Uchiha Madara drove his blade into Hypnos, the god of Sleep. Hypnos let out a loud cry as his entire body shook violently.
"AAAAAAAAAH!"
Hypnos's body gradually began to vanish. He could not believe that Uchiha Madara's previous move had merely been a feint—the true killing blow had been hidden behind the flames.
"I don't believe it! I don't believe I'm going to die!"
But Hypnos's body continued to fade away, along with his consciousness and thoughts. Before Uchiha Madara's eyes appeared a silver-white spirit beast, unmistakably the same kind that had appeared many times before.
"I never expected this spirit beast to have stolen the real Hypnos's memories. Hypnos is a god, yet his memories appeared within such an ordinary spirit beast. It's simply unbelievable."
He walked up to the spirit beast and raised his sword. With one light slash, the beast completely dissipated.
At that moment, Tita, Agate, and Kloe walked up to Uchiha Madara. They knew the crisis had passed. Once again, Uchiha Madara had solved every problem.
"I never thought you were this strong." Agate said, "Facing such a terrifying opponent, you crushed him with a single easy blow. It's unbelievable."
Kloe said as well, "Mr. Uchiha Madara, with strength like yours, you could practically crush everything on the Zemuria Continent. Why hadn't you used such tremendous power before?"
Uchiha Madara gave a bitter smile. "Using that kind of power consumes a huge amount of chakra, and my body might not even be able to withstand it. Each of you is powerful as well. Relying on one's companions isn't such a bad thing."
Tita smiled and said to Kloe and the others, "That's right. Every one of us is useful. We aren't just Mr. Uchiha Madara's attachments. Mr. Uchiha Madara must have considered that, which is