Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 498 Hashirama vs. Tobirama

On the ground, a white object wriggled out, with pale skin and a human face. It was White Zetsu, who told him all the information he had gathered.

Madara Uchiha didn't take it seriously. With such a large-scale operation, it was only natural that their whereabouts would be exposed.

"Then I'll retaliate a little."

Madara Uchiha clapped his hands, and a large number of coffins, arranged in rows, emerged from the ground and opened on their own.

Bai Zetsu teased, "It's truly magnificent."

Madara Uchiha's gaze fell on a white-haired corpse, none other than Tobirama: "Let's wake you up first."

As soon as he finished speaking, white smoke rose from Tobirama's body, and the cracks on his face melted away, leaving only the whites of his eyes black, proving that he was still a dead man.

The Impure World Reincarnation technique, improved by Madara Uchiha, became increasingly accurate, approaching the strength of the user in their previous life.

When Tobirama awoke and saw Madara Uchiha's completely new appearance, his eyes widened, and he said through gritted teeth, "Madara..."

Tobirama was exceptionally perceptive, and he was acutely aware of just how terrifying the chakra Madara Uchiha possessed was.

Even his elder brother, who was known for his chakra, was nothing compared to Madara Uchiha now.

If Hashirama's chakra is likened to a drop of water, then Madara Uchiha's current chakra is like a cup of water.

Madara Uchiha spread his arms as if showing off: "I'm not bad now, am I?"

Tobirama noticed a row of coffins around him out of the corner of his eye. A casual glance revealed them to be the remains of Kage-level shinobi. He questioned, "Madara, what exactly are you trying to do...?"

Madara Uchiha didn't respond, but suddenly smiled, a strange smile: "Tobirama, do you know? There's something I've always regretted, but now I finally have the chance to make amends."

Tobirama frowned: "What?"

Madara Uchiha explained leisurely, "Back then, I asked Hashirama to kill himself, or rather, to kill you, before I would agree to a ceasefire. At that time, Hashirama resolutely chose to commit suicide, which moved me, and I chose to make peace. In the end, the Uchiha and Senju joined forces to establish the village. Then, I realized I was wrong. So, this time, this is a rare opportunity, and I will have Hashirama kill you..."

"asshole--!"

What a vicious plan! Tobirama's voice was filled with rage, but he quickly sensed something was amiss: "Wait, what are you talking about? Hasn't my brother been in your hands all along?"

Madara Uchiha suddenly realized, "Oh, I almost forgot to explain to you, Hashirama has already escaped my Impure World Reincarnation and is leading a group that seems to be planning to rebel against me."

"What exactly is going on?"

Tobirama looked on incredulously.

Although his elder brother is very strong, he shouldn't be able to break free from the shackles of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

There's only a slight possibility if his older brother knows the hand seals for the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

There's no rush. Madara Uchiha briefly explained the whole story, and afterwards, he didn't forget to mock, "How ironic, Tobirama, the Uchiha clan that you've always been wary of has become your hope in the end."

Upon learning this, Tobirama was greatly shocked, but he quickly regained his composure, pointed at Uchiha Madara, and retorted, "I'm not like you, a stubborn fool. I admit I misjudged you, but because of that, it became a possibility that tripped you up."

"Hmph, your tongue is as sharp as ever."

Madara Uchiha scoffed, "Go ahead and say whatever you want now. While I'd love to have a good fight with Hashirama in person, I'd much rather control your body and fight him."

"asshole……"

Tobirama uttered one last curse before suddenly losing consciousness, and Madara Uchiha began to manipulate his body to carry out his actions.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining people inside the coffin also began to move, and in the blink of an eye, they all disappeared.

Madara Uchiha glanced at the Divine Tree behind him and muttered, "It seems a bit too ostentatious."

Having said that, he formed a hand seal and absorbed the divine tree back into his body, then said with a smile, "Then let's play hide-and-seek."

His body slowly rose into the air, soaring straight into the sky.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

"This, this is..."

The scouts who had been observing the sacred tree on the front lines were shocked to notice that a large tree had vanished into thin air.

"Quickly, inform headquarters about everything here."

The command post is located at the rear.

Aokiji was slightly surprised to learn that the Divine Tree had disappeared.

I thought Madara Uchiha would stay near the Divine Tree, waiting for us to attack, but I didn't expect him to put the Divine Tree away.

In other words, Madara Uchiha didn't want to be found so quickly.

"What should we do? It seems like Madara has gone into hiding."

Aokiji wasn't the only one with this idea; others had also considered it.

Aokiji replied, "What else can we do but send people to search?"

Everyone felt that this was the only way, so they immediately set about forming a search team to find the whereabouts of Uchiha Madara.

Aokiji shook his head, stood up, and called to Tsunade, "Let's go..."

Kazekage Ebizo asked, "Aokiji, where are you going?"

"Where else can we go? Of course, we'll go find Uchiha Madara..."

"As the commander-in-chief, how can you send troops out so casually?"

Aokiji thought to himself, "Old people are just old people; they like to be conservative. Do you think a regular search team could find Uchiha Madara? Even if they were lucky enough to find him, do you think they have the ability to relay the information back to him?"

"this……"

"Let me go with Tsunade. If we find it, it will save us the trouble of passing on information."

The two figures exchanged glances and that's how it is. In the end, the battle between Aokiji and Madara Uchiha was not something they could interfere with.

"With Tsunade and I not here, Orochimaru will handle everything from now on."

Aokiji looked toward Orochimaru in the command room, who was maintaining a hand seal gesture.

Because the deceased cooperated well with his Impure World Reincarnation technique, he didn't need to expend too much effort on it.

He then glanced sideways and saw a floating water sphere with several people surrounding it.

At this moment, they are using a massive information transmission ninjutsu, which can deliver information to everyone on the battlefield.

His gaze fell on one of them: "If it's a problem that's really hard to solve, then let Haiyi notify me."

After explaining the follow-up matters, Aokiji and Tsunade left the room.

Walking along the road, Tsunade couldn't help but ask, "You looked so confident just now. Did you have some idea of ​​how to find Madara, the resurrected user of the Impure World Reincarnation technique?"

Aokiji laughed, "Have you forgotten that I once used Kotoamatsukami to control a White Zetsu?"

Tsunade suddenly realized that as long as Aokiji, a White Zetsu, infiltrated the White Zetsu army, she could follow the clues and find the commander.

Actually, Aokiji had another method he didn't mention: using Kotoamatsukami to cover up the Impure World Reincarnation. However, this would consume too much chakra.

At this point, expending a huge amount of chakra just to find Uchiha Madara would be an irrational act.

Moreover, changing eyes repeatedly could lead to unexpected problems.

While they were busy searching for Madara Uchiha's whereabouts, a direct confrontation had already broken out on the other side.

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"This is bad, this quantity..."

A group of ninjas encountered a group of White Zetsu and stared intently at them. If they were to engage in a direct confrontation, they would be at a disadvantage.

At this moment, the ninja leader shouted loudly, reprimanding everyone for their cowardly behavior: "Hey, this is not the time for you to be cowardly. Think about your families and comrades. Now is not the time to think about failure, but how to succeed. If even our surprise attack force backs down, how can we set a good example?"

These words jolted everyone awake. With a roar, they dispelled their fear and began to form hand seals, unleashing their best ninjutsu to attack.

With a loud "boom," after the smoke rose, the ground was left with cracked marks from the various ninjutsu attacks.

Huh?

Everyone was taken aback, realizing that the white creature in front of them seemed rather weak.

But soon they realized they had been too optimistic; these White Zetsu, though weak, were not afraid of death.

The soft fear the hard, the hard fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the stubborn, and the stubborn fear the reckless.

White Zetsu are definitely the type of creatures that don't care about their lives.

They were even willing to risk their lives, acting as human bombs, ready to detonate themselves at any opportunity, causing not only physical trouble but also psychological trouble for the coalition forces.

The ninja team was devastated, wondering how they could possibly fight these fearless creatures.

Suddenly, a turning point arrived: reinforcements came from behind, and the White Zetsu attacked from above.

(End of this chapter)