Half of the Nine-Tails Wasn't Enough, Reincarnating the First Hokage

Half of the Nine-Tails was still not enough to make up for all the depletion, but it had given Uchiha Jobu a great deal of chakra. With the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan as a foundation, he could once again control time. There was no need to activate the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan for him to perfectly use simple abilities such as time deceleration and acceleration.

Uchiha Jobu thought that it was fortunate he had kept Orochimaru alive instead of killing him outright. Otherwise, obtaining the other half of the Nine-Tails would have taken some effort.

However, with Orochimaru around, unraveling the Shinigami's secrets would undoubtedly be easy. Uchiha Jobu had even previously speculated about the Shinigami's origins. Considering that the Uzumaki Clan possessed Shinigami masks, perhaps the Shinigami had once been one of the Uzumaki Clan's ancient monsters.

That was not impossible.

"Well? Has your strength recovered?"

After witnessing what had happened in the Warring States timeline and combining it with this timeline's original memories, Uchiha Madara's hatred for the Otsutsuki Clan was self-evident. Especially after seeing the earth become a barren wasteland in the illusion, with all life utterly erased by the Otsutsuki Clan.

The vast Ninja World had become a desolate realm without the slightest trace of life.

So, when he saw Uchiha Jobu extract the Nine-Tails from its Jinchūriki, knead it into a red peach that still pulsed, sense the immense chakra contained within that red peach beating like a heart, and then watch Uchiha Jobu swallow it in one bite, Uchiha Madara immediately spoke up to ask about the result.

Uchiha Jobu shook his head. "Still a little short. Once I obtain the other half of the Nine-Tails, I'll be fully recovered."

"Half of the Nine-Tails? No wonder it felt unbelievably weak. So it was split in two. The person