Princess Tsunade? How much of his power did you inherit?

The next second, Kakashi's sudden Lightning Blade pierced the heart of Chen Yiban, who was clad in red armor.

At that very moment, the Sharingan in Kakashi Hatake's left eye was fully exposed!

"Kakashi, well done!"

Might Guy, standing nearby, couldn't help cheering.

But—

Puff—!

Chen Yiban, who had been stabbed through the heart by the Lightning Blade, turned into a cloud of white smoke.

He vanished!

"What...? No!"

Kakashi was horrified.

He immediately tried to retreat as fast as he could!

But—

Whoosh—clang!

A tall figure in red had already flashed in front of him.

And—

Shhk—!

He reached back and plucked it out.

As a stream of red blood spilled out,

Chen Yiban instantly gouged out the Sharingan in Kakashi's left eye.

"Ugh...!" Kakashi couldn't help groaning in pain.

"Kakashi!!"

Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, and the others all cried out in alarm, rushing forward to save Kakashi.

In response—

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware... that the oriole is behind."

A faint smile lifted the corner of Chen Yiban's mouth as he said this to Kakashi.

All the while, Chen Yiban never stopped moving. The scythe in his other hand suddenly swung toward Kakashi's head.

Kakashi was actually very strong. As an Elite Jonin, he had always ranked among Konoha's best.

But...

At this moment, Kakashi was facing Chen Yiban, who possessed the full power of [Uchiha Madara]!!

Before Chen Yiban, Kakashi was like a toddler just learning to talk.

Weak!

Far too weak!

Before Chen Yiban, Kakashi had no power to fight back.

The next instant, Chen Yiban's scythe was about to take Kakashi's head!

"Kakashi!!"

Asuma, Shikaku Nara, Kurenai Yuhi, and the others were all frantic. Even Might Guy, who had opened the Sixth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates, couldn't reach them in time.

Boom—!!

But the next second, Chen Yiban was sent flying.

"Kakashi!"

"Hang in there!"

At the critical moment, a woman's figure kicked Chen Yiban, clad in red armor, away. She glanced at Kakashi beside her.

Kakashi, who had escaped with his life and was clutching his bleeding left eye, looked at the woman in front of him in surprise.

"Fifth... Lord Hokage!"

At the last possible moment, "Princess Tsunade," now Konoha's Fifth Hokage, had arrived in time to kick Chen Yiban away.

Then Tsunade Hime stepped forward, covering Kakashi's bleeding left eye with her hand. She began working Medical Ninjutsu, quickly treating his eye.

"Your Sharingan was taken?" As she treated him, Tsunade Hime asked warily.

"Yes. I'm very sorry," Kakashi said apologetically.

Looking at the incredibly charming Tsunade Hime, he added:

"Lord Fifth Hokage, the enemy is very likely..."

"Uchiha Madara!!" Tsunade Hime cut in, then asked, "Isn't he?"

"Yes!" Kakashi nodded.

Just then—

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, and the other Jonin finally reached the rooftop.

Countless Anbu Ninja followed close behind, flashing onto the battlefield behind Tsunade Hime.

Mitaraishi Anko, who had just gone to notify Tsunade Hime, had also returned to the scene!

"Kakashi, are you all right?" Might Guy hurried over to ask as soon as he arrived.

"Lord Hokage!" The others first bowed to Tsunade Hime.

"Everyone, stay alert!" Tsunade Hime ordered.

"Yes!!" Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, Shikaku Nara, and the countless Anbu Ninja immediately stepped forward, keeping their eyes on Chen Yiban.

Meanwhile...

Amid the rubble of a collapsed building—

Boom—!

A huge blue skeletal hand made of Chakra, several meters across, suddenly blasted away the rubble covering it.

Chen Yiban stood amid the ruins, protected by [Susanoo: First Stage].

He held a scythe in one hand and, in the other, the Three Tomoe Sharingan he had just gouged out of Kakashi's left eye.

This was "Obito's" [Kamui Sharingan].

Whoosh—

The next second, the eye in Chen Yiban's hand suddenly vanished into thin air.

Inside the Achievement Sign-in System's storage space, however, were:

Slot One: Uchiha Gunbai!

Slot Two: Three Tomoe Sharingan ×9!

Slot Three: The flesh and blood of Asura Ōtsutsuki!

Slot Four: Kamui Sharingan: Left Eye!

Clearly, the scythe he'd just used had also been taken from the system's storage space.

"It really is Susanoo!"

Tsunade Hime's lovely brows furrowed as she looked at the incomplete blue skeleton around Chen Yiban.

She had also quickly finished temporarily treating Kakashi's injury. For now, he could only see with his right eye!

The next second, Chen Yiban suddenly dispelled the "Susanoo: First Stage" around him.

Then—

"That appearance..."

"It really is..."

"He looks so much like the statue of Uchiha Madara in the Valley of the End!"

The countless Anbu Ninja nearby couldn't help crying out in shock as they looked at Chen Yiban.

"Madara..." Tsunade Hime couldn't calm herself.

"Who are you, really?"

Tsunade Hime still clung to one last hope: that "Uchiha Madara" hadn't actually been resurrected.

Chen Yiban, meanwhile, looked across at Tsunade Hime with his [Mangekyō Sharingan]. Her figure was striking.

"When I entered the village just now, I heard that 'Hashirama's' granddaughter had become the Fifth Hokage."

"Are you that woman?!"

Chen Yiban spoke casually, as if making small talk.

"Even if I am, so what?" Tsunade Hime waved a delicate hand and continued, shouting:

"Whoever you are, I want you to leave Konoha at once."

"Otherwise, you'll face the full force of every shinobi in Konoha!!"

Tsunade Hime spoke with confidence and resolve.

Whether she truly felt as calm as she appeared was another matter.

"I just want to know... how much of that man's power you inherited."

Chen Yiban lightly swung the scythe in his hand, then spoke with a wicked smile and a crimson gaze.

And—

Whoosh—

The next moment, Chen Yiban, clad in red armor and wielding his scythe, charged at Tsunade Hime and the other shinobi on the rooftop, moving like lightning.

"He's so fast!!" one of the nearby shinobi exclaimed in shock.

"Take down the intruder!" Tsunade Hime ordered with a wave of her hand.

At once, the Anbu Ninja obeyed and charged to meet Chen Yiban as he surged toward them.

Then—

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom—

In an instant, more than a dozen Anbu Ninja were sent flying, spitting blood like balls kicked away.

They flew even faster than they'd charged in!

Clang—!

An Anbu Ninja swung a sword at Chen Yiban, but Chen Yiban casually blocked it with his scythe.

Then, with a sweeping counterstrike from the scythe in Chen Yiban's hand—

"Ugh...!!" The Anbu Ninja was cut in half at the waist.