Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

"I'm not sure either..."

At this moment, Sasuke had fully adapted to the power within his body, and he floated quietly in mid-air, looking down at the ravaged land below.

His gaze remained calm, but for some reason, Yoruichi sensed an unprecedented sense of unfamiliarity beneath that calm.

Originally, Sasuke gave her the impression that, although he was cold and arrogant, he was at least a human being.

But now, faced with that overwhelming divinity that is almost overflowing, the personality that exists as "Uchiha Sasuke" seems to be becoming increasingly faint.

A nameless panic quietly grew in Yoruichi's heart, causing her to clench her fists involuntarily.

"Sasuke..." she murmured softly, her voice trembling, "You...you haven't really turned into some kind of monster I don't recognize, have you...?"

..........

"Damn it..."

Black Zetsu's half-body was hidden in the rock strata, with only one eye showing, staring intently at the figure high in the sky, his heart filled with resentment.

"That brat actually succeeded."

Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

This was the final vessel it had meticulously planned for a thousand years to resurrect its mother, but now it had been hijacked by a completely uncontrollable Uchiha brat.

Looking at Sasuke's calm and composed demeanor, it was clear that he had not been consumed by the Ten-Tails' violent will.

This means that the mother's consciousness has not truly awakened.

"The plan has completely failed."

Black Zetsu made the worst judgment in his mind.

Rushing in now to provoke Sasuke and seize control? That's suicide.

With Sasuke's current power, he could probably crush me into dust with just a thought.

"Never mind..."

Black Zetsu gritted his teeth, forcibly suppressing his inner resentment, "As long as I'm alive, as long as the Divine Tree still exists, there will always be opportunities."

“I’ve waited all these years, what’s a few decades or centuries more?”

Its body began to slowly sink, preparing to completely dive into the depths of the earth and find a deserted corner to lie dormant.

"Even the Sage of Six Paths, who was the first Jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails, could not escape the erosion of time. Although this brat is special, he is no exception."

"When you die, or when you get old..."

"I will come back to take back what belongs to my mother when the time comes."

Just as half of its head was about to sink into the ground, two unusually large chakra fluctuations suddenly erupted.

"Um?!"

Black Zetsu abruptly stopped diving, a strong sense of surprise rising in his heart.

This feeling...

It instinctively stopped running away, its body resurfaced on the ground, and looked toward the source of the two streams of chakra.

In the ruins that Sasuke had already shattered into pieces, two dazzling lights were frantically converging.

One cluster was a vibrant white Yang Release, while the other exuded a deep, cold Yin Release purple.

At the center of that light, two bodies that should have been dead were undergoing an astonishing transformation.

Madara Uchiha's body, which had been cut in two, was pulled back together by the purple light. The severed flesh healed at an incredible speed, and his pale skin regained its color.

On the other side, Hashirama Senju's disintegrating impure body was also enveloped in white light.

The scattered dust was forcibly gathered and reshaped, the coldness of the dead was replaced by the warmth of the living, and the originally black whites of the eyes returned to their normal color.

"This, this is..."

Black Zetsu stared wide-eyed at the two men who had come back from the dead, his mind going blank for a moment.

The dead have come back to life?

And is it a true resurrection?

"Who did this?"

Black Zetsu's gaze swept frantically over the two of them, finally settling on the faintly visible sun and moon marks in their palms.

In that instant, a shiver from the depths of its soul swept over its entire body.

"That's the power of the Six Paths?!"

As a product of Kaguya's will, it was all too familiar with this power.

In this world, there is only one person who can reverse life and death and grant mortals the power of the six realms.

"Hagoromo Otsutsuki!"

Black Zetsu roared silently in his heart, "That old bastard! He hasn't completely vanished yet?!"

Its brain is working at lightning speed.

Is it good news for me that someone can now stand up to Uchiha Sasuke?

maybe.

At least, someone can restrain that arrogant brat and prevent him from completely controlling the Ten-Tails.

but......

Black Zetsu looked at Madara, who had come back from the dead, and his heart sank.

Since the Sage of Six Paths personally resurrected them and even granted them power, it means...

That old man must have told Ban the whole truth about what he had done over the years, including altering the stone tablet and using Indra's reincarnation!

"It's over..."

Black Zetsu felt a wave of despair.

His identity was completely exposed.

The current situation is that Sasuke in the sky wants to kill him, while Madara on the ground wishes he could tear him to pieces.

"If these guys start fighting, no matter who wins..."

Black Zetsu glanced at Sasuke in the sky, then at Madara and Hashirama on the ground, whose auras were steadily rising.

"None of this is good news for me."

It shrank its neck, hiding its body even deeper, leaving only one eye exposed, cautiously observing the situation.

Now, all it can do is pray that the two monsters perish together, and preferably that the Ten-Tails is also destroyed.

In this way, perhaps it still has a glimmer of hope.

..........

On the battlefield.

As the light faded, the two figures stood tall on the earth once more.

Hashirama Senju looked down at his hands, clenched his fists tightly, and felt the heartbeat of a living person.

"She really came back to life."

He sighed, then looked up at his close friend beside him.

"Ban, how are you feeling?"

Madara Uchiha closed his eyes, quietly sensing the surging Yin energy within his body.

"Hmph." Madara opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them. "It's much stronger than my original body."

Although he remained tough on the surface, he was not at peace inside.

The feeling of regaining life after losing it, and the heaviness of learning the truth, left him momentarily at a loss as to how to cope.

He raised his head, his gaze passing over the ruins and piercing straight into the silver-haired figure high in the sky.

“But now is not the time for sentimentality.” Madara’s voice turned cold. “That brat is still watching from up there.”

High in the sky.

Sasuke silently looked down at everything that was happening below, his eyes filled with doubt.

"Back from the dead?" he muttered to himself, "And that feeling of chakra..."

Even though they were far apart, he could still clearly sense that the chakra fluctuations emanating from Madara and Hashirama were fundamentally different from before.

That's the chakra of the Sage of Six Paths.

"Was it that old man who did it?" Sasuke realized, a cold smile playing on his lips. "Even in the Pure Land, he can't resist causing trouble in the mortal world?"

"but......"

"Even if we resurrected these two remnants of the old era, what could we change?"

Just then, Hashirama Senju below began to grow wood-style energy beneath his feet, slowly lifting his body until it was level with Sasuke's eye level before stopping.

"Sasuke-kun!"

Hashirama clasped his hands together, his face showing his usual sincerity and worry, and shouted loudly.

"Stop right now! Do you know what you're doing?!"

"The Ten-Tails inside you right now is the vessel of Kaguya Otsutsuki's will! It's a monster that will devour your soul!"

Hashirama's voice was urgent, trying to awaken this "misguided" junior with words.

"The Sage of Six Paths has already told us everything! If you continue to hold onto this power, Kaguya's will will awaken sooner or later, and then you..."

"Are you finished?"

Sasuke calmly interrupted him, opened his arms, and the Truth-Seeking Balls behind him slowly rotated, his expression indifferent and composed.

"Do you look at me like something's wrong?"

"..."

Hashirama was stunned.