else's scheme.
A conspiracy vast enough to engulf the world.
"Konan…
come to me. Now."
Nagato's voice trembled with rage and despair.
He had to know—
Who had turned him…
into a pawn.
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