With Black Zetsu's assistance, Uchiha Madara restarted the Eye of the Moon Plan.
After being resurrected, he did not rashly begin capturing the tailed beasts. Instead, he decided to first build up his strength and disrupt the ninja world, creating favorable conditions for the tailed beast capture operation.
Black Zetsu suggested that he retake control of Kirigakure, the "Village of the Bloody Mist" he had once controlled, so he could restrain and destabilize the ninja world from within.
Madara followed the suggestion and immediately set out for Kirigakure.
Uchiha Madara arrived in Kirigakure and appeared before its upper ranks in his Impure World body.
His proud, unyielding presence and the pressure of his Rinnegan instantly filled the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, and the others with fear.
Madara's chakra was overwhelmingly intimidating, and almost no one could resist it. Karatachi Yagura in particular had no room to fight back before Madara's ocular power easily took control of him.
Madara directly controlled Mizukage Karatachi Yagura's mind through genjutsu, turning him into his puppet.
From then on, Madara was no longer merely manipulating things from the shadows. Through Karatachi Yagura's identity, he directly took control of Kirigakure.
Under his powerful ocular power, Kirigakure's upper ranks had no ability to resist and surrendered one after another. Uchiha Madara once again consolidated his absolute control over Kirigakure.
At Madara's arrangement, Mizukage Karatachi Yagura issued an emergency mobilization order on the grounds that "Kirigakure might be attacked by hidden enemies," ordering the entire village to enter a state of war readiness.
The Fourth Mizukage's order forced the village's ninja to move swiftly. All of Kirigakure entered a tense state of military preparedness, and the air was thick with grim oppression.
Madara also instructed Kirigakure to dispatch elite ninja teams in batches to the areas surrounding other