XX-level Hokage

He hadn't understood why his father would choose to open the Death Gate of the Eight Inner Gates before, but now he did. It was when he was determined to protect what was most important to him at the cost of his life.

"Red steam... Is this the blood steam unique to the Eight Gates when all eight gates are opened? But it doesn't seem like anything special, just like withered leaves in autumn, falling leaves." Madara said, looking at Guy.

“You’re right, but I don’t just wither away. I will become nourishment for new green leaves. When the green leaves sprout and spring arrives, that will be the climax of youth, the moment when I burn most brightly,” Kai said.

Having said that, he instantly appeared before Madara. "Evening Elephant"

Kai sent Madara flying with a single punch. "One kick!"

Then he reappeared above Madara and threw a punch. Madara could only use his cane to block it.

Then, with a fierce roar from Kai, Madara was slammed heavily to the ground, creating a huge crater. But just as Kai was about to continue his attack, he suddenly stopped.

"I see, it really hurts, but I'm used to it. From now on, it'll be continuous, there won't be any breaks," Kai muttered to himself. Madara rose from the ground, a horn broken off from his head.

"If I get hit by that four or five times, it'll probably be really troublesome. In any case, I have to avoid getting hit by the fists that created these things," Madara muttered to himself.

Ban floated out of the pit, and Kai instantly floated up and followed.

"He actually started running in the air!" Madara was utterly astonished by Kai's movements. Madara dodged continuously, disappearing from his spot in an instant.

He then used three Truth-Seeking Balls to liquefy himself, while the other three Truth-Seeking Balls that were originally surrounding the True White Ball rushed towards Guy.

Just then, as the Truth-Seeking Ball was about to collide with Kai, Kujira appeared, blocked the Truth-Seeking Ball, and then vanished instantly. (Author's Note)

Mashiro is currently AFK waiting for the three-eyed freckles.

Chapter 214: Spotted

Seeing this, Kakashi used his last bit of strength to activate Kamui, creating a hole in Madara's Truth-Seeking Ball shield.

With that, Kai punched Madara in the back, knocking Madara out of his Truth-Seeking Ball shield. Madara spat out a mouthful of blood and crashed heavily to the ground, sliding dozens of meters.

Kai landed on the ground, panting heavily, and looked ahead at the direction where Ban had been knocked away.

As the smoke cleared, Madara got up from the ground again, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at Guy, and said excitedly, "This kind of excitement is the first time I've felt it since Hashirama. You can still dance, right? You have other skills, right? Keep entertaining me."

In Madara's view, facing Mashiro before only brought shock and helplessness, not excitement at all. This guy withstood the continuous attacks of Evening Elephant. "Kai looked at Madara, thinking in disbelief. After speaking, Kai launched Evening Elephant again, hitting Madara heavily and sending him flying once more.

Ban rose to his feet, wiped away the blood, looked at Kai, and said excitedly, slightly out of breath, "Hahahaha, very good, let's dance again."

"Evening Elephant is useless against him? I guess I'll have to use Night Kai." Kai muttered to himself, leaning against a nearby rock and panting heavily. After saying that, Kai got into position.

Madara looked at Guy in front of him, his eyes seeing through Guy's body and the life force in Guy's entire body, while the life force in Guy's heart was rapidly weakening.

"Judging from the pressure points on his heart, the next strike will be the final one," Madara muttered to himself. "Accumulation."

After Kai finished speaking, a powerful aura emanated from him, constantly engulfing the surroundings. "Judging from this, it's not the Evening Elephant," Xiao Li said, looking at Kai.

"Is there a technique more powerful than Evening Elephant?" Gaara asked.

The chakra emanating from Kai intensified, and a faint red dragon of blood appeared on his body.

Looking at Guy at this moment, Madara laughed loudly and said, "With this kind of chakra, I acknowledge you. In terms of taijutsu, among those who have fought me, no one is better than you. I, Madara, am willing to call you the strongest!"

At that moment, Kai charged towards Madara with such force that it created a sonic boom. "So fast!" Madara exclaimed.

"What?! Space is distorted?!" As Guy approached, Madara realized that the red blood dragon was indeed distorting space. "Night Guy!"

Guy kicked Madara, who instantly coughed up blood and was sent flying backward by the powerful impact. Guy's force continued, and Madara's ribs began to shatter. Finally, a huge roar was heard as Madara was slammed heavily to the ground.

"Teacher Kai!" Xiao Li couldn't help but call out.

"That was Kai's final blow. I wonder how he is now," Kakashi muttered to himself. The smoke cleared.

Kai Shun lay on the ground, his body covered in red marks, looking as if he had been burned. Madara, on the other hand, had lost half of his body and was breathing heavily.

But only for a moment, Ban burst into loud laughter, and his body began to grow.

"You almost killed me, you wretch. Though you're now a dying candle, you've pleased me. This is my reward, before you turn to ashes."

"I'm here to kill you." Madara said somewhat maniacally, and then a Truth-Seeking Ball shot towards Kai in an instant.

But just as Madara's Truth-Seeking Ball was about to hit Guy, another Truth-Seeking Ball appeared and deflected Madara's.

Seeing the Truth-Seeking Balls that had suddenly appeared, Madara turned to look in the direction where Mashiro was trapped. Mashiro was nowhere to be seen. Madara turned his head back again, and Mashiro had appeared beside Guy at some point.

"You..." Madara stared at Mashiro in utter astonishment, wondering why she still possessed the chakra of the Creation Truth-Seeking Balls.

Mashiro reached out and placed her hand on Guy's chest, channeling Yang-attribute chakra into him, halting Guy's life force. She beckoned to Rock Lee, who instantly arrived using the Eight Gates and carried Guy back to his side.

Madara simply watched all of this quietly without intervening. He was not in good condition at the moment, and if Mashiro had recovered his power, he didn't know how much of a chance he would have. He was extremely wary of Mashiro.

"That Night Guy technique is indeed very powerful. Even I, without knowing it beforehand, would probably have ended up the same way as you," Mashiro said with some emotion.

She had just witnessed Kai's Night Guy technique, and it was indeed incredibly powerful. Even though her Divine Intervention technique could instantly convert chakra, the spatial distortion...

Under such circumstances, the success rate is probably not high.

Of course, if she had known the power of Nightbreaker beforehand and activated the Dyeing Gate, then Nightbreaker would have been a minor problem for her. "Who exactly are you?" Madara asked seriously, everything that Mashiro had shown him filled him with immense confusion.

"Me? My name is Hyuga Mashiro, the current head of the Hyuga clan, and also the Sixth Hokage of Konoha." Mashiro said softly. "Hyuga clan?" Madara thought of this ocular jutsu clan that was on par with the Uchiha.

"Could it be that the Hyuga clan also possesses a stone tablet left by the Sage of Six Paths? If the Hyuga clan, like the Uchiha clan, are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, and their Byakugan also possesses the ability to evolve into the Rinnegan, then everything that happened to you can be understood," Madara said.

"Your guess is indeed reasonable for you, but unfortunately, you are wrong. The Hyuga clan is not a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths."

"It is indeed related to the Sage of Six Paths," Mashiro said softly.

Ban didn't say anything more. After a long silence.

Mashiro asked, "Are you fully recovered?" "Yes."

Madara instantly used Limbo to attack Mashiro.

But Limbo's attack had no effect on Mashiro. "Is it still that Kamui-like ability?" Madara muttered to himself.

Then he threw out the black rods again. Several black rods pierced through Shinpaku's body as if passing through a phantom, and stuck into the ground.

"Looks like I'll have to use an area-of-effect attack. Sage Art: Yin Release - Lightning Style!" Madara instantly unleashed tree-branch-like purple lightning bolts from his hand, attacking in all directions. But it still had no effect.

Mashiro showed no fear of the purple lightning, walked lightly to Madara, and drew a cross with her hand. Instantly, Madara's body shattered into four pieces.

But under the power of "Life, Body, and Spirit," the four pieces of Ban's body instantly healed, and then he flew backward in an instant.

"How is this possible? Such power?" Madara could hardly believe it. "Do you know why?" Mashiro asked Madara. Hearing this, Madara stopped and turned to look at Mashiro.

"Because your power is not enough. I can see through your true form of Limbo, but you cannot see through my Ranya Tenchen. That is why you can only run away," Mashiro said softly.

Hearing Mashiro's words, Madara gripped his cane tightly. Although he wanted to deny it, Mashiro was indeed right. Just then, Madara faintly heard the call of the Divine Tree.

Madara laughed maniacally and said, "In that case, I will sublimate once more." After saying that, Madara reached out and absorbed the divine tree.

Immediately afterwards, Madara's body changed again; the Rinne Sharingan activated on his forehead. Madara gained new power once more.

Madara looked around, then stretched out his hand in one direction. "Planetary Devastation!"

A tremendous gravitational pull swept through, drawing in the soil and pebbles, and a gigantic stone sphere was born. Then, Madara vanished from his spot and reappeared before the sphere, reaching out his hand, shattering it. Mashiro appeared, her neck tightly gripped by Madara.

"Now I can see you. Accept reality, it's all over. I will save this world as the savior," Madara said.

“Yes, this eye is indeed incredibly powerful, so powerful that even I cannot fight against it, but it is not yours,” Mashiro said softly. “What?” Madara asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's about to begin." Mashiro looked at the spotted figure with a hint of unease.

Just as Ban was still wondering, a hand pierced through his chest.

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Chapter 215: Mashiro and Kaguya

“Wrong, Madara, you are not the savior. This is not over yet,” Black Zetsu said. Madara's eyes darted around, filled with shock. He couldn't believe Black Zetsu would betray him. “Don't move.”

He tried to take action, but at this point, Madara had completely lost control of his body.

"What happened?" Sasuke and Naruto, who were struggling to recover their chakra nearby, were both incredibly shocked when they saw this scene.

"What makes you think you're different from Obito, someone who can use everything? Don't you find it ridiculous that you think you're the only one who's different? Madara, you're actually living in a fantasy dream, a dream I described to you." Black Zetsu, controlling Obito's body, continued.

"Black Zetsu, what are you saying? I created you, you are my consciousness!" Madara said sternly.

“You’re wrong about that too. My consciousness is Kaguya,” Black Zetsu said softly. “What exactly is going on?” Shikamaru asked, frowning.

"Could it have come to this?" Choji scratched his head and said. The entire Allied Shinobi Forces were puzzled.

"He just mentioned Kaguya?" Sasuke said, utterly shocked. "Kaguya? What's that?" Naruto asked, looking at Sasuke.

"I've heard Mashiro mention this name before. She's the legendary origin of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, the mother of the Sage of Six Paths." Sasuke said solemnly. "The mother of the Sage of Six Paths?!" Naruto exclaimed in utter shock.

Just then, Madara's body began to go out of control, and the Rinne Sharingan on his forehead began to light up. Then, the entire moon reflected the shape of the Rinne Sharingan.

"I will mercifully execute your final plan, the Eye of the Moon Project," Black Zetsu said.

Immediately afterwards, a bright white light swept down from the moon. "Oh no!"

Sensing something amiss with the light, Sasuke instantly activated his Perfect Susanoo to protect himself and Naruto. The others, however, weren't so lucky.

In an instant, everyone in the entire ninja world except for the Reanimation Jutsu ninja fell into a deep sleep under the light. No matter where they were, they immediately saw a huge tree emerge from the ground and stand on the battlefield.

The trees stretched out countless vines, binding and enveloping all the ninjas who had sunk into the battlefield. When the light faded, all the allied ninjas were found hanging from the giant trees.

"What's going on?" Madara stared in utter astonishment at the scene before him, a sight he had never witnessed before. "Black Zetsu, what exactly are you?" Madara asked in an icy tone.

“Strictly speaking, it should be considered your ancestor’s,” Mashiro said softly, reaching out to remove the hand that was gripping her neck, letting it fall to the ground. She gently rubbed her neck as she spoke.

Black Zetsu did not answer.

The giant tree underwent another change, with blue chakra continuously surging from it.

"The tree is absorbing the ninja's chakra," Hashirama said, frowning. He could feel the power concentrated within the tree. "Aa ...

Madara screamed in agony as his body began to crack, massive amounts of chakra surging into him. "Hahahaha!" Black Zetsu was incredibly excited at the sight.

"That chakra was absorbed by Madara. This is bad; we have to stop him." Naruto said, activating Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

“Don’t go over there. Right now, it’s not Madara absorbing chakra, but rather chakra constantly pouring into Madara’s body. It’s best if we don’t interfere in this situation. Mashiro knows what to do.” Sasuke looked at Madara and said softly, he had a feeling that something bad was about to happen.

"Ah ah ah ah ah"

Madara was still screaming in agony, the massive influx of chakra causing his body to swell continuously. "Madara, do you know what Infinite Tsukuyomi is?" Black Zetsu asked.

Madara didn't speak; at this moment, he was still using all his strength to break free from Black Zetsu's control and trying to control the raging chakra within his body.

Kaguya once used the Infinite Tsukuyomi on people. People would continuously evolve within the Infinite Tsukuyomi, eventually transforming into the Hundred Zetsu, becoming Kaguya's army. This was the ultimate fate of those afflicted by the Infinite Tsukuyomi. "Black Zetsu said, his words chillingly cruel."

"Black Zetsu, what are you talking about? The Infinite Tsukuyomi is a way for the Uchiha clan to bring lasting peace to the world!" Madara said, wincing in pain. "What's your basis for saying that?" Black Zetsu asked with a hint of sarcasm.

"The Sage of Six Paths recorded this on the stone tablet, it's written on the stone tablet!" Madara said sharply, at this moment he had almost completely swelled into a huge white ball of flesh.