[Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki: "Something's off with Madara…"]
[Indra: "No way he can slip the leash… right?"]
[Sasuke Uchiha: "Tch—doesn't this make my brother's death pointless?"]
"Why isn't he dispersing? That chakra that should've faded is still clinging to him… and regenerating?" Mei frowned.
"Why hasn't he vanished? Edo Tensei was undone!" A snapped.
"The so-called Impure World Reincarnation summons the dead… but it has a risk," Madara said—and paused.
"Risk?" Gaara narrowed his eyes.
"If you know the seals, a soul recalled by Edo can break its own summoning contract." Madara folded his arms, regal and cold.
"And then you have a real problem—immortal body and infinite chakra, free from the caster's control."
"You mean—" Ōnoki's face froze.
[Hashirama Senju: "Madara, you shameless cheat!!!"]
[Tobirama Senju: "Brother, could you be serious for once?"]
[Sarada Uchiha: "We're doomed… Ancestor knows how to cancel Edo from the inside."]
[Boruto Uzumaki: "So Mr. Itachi… died too early?"]
[Sasuke Uchiha (adult): "…"]
[Itachi Uchiha: "Kabuto, you could've mentioned there was a release."]
[Kabuto Yakushi (Boruto era): "You didn't ask…"]
In the Boruto era, Kabuto glanced up from the orphanage kids and pushed his glasses, helpless. If Itachi had asked him back then… he would've answered.
"Tell the caster: don't trifle with forbidden arts." Madara flashed through hand seals.
"Impure World Reincarnation—Release."
His palm struck earth; the ground thrummed.
Now he was truly broken—infinite chakra, no strings attached.
"This… this is insane," Mei whispered.
"A trick like that could never bind me," Madara said, eyes like winter steel. "You've fought me long enough to know."
"Those who witness Complete-Body Susanoo die. I've put the toy away; using it again would be gauche."
"I was interrupted earlier and lost interest. Time to fetch the Nine-Tails."
"What?" Sweat slipped down Ōnoki's temple. Hours ago he'd promised Naruto he'd stop Madara here.
He drew a breath and took to the air.
"Lord Tsuchikage—he's not someone we can handle!" Mei cried.
"Even so, we fight. We must stop him here." Ōnoki didn't waver.
Madara glanced up at the defiant old man, hands on his hips. "Unsightly."
[Sarada Uchiha: "Ancestor is terrifying…"]
[Iwabe Yuino: "So the strongest Uchiha is Madara, right, Sarada?"]
[Mitsuki: "Seems that way…"]
[Sasuke Uchiha: "Heh. My turn hasn't aired. If I feel like it—"]
The room's collective side-eye wouldn't dent Sasuke's ego. In Boruto's case, the clown paint was drying—he'd hyped Sasuke so hard he'd become the village's walking punchline.
Madara wove Wood Release. The Five Kage were overwhelmed in moments—
one split by a single stroke, the rest slammed to the brink of death.
He finished them with ruthless efficiency—then vanished.
[Hashirama Senju: "You went too far, Madara…"]
[Tobirama Senju: "I didn't foresee he'd know the Edo release from within…"]
Tobirama's brows knit. If he'd known this outcome, he'd never have invented the jutsu. Another question gnawed at him: who had Reanimated him this time?
Madara dropped onto another battlefield, cratering the earth.
The timeline stitched to Obito's: Obito seized Six Paths power, faltered, chose to atone…
In the moment of mass resurrection, Black Zetsu hijacked him—using Obito's body to revive Madara.
Rage simmered across the spectators. Too sly. Too vicious.
Steam roared off Madara's flesh. He smiled, wolfish. "At last—a real fight."
He felt blood thrumming, a heartbeat pounding his ribs. Ecstasy lit his face.
But with the price of life regained… his Rinnegan shattered—leaving him blind.
Sasuke stood on his summoning beast's head, looking down his nose.
"Heh. Relic of a dead era. Don't crawl out just to embarrass yourself."
[Ding! "Upon Madara Uchiha's revival, every member of the Uchiha clan arrives to celebrate!"]
[Obito Uchiha: "That's… dark humor."]
[Kakashi Hatake: "In that timeline, the only 'member' left is Sasuke."]
[Sarada Uchiha: "So the whole clan welcoming 'Ancestor' back… is just my dad?"]
Sarada winced. Dad, striking a pose on a giant summon, tossing out a hot take at Madara…
He'd be okay… right?
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