For the Future of the World...

Uchiha Madara summoned the Divine Tree, and the power of the Rinne-Sharingan at its crown was projected onto the moon.

Gradually, the pure white moonlight turned crimson. Fifteen minutes later, the moon hanging high in the sky had become a huge, sinister, blood-red Nine-Tomoe Rinne-Sharingan.

Beside him, Black Zetsu stared wide-eyed. He had all but given up hope, never imagining that Uchiha Madara would follow the path laid out for him of his own accord.

"Did it... work?" Black Zetsu's eyes grew wet. After thousands of years of struggle, he could finally see the first glimmer of success!

He was only a child of several thousand years who longed for his mother's love!

Sinister moonlight washed over the land. The people still struggling in agony fell instantly into dreams. Strange smiles spread across their faces as the Divine Tree snatched them up and wrapped them in cocoons that hung from its branches!

"What is this?" Uchiha Madara's expression shifted. He had no idea what the cocoons were, but instinct told him they were nothing good.

Before he could react, an immense power awakened inside him. At the same time, the Divine Tree's trunk shot forward and pierced him, pouring a ceaseless stream of Chakra into his body.

"This power... what is it? Aaaah!"

Uchiha Madara screamed in agony, but his body continued to swell beyond his control.

At last, Uchiha Madara's body burst apart, and an elegant woman descended slowly from within.

How did it happen so quickly? A flicker of doubt crossed Black Zetsu's mind. His attempt to stab Madara in the back had failed, so Madara should still have been capable of some resistance.

The outcome would not have changed, but his mother should not have swallowed Madara's will so quickly!

*Was it because his dream had been