"...Oh no! The portal-!"
Tianyi's voice abruptly rose, and the images in the Mangekyō Sharingan on his forehead flickered rapidly-
The spatial passage inside the portal twisted and stretched through his field of vision.
He whipped his head around and spoke rapidly. "Minato, come with me! Shisui, Fugaku-you two stay here and capture Obito. Don't let White Zetsu rescue him!"
Before he had finished speaking, Tianyi placed his hand on Minato's shoulder. With a whoosh, both figures vanished on the spot.
Several minutes later, after a series of Flying Thunder God jumps, light flashed above the deserted island, and the two finally landed firmly in the middle of the devastated base.
Shredded tents, overturned vehicles, scattered weapons and equipment, and several soldiers in the distance helping one another up from the ground-
The entire base was a wreck, as though a small storm had swept straight through its center.
A young soldier spotted them and staggered two steps forward. His lips trembled slightly as he stammered:
"Uchiha... Madara... went through... the portal..."
Tianyi's expression abruptly darkened. Without another word, he stepped straight into the portal.
Minato followed close behind, his figure disappearing into the warped light right alongside Tianyi's.
Several minutes earlier, inside the underground base in Upper Capital on Blue Star.
The blue portal suddenly lit up in the base's transit hall. Light spilled from its frame, rippling gently like the surface of water.
Then a foot stepped through-pure white skin, gray-white robes, and eyes whose light alternated between the Rinnegan and the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Uchiha Madara emerged fully into the underground base on Blue Star.
He stopped and slowly surveyed his surroundings.
An unfamiliar layout, unfamiliar structures, unfamiliar lighting-the walls were covered in some flat, smooth gray material, and uniform tiles lined the floor.
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