Whoosh—
At that moment, the two "Uchiha Madaras" leaped down from the steel high-rise together.
They crossed hundreds of meters in an instant:
Boom—!
They hit the ground almost simultaneously.
Dust exploded into the air!
When it finally settled...
Nearby, Konan and Sasuke Uchiha saw them:
Two nearly identical "Uchiha Madaras," standing side by side.
Right in front of them!
"Sensei..."
Sasuke Uchiha took a couple of steps forward, sounding a little dazed.
Konan was also confused about what had just happened.
Why had the two Uchiha Madaras started fighting?
Why had one suddenly started fighting his own clone?
There couldn't really be two Uchiha Madaras, could there?!!
"Hm?"
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Chen Yiban, Uchiha Madara now noticed Sasuke's face.
He couldn't help but lose himself for a moment:
"Izuna?"
He could indeed see [Uchiha Izuna] in Sasuke.
"His name is Sasuke Uchiha. He just looks like Izuna."
"He isn't Izuna!"
Chen Yiban glanced at Uchiha Madara beside him and smiled faintly.
"So he isn't Izuna..." Uchiha Madara seemed to sink into some memory.
"Once we've unified the entire Shinobi World, we might be able to revive Izuna with the power of the Rinnegan."
Looking at Uchiha Madara, whose gaze was fixed on the past, Chen Yiban suddenly said this.
"Revive... Izuna?!" Uchiha Madara's dark eyes widened sharply.
Then:
"That's right! Exactly!"
"I'm going to... revive Izuna!!"
"After we unify the Shinobi World, I'll make sure Izuna gets to see it. Even if it costs me my life!"
Uchiha Madara clenched his fist and shouted.
"Yeah!" Chen Yiban nodded in agreement.
"Let's bring this chaotic world... under one rule by force!"
Hearing this, Uchiha Madara gave Chen Yiban a firm nod.
At the same time:
"In that Genjutsu space just now, you said capturing the Tailed Beasts and conquering the Five Great Shinobi Villages wasn't the first step. We need to deal with the Akatsuki Organization first?"
"You mean the Akatsuki Organization Nagato formed? Is it special?"
Uchiha Madara glanced at Chen Yiban beside him and asked.
But just then:
"Sensei!"
Sasuke Uchiha ran toward the two "Uchiha Madaras."
After he reached them, though, he looked at the two "Uchiha Madaras" in front of him, unsure which one to speak to.
"Sensei, did you use a Wood Clone again? That fight just now was... incredible!"
Looking at the two "Uchiha Madaras," Sasuke thought one of them was a Wood Clone or some other kind of clone.
He also assumed Chen Yiban had just felt like sparring with his clone.
"A Wood Clone?!" Uchiha Madara heard Sasuke and couldn't help the slight curl of his lips.
"Kid, which one do you think is the real one?"
Uchiha Madara seemed to be teasing Sasuke.
"Well..."
For a moment, Sasuke Uchiha really couldn't tell which one had been his sensei.
The main reason was that after Uchiha Madara had been revived, his body had somehow returned to its youthful state.
He looked almost the same age as Chen Yiban's [Founding Madara template]!
So, at that moment, Chen Yiban and Uchiha Madara really did look almost exactly alike!!
As a result,
Even with his [Three Tomoe Sharingan] wide open, Sasuke couldn't tell which one was the real person and which was the clone.
Because both of them were real!!
"Ha, don't tease the kid."
Chen Yiban couldn't help chuckling. Then:
"Sasuke, we're both real. Neither of us is a clone."
Chen Yiban looked at Sasuke, whose "Three Tomoe Sharingan" were wide open, and said it casually.
"Sensei...?" Sasuke Uchiha was even more bewildered.
And just then:
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless explosive paper tags came hurtling toward them like flocks of birds.
A series of violent explosions followed!
Konan had gone to check on Uzumaki Nagato and discovered he was dead.
Now, enraged, she had flown back, ready to fight the two "Uchiha Madaras" to the death.
But then:
After the successive explosions, the smoke cleared...
A gigantic blue [Susanoo: Stage Two] appeared!
It was Susanoo, released by "Uchiha Madara."
It sheltered him, Chen Yiban, and Sasuke together within the [Stage Two Susanoo], leaving them unharmed.
"You... want to die?" Uchiha Madara's crimson eyes fixed coldly on Konan, who hovered in the air on paper wings.
"Cough, cough... You killed Nagato..." Konan coughed up blood in midair.
Soon, she seemed to have used up the last of her strength. Her paper wings vanished, and in the next instant she fell toward the ground.
"Cough, cough..." She landed safely, but even with a hand over her mouth, Konan still coughed up streaks of blood, clearly badly wounded.
"You were brave enough to attack me. That's the only thing I can praise you for."
Uchiha Madara looked at Konan with disdain, then focused his thoughts.
Susanoo immediately opened a giant hand, and an "Yatsuka no Magatama" took shape in its palm.
But:
Tap—
At the critical moment, Chen Yiban suddenly placed a hand on Uchiha Madara's shoulder, stopping him.
Uchiha Madara turned to look at Chen Yiban beside him, silently asking why.
Sasuke Uchiha also looked at Chen Yiban, though he still didn't know which of the two was the ancestor he had been calling Sensei.
"I recently acquired an interesting jutsu. A forbidden jutsu. I want to test how it works."
Facing Uchiha Madara's questioning gaze, Chen Yiban spoke slowly.
"Oh?" Uchiha Madara raised an eyebrow, intrigued.
"Let's see it!" Uchiha Madara withdrew the Yatsuka no Magatama.
He even dispelled Susanoo!
"Since Black Zetsu appeared here just now, there should be White Zetsu nearby too."
"Summon a few. We'll need them in a moment!"
Chen Yiban looked at Uchiha Madara with his deep, dark eyes and instructed him.
Then,
He stepped toward Konan.
Sasuke Uchiha glanced at Uchiha Madara, then at Chen Yiban as he walked away.
The two "Uchiha Madaras"...
In the end, Sasuke decided to follow and see what happened!
Soon:
"Can you gather all the current members of the Akatsuki Organization here?"
Chen Yiban walked over to Konan, who was crouched on the ground, weak, and asked coldly.
Konan said nothing. Instead, she took out several Kunai and Shuriken fitted with explosive tags, ready to throw them at Chen Yiban.
She was too weak to use Paper Release right now!
"I can revive that man named Nagato!"
Just as Konan raised the Kunai and Shuriken in her hands, Chen Yiban suddenly said it.
Konan froze on the spot!
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