Most importantly.
In that instant, Madara felt an incomparably immense force of confinement firmly pin him in his original position. The suppressive sensation was even stronger than the first time he had experienced Shōji's The Way Back Technique.
After clashing with Shōji's technique so many times, Madara had believed he was gradually adapting to its suppression. His Dōjutsu Power had also been analyzing the technique bit by bit. As time passed, its restraining effect on him should have grown weaker and weaker, though it certainly would not reach complete immunity.
But in Madara's estimation, its limit would be no more than delaying his movements. By then, the discrepancy would perhaps be around half a second, and he would no longer need other methods to evade Shōji's attacks.
But!
The current situation had completely exceeded Madara's expectations.
This feeling of being utterly restrained.
Forget breaking free as he had anticipated—even the restraints he had felt the first time were nowhere near as powerful as this.
And just as an incomparably intense sense of danger rose within Madara—
"Whoosh!"
Directly in front of him.
The four Limbo shadow clones that had turned around in unison were visibly struggling to resist with all their strength, yet it was completely useless. The moment Madara saw the Nine Tomoe Rinnegan, identical to Shōji's, reflected in the eyes of his four shadow clones, his heart jolted.
Genjutsu!? No! This is!? Dōjutsu Power control!?
Just as the Uchiha Clan used the Mangekyō Sharingan to control Tailed Beasts, Madara, once the Uchiha Clan's strongest wielder of Dōjutsu Power, had freely used his own Dōjutsu Power to manipulate the Nine-Tails, the strongest of all Tailed Beasts!
Under those circumstances.
The Mangekyō Sharingan of the one controlling him would appear in the Nine-Tails' eyes. At this moment, Madara's four Limbo