Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

"Hashirama, those two over there are ready. It's time for us to join forces once again."

Madara walked behind Hashirama and put one hand on his shoulder.

"Bandit? Could it be... that you can still fight in your current state?"

Hashirama turned slightly to the side, glanced at the aged Madara, and expressed deep suspicion.

"Now is not the time for idle talk."

Chakra surged from Madara's body, and Susanoo manifested.

Naruto and Sasuke beside him had merged into one, with Susanoo covering Naruto in his fully tailed beast form. Compared to the armored Susanoo in the original work, it had an extra pair of large wings.

After all, it's really not good to fight at high altitudes without wings.

Meanwhile, Madara's Susanoo was also attached to Hashirama's wooden doll.

Yes, that's right, it's a wooden figure, not a giant Buddha with a thousand hands.

Theoretically, the Thousand-Armed Buddha in Hashirama could detach from the thousand arms behind him and stand up to strike people, but that would require the cooperation of multiple people.

Just like piloting a mecha, it requires a group of people with the Will of Fire to operate it together.

With just Hashirama and Madara, it's naturally not enough.

Besides, Banxin has ulterior motives and doesn't meet the requirements.

Even if Madara could temporarily unite with his forces, his Susanoo would still be far too small to fit on the Thousand-Armed Buddha.

The wooden figure is the same size as Susanoo, and the only thing that can be worn is a mask.

Therefore, it can only be fitted onto a wooden figure.

It's just different from the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tailed Fox has a slender body, while the Wooden Man is rather plump.

The Susanoo-clad wooden golem is now like a member of the Akimichi clan who has activated the Expansion Technique.

And so, a Susanoo with the burning Furuichi and a Susanoo with the fat boy form flew toward Obito.

"Oh? Instead of running away, you're moving closer to me?"

When Obito saw the two enormous humanoid figures flying towards him, he raised an eyebrow and took the initiative to fly into the sky.

"Hashirama, I've infused the power of the Rinnegan into the Armored Susanoo. This time, when you pull the Tailed Beasts, it should be different."

Madara said to Hashirama.

"good!"

Hashirama took the lead, grabbing Obito before Naruto and Sasuke could react.

Naruto and Sasuke followed closely behind, Susanoo drew his katana and slashed at Obito.

This was clearly orchestrated by Sasuke to cover for Madara and Hashirama.

"Despair, oh dear!"

Facing the incoming attack, Obito excitedly swung his Amazuma Spear, severing Naruto and Sasuke's katana, as well as Madara and Hashirama's arms, in a single strike.

"The Heavenly Spear represents the user's will, and Obito's will hasn't wavered at all. Idiot Hashirama, don't rush things, let those two go first!"

Madara couldn't help but curse when he saw Hashirama make the first move.

"what?"

Suddenly, Hashirama let out a ghostly scream.

He wasn't scared by Madara's words; there was nothing surprising about Madara's words.

Suddenly, the Susanoo on the wooden figure disappeared, and the wooden figure plummeted straight to the ground.

Hashirama looked at Madara beside him, only to find that Madara was already lifeless.

Hashirama had no choice but to hold Madara's body tightly and jump off the wooden doll.

The wooden figure was too large a target, and after falling to the ground, it was attacked by a group of Konoha ninja.

After carrying Madara's corpse, Hashirama went into the forest and encountered the Divine Tree Man who had been waiting for him below.

The Divine Tree Man ran over, ignoring Hashirama, and went up to pry off Madara's Rinnegan. He then formed hand seals and used Rinne Tensei.

Madara quickly revived.

"..."

Seeing this, Hashirama immediately understood how Madara had dodged the Infinite Kotoamatsukami.

It seems he was absolutely right; Madara really does treat life and death like a game.

"Hashirama, don't worry. With my current physical condition, I can only maintain my full strength for three minutes at most before I'm exhausted. That's normal."

"This time I'm bringing more Tree Spirits. After I die, they'll be reincarnated and reborn as me immediately, so it won't hinder our offensive."

Madara reinstalled his Rinnegan, which he had previously hot-swapped, using medical ninjutsu, and said to Hashirama.

"Uh, okay."

Hashirama was speechless and didn't know what to say.

Hashirama summoned the wooden golem again, allowing Madara to fully equip Susanoo and fly into the sky.

At this moment, Naruto and Sasuke had already separated in mid-air.

"Huh? Naruto, how come you can fly?"

Hashirama was somewhat puzzled.

"I don't know why. Maybe it's because I was able to fly after receiving the inheritance from the Six Paths Elder, and I didn't realize it until now."

Naruto scratched his head.

The reason he separated from Sasuke was actually quite simple—their goal was to seal Obito, and the best approach was to attack from two directions simultaneously and make contact with Obito.

Furthermore, they discovered that their defenses were completely ineffective against Obito's Ama-no-Numa Spear and Truth-Seeking Balls.

In that case, the combined defense of the Susanoo Armor and the Tailed Beast Cloak is meaningless; it's better to travel light and rely on speed to win.

Obito has the Sharingan, not the Byakugan, so there will always be blind spots.

"Damn it, if only I could still use Sage Mode."

Naruto is now kicking himself.

He is the tailed beast itself in this world. If he uses the Nine-Tails' chakra as one part of the trinity of Sage Chakra, he will surely be able to absorb a large amount of natural energy.

Unfortunately, his vital parts were sealed in the Divine Might Space.

The means of entering the Divine Might Space have also been blocked.

It's impossible for Obito to do it. Kakashi below is also completely obsessed with burning Obito and is determined to help Obito get rid of Naruto and the others.

Naruto then thought of Bai Mo.

In his mind, Bai Mo must not have been affected.

But Bai Mo had said before that he would only help him once.

At the time, Naruto thought that the invincible Ada was the last and most troublesome tribulation, but he didn't expect that Obito had a backup plan.

Naruto had absolutely no intention of shamelessly begging Bai Mo again; he knew that this time they could only solve the problem themselves.

This is the price I took for granted back then.

"Watch this!"

Naruto, in his Nine-Tails form, performed a hand seal and with a bang, transformed into a giant leopard-print cat-eared Minato Namikaze in the sky.

Obito gave a disgusted look and looked away.

"Obito-san, wake up!"

Seeing that his plan had succeeded, Naruto immediately rushed in front of Obito and threw a punch at him.

Yes, Naruto did not choose to become Rin's appearance.

As the developer of the Serenade Technique, Naruto had been working on it for many years and understood its principles.

If it were Rin, Obito would definitely stare at her intently, which would be a bad thing.

He needed to transform into someone Obito found offensive and wanted to look away from, so that he could seize the opportunity to launch an attack.

"idiot."

Obito turned his head and muttered something, then punched Naruto in the stomach, who was now shrunken and only wearing a tailed beast cloak.

Naruto's tailed beast cloak was instantly shattered, his pupils contracted, and he was sent flying.

boom.

Naruto crashed headfirst into the Hokage Rock.

After he got up, he was horrified to find that the Konoha ninjas had begun to destroy the Hokage Rock and carve Obito's image on it.

"What is this?"

Naruto touched his back and felt as if something had been knocked out by Obito.

Immediately afterwards, Naruto pulled out a string of beads... they were Truth-Seeking Balls!