"So Hashirama's Cells alone aren't enough to control this power after all!" Madara Uchiha muttered.
Without a real Rinnegan, his hold over the Ten-Tails seemed weaker than he had hoped. He would have to increase the amount of Hashirama Cells to tighten his control!
Obito Uchiha, by contrast, had a much easier time of it.
"You want me to bring you back to life?"
"That's not going to happen, and I think you know it!" Obito Uchiha seemed to understand what Madara Uchiha had in mind.
"I never trusted you from the start, Madara!"
"Fine! Do as you please! As long as the Eye of the Moon Plan succeeds!" Madara Uchiha showed no offense at Obito Uchiha's attitude.
Why would Obito listen to him now that he was stronger? Their relationship had always been a partnership of convenience, with almost no trust between them!
If Madara hadn't been brought back through Impure World Reincarnation, he was sure Obito Uchiha would have preferred never to revive him.
Obito Uchiha nodded, but he didn't take Madara Uchiha at his word. He kept his guard up!
"Sage Art: Gate of the Great God!"
Several enormous red gates fell from the sky, pinning down the Nine-Tails!
"Naruto!"
"One more time! Tailed Beast Bomb!"
A massive Tailed Beast Bomb shot from the Nine-Tails' mouth toward the Ten-Tails' head, where Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha stood!
"They're still underestimating the Ten-Tails!"
A Tailed Beast Bomb containing as much Chakra as the Nine-Tails' attack formed instantly in the Ten-Tails' mouth. The two bombs collided, and the resulting shock wave blotted out everyone's view!
The outcome was obvious: the Ten-Tails hadn't suffered so much as a scratch!
When the dust cleared, the Ten-Tails' once-bulky body had grown gaunt, and it had dropped into a crawling posture!
A casual