Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

When Uchiha Homura saw Uchiha Madara cowering in fear, the fear on his face vanished instantly, leaving only deep hatred.

Although he could clearly see Madara Uchiha's face now, and the chakra fluctuations within Madara Uchiha's body were also very different from before, he would never forget this person's voice for the rest of his life.

The culprit behind the suffering the Uchiha clan is experiencing in Konoha is the person in front of you. If he hadn't defected from Konoha and caused the death of Hashirama Senju, the Uchiha clan's position in Konoha wouldn't be in such an awkward situation now.

If Madara Uchiha hadn't defected from Konoha, given the Uchiha clan's status, strength, and contributions at the time, the Second Hokage would very likely have been born from the Uchiha clan.

As a result, Madara Uchiha ruined everything. It was this man who led the Uchiha clan and Senju clan to join forces in establishing Konoha, but in the end, he betrayed Konoha, committed a terrible disaster, and abandoned the Uchiha clan.

Madara Uchiha is a sinner of the Uchiha clan!

"A sinner? Hmph!"

Madara Uchiha said coldly when he heard Homura Uchiha refer to him as the son of a sinner.

He no longer cared about the rights and wrongs of what happened back then, but he believed that he owed the Uchiha clan nothing.

It was he and his brother who led the Uchiha clan back to glory during the Warring States period. Even though they were later defeated by the Senju clan, his contributions to the Uchiha clan were undeniable.

As for his later defection from Konoha and his subsequent battle with Hashirama Senju, that happened long after he had left the village.

He still clearly remembers the faces of these so-called clansmen on the night he left Konoha. It was the Uchiha clan that betrayed him first, and he doesn't think he has done anything wrong to the Uchiha clan afterward.

"Since you chose to fake your death, why do you reappear in front of me? What do you want?"

When Uchiha Homura saw that Uchiha Madara refused to admit the crimes he had committed, he became even angrier. However, he also knew that he was probably in grave danger this time, so he tentatively asked...

If he knew he was going to die, he wanted to extract as much information as possible from Madara Uchiha before he died, so that he could leave a warning for his clan.

Why did he appear in front of Uchiha Homura?

When Madara Uchiha heard Homura Uchiha ask this question, he could only sneer inwardly.

why?

The answer is simple: he just wanted a better pair of eyes.

His three-tomoe Sharingan ultimately had limited potential. Even though his eye power was no less than that of a regular Mangekyou Sharingan, it was still far from being a true Mangekyou Sharingan. This difference was reflected in the exclusive eye techniques, the consumption of eye power, and the difficulty of activating Susanoo.

Last night's battle with the mysterious Kage-level powerhouse made him deeply aware of the shortcomings of his three-tomoe Sharingan. After recovering from his injuries today, he heard from Black Zetsu that Uchiha Homura, that old turtle, was actually willing to come out of Konoha. He then realized that his new eyes had arrived.

Although he and Uchiha Homura are not biological brothers, they are actually cousins ​​by blood, so transplanting him should be easier for them to use.

While Uchiha Homura's strength was somewhat lacking, he was still a Kage-level shinobi, and a rare genjutsu-type Kage-level shinobi at that. His Sharingan eye power was not weak, and with a little training, it would be very useful; it might even be the Mangekyou Sharingan.

If he could obtain Uchiha Homura's Sharingan, his strength would definitely improve significantly, and if he encountered the enemy from last night again, he certainly wouldn't feel as frustrated as he did last night.

So he quickly brought Afei and Black Zetsu here and then secretly observed them.

As expected, Uchiha Homura did not disappoint him. She really awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan and developed it very well. Moreover, one of her exclusive eye techniques was very much to his liking.

He originally planned to wait until Uchiha Homura and the Root-controlled Edo Tensei puppets fought to a standstill before coming out to clean up the mess. Who would have thought that Uchiha Homura was so cowardly that he retreated after only fighting the Root-sent Edo Tensei puppets for a while.

Having no other choice, he had to personally take down Uchiha Homura.

Seeing that Madara Uchiha did not answer his question, Uchiha Homura finally gave up and chose to fight desperately. He quickly formed hand seals and released a large burst of high-temperature flames from his mouth, which then shot towards Madara Uchiha from the mouth of the Susanoo giant.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

At the same time, his exclusive eye technique, Kagutsuchi, was activated.

The enormous black fire dragon head reappeared.

"Your fire jutsu is still as bad as ever. Even with the help of the Mangekyou Sharingan's eye techniques, it's still nothing special."

Madara Uchiha looked at the approaching black fire dragon head and sneered.

As he spoke, he performed the same hand seals as Uchiha Homura, and also spewed out a burst of high-temperature flames.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

Compared to Uchiha Homura's Great Fire Annihilation, which was enhanced by Kagutsuchi, Uchiha Madara's Great Fire Annihilation was no less powerful. It transformed into a huge wave of fire that clashed with the black fire dragon's head, resulting in a stalemate for a time.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Homura's face turned ashen, and he gained a completely new understanding of Uchiha Madara's current strength.

Judging by age, the person in front of him should be older than him, and his strength should have long since declined from its peak. However, he never expected that the person's strength was still so great. The feeling he got from the other person was that the other person was even stronger than the peak period he had seen.

The same applies to Fire Release abilities.

How is this possible?

Unfortunately, facts speak louder than words.

Despite using the same ninjutsu, he was unable to suppress Madara Uchiha's Great Fire Annihilation Technique, even with the enhancement of Kagutsuchi by Kagutsuchi.

This is truly a disgrace.

Just as Madara Uchiha and Homura Uchiha were battling it out with their Fire Release techniques, a kimono-clad boy who had become a large, obese man suddenly descended from the sky and slashed fiercely at Homura Uchiha with his large sword.

The force of this attack was so great that a deep gash appeared on Uchiha Homura's Susanoo giant body.

Uchiha Homura, fighting against a powerful figure like Uchiha Madara, dared not be distracted and could only temporarily ignore the threat from the kimono-clad boy.

The impure puppet that secretly controlled the kimono-clad boy seized the opportunity to attack.

"Clang clang clang~"

The boy in the kimono kept slashing down with his large sword, seemingly determined to break through the defenses of Uchiha Homura's Susanoo giant.

"Hmph, where did this clown come from? Don't get in my way."

Madara Uchiha was not pleased but annoyed when he saw the boy in the kimono ambushing Homura Uchiha. He said coldly.

The next moment, he used the second stage of Susanoo to create a half-body, four-armed chakra giant and swung two huge chakra samurai swords in his hands, slashing at the kimono-clad boy and another place respectively.

Two enormous blades of light appeared.

The boy in the kimono was instantly cut in half.

Also broken in two was a middle-aged man in a kimono standing on a large clam shell not far away.

The middle-aged man in the kimono wore a mask with the character for water on it. After he was cut in half, his body instantly turned into a large number of pieces of paper like a paper doll, and then quickly gathered together again.

The kimono-clad boy, who had become a large fat man, turned into a puddle of water mixed with a lot of oil after the middle-aged man in a kimono was chopped down.

"That damned guy!"

Uchiha Homura felt no gratitude whatsoever for Uchiha Madara's intervention in eliminating his powerful enemy; instead, he felt increasingly angry and powerless.

The fact that his opponent could engage in a fire-style ninjutsu contest with him while still having the strength to eliminate an opponent that would require him to pay a heavy price to defeat was an incredibly embarrassing disparity in strength.

"Oh!"

Finally, after a few seconds of stalemate, Madara Uchiha and Homura Uchiha's Great Fire Annihilation techniques exploded, creating a terrifying fireball.

Because of the explosion of flames, the two Susanoo finally separated.

On the other side, the middle-aged man in the kimono, whose body had been cut in two, had been perfectly reassembled, and his lifeless eyes under the mask now stared at Uchiha Madara.

As the controller of the impure world puppet, the middle-aged man in the kimono, Usagi is now very angry at Uchiha Madara, the troublemaker.

In fact, he did not intend to be enemies with Uchiha Madara, because the strength that Uchiha Madara had shown made him very wary.

Therefore, he planned to join forces with Madara Uchiha to kill Homura Uchiha.

His mission was to kill Uchiha Homura. He was willing to use any means necessary to kill Uchiha Homura, and cooperating with unknown powerful figures was not out of the question.

As for whether he could bring back Uchiha Homura's peculiar Sharingan, he didn't hold out much hope.

Unlike the Hyuga clan, the Uchiha clan ninjas did not plant curse marks on their members. Anyone who killed an Uchiha ninja with the Sharingan would have a chance to obtain the Sharingan, but in reality, obtaining the Sharingan from an Uchiha ninja was extremely difficult.

Putting aside the fact that every Uchiha ninja who awakens the Sharingan is an elite ninja, making them inherently difficult to kill, once an Uchiha ninja realizes they are going to die, given their pride, they would never leave their Sharingan to the enemy; they would decisively choose self-destruction.

For an Uchiha ninja of Uchiha Homura's caliber, it was already incredibly difficult to kill him using the Second Mizukage's Edo Tensei puppet. Obtaining the Sharingan from him would be an almost impossible task.

Therefore, he was truly focused on killing Uchiha Homura and had no intention of sharing the spoils with Uchiha Madara. However, he did not expect that Uchiha Madara would not only disregard his good intentions but also turn around and attack him.

Since that's the case, then don't blame him.

This newly emerged unknown powerhouse, like Uchiha Homura, can command chakra giants in battle, clearly indicating he is also an Uchiha ninja. Therefore, killing him would certainly earn him praise from his superiors.

The Uchiha clan deserved to die.

With this thought in mind, Mao Tu decisively controlled the Second Mizukage to launch an attack on Uchiha Madara, once again using Water Release: Water Gun Technique and Steam Explosion.

The highly penetrating high-pressure water jet struck Madara Uchiha's Susanoo giant, leaving a shallow dent.

"You filthy little reptile, wouldn't it be better to just lie still on the ground?"

Madara Uchiha frowned as he was attacked, then turned to look at the Second Mizukage.

For a moment, the eyes of the Second Mizukage met those of Madara Uchiha.

The reason why the Rabbit was able to control the Second Mizukage was partly due to the binding spells of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and partly because the Root developed a Yin Release ninjutsu based on the Yamanaka clan's Mind Transfer Technique, which can temporarily invade the mind of others.

It is precisely because of this that Rabbit can control the Second Mizukage from a distance.

But precisely because of this, Usagi is now being attacked by Madara Uchiha's Sharingan genjutsu.

The moment their eyes met, Rabbit found herself in a world filled with flames, with an enormous Sharingan in front of her.

Then he found his body on fire, and an excruciating pain instantly struck him.

In reality, the rabbit in the artificial cave let out a heart-wrenching scream, and then bled from all seven orifices and died.

After the caster, Mao Tu, died, the Impure World Reincarnation technique on the Second Mizukage seemed to be released, turning him into a pile of ashes, revealing the sacrificial corpse inside.

"So this is how the Edo Tensei puppets are enhanced. How interesting."

Madara Uchiha paused slightly upon seeing the appearance of the sacrificial corpse, then exclaimed in admiration.

The sacrificial corpse was actually a stitched-together monster, a composite of multiple human ninjas and summoned beasts.

Chapter 238: Izanagi

Madara Uchiha had studied the Impure World Reincarnation technique developed and created by the Second Hokage, and his research was quite extensive.

He knew the power of this ninjutsu. If it could summon the dead and make them nearly as strong as they were in life, it could create an incomparably powerful army of the dead, making it easy to unify the ninja world.

However, his research revealed that further development of this ninjutsu would be extremely difficult. Although he disliked Tobirama Senju, he had to admit his talent.

He was able to discover the potential of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, so how could Tobirama Senju not know? However, he ultimately failed to further develop the Impure World Reincarnation technique and achieve any breakthroughs in his research.

The reason is simple: the offerings for reviving ninjas are extremely difficult to find.

Everything in the world must follow the principle of equivalent exchange. Using the life of the living to reverse life and death, and bringing the dead back from the Pure Land to the human world, is undoubtedly a relatively fair transaction.