Land of Rain.
With a bang, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path beneath Madara was summoned away.
Madara dropped straight down.
White Zetsu emerged, looking puzzled at the vanished statue. "Lord Madara?"
Madara landed, leaving a small crater. He looked toward Amegakure in the Land of Rain, the corners of his mouth lifting. "It was Nagato. The Rinnegan I implanted in him has fully awakened."
"Interesting. Very interesting. Nagato, I'm starting to look forward to seeing what you can do."
Behind them, Tsunade and the others, being escorted by Ninja Cats and White Zetsu Clones, reacted as well.
Tsunade stared in surprise at the statue's sudden disappearance. "That monster vanished?"
"Chicken soup's ready!"
Fried Rice carried a pot of Black Chicken Soup over to Kuhon.
Suddenly, it vanished in a puff of smoke right in front of Tsunade and Kuhon.
Tsunade realized something was wrong. Fried Rice was a Summoning Ninja Cat; it had been summoned away.
The Ancient Giant beneath Madara was also surrounded by Summoning Smoke. It, too, fell under the category of Summoning Beasts.
Could it be that this Ancient Giant was the Sage of Six Paths' Summoning Beast?
But how had it been summoned away?
Why was Madara heading toward the Land of Rain? What was here?
Tsunade suddenly recalled what Sage Fukasaku had said: Madara Uchiha's eyes were an Eternal Mangekyo, but that Eternal Mangekyo wasn't in Madara Uchiha's eye sockets.
He had come to the Land of Rain to reclaim his eyes!
Amegakure battlefield.
A Wooden Giant, withered like a dead tree, suddenly appeared. Bandages covered the area where its eyes should have been, and stump-like protrusions jutted from its back.
It braced itself on the ground with both hands, like some ancient Great Demon God.
Hanzō, Danzo, the Rain Village Anbu,