Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 365: The Final Prologue

In the northern part of the Land of Iron, beneath a vast underground space completely covered by ice and snow, Madara Uchiha sat cross-legged atop the massive Gedo Mazo, intently absorbing the Tailed Beasts.

After nearly a week, he had absorbed the Two-Tails and the Three-Tails into the Gedo Mazo, causing the Gedo Mazo to open its two eyes again.

As the power of the Gedo Mazo continues to recover, it is absorbing and consuming the tailed beasts at an increasingly faster pace. If all goes as expected, the absorption of the Four-Tails will only take another half day.

"What immense power! How did the Sage of Six Paths manage to defeat such a powerful force back then? If the facts weren't right before our eyes, it would be hard to imagine that Kaguya Otsutsuki, who wielded the Ten-Tails, would have failed."

At this moment, Madara Uchiha formed a close connection with the Gedo Mazo. He deeply felt the vast, ocean-like chakra emanating from the Gedo Mazo and was filled with emotion.

With such a terrifying amount of chakra, he felt that he could use Tenai Zhenxing ten times in a row without even breaking a sweat, and he didn't need to worry about his chakra being depleted.

In addition, he felt that his Rinnegan was becoming increasingly powerful after being nourished by this terrifying chakra and a special chakra born from the fusion of multiple chakras within the Ten-Tails, and that there were faint signs of it evolving again.

There's also the Mangekyou Sharingan from Uchiha Homura. Even though it didn't fuse with another pair of Mangekyou Sharingan to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, it has now received the same power nourishment as the Rinnegan and has begun to break this condition, starting to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

Madara Uchiha believed that after a while, Homura Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan would evolve into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and then continue to evolve towards the Rinnegan.

"Time is never enough."

Madara Uchiha noticed the change in Homura Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan and said regretfully.

The difference between one Rinnegan and two Rinnegan is not small. If he could, he really wanted to wait for Uchiha Homura's Mangekyou Sharingan to evolve into the Rinnegan.

Unfortunately, time waits for no one. The longer it drags on, the more prepared the ninja villages in the ninja world will be to unite against him.

Even for him, facing the entire ninja world alone, it's impossible to say he wasn't under pressure.

Although ants are small, a large number of them can eventually become a big problem, not to mention that there are one or two ants among them that he feels threatened.

Kirito Tohsaka, and that mysterious ninja who fights using puppets.

When the crisis struck, the world retaliated with increasing ferocity, forcing all sorts of monsters and demons to emerge.

Half a day later, Madara Uchiha successfully made the Gedo Mazo absorb the Six-Tails from the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's body, and a new blood-red eye opened on the face of the Gedo Mazo, which successfully opened its fifth eye.

"Congratulations, Lord Madara, on taking another big step closer to realizing the great Eye of the Moon Plan."

Black Zetsu appeared from the shadows just in time, smiling and offering his compliments.

"Hmm~, finally the day will come soon. By the way, how's the situation outside? It must be pretty bad."

Madara Uchiha's expression softened slightly, clearly pleased with Black Zetsu's compliments, and he began to inquire about recent information from the ninja world.

"Lord Madara, just as you predicted, the people of those ninja villages are all terrified after learning the truth about the destruction of Kirigakure. Now, with Kumogakure leading the Five Kage Summit, besides Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Konoha, and Amegakure all intend to unite against you."

Blackbeard immediately gave a report.

"The Five Kage Summit, huh? That's quite an ancient name."

Madara Uchiha sneered, then a hint of nostalgia involuntarily appeared on his face, but it was quickly replaced by coldness.

Thinking back to the last Five Kage Summit, he was still someone who quietly contributed to the peace of the ninja world. Although his methods were a bit crude, he ultimately succeeded.

The Five Shadows Conference has now become a tool to deal with him.

It has to be said, this is quite ironic.

However, this Five Kage Summit was quite successful, as it brought together important figures from all the major ninja villages, making it convenient for him to eliminate them all at once.

Madara Uchiha asked, "Is the Five Kage Summit over?"

"No, it's still ongoing. Although these ninja villages are thinking of uniting to deal with you, each of them has their own agenda and wants to gain more benefits within the Allied Shinobi Forces. It's impossible to reach a consensus in a short time."

According to intelligence secretly relayed by Akasuna, it will likely take at least another day or two to reach a final result.

Black Zetsu sneered.

"They really are a bunch of good-for-nothings. Well, with so much hatred between them, it's not that easy for them to put aside their true feelings and unite. Humans are ultimately creatures driven by emotions, and no one can avoid that."

Upon hearing this news, Madara Uchiha's face immediately lit up with joy.

The Five Kage Summit is not over yet, which is indeed very good news for him. In this way, he can find an opportunity to take down the leaders of these major ninja villages in one fell swoop, leaving the major ninja villages in a state of leaderlessness, thus making it easier for him to complete the final Eye of the Moon Plan.

"Lord Madara, Orochimaru and Hiruko have been captured by the people of Konoha."

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Seeing that Madara Uchiha was in a good mood, Black Zetsu cautiously began to deliver some bad news.

"Orochimaru was captured? What about the tailed beast clones?"

Madara Uchiha's tone instantly turned cold, and he spoke with murderous intent, staring at Black Zetsu with a killer gaze.

The tailed beast clone is a crucial part of his Eye of the Moon plan; it can be said that without it, the Ten-Tails cannot be resurrected.

There was no other way; he had already captured all the tailed beasts he could. The remaining One-Tail, Five-Tail, Eight-Tail, and Nine-Tail were all difficult to capture successfully. The Eight-Tail had not yet revived, and the One-Tail and Nine-Tail were strictly controlled by Konoha. Only the Five-Tail had a slight chance of being obtained.

However, Hattori Masanari from Amegakure is now somewhat unfathomable to him. This Amegakure ninja is more difficult to deal with than he imagined. Now that he has allied himself with Konoha, if he makes a move against him, Tohsaka Kirito from Konoha will definitely come to his rescue immediately.

"Don't worry about that. I have successfully transferred these clones. The clones of the One-Tailed, Five-Tailed, and Eight-Tailed are already mature, and the Nine-Tailed clone will be ready soon."

Black Zetsu quickly replied.

Upon learning that the clone was unharmed, Madara Uchiha suppressed his murderous intent and continued to ponder with a calm expression, without inquiring about the subsequent events involving Orochimaru and Hiruko.

In his eyes, he had already squeezed the two of them dry, and whether they lived or died was no longer important to him.

"Go and get ready, it's time to begin."

A short while later, Madara Uchiha glanced at the giant wooden doll beneath him, which was nearing recovery, and then made a crucial decision.

The Third Shinobi World War is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)