In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Chapter 364 The Return of the King of Pretenders

Naruto said in a deep voice, "The real Madara has been resurrected. Not only that, he also possesses the Rinnegan, just like Nagato. He has even mastered Captain Yamato's Wood Release, and it's even stronger than that."

Rinnegan and Wood Release? This is bad! Jiraiya's expression grew increasingly grave as he watched Obito approach.

Others may not know how powerful Madara was, but he knew a great deal about him; he was from an era comparable to the First Hokage.

He was a figure from the same era as the First Hokage, and was known as the Asura of the Ninja World.

If it were before, he would have mistaken the masked man for Madara and still had some confidence in winning the war.

After all, the masked man had not shown overwhelming strength before, and had instead suffered repeated defeats at the hands of Chika.

Then now things are really in big trouble.

Killer Bee looked at Obito and asked, puzzled, "Then who is that masked man in front of us?"

Naruto didn't answer, but looked directly at Obito, raised his hand and questioned, "Who exactly are you?"

"Who's there?" Obito was taken aback and stopped in his tracks. He and the six reanimated jinchūriki behind him landed on a tree trunk thirty meters away from Naruto.

"Naruto, take a good look at his left eye." Jiraiya noticed Obito's left eye and suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. He remembered that Nagato's body had been taken away by Konan.

Since the Rinnegan appeared on the masked man, doesn't that mean Konan might already have...

"The Rinnegan?" Naruto stared at Obito. "I never imagined that your left eye, which you've been hiding all this time, is actually the Rinnegan, just like Nagato's and Madara's. I will definitely stop those two Madaras."

"Two Madaras." Upon hearing this, Obito finally realized what was happening. He recalled the scene where Kabuto summoned Madara in front of him at Chiya's instruction, and an inexplicable anger surged into his heart.

Just as Chiya said, he always knew that Madara was using him.

Therefore, there was never any intention to revive Madara.

Because if Madara is resurrected, things will get out of his control.

Madara aims to create a unified illusionary world to achieve absolute peace.

In Obito's mind, peace was of no importance.

What he wanted to create was a world where only Lin existed, where the two could reunite in a dream world, free from the interference of others.

Thinking of this, Obito couldn't help but feel annoyed. Kabuto and that bastard Chiya, they really did it after all.

"Answer me now, who exactly are you?" Naruto demanded sharply.

"And Konan, you must have gotten this Rinnegan from Nagato, right?" Jiraiya chimed in.

"Hahaha," Obito laughed suddenly, his face grim, under the serious gazes of Naruto and the other two.

The laughter finally subsided after a long while.

"Who knows? You should probably ask Qianye instead, since it was Qianye who gave me this left eye."

He glanced at Jiraiya first, then looked at Naruto. "As for who I am, just call me Tobi like before. I'm nobody. I don't want to be anyone. As long as the Eye of the Moon Plan is completed, that's enough. This hopeless world is utterly worthless."

"Alright, enough of the nonsense. Let me ask you one more question: will you hand over the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails to me?"

As they spoke, the six jinchūriki behind them extended their tails, representing the two to seven tails respectively.

Naruto's side, of course, would not sit idly by and wait to be defeated; the battle officially began.

Orochimaru's base in the Land of Iron.

With a loud bang, the cave wall was shattered, revealing a secret chamber inside.

On the experimental table in the sealed room, there was a scroll depicting the mask of the Grim Reaper, which was sealed by the Shiki.

"Ah...we found him! We found Jugo! We finally found him!"

Shuiyue picked up the scroll, looked at it, and then shouted excitedly.

"What did you find?" Jugo exited the cursed seal state. Perhaps Orochimaru had anticipated this, as this base could easily cause chakra disorder within Jugo's body.

Then, just like in the original story, Jugo went berserk and broke through the cave wall, revealing a secret room containing information on how to undo the Reaper Death Seal technique.

"Idiot, it's the guy Fujiwara Chiya asked us to find. I never thought Orochimaru would even research something like this. And Fujiwara Chiya found out about it." Suigetsu looked smug.

Jugo stepped forward and was instantly stunned. "What is this?"

Unlike his performance during the Chunin Exams, the incomplete Edo Tensei First Hokage's lackluster performance was a far cry from his earlier period.

As Obito, Chiya, and Kabuto launched the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Madara Uchiha, a taboo subject, has reappeared in the eyes of the world.

Inevitably, the case of the First Hokage, which was once suppressed by Hiruzen Sarutobi, has also come to the surface.

Now that he has learned that the technique capable of reviving the First Hokage is here, how could Jugo not be shocked?

Not to mention that there are also well-known second and fourth generation members among them.

As for the third generation.

Ah. This indicates that after a thousand nights of turmoil.

Not to mention his ruined reputation.

Their strength, it seems, is just so-so.

Consider it a freebie included with the "buy one get two free" offer.

"There are wars everywhere now. It seems Orochimaru had foreseen this situation and deliberately left this behind."

A sly smile appeared on Shuiyue's face, revealing her canine teeth at the corners of her mouth.

"Should we still give this to Fujiwara Chiya?" Jugo asked.

"How is that possible?" Shuiyue looked at him with a chilling expression, as if he were an idiot. "That masked man's goal is a great illusion."

"Qianye's goal is to create a world where no one poses a threat to his family, thereby plunging the entire world into a grand illusion, leaving only his family alive."

"We're not Qianye's family. If they succeed, we'll be in trouble. I don't want to be foolish enough to spend my whole life immersed in some fake illusion."

Upon hearing this, Jugo thought it made sense, and then frowned and asked, "So what do you plan to do?"

"Of course we'll give him to Sasuke. Don't forget, he's something that can turn the tide of the battle." Suigetsu raised the scroll in his hand, somewhat smugly.

"What if Fujiwara Chiya investigates?" Jugo asked hesitantly.

Upon hearing this, Shuiyue shivered for no reason. He knew all too well how terrifying Qianye was.

Even the legendary Asura of the ninja world is probably no better than this.

Even that masked man, whose authenticity is unknown, is far inferior.

However, he immediately thought that a war was currently underway, and as one of the instigators of the war, Qianye would inevitably be on the battlefield.

Driven by a sliver of hope, he swallowed hard, a little guilty, and said, "Who cares? We're members of the Hawk Squad, not Fujiwara Chiya's subordinates. Besides, you know how much Sasuke hates Fujiwara Chiya."

"As long as we hand this over to Sasuke, with this scroll in hand, I don't believe Fujiwara Chiya can do anything to us."

(End of this chapter)