A Second Clash with Madara

Just as Black Zetsu died, Kaguya Otsutsuki, sealed away and sleeping on the moon far above, seemed to sense something.

"My children..."

In the end, all she could do was let out a heavy sigh before the sound faded into the sky. Kaguya Otsutsuki closed her eyes once more and fell back into slumber.

Her brief awakening could not break the seal. There was nothing Kaguya Otsutsuki could do while sealed away...

Meanwhile, after Black Zetsu died, the shadows buried within the White Zetsu were picked off one by one. White Zetsu felt a weight lift from his whole body and finally regained control of his own thoughts.

But no one noticed that a deep-black imprint of a soul quietly slipped away while the two of them were lost in their thoughts. They saw only the venomous look in Black Zetsu's eyes before he died, and failed to notice the tiny soul imprint.

"That nuisance is finally dead!" Madara Uchiha smirked wickedly, fixing Uchiha Chen with a cold gaze. His eyes showed that he had never taken Black Zetsu seriously.

And indeed, a man like him cared only about himself. Why would he care so much about anyone else?

Madara didn't rush into an attack. He waited for Uchiha Chen to show an opening. He knew that he was still at a disadvantage compared with Chen, and that attacking recklessly would only put him in an even worse position.

He wasn't about to throw away the initiative he had worked so hard to seize. As a battle-hardened shinobi, Uchiha Madara wouldn't make such a basic mistake.

When Chen saw that Uchiha Madara wasn't pressing the attack, he understood exactly what Madara was planning. He had no intention of dragging things out. He had already decided to end the fight as