Return at Last, Fulfillment at Last!

Orochimaru solemnly took Madara's right eye from Yu and fitted it into his socket. His optic nerve healed...

"Aaaaaaargh!" Orochimaru screamed.

The power of that single Rinnegan battered Orochimaru's mind, nearly making him lose himself!

Yu looked at Orochimaru, who was twitching on the ground, and asked with concern, "Orochimaru, are you all right?"

"Huff, huff, huff... Barely. Give me a little longer, and I should be fine!" Orochimaru managed to say.

Obito had been the same in the original story. On the eve of the Fourth Shinobi World War, he had refrained from transplanting both Rinnegan not merely to retain Kamui's Space-Time Dimension power, but because even someone as strong as he was could not wield the power of both eyes!

Half an hour later, Orochimaru finally adapted to the Rinnegan and climbed to his feet, drenched in sweat.

Uchiha Madara said, "Managing to adapt to one of my eyes is no small feat. But after you use the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, you'll die..."

Orochimaru replied, "I spent these three days preparing precisely to eliminate that risk!"

Poof!

Orochimaru summoned a body from a scroll!

"What?!" Apart from Madara, who looked thoughtful, Hashirama, Mito, and Tobirama were all stunned. The body looked exactly like Hashirama Senju!

Mito asked, "Yu, what is this...?"

Yu smiled faintly. "Madara made it. Back then, he bit a piece of flesh from Hashirama and grafted it onto his wound. He also used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as a vessel to cultivate Hashirama Cells. This replica was the result..."

Hashirama looked at Madara, at a loss. "Madara, you made a copy of me..."

"Hmph." Madara turned his head away. "At first, I just wanted to test the Demonic Statue's power. Who could have imagined it would produce another you? Though