Hoo... The evening breeze swept past, carrying a faint chill.
Uchiha Madara felt his long hair stirring in the wind. He drew a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes.
A bright moon hung in the sky, endlessly casting its cold radiance. The river of stars lay hidden behind it, their outlines barely visible. Everything around him was exceptionally quiet, without a single sound.
"The real world. A silent night. Was I revived by those two again?" Uchiha Madara crossed his arms over his chest. After assessing his situation, his eyelids suddenly twitched several times.
His memories of the world after death were entirely blank, but the scene from before his death remained branded into his mind, impossible to shake away.
In the secret underground laboratory at the Uchiha Clan Grounds, Uchiha Asuka, Uchiha Ryoichi, and Uchiha Ili had used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive him once more. Later, after Uchiha Madara had patiently reasoned with Ryoichi, Ryoichi had finally abandoned the idea of reviving him again.
But just as the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu was about to be released, he had actually seen the revived Hashirama Senju. "If I remember correctly, at the moment the Impure World Reincarnation was released, I told Ryoichi to revive me again. I wanted to fight Hashirama."
Uchiha Madara frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "Did he revive me somewhere no one would find me?"
Since one's sense of time became blurred after death, Uchiha Madara remembered seeing Hashirama Senju before closing his eyes, then opening them and arriving here.
There had probably not even been a second between the two.
At that thought, intense Battle Intent burst from Uchiha Madara's eyes. His body trembled slightly with excitement. "I've been waiting for you, Hashirama!!"
Allied shinobi: "..."
Jiraiya: "..."
Konan: "..."
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