Madara Uchiha's laughter had a metallic taste. "You want me to go back to that scheming place? Kid, did the Nine-Tails eat your brain?" He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, watching the pebbles fall through his fingers. "Besides, Hashirama is long gone, rotting in the Kitsuchi."
"You know better than anyone that Konoha has never been a village for one person alone." As Tsubasa stood up, the phantom of the giant dragon behind him transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into his body. "Before I became Hokage, some people in the village were clamoring for all sorts of conspiracies and schemes, and some even wanted to seize the legacy of the fallen heroes. But now, the children's textbooks are filled with justice and benevolence. How you and Lord Hashirama established the first village in the Shinobi World —some hatreds, someone always has to put them down first. I have a technique to resurrect the dead; Master might return to the Shinobi World."
Madara's pupils contracted slightly, Rinnegan rippled. Memories suddenly flooded back: as a child, he and Hashirama were grilling fish by the river, Hashirama's silly boast, "Our village will be full of flowers in the future," and then there was that Wood Release spear piercing his chest. He snorted coldly and turned his head away, "Anyone can talk a good game. You think resurrecting the dead is like playing in the mud?"
" Soul Reincarnation Technique. As long as you find the souls of the dead, you can let them be reincarnated. Doesn't your Rinnegan also have the Rinne Rebirth?" Tsubasa suddenly lowered his voice, his fingertips drawing mysterious runes on his palm. " The Rinne Rebirth requires the price of life, but the Soul Reincarnation Technique... as long as you gather the souls of the dead, find a suitable and willing vessel, and then I can cast the jutsu..." He paused, his gaze fixed intently on Madara. "I know you want to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to achieve peace, but that's unacceptable, just self-deception. Aren't you curious what the Shinobi World would be like if Lord Hashirama and Lord Izuna returned?"
The wind whipped up sand and gravel, lashing between them. Madara's Adam's apple bobbed as he recalled the undeciphered inscriptions deep within the stone tablet, and the countless times he'd dreamt of Izuna's innocent smile. He suddenly scoffed. "Even if I could be resurrected, do you think those stubborn Senju Clan of Konoha would let me, a ' missing-nin killed Hashirama and Tobirama,' swagger back?"
"You can change your identity." Tsubasa pulled out Konoha Forehead Protector from his robes, its edges still wrapped with new strips of cloth. "Just say you're a reclusive master who I thrice visited to persuade you to come out of seclusion and guide our research. Right now, Konoha desperately needs a master like you, proficient in Yin-Yang Release."
Madara Uchiha stared into Tsubasa's eyes and at the Konoha Forehead Protector in his hand, as if he could see Hashirama's eyes, brighter than the sun, when he first placed the Forehead Protector on Hashirama. A warmth finally welled up in his Rinnegan, and he snatched the Forehead Protector, stuffing it into his pocket. "Hmph, don't think this is a success. Hashirama returns, I'll fight him again!"
As the first rays Dawn dawn pierced the clouds, the stone statues in the Valley of the End were restored once more by Tsubasa's Ninjutsu, and two figures walked towards Konoha. Madara deliberately lagged half a step behind, his collar turned up high, but when he heard Tsubasa say, "Many delicious foods and many kinds of exquisite wines appeared in the village after I left," he unconsciously quickened his pace.
However, at that moment, the ground suddenly cracked open with Spiderweb- like pattern. Ink-black liquid surged out, coalescing into a hunched figure, its hoarse laughter Space Break: " Lord Madara, how could you associate with this brat? Don't be fooled by him!"
Madara Uchiha's pupils contracted sharply, and his Rinnegan glowed with a wary purple light. Beside him, Tsubasa remained calm, his fingertips lightly tracing the cuff of his sleeve, and a golden Cursed Seal spread along his skin. Just as Black Zetsu sensed something was wrong and tried to escape by burrowing underground, chains of Spiritual Power suddenly shot out from all directions, binding him like a living thing.
"Let me go, you bastard..." Black Zetsu twisted his body, his voice filled with disbelief, "This is a physical form created by Yin Release, how could you possibly..."
"When I was tinkering with Sealing Jutsu at the Konoha Research Institute, I specifically modified the Sealing Jutsu for your unique body." Tsubasa flicked his wrist, and the chains immediately tightened. Black Zetsu let out a pig-like scream. "Do you know why you always use others as tools? Because you're too afraid to do it yourself—after all, without a host, you can't even maintain your physical form for long."
Madara Uchiha frowned, staring at the struggling Black Zetsu, his Rinnegan spinning wildly. "Speak! What is your purpose in approaching me?"
Black Zetsu pleaded pitifully, " Lord Madara, I am the embodiment of your will!"
Tsubasa laughed and said, "You can't play games with me like that." With that, he activated his Heavenly Eye between his eyebrows and used his spiritual power to attack Black Zetsu.
Black Zetsu suddenly laughed eerily, his voice twisted with piety. "Lord Madara, you think the Eye of the Moon Plan is truly for peace? It's nothing more than a pawn in my scheme to resurrect my mother— Kaguya Otsutsuki! She was sealed on the moon by her two sons, and I've waited a thousand years to..."
"Enough!" Tsubasa tightened the chains abruptly, and a purifying white light rose around Black Zetsu. " Princess Kaguya descended to Earth from a distant planet, consuming the God Tree Fruit to gain Chakra. However, driven by greed, she sought to transform all humanity into White Zetsu, thus igniting a war. Her descendants, in an effort to stop her evil deeds, launched the ultimate battle that nearly destroyed the world."
Madara Uchiha. He recalled the obscure and difficult-to-understand characters deep within the stone tablet, and the pounding in his heart when he was repeatedly seduced. His fists clenched involuntarily. "So... I've always been..."
"What's even more terrifying is yet to come." Tsubasa waved his hand, removing the seal. Black Zetsu collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud. " Princess Kaguya was merely a discarded pawn of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. In the depths of the universe, there are countless beings stronger than her. They treat planets as breeding grounds for the God Tree, draining their Chakra before destroying them."
Ban remained silent for a long time, then suddenly burst into laughter, a laugh filled with the exhilaration of surviving a catastrophe, "Good! What a shocking deception!" He turned to look at Tsubasa, his Rinnegan rekindling his fighting spirit, "So you plan to counterattack their planet?"
"That's right, I want to gather all the strongest Shinobi World." A star map appeared in Tsubasa's palm, with countless points of light twinkling within it. " The Konoha Research Institute is researching an interstellar travel device powered by Chakra. But to fight the Ōtsutsuki, we need many experts like you. We also need the Rinnegan for research, and even more so, your understanding of Yin-Yang Release. Ultimately, a large number of Rinnegan experts will attack the Ōtsutsuki Clan from outer space."
Black Zetsu suddenly let out a sharp roar, "You can't succeed! The power of the Ōtsutsuki is immense. Mother created the White Zetsu army precisely to fight against them..." Before he could finish speaking, Tsubasa casually tossed out a sealing talisman, completely sealing it away.
Madara Uchiha gazed at the starry sky, as if he could see the God Tree that blotted out the sky a thousand years ago, and Princess Kaguya's crazed face. He patted Tsubasa heavily on the shoulder. " Tsubasa, you've convinced me. But let me make this clear—in this battle to conquer the stars, I'll be the vanguard. I also want to have another contest with Hashirama to see who kills more aliens. Hahaha..."
In the darkness, two figures walked side by side toward Konoha. In the distance, thousands of lights shone brightly, and various flying machines appeared and disappeared in the sky. From then on, the Ten Family had a mysterious elder. Meanwhile, the technological development of Konoha was quietly brewing a war that would transcend galaxies in this seemingly peaceful Konoha.