Where no one could see, Indra's chakra separated from Madara's body.
It did not reincarnate, however. Hashirama had been revived, and Asura's chakra had returned to his body.
Indra's chakra would only reincarnate once Asura reincarnated again.
Madara's soul was sealed, and the tailed beasts inside him emerged from his body one after another.
The Seven-Tails, the Eight-Tails, and the reanimated bodies of Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
The Third Hokage's reanimated body, the Second Tsuchikage's reanimated body, the Fourth Raikage's corpse, Killer B's corpse...
Last came the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
"It's the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path! Destroy it!"
Recognizing the statue that could absorb the tailed beasts, the Nine-Tails called on all of them to unleash Tailed Beast Balls and destroy it.
Every tailed beast wanted the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path utterly obliterated, so each unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball at it.
A massive explosion soon erupted, blasting the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into shattered debris.
It was over. Without the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, the Moon Eye Plan had lost its entire foundation.
The Third Hokage lay on the ground, his life slowly ebbing away. The Shinigami would soon claim his soul, too.
Minato and the others rushed over and knelt beside the Third Hokage, watching him approach death with grief in their eyes.
It was over! Everything was over!
Tobirama let out a deep sigh of relief.
Madara was dead. With his elder brother here, Liao Wu was nothing to fear.
Peace would soon return to the ninja world.
Hashirama stood where he was, looking at Madara's corpse as an inexplicable melancholy settled over him.
In the end, he had never managed to reconcile with Madara.
"Father—"
Asuma collapsed into the Third Hokage's arms, his lips trembling slightly