The statue's face showed no mercy; instead it was full of rage.
A furious, diamond-hard glare!
The enormous Buddha slammed a palm down and actually sent Madara tumbling out of the sky.
Kiyosuke repaired his leg bones, climbed out of the crater, and felt the top of his head burning hotter. A massive fist came crashing down and the Truth-Seeking Orb immediately spread out to take the blow for him.
Kiyosuke gasped once, ran to Naruto's side and said,
"Naruto — whatever happens, you've got to pull all the tailed beast chakra out. If you can pull all the tailed-beast chakra from inside Madara, he won't be able to hold that form, and then we can deal with him."
"But the Sage told us to seal him." Naruto said awkwardly.
Sasuke shook his head. "You stubborn idiot — killing him is much safer than sealing him. Besides, if he's sealed, what about your Nine-Tails?!"
"Oh! The other half of Kurama's power is still inside him." Naruto's eyes widened with understanding.
"Is this kid naturally dense?" Tobirama asked Minato.
Minato could only smile wryly.
Right now he'd lost Kurama's power and could only do support work.
"But how do we actually pull the tailed-beast chakra out?" Hashirama asked.
Mito Uzumaki looked at her husband and said,
"Just a chakra tug-of-war. If little Naruto uses his chakra to pull against the tailed-beast chakra inside Madara, they can drag the beasts out."
"Oh —!"
"That's right. I've got everyone's chakra here. The Sage gave me Shukaku's and the Eight-Tails'." Naruto said happily.
"Then let's not waste time — First-sama, we'll go pin Madara down first. Don't let his attacks hit you!"
"Don't worry — leave it to me!"
Hashirama said, "I'm going to beat him to a pulp!"
Tobirama marked them with the Flying Thunder God seal and said,
"Go with confidence. We'll help you."
"All right, let's go."
Kiyosuke and Hashirama charged out first.
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"
With an earth-shuddering roar, a forest sprang up and Madara stood inside it, shouting,
"Hashirama, that kind of attack won't work on me!"
A purple beam swept through, slicing the forest in half. Kiyosuke sneered,
"Mirror Flame!"
Flames ignited the trees and they burst into roaring fire.
"Rise!"
Kiyosuke controlled the flames, shaping them into giants, flying dragons, fierce tigers — all charging Madara under his control.
"Those kinds of attacks don't affect me either!"
Madara opened his hand and absorbed all the flames. Exactly what Kiyosuke had wanted.
Snap!
A snap of his fingers and the flames detonated. Madara looked at his wounded hand, furious — that little bastard was filthy!
Kiyosuke grabbed Hashirama and hurled him forward.
"Wood Release: Great Forest Technique!"
Trunks of wood sprouted from his arms, binding Madara's body and dragging him toward Hashirama.
"Hashirama, die!" Madara roared. The Six Paths staff shattered the trees and struck at Hashirama — but in the next second Hashirama vanished.
From behind, Kiyosuke attacked, wrapped himself around Madara's body, and the next instant transformed into Minato in Sage Mode.
"The Fourth Hokage?!"
"That's right — it's me! Flying Thunder God!"
Madara was teleported along with him. Below, Naruto and Sasuke focused their attacks on Tobirama.
In an instant Tobirama and Madara switched places — their attacks struck Madara instead.
"Damn, he really has that ability?!"
A sealing formed from the One-Tail Shukaku's magnetic release began crawling over Madara's body.
"Don't think I'll be defeated so easily!" Madara switched bodies with the shadow made by the Wheel and the tomb of hell, escaping, and Kiyosuke reappeared behind him. Madara reacted fast, swung the Six Paths staff — but struck nothing.
"What?!"
"Don't think that becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki makes you dominate the world." Kiyosuke sneered and was teleported back to Madara's side by Minato. His power erupted — BOOM — an explosion followed.
"Waaah!"
Madara spun in midair.
"Kushina!"
"On it — Mito-sama!"
"Adamantine Sealing!!!"
Both voices used the Uzumaki clan's force in unison, locking Madara midair.
"Itachi!"
"Here! Totsuka Blade!"
The Totsuka Blade pierced Madara's body — not to seal him, but to drag the tailed-beast chakra out of him.
"How is this possible?!"
Feeling the tailed-beast chakra being pulled from his body, Madara's anger flared. Kiyosuke rushed in and punched him in the face.
"Nothing is impossible."
He grabbed Madara's neck and squeezed viciously. "Your dream is over, Madara!"
"Impossible! I will never lose!"
Behind him Naruto transformed into Kurama. Nine tails gripped the chakra of nine tailed beasts and began pulling with all their strength.
"Naruto! We're coming to help!"
Sasuke and Itachi brought out full Susanoo and joined Naruto in pulling the tailed-beast chakra.
"Kakashi — lend me your eye!" Obito shouted.
"Got it!" Kakashi didn't hesitate, removed his Sharingan and handed it over. Obito fitted it in and a blue, fully formed Susanoo appeared beside the Nine-Tails.
"We're going too." Shisui and Uchiha Fugaku appeared as well; both risked blindness to use Susanoo.
"I'll help too!" Killer Bee manifested the Eight-Tails and lent a hand.
"I'm here! Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"
Hashirama controlled a massive wooden construct to assist.
"Kushina, Mito-sama — use Adamantine Sealing to hold the tailed-beast chakra!" Minato reminded them.
They shifted Madara aside and used the Adamantine Sealing to grab the tailed-beast chakra. Minato shouted, "Everyone, pull together!"
"We're here!"
Everyone grabbed the Adamantine Sealing and pulled back, trying to separate the tailed-beast chakra from Madara.
"What?! How is this possible?!" Madara couldn't believe his eyes, but he knew if the tailed-beast chakra was pulled out he would fail.
Not relaxing for an instant, he punched Kiyosuke away and used his power to start reabsorbing the tailed-beast chakra bit by bit.
"This can't go on — you're all going to die!"
A Truth-Seeking Orb flew out, shining a blinding light. Kiyosuke leapt up, snatched the orb, and his body instantly swapped into Tobirama's. He took the orb away and detonated it at a distance.
"Storm Release!"
"Wind Release!"
The thundercloud was torn apart by countless wind blades. Madara's face went very dark. Kiyosuke laughed,
"Face reality, Madara! I calculated everything — you have no chance of victory!"