Arc 23Chapters 551–562

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Ch. 551Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto captured Shukaku the One-Tail with [Amber Sealing] after Madara Uchiha countered his [Blaze Release] by absorbing the flames and shedding Susanoo’s armor. Madara attacked to reclaim Shukaku, and the chapter ended as Minamoto sent a black fire dragon against Madara’s Wood Dragon Technique.

  • Madara Uchiha used [Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal] to absorb Minamoto’s [Blaze Release], but the scorching Chakra damaged his Reanimated Body.
  • Madara Uchiha removed [Majestic Attire: Susanoo]’s armor to protect Shukaku the One-Tail from the black flames.
  • Uchiha Minamoto appeared atop Shukaku and trapped him with [Amber Sealing], severing Madara’s control over the One-Tail.
  • Madara Uchiha attacked Minamoto with [Shinra Tensei], but Minamoto countered with [Amenotokotachi], and their repulsive forces clashed evenly.
  • Madara Uchiha used Hashirama Senju’s [Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique] to attack the sealed Shukaku, surprising Hashirama and Tsunade.
  • Uchiha Minamoto unleashed [Sage Art: Blaze Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique], forming a black fire dragon as large as Madara’s wooden one.

Ch. 552Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto used Sun Senjutsu-infused Kekkei Tōta Blaze Release to destroy Madara Uchiha’s Wood Dragon Technique and burn his reanimated body despite the Absorption Seal. Madara then attacked with four Limbo Clones, but their weapons passed through Minamoto, whose ability reminded Madara of a Mangekyō Sharingan Dōjutsu.

  • Uchiha Minamoto’s black fire dragon instantly incinerated Madara Uchiha’s Wood Dragon Technique and charged at him.
  • Madara Uchiha absorbed the Great Dragon Fire Technique with his Absorption Seal, but its heat evaporated his reanimated body until the attack disappeared and he recovered.
  • Madara Uchiha recognized the threat of Minamoto’s Blaze Release and decided to end the fight with his Rinnegan.
  • Madara Uchiha sent four Limbo Clones to attack Uchiha Minamoto atop the Amber Sealing.
  • Uchiha Minamoto’s body seemed to occupy another space, allowing the Limbo Clones’ Chakra Black Rods to pass through him; Madara recognized the ability as resembling a Mangekyō Sharingan Dōjutsu.

Ch. 553Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto used [Kamui] to remove Madara Uchiha’s Limbo Clones and Shukaku, then revealed his golden [Rinne Three-Tomoe Sharingan] and resurrected Madara Uchiha. The chapter left Madara newly restored to life as Uchiha Minamoto turned the sunlight over the Land of Wind into a destructive force.

  • Uchiha Minamoto used [Kamui] to absorb Madara Uchiha’s four Limbo Clones and the [Amber Sealing] containing Shukaku the One-Tail.
  • Madara Uchiha realized he would need Uchiha Minamoto’s eyes or a way into the [Kamui] dimension to reclaim Shukaku.
  • Uchiha Minamoto activated his golden [Rinne Three-Tomoe Sharingan], which Madara Uchiha recognized as [Rinne Sharingan].
  • Uchiha Minamoto used [Resurrection of the Dead] to restore Madara Uchiha’s reanimated body to living flesh and blood.
  • Uchiha Minamoto activated [Sunlight Shines Everywhere], turning the sunlight over the Land of Wind into a destructive force as Madara Uchiha sensed the danger.

Ch. 554Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto defeated Madara Uchiha with [Sunlight Shines Everywhere], sending him back to the Pure Land, then explained his [Rinne Sharingan] to Hashirama Senju and Tsunade. He admitted Madara had seemed weak, but realized killing him would not solve the problem while Orochimaru could revive him with the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].

  • Hashirama Senju and Tsunade watched Madara Uchiha vanish under [Sunlight Shines Everywhere].
  • Uchiha Minamoto appeared before Hashirama Senju and Tsunade, who asked about his unusual eyes.
  • Uchiha Minamoto identified his eyes as the [Rinne Sharingan] and explained how they differed from the [Rinnegan].
  • Hashirama Senju asked why Uchiha Minamoto had sent Madara Uchiha back to the Pure Land, and Uchiha Minamoto said Madara had been weak.
  • Uchiha Minamoto considered that killing Madara Uchiha would not solve the problem while Orochimaru could revive him with the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].

Ch. 555Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto explained why Orochimaru was difficult to eliminate and how Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan had factored into his plan to seal him. After Madara Uchiha died to [Sunlight Shines Everywhere], Uchiha Minamoto decided to take his resurrection materials from Orochimaru and revive Madara Uchiha so he could seal him safely, while Hashirama Senju and Tsunade reacted to the events.

  • Uchiha Minamoto reflected that Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal backups made him nearly impossible to kill permanently.
  • Uchiha Minamoto explained that he had planned to remove Madara Uchiha’s [Rinnegan] before sealing him with [Amber Sealing].
  • Uchiha Minamoto’s [Sunlight Shines Everywhere] reduced Madara Uchiha to ashes before he could carry out that plan.
  • Uchiha Minamoto decided to go to the Land of Swamps, take Madara Uchiha’s resurrection materials from Orochimaru, and revive Madara Uchiha so he could seal him.
  • Hashirama Senju grew despondent over how much the Shinobi World had changed, and Tsunade asked Uchiha Minamoto whether they should return to the village.

Ch. 556Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto explained that he would deal with Orochimaru in the Land of Swamps and intended to revive Madara so he could seal him away permanently. He and Tsunade then arrived outside the Land of Swamps' capital, where Orochimaru's Manda was fighting Jiraiya's Gamabunta.

  • Uchiha Minamoto told Tsunade and Hashirama Senju that he would go to the Land of Swamps to deal with Orochimaru and would revive Madara with [Resurrection of the Dead] if necessary.
  • Hashirama Senju agreed that Madara posed too great a danger to leave unchecked, then asked whether he could leave the Land of Wind now that Madara's threat had been addressed.
  • Uchiha Minamoto reminded Hashirama Senju that he was still responsible for Sunagakure's Great Love Group Branch and wanted him to remain there to deter the other villages.
  • Tsunade said she would visit some old friends, and she and Uchiha Minamoto traveled to the Land of Swamps.
  • Tsunade recognized Orochimaru's Manda and Jiraiya's Gamabunta fighting outside the capital and eagerly looked at Uchiha Minamoto.

Ch. 557Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Tsunade joined Jiraiya’s fight with Orochimaru, but Orochimaru tried to fake his death and escape underground. Uchiha Minamoto captured him with Magnet Release and appeared before him as the Fifth Hokage.

  • Tsunade summoned the Katsuyu Sage and rode her to the battlefield after Uchiha Minamoto told her to have fun.
  • Tsunade urged Jiraiya to fight Orochimaru alongside her, while Orochimaru realized Jiraiya had mastered Mount Myōboku’s senjutsu and sought a chance to escape.
  • Orochimaru dispelled Manda’s summoning and pretended to surrender, but Tsunade ordered the Katsuyu Sage to attack him with Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid.
  • Orochimaru used the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique and Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu to fake his death and hide underground.
  • Uchiha Minamoto used Magnet Release to harden the earth and trap Orochimaru inside a hovering sphere of mud and stone.
  • Uchiha Minamoto appeared before the captured Orochimaru, who greeted him with a forced smile.

Ch. 558Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Orochimaru tried to bargain for his life by offering Uchiha Minamoto information and research, while Jiraiya and Tsunade urged him to cooperate. Minamoto considered Orochimaru’s offers and found most of them uninteresting.

  • Uchiha Minamoto threatened to spare Orochimaru only if he liked what Orochimaru had to say.
  • Tsunade and Jiraiya arrived, and Orochimaru congratulated Tsunade on the resurrection of Hashirama, Tobirama, and Nawaki.
  • Jiraiya urged Orochimaru to confess, and Uchiha Minamoto ordered him to tell everything he ought to.
  • Orochimaru offered tissue from Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha, Akatsuki intelligence, Sasori’s location, his research on Hashirama and White Zetsu cells, and Moryo’s dried husk.
  • Uchiha Minamoto dismissed most of Orochimaru’s offers, noting that he had little need for Akatsuki intelligence, Sasori’s location, or Orochimaru’s research materials.

Ch. 559Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto prioritized Orochimaru’s resurrection materials and went to the Underground Base to retrieve Madara Uchiha’s corpse. He used a White Zetsu as a sacrifice and began the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu], leaving Madara’s return underway.

  • Uchiha Minamoto left Orochimaru trapped in a sphere of earth and stone while he went to the Underground Base.
  • Jiraiya teased Orochimaru, and Tsunade explained that Uchiha Minamoto could travel from Konoha to the Land of Swamps using [Divine Lightning].
  • Tsunade told Orochimaru and Jiraiya that Uchiha Minamoto had resurrected Madara Uchiha in the Land of Wind and killed him again.
  • Uchiha Minamoto found the scroll containing Madara Uchiha’s corpse and unsealed it.
  • Uchiha Minamoto took a White Zetsu and tissue from Madara Uchiha’s corpse, then began the [Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu].

Ch. 560Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto resurrected Madara Uchiha as an elderly Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara's attempt to attack him ended in a humiliating collapse. Uchiha Minamoto then restored Madara to a real but still elderly body, leaving him alive without returning him to his prime.

  • Uchiha Minamoto greeted the newly revived Madara Uchiha, who activated his Rinnegan and used Shinra Tensei against him.
  • Madara Uchiha's weak elderly body could barely support the jutsu, and its recoil caused him to fall and break several bones.
  • Madara Uchiha's reanimated body repaired itself, but he remained on the ground in a state of deep humiliation and dejection.
  • Uchiha Minamoto used Resurrection of the Dead with sun senjutsu chakra to turn Madara Uchiha's reanimated body into elderly flesh and blood.
  • Uchiha Minamoto left Madara Uchiha alive in his old body rather than restoring him to his prime.

Ch. 561Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto revived Madara Uchiha in his frail elderly body, then sealed him in amber when Madara begged for death. With Black Zetsu, Obito Uchiha, and Madara Uchiha contained, the panel declared the threat of a Shinobi World War eliminated and rewarded Uchiha Minamoto with 100 million Great Love Points and the SSS-rank dōjutsu Tengai Shinsei.

  • Madara Uchiha realized Uchiha Minamoto had revived him in his failing elderly body, leaving him barely able to breathe or use ninjutsu.
  • Madara Uchiha asked Uchiha Minamoto to kill him, but Uchiha Minamoto sealed him inside golden amber instead.
  • Uchiha Minamoto reflected that sealing Black Zetsu, Obito Uchiha, and Madara Uchiha, along with Kabuto Yakushi's changed circumstances, had prevented the Fourth Shinobi World War from breaking out as it had in the normal timeline.
  • The panel awarded Uchiha Minamoto 100 million Great Love Points and the SSS-rank dōjutsu Tengai Shinsei for eliminating the potential threat of a Shinobi World War.
  • Uchiha Minamoto recognized Tengai Shinsei as the jutsu whose formula scroll he had found among Madara Uchiha's belongings and considered the cost of mastering it.

Ch. 562Naturally Great-Loving Uchiha

Uchiha Minamoto counted his growing Great Love Points and destroyed the remaining materials Orochimaru had used to resurrect Obito. He then set his sights on Orochimaru as his next target.

  • Uchiha Minamoto saw that his Great Love Points reserve had reached five hundred million, though he still needed another hundred million to derive the Six-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan.
  • Uchiha Minamoto searched the ruins of Orochimaru's Underground Base and found two Sealing Scrolls.
  • Uchiha Minamoto unsealed one scroll and recognized its scraps as the materials Orochimaru had used for Obito Uchiha's Impure World Reincarnation.
  • Uchiha Minamoto burned the resurrection materials to nothing, preventing Obito from being resurrected unless Orochimaru had kept backups.
  • Uchiha Minamoto decided that Orochimaru would be his next target for sealing.
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