Sasuke looked thoughtfully at Jugo, then took two steps back and sat on a small hill of rubble.
He recalled Itachi’s face in his mind and murmured, “Is that so?
It hasn’t stopped.” Meanwhile, Suigetsu’s fur once again bristled.
He glared fiercely at Jugo, who had interrupted him, and yelled, “I!
I was talking to Sasuke, can you not butt in!” Beside them, Minato watched the group with a smile, like a kind old father.
— Meanwhile, on the battlefield of the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Uchiha Madara, enveloped in light, looked down at his hands.
While other resurrected individuals from the Edo Tensei returned to the Pure Land, Madara did not.
He remained standing in place, bathed in light.
The Chakra that had begun to peel away now clung firmly to Madara.
Madara landed on a huge, leftover wooden pillar from the Divine Tree’s descent.
He looked down at the somewhat nervous and uneasy Five Kage below.
Raikage, Mizukage, and Tsuchikage watched Madara from above with some anxiety, their hearts filled with trepidation.
Why, why hasn’t he disappeared yet?!
The Edo Tensei has clearly been undone!
Tsuchikage’s pupils trembled slightly.
He turned to look at Ishikawa beside him.
But he saw that the other man wasn’t even showing any glow of his soul on his body.
Onoki grew even more desperate.
His throat involuntarily moved up and down.
He felt that their side might have to accept a terrifying reality!
Madara…
might have the ability to maintain the Edo Tensei and remain in the ninja world!
Beside him, Ishikawa, who had been bothering Madara up to this point, raised his head high, looking at the night sky twinkling with starlight.
Ishikawa was contemplating life.
He came from Earth, a civilized planet focused on technological development.
But one summer noon, while slurping noodles with a fan blowing, he transmigrated.
So, after transmigrating, what did he want to do?
Initially, before the system was activated, Ishikawa’s thought was to survive, then lie low, and wait for the Fourth Great Ninja War to end.
After activating the system, he possessed an immortal body, limitless Chakra, formidable eye power, and rapidly growing combat experience.
In short, he was cheating.
At first, Ishikawa was incredibly excited, wanting to test his abilities and show off his swordsmanship in front of Madara.
But after just one afternoon of fighting, Ishikawa felt a bit tired.
This fatigue was not physical, but mental.
He suddenly felt lost about his future.
The Fourth Great Ninja War ends, and then what?
After Kaguya is sealed again, where will he go?
As he thought, Ishikawa suddenly recalled some details from his recent fight with Madara.
He was suddenly jolted awake in his mind.
Ishikawa looked at Madara, who was coldly glaring at him not far away.
He waved at him and shouted loudly, “Hey, Madara!!” Uchiha Madara was standing with his arms crossed, looking down disdainfully at the Five Kage gathered below the wooden pillar.
Suddenly hearing Ishikawa’s shout, he instinctively glanced over.
But then he saw the other man vigorously waving his arms and yelling at him, “Hey!!
Have you seen me before, Madara!!!” Uchiha Madara remained standing, looking at Ishikawa with a strange expression.
The Five Kage standing below Madara’s pillar also turned their heads to look at Ishikawa in confusion.
Did this guy…
fight so hard he went crazy?
Madara grumbled in his heart, frowning, but showed no outward reaction.
He merely gave a slight, disdainful cold laugh and uttered two soft syllables: “Idiot.” Ishikawa stood his ground, leaning his head slightly forward.
With his improved Edo Tensei body, his hearing was very sharp.
After he keenly caught the two syllables Madara uttered, Ishikawa paused for a moment.
Then, an incredibly “sunny” smile appeared on his face.
To an unknowing observer, he looked like a bright and cheerful young man.
It would be even more so if his hands weren’t audibly cracking their knuckles.
So that’s how it is.
I understand.
All I need to do in this war is target this guy Madara!
Forget everything else.
Worry about the future later.
It’s only been an afternoon since I transmigrated, why rush to think about future matters.
Ishikawa’s confusion was resolved.
He looked at Madara ahead, and the Chakra within him began to boil.
Madara, standing not far away, glanced at the suddenly silent Ishikawa and felt something was slightly off.
He sensed him lightly and found that the Chakra within him was surging madly, almost becoming tangible and spilling out of his body!
Madara’s expression stiffened slightly, and he quickly put down his crossed arms, starting to form hand seals rapidly.
He didn’t know what crazy thing that lunatic would do next, he had to break the Edo Tensei contract as soon as possible!
While he wasn’t afraid of Ishikawa coming to fight him, Ishikawa was truly skilled at playing dirty.
As he formed hand seals, Madara still managed to glance in Ishikawa’s direction.
Seeing that the man seemed to have no intention of acting, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at the Five Kage, who had tensed up again, and slammed his hands on the ground, shouting words that made the Five Kage tremble: “Edo Tensei Break!!” Instantly, a massive light enveloped the area, and the light shooting into the sky quickly retracted, being re-bound within Madara.
Madara stood in the center of the retracting light, sensing Ishikawa’s position.
He didn’t believe Ishikawa would miss such a good opportunity to ambush him.
Madara also began to consider leaving.
His purpose here was to stall for time and, incidentally, experience combat.
It was just that this complication with Ishikawa had made his combat experience after his rebirth quite unpleasant.
The real mission was to find Obito first, truly resurrect himself, and then summon the Ten-Tails again.
Thinking this, Madara completely gathered his soul and Chakra fragments, concentrated his Chakra in his feet, and manipulated the remaining Wood Release debris.
Whoosh!
At this moment, Ishikawa suddenly appeared behind Madara in a flash.
He was enveloped in berserk Lightning Release Chakra.
This was a Simulated Lightning Armor he had created by imitating the Raikage’s Lightning Cloak.
After all, he had an Edo Tensei body and didn’t fear physical injury, so he could let the lightning wrap around him freely.
The electric light illuminated Ishikawa’s expression.
Arcs of electricity continuously leaped and crackled on his fist, emitting light.
“Boom—!!!” Madara was caught off guard by the after-effects of breaking the Edo Tensei and couldn’t dodge Ishikawa’s lightning attack.
He was hit squarely in the body with a punch.
A huge roar erupted.
The high-temperature lightning burned away the Wood Release debris beneath their feet, evaporating into steam that filled the air.
When the steam dissipated, the Five Kage, who had been bound in place by Madara’s Wood Release, looked on to find that both of them had vanished from their spots.
Only a dark, burnt-out wooden pit remained.