Mayuri Kurotsuchi Card Game, starting from Naruto

Chapter 309

"Madara-sama!"

Inside the dimly lit cave, Zetsu and Setsuna Uchiha, seeing Madara Uchiha emerge from the coffin dressed in full armor, respectfully greeted the regained Madara.

"This is... Impure World Reincarnation?"

Upon returning to the ninja world, Madara Uchiha did not immediately respond to Zetsu and Setsuna Uchiha. Instead, he raised his palm and looked at his pale, lifeless skin with fish-scale-like, paper-like patterns. After carefully sensing his current physical condition, he finally looked up and focused his gaze on the two Black Zetsu in front of him.

It was just a calm, indifferent gaze, but the slight dissatisfaction lurking within that aura still made Uchiha Setsuna and his companion, who were facing Madara at close range, feel immense pressure.

"A lot of unexpected things happened." Black Zetsu stepped forward and explained, "Because Nagato is closer to Konoha, we can't control him, so the Tailed Beasts collection plan is difficult to carry out without the cooperation of the Rinnegan."

We wanted to retrieve Nagato's Rinnegan, but the problem was that Nagato had mastered its power to an extremely high level, and coupled with the leak of information, several operations ended in failure.

"Has Nagato grown to this level?" Madara asked thoughtfully, but his tone didn't show any annoyance or resentment.

To him, Nagato was merely a suitable vessel for the Rinnegan. His greatest role was to use the Rinne Rebirth Technique on himself after mastering the power of the Rinnegan, allowing him to revive in his peak condition.

Black Zetsu, whom he considers a product of his own will, has always been the one responsible for guiding Nagato onto the predetermined path, but as things stand, it is clear that Black Zetsu's guidance has failed.

"Not only Nagato, but even those two brats who used to follow Nagato are much stronger now. Especially Yahiko, Madara in his Edo Tensei state should be careful when he encounters him." Black Zetsu's tone was tinged with apprehension.

He suffered quite a few losses at the hands of Yahiko and Nagato.

"Just a few kids."

No matter how powerful Black Zetsu described Nagato and Yahiko, Madara didn't care. In his mind, the only ones who could rival him in strength, besides the enigmatic Sage of Six Paths, were Hashirama Senju.

If the opponent isn't Hashirama, then there's nothing he cares about or values.

Even if you do, you still need to stand in front of him first, show him your strength, and then gain his approval!

"They are no longer the children you once knew. Nagato and Yahiko are now among the strongest in the entire ninja world, especially Yahiko, who possesses a power that can damage souls and destroy Yin-Yang Release. Although you are now an immortal Edo Tensei body, against Yahiko, the immortality of Edo Tensei cannot be as effective."

Uchiha Setsuna added from the side. He looked somewhat aged now. If his body hadn't been injected with Wood Release cells, it would have been too much for the Mangekyou Sharingan to handle, and he wouldn't have been able to maintain his peak condition.

As a member of the Uchiha clan who pursued power, he obtained the power he had always dreamed of and combined the bloodlines of the Uchiha and Senju clans to further enhance his combat strength.

However, this still cannot compensate for his predicament of only being able to protect himself in the drastically changed ninja world. Even his precious Mangekyou Sharingan has been weakened and restricted in the face of the current ninja world's powerful figures.

"The ninja world today is completely different from the ninja world in Madara's memories. If it weren't so, we wouldn't have had to use the Impure World Reincarnation to revive Madara ahead of schedule."

Black Zetsu's tone was filled with helplessness.

He didn't break down when the plan went out of control, nor did he break down when Nagato, the vessel carrying the Rinnegan, went out of control. But the familiar changes in the ninja world now shocked him and made him break down!

Because he vaguely glimpsed a scene that had unfolded a thousand years ago in the changes of the ninja world today. The one who orchestrated that scene was named Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the legendary Sage of Six Paths! He dispersed his mother's power, giving rise to the ninja, a group possessing chakra power.

In the ninja world today, a new force has emerged. Although it is not yet as widespread or demanding as chakra in terms of training, the birth of ninjas was not an overnight phenomenon. This trend of replacing chakra and ninjas, just as ninjas replaced monsters and samurai in the past, is something Black Zetsu is extremely wary of.

As Kaguya Otsutsuki's third son, Black Zetsu knew very well that his mother needed chakra!

The ninja world is a mother's nursery!

But now someone is planning to eliminate chakra, and even plant other fruits in Mother's nursery, which is of course unacceptable to Black Zetsu.

Worse still, Konoha, the prime suspect, knew him extremely well. He and his White Zetsu clones couldn't approach Konoha, or they would inevitably be exposed. He had risked infiltrating again to gather information about that new power, but before he could even investigate, he was exposed. He was nearly trapped in Konoha, sacrificing many of his White Zetsu clones before he managed to escape in the chaos.

What infuriated Black Zetsu was that Konoha, instead of keeping this detection method to themselves, taught it to the Covenant Village. Even Kirigakure, which had been under their control and kept closed off, had recently been given a hint of danger by Black Zetsu and Setsuna Uchiha.

"Then explain it to me."

Madara Uchiha planted the Uchiha fan he was holding upside down in the ground, sat down on the ground with one hand on his knee, and gave a command.

So Black Zetsu and Uchiha explained to him, highlighting the key changes in the ninja world after Madara Uchiha's death, with particular emphasis on Konoha and the existence and spread of new powers.

"Is it weak?"

Madara Uchiha was not entirely ignorant of Hollows. During the Third Shinobi World War, the Hidden Cloud Village used the power of Hollows, and White Zetsu had recorded the events and replayed them before him.

However, the Hollow power that Black Zetsu spoke of, while not entirely unrelated to the Hollows in his memories, was clearly vastly different—they were entirely different species. If one had to draw an analogy, perhaps it was like the difference between chakra and Sage Mode?

Regardless, this power piqued Madara Uchiha's interest, since according to Black Zetsu's intelligence, almost every Kage of the five great ninja villages, except for the Mizukage of Kirigakure, possessed Hollow powers.

As a large ninja village where ninjas gather, it is also known as the Land of Spiritual Rebirth. Within the Land of Spiritual Rebirth, Hollows belonging to the underworld are often able to come to the mortal world to engage in activities and hunt.