Looking at Nohara Rin, who was clearly alive, Madara Uchiha was filled with turmoil and countless thoughts.
He was genuinely worried that Obito, that brat, would use the Rinnegan to revive Rin.
Although he had done his best to plan for Obito before his death, guiding him to witness the darkness of the Shinobi World and making him understand that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was the only way out for this world.
But Ban was still worried.
Obito was the most suitable candidate he found, but that doesn't mean he was necessarily the best candidate.
The main reason was that he had already survived for far too long.
And he has already given the Rinnegan to Nagato.
This means that his plan has already been launched and there's no turning back.
We need to find a representative before Nagato fully matures.
Obito happened to catch his eye at that moment.
First of all, Obito was a hot-blooded idiot back then, and that kind of person is the easiest to fool.
This has both advantages and disadvantages.
Madara is now suspecting that if Obito was so easily fooled, could he also be easily fooled by someone else?
Madara's suspicions deepened after discovering that Black Zetsu, the embodiment of his will, had remained completely silent.
After all, a hot-blooded idiot who turns evil will only become a cold-blooded idiot; there's no way he can improve his intelligence.
"Looks like Madara is still Madara. Let's go."
Tobirama Senju saw the slight change in Madara's expression, he knew that Madara had achieved his goal. He simply gave a cold snort, true to his character, and turned to leave with the two of them.
Ban remained silent and did not call out to the group.
" Madara, you're still the same."
Hashirama simply sighed slightly, then smiled. "It's alright, we'll change things slowly."
Indeed, in Hashirama's eyes, who knew Madara best, Madara's behavior was perfectly normal.
Hashirama previously stated that the Masked Man couldn't be Madara, because Madara wouldn't wear a mask.
Madara will display his domineering nature, but only when he possesses the power to do so.
Those who boast without real strength are not Madara; they are just little brats.
Madara's current approach—neither continuing his arrogance nor backing down, but simply using silence to confront Tobirama —is, in Hashirama's view, already a significant and reasonable step forward.
If Madara had made any more progress, even Hashirama might have suspected that he had another scheme Hashirama.
" Hashirama, I'd like to learn more about the village. Take me to see it."
Ban spoke calmly.
"Alright, I've been wanting to take you to see Konoha now for a long time. Madara, you have no idea..."
"It's not Konoha, it's this village... it's called Amegakure, right?"
Madara ruthlessly interrupted Hashirama, who was excitedly preparing to push the wheelchair.
He wanted to visit Amegakure, essentially to gather intelligence.
And incidentally, they also wanted to see if they could catch a glimpse of Nagato.
If Nagato were still alive, then he could be a little relieved, which would mean that Obito hadn't gone mad and chosen to revive Rin.
That's interesting. How exactly did Nohara Rin manage to survive?
Could it be that during the time following his death, someone developed some new resurrection Ninjutsu?
" Amegakure? That'll do."
Hashirama was somewhat disappointed that Madara was unwilling to go to Konoha, but he didn't care too much and pushed Madara's wheelchair towards the village.
"Madara, you have a good eye. The Land of Land of Rain is small, but Amegakure, as the birthplace of the earliest changes in the Shinobi World, is the most developed, with many fun things and delicious food..."
It's a pity that we're all dead now, without a sense of taste, and can't enjoy delicious food.
After pushing Madara in his wheelchair into Amegakure, Hashirama kept muttering to himself.
Madara usually just let Hashirama's words go in one ear and out the other, memorizing the content briefly but not really paying attention to it.
He still had to gather specific intelligence through firsthand observation.
But soon, Madara discovered something that contradicted what Hashirama had said.
This situation caused Ban to frown deeply.
A woman who was clearly Impure World Reincarnation —with black eyes and cracked skin—was drinking something that looked like a beverage, while several other living girls were feeding her grilled sausages.
What exactly happened?
It's not that those Impure World Reincarnation can't eat, it's just that eating is pointless.
It has neither nutritional value nor taste or sensation.
But the expression on the face of this Impure World Reincarnation woman while eating clearly showed that she was aware of something.
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"Master, eat this, eat this."
The one who said this was Maki, Sunagakure Trio had appeared earlier.
She was happily handing skewers to the woman Impure World Reincarnation, who was actually her long-deceased master, Pakura.
Maki, Matsuri, Yukata came to Amegakure because they had heard that Amegakure offered the Impure World Reincarnation service.
Although the three of them had no contribution points, they were very lucky to encounter someone with overflowing contribution points who had nowhere to use them for the time being.
In other words, they submitted information about the Gozu Tennō and used their contribution points to Shigaraki Tanuki to the same artificial breeding service as Sarada's.
Shigaraki Tanuki had originally planned to find an opportunity to see if the Kumogakure needed contribution points, conduct a trade, exchange them for some money, and improve her quality of life.
As it turned out, they ran into three people from Sunagakure who were openly buying contribution points in Amegakure.
Behind the three of them is actually Gaara.
Gaara supported Maki's idea after learning about it.
Gaara learned from Shirozumi that his father Rasa, had betrayed Pakura, a hero, and caused her death.
Regardless, Rasa was his father and the previous Kazekage.
As the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara has to make amends, both publicly and privately.
Gaara then supported their actions.
If contribution points are needed, Sunagakure, whose economy is gradually improving, can afford it.
Of course, the Sunagakure Trio didn't have any cash on them, so they had to ask Matsuri, Gaara's disciple, to provide a token as collateral.
After receiving their contribution points, the three immediately subscribed to the Impure World Reincarnation service.
It was at this moment that the Second Hokage's Shadow Clone Jutsu learned about Sasori's situation, so he instructed the Shadow Clone Jutsu to tell Orochimaru that he could help them add a new function to their Impure World Reincarnation targets for free.
A human sensory function that can be freely turned on and off.
The Second Hokage's original intention was to test the Impure World Reincarnation technique first.
After all, that Formula was initially performed on Human Puppet, not on a body Impure World Reincarnation.
To ensure it works without causing any problems when used on someone with freckles, further confirmation is needed.
And so, the scene that Madara is seeing now came about.
Surrounded by the three little ones, Pakura drank milk tea and ate grilled sausages, and her desire for revenge after being resurrected was temporarily suppressed.