Born with a great love for the Uchiha

After a long struggle, Black Zetsu couldn't stand Orochimaru's "poisonous tongue" and was forced to agree to his conditions.

"This is Madara Uchiha's corpse."

Black Zetsu took out the sealing scroll that had been prepared beforehand and solemnly handed it to Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru, I must warn you about something."

"Do not attempt to summon Madara Uchiha before you have fully perfected the Impure World Reincarnation Technique."

"Don't repeat yesterday's loss of control, don't repeat the same mistakes."

Don't repeat the same mistakes.

This is a lie.

Black Zetsu brought up what happened with Hashirama Senju yesterday just to appease Orochimaru.

The fundamental reason why it didn't want Orochimaru to immediately perform the Impure World Reincarnation on Madara Uchiha was that Orochimaru's adaptation of White Zetsu had not yet been fully successful.

If Orochimaru were to summon Madara Uchiha right now, what level of Madara Uchiha would he be able to summon?

Madara Uchiha, whose strength was slightly more than half of his peak?

Or perhaps worse, an age spot?

What good is that?

Are we going to send Age Spot to deal with Gen Uchiha?

That's practically handing over victory points to Gen Uchiha!

"Rest assured, Lord Jue."

Orochimaru licked his lips and said confidently.

"No ninja knows forbidden techniques better than me."

"No one understands the Impure World Reincarnation Technique better than me!"

As Orochimaru spoke, he eagerly unfurled the scroll that sealed Madara Uchiha's corpse.

Smoke rose.

A new corpse appeared on the testing table.

Orochimaru looked at the corpse on the experimental table, his gaze settling on the other person's face.

It was an old, decrepit face with sunken eyes, showing no trace of the domineering aura he once possessed.

Orochimaru was utterly astonished.

"Are you kidding me! This is Uchiha Madara???"

Chapter 222 You call this Uchiha Madara?! Orochimaru flees in terror!

Orochimaru never saw Madara Uchiha alive.

But he had only just met the "half-alive" Hashirama Senju.

The exact dates of the Warring States period are no longer verifiable.

Even Orochimaru didn't know the exact ages of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

However, he was absolutely certain of one thing: Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were definitely contemporaries.

Even if we take a step back and assume the worst, the age difference between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha would not exceed one generation!

After being resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Hashirama Senju still appeared as a young man.

But what exactly is this so-called "Uchiha Madara"?!

Orochimaru had his suspicions that Madara Uchiha had managed to escape the battle at the Valley of the End using the Izanagi Technique.

The Second Hokage deliberately preserved Madara Uchiha's body, but it disappeared in the Second Hokage's secret laboratory.

That alone is enough to illustrate the point.

Orochimaru never imagined that Madara Uchiha could live so long!

Orochimaru had seen countless ninjas and dissected countless "human subjects" with his own eyes, but he had never seen such an old person before.

Precisely.

The "person" that Orochimaru had just unsealed was emaciated, with wrinkled skin hanging loosely on his skeletal frame. At first glance, he looked like a skeleton spirit wearing human skin.

Judging by age alone, this corpse was definitely over a hundred years old when it was alive!

A true centenarian!

"You call this Uchiha Madara?!"

Orochimaru tried to hold back, but he couldn't resist any longer.

"That legendary ninja who was on par with the First Hokage?"

Orochimaru strongly suspected that Black Zetsu had simply given him an old man's corpse to fob him off.

But what's the point?

Even if this old skeleton really is the corpse of the legendary Uchiha Madara.

What's the point of resurrecting him through the Impure World Reincarnation?

With such an aged body, even if it were "resurrected," it probably wouldn't even be able to stand up, let alone fight!

Believe it or not.

"Black Zetsu said in a deep voice."

"This is indeed Madara Uchiha's corpse."

Black Zetsu could not have faked Madara Uchiha's corpse.

On the one hand, it's meaningless; on the other hand, it really won't...

anyway.

The reason why Madara Uchiha's body looked so old was related to his experiences in his later years.

To know.

Madara Uchiha only managed to awaken the Rinnegan by fusing the chakra of Indra and Ashura just before his death.

And after the Rinnegan is activated.

After Madara Uchiha and others had initially adapted to and basically mastered the power of the Rinnegan, they immediately and secretly transplanted it into the young Nagato.

When was that?

It is known that Nagato met Jiraiya during the Second Shinobi World War, and at that time he already possessed the Rinnegan.

Therefore, Madara Uchiha transplanted Nagato's eyes earlier than the Second Shinobi World War!

When did Madara Uchiha actually die?

After the Third Shinobi World War was basically over!

Madara Uchiha deliberately chose to die after he had roughly trained Obito Uchiha.

Before the Second Shinobi World War, and for more than a decade after the Third Shinobi World War, Madara Uchiha barely survived by relying on the chakra supply from the Gedo Mazo.

A guy who was already close to dying of old age was forced to prolong his life for more than ten years by relying on the supply from the Outer Path Demon Statue.

It is perfectly normal for Madara Uchiha's body to age and look like this.

"Humph!"

Orochimaru snorted coldly.

Ignoring the fact that Black Zetsu was right next to him, he reached out his right hand and directly lifted the eyelids of the so-called Uchiha Madara corpse.

There is no space under the left eyelid.

The area under the right eyelid is also empty.

"You call this Uchiha Madara???"

Orochimaru pulled at Madara Uchiha's eyelids, revealing the dark, empty space inside.

"What about the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan?"

"Since Madara Uchiha is a ninja who is on par with the First Hokage, his eyes should not be ordinary Sharingan. They should have evolved into Mangekyou Sharingan, right?"

"An Uchiha who doesn't even have eyes?"

Orochimaru looked at Black Zetsu with a mocking expression.

He had seen the results of using the Izanagi Technique before.

Even if Madara Uchiha did indeed rely on the Izanagi Technique to fake his death and escape from the Valley of the End.

Then his eyes won't completely disappear!

The side effect of the Izanagi Technique is that it causes the Sharingan to lose its sight, not that it makes it disappear completely!

not to mention.

Madara Uchiha had two Sharingan eyes, but now he has none left in his eyes.

Black Zetsu said that the corpse, which didn't even have eyes, belonged to Uchiha Madara.

Who believes?

Orochimaru, at least, didn't believe it.

Faced with Orochimaru's well-reasoned and evidence-based questioning, Black Zetsu was unable to offer any defense.

Does it mean it should tell Orochimaru that Madara Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan had already "evolved" into the Rinnegan and was secretly transplanted to Nagato?

Is this something I can say?!

Black Zetsu secretly plotted for a thousand years before "cultivating" a pair of Rinnegan in the generation of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.