Nagato merged half his body into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, working hard to restore his Rinnegan.
Suddenly, he snapped his eyes open.
"What is it, Nagato?" Konan asked alertly.
Nagato said gravely, "Someone has entered my rain. They're extremely powerful!"
"At a time like this, someone dared to barge into Amegakure? Everyone knows Amegakure is the Akatsuki's headquarters. Did an enemy come here to die?" Konan asked in surprise.
"Maybe they didn't come to die. Maybe they're simply confident." Nagato said, "No matter who the enemy is, as long as it isn't Genitsu or Hitomi, there's no problem. I'll go kill them now."
Nagato remained calm as he prepared to leave.
Madara Uchiha had arrived.
Amid flashes of lightning and rolls of thunder, Madara, his entire body covered in cracks, stood high above, glaring down with his terrifying Rinnegan as he met Naruto's gaze.
"Madara Uchiha? But why does he only have one eye left?"
Naruto showed no fear. He merely raised his head, standing beneath the rain as he coldly stared back at the man.
"Kid, don't be reckless. You're no match for him, even if something happened to one of his eyes!" the Nine-Tails shouted.
"How would I know without trying?"
"You don't need to try. There's no way you can beat him. At most, you can only hold out for a while. And he's dead now—you can't kill him again!"
"Shut up. Just listen to me," Naruto snapped.
So what if it was Madara Uchiha? If he dared attack Naruto, Naruto dared fight him!
"I like that look in your eyes. You're unlike the fox inside you—it's probably curled into a ball in terror by now." Madara crossed his arms. Even after suffering defeat at Hitomi's hands, he had lost none of his imposing