On the vast plains outside Amegakure, Naruto and Madara met once again!
Seeing the Gunbai strapped to Naruto's back, Madara said grimly, "If that fan ended up in your hands, Obito must have suffered another defeat."
"Oh, you mean this..." Naruto leisurely unstrapped the fan and murmured, "Obito did leave it behind. He's been out of sight for a long time since our last fight. Where is he now, and what's he doing?"
"Hm?" Just then, Madara noticed the Uzumaki family crest covering the three-tomoe emblem on the fan. He said coldly, "Not only did you take someone else's belongings without permission, you even covered the three tomoe representing the Uchiha with the Uzumaki family crest?"
"The Uzumaki family crest??" Naruto froze, then gave an utterly unexpected reply. "This is obviously the narutomaki [fish cake] from Ichiraku Ramen!"
Hiss, hiss, hiss...!
Naruto asked in surprise, "Why are you smoking? Is that some kind of jutsu? Don't tell me it's Boil Release???"
"Damn you!!!" Madara trembled with fury!
But he soon restrained himself, and the smoke above his head disappeared.
Madara sneered, "At this point, I've realized something. Your very existence pollutes the air!"
Naruto shot back, "You don't even need to breathe, so don't lecture me about pollution. Speaking of which... how long has it been since you washed your hair? Doesn't it get tangled?"
Madara formed hand seals. "Enough! Stop running your mouth and let your skills do the talking!!!"
Naruto's gaze sharpened slightly. Hm? Those are summoning seals. Can his reincarnated body enter the Realm of Reincarnation too??
Bzzzt!!
A searing heat suddenly surged through Naruto's abdomen, forcing him to double over. "He's... summoning Kurama from inside me??"
"The Nine-Tails you can't use has become a liability instead!!"
Boom! Madara lunged forward!
Naruto's chakra fell into turmoil, his