"Madara, Kazuki is willing to set aside hatred, just as you and I did before. Doesn't this represent Kazuki's sincerity? He can even kill members of the Ōtsutsuki clan, so killing you would be effortless." Hashirama looked at Madara with a hint of anticipation in his tone.
"Let us cooperate once again. This time, we will protect the Ninja World together."
"Protect this Ninja World together?" Madara was somewhat dazed.
He had never imagined that one day he might still cooperate with Hashirama. He also hadn't expected the truth of the Ninja World to be like this.
"Then what was the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan for?" Madara gazed at Kazuki.
Now, looking back, the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan seemed to have many problems. If the Sage of Six Paths was the mastermind, then the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan didn't seem to be his doing either. Besides the Sage of Six Paths, there seemed to be other masterminds in the Ninja World.
"Since the Sage of Six Paths sealed their mother, why didn't his mother think about breaking the seal? Infinite Tsukuyomi is the way for Kaguya to break free from the seal." Kazuki looked at Madara with a meaningful gaze.
"And to push you to carry out the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan, the person would need to be someone you trust by your side."
Madara's expression darkened. Who else could he trust by his side?
Even the Uchiha clan had already betrayed him.
Oh, no, there was still a group of White Zetsu and Black Zetsu. As if he had thought of something, Madara's expression stiffened.
He didn't have much suspicion about White Zetsu, so it could only be Black Zetsu. Now that he thought about it carefully, the birth of Black Zetsu did seem a bit too coincidental.
"If you want to test it out, you can actually try to see if you can create another Black Zetsu." Kazuki looked at Madara with a slight hint of amusement.
"You really know everything." Madara's tone was somewhat dry.
He prided himself on hiding Black Zetsu very well. Logically, Kazuki shouldn't have known about Black Zetsu, but he had said it, clearly indicating that he knew, and there was a high probability that Black Zetsu really had a problem.
For someone like Madara, just a single suspicion was enough.
He had been too arrogant before, too confident in himself, and wouldn't have suspected Black Zetsu. But now, things were different.
"If you hadn't appeared, what would have happened to me later?" Madara thought of Kazuki's previous words.
"Approximately twenty years later, the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan would be implemented. You would be resurrected with the help of your proxy and Black Zetsu, and you would almost kill the next generation of Asura and Indra Chakra reincarnations. Just as you activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, Black Zetsu would betray you, and you would become a tool for Kaguya's resurrection."
"Of course, Kaguya would eventually be sealed by the Asura and Indra Chakra reincarnations, who had temporarily gained the power of the Sage of Six Paths."
Madara fell silent.
The Sage of Six Paths, huh!?
If that was the case, it didn't seem entirely incomprehensible.
He gave a bitter laugh. "Kill me. I believe you will definitely find Black Zetsu later. Whether or not to kill Black Zetsu is up to you. After this, I will cooperate with your plan. I will be the troublemaker of this Ninja World."
He had already tried and found that he couldn't create another Black Zetsu. The facts had already proven that Black Zetsu's problem was no ordinary one.
He could actually commit suicide. As long as he severed his connection with the Gedo Statue, he would die from the exhaustion of his life force.
But he knew that the hatred for a father's murder was irreconcilable, and he needed to give Kazuki a chance for revenge.
"Then I won't be polite." Kazuki stepped forward, walking in front of Madara.
As if he had thought of something, he pulled out the Sword of the Thunder God and, under Madara's astonished and angry gaze, stabbed it into Madara's heart.
Madara could accept being killed by Kazuki, but he couldn't accept being killed by Tobirama's sword. It was simply too much. But he no longer had the strength to resist.
Madara wouldn't know that Kazuki wasn't trying to anger him for Tobirama's sake. He mainly thought of Sasuke, who was apparently skewered by Madara in a similar way. Kazuki was paying homage to a classic.
"Madara is dead too." Hashirama felt a sense of loss upon witnessing Madara's death.
"Now, let's reanimate him."
Kazuki grabbed a White Zetsu, injected Hashirama cells into him, and helped this White Zetsu instantly digest and fuse these cells. Then, he took Madara's cells and performed Edo Tensei.
Edo Tensei was a very difficult Ninjutsu but Kazuki had already learned it. At Kazuki's current level, learning any Ninjutsu was not difficult at all. This was the power of mastering Kekkei Mora.
If it were Kaguya, if she worked hard, she might not be unable to learn all Ninjutsu. Of course, Kaguya herself would certainly disdain to use ordinary Ninjutsu, and with her combat intelligence, she wouldn't know when to use which Ninjutsu.
"Ah, yes, hurry and use it." Hashirama quickly urged Kazuki.
Edo Tensei.
Kazuki slightly adjusted Madara, restoring him to his most robust state at around thirty years old, and also preserved his Creation of All Things.
"This feeling is even better than I imagined." Madara clenched his fists.
"Your improvements to Edo Tensei are even better than ours."
Kazuki said, "If you all can improve the Edo Tensei to that level, there's no reason we can't. I estimate your current strength is a peak you never reached in your lifetime."
Madara's best physical condition was definitely during the Valley of the End battle. It's just that he didn't have the Rinnegan at that time.
After the Rinnegan awakened, Madara's body was already old and frail, and the Rinnegan was also imperfectly developed. But now, Kazuki had restored Madara's physical condition to its peak, and he also possessed the power of the Rinnegan.
Madara nodded reluctantly. This was indeed much better than he had expected.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do next?"
"Go to the Land of Water, make it your base, and then gather the forces that oppose me."
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