Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

Even if they don't do it in person, they'll do it secretly.

Whether it was Madara or Tobirama, they were the most important people to him, so Hashirama chose to bear them both alone.

Although Madara became obsessed, he stood on the opposite side of peace.

But he was still his lifelong friend. Even if he died by his own hand, he deserved a dignified burial. To avoid being discovered by outsiders, Hashirama used his remaining chakra to perform Earth Release and build an underground tomb for Madara.

As for the specifications... let's follow the etiquette of the nobility.

Hashirama laid Madara's body on the stone platform and looked at him one last time: "I will probably never forget you, Madara."

Done.

Hashirama Senju dragged his broken and exhausted body out of the tomb, once again using Earth Release to seal the underground tomb completely, leaving no trace. He then turned and left the Valley of the End, leaving behind this land that had broken his heart.

Reaching the end.

When they reached the valley entrance, Hashirama suddenly stopped and looked back.

Just a moment ago, he vaguely sensed a faint fluctuation of chakra within the Valley of the End.

"Is it Madara thinking of me?"

Hashirama chuckled self-deprecatingly, dismissing it as a hallucination born of excessive grief, and turned to leave.

...

"A little further away..."

"A little further..."

Shen Er silently calculated in his mind the maximum sensing distance of Senju Hashirama.

History did indeed take a turn.

Perhaps because his main body was in Konoha "monitoring" Tobirama, the latter did not come to the battlefield.

Tobirama couldn't sneak over, and Madara's body wouldn't be taken back to a laboratory in Konoha. So Hashirama buried him on the spot in the Valley of the End.

This is a major positive development for Shen Er.

this means.

Madara Uchiha's corpse can be desecrated at will. His plump, juicy heart, his fragrant Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan…

It's his! It's all his!

Now, all we need to do is wait for Hashirama to be completely away before we can begin.

Time is running out for Shen Er.

Because he knew that Madara Uchiha had activated Izanagi in advance and could be resurrected at any time; Black Zetsu was also nearby and could appear at any moment.

Even after Madara is resurrected, with his chakra depleted, he is still beyond my ability to defeat with taijutsu alone.

Izanagi's effectiveness is calculated based on time, not number of uses. The duration of its effect varies from person to person; for example, for Danzo, it lasts for a maximum of one minute at a time... As for Madara, it's an unknown quantity.

To avoid ending up with nothing due to greed.

The time allotted for this operation was ten minutes.

Three minutes passed as they waited for the pillars to pay their respects; three more minutes passed after they emerged from the underground tomb; and three more minutes passed after they had completely walked away.

In other words, Shen'er only has this last minute left.

The instant the figure in the pillar completely disappeared from sight, Shen Er sprang up, his target clear, heading straight for the underground tomb.

They didn't even consider the possibility that Black Zetsu might be lurking around them.

They also didn't care whether there would be any other changes during the activation of Izanagi.

Anyway, this is a chance to try.

Even if we fail, we only lose one parasite.

He would rather make a mistake than do nothing.

The underground burial chamber was deliberately concealed between the pillars, leaving no visible trace on the outside, but its location was already firmly etched in Shen'er's mind.

He pressed his hands to the ground, breaking down the topsoil.

The people of the ninja world are simple and honest; they don't need any incantations like "finding dragons and touching gold" to enter tombs.

The underground passage was thus exposed to Shen'er's view.

Without delay, they pressed on to the depths of the tomb.

On the stone platform.

Madara Uchiha's body lay quietly.

"Hehe, got it."

Shen Ershun arrived at the stone platform and reached out to grab Ban's eye socket.

The moment Shen'er's fingertips touched Ban's eyes.

A sudden change occurred

Chapter 60 The Unquenchable Passion of the Uchiha

Two sealing runes appeared, and blue chakra, like an iron curtain, covered Madara's eyes.

Shen Er looked surprised.

Is this a seal?

Similar traces have only been seen on caged birds and blue talisman seals.

These are cursed seals and seals specifically designed to prevent the eyes from being taken away...

Madara Uchiha actually left behind such a contingency plan.

Without hesitation, Shen Er's five fingers also ignited with blue chakra, and he placed them over Madara's eyes, attempting to break the seal:

"Five Elements Seal!"

Click...click click...

The Iron Curtain remained unmoved.

A unique chakra fluctuation emanated from it, which seemed strangely familiar to Shen Er.

"This is the power of the kaleidoscope."

"Madara's Mangekyou Sharingan is the type that activates after death, to prevent his eyes from being taken away?"

The thought flashed through my mind in a split second.

No wonder he dared to use Izanagi with such confidence; with this backup plan, even if Tobirama came, he wouldn't be able to take his eyes...

Too yin!

There was nothing they could do.

If he knew the exact time of Madara's resurrection, he might have tried to slowly grind down this iron curtain using the Five Elements Seal; or if Uchiha Chiri were present, he could have used Izanami to break Izanagi, thus depriving Madara of the possibility of resurrection.

However, neither of these two conditions is currently met.

There's less than a minute left in the allotted time...

We can't have come all this way for nothing.

Shen immediately drew his kunai, cut off a piece of Madara's flesh, and removed the heart that had stopped beating after being damaged by Hashirama's katana. As for Hashirama's flesh, Shen left it to Madara.

He needs age spots to activate the Rinnegan.

Without pausing for a moment, they turned and left.

Throughout the process, Shen Er kept his eyes fixed on the flesh and heart in his arms.

Izanagi's effect is to transform the damage, including death, suffered by the caster over a period of time into a dream. It can also turn the caster's attacks and other favorable conditions into reality.

It is the ultimate illusion technique that can freely manipulate the boundary between illusion and reality.

Just like the Six Paths Sage's Maxims on the underground stone tablet at Nanga Shrine, Izanagi's abilities can be interpreted in multiple ways.

Even Jinji couldn't be sure what would happen to Madara during the time he was waiting to be resurrected, after his flesh and blood were taken away.

A long time passed.

He looked down again at the flesh and heart in his hands, but they had not disappeared.

Seeing this, Shen Er breathed a sigh of relief.

So much time has passed, let's just pretend that Izanagi didn't revert to Madara Uchiha's heart and flesh.

As for why this is the case, I even have some guesses:

Madara's Izanagi was transcribed into his right eye before the battle using a transfer seal, and it was automatically triggered after his death when safety was assured. During the resurrection interval, Izanagi loses the caster's subjective judgment and can only operate mechanically according to preset rules.

Turn all the "disadvantages" into dreams, and all the "advantages" into reality.

Madara Uchiha probably considered that if he died, Tobirama might come and do something to his corpse during the brief period between his resurrection.

For example, removing organs for human experiments.

The disappearance of this part of the organ would inevitably alert Tobirama. In order to ensure the success of the fake death plan, Madara did not intend to rewind the timeline of the removed body parts, but only the body's state.

As for the eyes, they are protected by the Kaleidoscope Eye Technique, so there is no need to worry about them being removed and causing Izanagi to become ineffective.

Unlike interstitial cells, his cells are not unique and can be studied by others without consequence.

But Madara Uchiha never expected this...

The person who ultimately targeted his corpse was not Tobirama Senju, but Jinji, who was even more ruthless than him.

A necrotic heart is worthless to an ordinary ninja.

But for Shen'er, who possesses the Earth Grudge, it is a priceless treasure!

Even so, he sped towards Konoha in the pouring rain.

The fresher the heart, the more fully it can function after being occupied. The longer it has been dead, the less chakra can be extracted.

He wanted to take this heart back to Konoha as soon as possible to have it implanted.