The true, legendary Madara Uchiha!
He had descended upon the battlefield through Impure World Reincarnation!
"Th-that is... Madara Uchiha?!"
Gaara stared at that familiar yet unfamiliar figure, his jade-green pupils contracting sharply.
"His body... is in a state of Impure World Reincarnation! That means the real Madara Uchiha should have died long ago!"
"Gulp..."
The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, swallowed with difficulty, his aged face filled with horror.
"If this is the real Madara Uchiha... then who was that masked fellow who called himself Madara and started the Fourth Shinobi World War?! Could it be... someone else?!"
Atop the rocky mountain, the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, addressed Madara Uchiha beside him in an utterly emotionless tone:
"It seems things have descended into chaos down below, Lord Madara."
Madara Uchiha slowly swept his gaze over the Allied Shinobi Forces stretching as far as the eye could see below, his lips curling with a hint of disdain:
"Oh? The uniforms of the Five Great Shinobi Villages mixed together, and all wearing forehead protectors bearing the character for 'shinobi'... So, a new allied force formed specifically to deal with me? Rather interesting."
He turned to the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, and asked calmly:
"Then who summoned me with Impure World Reincarnation? The precision of this jutsu seems somewhat greater than it was in the Second Hokage's day."
"Lord Madara, it seems you have slept for too long."
A slightly sinister, smug voice emerged from the Second Tsuchikage Mu's mouth. It was Kabuto Yakushi, speaking to Madara through the reincarnated man's body.
"I am Kabuto Yakushi, Lord Orochimaru's former assistant."
"I have further improved this Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. Its power... has long since surpassed that of the Second Hokage and my teacher, Lord Orochimaru."
"You now possess greater power than you did in life, as well