"Hahaha! So this was true resurrection! I haven't felt my blood surge like this in ages!" After the two left, Madara rolled his wrists and neck, white smoke rising from his body as he spoke in satisfaction.
Seeing that the cracks on Madara's body had vanished, everyone present was stunned. What had happened? Had Madara Uchiha truly come back to life?
This was already beyond their comprehension!
But what happened next was even further beyond their comprehension.
A violent explosion suddenly erupted in distant Amegakure. The village was flattened in an instant, and then a white sphere appeared in the sky above it!
After his resurrection, Madara did not continue fighting them. Instead, he frowned at the white sphere in the middle of Amegakure.
Madara looked around as though searching for someone. Then a black figure appeared beside him.
"Black Zetsu, well done! I've truly come back to life! But what's going on over there? Where's the Ten-Tails?" Madara asked with a frown.
"Lord Madara! Congratulations on your resurrection! Here are your Rinnegan!" Rather than answer Madara's questions directly, Black Zetsu handed him the pair of eyes he was holding, then explained,
"Nagato wanted to seal the Ten-Tails inside himself. I possessed him while his guard was down, took control of his body, and then activated the Reincarnation Technique!
"But I never expected Uchiha Shin to forcibly draw the Ten-Tails into his body while I was activating the Reincarnation Technique. He's now sealing and suppressing the Ten-Tails! This was my mistake. Please forgive me, Lord Madara!"
Listening to Zetsu, Madara took the Rinnegan from Black Zetsu's hands and looked over there with a slight frown.
Meanwhile, the members of the Allied Shinobi Forces exchanged glances, unsure whether to attack. From the look of things, something had gone wrong on the