God Tree

"A world without chakra is waiting for me. In the end, that sweet fruit will still be left for me to pluck with my own hands."

The Masked Man threw his mask into the air, revealing a face covered in bandages.

"Hiruko...?"

Minato cried out in shock.

"So he's finally shown his true face..." Tsunade looked at Hiruko. Back then, when Hiruko had been accidentally injured, she had been the one to treat him.

"This feels a little bad..." Orochimaru narrowed his eyes. Hiruko was far stronger than he had been in the past. "It isn't just the Chimera Technique. I obtained an incomplete version of that technique back then..."

"You all... did well. You have my heartfelt praise," Uchiha Madara said flatly. "You protected this world and allowed the Kage Alliance and the Sage of Six Paths to establish Samsara."

"I was still wondering when exactly he would show himself."

"Now everything is ready."

"I will soon break through the shackles of chakra and gather all chakra into myself!"

Ōnoki stopped Minato, who was about to move, and said in a low voice, "Do not act rashly. His strength is not something we can stop. Wait for the Kage Alliance to return."

"The Six Kage are still alive? It doesn't matter. It's all the same anyway. You over there..." Hiruko pointed at Orochimaru and Jiraiya, who had hurried over after recovering from his injuries. "The toad and the snake, huh? You really are..."

"Enough talk. Ignorant, shallow ninjas. You are making noise with them too. Everything ends here. In the name of Uchiha Madara, I grant you—"

"Death!"

"Hold the barrier!" Seeing Uchiha Madara raise his hand, Tsunade shouted. Without the Kage Alliance maintaining it, the barrier's toughness had dropped greatly.

"No, his target is the tailed beasts!"

Because