Chapter 304: A Piece of Cake
Seeing everyone's eyes filled with anticipation, Uchiha Dali suddenly smiled.
Because they had guessed right—he really did have that ability. The Heavenly Rinnegan's power stood above every other form of Rinnegan.
And when he first awakened these eyes, the system had already made it clear: when Uchiha Dali used the Heavenly Rinnegan's abilities, he would not be affected by any of the usual drawbacks.
In other words, not only could he use the powers of every Rinnegan tier, but he was also completely immune to all side effects.
This was the perfect Rinnegan.
And at this very moment, it was his turn to shine.
Meeting everyone's expectant gazes, Uchiha Dali nodded. "This won't be difficult, but there's one problem—where are their corpses?"
He scanned the area, but it was obvious that none of the jinchūriki bodies were present.
Everyone suddenly fell into silence, troubled. None of them knew where Uchiha Madara had hidden the jinchūriki after taking them away.
Seeing their silence, Senju Hashirama could only apologize once again. "I'm sorry. Back then, I trusted Madara too much, which is why I let him take the jinchūriki with him…"
"If none of you know, then we'll just let him explain it himself."
Without wasting words, Uchiha Dali suddenly stretched out his right hand and made a grasping motion toward the empty air on his right.
Everyone looked on in confusion at this strange gesture.
The next instant, an overwhelming force surged forth. A pitch-black shadow was wrenched violently from within a nearby tree, as if an invisible hand had gripped it by the neck. In the blink of an eye, Uchiha Dali held the figure in his grasp.
It was none other than one of Black Zetsu's clones.
Seeing this figure captured, everyone's expressions changed. Even Senju Hashirama himself hadn't expected that someone had been hiding nearby, watching their every move.
"Black Zetsu!"
Konan and the others recognized him immediately and exclaimed in shock.
"But we already… how is this possible?"
Uchiha Obito's expression also shifted, filled with disbelief. He had personally witnessed Black Zetsu being sealed by Uchiha Dali inside his Kamui dimension.
"This is probably just a clone," someone muttered.
"No matter. He'll serve well enough as a sacrifice," Uchiha Dali said coldly.
Whether it was the original or a clone, Black Zetsu was of no use to him. The only value it held was for this moment.
Without hesitation, he began casting the Impure World Reincarnation.
In an instant, the captured Black Zetsu clone crumbled into soil, and the figure of Uchiha Madara slowly emerged before everyone's eyes.
"Madara!"
The moment he appeared again, everyone's vigilance spiked as if facing a deadly enemy.
Even Senju Hashirama's expression hardened, his eyes sharp.
Resurrected, Uchiha Madara folded his arms across his chest with his usual arrogance.
He remained silent, eyes closed, but his perception had already mapped the surroundings clearly.
He realized he had been summoned once more. Around him were Uchiha Dali's familiar chakra, Hashirama, and many others—most of them weak and unfamiliar.
Madara immediately misunderstood the situation.
Calmly, he said, "If your goal is to humiliate me, there's no need."
"Where are the jinchūriki you killed?" Uchiha Dali asked directly.
At those words, Madara's expression faltered.
Slowly opening his eyes, he looked at Dali. "You brought me back just to ask that?"
He clearly couldn't comprehend Dali's intentions. Going through all this effort just to find the remains of people who were already dead? Ridiculous!
"Madara, you've truly let us down!"
"All that trust I once placed in you was wasted! Now tell the Fourth Hokage where you hid them, so he can help make up for the mistakes you committed!" Hashirama snapped, unable to hold back any longer.
Beside him, Sarutobi Hiruzen sneered, his tone dripping with sarcasm. "Do you know why, after all these years, you still have so few supporters, Madara?"
"It's because you're too arrogant, too self-righteous, never treating others as comrades."
"But to us, comrades are what matter most—they're the people we truly value…"
Faced with the barrage of accusations, Madara appeared unmoved.
He ignored their words. After all, they were nothing more than defeated opponents. There was no point in arguing.
After a brief silence, he finally gave Uchiha Dali a location.
It was one of his secret bases from when he was alive, shielded by a barrier that prevented detection by sensory techniques or other means. Ordinary people could never have found it.
"If you're lying, you're finished," Uchiha Dali warned coldly.
"I'm already dead. And besides, you underestimate me far too much," Madara replied with a proud frown.
But Uchiha Dali had already vanished, activating an advanced Flying Thunder God Technique.
In the next instant, he arrived at a hidden underground chamber.
There, just as Madara had said, lay the corpses of the jinchūriki, strewn across the floor.
Without a word, Dali used Flying Thunder God once more, bringing them all back in front of the others.
When the group saw that he had returned with all of the jinchūriki bodies, they couldn't help but be moved.
Madara, meanwhile, was intrigued.
He wanted to see just what Uchiha Dali intended to do.
As the true owner of Nagato's Rinnegan, Madara was fully aware of its capabilities and its costs. No matter how confident Dali was, Madara didn't believe he could revive the dead jinchūriki using Nagato's eyes.
While Madara wondered, Uzumaki Nagato stepped forward. "How should I assist you, Fourth Hokage?"
"You don't need to."
Dali waved him off and quietly activated the power of his Heavenly Rinnegan.
The others saw him clap his hands together. Before they could make out what he had done, waves of overwhelming vitality surged into the jinchūriki corpses.
It all happened so quickly that few caught the details.
Even so, the entire atmosphere became saturated with an immense life force. Everyone could feel it—the sensation of nature bursting forth, brimming with vitality.
The surrounding earth itself began sprouting green plants before their very eyes.
This sight left everyone utterly astonished.