Naruto: Nawaki was already dead, how could you bring him back to life?

……

The treatment process lasted for three days.

Madara Uchiha's white hair, which resembled withered grass, continued to fall out, and a head of jet-black, spiky hair grew back. His originally dry and wrinkled skin peeled away like a snake shedding its skin, revealing the new, firm skin underneath.

To the naked eye, Madara Uchiha suddenly looked twenty or thirty years younger, returning to a state of around forty years old.

According to the system's assessment, even if Madara's "oxygen tube" is disconnected at this moment, his life will no longer be in danger, so Chiba also received a reward from the system.

[Ding! Treatment successful! Congratulations, host, you have obtained "Uchiha Bloodline (Strong)" and "Mangekyou Sharingan"!]

Wow~~~

A warm current flowed into Chiba's body, transforming his optic nerve and strengthening his bloodline power.

With the strengthening of the Uchiha bloodline, the three bloodlines within Chiba's body reached a more perfect balance, and his body underwent another "qualitative change".

As descendants of Ashura and Indra, the Senju and Uchiha bloodlines inherently possess some of their ancestors' power, though it is not as vast or pure as that of Madara and Hashirama, who were reincarnations of chakra.

At this moment, under the catalysis of the system and the stimulation of the Ten-Tails' power, Chiba also obtained the "seed" of the power of all things in the universe. Perhaps decades later, he will be able to naturally awaken the Rinnegan like Madara.

"Damn it, they didn't reward me with the Rinnegan after all, just a mere Mangekyou Sharingan."

Chiba closed his eyes, feeling the changes within his body, and thought with some dissatisfaction.

Madara Uchiha had already reached the threshold of the Six Paths, which is practically the level of a Six Paths expert. Yet, after successfully saving him, he was only rewarded with a Mangekyou Sharingan. This damn system is getting more and more corrupt!

system:【……】

"The good news is that I no longer need to sacrifice the rope tree, and the bloodline upgrade has an unexpectedly strong effect on strengthening my body. Overall, it's still a win."

Chiba secretly thought that he was now roughly equivalent to PDD's version of Hashirama + Madara, and his combat power should be no less than that of the two at their peak.

"By the way, let's quickly see what kind of eye technique I, Uchiha Chiba, have awakened!"

After indulging in some daydreaming, Chiba finally remembered the important matter and eagerly opened the system, ordering it to introduce his newly acquired eye technique.

【"Izanagi (Left Eye)": Consumes eye power to reset the user's status. The amount consumed depends on the severity of the injury. When the eye power is completely depleted, the user will temporarily revert to the three-tomoe Sharingan.】

"Holy crap, does that mean I got a permanent Izanagi? I knew the system wouldn't treat me unfairly!"

After reading the introduction to the left eye pupil technique, Chiba's mouth watered.

Unrestricted by time, without consuming eyeballs, and only requiring eye power to maintain an invincible state—what else could this be but a divine skill?!

If he had this skill back in the dueling arena, wouldn't he have been able to slaughter everyone?

system:【……】

"If the left eye is so amazing, the right eye must be just as good. Let me see..."

【"Izanami (Right Eye)": Consumes eye power to reset another person's status. The amount consumed depends on the severity of the injury. When the eye power is completely depleted, it will temporarily revert to the three-tomoe Sharingan.】

"(OωO?)! What?!"

Chiba was stunned, his head buzzing.

The left eye is a support skill. He originally thought the right eye would be a destructive skill, but unexpectedly it turned into a healer. How is that?

"Hmm, is it because I think about saving lives every day that both of my awakened eye techniques are related to 'recovery'?"

Thinking about it that way, it seems quite reasonable. Chiba could only reluctantly accept the second eye technique, since he didn't really have a choice!

If he could freely combine them, he would definitely choose Kamui and pair him with Kotoamatsukami.

"Well, actually, it's kind of cool to be able to heal someone just by glaring at them," Chiba consoled himself.

Although the right eye's eye technique doesn't seem to help much in battle, the enhanced version of Izanagi in the left eye is undeniably powerful. With the increased margin for error, Chiba's combat strength can be increased by at least 30%!

"Hmph, it seems that Chiba has also made quite a few gains."

Madara Uchiha was also busy sensing the changes in himself and didn't pay much attention to the increase in Chiba's aura. After all, the kid had just absorbed a lot of the Ten-Tails' power, so it was normal for him to improve.

"Although I'm still a ways off from my peak, I'm more than capable of dealing with these petty thieves in the ninja world right now."

Madara Uchiha clenched his fists, savoring the wonderful feeling of being reborn, and said with fervent passion, "Are you ready, Chiba? Let's conquer the ninja world together!"

"There's not much land in this world to expand our territory, but it's enough for the two of us to mess around with, hahahahaha!"

Faced with the laughing Madara Uchiha, Chiba did not answer immediately, a strange glint flashing in his eyes.

Now that he has the reward, he is wondering whether to continue using Madara Uchiha to seize the power of the Ten-Tails, or to go all the way and eliminate Madara Uchiha directly!

Chapter 121: The Fourth Hokage's Head-on Confrontation with Madara

"Perhaps we could also consider sealing Black Zetsu, revealing the truth to Madara Uchiha, and trying to recruit him as one of our own?"

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Chiba dismissed it.

He has no concrete evidence, he only has words to back it up. Given Madara Uchiha's arrogant and skeptical personality, would he believe what he says?

The Sage of Six Paths is actually an alien. His mother traveled thousands of miles to Earth to plant trees, but was sealed away by her two sons and became the moon...

To be honest, Chiba was completely baffled when he first saw this scene on TV.

Even if Naruto came, he couldn't make Madara stop believing in "his own will" and instead believe in such an absurd plot.

Even if Madara Uchiha believed it, how should the power of the Ten-Tails be distributed, and who should command the battle?

Given Madara Uchiha's personality, he would definitely keep all the initiative firmly in his own hands. Chiba understands him because they are essentially the same kind of people.

"If one monk carries water, two monks will have no water to drink. When we each hold our own opinions, Madara Uchiha may not become my help, but rather an obstacle."

With that thought in mind, Chiba decided it was best to keep Madara Uchiha as a pawn for now and try to acquire the power of the Ten-Tails as soon as possible.

Now that he stands out from the crowd, if that lurking Otsutsuki (from the Boruto storyline) sets his sights on him, he will be powerless to resist without the power of the Ten-Tails.

"Senior Madara, you may have misunderstood me. What I want is not to conquer the ninja world, but to win the hearts of all under heaven."

Under Madara Uchiha's expectant gaze, Chiba shook his head and said...

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Madara Uchiha's maniacal laughter stopped abruptly, and he frowned as he looked at Chiba.

"This is what I'm thinking, Madara-senpai: let's put on a show in front of the entire ninja world. You can play the good cop, responsible for destruction and ruin, and I can play the bad cop, responsible for subjugation and reconstruction."

Chiba calmly replied, "Once we have all nine tailed beasts, with our absolute strength and prestige, the entire ninja world will be ours for the taking."

"Ha!" Madara Uchiha sneered, "You have quite the scheme, having me play the villain while you pretend to be the good guy."

"Anyway, Senior Madara doesn't care about these empty titles. I helped you restore your strength, and according to our previous agreement, it's only right that you help me now."

Chiba shrugged and said nonchalantly, knowing that Madara Uchiha would definitely agree.

Madara's true purpose was "to all of you dream on," and he never intended to help Chiba. As long as it was beneficial to the Eye of the Moon Plan, Madara didn't care about anything else.

"Alright, I'll do as you say, but I need your help in secret."

As Chiba expected, after a moment's thought, Madara Uchiha agreed to his request and put forward corresponding conditions.

“Of course, I will be responsible for capturing the four-tailed beasts, the seven-tailed beasts, and the nine-tailed beasts. Senior Madara will only need to take care of the remaining five tailed beasts, how about that?” Chiba asked.

"Well, that's settled then."

Upon hearing that Chiba had voluntarily taken on nearly half of the tailed beasts, Madara Uchiha's tone softened considerably.

In this way, aside from the two tailed beasts of Kirigakure, he only needs to target Sunagakure and Kumogakure to seize the remaining three tailed beasts.

"There's one more thing, Chiba, which I'm sure you've already guessed to some extent."

Madara Uchiha pondered, "Nagato's eyes originally belonged to me. I transplanted them when Nagato was young. Now, for the sake of our plan, I need you to help me retrieve them."

Upon hearing this, Chiba fell silent.

After a long pause, he slowly said, "I can bring Nagato here, but you are not allowed to gouge out his eyes. You can use Yin-Yang Release to slowly transfer his pupil power."

"Womanly compassion! Do you know how much eye power is lost in the process of transferring eye power like this?"

Madara Uchiha said with dissatisfaction, "It's just a pair of eyes. You can use Yin-Yang Release to give this child a new pair of eyes at any time. He won't even know what happened."

"Didn't you hear what I said? I said, you're not allowed to gouge out Nagato's eyes!"

Chiba looked at Uchiha Madara, his gaze slightly cold, and said, word by word.

"Kid, who do you think you are talking to? Are you threatening me, Uchiha Madara?!"

Madara Uchiha's face immediately darkened. Now that his strength had mostly recovered, his temper had naturally returned as well.

So many years have passed, and apart from that bastard Tobirama Senju, no one has ever dared to speak to him in such a tone!

"If you see it as a threat, then it is!"

Chiba met Madara Uchiha's gaze and said coldly without backing down.

What kind of ninja world demon is he? He's just a remnant of the old era. Give him face and call him uncle, or send him to his grave!

boom!

The two disagreed for a moment, and their chakra suddenly erupted, transforming into two solidified vortexes that collided fiercely.

"Just how much Ten-Tails power did this kid absorb? Why has his strength suddenly increased so much that he can now stand shoulder to shoulder with me?"

Madara Uchiha's pupils suddenly contracted. Although he was not at his peak, he was still not someone that the junior in front of him could contend with!

"etc!"

Ban suddenly realized a problem.

Now that Chiba's strength has increased dramatically, and he doesn't have the Rinnegan, if this kid were to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to summon a few powerful individuals, it might be enough to threaten his life!

"Am I out of touch with the times, Hasi Hot Mom? In the past, no one in the ninja world could threaten me except you, but now even a junior can...!"

The oppressive force of the past was gone, and he was now being held back by a junior. Uchiha Madara suddenly felt a sense of bewilderment and powerlessness, as if time had passed and he had fallen from grace.

His pride wouldn't allow him to bow down to a junior, but if he didn't back down, he might really die at the hands of the other party!

At that time, his ideals, his ambitions, everything will become empty talk!

"What should I do?"

Madara Uchiha gritted his teeth. He never imagined that one day he would fall into such a predicament, being forced into a dilemma by a junior.

"...Let's do it your way, Chiba, I have no objection."

After a brief standoff, Madara Uchiha withdrew his chakra and practically spat out the words through gritted teeth.