The moon rose higher and higher, passing through wisps of gauzy clouds before finally hanging high in the center of the sky.
After staring at the pale moon for a while, Asuka set down his half-eaten fried chicken and glanced over his shoulder.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had transformed from a massive humanoid into a beastly form. Low roars sounded from time to time, making people's eardrums ache faintly.
At the same time, explosions from all kinds of ninjutsu rose and fell one after another. Although the number of shinobi had greatly decreased from daytime, the deafening noise had not diminished in the slightest.
"Even livelier than during the day!!"
Asuka muttered to himself, then looked at Uchiha Madara walking over and raised a brow. "Old man Madara, you're just letting the First Hokage leave?"
Hearing that, Uchiha Madara shook his head slightly without offering any explanation.
He casually found a rock to sit on, his deep gaze examining the Ten-Tails and its controller, Uchiha Obito, atop its head. In his mind, he recalled the information Spiral Zetsu had revealed before dying.
"My will is not my will!!"
Though there were few words, the information they revealed sent Madara deep into thought.
The only thing that could be called "will" was Black Zetsu, born after he had used Yin-Yang Release to pour his own will into a White Zetsu body!!
"When two opposing things interact, Myriad Things are created."
Recalling the contents of the stone tablet in the clan grounds, Uchiha Madara murmured, "The power of my own Chakra was drawn out, allowing me to awaken the Rinnegan and summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to cultivate Hashirama's flesh produced those mindless beings known as White Zetsu."