Chapter 459: Madara's Wrongful Accusation Is Cleared
The voice Obito was using now was his own real voice.
Back when he ambushed and killed the first generation members of the Akatsuki, he had used a modified voice that sounded like Uchiha Madara's.
That was the first "flaw" he had deliberately left behind.
But Obito had overlooked one thing.
There was something called instinct.
It was an extension of the all-purpose power of chakra.
After all, he was the one who had personally killed those original Akatsuki members, and he had even come into "close" contact with some of them, like Kyūsuke.
Now that he had appeared in person and spoken naturally, even though the voice was different, it still gave several of them a familiar feeling.
And…
It wasn't just instinctive feelings. Rationally, they had noticed something too.
"He's your real enemy!"
The moment Uchiha Madara finally recovered enough chakra to speak after resting for quite a while, he immediately pointed at Obito.
Obito's expression stiffened, and he quickly replied, "I am Uchiha Madara."
"You'll regret this, Obito."
Seeing that Obito still refused to repent and was still trying to impersonate him and shift the blame onto him, Madara became irritated.
"So you're actually Uchiha Obito, huh?"
Kyūsuke rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he walked in front of Obito and sized him up.
"My name is Uchiha Madara…"
Obito forced himself to stay calm.
"Do you think we're idiots? We didn't even need Megue to gather intel to know the name Uchiha Madara. That's someone who stood shoulder to shoulder with the First Hokage!"
"At first, we thought he didn't really look the part, so we assumed he was Uchiha Obito. But compared to you…"
As Kyūsuke spoke, he glanced at Uchiha Madara.
Because of his Impure World Reincarnation body, Madara's movements were heavily restricted.
In terms of strength, it was difficult to connect him with the invincible Uchiha Madara people imagined.
And it wasn't just the body restriction.
The newly revived Madara and the current Madara, who had already gotten used to this weak body and made countless compromises and sacrifices, had subtly changed in presence as well.
But just as Kyūsuke said, even a weakened Madara still wasn't someone Obito could compare to.
"Just look at yourself. One arm cut off, one eye blind, half your face ruined, half your body covered in that weird white stuff, and smelling like piss like some disabled wreck. How are we supposed to believe you're Uchiha Madara?"
"If anything, you look more like that bastard who ambushed us back then—the filthy rat hiding behind a mask, Uchiha Obito!"
By the end of his speech, Kyūsuke dramatically pointed at Obito like a master detective.
Hearing this, Uchiha Madara actually felt a trace of emotion in his heart.
Finally! Finally someone respected the name "Uchiha Madara"!
Exactly! Well said!
How did this guy resemble him at all?
Kyūsuke's words even made Madara instantly forgive them for earlier scraping him like they were sawing on an erhu.
"I…"
Only now did Obito finally realize the state he was currently in.
Earlier, the Second Hokage had left a Flying Thunder God mark on his shoulder, forcing him to cut off his own arm to survive.
Later, while being besieged, he had used his spare eye to activate Izanagi and simultaneously dumped filth all over himself to prevent being touched by Izanami.
Although he hadn't suffered any fatal injuries afterward and had merely been slammed once by the First Hokage thrown at him—Once Izanagi activated, it activated.
It didn't care whether it blocked the damage from a single shuriken or from Chibaku Tensei.
The eye would still go blind.
So now, he really was doubly disabled.
As for the piss smell…
There was nothing he could do about that. Ever since last time, nobody had cleaned him up.
Thankfully, he had at least been washed before being brought here. Otherwise, the smell on him would have been much worse than just urine.
"…"
For a moment, Obito had no idea how to argue back.
"And another thing, haven't you noticed? He doesn't have an Impure World Reincarnation body. Uchiha Madara is from what era? He should've died long ago! The real Uchiha Madara is me!"
Madara had never imagined that one day he would need to prove he was himself.
But compared to Kyūsuke's deduction earlier, these words were even more decisive evidence.
The first-generation Akatsuki members instantly looked enlightened.
Without even giving Obito a chance to argue, they began moving.
The first thing they did was yank the steel wires out of Uchiha Madara's body.
"AAARGH!"
Because Madara had gotten too excited from his sudden turn of fortune, he failed to hold back and cried out in pain.
These people had no sense of care at all.
They already knew they had mistaken the wrong person, yet they still couldn't remove the restraints more gently.
Just because he had an Impure World Reincarnation body, they directly ripped them out by force.
It made Madara relive the feeling of Chibaku Tensei all over again.
Still, considering the situation was about to reverse completely, and he might even get the Hashirama cells from Obito's body, Madara decided not to care.
After recovering, he even endured the lingering pain and climbed off the stone bed to make room for them to punish Obito.
"Oh right, so you're the history fetishist Uchiha Madara?"
As Kyūsuke watched his companions hoist Uchiha Obito onto the stone bed, he suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Madara.
"…I'm not!"
Even though admitting it here would settle everything once and for all and save him from explaining further, Madara still felt he needed to preserve at least a little dignity.
The "history fetish" thing was just too outrageous.
"When gathering intel, didn't you find out about Hatake Kakashi's connection to eating shit? The one with the history fetish is the Uchiha Obito connected to Hatake Kakashi!"
Madara took a deep breath and explained.
"There's something like that too? Maybe Megue just didn't have enough time to gather that part of the intel. Daibutsu, go tell Megue to investigate that angle too."
Kyūsuke analyzed things seriously.
But Madara only sneered inwardly.
Didn't gather that part of the intel?
Could it really be such a coincidence?
Sure, their intel-gathering time had been short. But the issue now wasn't incomplete information because of limited time.
It was that they had gathered information that was almost too complete!
And yet the only thing missing was the information about Obito and Kakashi playing with shit!
Thinking about it carefully now—That should have been the most critical evidence proving Obito was Obito and Madara was Madara!
Yet it was missing!
No matter how he looked at it, this felt like that naturally evil Senju Tobirama deliberately taking things out of context and feeding them misleading information!
"Why aren't you moving? Are you waiting for Megue's intel to come back? There's really no need. We've already confirmed this guy is our true enemy."
"I only asked Megue to investigate more just to verify it one last time."
After giving the order, Kyūsuke turned toward the others and noticed they were holding Obito down on the stone bed without moving at all.
"No, Kyūsuke, actually…"
"This guy got shaved too cleanly. There's no way to punish him."
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Kyūsuke pushed through the crowd and looked at the stone bed.
He froze instantly.
(End of this chapter)