His black hair cascaded down his back. He wore a black bodysuit beneath red layered armor, his attire bearing the unmistakable marks of the Warring States Period.
As his eyes swept over his surroundings, a cold majesty radiated from him, chilling the entire space.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo's pupils contracted. Neither dared so much as breathe loudly.
For the man before them was the legendary warrior who had rivaled the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, during Konoha's founding.
Madara Uchiha!
"I have some vague recollection of you."
"But!"
"You shouldn't be the ones summoning me back."
Madara Uchiha spoke coldly.
He realized that his surroundings, as well as the two men before him, were completely different from what had been planned.
At the same time, realizing he was under their control made him frown, though his brow soon relaxed.
Whatever the circumstances, Impure World Reincarnation had succeeded, giving him a chance to return to life.
But soon, even Madara's expression shifted.
They turned and looked at the rows of heavy, decaying, sinister coffins behind them.
"They are...?!"
Madara Uchiha's pupils instantly contracted.
His familiarity with Impure World Reincarnation allowed him to sense clearly that the figures buried within the densely packed coffins were rapidly being drawn into the jutsu's ritual.
They were awakening!
Soon, the two coffins beside him shattered, and two figures stepped out.
"Hashirama Senju!"
"Tobirama Senju!"
These two men, like him, had been dead for many years. The sight stirred Madara.
For it was not only those two awakening. Many others he knew were also stepping out of shattered coffins.
"The First Kazekage, Reto, the First Raikage, A, the First Mizukage, Byakuren, and the First Tsuchikage, Ishikawa!"
"And the second Kage of the various nations-Shamon, A, Hozuki Gengetsu."
"..."
As more and more figures crowded around him, a