Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

Shikulin Forest.

Orochimaru told Tobirama everything he knew.

Tobirama mainly focused on Madara's Rinnegan.

It is said that the Rinnegan is the eye of the Sage of Six Paths, and its appearance is a kind of destiny, heralding a new era of change in the ninja world.

A thousand years ago, the Sage of Six Paths established the Ninja Clan and saved the shattered world.

A thousand years later, the ninja world is still rife with conflict, and the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths will bring unprecedented stability to the chaotic ninja world.

And the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths, the child of prophecy mentioned by the Great Toad Sage, is very likely Madara.

Because he awakened the Rinnegan.

The Rinnegan is the eye of the Sage of Six Paths.

If there were any prophecies, then the most fitting one would be: "When reincarnation appears, a sage will emerge."

The crimson moon hangs high, the six realms appear, quelling the chaos across the four seas and relieving the suffering of the people.

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Tobirama couldn't help but shout angrily, "How could that evil Madara possibly be the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths?"

Orochimaru replied, "But Madara has the Rinnegan! That's proof that the Sage of Six Paths acknowledged Madara!"

Tobirama scoffed, "If that's the case, then the Sage of Six Paths is an evil old demon. If he stands on the side of the Uchiha, then he is an enemy of the Senju and Konoha."

What a huge hat!

Orochimaru looked at Tobirama with some surprise. He hadn't expected Tobirama to harbor such resentment towards the Uchiha clan, like a resentful woman whose feelings had been toyed with by the Uchiha.

Tobirama quickly calmed down and said to Orochimaru, "After researching forbidden techniques for so many years, I have developed the Impure World Reincarnation technique, which can summon the souls of the dead from the Pure Land."

"I can tell you very clearly that there is no reincarnation of souls in this world. Once a person dies, they will sleep in a pure land."

Orochimaru listened attentively; these were all extremely valuable points of knowledge that he had to write down.

There is no concept of reincarnation in the ninja world; when a person dies, they fall into a permanent slumber.

In the original story, not a single soul summoned from the Pure Land to the mortal world could remember what the Pure Land was like!

Even the same goes for Madara; when they wake up, their brains are still stuck in the state they were in before they died.

This proves that the Pure Land does not have the concept of reincarnation.

However, there is a concept of chakra reincarnation, but this concept is limited to special people, such as the sons of the Sage of Six Paths—Indra and Ashura.

There is also the Karma Reincarnation of the Otsutsuki clan. Before dying, members of the Otsutsuki clan compress their own data into a black diamond-shaped mark and inject it into a selected "vessel".

It slowly dissolves within the "vessel," rewriting the cells and completely transforming the "vessel" into Otsutsuki.

When the wedge is 100% thawed, the personality and body of the "vessel" are completely covered, and the Otsutsuki clan will be reborn in the "vessel".

However, compared to the Otsutsuki clan, they are not accepted by the Pure Land mechanism of the ninja world.

Tobirama didn't know the concept of chakra reincarnation; he only knew that Madara couldn't possibly be the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths.

Orochimaru asked, "Then why does Madara possess the Rinnegan?"

Tobirama retorted to Orochimaru, "You once said that Madara possessed Wood Release, right?"

Orochimaru nodded: "Yes, Madara demonstrated the First Hokage's Wood Release power."

Tobirama snorted, "That's the key. The only variable Madara has now, aside from the Rinnegan, compared to his Warring States period self, is Wood Release."

"During the battle at the Valley of the End, his aim wasn't to attack Konoha, but to steal my brother's Wood Release cells."

Tobirama is very intelligent and possesses a strategic vision far beyond his peers.

One of the reasons Hashirama was able to lead the Senju clan to defeat the Uchiha clan was his superior ninja stats.

Another reason was Tobirama's assistance.

Tobirama possesses calm, pragmatic, and visionary political and strategic wisdom.

Although he did not possess the overwhelming power of Hashirama, he single-handedly built the order of Konoha and even the entire ninja world through his intellect.

The systems related to the Anbu, Ninja Academy, Chunin Exams, and Hokage Election...

These were the frameworks that Tobirama built for Konoha. Other ninja villages saw them and didn't bother to make any changes; they simply copied them.

The columns establish the structure, and the doorways lay the foundation for that structure.

If all the Kage had temple names, then Hashirama would be the Fire High Ancestor, and Tobirama would be the Fire Great Ancestor.

Historically, Emperor Taizu founded the dynasty and brought order to the country after a period of chaos, while Emperor Taizong laid the foundation for the dynasty and perfected its systems.

How far a dynasty can go depends on how much territory the founding emperor conquered and how the founding emperor digested that territory.

With his sharp mind, Tobirama analyzed the key to Madara's awakening of the Rinnegan after only hearing the information once.

That is, the spot fused with the cells of the column.

Orochimaru was somewhat surprised and asked, "Second Hokage, is the Rinnegan an evolution of Madara's Mangekyou Sharingan?"

Tobirama shook his head: "I don't know, but the key to Madara obtaining the Rinnegan is most likely his older brother's cells."

"I have consulted ancient texts. Our Senju clan and the Uchiha clan share a common ancestor, the Sage of Six Paths."

"I originally thought this was just the family adding to their wealth, but now it seems to be true. Both the Senju and Uchiha clans are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths."

Orochimaru was shocked again: "Second Hokage, you mean—the fusion of the Senju and Uchiha clans will awaken the Rinnegan?"

Orochimaru was once again amazed by Tobirama's intellect.

Hashirama possesses immense power, but lacks intelligence.

Tobirama has a brilliant mind, but he's unhappy.

The two complement each other.

Could Orochimaru analyze these things?

Yes! But it takes time to verify each hypothesis, such as the theory that the Rinnegan is activated by Madara merging into Hashirama's cells.

Orochimaru was only speculating; he didn't even understand the concept of the Eternal Kaleidoscope.

According to the original work, the deduction by the author is that the Rinnegan evolved from the Mangekyou Sharingan combined with Hashirama cells, which is based on Orochimaru's years of research.

Orochimaru traveled around, robbing tombs by day and stealing dogs by night. In his spare time, he studied ancient texts with great diligence and hard work, which led him to deduce the evolutionary relationship between the Sharingan and the Rinnegan.

However, this theory is not entirely accurate.

Later, the Sage of Six Paths overturned this, stating that the Rinnegan and Sharingan are independent of each other; otherwise, they could not have been listed as the three great dojutsu.

Orochimaru needs time, but the situation in the ninja world has changed drastically recently, and the Third Hokage hasn't had a good night's sleep.

Orochimaru didn't get a proper rest either, spending all his time worrying about how to deal with Uchiha Madara or how to escape Uchiha Madara's Infinite Tsukuyomi.

If he had the time, Orochimaru would definitely want to thoroughly investigate what would be special about the fusion of the Senju and Uchiha bloodlines.

Looking at Orochimaru, who was engrossed in his research with a fanatical expression, Tobirama suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia. Seeing Orochimaru was like seeing his younger self.

However, Tobirama is different from Orochimaru; he researches forbidden techniques to better protect Konoha.

Orochimaru, however, did it for his own benefit.

Tobirama shook his head, denying his own words: "This is just reasoning. Whether this theory is correct requires a theory, and to complete this theory—"

Tobirama didn't finish his sentence, but Orochimaru knew—it was human experimentation.