Chapter 574: Madara Uchiha Reappears
"Huh!"
Suddenly, Naruto and Jiraiya''s expressions turn grim.
"Something is approaching!"
Both of them take abat stance.
"Something powerful and sinister!" Jiraiya murmurs and nces in a direction.
The next second,
Shoom
A figure crashnds on the battlefield. A giant cloud of dust and debris rises at thending position.
"What''s that?" Mei''s eyes narrow.
A figure slowly walks out of the dust cloud and pats his clothes to wipe the dust.
"Looks like you are having fun here Obito!!"
"He''s- who''s he?"
Naruto warily stares at Madara''s figure.
"That''s a reanimation!" Jiraiya notices the several cracks and ck pupils.
"Re-reanimation! I thought they dispelled it!" Mei nces at Madara.
"He''s Madara Uchiha! Grr" Kurama grits his teeth and stares at Madara with hatred.
"He is Madara!" Shock appears on the faces of the three shinobis.
"It''s just like you to have defied the Edo Tensei."
"More importantly, what''s taking you so long?" Madara nces toward Naruto.
"I thought you would have captured the Nine-tails by now." Madara activates his Sharingan.
"You evenunched the n haphazardly before you even took the Eight and the Nine-tails? You are hasty, Obito."
''So, that''s Madara Uchiha, my grandfather-inw.'' Mei recalls Izuna''s words.
''Since we are standing on the opposite side, I can''t hold back or I might lose my life. Besides, he is already dead. So, I am not disrespecting him.''
Jiraiya makes a series of hand signs and expels a huge fire dragon towards Madara.
"Sage Art: Exploding Great Fire Dragon Breath,"
"Here!"
Obito removes the chains from the Gunbai and tosses it towards Madara.
"I''ll return that to you. It''s yours to begin with!"
Madara grabs the Uchiha Gunbai and infuses his chakra in it.
<Uchiha Block>
A blue barrier appears in front of Madara and blocks the fire dragon.
"Explode!"
Jiraiya ps his palm and the fire dragon explodes in a dazzling burst of mes.
A pir of fire shrouds Obito and Madara.
"Did we get him?" Naruto warily stares at the fire in the distance.
"Not even close!" Kurama shakes his head.
The fire slowly dies down to reveal a perfectly fine Madara and Obito.
Hmm
Madara nces towards Jiraiya.
"A Sage Art user! How rare!"
Madara remarks in amusement.
"It''s the second Sage Art user I met after the resurrection in this war. Looks like the quality of shinobis has improved after my death."
Madara cracks his neck.
"They are still quite a talented bunch of shinobis in the enemy camp." Madara turns to Obito.
"No wonder you were struggling and were forced to initiate an early resurrection of the Ten-tails."
Whoosh
Naruto suddenly flickers from his position and reappears in the air above Madara. There is a Tailed Beast Rasengan charging up in his hand.
"Then, I will capture the Eight-tails and the Nine-tails. The Edo Tensei restrictions on me are already removed."
"Dead man shouldn''t go around messing things up!"
<Tailed Beast Rasengan>
Naruto ms the Rasengan towards Madara.
"Hmm controlling such a dense-tailed beast chakra in a technique. Not bad!"
Madara blocks Naruto''s attack with the Gunbai. The surface of the Gunbai glows with a unique blue light. Several fuinjutsu runes on its surface light up and absorb the chakra from the tailed beast Rasengan.
"It didn''t explode?!" Naruto''s eyes widen.
The next second, Madara swings the Gunbai in front of Naruto.
"Uchiha Reflection,"
The Gunbai unleashes the previously stored chakra in the form of a powerful wind st. Thepressed wind blows away a major portion of the surroundings and generates a powerful hurricane that engulfs Naruto.
GAAH
Madara''s counterattack sends Naruto flying. He smashes into several rocks along the path.
Poof
He disappears into a puff of white smoke.
"He''s strong!"
The real Naruto remarks.
"I will leave that woman to you. Leave these two fellows to me." Madara turns to Obito.
Shoom
"Sage Art: Frog Fist Kata,"
Jiraiya drops from the sky and punches Madara.
BANG
His fist creates a massive crater at the point of impact. Madara flickers away at thest moment and narrowly dodges the attack.
Swoosh
Jiraiya turns towards Madara and charges at him. He rapidly punches Madara, but thetter dodges his every attack.
Heh
Jiraiya smirks.
Bang
The next second, a blownds on Madara''s face and sends him flying.
Guffaw
Madara''s face regenerates slowly. He nces at Jiraiya and murmurs.
"So, that''s the blunt nature of Mount Myoboku Sage art."
Madara wipes his face, and his eyes turn to Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Too bad. I can''t use my Mangekyo abilities in this form. Or else, things would have been different."
HAAH
Madara continues to engage in a closebat battle against Jiraiya. He dodges Jiraiya''s every attack while striking Jiraiya''s body at several points.
Bang
Madara crosses his arms and blocks Jiraiya''s fist.
Boom
The force from Jiraiya''s punch blows away his arms and sends him sliding a long distance.
"I can''t really take the attacks of a Mount Myoboku Sage head-on." Madara''s arms regenerate slowly. A grin appears on his face as he makes a hand seal.
"Suppress!"
Several ck curse marks spread across Jiraiya''s body.
<Uchiha Demonic Curse Seal>
His body turns stiff and the flow of his chakra stops. Jiraiya stands paralyzed at a spot.
Whoosh
In the next instant, Madara flickers beside Jiraiya, ready to take his life.
"Not so fast!"
Naruto appears beside Madara with a Rasenshuriken in his hand.
"Eat this!"
He ms the Rasenshuriken into Madara''s body.
BANG
The powerful burst of chakra sends Madara flying across the battlefield.
ARGH
Jiraiya also breaks free of the curse seal by riling up his chakra.
"Thank you, Naruto! I thought I was a goner now." Jiraiya wipes the cold sweat from his head.
"It''s the same technique as that man from earlier!"
The pattern in Madara''s eye changes again. He activates his Rinnegan and absorbs the Rasenshuriken.
"What intense energy?"
Smoke rises from Madara''s body. His body regenerates rapidly.
"Those eyes!" Naruto and Jiraiya''s eyes widen in shock.
"T-that''s Rinnegan!" Both of them point at him with trembling fingers
The terror of the Rinnegan is still fresh in their mind.
"Madara also has the Rinnegan." Kushina exins the entire situation to Naruto and Jiraiya.
"So, Mom, you mean to say that Madara is the actual owner of Nagato''s Rinnegan? And it was a part of his n to use the Rinnegan to revive himselfter." Naruto stares at Madara in shock.
Swish swish
Jiraiya makes a series of hand signs and ms his palm on the ground.
"Sage Art: Agonizing thorn of death,"
Several rock spikes erupt from the ground and pierce Madara''s body.
Boom Boom
Suddenly, multiple explosions detonate within the rock stakes. Several mini-missiles fly out of Madara''s arms and destroy the rock stakes.
Madara jumps out of the rock spikes. A blue chakra ribcage protects his body.
"Tch that''s Susanoo." Jiraiya clicks his tongue.
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Meanwhile, at the HQ
The expression of Shikaku and other shinobi changes at the appearance of Madara Uchiha.
"Madara Uchiha is back on the battlefield!"
They swiftly inform the severalmanders, and vicemanders, on the desert battlefield.
"What? That bastard fled all the way to the other battlefield to create trouble." A smash his fist on the table.
"His goal is to capture the Nine-tails from Naruto. With us here, it won''t be easy for him to make a move on eight-tails. However, the nine-tails isn''t as protected as the eight-tails. So, he has a chance." Onoki analyzes the situation.
"Also, the most troublesome thing is the resurrection of the ten-tails. We still have no idea, how strong the ten-tails actually is?" Rasa also presents his thoughts.
"In the records, the Ten-tails is the origin of all chakra in the shinobi world. Then, ording to those tales, the ten-tails should be the strongest-tailed beast in existence."
"Wait, could it be!"
Suddenly, the expression of everyone in HQ and the desert battlefield camp changes.
"Madara wants to be the Jinchuriki of the ten-tails. This must be his intention from the start." Shikaku voices his spection, which might be closest to the truth.
"In the legends, the legendary Sage of Six Paths was also the Jinchuriki of the Ten-tails. He used his god-like powers to shape the world. If Madara controls such a power, then the amount of destruction he can cause to the world is too immense to even calcte." Everyone''s face turns pale.
"We have to stop him!" Onoki swiftly rises from his seat.
"Let''s head to the battlefield to fight Madara."