Madara seemed indifferent to Naruto's words, but Kaguya hesitated.
"Um... could I not be an NPC? I want to play with the people in the Guild."
Naruto was taken aback by Kaguya's request.
Still... after a moment's thought, he agreed. It would be good for Kaguya to interact more with ordinary people.
That way, even if he released her in the future, she wouldn't think of stealing chakra or treating human lives as worthless!
Madara Uchiha glanced at Kaguya beside him without saying anything.
Madara understood his situation. The fact that he was alive and conscious, and could even live with his younger brother, was all thanks to Aizen.
He could also tell that Aizen and Naruto had a very special relationship.
So... if he had to be an NPC, so be it. Mainly, he didn't even know what an NPC was.
Elsewhere.
After defeating the two newly appeared bosses and receiving their rewards, the players dispersed on their own.
Seeing this, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Izuna stepped out from behind a large tree.
"Those people actually wiped out Madara..."
Tobirama Senju spoke in disbelief.
His words immediately infuriated Izuna.
"Your brother got wiped out! My brother could never lose!"
"Ahem..." Hashirama coughed lightly. "I wasn't wiped out either."
"Besides, you should have noticed that both Madara and Kaguya had their powers weakened just now. Otherwise, those ordinary ninja down there couldn't have beaten them."
At this point, Hashirama suddenly grew excited.
"This is so interesting! This place is practically a whole new world. We can fight alongside our companions as ordinary ninja too!"
Tobirama was the more dependable one. While Madara and Kaguya were fighting, he had grabbed a couple of players at random and started asking them about the virtual game.
As luck would have it, one