Everything seemed to have concluded, and Night Raid's initial objective was accomplished.
Now, having successfully retired from their mission, they seemed to have nowhere to go. This was because the reshuffled Empire no longer needed their assistance; in fact, their continued presence might even cause some trouble.
Feeling somewhat lost, the members of Night Raid still remembered that they were now under Uchiha Madara, so they all gathered at Uchiha Madara's manor.
The objective was clear: "We are all your subordinates. Now that we have nothing to do, aren't you going to arrange a place for us?"
In response, Uchiha Madara was utterly exasperated.
"Alright, when I first brought you under my wing, for your ideals, I drew up plans and put them into action. Now that your goals are achieved, you're relying on me? Am I Night Raid's master, or am I Night Raid's contractor?!"
"Fine. Since there's no place in this world that needs Night Raid anymore, then, follow me back to my world. In my world, especially in my village, your abilities and combat power are urgently needed!"
Uchiha Madara confessed freely, revealing his origins and the full purpose behind taking them in. Hearing this, the members of Night Raid were stunned, taking a long time to digest Uchiha Madara's words.
They had no choice; it was simply because Uchiha Madara's words were somewhat shocking to hear.
The saying, "there are always people stronger than you, there are always heavens beyond heavens" the members of Night Raid had all heard it. However, when a person truly realizes the existence of "heavens beyond heavens," whether they are willing to believe in the existence of this outer layer of heaven becomes a real question.
Although what they heard was very shocking, the members of Night Raid were indeed elites. Their ability to accept reality was not weak, and they quickly reacted, one after another.
"So that's how it is!"
"No wonder this guy Uchiha Madara is terrifyingly strong. His methods are endless, and he isn't even an Imperial Arms user! So, this guy wasn't from our world to begin with, and he's also the strongest in that world!"
After Night Raid thoroughly understood, their gazes towards Uchiha Madara were extremely complex.
Facing the members of Night Raid, Uchiha Madara asked them in return:
"What? Don't want to leave this world with me? That won't do. You are my, Uchiha Madara's, subordinates. I painstakingly put in effort for you before. If you don't come with me now, won't I have wasted everything?! No, no, no! I'll even drag you back if I have to!"
As their representative, Night Raid's boss, Najenda, said with a complicated expression:
"No... Lord Madara, all of our ideals have been realized. Honestly, we have no lingering attachment to an Empire that doesn't need us anymore. As for future matters, we can't manage them. It's not that we're unwilling to leave with you, it's just that..."
"It's just that you have some lingering attachments and some fears about the new world, right?"
Uchiha Madara's words hit the nail on the head, directly stating the current psychological state of the Night Raid members.
Nodding with a mix of awe and acceptance, Najenda said:
"That's indeed the case. Your homeland... that ninja world you spoke of, it doesn't seem safe or peaceful either. And leaving this world for that world, we're not sure if we can adapt, nor do we know if we can return..."
Nodding, truthfully, Uchiha Madara could very well understand their subordinates' reluctance at this moment:
"Najenda, what you are worried about is not without reason. The world I am in is even more chaotic and dangerous than this one. And my cause in that world is similar to yours; it can barely be considered fighting for the vast majority of ordinary people!"
Some black lines appeared on her forehead, Najenda twitched the corner of her mouth, complaining helplessly: "What the hell does 'barely' mean?"
Uchiha Madara ignored her and continued:
"Besides that, when you get to my world, it's not without benefits. At the very least, one point is, I guarantee you can gain stronger power! And find new goals!"
"Don't believe me? It's okay if you don't believe me. Now I can make you obtain even stronger power. All of you, Night Raid, prepare to accept my, Uchiha Madara's, enhanced modifications!"
Performing some enhanced modifications on the members of Night Raid was still very necessary.
At the very least, this group of Night Raid members, without their Imperial Arms, their strength would drop by at least half. This wouldn't do. Uchiha Madara couldn't be sure if they could still safely use Imperial Arms in his world, or if Imperial Arms would even still function.
So, Uchiha Madara roughly needed to do two things. First, teach them how to extract and use chakra. Second, integrate their respective Imperial Arms abilities into their bloodlines as much as possible, preferably forming each person's unique bloodline limit!
Teaching them to extract and cultivate chakra was easy enough to say. What was difficult was integrating their Imperial Arms abilities into their bloodlines. This contained an extremely complex process. Even though Uchiha Madara's current Yin-Yang Release had cultivated to an extremely deep level, it was still not easy to accomplish. Roughly, he could only complete one person per day!
He couldn't procrastinate any longer. As soon as he said it, Uchiha Madara decided to practice on Bulat first!
On the first day, Uchiha Madara barely managed to successfully integrate Bulat's Imperial Arms ability into his bloodline. Specifically, Bulat's current body strength was comparable to a monster. His body's recovery ability might not be as good as Uchiha Madara's Sage Body, but his body's defense was extremely tough, comparable to Uchiha Madara's Sage Body.
Uchiha Madara's initial judgment was that this terrifying physical constitution was most suitable for cultivating the Eight Inner Gates Formation. It was very possible for him to open the Eight Inner Gates and not die!
The drawback was that Bulat no longer had the bloodline ability of his Imperial Arms to become invisible and and transparent.
Having gained some experience, the next person Uchiha Madara was going to transform was Lubbock.
On the second day, Uchiha Madara integrated Lubbock's Imperial Arms ability into his bloodline.
This one was relatively successful. Lubbock, relying on his own bloodline, successfully used the "Boundary Line" as before without needing Imperial Arms. Moreover, he used it freely, his strength undiminished, and even enhanced because he was not bound by Imperial Arms.
This ability, because it was very convenient and had powerful and terrifying battlefield control and decent killing power, was taken by Uchiha Madara and renamed: "Residual Threads"!
"Huh? Is there a bloodline limit called 'Residual Threads' in the supposed Ninja World?"
"Never mind! Just call it Residual Threads. Convenient!"
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