"...It seems I've overestimated you!"
When Karl learned of the whole process, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
Possessing the Paramecia Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Logia Dark-Dark Fruit, and a freakish physique that didn't require sleep, plus being only 40 years old, Blackbeard was at his absolute golden peak in all aspects.
In a one-on-one fight, besides Shanks, a non-ability user who could give him a little trouble, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin were definitely not his opponents.
Logically, the Blackbeard Pirates he led, their overall strength was definitely second only to the Red Hair Pirates, who had two overlords of the seas, among the five emperor forces. They should have been the fastest to occupy one of the five great ninja villages.
However...
Karl found that he had underestimated Charlotte Linlin and overestimated Blackbeard.
The weakest pirate emperor had become the fastest to occupy one of the five great ninja villages, indirectly destroying Karl's plan to stall for time.
And the strongest pirate emperor had become the first to be defeated, and even annihilated.
This one victory and one defeat, while making Karl look at some people in a new light and feel disappointed, also made him face the native forces of this world squarely.
It seemed that even if there were no super Kage-level powerhouses in the five great ninja villages, these ninjas could not be underestimated.
And so...
Karl decided to start his plan ahead of schedule.
It was like a game of chess...
While Karl was deciding to start his plan and speed up his conquest.
Madara Uchiha, who was hiding in an underground space, also began his modified resurrection plan.
"Lord Madara, I've brought the things back."
Black and White Zetsu emerged from the ground and said respectfully to Madara Uchiha, who was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, resting with his eyes closed twenty-four hours a day, and only opening them at critical moments.
"...Are you finally back?"
Madara Uchiha slowly opened his three-tomoe Sharingan, looked at Black and White Zetsu, who had taken out two potion bottles from his body, marked with "First" and "Second," and said in a weak and hoarse voice, "Go and get two White Zetsu clones, and then you and Tobi leave this place."
"Your existence cannot be discovered."
"Yes, Lord Madara!"
Black and White Zetsu respectfully nodded, handed the bottles to Madara Uchiha, then used the Mayfly Technique to dive into the body of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, brought out two White Zetsu, and then took Tobi, who was also Spiral Zetsu, and left the underground space.
After they had all left the underground space, Madara Uchiha unsteadily stood up from his chair, took the potion bottles that Black and White Zetsu had handed him, and walked to the side of the two White Zetsu.
After opening the bottles, Madara Uchiha dripped the contents onto the two motionless White Zetsu lying on the ground, then formed hand seals with both hands and slapped the ground, "Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation!"
As his palm slapped the ground, black curse marks immediately appeared from Madara Uchiha's palm and spread towards the two White Zetsu in front of him.
When the curse marks, like a sealing jutsu, spread over the bodies of the White Zetsu.
"Ahhhh..."
The two originally motionless White Zetsu immediately let out miserable screams and sat up with ferocious expressions.
At the same time, some of the dust on the surrounding ground, as if it had escaped the pull of gravity, slowly floated up and then covered the bodies of the White Zetsu.
As more and more white dust covered the entire bodies of the two White Zetsu.
Their bodies and appearances immediately changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Before long...
Two men, one wearing red and the other blue hanging armor, one with black hair and the other with white hair, but a pair of biological brothers, immediately appeared in front of Madara Uchiha.
Looking at the two men with their eyes closed and their bodies covered in cracks, a rare look of complexity filled Madara Uchiha's transplanted three-tomoe Sharingan.
If there were people from Konoha, no... if there were people from the ninja world here, they would surely recognize that these two men were the legendary ninjas who had appeared in the history books of all the great ninja villages and were well-known to all ninjas—the Senju brothers.
The one with white hair was the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, who had founded the Ninja Academy and the Anbu, which the other great ninja villages had vied to imitate, and had developed countless ninjutsu, a true master of ninjutsu.
The other man with black hair was one of the two statues at the Valley of the End, the one who had ended the Warring States period that had lasted for a thousand years in the ninja world, started the era of ninja villages, and was revered by the world as the "God of Shinobi"—the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
[No one can compare to Hashirama Senju. Those who have seen his power all consider him a myth like the Sage of Six Paths.]
This was the highest evaluation of this God of Shinobi, written in the textbooks of all the great ninja villages.
"Hashirama, I didn't expect we would meet again in this way."
Looking at Hashirama Senju, who was unchanged from the Valley of the End back then, Madara Uchiha touched his wrinkled face, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
If he could, he really didn't want to let Hashirama Senju, and that guy Tobirama Senju, see him in such a pathetic state.
But his dream was just like the Uchiha clan's average chuunibyou, to bring peace to the ninja world and become the savior. Madara Uchiha would absolutely not allow the invaders from another world to occupy his homeland.
Since these outsiders had destroyed his resurrection plan, then he would just change the plan and revive ahead of schedule to stop them.
Not only that, but he also wanted to join forces with his close friend again to resist the foreign enemies.
That's right...
Madara Uchiha's modified resurrection plan was to use the Reanimation Jutsu developed by Tobirama Senju to revive Hashirama Senju and the developer of this jutsu, Tobirama Senju. Then, he would have Tobirama Senju, the only scientist Orochimaru admired, modify his body so that after his resurrection, he could have the peak strength of his life.
Hashirama Senju was the reason Madara Uchiha used to convince Tobirama Senju.
As Hashirama Senju's close friend, and also the one who regarded Hashirama Senju as his only close friend, Madara Uchiha believed that in the face of foreign enemies, his close friend's thoughts would definitely be the same as his.
So, after a bitter smile, Madara Uchiha raised his index and middle fingers and said, "Wake up, Hashirama... this era needs this God of Shinobi!"
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